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Originally Posted by robtek
The pilots did read the pilots notes for their machines 
No, actually the overwhelming majority of those pilots had a sound survival instinct, lots of feedback from their bodys and their rides,
and, last but not least, some didn't dare to fly their aircraft so close to the edge that they were outperformed by technically lesser able planes with better pilots. |
This is techno-speak to say that there are very few examples of Spitfires actually breaking up in accord with the Pilot's Notes and Robtek's beliefs about what a dangerous aircraft it was: in real life the Spitfire gave plenty of warning of an impending stall, as noted by NACA, and few actually encountered the theoretical extreme conditions noted by the PNs.