 | MOST OVERRATED AIRCRAFT OF WWII| Aviation Discuss MOST OVERRATED AIRCRAFT OF WWII in the World War II - Aviation forums; Originally Posted by the lancaster kicks ass
It was not until the build up of the USAAF had begun in ... |
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It was not until the build up of the USAAF had begun in the island when Spitfires showed any improvement
| so now you're claiming it's the americans that made the spit the amazing plane it was, interesting  |
Actually I think your reading it wrong. I believe what he's saying is the British had really starting improving on the Spitfire around the time the US started arriving.
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| So ... would you say that the removal of the ventral mount constituted the castration of the Lancaster?
I always thought she looked rather feminine. 
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Momma Lancaster gives birth to her many explosive little bomblings.
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Originally Posted by DAVIDICUS So ... would you say that the removal of the ventral mount constituted the castration of the Lancaster?
I always thought she looked rather feminine. | So does a Lancastrian count as a sex change? 
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so now you're claiming it's the americans that made the spit the amazing plane it was, interesting | Heinkel designed the Spit's elliptical wings, so the Spit is really half German !  
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so now you're claiming it's the americans that made the spit the amazing plane it was, interesting | Heinkel designed the Spit's elliptical wings, so the Spit is really half German ! | IT THAT LIKE THIS?
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so now you're claiming it's the americans that made the spit the amazing plane it was, interesting | Heinkel designed the Spit's elliptical wings, so the Spit is really half German ! | I never actually knew that, but it does make sense as the He-112 had elliptical wings and was designed somewhat earlier than the Spit  
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#70 | | | My understanding is their was no connection between the He112 and the Spitfire. Supposedly R.J. Mitchell pretty much freehanded the eliptical shape, inspired by 
rather than by applying any real math or science to it.
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