Flight controls were calibrated for Northern Hemisphere, not Down Under.
On This Day: 1852 Flt Lt Ozzy "Aussie" McAussieson became the first pilot to land a Spitfire upside down, when questioned by the board of enquiry as to how he had managed it he famously replied "Because I was inverted" #AvGeekpic.twitter.com/WYApxzWbWY
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That's crazy talk. Everyone knows the Spitfire wasn't invented until 1862.
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Invented... You mean inverted.. right?
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Whoa, the one-sides horizontal gear version for carrier-edge landings.
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The famed rubber propellor doing its job in lieu of an arrestor hook.
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1852? Surely that should be a horse he landed upside down.
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That'll hurt in the morning!
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Just scanning the old black stuff for FOD! Makes a nasty mess of flying machines you know!
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And he’s been being misquoted ever since!
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Some of your facts are poorly researched. It was in fact 1869.
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