Olham 164 Posted January 25, 2013 SPITFIRE ACE shows 4 pilots of nowadays, competing for flying the real Spitfire. They go through a WW2 education, beginning on the Tiger Moth. Great stuff! SPITFIRE ACE - Parts Three and Four Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vavavava 10 Posted January 25, 2013 Thank you Olham really good thingies :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MAKO69 186 Posted January 25, 2013 This aired a few years ago on the History Channel or somthing similar. The Spitfire pilot should have let them sit in front. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted January 25, 2013 (edited) However - this is a lovingly made ode to a beautiful - even sexy - and decisive aircraft. It also honours the men who faced the iron storm, and successfully defended their homefires. I had a knot in my throat, when one senior fighter pilot veteran first talked about the German air force as the "Teutonic Monster" (which I found quite understandable from his point of view) but then also showed so much compassion for the young fellers who bailed out from their aircraft with parachutes often failing to open, or getting entangled with the tail plane. It is a lot of fun to "play" this in air combat sims - but I guess no one of us can fully imagine how the real thing was. At least I can't. And maybe the senior fighter pilots often wonder themselves, how they could ever manage to achieve all this, and live. Edited January 25, 2013 by Olham Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
