Sound of the Spitfire - Spitfire IX TA805

[@PaddyPatrone]

Sounds amazing

[@SuperjumboAEVSPlanespotting]

This Spitfire sounds like P-51 Mustang

[@watsondove849]

Arguably the most beautiful machine ever made

[@Cirocoleman]

Arguably?? There's no argument about it!!!!!

[@mothmagic1]

Why does the sound of a big V12 always send a shiver down my spine in a way that radials don't seem capable of?

[@paulgoodwin3642]

When it turns towards you in a shallow dive and the sound raises in pitch, the hairs raise on my neck I love it the only sound that comes close for me emotionally is samuel barbers adagio for strings.

[@blockheadgreen_]

Griffiths may be the best Spitfire display pilot flying. He throws that thing around like a toy and it is mesmerising.

[@453421abcdefg12345]

Well! There was a man enjoying himself, and so did we, a fantastic performance from a top pilot. That was a real pleasure to watch.

[@HighFlight]

I think that it was Dan Griffith flying her, based on the fact that he flew the same display on the Sunday, which I'll also post over the coming days.

[@453421abcdefg12345]

High Flight: I thought in was Dan on the stick, he flies such a tight profile without keeping level for even a second, fantastic ! Thanks for posting.

[@julianneale6128]

Englishman French perfectly said, and I'm in total agreement!

[@jamesmcbride6304]

Man and machine fully in tune. Great to watch.

[@wotnotvintage7762]

A spirited display, very recognisably Dan Griffith! All manoeuvres flown smoothly with no negative G ... looks spectacular but not over-stressing the aircraft.

[@timmason7430]

A proper display of a beautiful creation.

[@Eo_Tunun]

A beautiful display of Spitty's special quality, exiting a tight turn and having taken enough speed around the corner to enter a steep climb only seconds after. I think that's what st the actual secret of the success of the spitfire, the efficiency of its wing in high lift situations. All other WWII desgings fall short of that.

[@martinplanes2053]

Wow! I've seen some Spitfire displays in my time including by the great Ray and Mark Hannah's but this one is truly right up there. Real gutsy display.

[@julianneale6128]

Absolutely fantastic to see this beautiful machine flown almost aggressively. Great to see the real maneuverability particularly in the aeroplane's response and rate of roll, imagine the same display flown with a clipped wing version! This display reminds me of a display at Duxford where there pilot (I didn't know whom) flew a P47 in a very similar way, brilliant to see!

[@HighFlight]

Thanks. I'm sure that a saw that same P-51 display at Duxford. Flown to the max!

[@Ant008]

Superb

[@MarsFKA]

Fabulous! The perfect combination of airframe and engine. Many Spitfire pilots considered the Mark IX to be the best of the series. To many aviation enthusiasts, there are few sights more evocative then the shape of the Spitfire wing. I've seen Brendon Deere's Mark IX "AL" at Classic Fighters Omaka 2015 and 2017. Funny thing: it sounds just like this one. (Joke...) At CFO, we public were allowed to get up close and personal with the aircraft while they were still parked in the hangar each morning, before being wheeled outside for the day's programme. Doing a walk-around of "AL", we could see all the little signs that this Spitfire is not only a show piece, but also a working aircraft that was never intended to sit in a hangar gathering dust. It even has the traditional tiny Rolls Royce puddle of oil on the floor under the rear main seal... As an apprentice mechanic in the 1960s on Rovers and Jaguars, it became an act of faith with me that British engine designers did not consider a seal to be working properly unless it was leaking. Rolls Royce were no different... PS Don't think that I'm picking on Rolls Royce seals. At CFO 2017, there were two P-40s parked in the hangar beside "AL" and each had its regulation tiny Allison puddle under the rear main seal.

[@HighFlight]

Thankyou. You are so right about the Spitfire. Unfortunate for me that Omaka is so far away, but its also great that so many Spitfires and other historic aircraft are scattered all over the world so that they can be seen and enjoyed by so many. The Japanese must have borrowed the oil seal design from the British as my Japanese car drips just enough oil to annoy me, but then it's also a great indicator that there's oil in the engine, or not!

[@MarsFKA]

Actually, the Japanese seem to - mostly - get the seals right. I'm a vehicle inspector for the NZ Automobile Association and we frequently get very high mileage Japanese vehicles in with scarcely a drop of oil to be seen underneath. But when they leak, they can do it, big time. I had one in today that not only left drips on the floor, but also down my smegging neck!

[@Bradburger]

Cracking video of a cracking display!

[@HighFlight]

Thanks.

[@rovercoupe7104]

Brilliant, thank you. M.

[@HighFlight]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rovercoupe7104]

Reminds me of Alex Henshaw. M.

[@stevelester4188]

You don’t see them flown like that very often at modern day air shows. Just look at the exhaust stain after touchdown, that machine was worked hard! Sublime stuff

[@rovercoupe7104]

I don’t like seeing loops at air displays. I did not see any here.

[@johnrenton3463]

Great work, thanks for posting!

[@HighFlight]

A pleasure. Thankyou.

[@gordonclack7406]

Beautiful, tight display, all probably within the airfield boundary. the sound of that Merlin was music to the ears of Spitfire fans. Who was the pilot? He certainly knew his stuff!

[@HighFlight]

The pilot was Dan Griffith.

[@gordonclack7406]

How do you know that?

[@HighFlight]

It was included in various airshow reviews including this one - www.air-shows.org.uk/2017/08/review-biggin-hill-festival-of-flight-biggin100/ - also my film of day 2 shows him waving to the crowd on the taxi out down the runway. Of course the reviewers could be wrong about the pilot on day 1, so I'm happy to be corrected.

[@gordonclack7406]

Thanks very much! Great display and nicely filmed. If only......

[@HighFlight]

Thankyou.

[@spitfireMkIIb]

Amazing sound!

[@liezllyncanlas2936]

a fun fact TA805 is the only HF Mk.IX Spitfire

[@HighFlight]

Aero Legends TD314 is another airworthy HF Mk.IX that is based in the UK.

[@Addad66]

Watch the landing, touch down, flaps up, and just enough on the throttle to keep the tail up....... Fine flying.......

[@richardjoganah1871]

Nice video ,my favorite spitfire marks mk 2 mk 5 mk 9😊😊

[@HighFlight]

Thankyou. Those that survive and fly are all incredible.

[@canoteca]

wow - just.plain.wow ...

[@josipvrandecic2472]

When I'm permanently in love ... then I have no words...Steve , you're gonna kill me gently ...lol...thanks.

[@HighFlight]

:-)

[@jimothyr124]

Just put Edward Elgar - Nimrod over this and its pure harmony. Was Dan Griffiths flying the spit?

[@HighFlight]

Excellent. And no 'copyright' issues with KZbin that way either! The event PA system was playing 'Jerusalem' over the display, which is a tradition for the final act with a Spitfire at the venue.

[@andrehuysfromaalterinfland1896]

music!!