Stability and Control characteristics of the Early Mark Spitfires

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Originally Posted by Sandstone

If it was "comparatively easy to do", how is it that almost no pilots ever did it, even given the rushed training available in WWII?

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.