The Complete Restoration Of A Scrapped WW2 Spitfire

[@JanStrojil]

“Spitfire now airborne.” Sends chills down one’s spine just thinking of what those words mean, the history behind this plane. Such an iconic warbird and beautiful as no other.

[@leroy.jackson.4804]

Got that right 👍

[@KeystoneInvestigations]

As an ex pilot with Air America, this doco is a welcome addition to my library!

[@markusbollenbacher225]

Leider ist Richard Grace vor kurzem verstorben. Habe ihn auf der Hahnweide 2019 mit der Buchon gesehen RIP.

[@Hawaiian80882]

August 1990 while in-root to Saudi Arabia via Utapau Royal Thai Air Base with the advance party for the 1st Marine Brigade outta Hawaii....we de deplaned the C5A to stretch our legs in a nearby hangar for a couple hours....Note: we were restricted to the Hangar Bay only, I love snooping around old places with allot of history, Utapau was a major combat base for the USAF during the Vietnam war so of course I wanted outta the hangar to look around... I found an unsecured door adjacent to a Head (Bathroom) next thing you know found myself outside in the back of the hangar...as I exited to my surprise, there was to my immediate right...A complete uncovered fuselage of a British Spitfire, sitting on 4x4 blocks!...I looked Left, Right, heck I looked up...and realized she must have been sitting there for ages....grass was growing through gaps in her skin....I went back into the hangar and started asking the Thai Airmen what was her story....NO ONE KNEW A DANG THING about her...they didn't even know what kinda plane it was......fast forward today, I think about her often wondering what ever became of her....I hope she made her way back home to England into the hands of her people and is doing what she was designed and created to do......flying into the blue heavens....with those Rolls-Royce Merlin Engines Humming!

[@5alex7]

How sad Richard passed away... such a talented chap and so young

[@Leon-bc8hm]

Very sad.

[@Leon-bc8hm]

Beautiful

[@paulrichards2365]

In Australia after the end of the war, I heard you could buy a new Spitfire still in the crate for $100. Makes you cry.

[@zero2espect]

And they threw the left overs off the sides of ships into the ocean.... 😢

[@markchancellor-maddison5528]

Thank you for sharing this restoration experience with us. Wonderful to see.

[@XNOGaming_One]

Love how defensive the old man is, always the crossed arms thing.

[@rudywoodcraft9553]

Really enjoyed the bird dog--I too came across the accounts of the FACs and others and was fascinated

[@Larry-jv6he]

love the spitfire.and the bird dog.

[@apostlestumpy]

Brilliant!

[@hubertgailuron6402]

Wouahou, i like old war bird. And when i'm in Normandie for D-Day anniversary, i have tears and shivers hearing and seeing them. It's marvelous. 👍

[@r.p.3192]

I love the Griffon Marks… my favourite is the PR Mk.19… what a sexy and fast way to take aerial photographs… great story telling, thanks a lot. The day I win the lottery, Nick Grace will get a phone call… can you build me one?

[@markhorrell9213]

I did a lot of back-seat flying a Harvard out of hood aerodrome in NZ. It was awesome! I'd love to do it in a spit!

[@internalcombustion641]

My father was with the 39th Reconnaissance Wing in England, Holland and Germany as a airframe mechanic, he aways wanted to be a pilot but at 6'4'' all legs and arms no way he fit in a cockpit, Spit and Typhoons were his favs have pics of him standing beside clip wing Spits but unfortunately not much else.

[@Jeff_Seely]

I love nostalgic warbirds and have all my life. I never have had the means and rare privilege such as Richard. So my next best thing was to collect warbirds as an aero modeler. My warbirds are my favorite such as the Macchi C.205 Veltro, Japanese zero, And my mustang p51. But my dream aircraft is the beautiful spitfire. It is most fun and is quite stable with the elliptical wing. Thank you for this video. I truly love the spitfire and I love that you have the capability to fly these! No, you shouldn't join if you can't take a joke😂!

[@Just_a_Plane_motorcycle_rider]

The FAC "cassette tape" sounded like it might have been one of the Aussie RAAF/USAF exchange pilots that flew the bird dog 🙂

[@Bristolcentaurus]

would have been better to do each aircraft as a separate video

[@markhorrell9213]

Young Lee must wake up with a wooden thinking about his coming day!

[@loen6478]

2:17

[@matthewmoilanen787]

Beautiful B1RD as they say. The only criticism iI could have is how hard they say it is to uild one. Many unskilled laborers, men and women alike went off to support their countries and byilt aircraft like this for their fighting men. And as a former Air Force Crew Chief who spent many hrs outside in all weather as did the mechanics in the qar fixing these aircraft complaining about working in a warm well lit and non windy hanger is kinda funny. Snow really affects maintenance and repair I can assure you.

[@voornaam3191]

Why don't THE BELGIANS restore their own Spitfire? It was a BELGIAN Spitfire. Don't they have an Airforce Museum and budget and a great volunteer group? Why did they give up?!

[@michaelknott4361]

There's one being rebuilt over there, RM764, OO-XIV

[@dewaynedavidson4120]

What the F this is supposed to be a Spitfire restoration talk about false advertising