Spit IIa

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Originally Posted by Crumpp

Umm there is no difference. The handbook tells you how to fly it to the edge...

What do you think the engineers are doing when they tell you those parameters??

Here is a secret....they are telling you how to get the maximum performance out of the aircraft, live to tell about it, and maybe be able to use the airplane on the next mission.

What do you mean, no difference, it's the exact opposite.

You can argue with Geoff Wellum all you want. You said that the pilot's notes say to ease off when buffeting occurrs. Geoff Wellum, for one, didn't do this, and they weren't too concerned with the rule book or the maths of it either, they did what they had to to survive. I've also read of plenty of WEP abuse, bent airframes, bale outs when lost ( i.e. not bothered about using the airplane again)

I think the engineers were conservative in their pilot's notes.