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One Woman’s Ingenious Fix Stopped Spitfires from Failing — Pilots Laughed at First
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One Woman’s Ingenious Fix Stopped Spitfires from Failing — Pilots Laughed at First
A Fatal Pause in the Sky January 1941. Snow covered the grass at RAF Biggin Hill. Spitfires streaked across the winter sky, chasing German Messerschmitts. British pilots practiced maneuvers they had been drilled on: half-rolls, positive-G pulls, careful adjustments. Yet every so often, a Merlin engine would falter. A split-second loss of power in a dive could turn a pursuit into disaster. Pilots would hit the throttle, feel the propeller blur, a…
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