This was the day they invented duct tape.
One of the things that makes the Spitfire such a remarkable plane is that it can fly with up to 80% of its wing and fuselage missing!
Photo: Flt Lt Doug 'Dougy' Douglas returning to #RAFLuton after the Battle of Slough (1832) #AvGeekpic.twitter.com/P2E1tWKG3h
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@RAF_Luton is not your ordinary dimension...
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That's remarkable, British engineering at it's finest
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Pilots are also optional. They weren't included in the planes until the late 19th century. This must have been one of those early trials strapping a human into the chassis.
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I believe Napoleon tried to use pilots at Trafalgar to no avail.
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I don’t believe that was 1832, the shadows suggest it was much closer to midday
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