Great series I remember it well

Can't argue with that, Daren! Complete success by the look of things. Well done in overcoming the initial problems and getting a good flight with your Bouchon 109!

The canopy was both open and closed... 🤭

Here a like button..before this video goes viral. 👎

This stunt didn't turn out so well in The Blue Max.

Ah yes, a Spitfire at Sunset, very nice Daren, great track too, cheers 👍

That's cute Daren, she'll be building one next!

Where did you get this from?! Brings back so many memories!

Only production problem was that the forklift had to be extra careful getting Ray's balls in and out of the cockpit.

no spitfires were sent to France at the beginning of WW2 !

The iconic scene from ep 1 of “Piece of Cake”.

Superb!

that bridge is not in northern france at all its actually in county durham

I taped this show off PBS in the early 90s, but I'm having trouble finding a working VCR...should have at least three good ones, but can't find them. Now, I know that the whole thing is on YT! I'm going to sit down and watch the whole thing now. Of course, this scene is my favorite one, the entire reason I remember it so well thirty years later.

I think some of those scenese were later used in Foyle's War. ????

Perfect environment for your Pinky ;0) Beautiful Vid Daren.

Excellent 👏 Love it!

Nice long flight there Daren, good landing too 👍

I usually test the cg with a low winger invented Daren, it's a bit more accurate that way, that's certainly one way to start a flight, glad you kept your cool 👍

That was cool. I just found out about this show yesterday and definitely need to start it from the beginning.

Excellent 👏

Can it take off from, the ground?

Nice flying. All you need is spitfire to latch onto your tail.

Nice one. As little window of opportunity between storms.

Not had a chance to maiden mine yet, been sat in a box since it arrived due to the weather. Storms are only ramping up so far as well so maybe in March I'll get a calm day!

Well done!!!!! Been trying to get one Rare as hens teeth.. Stay well Brian London 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Glad you don’t have any of the aileron issues I had. I was not impressed with the Eachine BF 109. Even after the new paint job I gave mine. It’s nice to see what the Eachine BF 109 can do without spinning out of control.

👍 Good flying and music!

Proper flying…proper aircraft….proper pilot…now ‘that’s flying’ ……..nuf said

It’s amazing how good these look in the blue, and how well they fly. Congratulations! I’ve almost finished my second Master Series Spitfire - the first was an unqualified success, but eventually succumbed to battle damage. I’ve beefed up the nose of the new one with expanding foam in the cavities, and ditched the weak swappable motor system for a conventional hard firewall.

I remember my FT Spitfire build in July 2019. Great job! My great grandfather flew Spitfires as part of the Eagle Squadron (American pilots who went over to assist the British prior to US entry in WWII)

nice man

Hi Darren , First of all great build and flying video of your FT Spitfire speed build kit , I actually loved the non aggressive style of flying even though it was probably early nerves with your new plane . This is the very model I am wanting to build and eventually fly even though I have no experience of the flying bit , I would intend to take my time and go slow at first hopefully together with a fitted gyro might make my flights as smoothe as yours . At present none of the UK stockists seem to have any in so will probably be after Christmas now . By the way that wouldnt be in the Borders region where youre flying ? certainly looks like that with the low hills in the background , Im from the North East . You mentioned in your build video you couldnt get the right sized spinner ? by what I understand either a 2 1/4" or a 2 1/2" spinner is correct for this model , but not sure ? I have been doing a bit research into modifications on FT Kits and have come up with a few of my own reinforcement ideas for the fuselage , tail and vose section without going too far overboard with the weight ! Another thing I would possibly mod is by scrapping the power pod to make it easier to get the right battery down into the nose section to correct the centre of gravity etc etc . Whats your views on this Cheers mate Mike

Thats great! 👏

your work is criminally underrated fr bruh

Bloody good show!

I'd be proud of how sweetly yours flew!! KUDOS to you!!

The tune on the radio is Whispering grass by the group The Ink Spots from 1940. Nice song. 😊

Looking good 👍

Looks like you have it under control!

Very nice!

Excellent! 👏👏👏

except that the pilot was the man with wings, Ray Hanna, master of the skies

Yeah. This was a good series. I taped it on VHS so I've not seen it in years. Spoilers below ... Here you've got 3 pilots involved in this bridge trick. Moggy sees the bridge - takes a pass at it and pulls up - then comes back and does it. The next guy - just lies about it. He takes a try and decides - "fuck this" - then said he did it when he didn't. The third guy - figures if they can do it - he can do it - but he doesn't realize that the river level has come up since Moggy did it - and when he tries - there isn't enough room and he dies. I don't remember if the river had come up for the 2nd guy or not. .

Ray “the man “

💪🏻Ray Hanna💪🏻

Definitely speedy! 😳👏

This is so sweet. I'm so sorry for your loss.

For some reason I searched giddy kipper. Couldn't find an actual giddy kipper but this was technically the closest as it contains a fish (which many did not).