I was just thinking that – fab photo! 🙂

Easiest way of finding out if a Packard 266 is fitted (provided you can get up on the aircraft) is to look for the inter-cooler filler cap access flap on the rear of the top cowl. If its close to the rear edge of the cowl its a RR built Merlin, if its about a foot forward its a Packard built engine – the reason being the Packard had an integral inter-cooler header tank fixed to the engine – the RR version used a seperate ‘kettle’ like tank fixed to a firewall mounted bracket.

Hmm – visually, there is a world of difference between Linen and Ceconite. Unless the weave is completely filled, you can spot it a mile away!

If its a Hurricane or similarly accesible fuselage, just pull off a panel and you will see the reverse side of the fabric – if its linen covered there will be the distinctive appearance of a red hue – dope!

I guess the Mustang with the Griffon swung like lightning, needing a trike u/cart for landing ??

Why would the Griffon engine in the P-51 be more onerous than that put in to production with the (narrower track undercarriage) Spitfire?

Various experts have said over the years that Hitlers Generals hadn’t really thought about it much at all, and in truth they probably needed 20 times the vessels & barges that they had available and they hadn’t considered that they would need many multiples of the different specialist vessels like the allies used on D-day.

There really does not seem to be any comparison between the German preparations and equipment/vessels and the gargantuan resources and planning that went in to the Allied effort just four years later. Did they have even the remotest chance of succeeding with a sea crossing in 1940 with the Royal Navy still operational? I guess we will never know (but fortunatley did not have to put that theory to the test).

There is only one place that could have been filmed 🙂 If you check out the origins of the two other authentic 109’s, all will be revealed. Customers are ‘international’ for this kind of product.

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Bottom line is ,we didn’t finance it ,we didn’t make it so we have a choice to watch or not to watch

Actually if you are a TV license holder – you did finance it!

Im jealous too just becuase they are on TV they get a free ride in a Spit. I thought CAA had made this illegal anyway????(

Graham, a ‘free’ ride in a Permit aircraft is perfectly acceptable and legal. The CAA do not permit operators to charge for flights in such aircraft on a profit making basis.