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Old 08-09-2012, 12:19 PM
drewpee drewpee is offline
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Originally Posted by Winger View Post
I experienced this now twice. i Dove after a fleeing spitfire. At around 780 IAS my 109 was loosing parts resulting in total failure while the spit just kept on diving pretty unimpressed.

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Happened to me first time ever chasing a spit from 5km. He went all the way strait down and pulled up with mts to spear. I pulled out at about 500mts after loosing my rudder and ailerons. I bailed out soon after the discovery of missing control surfaces. The spit landed.