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Originally Posted by sharpiel
Went to Scone last weekend to see the FW and the Spitfire. There was a piddling crosswind which kept them grounded. Didn't fly all day...
Not sure how the poms won the battle of Britain. I can imagine their fighter Aces now...
"Oh jolly good...here comes the Lufwaffe! Shall we off and save London and the Empire? Screw the Empire...we're all to scared to fly today. It's frightfully windy after all. Let's have another cup of tea...
Jolly good idea old chap!"
Loved the Grumman Avenger.
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Les, the Brits and for the most part, Germans, did not use runways - they used all over grass airfields which meant there was no crosswind as you could line up anywhere and take off into wind and land into wind - basically a BIG round oval.
The Spitfire is a tricky aircraft on landing especially because of the narrow track undercarriage, and crosswind greatly exacerbates this. The German Me109 was even worse.
The FW190 doesn't suffer this problem but they have such a rare beast, why risk it? (the Aussie based one is a REAL FW190, not a reproduction, and only 2 genuine 190s are flying)