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dave hadfield
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Dave Hadfield is Chief Pilot with the Mike Potter Aircraft Collection, in association with Vintage Wings of Canada, Gatineau, Quebec, and flies many Warbird types such as the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, Westland Lysander, and P-51 Mustang. He performs airshow displays in these, and other aircraft. In the summer of 2018, Hadfield flew Spitfire TE-294 from Gatineau Q.C. to Comox BC and back, in a program called "5,000 Miles In A Spitfire". He has about 28,000 hours, and comes from a flying family, eight of which are pilots, including Commander Chris Hadfield.
His wife Robin Hadfield is a noted Air Race and Rally pilot, and President of the 99s. They own a Fairchild 24W and an RV6a.
His wife Robin Hadfield is a noted Air Race and Rally pilot, and President of the 99s. They own a Fairchild 24W and an RV6a.
Lysander cockpit in flight
Short clip from the first flight of the season in our Mk IIIa Lysander. It will be based in Collingwood ON soon.
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Echelon Right, Go
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We've been doing a lot of formation flying training this spring. Here's a snippet illustrating one of our many formation-changes; moving from "finger-strong-right" to "echelon-right". I'm #3 in this mission, so I back off to make room for #2. May 2024
Spitfire and Mustang
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Very short clip from our first formation training mission of this year: a formation change from echelon left to echelon right. I'm in the Spit, knocking the rust off... P-51D Mustang and Spitfire Mk IX from the Mike Potter Aircraft Collection in Gatineau, Canada.
Drake III, 1946 46ft wooden ketch, fall sail 2023
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Very typical cruise. It's hard for the skipper to not be enthused when this ancient hull sails itself so well...
Fighter Flight -- Photo Mission
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The inside view and story of how to get great airborne pictures of iconic aircraft; in this case a Hawker Hurricane XII, Spitfire IX, and P-51D Mustang. Shot from both sides: inside the Spitfire cockpit, and inside the Harvard/T-6. Spitfire pilot Dave Hadfield www.hadfield.ca Photographer Peter Handley photography.phdcreative.com and www.vintagewings.ca These three aircraft display at airshows ...
Hurricane, Spitfire, Mustang -- with an F-18 Hornet. Pilot's View.
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Flying a Spitfire in an Air Show as part of "Victory Flight". PLUS an F-18 Hornet on the Spitfire's wing. Flown, narrated and produced by Dave Hadfield www.hadfield.ca AeroGatineau airshow 2023 Mike Potter Aircraft Collection, Gatineau, QC.
Flying the Gipsy Moth -- Part Two
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This 1928 DH-60 is the oldest ex-RCAF aircraft still flying in Canada. The video is about test-flying it to work through some snags, and then ferrying it across S. Ontario to its new home where it will share hangar space with the Mike Potter Aircraft Collection at Gatineau. www.hadfield.ca The aircraft is owned by a private individual who delightful to discover! has been a longtime member of Vi...
John Deere BN, 1939, spreading gravel
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I use my old "B" to pull an 8ft section of 14" I-Beam to level out our gravel driveway. When pulled on a skewed angle, it moves the gravel to a slight crown, evens it out, and levels the potholes. Today there were 6 triple-axle loads of "A" gravel to smooth out. Yes, I know, the tractor needs paint. I'll get to it.
Flying a DH-60 Gipsy Moth, Part One
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Test-flying a 1928 Moth with a Gipsy II engine, at a grass airfield in Southern Ontario, with commentary, July 2023. This is the oldest ex-RCAF aircraft still flying. Part Two will feature the delivery flight to Quebec. For Dave's album of aviation songs, see: hadfield.ca/shop/
Seaplane Flying
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A great day in a floatplane with friends. What a wonderful freedom we have in Canada, to do this kind of thing.
CF-18 Hornet Formation-Break, from Spitfire
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Short helmet-cam clip from my AeroGatineau 2023 flying more to come soon.
Thunderstorm, in a 76 year-old wooden boat
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A very typical thunderstorm passage while at anchor off Beausoleil Island, Ontario. Drake III was built just after WW2 by a husband and wife in Montreal. The design is unknown but very strongly resembles the sharpies of Ralph Monroe.
Fawn On The Lawn
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A clip of a young deer jumping up to eat overhanging leaves beside our house in the woods. The doe is just behind, in the edge of the trees.
Warbirds Workup
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A typical couple of summer flying days at Gatineau, with Check-rides, Proficiency Flights, and post-maintenance Test Flights; in the Spitfire, Hurricane, Mustang, Harvard and others. In-cockpit footage of the Spitfire and Harvard. www.hadfield.ca For more info: www.vintagewings.ca
Gipsy Moth test-flight, DH-60M CF-AAJ
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Gipsy Moth test-flight, DH-60M CF-AAJ
Warbird Trainers - Forced Landing Practice
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Warbird Trainers - Forced Landing Practice
I love the RDC
Thank you so much for posting. Been flying simulated ones as the closest I will get. My favourite aircraft of all time. Always will be. Hundreds of them were based in Surrey airfields all around me 84 years ago.
Luckiest man alive.
He has the best job on the planet 💯👌🥰🥰🥹🥹
I got into a spin in dcs made it out=barely! What's correct procedure to recover from A spin? Thx
What an absolute delight, a beautiful aircraft and tribute to the design and restoration of an icon. Thank you for flying and sharing this experience with us.
Goddammit ! Get it started and off the ground already !
Read the Note in the Remarks section at the top.
For the last week I've been trying to remember when the Lysander first grabbed my attention as a young boy - anyone else remember the 60s BBC series Moonstrike....?
Great vid Dave! Tks for sharing :-)
Thank you for posting this. Great footage.
Great view - lots of glass there................
