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    Spitfire Mk.XIV vs P-51D Mustang

    I am buying a mega-millions lotto ticket tonight! With the winnings I plan on taking my destination vacation to GB and then getting a go at Grace! I am a man and I have needs...er well you know what I mean..but with mega-millions I can purchase a MK XIV for me!! <my precious>...now I have to...
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    Spitfire Mk.XIV vs P-51D Mustang

    John, Yes I remember reading about this some time back, the resurrection of an very rare variant as I recall. I remember at the time I was very interested because it might help me scratch that itch as it were but as I remember there was an issue to do with insurance or some such the plane is so...
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    Spitfire Mk.XIV vs P-51D Mustang

    I think that most pilots given a choice between a Spitfire and a Hurricane to fly in combat would choose the Spit for some rather obvious reasons and your stats bare out that fact, also using your stats: 530 vs 655 means that the <fabric covered> Hurricane, of which there were more of downed...
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    Spitfire Mk.XIV vs P-51D Mustang

    Hello Glider, Well to an extent this is true but having said that the early spitfire was uniquely suited to the BoB (A large percent of dog fighting happened right over British soil) Not so far to travel so advantage R.A.F. as much as I don't like to admit it the Hurricane did the majority of...
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    Spitfire Mk.XIV vs P-51D Mustang

    I have to agree, it becomes personal prefrence at some point and I have had a thing for the spit from the time I was a wee lad and my Mom would read me to sleep from a book on the BoB. It had drawings of the Spitfire Mk 1 and my dreams were filled with daring do over the channel at the controls...
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    Spitfire Mk.XIV vs P-51D Mustang

    Hello! I have read this thread with some amusement you are all making some good points, but I would hope to clarify a few things. First we are talking about spitfire MK XIV. (Yea!! One of my favorite subjects!!) But which one? There were many variants. Was it the regular wing? The high...
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