> The Griffon engine caused a number of accidental deaths for Spit 
> pilots.

That's the reason I was looking it up.
I told someone about Sir Tim Wallis crashing a MKXIV at the Wanaka air 
show, and wanted to chek which Mk it was that he was flying. AFAIK he 
was experienced in Spitfires BUT this was the first time he'd flown 
the griffon engined MKXIV AND he did it in front of an airshow crowd. 
He was very badly injured and very lucky to live.



        Russell




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