4Kᵁᴴᴰ Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk.XVIIIe - AWESOME Rolls Royce Griffon SOUND!!!
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Name of event: Hangar 10 Fly In 2018 (www.hangar10.de/)
Date of record: 27.09.2018
Location: Flughafen/Airport Heringsdorf (EDAH), Usedom - Germany
Aircraft: Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk.XVIIIe (serial no. TP280, construction no. 6S/676372, D-FSPT) More info on www.meiermotors.com/index.php/... and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superma...)
Pilot/s: Rob Davies - United Kingdom - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
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Hangar 10 Fly In 2018: th-cam.com/video/HuUe8GQMlCM/w-d-xo.html
Very cool ,thanks. Huge fan here...I have a lot of memorabilia from Polesti,,,my uncle somehow survived every Polesti mission he was on.
What AM R/T set did they use in WW2?
18 dubliners
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Absolutely gorgeous plane,i get goosebumps just hearing engine turn over,thanks for sharing the video!
Oh ya ! From NAS Saufley field 1964 - 68 I can still smell the oil from those starts...... I was a mech. Working 200 + T-34 B 6 cyl opposed a/c .... Those were the days my friends 🙄. VT- 1. & VT- 5. VT- 5 flew T- 28. Oh the stories
THANK YOU FOR NOT PLAYING MUSIC!
So many of these videos are ruined by cheesy music. The sound of the old war birds, radial or V engine, is music we don't get to hear anymore. Thank you again for reminding us what we are missing.
Amen brother.
YES
im never here for stupid music unless im here for music
The engines ARE the music ... at least to ppl with taste for those old birds.
Read more.
My father flew spitfires in the RAF in Italy, Sicily and North Africa. The most beautiful machine ever made.
Except Messerschmitt Bf 109
Thank your father for his service
@@claudiosikler9493 bf109 was cool but didn't fare well again the spitfire, look at the battle of Britain
@@claudiosikler9493 or the hurricane? In the shadow of the spit and the schmitt?
Great planes all. I also love the look of the F4U - The Corsair. British pilots took it and taught the US how to make effective carrier landings. The cant of the high nose caused by the large propeller sweep caused issues for US pilots at first but we learned from our British cousins how to make a safe sweeping carrier approach instead of just straight in.
As an American I love our P-51D's But the Spitfire is a legend because of what it and the Hurricane did. I'm one American that knows those planes and their pilots saved all our collective asses in the summer of 1940. Thank You Great Britain.
Thank you for your kind remarks. and regardless of which nation of any of those involved in that great conflict were from they were all as equally as brave as the others and worked as one to topple the foe, and I give my thanks to each and every one of them.
and these days the Brits forget it was 303 Polish squadron that had the most kills in the Battle of Britain when they now vote to kick em out of the UK. Less we forget.
@@Optikification You utter lying moron. Why peddle Remainer crap on a Thread that is about a WWII fighter?
1. We, unlike the rest of Europe which is happy to re-write history, NEVER EVER forget what the Polish airmen did in 1940. Just like we never forget what Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, South African and Caribbean airmen did with us. Indeed they are commemorated in various memorials around the country and every year at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday.
2. To say they "had the most kills in the Battle of Britain" is an insult to every other pilot engaged in that combat and all the rest. Every damn one was a hero....
3. And now let me lay your lie for what it is. We in the UK voted to leave the political ponzie scheme that is the EU. We never voted for, nor have we ever said we would, 'kick' anyone out. Indeed I would remind you it was the EU that stuck to NOT agreeing to make both EU and UK citizens future's safe and used them as political chess pieces. The UK has never said anything other than migrants here are welcome to stay regardless of where they come from. Unlike the EU on British migrants in the EU
Remainers make me bloody puke with their lies and false information just because they lost the vote.
Optikification thats because back then they were different
crorivpro thanks for this very much appreciated comment . Most of the comments from America say that if it weren’t for you we’d all be talking German, which is a laugh coz most of Americans come from English stock anyway. Superb English engineering saved the world from speaking German. Full stop.
