3 Hawker Hurricanes @ Old Warden in HD

A unique sight over the skies of Old Warden. For the second time this year, two Hawker Hurricanes (the only airworthy Battle of Britain veterans) and the sole airworthy Hawker Sea Hurricane flew together for the Shuttleworth Military Pageant 2017.
You can also see the TF-51 and B-17 displays on my channel.
Full highlights will be available soon.
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[@rodneymcgiveron]

I love the Spit but the mighty Hurricane was the real work horse ...She took punishment like no other and was fast to repair ..A real champion of a fighter...Love the vid ...Awesome..

[@martinkuca7420]

What a machine. Can't even begin to imagine what those legendary WW2 pilots must have experienced flying these beauties.

[@colinhefferman4994]

Indeed. The Hurricane was so important. Never gets the recognition it deserves

[@Lurgansahib]

Yes Hurricane could take punishment but could also dish it out in big lumps! The Luftwaffe Bomber pilots just hated the sight of Hurricanes, they meant pretty much certain death!!

[@charlesreid3482]

My instructor at a trade school in Toronto was an aircraft mechanic during the Battle of Britain he told us many interesting stories about these Aircraft

[@stephenhobbs1052]

HE111 crews must have been terrified at the sight of a squadron of these coming head on piloted by fearless and very cranky Polish pilots.

[@aaronmatthews4612]

Don't blame them being cranky the British and commonwealth pilots were happy with killing the aircraft and him ending up in captivity the poles wanted the pilot too if you know what I mean.

[@juststeve5542]

The Poles weren't just given Hurricanes, 303 squadron fought in the Battle of Britain in Spitfires, and made a damn good account of themselves getting more kills in the BoB than any other squadron. Revenge is a very strong motivator.

[@charlesreid3482]

Stephen Hobbs I worked with a welder in Hamilton Ontario who was a polish pilot flying Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain he had some interesting stories that was in the seventies

[@coffindancer38]

I read a fact based novel called Piece of Cake by a british author. Its the best recollection of the war from the fall of france to the battle of britain, and in it he said polish pilots wanted to kill germans all day every day and when poland was conquered a standing order in their air force was to ram germans planes! That book is a marvelous read!

[@Chilly_Billy]

The unsung hero of 1940.

[@moehoward01]

The Spit got the glory but the Huricane did the heavy lifting.

[@robholloway6829]

@@moehoward01 Spitfires are backs: flashy, showy and get all the applause Hurricanes are forwards: Big bruisers who actually win the game.

[@terryroberts505]

Don't forget the pilot's

[@lukerodick6649]

The definition of grace, beauty and Britishness all in one video ❤️ stunning old birds makes my heart melt

[@lukerodick6649]

Would love to know how and where I could see any of these flying ?

[@angelsone-five7912]

Stunningly beautiful sight and sound. Very well filmed, a joy to watch. It`s long forgotten now but many years ago I went into the Govenor`s office at work ( Hawkers at Kingston ) and saw a pile of rusty tubes on the floor. Being a Hurricane nut I knew what they were and immediately volunteered for the job of making replicas on the tube forming machine. I got the job and the fuselage tubes I made are now flying on the Sea Hurricane in the above video. I am quite proud of that.

[@johnlewis7160]

Gorgeous! I remember being at the World Gliding Championship (spectator I hasten to add) at South Cerney. A Hurricane "The Last of the Many" flew a beautuful display ending with a pass so low he had to climb out over the road embankment at the side of the field. Must have interesting to have been in a car and looking down at a Hurricane coming towards you - I seem to recall some flashing brake lights!

[@moehoward01]

As you should be. Well done.

[@Jpriest13]

Such a great looker on the ground with that stance. Always reminded me of a bulldog, or a boxer waiting to throw a punch.

[@craigd426]

How totally brilliant is this? An aircraft I admired so much as a child is still flying. So awesome

[@todaywefly4370]

My mrs is in the other room saying ‘are you watching aeroplane videos again?’ Why yes, yes I am.

