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Supermarine Spitfire - The Pilot's View
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ส.ค. 2024
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The Supermarine Spitfire remains one of the all time classic fighters and certainly one of the most recognised. In Britain it has become part of folklore - the aeroplane that helped save the UK in the Battle of Britain. Aviation fans the world over often wonder what it would be like to fly this famous plane. This stunning action video offers you the chance to experience the pilot's perspective, with in-cockpit cameras. Join aerobatic ace Tony Bianchi in what was once W.W.II ace Ginger Lacey's personal Spitfire Mark Ia as it is put through its paces. Features the Mark Ia, Mark V, Mark XIV, Mark XVI and Mark XIX aircraft.
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Noise sensitive village? Who wouldn't want the sound of a Spitfire over their house??
youre doing a service when you fly that spitfire over the village.
It's a bit different depending on the time of day I guess.
Even a diehard aviation buff doesn't want Spitfires overhead when he's trying to sleep so he can go to work the next day.
One of my favourite Spitfires. She appeared in the films Battle of Britain, Piece of Cake and Dunkirk. I also got a little sit in the cockpit when she was based at Booker in the mid 1990s.
This is AR213, this plane is a Mk I, but according to site called Duxfordfotogalery, the AR213 has been fitted with various non-standard parts: "The most notably were the late version engine with six exhaust stubs instead of three and a four bladed propeller instead of three blades and different cockpit and undercarriage details".
The propeller and engine fit were done prior to the aircraft's involvement in the filming of Battle of Britain in 1968. Other parts may have been fitted during its training career or as a result of the owner's wishes. AR213 is now back in stock Mk.Ia condition.
The early engines were hard to find in those days, so they had no choice but to use the later engines. The proper early engines were sourced eventually and fitted to the aircraft
Loved that commentary - thank you!
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Fantastic!! Please - do it again in HD. LOVE this vid!
Noise sensitive village.... a Spitfire doesn't make noise it makes music to the ears!
Yes, she flew from Booker. Not sure Tony Bianchi would appreciate being likened to Joachim, I'll ask him! Indeed, there was a Lucas horn for u/c warning. Yes G-AIST/AR213 was reconfigured to 3 blade bracket prop, smaller wheels & brakes, plus the lower output Merlin. Everthing was dismantled, cleaned, & restored. A good bunch of chaps worked on her, they were, & not in order of preference; Richard Jackson, Franco Tambascia, Tony Bird, Andy Stephens (Radio work) Graham "Mouse",Ralph Hull(HullAero) Steve Gilbert, Rex Coates, these last two licenced engineers have sadly passed away. Tom Woodhouse came on board later in the project. Prior to the restoration, with bigger wheels,/brakes, 60series Merlin, & 4 blade Rotol c/s prop, she was a hot ship, all the mods to make her fly better..from a pilots POV. She starred in several films, & was the first Spitfire I signed off on A8-20, & my CAA/EASA licence. I vividly recall sitting on the grass airfield, waiting, & listening for Tony's return after that first sign off. Happy days!
With all the 'mods', did it handle/perform differently to a standard Mk.1? Definitely seems like it with a 60 series Merlin in it.
@@baselhammond3317 I never flew G-AIST, only maintained/repaired/certified her, Basel, but talking to Tony, all the mods were of great benifit. The reason we converted her back to Mk1a was for originality for the owner. In mod'd form, Tony did the full Aresti aerobatic sequence, apparently.
How did they fit a 60 series engine in to a mk 1 airframe? Those engines are longer cause of the 2 stage blower, hence the introduction of the lenghtend mk ix.
@@gilbertdavies Could you ask Tony how she performed in mod’d state compared to a mk IX? Really love the baby spits with the four blade and the later exhaust.
@@AndersRichardsen Good evening Anders, sorry late reply to your earlier message, so I'll answer that 1st. If I recall there wasn't much room between the firewall & the rear engine/supercharger case, I feel there were longer engine bearers, I do remember there was a large slab of lead bolted inside the fuelage near stern post. That would keep the CofG in range...which was narrow, if I remember correctly 3.25".. But I guess some expert will correct me on that!..
Now, 2nd question, I'll ask Tony about performance when we next talk. I do recall he said as a "modded" Mk1a it was a sparkling performer, but I couldn't accurately say how he compared it with the MkIX, although I know he had a high opinion of that mark. I'll ask him, if you fly an aircraft you recall the ones you like...or otherwise, he also has a good memory. Rgrds. G
I could do with all the headings and turns. I want to do this in IL2 1946 in my brand new mk1. I guess I need to just keep watching this part and learn what he does.
fly over my property 7 days a week please, never get sick of watching this vid..........
maybe the early switch placements were not laid out very well ,seemed to be a lot of right hand then left hand and back to right again,but she is a pretty bird
Jesus dude....can we hear the spitfire purr
Quick question for anyone who knows... When these warbirds are flown today, are the engines de-rated to preserve their lifespans? Or, are the aircraft able to reach the same engine power output, climb rate and speeds of the originals?
same, they are overhauled with new internals at specific intervals. They only reduce speed etc to safe stress on the air frame as a rule but again these are overhauled as well at specific intervals.
