One flew over myself and my brother we were about 7 yrs old he flew towards us quite low we waved at him he waggled his wings at us then as he flew over us he barrel rolled waggled his wings again and flew on that was over 50yrs ago and I will never forget it it was magical .
@marciomaiajr3 жыл бұрын
Engineers: how beautiful do you want this engine to sound? RR: Yes.
@Blue-pw8uo3 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@qasimmir945510 жыл бұрын
The best Spitfire video I've seen, a major factor is that excellent starting procedure.
@rawnukles9 жыл бұрын
Qasim Mir yep thats the best spitfire video I've seen too. Surprised I havn't come across it before
@matthewhackett17103 жыл бұрын
But, can you imagine doing all that when a bell rings frantically, and someone is screaming "SCRAMBLE!!!!! - we will let you know what for and where to go if you survive getting airborne. Tally ho!"
@joshmcdonald55203 жыл бұрын
@@matthewhackett1710 Quite a few things in that sequence would be prechecked and streamlined. For instance, the walkaround and visual control surfaces check would be completed when a pilot came on duty and maintained at regular intervals. The Carburetor would already be primed and ready by the crew chief. Rudder Bias and nose trim would already been set, likely by a crew chief. Spitfire crews were a coiled spring ready for action. The pilot is only as good as his aircrew, and the crew chiefs were very particular about caring for their children...
@amirsyarifudin52873 жыл бұрын
@@rawnukles ~
@sheephelmet13 жыл бұрын
Nearly 70 years od and still the most beautiful thing to take to the air with the most stirring soundtrack. Long may the Spitfire live.
@mycide5 жыл бұрын
Those Merlin engines... the Spitfires sound and the looks, it's perfection.
@covidius9511 Жыл бұрын
What about Griffons?
@crimi.photos3 жыл бұрын
i can’t believe i never saw this gem of a video until now
@furbs99993 жыл бұрын
Quite possibly the most beautiful machine ever made.
@mcpaplus3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful bird, an engine sound like no other, and the young men that flew them, heroes every one.
@carlosalcazar86513 жыл бұрын
Absolutely pure elegance and beauty, that merlin motor sounds incredible... Amazing
@stevewheatley243 Жыл бұрын
I've always loved the sound of a Merlin. It's almost musical.
@wesleycardinal88693 жыл бұрын
We lived for a year in Kent, and I remember one magical summer day sitting outside a pub, near Biggin Hill, watching and listening to the sound of one of these carving through the blue English sky as we ate our ploughmans lunch. We went later that year to the airshow at Biggin Hill and saw a couple of Spitfires and Hurricanes as well as the Lancaster fly over and over, but that summers day I remember.
@vipertwenty2492 жыл бұрын
I had the privilage of sitting in the cockpit of this aircraft back in 1981. For me, being a small chap, it was very roomy with plenty of elbow room. It was at Booker Airpark by High Wycombe at the time.
@jjt10934 жыл бұрын
I had this back in the day when it was on VHS Best spit documentary in my view
@timbog21027 жыл бұрын
MH434 is still in use at Duxford if anyone is interested - great plane and distinguished career! Apart from 74 missions and downing 5 enemy fighters, she was used in over 10 TV/Film roles including Midsummer Murders!! Take a look at Classic Wings if you want to get Close up and personal - you won't be dissapointed (i'm one of the vollunteers who helps out there!)
@kiereluurs12433 жыл бұрын
Phew, half an hour flight for £2750, or 50 minutes for £4850? That's steep.
@Gaizhun2 жыл бұрын
@@kiereluurs1243 A two seat spitfire costs in the region of £1 million per year for regular maintenance/overhaul. It'd cost at least £3 million to buy one. Can you see why they're so expensive to fly in now? 😂
@sofalugger3 жыл бұрын
To think of all the young airmen that gave their lives.....
@beaufighter2453 жыл бұрын
Indeed, total respect to them. Sad that this post has 22 dislikes. How for goodness sakes!
@capnordest3 жыл бұрын
Perfection beautifully explained in 9 minutes and 25 seconds. Could never tire of listening to that engine!
@cmans79tr73 жыл бұрын
3:03 slow cranking sounds a little like my parent's 6 volt '52 Buick starting in the Winter back in the good ol' days.
