Spitfire Mk.Vb

[p40fanatic]

Hi all! I have recently purchased the superb Just Flight "Spitfire" addon for my FS2004 setup....boy, am I in love or what! Here's some shots I took a couple of nights ago flying around Wanganui in Mk.Vb BM144/RF-D of 303 (Polish) Squadron. By the way, if the paint scheme looks at all familiar, and you remember building a Spitfire model kit when you were younger, odds are it was the Airfix 1:72 kit in these colours. Ah, what memories!































At the mo, Number 12 is my favourite! Hope you enjoy this little taste!

[Gavin Conroy]

have you got a better cockpit shots and how does the engine sound?

[p40fanatic]

Hi Gav!

Here's what the 2D cockpit looks like:



I've become a bigger and bigger user of the so-called "virtual cockpit", three pics of which are seen here:







EVERY essential item for flight is clickable - ie, to open the cockpit door you actually click and drag the handle back as if you're pulling it to open, same with the brake handle/trigger etc.

I love the sound, although it doesn't whine as much on startup as I'd hoped. It does, however, sound very nice on flybys etc. Judging from what in-cockpit footage I've seen on Wanaka videos/DVDs etc the interior sounds pretty good, although I've not been fortunate enough to hear a Mark Five so I can't judge that. The Griffon-powered marks too sound superb!

It is available from Just Flight for around 18 pounds sterling, but considering the range of marks you get (prototype to 22), it's well worth it if you're a Spitfire fan. And no, I'm not being compensated by JF for this!