Spitfire Trivia - Prototype and Mk 1

[Hagar]

Now why didn't I think of that

You're obviously not an experienced "surfer" like me - few people are. It always amazes me that here we have this vast resource of freely available information on almost any subject under the sun & nobody seems to take advantage of it.

I've always had an insatiable thirst for knowledge on a wide range of subjects. Learning how to use a search engine properly was the first thing I did when I took my first faltering steps on this strange thing called the WWW some 5 years ago. This was what led me to SimV (or The Strip as it was then) & I've been here ever since.

It occurs to me that if everyone was like me & found their own anwers there would be no need for this forum. That would deny me my dubious reputation as a "human encyclopedia". I have also been mistakenly called "guru" & "genius" on more than one occasion. If only they knew the truth. LOL

[Felix/FFDS]

It occurs to me that if everyone was like me & found their own anwers there would be no need for this forum. That would deny me my dubious reputation as a "human encyclopedia". I have also been mistakenly called "guru" & "genius" on more than one occasion. If only they knew the truth. LOL

While threatening to steer this thread slightly off-topic, I agree with Hagar.  I find myself (and it's a pleasant feeling, at that) to be showered with accolades for my alleged knowledge of some obscure fact, or answering a question ... when all it boils down to is knowing WHERE to find the answer rather than KNOWING the answer.

Of course, I prefer to think that part of the accumulation of knowledge is also that ability to recall it... sort of "information pack rats?"

[HawkerTempest5]

There was a great photo in one of the monthly mags about a year ago taken I think by an allied PRU aircraft and showing an airfield in Germany with captured types on it. It had B-17's Lancasters, Stirlings and a few smaller types. I'm going to go and find it now!