@ats-36933 жыл бұрын
You can't fully appreciate the beautiful throaty roar of the Merlin V12 until you have heard/seen a Spitfire flying low level manoeuvres, I wouldn't really call myself an aircraft enthusiast but the Spitfire will always be my favourite airplane, what a beast.
@RG100113 жыл бұрын
when i was little my mother used to sing to me to put me to sleep, whenever i hear the merlin engine i am reminded of my mother singing to me. hell of a conditioned response but one i do enjoy.
@guardianobserver65933 жыл бұрын
I lost my mother a few weeks ago. It's a devastating experience.
@michaellefebvre82927 жыл бұрын
thanks for that it s for me the most beautiful plane this plane is just awesome
@prowelderbill5 жыл бұрын
Everyone is forgetting the Zero and it's gracefull contribution. It was one very formidable attack air plane enough to strike fear in most pilots trying to guard against its attack.
@fritzkatz3 жыл бұрын
=fragile POS
@myZisfantastic9 жыл бұрын
No bridge in the neighborhood, too bad! Could have been "a piece of cake"! The great Neil Williams at the controls, awesome! Cheers
@mothmagic14 жыл бұрын
The bridge scene in "A Piece Of Cake was flown by the late, great Ray Hanna.
@lambdacalculus8316 Жыл бұрын
In DCS, a spitfire is a plane you can confidently fly into combat. But the take-off and landing are very challenging.
@eliott.69979 жыл бұрын
Wow! I remember watching this video documentary when I was a kid! Never seen it since, but this was ALWAYS the best bit for me... thank you for finding this and putting it on KZbin =)
@TPath311 жыл бұрын
Beautifully done, especially the startup - sequence !
@AdrianJayeOnline3 жыл бұрын
totally agreed
@jimcowley3303 жыл бұрын
The sound of the Merlin engine was herd alot over Eastleigh Hampshire where I was born of course Eastleigh is famous. because that's where the first spitfire took off on its maiden flight ✈️
@kakadz8913 жыл бұрын
This movie is just excellent! I'm getting shivers because of the sound and views in this movie. Just like when I saw this plane two times live, last year. I love the Spitfire!
@normsweet17103 жыл бұрын
Well done and film assembled , I’d never seen all the intracates the pilot goes through to ensure a safe flight. Nicely done, I thank each of you for the education 🙂
@andysim23213 жыл бұрын
wonderful aircraft, its so organic, its like something mother nature would have created. It just might be one of the most beautiful machines ever created by humans.
@fritzkatz3 жыл бұрын
"might"?
@Dafelixxx14 жыл бұрын
nothing and I mean absolutely nothing beats the sound of that mighty Merlin...more than music to my ears
@HSTMDad9 жыл бұрын
Still wearing her BoB makeup - spurious squadron markings and cannon barrels removed! Someone else mentioned the late Neil Williams - great pilot - saw him fly Shuttleworth's Mk V - memorable!
@slicer8194 жыл бұрын
Neil Williams and the Spitfire was a marriage made in heaven...I saw him display both MH434 and AR501 at Old Warden, just aerial poetry. And to have enjoyed that AND Ray Hanna wringing out MH434 is a privilege beyond price. Great video...oh to see it in 4K......
@gtrman97068 жыл бұрын
So beautiful !
@MrRichardnorwood15 жыл бұрын
Iconic British perfection in design, performance (hence virtually no ME109's left!) and sound , also sat in MH434 when I was about 8 and still remains close to my heart 30 years later.....
@jamesfeuilherade36644 жыл бұрын
Interesting with the pilot door, it has an intermediate latch setting, which will leave it slightly open. This is handy to "lock" the canopy open, to ensure it doesn't ride up the canopy rails and slam closed in a take off accident. Does make closing the canopy a bit more fiddly after take off, so not typically done. With the heavier bubble canopy, a consideration, although it was crank handle operated, so not so prone to sliding forward. Still a great video, with the late great Neil Williams flying.
@nicolasmezzalira58885 жыл бұрын
might show this video to my grandfather to refresh his memory
@jamesfeuilherade36644 жыл бұрын
Yes although old, still a great video, with the great Neil Williams. The in cockpit shots are the closest to the pilots actual eye position that I've ever seen.
@paulchappell96064 жыл бұрын
as one of my favourite music artists said in their song spitfire (public service Broad casting) you can't help but get a kick at the sound of a spitfire, how bloody true, what a Beautiful plane but deadly all the same.
