viceroytennis (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

A brilliant aircraft brilliantly flown.

SouthAuck (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The sound of that big Rolls Royce engine gives me a hard on. Awesome.

piko55555 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

true true

Merlin2Stage2Speed (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This account from a brave old soldier with whom I was privileged to be a friend; Squadron Leader Keith J. MacDonald, now late, of RNZAF 485 Squadron: The Spitfire truly came of age with the advent of the Merlin 60 Series engines equipped with a 2 stage 2 speed supercharger. Still beautifully responsive and feather light on all the controls, the Spitfire Mk IX and subsequent Merlin 60 powered types proved to be a nightmare for the Hun interceptor, whether he was airborne in the Bf109 or the Fw190

thewwiiguy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

German planes: look like they will eat you alive (lean mean killin' machine)American planes: are just huge! (except P-51)British planes: are just graceful and beautiful

Shadowrom (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The closest i can get to that flyig machine for now is a 5L supercharged TVR. And imagine im flying a Spit :( The sound of the Merlin gets me off.

paulbutkiss (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Yeah once it got a British Rolls Royce Merlin engine aye chap.

pen24 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

nooooooooooo shit

piko55555 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

the 51 was awesome and kicked ass where ever it went

fjerdy93 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

its not just the most beautiful aircaft ever made. but also the symbol of the freedom of the free world. without this aircraft the world may not look like it does today.