Let this sink in:
If Canada had kept the Spitfire flying from its initial in-service date (1939) for the same length of time that the CF-188 will fly (1982-2028+), the fabric, wood and metal Spitfire would have still been flying 46 years later - 1985 - three years after the Hornet entered service.
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"If you do not know what you are doing, neither does your enemy."
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