Spitfire why so popular??

[redtiger02]

Originally Posted by David603

Just out of curiosity, did this ever happen? I could be wrong but I thought the Russians had phased out all bi-plane fighters before the Me262 came into service. Also I'm not sure how this could possibly happen, unless the bi-planes caught the Me262 as it took off or on its final landing approach.

I seriously doubt it ever happened. I was focusing more on the tenacity of the Soviet pilots in reference to my it's the pilot not the plane statement. I suppose they could hang around the Me-262's airfields and catch them on landing the way Chuck Yeager used to in his P-51D, then catch them on landing. As for whether or not the Russians phased out all of their biplanes by that time, I am really not sure. Soviet Ace is the guy to ask about that, for obvious reasons.