AVIATION QUOTES

13^th May, 2024

Most healthy young men or women from sixteen to forty years of age can be taught to fly an ordinary airplane. A great majority of these may become very good pilots for transport- or passenger-carrying machines in time of peace, but the requirements for a military aviator call for more concentrated physical and mental ability in the individual than has ever been necessary in any calling heretofore. — Brigadier General William 'Billy' Mitchell Quote, 'Skyways,' 1930

Supermarine Spitfire Video - SPITFIRE TR9 MJ627 - RARE 2 SEAT VERSION

Supermarine Spitfire Video - Spitfire Mk19

Crew: one pilot
Length: 29 ft 11 in (9.12 m)
Wingspan: 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Maximum speed: 378 mph, (330 knots, 605 km/h)
Combat radius: 410 nmi (470 mi, 760 km)
Ferry range: 991 nmi (1,140 mi, 1,840 km)
Service ceiling 35,000 ft (11,300 m)
Rate of climb: 2,665 ft/min (13.5 m/s)