Seeing a Griffon Spitfire fly by you in person must be such an unforgettable experience. I don't know if I'm the only one but I find that five-bladed propeller just so charming.
Younger generations have no idea what a piston powered plane sounds like. A truly impressive plane with a truly impressive engine flown by a truly impressive pilot. Thanks for the great video.
Thank you for watching and commenting! More videos of this and other Spitfire's you can watch on my Warbirds playlist: th-cam.com/play/PL_kDcX2_3upoq5qHhsAxNXMiIuSCtOl_V.html
Sounds almost exactly like the video. Crazy huh?
Sorry for my words but you might be wrong, sir. Not all younger gens since there're numbers like me who do know and loves some WW2 fighters. Modern fighter jets are cool, sure it is, but there are some distinct charm in classic planes which is really hard to explain...
Or maybe I just loves vintage and classic stuffs.
You do not have to be British to love the beauty and symbolism of freedom embodied by the iconic Spitfire. Was she the best fighter of the war? Who cares! She stands as a testament to a courageous island nation that would never surrender in the face of tyranny. Greetings from America to our English brothers and sisters. May we always stand united for justice and liberty.
I live near selsey on the south coast of England. Every sunny day a spitfire does loops high in the sky, it's beautiful! Even when I'm indoors I can hear the engine from miles away and instantly know that the spitfire is flying!
It may not be as iconic as the Merlin, but the Rolls Royce Griffon is still one of the best sounding aircraft engines out there.
I built a Spit model in 1949. I was a Londoner at 15 years old, living close to Hendon and the airfield, now the RAF museum there. I'm now 89 and have the 24 inch balsa model hanging in my workshop, needing new paper covering. Thanks for a fine video, and it prompts me to think of restoring the model!
Rodney Maennling Vancouver Island BC
Being American and biased toward American aircraft I will say that Great Britain did a good job creating the Spitfire. Gorgeous airplane.
A griffon Spitfire climb to 55,000 feet over Hong Kong the highest recorded for a piston engine. Amazing aircraft that was develop and improved over six long years in WW2.
Poots MuhGoots more than just a good job. The best fighter to come out if ww2
The Mustang was only as good as its engine.
Vaughn Erhardt l
A 'good job'!! A bit of an understatement i think?☺
35 years as an aircraft mechanic and I still love these old warbirds!
Gosh.. been watching the F22, F35, Typhoon Euro fighter jets.. but the classic fighter like the Spitfire always brings you back to raw awesome!
What a gorgeous plane! This and the P-51 are such iconic planes. Some many WW2 planes were just amazing machines for the time. I'm happy some have been preserved. That was Americas finest period in my opinion.
The P-51 has nothing on this one
Finest period in British history too. We'll never see a generation like them🇬🇧🇺🇸
3:36 Possibly the most evocative sight in aviation: the shape of the Spitfire wing.
Alongside the Junkers Ju 87
@@raccoonmoustache
The Ju 87 looks slow and clumsy next to the very graceful Spitfire.
@@barrierodliffe4155 I mean I don’t want to be speeding into the ground when I’m dive bombing so I’d say that stukas design is very good for its role
A6M Zero had a very similar planform--generous wing area.
@@raccoonmoustache Let me think... I see a Stuka coming toward me, so I walk to the nearest shelter (let's face it they were slow) - I see a Spitfire coming toward me and I fly as fast as I possibly can AWAY from it! And yes, yes, I get the wing shape thing, but seriously, who IN THEIR RIGHT MIND would fly toward one? Granted, the Germans did, but nobody accused them (at that time) of being in their right minds 😀
The Mustang and Spitfire were just absolutely beautiful airframes. Beautiful and Beastly. Our allied Pilots were just so good and given their planes they were as formidable as it got in their day.
Die urtypische Silhouette der Spitfire, wenn sie am Himmel zu sehen ist. Toll! Schön, dass es sowas heute noch gibt!
