I'm not totally sure on this, but I believe they opened the canopy and the side hatch, and then banked the plane about 90 or 180 degrees, allowing them to simply fall out of the cockpit. I'll have a look in my Pilots Notes book and get back to you about it this evening, but I'm sure that's what they did.Originally posted by BMS
Thanks for the info Jango, I will check them out.
I know there are a couple of Spitfires here, I just need to find out where and if I can get access to them. I want more info on the cockpit internals.
I watched the Spitfire DVD I just purchased and it looks like the pilots had parachutes with them. I don't understand how a pilot could get out of the cockpit and parachute out . . . was that possible?
Cheers
Paul