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Old 08-06-2009, 08:00 PM
Jazzy Jase Jazzy Jase is offline
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Originally Posted by butterfield View Post
That's becuase the Spitfire is a plane designed for turning fights. The P-51 is not. Most if not almost all american planes were "hotrods"... big powerful engines, fast with poor low speed manueverability.
Except the P-51 was designed for the British and the P-51D even used a version of the Merlin engine that powered the Spitfire!
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