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Old 5th June 2007, 03:56
dora9forever
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Smile Re: Jettisoning canopy of Spitfire - possible or not.

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Originally Posted by Dominik View Post
According to Pilot Notes, each Spitfire with Malcolm Hood had such red rubber ball, which allowed pilot jettison canopy. A few weeks ago I found one photo in the Aero Detail book about Spitfires. This photo shows a Spitfire in museum and it has such ball. I belive it's the second part - Spitfire IX-XVI but I'm not completely sure.
hi. they did have side panels that could be pushed out when bailin out,on there cockpits,covers, sides "this was to help. with airflow, ,
gary,
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