Interesting... I'd imagine there's a bit of a fuss made between the pilots, and the people providing the money, as to how much time at full throttle is considered acceptable :)
i'm not sure there's much need for full throttle in display runs, i'll ask one of the boultbee lads
I meant for the pilot's entertainment, not the crowd :)
In the BBMF, at least, 50% throttle is the max allowed
Just wondering, I always thought that Mk1 Spitfires only had three propellers this one had four - am I right or am
I wrong?
At one point in the post-war days, the correct Merlin engines for Mk.Is to Mk.Vs were so rare/unavailable, so they had to use Merlin engines that were used for Mk.IXs, but removed one of the superchargers (the ones used in Mk.IXs had two-stage superchargers) which kept the nose short, but too powerful for the original 3-blade propellers. Later on, the correct engines became more available and fitted to these early Spitfires (like this one)
@@michaelknott4361 Interesting! thanks for the info.
You are Wright they only had 3 this one has four don't no why may be no three props around for it at the moment.
Can't they use a modern coolant such as Wynne's Waterless Coolant?
Very lucky chap
Noise sensetive village... shame on you..., you can fly that British egineered beauty over my house anyday.
Quite agree. I wonder how that village handled all the noise during the War, when it had to cope with more than just the occasional Spitfire take-off? I have a book on the Typhoon, in which Typhoon squadrons in southeast England were kept at constant readiness to deal with the hit-and-run raids on southern coast towns by Focke Wulf 190s.
At that period of the Typhoon's introduction into operations the engines were...problematic...and needed to be started and run up at intervals, which meant that nearby villages and towns had to put up with Sabre engines running at all hours of the night and day.
The story tells how a squadron commander received a letter from locals complaining about the noise and his reply included the question of which engines would they prefer to hear: Typhoons or Focke Wulf 190s?
And sadly Wycombe is no different today. Even the residents of the airfield now are not quite aware of some of the treasures PPS used to keep like AR213 for example.
Is it a mark 1? Is it older than the BBMF mkll?
At 3:13.....is that a horn tooting??
Well partner you can buzz my house as low as you want with that plane.
Nice clip! Am I wrong or do the flaps retract rather unsymmetrically (at 1.15)?
This asymmetric retraction of flaps is also modelled in the A2A Spifires (to fly in MS FSX), so yeah, your eyes don't deceive. Gear also retracts asymmetrically.
@@bill1949wt Both landing gear struts were operated in series off the same hydraulic circuit powered by the same pump. So, since the two struts had slightly different mechanical friction in them, one would retract before the other.
Wing flaps, either pneumatic (air pressure) or hydraulic (oil pressure) can be the same way, and they will deploy and retract differently. This can cause a serious handling problem for the aircraft, so nowadays the two flaps are synchronized mechanically so that doesn't happen. They deploy and retract together to avoid handling problems when cycling the flaps.
Flying from Booker?
Looks like it, and he refers to "Wycombe".
Definitely NOT a Mk 1 Spitfire. Mk 1's had a 3 blade prop, so did Mk 111, 1V, and V's (3, 4, and 5's). Mk V1 (Mk 6 had four blade props)
Could have been retrofitted.
It also has an enlarged MkV type Oil cooler.
John Ashby the aircraft determines what mark it is not the prop fitted. Certain Marlins are now very rare or extinct so engine/prop fitment may not be original. Still a beautiful airworthy Spitfire which is all that matters.
Definately made as a Mk I which has been later fitted with a 4 blade prop as have some Mk V's. this Mk I was 1 of 50 Mk I's built by Westland to an order dated August 1940 of which some were later converted to Mk V.
I see what you're thinking, but you need to understand that back in the 1960s to 1990s (roughly), the early engines weren't easy to find and make airworthy, so they used the Mk.IX engines (like what they did to this one) until more recent times where the proper engines were sourced and fitted to these planes. This is a Mk.I because the early aircraft had just the one radiator (look for AR213, the tail number for this aircraft). It's now flying with the correct engine and the 3-blade propeller :)
Hello, is it the 90% scale? thanks
No it is 100 percent full scale. It's an early model Spit, either a MkI or a MkII
The audio is absolutely horrible in this otherwise good video.
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I didn't knew that Joaquin Phoenix had pilot license!
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name and shame the village
My town, wycombe. I'm 20 now and grew up with the sights and sound of the various Spitfires PPS restored over the years. What a nice way to get the aviation bug. Don't recall this aircraft off the top of my head though.
Thank goodness you wasn't flying in ww2