By far the far the most beautiful plane ever built
I like its "ugly" cousin.
A throwback to the days when our Ancestors deserved to be called GREAT
37 litres of brutality (against "just" 27 for the Merlin).
RJ Mitchell who led the Spitfire design team always said, "if it looks right, it probably is right." The Spit, still looks right - even with an engine 1.37 bigger than ever intended.
I also love the Griffon pitch.
I know as an AMERICAN I am going to get alot of hate for this but I think the supermarine spitfire is the most beautiful plane my eyes ever looked upon
The sound it makes when flying past is just friggin awesome.
What an absolutely breath taking machine. The colours, the shape the sound... pure beauty
Every time i watch this airplane my feelings gets out of control - just so beautiful and magnificent - absolutely one of the finest airkrafts from WW2 - stunning it is :-)
Oh god yes, same here. It almost makes me tear up.
Point taken. I love The Spitfire but I equally love the Hurricane as its performance is always overlooked and doesn't rec enough praise. The wooden workhorse. Could take more punishment than most metal structured places, repaired faster and back in the air faster. Ex RAF GUY
@@321fightson same actually, it's pure beauty to see these things fly. And without them we wouldn't have the world as we know it
To all the brave airmen and airwomen of WWll , a heartfelt thank you. Yours was truly the greatest generation. The whole world is indebted to you. God bless.
This is my favorite WW2 fighter followed by the P51 Mustang gives me chills to think about the impact this plane had on the war.
Actually the mk XVIII missed the war. It was made in 1946, but took some action in the conflicts following the WW2.
Spitfire with the Merlin had impact, the Griffon not so much, kept home after the Battle of Britain.
Beautiful! When I think of the quintessential WW2 fighter aircraft, it’s the Supermarine Spitfire that comes to mind. The lines, the silhouette.... absolutely iconic! 👍
I played this video to my toddler little cousing and i couldn't believe how mesmerized he was with the noise and the plane.
I think i just made another aviation fan.
Born in England and living in Canada for about 40 years I remember on remembrance day each year as a kid in the 70's watching Spitfires, Lancaster and Hurricanes doing formation fly overs on the different bases where my dad was stationed in the RAF as well as actual war vets coming into the school's to raise money with the poppy drives. It always brought a sense of pride seeing the planes that saved Britain during the darkest days and the vets who many wore the visible battle scars of war and were cheered as true heroes to look up to not the manufactured heroes today. Having read some of the comments below my personal belief is that if Hitler had not attacked Russia and lost over a million battle hardened troops and equipment things might be very different today. Actually if Hitler listened to his Generals the world would be very different but that is what makes history. Germany had a peace treaty with Russia and got oil, steel and other goods from them until Germany launched operation Barbarossa where they sent over 3 million personnel from the Axis which I believe even today was the biggest invasion force ever assembled. As much money as countries spend today on there militaries WW2 was the last war where an empire or major country could be dethroned and parceled out because today major countries don't directly fight they use proxies who they supply which feeds the war machine and its industries.
mack Man : Very true
I always smurk to myself seeing these older guys flying these vintage planes when in reality, the pilots who flew them were under 25. Great plane. Love that deep throaty sound.
Dave Dennis 25, or mostly quite a bit younger ....
and your point is ?
They sure tore up a bunch of them.
The older guys who are flying them are probably the same once 25 yo guys who flew them way back when!! You'll never get better than an "old" Spitty pilot.
Beautiful machine. I imagined it flying over the POWs behind the fence telling them “you will be freed”!
What a majestic airplane. Gives me goose bumps watching it fly.
The two most beautiful aircraft ever made. The Spitfire and the Super Constellation.
Just wonderful. Doesn't get any better. Classic silhouette, awesome RR Griffon.
Who needs a sound track when you have this?
Awesome video, as others have said thank goodness there was no cheesy music, just the sweet sound of a Rolls Royce V12. I went for a fly in a Spitfire at Biggin Hill a few months ago whilst in England, now that was the ultimate dream come true!
