Typhoon & Spitfire at Abingdon

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The Spitfire pilot: Shit! this won't go any faster!
The Typhoon pilot: Shit! I'm just above Stall Speed!

That's almost exactly what the Tomcat pilot was saying during the "flight of the grumman cats" display.
He wanted the wings back at full sweep, simply because it looks cool, but ended up fighting with the AFCS which wanted to take over and adjust the wings out. The AoA showing in this piccie hints at the workload going on in the cockpit.
The Hellcat was getting the throttle to the firewall since it was the slowest!

The wings on the Spittie look a bit squared off? ( compared to my 1/76 Airfix kit one)

It's a Spitfire Mk.XVIe.

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It always amazes me that for a production run of over 3000 units there are no flying examples of the original Typhoon anywhere in the world.

And I believe the only static display example is in the Hendon museum.

the napier saber engine would be reason, 25 hour full engine rebuilds mean they are a bit expensive as a sunday afternoon toy. plenty of sea fury's still flying same airframe with a Bristol Centaurus radial which are a bit cheaper to rebuild.

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the napier saber engine would be reason, 25 hour full engine rebuilds mean they are a bit expensive as a sunday afternoon toy. plenty of sea fury's still flying same airframe with a Bristol Centaurus radial which are a bit cheaper to rebuild.

There is a Tempest being rebuilt to airworthy status.
It was at Ardmore for a while, but has now been sold to Canadian interests.
http://www.pioneeraero.co.nz/project...-tempest-mkii/