Spitfire why so popular??

[vincent1989]

Originally Posted by FOZ_1983

I have family who work with veterans, thus get to see many of them myself, and they swear by it. They say the spitfire WAS a better fighter, but i didnt once deny that fact, thye like me just feel the hurricane doesnt get the credit it deserves.

Why would i speak to luftwaffe pilots??? so they can tell me how it was to fly AGAINST?? that is not what we are talking about, we are talking about how adequate it was at its job and how you seem to be very anti hurricane. Its kind of freaky if anything. Rather worrying. Are you on medication? maybe you should be!!

It was simply a case of giving the hurricane a little more credit. Not you going off on one and spitting your dummy out.

Forget anythign you have learned or written about, the simple fact remains that the hurricane was good enough in 1940 battle of britain. If your talking absolete by then, then i suggest looking at the fairely battle or the paul defiant!!! THEY were obsolete in 1940.

hear hear, and to be fair the battle and the defiant were out of date well before 1940 ^^ , it's worth note that the hurricane was the work horse in afric/ka as well along with the gloster gladiator.

a brilliant plane that pulled it's weight and then some, the spitfire may have been the RAF eye candy but they weren't the be all and end all