Spitfire Mk IXB beat up of flying club Dyce flown by Mark Hanna

Watch the flying to the end....youll regret if you dont.
Mark was up doing a show in the Spitfire a few months before he got killed. He treated Aberdeen flying club members to something very special.
You MUST watch at least passed 4 minutes 20 seconds.
Sadly the quality is not fantastic, but the flying is something else......

[@hoot9736]

HE LEFT US A GREAT GIFT,,,,,, HE SHOWED US HOW IT'S DONE PROPERLY. THANK YOU!!! R.I.P.

[@JohnCampbell-rn8rz]

It's always great to see Mark Hanna strap on a Spitfire and go flying, but, why, oh why, that godawful music. The music of a Merlin is what puts the icing on the cake.

[@mikenelson8786]

Wheels up when only feet off the deck, low flyby, what a pilot.

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

What amazing pilots both Mark and his Dad really were. RIP aces...

[@rudolfabelin383]

I love his take off. Pulls up a few feet, retracts gear and accelerates nearly on ground effect,,, and then pulls up!

[@jimyoung2188]

The like of pilot we shall never see again. VALE Mark

[@955isteve]

Like father, son also flys off low and fast goes high then in low . RIP Ray and Mark Hanna

[@larsjonsson800]

I´ll never get tired of the look of a Spitfire coming head on in full speed. Awsome.

[@Lee-tk7ir]

Now that was epic! Much missed on the display scene.

[@marka4520]

If I could undo one thing its that accident. Great shame no words !!

[@stewartnicol3028]

Wheels up just on lift off....Mark holds the aircraft down to allow ground effect to build up speed faster. Real pilot son of a real pilot father. 🙏 BTW, I had read up on ground effect and tried it in a Tomahawk (Piper, not Curtiss!!) at Goodwood. I caused the tower to declare an emergency before clearing the trees to the west. Happy Days!

[@pingpong5000]

The music is a great introduction but should been turned off and it left to the Merlin to provide the symphony, this is a fantastic piece of film which I have not seen before Thanks

[@bjcgmw]

1999. Just a few months before Mark had his accident.

[@andrewgiles8252]

per ardua ad astra - RIP Mark

[@brucemitch928]

I know I’m a bit late here but does anyone know if this is the same time as there was a Spitfire display over Alford Motor Museum, Aberdeenshire. I was there with my late father who was in the RAF. Wonderful experience to see and hear the Spitfire.

[@bjcgmw]

I think it was. Bruce

[@brucemitch928]

Bruce Campbell Thanks for the reply 👍

[@Hawkertempest1]

Pity about the music!!!!!!

[@bjcgmw]

Think about the positives

[@paulrhodes6975]

Mute switch ineffective?

[@timmason7430]

633 squadron? They were Mosquitos. And anyone worth his salt wouldn't put Music over the Merlin.

[@billbonnington7916]

My exact first reaction....

[@bjcgmw]

Yes I know and I saw that film being shot in the Carngorms...Think about the positives....

[@bjcgmw]

It was done due to a PA 28 sitting beside me with a Lycoming running.....not the best to hear....

[@bobswan6196]

Great pilot, fabulous flying, ghastly music

[@mulletmanpete]

This might be the worst ruining of a video with inappropriate music in youtube history. And believe me the bar is high.

[@rollsmerlin1659]

suggestion... lose the music !

[@stevetaylor5933]

Far too much music, the merlin in the spit needs no other soundtrack!

[@pauldrinkwater2621]

Sodding music spoilt it again

[@rodneyelliott5995]

The music ruins the entire experience. In short - RUBBISH