BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL FLIGHT (BBMF) DEPARTURE RAF CONINGSBY • LANCASTER, SPITFIRE & HURRICANE

[@Blox363]

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[@richardbrown3434]

For as far back as I can remember, watching planes at airshows/fly pasts etc the BBMF has been a constant reminder of the sacrifices young men made during WW2. Without their sacrifices the world would probably have been a very different place. They paved the way and inspired so many young men and young women to now achieve their dreams of being pilots or one of the countless other careers in our amazing RAF. We owe them so much and we should never forget. Thank you Nikos for excellent coverage of the BBMF whenever you get the chance 🇬🇧👌🏻❤️

[@emmaBr9553]

I completely agree, they very much remind me of the huge sacrifices made, they are very emotional to watch and just incredible.

[@ashpollen65]

Huge sacrifices for the freedoms we are giving away..... What a waste of lives!!

[@gazza2933]

​@@ashpollen65 Friend. It is up to us to ensure that their lives were not wasted.

[@gazza2933]

​@@emmaBr9553 I'm fine until they form up for a flyby. When that happens, well, for me it just says it all.

[@TedConingsby]

Richard thank you so much for this. Nikos will tell you that it is not easy to film these important aircraft. It is not because they are loud and pull 9G’s… it is nothing like that at all. The viewfinder on the camera begins to blur, the movement is harsh on the camera … this is because we are proud and understand what these aircraft mean. When you hear the numbers of the total loss, when you hear the average age of death of the crew, when you hear so many never returned… each purr of those engines is a constant reminder of this. But, let us end this on a proud high. The work involved to maintain these historic aircraft is phenomenal. The honour of a pilot to fly these is got to be out of this world. The runway that they depart from was from a runway that those that lost their lives … they can look down at us on the runway and say… they never forgot us …

[@margobaxter8344]

They are gems. Iconic & legendary. Fantastic. Super capturing this Ted sir. Thank you

[@TedConingsby]

Thanks so much Margo. Such a lovely sight to remind us that we are here because of the airman that made that ultimate brave sacrifice ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@suepalin9202]

Wonderful and so stirring. Remembering, in particular, Lancaster JB701, EA G for George, 49 Sqn, RAF Fiskerton. The crew were KIA on 29th July 1944. Per Ardua ad Astra. Thanks so much, Nikos and Ted.

[@TedConingsby]

Thanks Sue

[@jonminter7977]

That is our country's history,valour and sacrifice encapsulated in 3 aircraft. May they fly for as long as possible to remind our future generations of the lessons of history

[@TedConingsby]

Spot on

[@jonminter7977]

I remember as a young child about 4 or 5 years old my dad taking me outside our house to watch the Lancaster do a flypast at the Colchester Military Tattoo. He told me this is a very important aeroplane and I should learn about it one day. I really hope that today someone's father is telling their son the same thing

[@TedConingsby]

That is perfect. What an example and he is so right. We should never forget the importance of these aircraft. Legend Thanks for sharing this Jon LEST WE FORGET

[@sallycullum6034]

I had bbmf flying over my garden on Thursday and Friday it was beautiful to see them ❤ because they were flying in clacton airshow they were based at Southend airport ❤🎉

[@TedConingsby]

That’s lovely Sally

[@larkop6504]

Very nostalgic hearing the Merlin's purring, the hairs on your neck stand when you think of the sacrifices made by so many young men. Lest we forget. Never forget a spitfire buzzing between the trees adjacent to BBMF.

[@TedConingsby]

[@petergregson9167]

As an A Mech P in 1970 based at RAF Waddington I was 1 of a team in 5 Hangar who helped restore PA474 back to flying in 1973 I was chosen as the fly away mech and flew in the WOps seat. In May 73, I was posted to 4S of TT for my 'fitters course. When I returned in Nov 73 PA474 had moved to RAF Coltishall Norfolk. My last task was to go there with my Flt Sgt Eric Gledhill to deliver the last of the spare parts l spare parts left at Waddo! Great times with a super team of volunteers, seeing her still makes me emotional.

