The Unlikely Beginnings Of British Aviation | Flying Across Britain | Timeline

Arthur is in the south-east of England tackling some of the world's busiest airspace and, on the Isle of Sheppey finding the unlikely spot where British aviation first got off the ground. North of London, there's the home of airships - ancient and modern - and, in the region that led the fight in the Battle of Britain, one massive tick for Arthur's bucket list... a flight in a Spitfire.
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[@mikeleach4201]

That ride in the double bubble made this 80 year old very very happy. Thank you!

[@johnmorgan7262]

That Spitfire flight will be the highlight of the logbook for sure.

[@goe74life49]

This video was marvelous, superb sceneries, and great history planes, and most importantly the flying. I really injoyed it. 🙏☝️👑

[@CuriousArchive]

Great to see the cradle of aviation in the UK getting the credit it deserves -- this is a part of history often overlooked!

[@chrisworthen1538]

The videography and post production work is superb. The scenery and aircraft speak for themselves!

[@warrenkimble4578]

British people make good shows keep it up 👍👍

[@SmokeFlame1]

Marvelous documentary. Beautiful scenery and magnificent aircraft. The Spitfire is beautiful. It has a maple leaf near the front cockpit making me wonder if it has a Canadian connection.

[@shgstewart4674]

Yes, I'm wondering the same thing too.

[@shgstewart4674]

Ah, I did a little research, and the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar website says of this particular Spitfire: "• Entered service with number 441(Silver Fox) Sqn, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) on September 25, 1944 and served with the RAF from Advanced Landing Ground B70 located in Belgium. She was given the codes ‘9G-Q’" So yes, she was an RCAF airplane! Yay!

[@rogmason6441]

441 RCAF - sorry typo 😞

[@mohammadfaizal8461]

Just love the Spitfire..wow...

[@jmontarsi]

These are fun documentaries! The little yellow Piper our narrator and guide flies was most likely built by my grandmother, Vivian Yufer Connor in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Near the end of WW II, she was awarded the Navy's Battle E metal for War Production. She was the first women to weld for Piper Aircraft.

[@Green_Roc]

My uncle gave me his retired 1/4 scale piper cub model. It no longer flies but is a beautiful sight to look at, I love looking at planes!

[@whitedomerobert]

This is just marvelous. A grownups child’s dream. Right past the second star.

[@shainemaine1268]

Keep this one coming!

[@EarlJohannaber]

Fantastic video!

[@jamesbkimbrough1850]

Really enjoyed your presentation. James Kimbrough Saint Augustine, Florida

[@wildukind442]

the Spitfire is still state of the art. and a beauty compared to the others in these days.

[@warrenkimble4578]

Awesome show keep it up 👍

[@kenshores9900]

So neat. By the way who are these 9 trolls that are being disrespectful? Such a neat perspective of aviation in the UK.

[@cherylcallahan5402]

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[@manaboutit1594]

Anyone else so very proud to see a brother pilot have such adventures? Fly on, Brother, fly on...

[@thomasnewbery7449]

So, in the late 70's at the NCO Leadership school at Sheppard AFB in Texas, I wrote a paper on derigibles.... I was mocked for the topic.... I may have been a bit premature then, but I keep hoping. I toured the hangars at El Toro Naval Air Station in the mid '80's.... absolutely huge and they then housed a helicopter squadron or two. All wood construction and they generated their own weather! As young boy I remember building a model of the PBY. Great seeing one in action. And that funny sailplane of mostly wing? One appeared at RAF Bicester at their annual get-together. I remember being told one had to have 5000 hours before being allowed to fly it. When it was aero-towed into the air, you could tell it was VERY sensitive in pitch! There, too, I saw someone crash one of those german primary pre-WWII gliders into the scrub. OUCH! Loved the bangers and chippolatas and fish 'n chips. Oh, and I proudly recieved, and still use, the nickname "Spamcan" from the CFI, Eric, (God rest his soul) at RAF Wattisham while learning how to fly sailplanes.

[@chazhuttton]

21:14 "Have you finished the walk round" - UH, RICHARD, PLEASE.

[@BridgesDontFly]

Ahh ya beat me to it.

[@DataWaveTaGo]

At 14:17 "The Seven Towers" - weren't these used for Pirate Radio Stations in the 1960s to 1970s? Maunsell Forts en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunsell_Forts

[@saute1000]

That brand new airship called Airlander 10 designed for the U.S. military, really sounds like that slow moving U.F.O. that was seen in Arizona years back. The dimensions and the overall appearance resembles the eye witnesses description of that U.F.O.

[@matthewmann8969]

Flying, levitating, elevating, floating, or and gliding are still great hobbies

[@mtl-ss1538]

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[@tauncfester3022]

Could have flown North from Sheppey to Stow Maries, the WWI era Home Defense airfield/museum.

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[@kenshores9900]

Either we learn from history or we repeat it. Grass run ways and short control towers.

[@philipross2013]

The Shetland flying boat , I thought it was a Sunderland.

[@thanksfernuthin]

I wonder what exactly happened to Shuttleworth. He obviously had more experience flying than everyone in the air service. Did something go wrong with his plane?

[@LK-bz9sk]

Didn't the P 52 Mustang have a RR Merlin engine? That was one fast plane.

[@DavidM2002]

I believe they used the Packard version but essentially the same engine. Built under licence in the U.S.

[@avnrulz8587]

P-51 Mustang.

[@romakayak]

Short brothers left Rochester and moved to northern Ireland to avoid being bombed but they were bombed in Belfast.