Turns on a Dime! So Jealous! I wish I could fly in one, let alone being in control of one. Wow. Thank's Dave.
Love a Lysander!
We're you able to try out the wind filter? 😊
What a great view from that flight deck. Thanks, Dave!!! 👍
No idea why but I’ve always thought they were pretty!
I’ll see you at the Gatineau airshow 2024
If you’re inside one of those planes and you’re the pilots, I have something to say that I actually saw you just today flyover Gatineau and landing May 31 Friday 2024
Yes, that was us. Lots of training during the last month.
A fascinating insight into a very interesting aircraft. Thank You.
"What a privilege to have done this!" Absolutely! And what a privilege it is to be taken along for the ride! Thank you so much for sharing this.
Great airplane.
I first started working for the CPR in 1968 on The Canadian. The train used the same route as the Budd car but unfortunately it didn't stop if you wanted to get off like the Budd. The train continued on to Thunder Bay and part of the route was on the north shore of Lake Superior which was spectacular.
J'adore cet avion, c'est le plus beau de la seconde guerre à mes yeux en plus d'être efficace ❤
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Amazing view!
I used to be a technician with CN Telecommunications and worked in Northern Ontario back in the mid 70s. CN had a similar service called the "mini train", though not with Budd cars. However, I had been on Budds elsewhere. Back then, I also had flag stops, but not your way. As an employee, I had access to the dispatcher's phone. In fact, my work occasionally included fixing that phone. When I needed a ride, I'd get on the phone and ask for a stop, often on a passenger train, including the Super Continental, but more likely a freight. Some of the places I was in also had a food stash and a bunk, just in case it was a long wait. There was one trip where I came back to Capreol on a gas car, of the type the track crews used.
What a beauty!! Nav Lights not required? I thought that it was mandatory.
how bad’s the p-torque on that when you get over 50kts?
In the Spitfire it's about 1/4 of the Mustang. The Spitfire has such lovely balance and control that you can overpower the trim, or the destabilizing influences on takeoff, using stick-and-rudder, with comparatively little muscle-expenditure.
@@davehadfield5906 I've got logbook time in Chipmunks and even a Tiger Moth. The Chippy is so well mannered in the air.. it's just that silly brake lever causes me trouble when taxiing - thanks for the reply
Hi Dave, how do we make contact? We are working with National Museum of the Royal Navy in the UK, I wondered if you can help us with some footage for 80th D-Day?
Hi Dave, how do we make contact? We are working with National Museum of the Royal Navy in the UK, I wondered if you can help us with some footage for 80th D-Day?
I used to ride a Via Rail Budd Car from Courtnay to Duncan on Vancouver Island every Sunday in the early 1990's
Hi Dave, can I ask you if you use rudder on that rolls and 4-point rolls or it isn´t necessary? And when you are doing loop, you need to decrease filling pressure on way down or not to prevent engine or prop overrev? Thank you very much.
A little into-roll rudder at the beginning to get started but then nothing, and before you get to 90 the aileron drag pops the nose up toward the horizon. Past 90, nothing. If you sustain inverted, in negative G, the rudder works in the opposite direction, but we don't. We stay slightly positive G and just keep rolling. Usually as you complete the roll you need a little into-roll rudder to exit on the line you want. Loops, the constant-speed mechanism of the prop governor changes the prop pitch as required so that the RPM doesn't change. As for back-pressure, you keep a light touch on the elevator as you go over the top -- it's very sensitive -- but then you need quite a bit more as you round out the bottom.
@@davehadfield5906 Thank you Dave. Another question, if I can. I know about Merlins problems with longevity on full power and problems with spontaneous combustion when is used on low octane petrol, so most of that WWII fighters are flying with low octane fuel around 100octanes fuel only (fuel with more ctane is extreme expensive and is problem to buy it, so most engines are flying only with reduced power here in Europe. Same problem in USA too?
@@Dzordzikk It's detonation that happens with supercharged engines when too low an octane fuel is used -- premature ignition. We have no shortage of 100LL here in N. America, and it's fine for the WW2 aircraft -- we aren't carrying wartime loads and don't need to push the engines to their limit.
Wonderful thank you very much. <:o)
I could literally watch that all day
Awesome!!
Feeding the algorithm… Thanks makes me question my life choices lol
That’s awesome. Glad you finally got a weather break
Thanks for sharing this Dave! Beautiful!!
Probably two of the three most beautiful aircraft in the world flying together. Thank you.
Beautiful aircraft. Thank you for sharing!
Tally - ho . Attack
Polscy piloci z 302 i 303 dywizjonu RAF oczyścili niebo z bandytów Luftwaffe .
where to stay over in White river?
I don't know. I've always got off the train and camped somewhere along the line.
Fascinating video. Thank you and the ground crew for producing this.
My favourite is the mk21 fanstatice
Thx! Very helpful.
I know everyone has their own favorite aircraft from WWII. The P-40 is mine. Built before America's entry into the war, and served well in many theaters. Not the finest American fighter aircraft? OK. But it was there when it was needed, and looks fantastic!
Hey Dave, great video thank you very much. Great to see you putting these up still as I appreciate they take time to edit etc. How would you normally land back at home base if you aren’t able to ‘run and break’? Would you bleed off the speed a different way and then do a standard join into downwind/crosswind? Thanks
Yes, it happens frequently at Gatineau which has a very busy flight school. We stooge around, flying easy 360s on a sort of wide base-leg. When ATC opens a gap in the traffic we pull up the nose, drop the gear and flaps, and carve in.
@@davehadfield5906 thanks Dave.
Rode the Bud up to Pogomasing area for some winter camping in 2005/2006 with a bunch from MNR, Smoky and the WCA bunch...nice area and it was cold!
Was I on that one? I joined a few of the Deep Freeze trips.
Nice ...