[@jonathansteadman7935]

I know that situation very well 😉

[@coffindancer38]

Loool! Yesss why not! Especially about the real heros and their planes!

[@dennisroyhall121]

Just shout back that her inane questions give you a pain in the aRse, that should make her pause to use her reflective powers.

[@franek_izerski]

One of my first model kits was a Hurricane. I was in love with its shape. Don't know why.

[@toughcloud4209]

Same, the cockpit and wing shape was an eye grabber

[@georgemorley1029]

It’s beautiful.

[@flatcapmon]

Beautiful aeroplane, real hero of Battle of Britain. Would love a go in the new 2 seater.

[@waynester71]

I would love to hold the tail during run up.. to feel the power and the airframe shake. What an experience that would be! Wonderful to watch 👍🏼

[@pg4079]

Bonjour, le vol de ces 3 Hurricanes est magnifique, c'est un avion emblématique de la bataille d'Angleterre et qui est pour une grande part dans cette victoire. Je suis en train de lire justement le livre "Un duel d'aigles" de Peter Townsend qui est magnifique, que j'ai trouvé d'occasion dans une brocante avec une dédicace de l'auteur, qui fut pilote de Hurricane et je suis super content d'avoir découvert votre vidéo pendant cette lecture. Merci pour ces magnifiques images.

[@AviationHighlights]

Merci d'avoir regardé la vidéo, je suis heureux que ça t'ait plu!

[@scottfritz4074]

One of the most amazing airplanes of that Eras

[@mikepocock575]

8 Minutes of sheer joy, thanks for posting.

[@petermillist3779]

The unsung hero of the battle of britain

[@Bader1940]

Wow. Just wow. Such beauty.

[@drianmortiz9375]

So beautiful and very wonderful, British WW2 combat aircraft. It is rightfully, should have earned a great recognition.

[@claudiocarbone2225]

Simply beautiful video! With atc comms too

[@ALA-uv7jq]

The Hurricane was good value. It was a third the cost of a Spitfire. It scored more kills than the Spitfire in the early months. Easy to repair and loved by pilots.

[@mothmagic1]

It's loss to kill ratio was worse than the spitfire though. Averaged out at 7.5 to the spitfires 5.5

[@robholloway6829]

@@mothmagic1 Not in the far east, though. Somehow Hurricanes ran roughshot over the Zeros - despite being inferior in every technical way aside from straightline speed and firepower.

[@drianmortiz9375]

Well said sir. 👍👍

[@craigmoloney4486]

Well said mate Unsung hero indeed

[@markorollo.]

I've just got into collecting diecast aircraft models (corgi aviation archive), one so far, The Hurricane, had to make that my first one, getting the spitfire next. Then I really want to get a Lancaster bomber, I live about a mile from the old factory where they built a lot of Lancaster's in Chadderton, Oldham, so got to get one sometime.

[@clive3100]

Great video and thanks ... ☺

[@markahomer]

So you are just coming across the channel in your Dornier and these three show up....

[@jonnybeck6723]

I luv the Hurry's lack of dihedral... unmistakable! Thanx for a great vid,,, too bad about the poor windsock on the mic... cheers

[@allinmyhead]

Three Hurricanes at Shuttleworth - brilliant !

[@mrrolandlawrence]

they focused on the spit for development thinking it was more modern & had more potential. its something ive been giving some thought of late & i think they should have focused on the hurricane. they could have upgraded the wings again, upgraded the main body to be monocoque pre stressed etc. was far easier to service, train on, take off and land with & with some engine upgrades could have easily upped the performance, not only that but it was multi role so with higher production numbers could have displaced some of the lessor performing models the RAF & FAA were forced to keep in service (remember for 2 spits you could have 3 hurricanes) the spit by comparison has just the most Frankenstein internal wing structures, narrow legs but it was eulogised & looked beautiful. even the germans ego would have them say they were shot down by a spit even when there were none around for 100s of miles.

