A ride with Rick Voler as he pilots one of the few remaining authentic Spitfire Mark 9's remaining in the world today
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@spitfire4sergi9 жыл бұрын
Ever watch something late and night hoping you'll have a dream about it? Right here lol.
@vidribbin7 жыл бұрын
Lucky guy, fucking about in a spitfire
@stuartmcloughlin6 жыл бұрын
I love the way the instruments jump into life - It's like a living breathing animal.
@craigpennington12516 жыл бұрын
Always did dream of flying a Spit. This is the closest I'll ever get. Thank you so much for a great video. What a beautiful machine it is.
@Bradburger10 жыл бұрын
Very nice video! The great thing is that you can see the instruments clearly, so good for seeing the speeds, power settings, and elevator trim position, at various stages of flight. I sure hope you can do some more like this of other historic aeroplanes.
@jeepman0128 жыл бұрын
Great video, I never realised the lack of forward vision when taxiing on the ground, The Spitfire is my favourite too, the Merlin has that mystical roar,
@tSp2898 жыл бұрын
That's a problem with tail-draggers. When doing squadron takeoffs, many of them had to weave back and forth while taxiing just to see where they were going, especially with big radial engined birds like tempests or corsairs.
@HansMilling6 жыл бұрын
Amazing machine, would be a dream come true trying to pilot a Spitfire.
@terrycarter44598 жыл бұрын
Great flight I enjoyed every minute of it.
@dks138279 жыл бұрын
Rick Volker. That is a helluva an airplane !!!!
@robinbaker4647 жыл бұрын
On our wanderings, I once took my early teenaged daughter to our local flying field. Stealing into the hangar (as you do...) she espied something - "Daddy, what's THAT? It's BEAUTIFUL!" " That, darling, is a Spitfire."
@robcrawford96579 жыл бұрын
amazing just keep watching this over and over
@nicholasdavid81798 жыл бұрын
ive never been an envious bloke.... after watching that footage.... its all changed
@lars-erikbtkerpetersen9466 Жыл бұрын
So nice... 👍🤗
@KeithArnotBurr9 жыл бұрын
At first I thought this was in England somewhere. But when I saw the CN Tower and the Porter terminal at City Center Airport I kinda figured out it was here in Ontario. When was this? I'm assuming the CNE airshow.
@ChristophereKoutselas9 жыл бұрын
the related to the royal family of England I am proud to see you spit flying
@yoohoonobody4696 жыл бұрын
Awesome flight!
@pileouface21 күн бұрын
As a DCS Spitfire enjoyer I have to say, this is pure Corn (Yeah I'm here for the AH issue...)
@ChristophereKoutselas9 жыл бұрын
the related to the royal family of England I am proud to see your spit flying
@shanetownsley22897 жыл бұрын
Flew a Kk 9 in 2012 ! Mighty fine !
@dannyboy57754 жыл бұрын
Excellent.
@ChristophereKoutselas9 жыл бұрын
me being from KATAKOYZENOS I really am proud of Mitchell's airplane the spits my favorite.
@Nigel_Gardiner6 жыл бұрын
I thought maybe for a Spitfire I could bring myself to leave the ground....watching this I realise I couldn't LOL
@simonvance80545 жыл бұрын
Geez that looks like fun!
@kurtschlesinger82577 жыл бұрын
beautiful plane the spitfire AM waiting for the brits to make cars again
@marki614224 жыл бұрын
@soaringtractor Cars they used to build were crap
@ramptest62658 жыл бұрын
MERAVIGLIOSO!!!!!
@PYE1729 жыл бұрын
wow he is a bit low over the water as he comes out of the loop pulling out at just 200ft over the sea
@rollsmerlin16598 жыл бұрын
LAKE !
@SimDeck7 жыл бұрын
Wow!
@LedZedLedZepTribute9 жыл бұрын
Could someone explain, Why does the artificial horizon instrument only work occasionally ? . This video show straight and level flight and the indicator vastly different ? Ive been wondering this for a while now from watching in cockpit flights ... Thanks
@HistoricAeroEngines9 жыл бұрын
LedZedLedZepTribute It was set for takeoff, but as the video is edited, there were maneuvers that toppled the gyro which are not included on this upload. The gyro can be quick erected if needed in flight.
