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    Lo Spitfire potrebbe tornare in produzione 90 anni dopo il primo volo

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    1. Ubiquitor2 on

      Man I heard the RAF was desperate but this takes the biscuit

    2. noir_lord on

      It’s a neat design.

      It’s not really a Spitfire though, it’s a modernised re-interpretation of something that *looks* like a Spitfire.

      Hobbiest aviation folks around the world have been doing that for a while, there is a scale P-51 over in the states that is remarkably accurate until you put it next to a real one and there is a obvious difference in size, at least this one is full scale.

      The SW-51 (ScaleWings P-51 Replica) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxAlDPjhGyM

      Also the Spitfire (as good as it undoubtedly was) isn’t my favourite British plane from WWII, that would be the Tempest the plane that looked at physics and went “Napier says what?” closely followed by the Hurricane.

      Favourite WW2 plane overall, the Yak-9.

    3. DevOpsJo on

      What about the royal navy lets build tall ships again with wood and rear Admiral Starmers approval

    5. Empty_Bell_1942 on

      Make us focus on 100 year old combustion engine technology and then people wonder what the UAPs are being sighted more frequently in the skies above.

    6. cheeseley6 on

      Imagine if they put their resources to something actually useful…

    7. therealhairykrishna on

      I can’t really find many details. They’re making it out of composite, rather than aluminium, following wartime plans to use ‘Aerolite’. It’s going to be a kit.

      But what engine? Presumably they don’t have a stash of spare, airworthy, Merlins. If it doesn’t sound like a Spitfire that’s half the fun gone surely?

    8. whyowhyowhy9 on

      I knew we were mad at the eurovison results but this takes the cake

    10. nikhkin on

      This is like buying one of the modern-production E-Type Jaguars.

      It’s using modern techniques to reproduce a classic design for people with silly amounts of money to spend. The new two-seater Spitfires will be used for things like experience days, and “only” cost £750,000.

    11. stray_r on

      I knew the dead sparrows were desperate for new aircraft but going from aerobic jets to an antique design isn’t really a step forward.

    12. Solo_Gigolos on

      We are at ChatGPT level ideas for what it would take to get people to sign up or accept conscription for WW3

    14. rtrs_bastiat on

      They’re technically not out of production? My uncle’s been spending his entire working life making Spitfire parts, at least.

    15. BusyBeeBridgette on

      iirc the fastest prop plane was a Spitfire, hit the 620mph mark. But that was in a deep dive. Given how far tech has come along, I doubt it wouldn’t be too difficult to make a prop that could go that fast with out having to dive.

      Probably cheaper to build a fleet of those than it would be to buy one fighter jet heh.

    17. williamthebonkerer on

      Wow im honestly surprised that many people want a spitfire 

    18. BathFullOfDucks on

      Hope they do well. Unlike the half dozen other people trying the same thing and running out of money. Or the not so squadrony mk26 “squadron” at Enstone that hasn’t got anywhere in over a decade.

    19. chainedtomydesk on

      I know Defence spending needs to increase but I don’t think this will cut the mustard.

    20. daygloviking on

      “Nobody will let me fly a real one.”

      No, you need money for that.

      So it’s not a Spit, it’s a copy of a Spit.

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