Steve Nelson I bet the engine sound in the plane is even more satisfying then from the outside
You lucky Devil ! I want to do that but it's around £3000 so got to save some more pennies, I often see the Biggin Hill Spit flying over the Thames towards Duxford or Dover, I was on the top of the QE2 bridge once and the Lancaster flew over the sound was amazing ! :-)
I live under the Biggin hill flight path. Last week THE Lancaster flew over flanked by two spitfires 😁
Spine tingling, I cannot begin to imagine how all these men who built this must have felt. What a remarkable plane this is
I love this particular spitfire variant. Just a beautiful plane.
German and British Aircraft are so damm beautiful, lets you really imagine the technological race for air superiority. Either improve or lose the war. Marvellous machines
Battle of Britain was won by the Hurricane, not the Spitfire.
I think you have omitted the P51 Mustang. Surely the greatest piston engine fighter of the second world war. Mind you, only great after we put a Merlin power plant in.
@@belmontbug exactly the heart of the p51 englands finest
@@azynkron Wrong, when the Spitfire arrived, it freed up the Hurricanes to attack the bombers whilst the Spit took on the 190's. With out the Spit, England would have been bombed into submission. And I know because my Grandfather fought in WW2 and my Grandmother raised my mother in London during the blitz.
@@BatMan-oe2gh well that's true but the hurricane is often the underdog when it comes to the battle of Britain and the overall air war in ww2. It shot down more enemy aircraft than the spitfire. I'm not saying that it's better than the spitfire (because it is isn't) but one should also give credit to the good old hurricane. Without either one the battle of Britain would have been lost.
Not just ANY aircraft ... THE aircraft! Brings back childhood memories of Duxford in the 70's ...
A great plane for sure flown by some brave Brits to keep us safe. Thumbs up from New Zealand.
Canadians , Ozzies , Kiwis , South Africans , Yanks, Czechs , Poles , ......................AND many other nationalities to a greater or lesser extent flew with the Brits. Kudos to them all .That is why we are free democracies today. No praise is too great .
Three of the top ten aces in the Battle of Britain were ANZACS
Peter Williamson The first RAF ace of WWII was a New Zealander........Cobber Kain.
ANZACS are Soldiers.
@@robhicklin2139 Two from New Zealand and one from Australia, five including the top 3 were British.
As a kid my friend and I used to watch them take off and land at Swartkop air station in Pretoria. RSA after WW2.
The Mark 18 is a "beaste" worthy of the admiration of Spitfire fans-- with rakish good lines, exuding power and speed. Of course, it is also orders of magnitude evolved beyond the Mark 1, and its engine is only part of that breathtakingly dramatic evolution. For years, the Spitfire legend had suggested the Mark 18 to every imagination, but had delivered only the Mark 1, and its gradually improving increments. Despite the fame granted the Merlin, it was not until the Griffon series that the Spitfire's modest Merlin "snarl' was replaced by the Griffon's stunning symphony of supercharger whistle and engine roar.
There was a very big jump from the Mk I to the Mk IX then Mk VII and VIII still with the Merlin engine, all Merlin engine Spitfires had a supercharger.
I am just learning the details of Spitfire history. I had no idea of the massive jump in power.
In my opinion one of the most beautiful machines ever created
I agree
I hope,we always stand united together we are unbeatable
Fantastic video..No music and NO big mouth on a loud PA system..Fantastic..
When something looks good and sounds good, then you know it's going to be good. She is like a greyhound with wings. My late, great grandfather worked on servicing and repairing these flying works of art for Vader and the like and so I have a family based love and respect for what they are and what they helped achieve.
The Griffon always sounds more brutal than the sweet Merlin.
yep---Brutal was ok in War, not now though, M-E-R-L-I-N. every time.
To each their own. If I were sparring with 190's 'though, I might want the power of the RR Griffon.
its a very angry sound
it had a different cylinder firing order to the merlin. that why it sounds so different, more rough.