[@thekaxmax]

R100 made it to Canada and back.

[@wade7623]

Dudes registration is G-FACE, sounds dirty for some reason lol and did that guy really ask him if did the walk around?

[@pinkbunny6272]

I will tattoo a supermarine spitfire on my body in less than 4 years. Just wait, tattoo artist, just wait.

[@Mis-AdventureCH]

You'd think with all that money parked there they could spring for a restoration of that scramble hut......

[@rogmason6441]

My exact thought! What a shame it is in such poor repair? Hopefully, someday it will suddenly occur to those in charge that this little wooden hut was as important at protecting Britain from marauding hordes, as a castle from the Middle Ages was?

[@Mis-AdventureCH]

@@rogmason6441 These things generally require someone to take the lead and organize it. Once that starts, things can fall into place, especially if it gets turned into something useable like a WW2 themed pilots lounge / club or add it to any on site museum area. I'd even consider moving the structure to a spot that's easier to access for something like that. If it's tucked away out in the hinterlands, well, out of sight, out of mind and it continues to deteriorate.

[@rogmason6441]

Fingers crossed

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

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[@johndeere1951a]

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[@echozulu820]

He's got that classic snagletooth ugly northern look

[@mariotudor6735]

It‘s coming to Rome

[@dropdeadinc.customtattoo2537]

Did he throwup on himself? I knew it

[@ben-ww7ks]

stonehenge was built in the 1920s lots of video evidence

[@DavidM2002]

You can't make a dumb comment like that without proof. Or an indication that you are being sarcastic.

[@ben-ww7ks]

@@DavidM2002 its well documented. links in comments get deleted. the stones were transported there, mostly made of concrete, set in concrete so they do not fall down and the concrete on the stones is falling off LOL. the whole thing is a lie much like most of english history and this is the perfect example. there are lots of videos and pictures of it showing the stones being transported and erected.

[@sonofagunner50]

@@ben-ww7ks V. Interesting . Links to said documentary evidence please? After all, "there are lots of videos and pictures of it..."

[@mtl-ss1538]

@@ben-ww7ks Kiwi ;- Ivan Mauger World Champion: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1979 - R/Up 1971, 1973, 1974 New Zealand Sportsperson of the Year (Halberg Award) 1977 and 1979.& still No knighthood. Long Track World Champion 1971, 1972, 1976 R/Up 1974, 1975 World Pairs Champion 1969, 1970 R/Up 1971, 1972, 1978, 1981 Speedway World Team Cup Champion 1968, 1971, 1972, 1979 European Champion 1966, 1970, 1971, 1975 British Champion 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972 Intercontinental Champion 1975 New Zealand Champion 1974, 1981 New Zealand Long Track Champion 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 New Zealand South Island Champion 1977, 1981, 1983 Australasian Champion 1977, 1981 Australasian Grand Prix winner 1970, 1971, 1972 Sunday Times King of Claremont winner 1973, 1980, 1981, 1983 British-Nordic Champion 1968, 1971 British League Riders Champion 1971, 1973 Embassy Internationale Winner 1970, 1971, 1972 Northern Riders Champion 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1980 Provincial League Riders Champion 1963, 1964 Lubos Tomicek Memorial Trophy Winner 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979 Silver Sash Match Race Champion 1968, 1969 Golden Helmet Match Race Champion 1970 Scottish Open Champion 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 Scotianapolis Winner 1969, 1970 Welsh Open Champion 1964, 1973 Westernapolis Winner 1968, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975 Leningrad Cup (USSR) Winner 1969 Lokeren Memorial Trophy Winner 1970 Golden Key of Bremen 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 Australian Long Track Champion 1962 Victorian State Champion (Australia) 1962, 1963 Queensland State Champion (Australia) 1962 Western Australian State Champion 1973 Yorkshire Television Trophy 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980 Lada Indoor International 1979 British Long Track Champion 1980 World Champion of Champions Match Race Series 1989 SA- 150 Jubilee Trophy 1986 Ivan, - Voted world speedway rider of the Century. also.,!!!

[@theScrupulousBerserker]

His'story is not our story 🎯💯 🐾

[@marlaemerson3008]

Absolutely brilliant! I smiled all the way through your video. My son just spent 2 years at RAF Lakenheath, flying the F-15. I am so proud and happy that he has been in a country like England, with such a rich history of aviation. Thank you for your lovely series.

[@mtl-ss1538]

@@marlaemerson3008 Rocket Lab offers the world’s only private orbital launch range in Mahia, New Zealand. This FAA compliant site can accommodate a launch rate of 120 flights per year and is licensed for a launch to occur every 72 hours.;- The Kiwi space company with an established track record, uniquely positioned to extend its lead across a launch, space systems and space applications market forecast to grow to $1.4 trillion by 2030

[@thomasnewbery7449]

@@marlaemerson3008 As a USAF Aircraft Instrument Systems Repairman, I spent 4 of my 20 years at RAF Bentwaters workin' on the F-4s there at the time. My son and daughter were both birthed at Lakenheath. It was reported that should RAF Bentwaters shut down, RAF Lakenheath's hospital could close its maternity ward! Hah!. From me, please thank your son for his service. My wife and I also had a thoroughly enjoyable stay there, too. Oh, and I proudly recieved, and still use, the nickname "Spamcan" from the CFI, Eric, (God rest his soul) at RAF Wattisham while learning how to fly sailplanes. England and it's people were truly wonderful.