Comments by "Ray Purchase" (@raypurchase801) on "End of the Spits – The Supermarine Spiteful and Seafang" video.

  1.  @shaider1982  The good thing about these channels is discussing with and learning from fellow nerds. The bad thing about these channels is angry disputes about tiny details. I'm always pleased when somebody adds to my comment without calling me an arsehole w*nker. Very refreshing.
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  2. Early jets were very thirsty and had a short range. That's why the Sea Hornet and Spitfire-descendants were used from carriers during the early postwar years.
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  3.  @shaider1982  I was at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton, England yesterday. Fascinating.
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  4.  @WALTERBROADDUS  Maybe the late Tempests. (OK, a sort of Sea Fury.)
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  5.  @skepticalbadger  Yeah. If stuff like a bubble canopy and a laminar flow wing make the Spitfire a Mustang, the Tempest was a Mustang as well.
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  6.  @JDWDMC  Agreed. And the later Spits all had Griffons.
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