@DrCrabfingers3 жыл бұрын
The Merlin engines..just the best sound. The Spit is the most beautiful plane ever built in my opinion...very closely followed by the Sukhoi 27. The 27 is the modern equivalent I guess...stunningly beautiful design and totally fit for purpose.
@DrCrabfingers3 жыл бұрын
The SU27 has obviously now been superceded but you get my drift...
@jasonga2 жыл бұрын
Incredible, but lets not forget the Hurricane!!!
@EugVR63 жыл бұрын
That noise is so good👌🏽
@BigLisaFan16 жыл бұрын
Some aircraft just look perfect and the Spitfire is one of them.
@KuroHebi3 жыл бұрын
It's a shame this plane isn't a two-seater so that I could have a joyride with a pilot flying it and me sitting in the back just taking it all in. Guess I'll have to learn how to fly a Spitfire myself.
@greatbritishscarface74645 жыл бұрын
If Ed ever wants to fly a Spitfire, he is gonna have to watch this. :)
@nurmister3 жыл бұрын
That start-up check is so charming.
@donaldparlettjr32953 жыл бұрын
Someone is have way to much fun here and I don't blame them.
@usmctanks112 жыл бұрын
There are now more Spitfires airworthy than at any time since the end of WW2 (Yeah) and there is now the ability to build one with only the original data plate.
@nurmister3 жыл бұрын
That's so great to hear!
@thanosleeds11 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best videos I have ever seen.
@jimsmith18563 жыл бұрын
The sound of victory.
@marcoortiz45793 жыл бұрын
One of the best planes ever...
@neil29058 жыл бұрын
jesus christ what a beautiful plane
@craigpennington12514 жыл бұрын
A true beauty.
@gglen21413 жыл бұрын
Little hidden gem, this video.
@ChrizRockster14 жыл бұрын
I always thought the trim would have to be adjusted on the rudder before take-off - glad to find my thoughts were correct.
@peterblake48373 жыл бұрын
Until Charlie Church took to agricultural flght, we often saw one or more Spitfires doing low-level flights over my house in Hants. All gone now.
@chrishyde12163 жыл бұрын
Great video, with excellent shots of start up, in air and from the cockpit. Great if this could be re-filmed with modern wide-screen HD cameras.
@Stickman203010 жыл бұрын
What a rush! Nothing like that motor sound.
@techmantra45218 жыл бұрын
That is an eargasm and an eyegasm.
@peterelmer91143 жыл бұрын
That sound ; pure magic 👌🏻
@shadisammoun13933 жыл бұрын
This makes me want to play Il-2 - awesome video
@leiker0615 жыл бұрын
oh, no doubt it is a sleek looking plane. good craftsmanship. same goes for the 109. good engineering by both.
@fritzkatz3 жыл бұрын
Over 8 years and no one mentioned that @8:13 the undercarriage is already extended, yet @8:20 the pilot selects "down"? Editing snafu in amusing contrast with the flawless piloting and maintenance. Always respect and remember: you can't have minutes of the former without hours of the latter !
@hawker11388 ай бұрын
That's the flaps down lever. Gear down at under 160 IAS, flaps down at under 140 IAS.
@fritzkatz7 ай бұрын
@@hawker1138 R U certain? Flaps are usually selected in increments: 20° 30° etc not all up, all down.
@tonnywildweasel81383 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! Greets from the Netherlands, T.
@darthrevan20633 жыл бұрын
Such a cool plane.
@carlofabiomartinoli46292 жыл бұрын
El mejor avión estéticamente y operacional mente de la segunda guerra
@migueltrombettonipipinich17193 жыл бұрын
The best video ever!!! Spitfire is the best aircraft of the ww2!!!
@gilbertoacevedo75253 жыл бұрын
What a beauty...
@eduardomendes25573 жыл бұрын
Beautiful aircraft, i like.... Brazilian
@baselhammond33172 жыл бұрын
I know 434 is a Mk.IX, but doesn't it look so wonderful without the guns sticking out spoiling the outline.
@70sheaven5 жыл бұрын
Used to be flown regularly by her owner the late great Ray Hanna
@kevinburns57625 жыл бұрын
And what a pilot he was
@treyno199111 жыл бұрын
Either way I'm sure we can agree both are a seriously cool fighters!
