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UK's first transatlantic F-35 delivery flight delayed by weather

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Clouds are no joke - never have been ...

Did anyone see the "Time Team" (can't recall if it was a regular or special) where they went to France and recovered a Spitfire that crashed shortly after takeoff ?

The exact cause of the downing was a mystery, until they extracted the wreckage (pilot was recovered and buried at the time). The found the guns unfired (so unlikely to be in combat) and the propellers feathered - indicating a stall and restart procedure.

They surmised the plane hit something while trying top restart after emerging from clouds.

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