Westland Lysander -- Airshow Pilot's View
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- Fly with Dave Hadfield in the cockpit of a Lysander at an Airshow; with voice-over narration explaining why and how the maneuvers are flown, and many of the quirks of this unusual aeroplane.
Filmed at AeroGatineau airshow, 2021.
www.hadfield.ca
In association with Vintage Wings of Canada www.vintagewings.ca
What a wonderful machine, I’d always imagined that it was a ponderous, unwieldy device but it actually a bit of a hot rod. Amazing!
You sir, are the pinnacle of presenting the highly entertaining, informing and professionally narrated flight videos. You manage to bring us to these amazing experiences as close as you can. Thank you.
Thanks. I feel it's important to share it. Part of the mandate.
Your videos are superb and I am deeply envious that you get to display these amazing machines. Thanks for playing your part in keeping their story going, but also sharing it with us.
Excellent video Dave! Always loved that big bird. That’s quite a perch you have from that front seat!
Great video.. love the preflight checks run through.
Thanks for the ride!
A long time coming, Dave. Thanks for this. The airshow at the Gat is amazing and well displayed by all who put it on.
Wow! An impressive aircraft, and great demonstration. Glad you found out about the mag switches before your next flight! Thanks, Dave!
What a lovely aeroplane, been one of my favourites since I was a boy - couldn't begin to say why!
Great work!!! Dave 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Great flying, great commentary, as usual. So informative! Beautiful Lysander wings. Amazing how they get an aircraft that size up so quickly......and down so slowly. Thanks for a most enjoyable flight, just like I was in the cockpit...and knew what I was doing. :-)
excellent
Amazing sound !
Great vid dave as usual
What a fantastic and quirky aeroplane lol..
I do like these videos Dave. Please keep them coming.
Thanks!
They take a lot of time to edit together, so probably only clips until the flying season is over.
Superb!
love the the sound you can briefly hear on the takeoff - almost like a baby Centaurus. Wonder if the same goes for the gladiator.
So cool, Big engine big sound , Dad flew WW2, some times in the car he'd say Full Pitch full Rich and release the brakes, we roll through the intersection laughing...... Out of all the airplane stuff I want to see a snow ski landing and take off with narration. Thanks for the ride see ya later.
I always shout, "CLEAR!" when I start the truck... LOL!
Yeah, I'm an old, retired, AME.
@@kbjerke The stuff we remember , or driving in the parking lot and saying "turn on the numbers" down wind leg. Still miss that old fart.
@@billjames3148 Dad and I (he was a WWll Vet) used to go to a few airshows every year. He told me of the times in Europe when the sky was blackened with bombers.
Lest We Forget.
R.I.P. Dad.
My dad used to say "Switches off, off, off." He was a spitfire pilot in the RAF, and I always assumed that was from his flying procedure.
Above your videos Dave. Thanks 👍
Loved this airplane, as a kid of 12 in 1963 I never missed a single TV Program of "Moonstrike" after it started, it was also one of my most treasured Airfix models, (that and my Sunderland Flying Boat) of which I had 52 in all. Fantastic to see that a few still exist.
Dave many thanks love your video and the skilful way you deal with the dear old Lizzie, wonder if Ted Petter is checking you out from up there he would be delighted.
Just yours and Shuttleworths still fly worthy presently?
Thanks! I admire the whole Petter contribution to British engineering, which took place during 100 years, immensely.
I flew our Lysander 2000 miles last summer to OSH and back. Strenuous journey ;) and I have a video about that being edited right now.
There are 3 Lizzies flying AFAIK: ours, Shuttleworth's, and the one at Duxford.
Not sure of the status of the rebuild in Belgium.
I love your videos mate :)
Would you be able to do any videos on the hawker hurricane - I believe you guys own one but I'm not entirely sure.
Thanks. I'll be doing our Hurricane XII first-flight fairly soon. Video to follow if all goes well.
@@davehadfield5906 Excellent - thanks very much! A mate of mine flies a hurricane mkXII here in the UK, and actually prefers it over the spitfire. Best of luck.
Looks like a handful flying this…
What a BABE! 😍👍
Really good throaty soundtrack on that engine! love it! Is it hard to adjust between left and right turning props?
On light aircraft no, your feet simply react to keep it straight. On high-powered aircraft where the rudder trim must be pre-set, you wouldn't want to get it wrong.
Cleaned the oil off this wonderful aircraft, after the performance.
Thanks! There was a lot more oil on the belly a week earlier!
@@davehadfield5906 Annie, mentioned it. 😂😂😂 Really love the videos.
It it a challenge to go from P factor being one way with some planes and the other with planes like this?
Not much -- your foot just does what it has to do to keep the aircraft straight. But in the higher-powered fighters, where you have to pre-set the rudder-trim, you would not want to get that wrong.
Hello Dave. Do you have an electric air pump to improve the braking ?
Yes, the engine-driven pump is inadequate.
Terrible head bobbing! Fixed cameras are better.