I wouldn't call the Merlin's sound sweet. It had a very distinctive exhaust note courtesy of an unusual firing order which caused early issues with the engine. I love the lazy ragged roll it gets from the rear, most classically during flybys.
The Griffon has a more normal firing order and to me sounds much like all the other V12 aircraft engines in the sky. After the war, the Shackletons were Griffin powered and the crews weren't so happy about it and described it as emitting a really annoying high pitched whine ( 4 engined piston aircraft, hard to synchronize all the engines so you are going to get beating but the whine was a whole other thing) unlike the Merlin powered Lincolns and Lancasters. Trouble is, I read about the whine a while ago and now can't remember where, so I can't confirm my unreliable memory.
Bob
For me the Spitfire is the most beautiful aircraft ever to take flight. I must admit though as good as this sounds, the Merlin is better. I'm lucky enough to be under one of the regular flight paths for the BBMF and get to hear them on a regular basis. Even after hearing them so many times I still get goosebumps when they fly over.
Whats ur address l will be over next ☀️🌞🌝 Just as long as the UK orders ONE with my mate upstairs.
Australians ❤ our summers beaches. As 4 the Spitfire being in ❤ with them since my dad took us 2 the drive inn in 1972 l think it was ? 2 👀👀 the Battle of Britain.
One of the greatest sounds in the history of Aviation, pure genius
Absolutely stunning in full-screen mode.
When I see and hear these videos, my mind soars free no matter where I am and I often get the chills. Keep up the good work !
Thank you! :)
I love all these warbirds... the hurricane,spitfire,p51 mustang.... and many more. because the machines and the heroes behind the stick saved all our collective asses. if any allied veteran read this: thank you for your service.
Crazy to think about what's going to be in the air when we're watching videos of a "classic" f-35 start up with the same kind of admiration.
god bless the British minds, love from America :)
I also used headphones for the best effect. Made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up😨 GLORIOUS TUNE !!
This beauty is no less than 80 years old. Think about it.... GOOD 'OLE BRITISH TECHNOLOGY !!.... and the sweet sound of British Rolls-Royce engines !!!
Griffin engined Spitfires are THE most awesome brawny masculine propeller driven flighing machines ever created..power beauty grace with an awesome punch ..WHAT A MACHINE !!!!
Agree 100% Mike. Awesome machine indeed.
Merlin: "I sound really sweet and gorgeous and musical" Griffon: Clears it's throat - "Growl".
Very distinctive, just like the Merlin, can always tell a Spitfire without seeing it. Saw one flying over the White Cliffs a couple of weeks ago, swooping into the clouds and diving back and I didn't have my camera.
Ahhhh...the sound of a Rolls Royce Merlin or Griffon engine is a veritable mechanical symphony!!! I need to put that on about a 3 hour continuous loop!!! 🤣👍
Beautiful aircraft, 100% functionally superb, and far better than any other plane of the time. Certainly one of the most meaningful engineering masterpieces of the 20th century, and a beauty to watch in flight.
Delano Freeberg Just perfect, in every way :-)
Almost as perfect as DH-98 ;-)
What a beautiful design to be able to upgrade and produce to such a high level. Congratulations to the designers, manufacturers, owner and maintainers.
Wind-Noise with a Griffon in the background... Beautiful video, notwithstanding.
Oh the sheer joy of hearing these glorious engines, and not a silencer to be seen!
That's the most beautiful varient of the already insanely beautiful spitfire
It's like beauty on steroids
Always liked the roar of the merlin, but its great to see a giffon doing its thing, a very nice piece of flying.
Beautiful Spitfire, a hero among heroes.
Since I was 7 until today at 61 Spitfire will always intrigued me. The most beautiful fighter plane designed and the heroes that help won WW2.
Next on my 1/48 scale build list I thinks M I and M IX I thinks.
This IS The Last Surviving Supermarine Spitfire That’s The Mark 18 Left Out OF All Restored Airworthy Spitfires Left IN The World Now Absolutely Love The Sound OF That Rolls Royce Griffon Inline Engine
The war birds of this era are so iconic, to see them flying is amazing.
