Even though, aesthetically, Spitfires with 'clipped' wings are inferior (just my opinionI), clipping the wings did improve the roll rate. I've got one 'clipped' wing Spit in the collection, a Mk V in DAF colours, but then came across a later (Mk IX) model in more 'normal' camouflage colours. Needless to say what happened when I saw it on eBay (pesky finger couldn't keep still)...
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The only time you'll see the word 'Spitfire' in this blog post is in this very sentence, but please bear with me ... Have you ev...

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In an earlier blog post , I briefly mentioned the design department of Supermarine moving to huts on what is now the University of Southampt...
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During the Easter break, both last year and this year, we paid a visit to Tangmere Aviation Museum (they have so much on display that one v...
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The very first Spitfires had a 2-bladed prop, and it took me quite some time before I could add a model of a 1938 Spitfire, with 2-bladed pr...
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