Comments on: VideoSift Clips of the Week http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/10/videosift-clips-of-the-week-37/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:34:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Larfin Jackarse http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/10/videosift-clips-of-the-week-37/comment-page-1/#comment-1856073 Larfin Jackarse Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:18:16 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26144#comment-1856073 @John A Yes. His mastery of 3d space and relative velocity is amazing. Having watched that it breaks my heart to know I'd have no hope. The shootdown of the 262 is interesting because I read in a Spitfire history book that the first English jets were tried out against Spitfires until the early 50's. A good Spit pilot could quite often beat a jet pilot with manoeuvrability. To continue these 'interesting/worrying' tests they resurrected Spitfires from museums and foreign air forces. Then heat seeking missiles were invented... Or so the book says. @John A
Yes. His mastery of 3d space and relative velocity is amazing. Having watched that it breaks my heart to know I’d have no hope.

The shootdown of the 262 is interesting because I read in a Spitfire history book that the first English jets were tried out against Spitfires until the early 50′s. A good Spit pilot could quite often beat a jet pilot with manoeuvrability. To continue these ‘interesting/worrying’ tests they resurrected Spitfires from museums and foreign air forces. Then heat seeking missiles were invented…

Or so the book says.

]]> By: John A http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/10/videosift-clips-of-the-week-37/comment-page-1/#comment-1855960 John A Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:59:18 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=26144#comment-1855960 "American Ace takes on multiple Luftwaffe ME 262s" <i>and then</i> 15 109s! Possible kill of one <i>Der Schwalbe</i> jet, confirmed 4 kills of 109s! Wow! “American Ace takes on multiple Luftwaffe ME 262s”

and then 15 109s! Possible kill of one Der Schwalbe jet, confirmed 4 kills of 109s!

Wow!

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