He managed to park the plane by himself, without an Erk riding on a wingtip! Gosh that's skill (and practice)!
I was born long after the second world war but whenever I hear the sound of Merlin engines in the sky, it always makes my heart race and gives me a huge feeling of an excited and profound sense of exuberance.............maybe I was once in a previous life, connected in some way to the wonderful spitfire!......
My father flew spits & hurricanes for the Australian RAAF. Brings tears to my eyes watching footage like this.
Beautiful airplane.. and without it and the incredibly bravery of the British and the other nationality airmen that flew in them holding off the German luftwaffe, it's extremely unlikely that D-Day could have ever taking place. If Britain had fallen at that time mounting any kind of invasion into Europe would have been virtually impossible or at least cost an unbelievably larger amount of lives.
I live in the states and I'm a proud American and I love the p51 and all of the other aircraft that participated. But The spitfire holds a very special place in aviation history and world history.
Great comment, and correct, if Britain did fall, the landing in Europe could not have happened. The Allies would have had to go through Italy and then France to get to Germany. And trying to get from Italy to France would have been very difficult due to how narrow it is and how easy the Germans could have defended it. And also, England would not have built the bombers to attack Germany, and the USA would have had to launch their bombers from Africa. Germany could have kept producing large amounts of equipment for much longer.
@@BatMan-oe2gh If the UK was defeated in 1940-41 the americans couldnt have landed in Europe. The war could have ended with a late Soviet victory or with Germany developing nuclear warheads for the V2s
It's unlikely britain would have been completely out of the picture had we lost air superiority, an amphibious invasion of britain would have been suicidal by the germans, even with air superiority, they still had the royal navy to contend with.
Hitler could just have easily carried on moving East and ignored Chamberlain's declaration of war. Had he done that, Stalin would have been pushed back beyond the Caucasus and Germany would have captured all the oil and grain it could ever need. Quite how France and UK would have dealt with that is anyone's guess.
@@stephencrompton4352 Possibly, but if you read about the losses of RN ships (and not small ships but destroyers, cruisers and aircraft carriers) during the battles in the Mediterranean, particularly during the evacuations in the Eastern Med, it seems clear (to me at least) that given air superiority, the Germans could have saturated the RN with bombers, isolated the Straits of Dover with air laid minefields and captured Dover and Ramsgate with paratroops. Then getting large numbers of troops across the Channel would have been relatively easy. The argument that Hitler wasn't serious about an invasion may be true, but the German High Command appeared to think he was serious otherwise why did they spend so much time and effort drawing up plans? If we had surrendered, would the Germans simply have left us alone to rearm and reform; a potential threat in their rear? No, we would have been occupied, anyone in a position of power executed, most or all of the armed forces imprisoned and the UK turned into a Nazi client state. There would have been no second front, the Germans would have walked into the middle east with its unlimited supplies of oil for fuel and plastics. How long then before nuclear armed V2s were dropping on New York, Washington, the eastern seaboard. And how long then before the pacifist elements in the US were demanding a negotiated peace? And on it would have gone with the Western German Reich and the Japanese Co-prosperity Sphere joining hands through Iran, Pakistan and India, Russia surrounded and nuked in Phase 3 of the world conquest.
You can argue against this and say it's a fantasy, which, of course, it is because it didn't happen. Why didn't it happen? Because the RAF (in the broadest sense, with all the brave men who came from all across the world to put on the blue uniform) stopped the Luftwaffe from achieving air superiority. Everything else followed from that victory; whether you like it or not.
I m really crazy about old planes. The sound they make are music 👍
Goose bumps that sound is like a symphony and what a plane its like stepping back in time and the reason we are free today in part is due to this plane and the amazing brave men and women that flew them.
What a beauty!
That sleek profile - and the meaty Griffon engine, nearly bursting out of its casings!