[@careliacarelita2294]

My favorite fighter!...""👍♥️

[@LeroyKinkade]

I Love The Hurri.

[@richardrichard5409]

As a keeper and for the romance angle give me a Hurricane over a Spitfire any day😎

[@falconeaterf15]

Often wondered if the Hurricane could have won the BoB on its own. Personally I have no doubt it could have.

[@kevinthomas2662]

The real hero of the battle of britain

[@danielw5850]

The sound of liberty!

[@gusdogbrownlab435]

Brilliant!

[@stewartnicol3028]

Incidentally, the British/Commonwealth pilots were trained to open fire from around 200/300ft (25ishMetres). When the Polish and Czechoslovakian experts were allowed to join in they closed to 50ft (30m) before blasting the bombers out of the sky, literally.

[@coffindancer38]

I think the Dowding spread was 250 or 400 yards. If theyre coming in in the last guy is the dead guy early formation. Way too far out. The hurri gained a lot when she got 2 speed 3 blade props and metal skinned wings.

[@leftieloosers]

Beauties.

[@loganpollock1689]

I saw a pilot (at an airshow) push over into a steep dive and the engine still cutout. That was a defect in the float carburetor that should have been corrected by the bright boys at Rolls Royce before the war started. A truly fantastic display of the glory that was the RAF!

[@donaldrobertson5779]

From what I have read, a woman engineer fixed the problem in short order.

[@owen368]

@@donaldrobertson5779 That would be Ms Shilingbe (forgive the spelling if wrong).

[@loganpollock1689]

Donald R-I've read that 'Jilly's Orifice' was only a half assed solution(it didn't solve all the problems) and wasn't introduced until early 1941.

[@holdenmad111]

Did the sea Hurricane always have the Battle of Britain style roundel on fuselage? As i always thought that roundel (yellow ring outside standard roundel) wasn't used during any other campaign?

[@flumpzz2673]

awesome

[@asepsupriatna3419]

what this swop?

[@asepsupriatna3419]

what this 7OL?

[@falconeaterf15]

A true Warbird.

[@zanegrey4720]

Good aeroplane always liked the hurricane.

[@stewartnicol3028]

The Hawker Hurricane was a great aircraft to use as a gun platform for her eight 303 machine guns....closing on an He111 or a Heinkel 88 the Hurricane could use her guns to hose down the bombers....

[@krumble104]

Hurrah... aren't we brits marvellous.....?

[@stewartnicol3028]

A. I am NOT a Brit, I am Scottish. B. The 303s were pea shooters. However, take EIGHT of them, synchronise them to merge in a patten at 100ft, add an experienced pilot with the nerve to get in close and Hey Presto, you defeat the Greatest Airforce of the time, The Luftwaffe.

[@tiltonroadbirmingham1153]

At 3.35 I'm certain that's a Red Kite.

[@davecooper5951]

36 cylinders in a 'vic' formation !

[@coffindancer38]

And 16 brownings ripping! Hate to be under that.

[@tomshiba51]

Not as graceful looking as the Spitfire, but I see it as a stronger, no-nonsense, get-the-job-done bird of prey.

[@DiafolRacing]

The spitfire is one of my favourites of the history of aviation

[@claudiocarbone2225]

This is music

[@mothmagic1]

At the limit of its development on entering service where the Spitfire was upgraded constantly throughout the war.

[@paulnutter1713]

Yep, apart from different props, different wing covering, armour, different gun armament, bombs, rockets and more powerful engines next to no development at all

[@mothmagic1]

@@paulnutter1713 apart from the wing cladding none of those were mods which couldn't have been done on the squdron

[@paulnutter1713]

@@mothmagic1 and how is that not development

[@mothmagic1]

@@paulnutter1713 because it is merely modification. I won't get into an argument over this and suggest we retain our difference of opinion.

[@stephensmith5982]

Not as glamorous as that other British fighter plane but a hero nonetheless.

