Super Sonic

[HawkerTempest5]

Well, not quite...

48,500ft. Tempest reclaims the Spitfire Altitude Crown

648kts. Not quite Super Sonic.

And a I pulled out of the dive with hight to spare. Still over 600kts, no fake shots here.

Spitfire F Mk24.

[Threadkiller]

thats one lovely spit roger, where did u get it?

nice shots!! and im wondering, how come ur wngs didnt come off?

[Rifleman]

I gave it my shot.......best I could do over the Straits of Gibraltar was on my second run....recovery is a bit busy, so I missed the shot, but it was at 200' and just barely....do these count or were we challenged to use only a Spit ?

Climbing to 36,000 for the first run.......

First run........706.4 kts

Second run........741.1 kts

[ozzy72]

I DON'T believe it I held that crown for a mere 12 hours or so.... Right I'm off to plot my revenge
Nice flying by the way Roger

Mark

[Wing Nut]

Ha!  Got you beat!  and we still don't know if you survived or not, Ken!

I did survive, and it came from 48,000 feet!

[HawkerTempest5]

thats one lovely spit roger, where did u get it?

nice shots!! and im wondering, how come ur wngs didnt come off?

This is quite an old Spit Space pal. It's an FS2000 model and I think it's here at SimV. One of the first I ever downloaded.

Ha!  Got you beat!  and we still don't know if you survived or not, Ken!

I did survive, and it came from 48,000 feet!

Nice flying Pip, but what plane is that, Spit, Sea Fury or Mustang?

[Mike Thurman]

Nice shots and spit, it looks like FS2000

[Ambassador]

Nice shots Rifleman, I like the Canadian paint scheme.  Where can I get it?

[Wing Nut]

I saw it over at NoNodes.com...

[Sock]

I still have the highest altitude...By one little foot.

Sock

[fido]

Hey Pippin  How come you are the only pilot who received an overspeed warning.  ??? Oh well,  I tried but at 47495 in a Tempest, I fell off on right wing and lost it.  I was too busy to notice airspeed, had overspeed warning, and control  problems that didn't stop, untill I did, very very abruptly.  You guys are good.

                          Fido
P.S.  are you all flying in FS2K2/4 or in CFS2/3, just wondered if you were able to used war emergency.

[HawkerTempest5]

[quote]Hey Pippin

[fido]

The Spit was stable all the way down, but the Tempest gave me a few problems

That's easy for you to say, True both of my attempts were fairly uneventful on the way up, that is untill the burble and suddend loss of lift. As for on the way down, control was not a problen with the Tempest, I just didn't have any. The Spit handled like a true lady, flying straight and true, all the way into the ground. Like I said you have the touch. I would upload a pic of my Tempest, but the textures seem muddy, she does handle like a dream at a reasonable altitude.  I was blown away when I saw the pilots arms raise up, and push open the canopy after first flight.

             Fido