Supermarine Spitfire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh2W4C00FZ0
This clip is amusing but also conveys something of this aircraft's unique presence, possibly the most beautiful of killing machines. I can never hear the noise of a Merlin engine without a stirring of emotions: it is an engineering masterpiece and a symphony of Britain's national defiance in her darkest moment.
It is 20 years since I saw a Spitfire flying and even the RAF's own Battle of Britain Flight specimin hardly ever flies any more. But if you ever see one in the air it is a deathbed memory, never ever forgotten.
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Last edited by scoundrel; August 19th, 2009 at 05:47 PM..
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