Our other taildragger, the Spitfire is not high on the list of most-talked-about aircrafts. And sure, taildraggers aren’t the easiest ones to taxi and fly; and the Spit is old, the details aren’t the best, there’s no cockpit view and no auto-pilot. No wonder many never fly the Spit and it probably also explains why the Spitfire Rework request only ever collected six votes.
But I think it’s an absolute beauty. And once you’ve master this thing, it’s so much fun to fly! It’s agile, fast and the landing gear actually has some sort of shock absorbers.
Today I was playing around with this baby at KMEM, on Casual Server. And from the Replay I prepared a little summary. Hope you enjoy it and maybe I’ve even sparked some new interest…
You’ve encouraged me to take this awesome old girl for a spin more often, to your point maybe we have become lazy pilots with all the ‘auto’ stuff we have in modern airliners and jets
Me too, I love the Spitfire. Although the plane is outdated, I will want to fly once the Spitfire is reworked. Now we have to start our discussions about reworking the Spitfire.
