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Originally Posted by stevestrat
Morning, sunny but a wee bit cool. Least the wind has died down.
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Good morning Steve,
I read up last night on the Typhoon out of interest Steve. It was one of the aircraft flown by a family friend during the war. It was dogged by technical problems in its development and after the war production stopped. Designed as a medium/high altitude fighter and bomber to counteract the Luftwafe's attacks against the Spitfire. Service ceiling 21,000 feet 412mph. In 1943, rockets were added to its armoury and it developed a reputation as a superior ground attack fighter, hence the reason for the white nose and black striped which was to aid ground defences in the UK in recognising it, it's wings had to be made thinner and stronger to cope with high speed dive attacks.....a fascinating aviation history
