# Plane Resurrection

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-resurrection/776497>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 7, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-resurrection/776497 "2017-01-07T00:35:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-resurrection/776497/21 "2017-01-08T21:53:28Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> I think the Spitfire is the most beautiful airplane every built. But I’d still take the Hurricane first. It doesn’t seem to get as much credit as it deserves for its role in the Battle of Britain. And it’s also more interesting from a design standpoint, being built in the transition period between fabric-covered biplanes (specifically, the Hawker Fury) and monocoque designs like the Spitfire. The early ones still had fabric-covered wings.
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> And as a pilot, I like the wider landing gear. 😉

[On your way down to Seattle…](http://www.flyingheritage.com/TemplatePlane.aspx?contentId=13)

FHC is probably the single place I miss the most having left Washington.

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**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-resurrection/776497/22 "2017-01-08T21:54:50Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> That was the _Kee Bird_ (‘Kee-_rist_, it’s cold!’) That was a hard show to watch, since I knew how it ended. ☹

Might be the saddest thing I’ve ever watched on TV.

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