[@TedConingsby]

Wow thanks Peter. Thanks for sharing this and thank you for serving our county

[@Jay-Holmes97]

Brings a tear to my eye every time I see/hear the Lancaster. And this year for personal reasons. Mum passed a few months ago, and I will always remember her telling me (as she lived through the war, not far from here), hearing the almighty drone as the Lancs left laden with bombs, and the different in engine noise as those (fortunate enough) returned home in the early hours of the morning. Lest We Forget. xx

[@TedConingsby]

Hi Jackie… Nikos will tell you it is not easy to video these aircraft, because of the blurry screen… not from out of focus … LEST WE FORGET

[@dianarolph1770]

So sorry for the loss of your Mum. My Mum’s house was destroyed in the war- luckily no family in it at the time - so many memories are stirred up

[@Jay-Holmes97]

Thanks!@@dianarolph1770

[@lightningbolt1987]

The Lancaster Creates An Unforgettable and Melodic Harmony When It Is Taking Off, Just Listening to those 4 merlins slowly glide past you creates a beautiful tune, a tune of Victory .

[@TedConingsby]

LEST WE FORGET

[@richtaylor2129]

I couldn't agree more!! The harmonious sound of her 4 Merlins is awesome!!

[@DanielWalker67]

Nikos perfect shot perfect positioning as ever. My congratulations to another brilliant sight for us all to cast our eyes on

[@TedConingsby]

Thank you so much Daniel

[@uscg182]

Just beautiful. Flying time machines, allowing us to remember and honor the service and sacrifice of their generation. Excellent footage! I love warbirds! 🫡

[@TedConingsby]

Thank you so much. It reminds us of why we are here … amazing and Nikos will tell you it is not easy filming these. For a man that is so enthusiastic, the emotion is just too powerful and his screen on his camera very very blurry 🤙🏼 Respect to every personnel who maintains our warbirds from around the world

[@kirstenelder]

Just had to use the new emojis. What a fantastic sight , and site you and Ted are amazing

[@TedConingsby]

Thanks Kirsten

[@DanielWalker67]

10:45 The mighty duo. Just Stunning! Nothing more needs to be said!

[@TedConingsby]

Thanks Daniel

[@annieg5487]

Marvelous ❤❤ I remember 2014 when Vera was over here and there were 2 Lancs flying around us during practising, finger x Just Jane will eventually fly.

[@TedConingsby]

Imagine.. 3 Lancasters wow

[@clivep500]

Cracking video. One of the best of a BBMF takeoff.

[@TedConingsby]

Thanks so much Clive

[@AvroAl]

Absolutely brilliant, what a group of aircraft and an amazing flying tribute, lest we forget. Thank you for sharing

[@TedConingsby]

[@moreheff]

I never tire of watching these beautiful old aircraft. It also acts as a reminder of what the young men who flew them went through and gave to keep their home and country free and safe. Also one of the reasons I do Poppy collecting every year. Stunning close up shots as they taxi'd past. Thanks Nikos and Ted.

[@TedConingsby]

Thank you so much for you lovely comments. LEST WE FORGET

[@livingthedream4756]

Simply wonderful.❤

[@TedConingsby]

Thanks Mark

[@robinharrison3907]

FANTASTIC SIGHT ❤️❤️FANTASTIC SOUNDS ❤️❤️AMAZING VIDEO 👍👍

[@TedConingsby]

Thank you

[@tigerdragon6484]

Obviously love the Lancaster. Those engines sound amazing.

[@TedConingsby]

They sure do

[@jamesmcneil6332]

Thanks Ted, that was magic.

[@TedConingsby]

Thank you so much James

[@daveysurt8803]

Simply beautiful, such grace, and those Merlin’s talking

[@TedConingsby]

Totally beauty Davey 🤙🏼

[@gazza2933]

This is different Team. Usually a runway backtrack and not as a flight. Definitely one for the archives. Well done!

