Answers from BoB Spitfire pilot and Rigger

[Blackdog_kt]

Thanks for taking the time to interview those men, very valuable testimonies from a hard to reach community, especially as the years go by.

The more technical aspects are of special interest. For one, i was very satisfied to see the different answers about engine warm up that clears up a lot of things: engines demanded a warm-up session to perform adequately, which was part of the ground crews' job.

I guess in the future we could tie this into a script of some sort for online/offline dynamic campaigns:

IF enemy detected by radar ahead of time or squad is on alert rotation, THEN spawn with warmed up engines, ELSE spawn with cold engines (to simulate getting caught unawares by low flying jabos, etc)

The only thing i'd like more detail about would be the fuel question, the way it was asked it's a bit ambiguous and could be construed to only pertain to their squad/airfield. It would be much more beneficial to have asked them specifically if 100 octane fuel was used by all or the majority of the squads/stations.

In any case, i won't let that minor niggle get in the way of a perfectly good interview and the commendable effort of organizing such an event in the first place. Good job and a very good initiative