The guy who owns the Spit also owns a Mustag. We would be on the property in
the mountains and low in comes this Mustang. What a roar. One time they did
a turning comparison Spit vs Mustang. Spit won easily.
Foxy
I believe that the Mustang was a hefty machine, larger and heavier
than the Spitfire. On the other hand, perhaps the Mustang had more
fuel on board for the test. A similar comparison might be the F-16
and F-15. The smaller aircraft (apart from being much more
attractive) is lighter and has a better turn rate and smaller turn
radius - no bias on my part of course :->.
On the subject of fuel load/comparisons, for the Summer Fair at RAF
Brüggen in 1998 we raced a Tornado against a TVR Chimaera (British
sports car). The Tornado won, but it had the advantage of a very
low fuel load - so that it could land immediately - and poor weather
conditions. The runway was wet and it was pouring with rain so the
car had traction problems to surmount, while the aircraft had the
cold(ish) air to give good performance. [The car was on the runway,
the Tornado was on the parallel taxiway which serves as a standby
runway].
I was seeing fair play so did not take any photos - sorry.
Chris
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Chris Barker
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