Spitfire IXB MH434 - Shuttleworth May Evening Airshow 2019

[@RB28v]

South Africa unfortunately doesn't have any flying Spitfires left. We take great comfort in the fact that the spirit of a SAAF Ace is preserved in this beautiful RAF Spitfire.

[@HighFlight]

Thankyou to South Africa and its people for their support in the World Wars and the lives that they sacrificed. Hopefully one day you will have a Spitfire to grace your skies.👍

[@bobsakamanos4469]

I associated with some SA lads when on deployment in W. Africa. Good solid lads.

[@TheClareybrown61170]

This is my fave Spitfire!! I have been going to airshows since I was 6 (I'm now 56) and it has always been there with various owners including Adrian Swire .I have to say my favourite pilot in MH434 has to be Ray (RIP).He wore that plane like a glove and seriously flexed its muscles.Superb footage.Going to subscribe now!

[@georgejacob3162]

MH434. I wonder where Ray Hanna got his inspiration for his son's name Mark?

[@HighFlight]

I whole heartedly agree. I got to sit in her once at a Duxford Autumn Airshow - a real honour. Thanks for subscribing.

[@andrewelliott8930]

Just the best sound ever

[@kokenhammer]

A plane I have loved since I was a boy reading War Comics. The chaps I knew who were Spitfire Pilots in WW2, well you sure would not have thought so. One flew for the Fleet Air Arm,, a terribly nice fellow, quiet and helpfull, was in the Salvation Army and I worked with him when he was a commercial printer. The other was a dairy farmer, I remember him smoking his pipe, another very quiet fellow. He was my uncles mate at school, his son was my best mate at Primary School. I never knew he was a Kiwi Spitfire Pilot for the Royal Airforce until many decades later.

[@jacktattis]

When I was doing my Apprenticeship the accountant was a ex Pilot Officer who did 70 missions in Lancasters and I never knew until our storeman a ex Tobruk Vet told me. Here I was surrounded by veterans and I had no idea

[@mannythelimodriver6003]

Flown by none other than our very own Red Bull World Champion Paul Bonhomme, and a BA Senior Captain until recently on the 747’s!

[@HighFlight]

Thankyou for prompting me to credit Paul Bonhomme as the pilot in the comments.🙃👍

[@453421abcdefg12345]

Very many thanks for taking us along, a wonderful video of MH434, one of the best Spitfires flying today, it has never failed to put on a good show in all the many years I have seen it flying, you got some excellent ground shots as well as your usual perfect air shots, I will be watching this a few more times !

[@HighFlight]

Thanks and I hope it still looks as good each time you watch it :)

[@jurgengreve4651]

CPT PAUL BONHOMME AT ITS BEST😎

[@johnrenton3463]

Nice camerawork! It looks to have been a pretty relaxed affair - must try it myself...

[@HighFlight]

Thanks. The shows at Shuttleworth are always more relaxed than elsewhere and the evening airshows more so. The extra benefit at evening shows is the opportunity to walk around and get up close to the parked aircraft before they fly.

[@johnrenton3463]

@@HighFlight Good to know :-)

[@bobdyer422]

Excellent pit shots,& close up of the spinner/prop, perfect for a model builder like myself. THANKS! I said it once and I'll always say, Spitfire & grass field, that way it should be. Such a purr to that Merlin. Makes the rest{except for a 47} jealous. Great piece of vid, thanks for sharing

[@HighFlight]

Thanks Bob. I had the model builder and those with a keen interest in detail in mind whilst filming, as always. There was a P47 at the show, although it flew in to display and landed and remained overnight, so although I couldn't get pit shots I'll post the display soon - P47 'Nellie B' again!

[@tomasandersen367]

LOVE IT :-)

[@FelixRigg]

Wow.

[@bramantyoprahoro7284]

Former RNLAF's 322nd Sqn and participated in aggression toward my country, Indonesia.

[@HighFlight]

You are right, for which the Dutch Government of the time can be blamed!

[@Gaizhun]

What a fantastic video mate :) What's the name of the lovely piano piece at the end?

[@HighFlight]

Thank you and my apologies for taking a long time to reply to your question. The track is called 'Kiss the Sky' by Aakash Gandhi from KZbin audio here - studio.kzbin.info/door/B1nbUe1En1XqMsReprAmDQmusic

[@Gaizhun]

@@HighFlight brilliant, thanks!

[@ricardobufo]

There are faster and more powerful aircraft ... including later Marks of Spitfires ... but none as beautiful ... and in the opinion of many pilots ... none as beautiful to fly.