Quote:My comment of the '109 being a "glorified touring plane" is meant to be facetious. For its time, the 108 was a major step in light planes. That some of its features were incorporated into the 109, just makes good design logic.
That's normal practice with aircraft designers which makes the Spitfire even more of an enigma.
The 109 was a brilliant design concept possibly let down by certain design flaws not being properly addressed in order to maintain production. I read that the tailplane problem that had always been a weakness was considerably improved when they reverted back to the original wooden structure. This was due to shortage of metal in the later stages of WWII.
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