[@seltaeb3302]

The plane that won the Battle of Britain WW2, not the flashier Spitfire that sadly gets all the plaudits & the Hurricane barely, if at all. This needs changing. Spitfire yes faster a bit this a bit that but boy it cost much more used only metal, couldn't take the punishment a Hurricane took due to its wooden frame & doped fabric. The Hurricane operated in all the theatres frozen sandy deserts jungle where the spitfire struggled like a Ferrari. The Hurricane was parachuted in bits in jungle Burma & reassembled. BIG TICK!

[@jamesharrison6201]

To think without the hurricane, Britain would be speaking German.

[@georgemorley1029]

No, the Battle of Britain was never going to determine if Hitler was going to cross the channel or not. It did determine whether or not the Germans would bomb the south of England with impunity or not, but the geography of the situation meant the remainder of the RAF and the RN home fleet could simply fly down or sail down from the North when the invasion started (remember, the Luftwaffe still had to fly over to loiter and then fly back again), and drive the whole invasion out of the channel before it could even get a foothold. The Germans were hopelessly unprepared for a major amphibious invasion. Their operation sea lion preparations were laughable. The Battle of Britain was in reality a short term part of the conflict, whereas the Battle of the Atlantic (which lasted for the entirety of the war in Europe) was the only thing that could have brought Britain to its knees. If you doubt me, read this direct quote from none other than Churchill: “The only thing that really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril. I was even more anxious about this battle than I had been about the glorious air fight called the 'Battle of Britain'."

[@squeeth2895]

What's the point in filming in HD when digital artifacts like an apparently windmilling propeller spoil the view?

[@AviationHighlights]

I’m an amateur cinematographer and I try my best to capture anything I can because I enjoy doing it. I’m sorry the propellers are going around in circles, there might be other channels you can check out with better footage than mine, so feel free to.

[@squeeth2895]

Thanks for the reply; I gather that the digi cameras that don't do that cost a fortune so I don't begrudge you but I wish there was a way to stop it. Regards

[@AviationHighlights]

squeeth Indeed that is the case and I’m always on the look out for a new one. It’s hard to adjust the shutter speed without adjusting the the exposure on my current camera. In other words, if I made the propellers round, the picture would come out white...

[@squeeth2895]

;O)

[@eddieoreilly9391]

Aviation Highlights Hi mate, great vid, love the footage of these old birds in action. Always had a soft spot for the Hurri, a real solid workhorse who deserved more praise than she got thanks to those show pony prettyboy Spits :-) A couple of years ago we finally got a hurricane back in the air here in Australia too but everytime it’s been at a show near me I’ve had other commitments :-( I’ll see it one day. Just a suggestion based on the comments above, have you tried neutral density filters for your camera? They are basically like sunglasses for your lens, they darken the image so have to slow your shutter speed down and allow you to hit that optimum ratio of your shutter speed being twice your frame rate (so at 50fps you can be at 1/100th sec etc) then everything looks smooth. You may still get a little bit prop issues when they’re idling slow, it just happens when the prop rpm randomly synchs with the shutter speed/frame rate, but you’ll definitely get smooth circles when they’re flying. You get the same problem with LED lights on Ac power and some LED screens flickering. Anyway ND Filters come in different strengths, probably a ND16 or ND32 is a good place to start for shooting in bright summer days. You can also use them if you doing interviews etc so you can open your aperture right up and have the person sharp and background blurry. Totes cinematique ;-) and a lot cheaper than a new camera. Just thought I’d mention it in case you didn’t know about them.

[@oldschoolfoil2365]

Amazing framerate those props are barely spinning

[@jackcade356]

Can you believe these Naziphobes? 2066 everyone. Patriotic Alternative.

[@steverhodesvideos6244]

Can you believe all the idiots who get to spew facsist nonsense on social media? I thought WWII was supposed to rid the world of them. Looks like it's time to roll up our sleeves...