Editing Macchi C.205 Veltro (section)

== An Allied test pilot's opinion ==
Captain [[Eric Brown (pilot)|Eric Brown]], Chief Naval Test Pilot and commanding officer of the [[Royal Aircraft Establishment]]'s Captured Enemy Aircraft Flight, remembered how impressed the members of the unit were when they tested the Veltro. "One of the finest aircraft I ever flew was the Macchi MC. 205. Oh, beautiful. And here you had the perfect combination of Italian styling and German engineering. I believe it was powered by a Daimler Benz DB 605. It was really a delight to fly, and up to anything on the Allied programme. But again, it came just before the Italians capitulated so it was never used extensively. And we did tests on it and were most impressed. The cockpit was smallish but not as bad as the Bf 109."<ref name="Thompson with Smith p. 231.">Thompson and Smith 2008, p. 231.</ref><ref name="Mattioli 11">Mattioli 2002, p. 11.</ref>