Flying a P-51Mustang, with a Spitfire and P-40 Kittyhawk! Battle of Britain Flypasts
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- Formation of 3 fighters performing flypasts for the RCAF Battle Of Britain parade, at Rockcliffe, Ontario, Sept 2019. Helmet-cam and voice-over commentary by Dave Hadfield, and Joe Cosmano. www.hadfield.ca
Aircraft owned by Mike Potter, Ottawa ON, and flown in association with Vintage Wings of Canada www.vintagewings.ca
Song "On Track" (c)2018 Dave Hadfield
Sony AS-50 helmet-cams, wide-angle.
NOTE: There are many comments about how long it takes to go through the checklists and get the thing airborne. In a quick-response situation the ground crews would have started the engines and done the mag checks etc before sunrise. As soon as the pilots appeared on the airfield they'd go to their airplane, talk to the crew about it, check that all the switches and levers were in the right position for a Scramble, and -- very important! -- arrange the parachute and harness "just-so" for a quick strap-in-and-go; and brief the ground crew about exactly how they were going to coordinate the startup and launch. BUT... I fly many different aircraft types, our ground crew have many different duties, and we have no time-imperative. So we use checklists -- which have been shown many times to reduce the "oh-crap-forgot-that" mistakes.
Dave thank you for sharing this video. Loved it. You are living my dream of flying a P-51. My Dad joined the RCAF, March 8th 1942 and had flown many different warbirds. Especially the North American Harvard. Also flew the first jets in Canada; the Vampire and T-33. BTW keep flying over Orleans and my eyes will be pealed up at the sky.
That p51 in Raf livery looks outstanding.
I live in Orleans and you can make all the flypasts you want . . . Love it, it's an airshow for me
Amazing. Great to see these pieces of history still flying.
Thanks for sharing, sir.
I think in their time was the greatest days aviation will ever know. Had a friend, Colonel Tom (ret) that flew many of the US planes during WW2, even flew Lindbergh across Germany after the war. Took Tom flying in my Arrow. He hadn't flown in twenty years. Like riding a bicycle for him. They don't make 'em like Tom very often.
That's a thrill for those GA pilots to have something like a mustang in the circuit with them; I did have a VC 10 once when doing circuits in a
C-152 at Brize Norton, just hoping I wasn't going to be run over, but no comparison to a classic warbird.
Nice to hold on to make those passes without any Bf109 trying to wack you out!
02:50 and 2 miles behind you a 737 gets a windsheer warning :P
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So which is more fun to fly. The mustang, or the spit?
How do they fit a passenger seat in the p40? It appears to be solid fuselage from the pilot backwards.
There is a mod in which you remove the fuselage tank and put a pax seat there. You can even add a dual set of controls, which we did. Ours is the only dual-control prop fighter in Canada.
@@davehadfield5906 ah I see - thanks very much for the info!
Well i see on your channel you have flown all 3 of my favorite warbirds, which is your favorite? Also wondering which one is the easiest to fly? I would guess the P40 out of the 3. I love your videos and i would die to fly in any 3 of them beautiful birds.
Favourite? The Spitfire for an airshow, the Mustang for cross-country, and the P-40 for all-round fun.
Dave when you have a flyby like this how and who chooses who flies what?
The qualification process is extensive. It's based on competency, and trust. But it's the Chief Pilot, in consultation with the CEO/Owner, who determines who gets trained for which aircraft. They all cost $3K and over per hour to fly, so training is expensive.
@@davehadfield5906 granted but when you have three equally qualified pilots and three hot craft to fly, does the owner have first choice? LOL
@@johnandrews3568 Oh yes! I brought the Spitfire back from a 5000 mile trip, and then the owner flew it for the rest of the season.
Excellent video and voice over - shame about all those holding patterns eating precious engine and airframe hours!