@ANAPSANAPS2 жыл бұрын
@@HistoricAeroEngines >The gyro can be quick erected if needed in flight. You'd think. On every other plane yes, but no, unless it's a modern modification the Spitfire Artificial Horizon could not be corrected in flight. It was "self correcting", took 9 minutes watching another video. Allegedly someone thought (RAF?), the pilots would make mistakes and it was better not to give them the option.
@gerardkuijper62125 жыл бұрын
Yeppp
@D5DRIFT4 жыл бұрын
What was the switch at 10.00 that released a load of air. What it sounded like anyways
@danieloh9504 жыл бұрын
Landing flaps, they are pneumatic
@aggiehoskinssilviamctaggar21807 жыл бұрын
Hey pilot
@Partykristian7 жыл бұрын
Which city is that in the background?
@patrickomalley16677 жыл бұрын
Toronto?
@TheDjfinch4167 жыл бұрын
Yes, it's Toronto. That's not the space-needle you're seeing, it's the CN Tower. This footage was obviously shot from Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ). Too bad I missed this air show - would have loved to see a spitfire blasting across the skies of my home city.
@Partykristian7 жыл бұрын
Thanks, have a nice day!
@billcole41906 жыл бұрын
Partykristian Toronto
@lpblewis7 жыл бұрын
C-FFLC that means it's Canadian?
@Lasher5007 жыл бұрын
Filmed in Toronto no less.
@spooksparanormalsociety40346 жыл бұрын
Orgasm 2:19 and onwards...love spitfires !!
@shuftie4437 жыл бұрын
Spiffing
@kenns98 жыл бұрын
he went from start to airborne in 2.5 minutes..how come it took the BoB boys much longer?
@tomcummin68018 жыл бұрын
+kenns9 Fighter Command expected a squadron to be wheels up in 2 minutes from the scramble call. You are conveniently ignoring the fact that Rick Voler was already sat in the cockpit, helmet on with straps in place and hits the start and boost coils at 15 seconds in. Not exactly a level playing field eh? o7
@kenns98 жыл бұрын
oh really. and rick was doing it at a leisurely pace! lets see 15secs run to AC. 15 secs hit booster. 15sec advance throt. 15sec airborne. up in less than say, 90secs.
@tomcummin68018 жыл бұрын
Yes really, because the ground crews would be firing the aircraft up while the pilot was heading for it and the squadrons were mostly operating off grass fields so they were already pointing at their take off rolls. Do some research before you get snarky. Have a nice day.
@kenns98 жыл бұрын
so why could they not get off in less than two minutes?
@aggiehoskinssilviamctaggar21807 жыл бұрын
kenns9 Because they were in mk1s and were inexperienced in the mk1s it took muck longer because they had to push 2 buttons to start the engine
@randallshughart7 жыл бұрын
100MPH on approach. Balsy. I'de be sacred to stall!
@heckpupper95327 жыл бұрын
100MPH is plenty, the stall speed for the Spitfire is about 60 and less, and 100-110 is a procedural speed for approach/glide to the runway. I'd still be scared shitless anyway.
@citic1016 жыл бұрын
walk around the plane first ???
@shanetownsley22897 жыл бұрын
Mk ?????
@skybirdnomad3 жыл бұрын
is it just me or is that attitude indicator complete garbage....or is that an attitude indicator to begin with? i.e. the one that goes all haywire when engine starts
@Mrpat16057 жыл бұрын
Kangur ;)
@poneill655 жыл бұрын
Title should read ride along with the back of some old dudes head. Gotta be better camera mounts than that,... what a waste.
@ChristophereKoutselas9 жыл бұрын
the related to the royal family of England I am proud to see your spit flying
@ChristophereKoutselas9 жыл бұрын
me being from KATAKOYZENOS I really am proud of Mitchell's airplane the spits my favorite.