I love the Spitfires. They have always been my fantasy plane to fly. I only get to fly them in combat flight simulators, but it is better than not at all.
I hope these old warbirds are preserved for all time. There will be no more like them.
I always link a Spitfire in flight with Douglas Bader and Dame Vera Lynn. His heroics and her sweet singing. Every man, woman and child, home and fantastic allies, did their bit though.
Hats Off to the Camera Guy,,
it's all out war keeping a ship
in view that long and steady.
But what a Ship.
I've restored several WWII aircraft,
but not one of these.
Last one restored and flew,
1943 Staggerwing Biplane.
Cheers
Thank you for your your comment! :)
Difficult to fly at times, yet a darling in a battle no doubt this was the sound of freedom even though the odds seemed against her. She the Spitfire will never be forgotten hurrah!
This is something I would wish to see myself one day
What a sound! What a machine! I got to sit in one once when it stayed overnight in our hangar. What a thrill just to sit in that legendary aircraft.
Strangely, this is the FIRST vid I have seen of anything Merlin powered, let alone a 5 blade prop powered Spitfire. Thank -you for the post
You're welcome! :)
The 5 blade prop Spitfires are Rolls Royce Griffon powered.
I love the sound of a Griffin in the morning. It sounds like victory.
I have flown the spitfire and the P51 mustang, the difference is you get into a P51, you put on a spitfire, gorgeous and beautiful with grace, but let's not forget which element they belong to, they were a killing machine, which came along at just the right time.
A symphony if Mechanical Carchophany... There is no sound like it on Earth... Just feels the soul with joy. RR made the most famous engine ever produced. 👍
Such a Beautiful Aircraft! Mitchell
Would be so proud and amazed at how far his design had gone. RIP MITCH!
Sound of that engine, wonderful and not ruined by crappy music
Great aircraft...
Great sound...
Great camerawork...
Thank you.
That sound, makes my inner child jump up & down with joy and excitement. Same with P-51's. :-D
Must be one of the most beautiful machines we've ever built!
Sounds exactly like the Battle of Britain movie. Gave me shivers lol.
That sound gets me every time, instant nostagia !
A real beauty together with its famous counterparts; The Zeke series, Fw190 and the F4U Corsair
There does not exist, a more beautiful flying machine than the Spitfire.
Since the action starts with the motor stopped, it's easy to see how the Griffon model turns the prop in the opposite direction of the Merlin models. That got a few pilots in trouble expecting the torque roll in the normal direction on takeoff and had the wrong rudder trim set. Great video. Thanks.
That reverse rotation was the reason for tim wallis's accident in the nineties in nz.
This my Dad's old spitfire which he flew in The Malaya campaign from Singapore in the early 50's, I believe an American had it restored and shipped over to the USA
A little bit of class for the Yanks then. ;-)
glad to hear this. too much stuff gets shipped over the water. they don't appreciate it like we do.@Combined Joint Task Force Dragon
@@davidmarshall1259 History:
Delivered to Royal Air Force as TP280, 19??.
Delivered to Indian AF as HS654, December 31, 1947.
Ormond & Wensley Haydon-Baillie, Duxford, UK, 1977.
- Hulk recovered from Kalaikunda AB, India.
Rudolph A. Frasca/Antiques & Classics Inc, Champaign, IL, 1979-1994.
- Rebuilt to airworthy at Champaign, IL & Audley End, UK.
Historic Flying Ltd, Audley End, October 23, 1991.
- Registered as G-BTXE.
- First flight, July 5, 1992.
- Shipped to US after restoration complete, September 1992.
Rudy Frasca/Frasca International Inc, Urbana, IL, February 2, 1993-2015.
- Registered as N280TP.
- Flown as RAF/TP280/Z.
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XVIII D-FSPT TP280 belonging to Hangar 10 - MeierMotors GmbH - June 2015
@@jennyboland482 Delivered to RAF, June 19, 1945.
My God that must be a joy to fly with the more powerful engine and the bubble canopy of the later models. Surely piston engined perfection.