[@TedConingsby]

Thank you so much Gazza

[@Vonnie1905]

My husband and I had the pleasure of seeing the Lancaster fly for the first time earlier this summer, and remember feeling very emotional, thank you Nikos and Ted for what you do and bringing these special moments to those who can’t get to due to work 😁❤️

[@TedConingsby]

Oiii oiiii you are most welcome

[@Miccy-nw6ho]

Beautiful. Stunningly stunningly beautiful. Thank you Nikos.

[@TedConingsby]

Oiii oiii Miccy thank you so much

[@MichaelPrice-Jones]

Magnificent sights and sounds. Well done Nikos.

[@TedConingsby]

Thank you so much

[@daviddarrall9384]

I was 2 in 1945 and they were still building Lancs at Metro Cammel, Elmdon near our home!

[@TedConingsby]

Wow

[@dougiepenman4116]

Love the sound of those engines from those amazing aircraft

[@daviddarrall9384]

What a noise! Lovely!

[@TedConingsby]

[@alanhindmarch4483]

Watching this video made the hairs on my arms stand up and gave me goosebumps. To see this magnificent aircraft is beyond words and the sound of the RR Merlin Engines is a sound of its own.

[@TedConingsby]

It so does this

[@emmaBr9553]

Wow! Absolutely amazing. I love the sound they make

[@TedConingsby]

[@laurin4405]

What a Blessing to be able to watch these Magnificent machines on a regular basis 3:47 I always like it when the Pilots take a second to Wave to those watching👋 4:55 is just a reminder to The TCS Community why it is better to have a Photographer behind the Lens instead of just some gob with an I-phone. Not a remarkable shot in and of itself, just a Plane waiting on the Taxiway. But, THE subject of the shot Centered in Frame. Thanks for sharing your Craft and Art with us Nikos

[@TedConingsby]

Thank you Laurin. 💜

[@dianarolph1770]

It was so moving to watch the BBMF take off. Thanks Nikos & Ted

[@TedConingsby]

Thanks Diana. It is not easy not to be moved by these wonderful aircraft. LEST WE FORGET

[@nickward4963]

This one's for ground crew drew keeping these gorgeous old birds flying 😍

[@TedConingsby]

Oiii Oii Nick that’s so awesome of you to say. Respect to the Ground Crew and of course GC DREW 🤙🏼

[@DanielWalker67]

0:57 Glorious sight. What is not too love? 3 Real deal WW2 Birds . Ah.. all is goog..

[@TedConingsby]

Exactly that. Actual WW2 aircraft not replicas my brother

[@DanielWalker67]

@TedConingsby 3 of the most important aircraft ever. Today's beasts of the sky are products, evolution from those early concepts. Agility abound. Gulp in my throat everytime I watch them, how weird?

[@BRUNO1974]

That was Amazing they are so beautiful war planes can’t get enough of them ❤ from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@TedConingsby]

Thank you very much Alan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@AllanRutherford-c6u]

Brilliant stream of wonderful aircraft. Thank you Nikos and Ted 🙂✈❤

[@TedConingsby]

Thank you so much for your comment

[@richtaylor2129]

Love the sound of her 4 Merlins!!! I believe she is having some work done at the end of the flying season. I also believe Spitfire AB910 is having a major service/maintenance done at the end of the season too

[@TedConingsby]

Not sure but thanks for the info

[@wesdowner5636]

Didn't the P-40 fight in the Battle of Britain, too? Awesome footage. no Spitfire icon?

[@TedConingsby]

You are right ‘Tomahawk’. Just need one donated to the BBMF

[@wesdowner5636]

@@TedConingsby Sorry, I don't have one handy. But the Collings Foundation had their FAA permit suspended a few years ago because of a B-17 crash, they might have one or know of somebody who does...

[@clear-vision]

Fabulous!

[@TedConingsby]

[@lordpom9700]

Any of you been to the Boscome down aviation collection? Phenomenal place

[@gazza2933]

No but thanks for that. 👍

[@craigpimlott204]

That there is a reminder that “freedom is not free” it costs lives and blood to achieve ,that is why we should never forget their sacrifices for our freedom ..

