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Old 06-25-2012, 01:45 PM
6S.Manu 6S.Manu is offline
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Originally Posted by Talisman View Post
I started the thread because, as I said in the first post, I did not understand the situation that was being reflected in the article; I was somewhat surprised. I also found it curious and had hoped that people in the community, especially those with knowledge and experience, may be able to shed some light on what appears to be a real world historic account. As a layman with an interest in aviation, I found it interesting given discussions about aircraft performance on the forum. I thought that others might find it interesting and intriguing too. Even though people have been interested and kind enough to respond to this thread, I still find the remarks in the article a bit of a mystery.

May I say that your post gives me an unsettled feeling, as you have made me feel that I need to justify what I believe to be a perfectly reasonable post; is that what you intended?
As Crumpp says: they will remain a mystery and IMO you should have achieve this conclusion on your own before posting here.

I mean, there's nothing wrong in asking these kind of questions in a serious message board frequented by real historians. BTW it's a good post and really interesting

The problem is that in THIS room (FM/DM) it's only gas to feed the Red vs Blue battle, raising reactions like the one of our friend =AN=Felipe, since most guys here only care to nerf the other side.

My opinion, of course. I got nothing against you personally
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A whole generation of pilots learned to treasure the Spitfire for its delightful response to aerobatic manoeuvres and its handiness as a dogfighter. Iit is odd that they had continued to esteem these qualities over those of other fighters in spite of the fact that they were of only secondary importance tactically.Thus it is doubly ironic that the Spitfire’s reputation would habitually be established by reference to archaic, non-tactical criteria.

Last edited by 6S.Manu; 06-25-2012 at 01:56 PM.
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