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Already pointed out, but not a jet. Also, the requirements for a racing aircraft and a fighter are different enough that it is not at all clear to me that there
by goodcanadian 13y ago
Already pointed out, but not a jet. Also, the requirements for a racing aircraft and a fighter are different enough that it is not at all clear to me that there is any relevance to military applications in this case.
- ahelwer 13y agoThe spectacularly effective British Vickers Supermarine Spitfire (against which this plane would have hypothetically been pitched) was based on a peacetime racer, the S-6B.
- dexen 13y agoAnd its main opponent, Bf109 was based on sport/racing Bf108 :-) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_108 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_108