[@TedConingsby]

LEST WE FORGET

[@jonminter7977]

Thank you Nikos

[@TedConingsby]

Thank you too Jon

[@namer6643]

Just hold on, in four years Just Jane, currently being rebuilt in Lincolnshire, will join BBMF and Vera as the third Lancaster in airworthy conditions. 😍😎😃

[@TedConingsby]

[@darrenparsons1988]

Simply stunning 100%

[@TedConingsby]

Thank you so much

[@timfirkins5033]

These planes are just pure class we must make the most of them, I was lucky enough to see and go on Concorde and it's so disappointing that it's now only a story, give it a few years the same will be for these

[@TedConingsby]

Tim they are a flying memorial and pure class.

[@nicholasgoldstonegh4643]

Evening Ted, Nikkos and Claire Bear...... Gorgeous footage as you do TCC..... See you folks at Bournemouth...... I shall be accompanied by "Dow.Esk. Miś" as as ever 👍😎👍.. Sees Yous soon....

[@TedConingsby]

Thank you so much

[@Fenners82]

Just saw her fly over Lilleshall what a sight and noise..

[@BRUNO1974]

Watching this really brings a tear to my eye so much history and Beauty involved ❤❤ from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@TedConingsby]

Thanks Alan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ILSRWY4]

Lancaster is a nice bomber, but my favorite British bomber is the Halifax with the Hurcules engines.

[@chazgisby8876]

Great camera work.

[@TedConingsby]

Thank you

[@drivingthefrontier]

Great video, goes without saying. We had them o er Dakota Park recently

[@TedConingsby]

Thank you very much

[@AlsTrainspottingHD]

Great Video I saw these at the Clacton on Sea Airshow it is such an amazing experience to be able to see these iconic aircraft fly today. I have heard that Just Jane is being restored into Airworthy Condition

[@TedConingsby]

Oii oiii thank you and hope you enjoyed Clacton Airshow. Yes, that is the future for Just Jane but could take up to 10 years for this to happen.

[@michaelbaines1525]

The Lancaster circled low around my village in Derbyshire that afternoon. And me with no camera handy! Damn!

[@kevdavies3445]

congrats to hm in the all who keep them in the air

[@Grifter2023]

Canopy open on takeoff, fantastic! Piston engines roaring. Very impressive still. 😊

[@TedConingsby]

[@chunder27]

The men that flew in these were some of the bravest of the war, basically a flying target for hours a day, thankfully thay are now rightly recognised. They helped win the war too!!

[@TedConingsby]

LEST WE FORGET

[@kirstenelder]

Bliss

[@TedConingsby]

[@mothmagic1]

At the going down of the sun and in the morning We Will Remember Them

[@TedConingsby]

LEST WE FORGET

[@jimradigan5282]

I'd love to have a ride in the Lancaster sitting in the top gunners seat that would be so cool

[@TedConingsby]

You can at East Kirkby, Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre. NX611 has regular taxy runs and you can book a ride.

[@paulshirley6383]

BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL FLIGHT (BBMF) DEPARTURE RAF CONINGSBY • LANCASTER, SPITFIRE & HURRICANE Ted Coningsby love louis shirley

[@TedConingsby]

LEST WE FORGET

[@doctorsocrates4413]

I live in lincolnshire and i always know when the lanc is in the sky..No other sound like it anywhere....lest we forget.x

[@TedConingsby]

There is no other sound like it LEST WE FORGET

[@nickboden5866]

So very poignant ❤

[@themightyblade]

Get well soon spitfire

[@kirstenelder]

[@BRUNO1974]

Does the UK have any Bombers now like the American B/52 or like that??

[@TedConingsby]

Typhoon and F35 are both multi role

[@BRUNO1974]

@@TedConingsby thank you Ted I appreciate it did not know that Alan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@DanielWalker67]

[@TedConingsby]

Thank you

[@k.b.o.7514]

Even the cock pheasant sounds pleased @ 11:00 minute mark...