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27th November 2008, 12:23
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Re: RAF grass runways
One of the perennial modelling questions is about the bumps on the uppersurface of the Spitfire's wing, over the wheelwell. This was normal on the early aircraft (a/b wing) but redesigned out on the universal c wing, necessitating a bulge on the leg door. However, this bulge reappeared on later Mk IXs (and onward) because the axles and tyres were altered to improve operation off hard runways. Fair evidence that grass was considered the normal for fighter operations until about 1944.
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27th November 2008, 14:14
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Re: RAF grass runways
Not really - aircraft will land and take-off into wind, normally.
Yes, there are cases of it happening on airfields with a rise in the middle so that one unit can't see what the other is doing.
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