JAFO wrote:I have watched both and don't recall any mention of a solo in anything at any time.
Yes, there is a two-seat Hurricane and the very thought of that makes me go a bit weak at the knees. It still looks like a Hurricane, too unlike those truly awful two-seat Spitfires.
I think it’s more implied, they keep showing a normal hurricane and saying Guy’s aim is to fly an air combat sortie in a hurricane.
The TR9 Spitfires are 1940’s 2 seat Spitfires, as I’m sure you know. They don’t look the same as a single seat Spitfire, but they are original, btw, this means they have ALL instruments and controls in the back, which makes it interesting back there. (and fully flyable back there). I don’t know if the others do.
I can’t comment on the looks of the others, but I’ve seen worse looking aircraft.
I find the program interesting, because I beat Guy to it...
Before I flew in a Spitfire..
Mr Greenfield taught me to do Barrel rolls.
Then I trained for a PPL
I then flew a Tiger Moth
I then had 50 mins in a Harvard being taught to do them.
When asked “What do you want out of this?” by my Pilot in the Spitfire I responded I wanted to fly a barrel roll myself, after a discussion he concluded that was possible, and I have, and I have the film to prove it
(and yes, you can tell which is his and which is mine as I skid the thing all over the sky!)