SPITFIRE LOW PASS DUXFORD OCT 2007

[jonobonnowonno1]

dagga dagga dagga!!!!!

[painterjohn512]

beautiful!

[TheFunkhouser]

This is the Griffon, in my books the Merlin sounded better, but this was still great, thanks uploader

[SupernalOne]

the Spitfire is like my wife: beautiful from any direction

[9MinamiKe6]

I remember at the wedding of Kate and William at the UK, when those planes flown by. Goose bumps. Every. Time.

[RattytheSecond]

Sounds like a Rolls Royce Griffin to me: the engine I mean. Which means it could be a Mk XIV. There again - it might not!

[feralferret]

Looks so much more elegant and classier than the American Mustang.

[onefugowie]

does anybody know...that has the same motor as the P-51 right...its a Marlin Engine??

[tomview1]

@onefugowie Kinda but not quite - The Roll Royce Merlin engine was used in the early mark Spitfires ( 1-2-5-9) and various British aircraft of the time. The P51 used a license built Merlin engine produced by either Allison or Packard - built in the US using US threads and being absolutely not interchangeable with Rolls Royce engines. A cunning move by the US - but by this stage the Brits were using "Griffon" engines with about 30% more power anyway.

[onefugowie]

@tomview1 great info thank you

[tomview1]

@onefugowie any time bro!

[pdutube]

Wow it wasted no time getting up there!

[ellcullendo]

you gotta love duxford

[baldandold]

whhoooohooooooo..............

[Mitodreamer]

GET SOME KRAUT

[barthoedemaker]

goosebumps everytime this roar comes by

[TheLittleWorldofGaz]

@barthoedemaker aglreed

[mrspenn1611]

@barthoedemaker hmm, it will be a sad day for mankind when these birds no longer fly!!! Lets hope that day never ever happens

[critch1901]

Wasnt particually low tho was it? Not like the late ,great Ray Hannah in MH434

[BradBrassman]

Love the tail plane on this mod. The late MKs were super special indeed. I would looooooove to see a Mk 22/24 fly again, are there any?

[LZDEN]

wonderful.

[gairkhata]

I thought the Mk.18's had Whitworth threads and left handed split pins?

[JAYwayne75]

that was a late spit maybe a mk19 or 21 it can do 448mph and has a rolls royce griffon 2035 hp or 2145 hp

and 5 blade prop

[Irvine5312x6ma]

Mk.18 because of the bubble canopy, if you look carefully it is clearly visible at 00:06.

Cheers!

[matoy77]

@JAYwayne75 Am I right in thinking the 5 blade was introduced late in the spitfire's production? Fist being the 3 blade?

[gcoll75]

@matoy77 1st was actually a 2 blade spit the five blade i believe was actually first introduced on the seafire for quicker acceleration off carriers then used in PR models as it enabled them to fly higher

[tomview1]

@gcoll75 Then there was the Spiteful and Seafang. Spiteful - 4 blades and Seafang - contra rotating 3 blades for more or less the same reasons.

[trainguy3]

@JAYwayne75 and a bubble canopy, i dont really like the spit with a bubble

[countryman1970]

@JAYwayne75 spits only had 3 and 4 blade props, seafires had 5 blades, and there are only a few seafires flyin and I dont think that is a seafire, just sayin, videos make it look like there are more blades than what they actually have

[wheezy66]

nice v roll

[ad356]

400 mph of pure piston powered bliss. merlin v12 1700 hp woohoo

[GGigabiteM]

Not a merlin. 5 bladed prop with LH rotation (pilots view) is a griffon.