@jimcowley3303 жыл бұрын
Just to add in the 2nd world war Eastleigh airodrome was h.m.s raven which I believe was an American base that's where my father met my mum because my father was royal navy fleet air arm and he worked on sea Fury's ect
@RickJones22210 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful airplane. Nice video.
@NielsMF7 жыл бұрын
Great video thank you for uploading
@24bellers203 жыл бұрын
Second landing was the best one.😊
@xjboy55010 жыл бұрын
MH434 a real war bird 2 confirmed kills 1 damaged one shared ,was flight tested by the legendary Alex Henshaw and flown in films 'the battle of Britain' ' a bridge too far ' plus many more! the pilot in this film was Neil Williams ,an exceptional pilot with a history I cannot do justice too in this small comment section ! sadly he was killed with his wife and an engineer in CASA 2-111 G-BFFS which crashed on the 11 Dec 1977 in Northern Spain !
@frankleonard65703 жыл бұрын
great old bird! beautifull!
@user-lb3mt9ld9p3 жыл бұрын
Once upon a time it was a a tiger in the air 🐯😍
@PeterFabian12 жыл бұрын
Hispano 20s were being installed since the late Mk IIs. This is a IX, it definitely had cannons.
@troppapolvere Жыл бұрын
Really beautiful machine. Do you know which kind of plane filmed the external video sequences, flying close to the Spitfire? Thanks!
@paulchappell9606 Жыл бұрын
she is a beauty, winder if she still active, don't have time to read all comments
@erikbilling81604 жыл бұрын
The Late Great Neil Williams flying the Spitfire
@xjboy55013 жыл бұрын
A dam fine documentary ! I used to have a copy but sadly no more !
@marcduchesnay55363 жыл бұрын
Le plus beau des avions !
@iancharlton6783 жыл бұрын
MH434 - exquisite - THE Spitfire....🇬🇧 Wonder who was the lucky pilot..? Assume it was Ray Hanna.... up there still with Mark, somewhere above the clouds...🙂 Echo of my youth.....
@dazt10310 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this fantastic vid !:) Its been sooo long since I last saw this.
@williamleadbetter96868 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't we all just love to learn to fly a spitfire. I'll just have to settle for my Sonerai. Kinda look a bit like a Spit. Oh well I can pretend and make noises while I'm flying my little VW Plane
@woooster1711 жыл бұрын
This is early footage of MH434, later to become more famous when flown by the late great Ray Hanna & the OFMC. Here she is fitted without her 20mm Hispano canons, whereas today she has them. MH434 has recently returned from a trip to Malta under the pilot/guardianship of Paul Bonhomme. A wonderful sight.. & of course, sound!
@claudiocarbone22253 жыл бұрын
Amazing video for an iconic amazing fighter!
@Mattebubben14 жыл бұрын
@BigLisaFan the 109 F4 and G2 Also Looks perfect they are all Smoth
@gamalielneto36473 жыл бұрын
simply gorgeous
@amotupira22214 жыл бұрын
..hermoso diseño,gran mniobravilidad,viejo y letal.
@clivewinters74793 жыл бұрын
Wonderful
@RailwayVideos.2 жыл бұрын
lovely airplane
@spitfire69015 жыл бұрын
I almost forgot to mention, I'd be more than happy to give you any info you need if you'd like!
@roderickval3 жыл бұрын
Awesome Video. In minute 2:41 he says "Prop constant speed Control Forward" And he moves the Red lever which is the Mixture Control, The prop pitch is the black one on the right. Ive seen Pilots Hit both starter & Boost Coil then move the mixture forward for ignition. Here looks like the Mixture is forward prior to hitting start. Which one is correct? Or Both work?
@DazDaMan12 жыл бұрын
Yes, they did, but the cannons were removed from this aircraft after its service with the Dutch.
@AdrianJayeOnline3 жыл бұрын
THIS WAS A TOTALLY FUCIN AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE VIDEO
@spitfire69015 жыл бұрын
lol gotcha, being a rebel eh? I like the 109 too, it looks and even sounds sinister...it was a formidable opponent! But you have to admit, the Spitfire is a beautiful aircraft ;)
@scAlpha711 жыл бұрын
Indeed. A Fantastic video of and Amzing aircraft
@BeliVolk16 жыл бұрын
Now that is a great video! Great thx for sharing! S!