Hawker Hunter 'Miss Demeanour' at Biggin Hill 2007

[kolbpilot]

"Hmmm, I suppose if you consider all aspects, the Spitfire is the aeroplane I have most enjoyed". "But if I refined my thoughts there would be many others on the list". "I used to really really like flying a clean Hunter, particularly the big engined ones". : Ray Hanna (talking about the Hunter & many other planes, 'Pilot" magazine, June 1987).

[twal1011]

Damn that's a good looking plane.

[stepheng1483]

Can't say I'm a fan of this colour scheme, it detracts from the beautiful lines of this aeroplane.

[336kgf]

What a beautiful plane.

[volumex2000]

I had a Hillman Hunter. So there !!

[rup54]

@volumex2000 I had a Hillman Husky. Beat that!

[Element359]

eventhough its old, it is one of the best sounding jets ever.

[pjk1649a]

Good grief, can't we all come together and celebrate the beauty of these old airplanes and the fact that so many are still flying, especially in today’s economy? I'm actually a dual national (US & British) and for the life of me can't understand why some people think this is a competition! Take a deep breath and just step away from the keyboard if you can't say something nice.

[scarlebloke]

@pjk1649a OK, you posted this a long time ago - but I couldn't agree more! The world is a much better place for both Britain and the US for having existed and there's far more that unites these two countries than divides them. I wish all this petty crap would stop between Americans and British

[MagnesiumAlloy]

@Polaris688 I know there is one in my neighborhood though I'm sure it's not working because it's sitting on top of a giant mantle at the local Air Museum in Canada... wonder if someone can buy it and restore it?

[lwilde]

Hawker's most attractive airplane. Apparently, well liked by those who flew it throughout its long career too.

[Libanass]

we still have some of these operating in Lebanon (the best we have haha) they have an amaizing sound! I've seen F15 and F16's and these ones looks and sound much cooler!

[woodbinedrinker]

Clean looking aircraft!

[Polybun]

Pretty shitty footage, next time, set you interlacing/deinterlacing routines up properly.

[shanondor]

I like the colour on this plane for the benifit of the nit picker miles171717 thats aeroplane by the way used to watch these fly from RAF BRAWDY IN WALES before they converted to the hawk then sadly closed it down,is this plane privately owned

[tollyt100]

@mightycow hero: they both have theyre charmes

[miccato554]

love the paint job!

[SCRTpilot]

Saw a plane like this today. It's doing a display tomorrow and the day after.

[Miles171717]

im currently working on this plane on my work experience at exeter airport its a fantastic plane

[Factnotfictionpeople]

@Miles171717 'Plane?' Don't you mean 'Aeroplane?'

[baillie2k9]

@Factnotfictionpeople dont be a smartass man

[pippoppivot]

Saw this plane at duxford yesterday!!

[leadsolo]

The Howl of the Hunter .... Unreal !!

[skyterrapin]

Pity about the colour scheme though.

[qwertdr]

It's a fantastic livery.

[ellzstudios]

i saw this yesterday at duxford brill

[tombayly13]

same :)

[tigertony54]

the most graceful jet ever,and the sound of the rolls royce engine is music to my ears.

[PDTDrizzt]

I totally agree. I saw one at the previous AAD Airshow at Ysterplaat Airport Cape Town. Awesome aircraft. I had the oppertunity to speak to the pilot, Ron Wheeldon, from Thunder City. When I asked him why he chooses to fly the Hunter he simply said: "It's the most beautiful jet aeroplane ever built." He also said that it is regarded by many as the holy grail of aircraft that do not rely on computers to fly.

[chilliconqueezo]

Im still loving the De Havilland Vampire.

My uncle owns one and has part share in one that the NZ warbirds owns.

And i agree with you in that theres nothin quite like the older first jets. Machines of grace and beauty

[mastersduhgree]

Looks like an old U.S fighter from the 50,s just a bit more swept...still old school. When are you paddy wackers going to catch up?

[qwertdr]

US?

It's a British fighter from the 50's. It looks nothing like something that would com out of the US.

[mastersduhgree]

It looks like the old F86 sabre...doofenshmirtz

[qwertdr]

If you're visually impaired, it is.

[mastersduhgree]

Visually impared?...like the pilots of the miss deameanor when they do inverted manuevers and the seal on the porta potty/ejection seat leaks onto the windshield???

[qwertdr]

Going off the point and into the land of you talking utter tripe, are we?

[mastersduhgree]

YEah...i am.You must be english.You get your feeling hurt so easily.Well mommas just aphone call away.Thats if the prison allows collect calls.

[qwertdr]

Well they say ignorance is bliss.

You think that, if it makes you happy. The men in white coats will be with you soon.

[mastersduhgree]

And your writting from the phsyco ward i see.

[qwertdr]

Like I said, you think whatever you like.

[mastersduhgree]

And i do

[qwertdr]

I'm sure the government are pleased for you.

[YrHen]

Ah! another American failed medical experiment posting on YT. It's very sad to find such insecurity in a once great nation, that you feel you have to degrade the achievements of other nations.

ps your F86 was powered by by a jet engine, I wonder how you got that?

[mastersduhgree]

acheivement ???..this is a failure as it is an attempted redo of an already proven airplane...an F86 sabre.

[YrHen]

" From the same stable as the legendary Hurricane, the Hunter is from the era when the F-86 and MiG-15 were hot ships and not only outlasted them, but also stayed around longer than many later aircraft.

One of Britain's most visibly successful exports, having been operated by no less than 19 countries, the Hunter spent almost 50 years in active front line service and is still earning its keep in military service now."

So that's your idea of a failure is it, duhgree?

ps That's a US quote!

[mastersduhgree]

Not on the part of the F86 sabre,s design.

[alistairarthur]

@mastersduhgree Ah yea the F86 sabre. Designed by a Nazi aircraft engineer that the UK handed over to the USA. The same man who later helped design the space shuttle

[phippsa3]

@mastersduhgree You clueless idiot.

[YrHen]

Perhaps you could actually serve a useful purpose on here. Please do explain why so many British based YT military posts are infested with US idiots who post utter drivel? I have seen this on everything from the return of the RAF Vulcan to flight last year, through to videos associated with D-Day. Why do Americans have such insecurity problems that they feel the need to rubbish the achievements of others? VERY odd and rather pathetic really

I think that previously made quote says it all

[TheApana]

@YrHen Believe it or not, British do the same to us...

[TowManSKS]

@YrHen Just as many idiots talkn shit from your country as ours. Sooooo fuck off

[cbxsage]

@YrHen I hate to say it (I am an American, just not an idiot), most Americans confuse rhetoric with prosperity. I have seen some of the "drivel" of which you talk about and for the rest of us who DO appreciate flight in all shapes and sizes, I apologize. As for English aircraft; you guys produced some of the most graceful high performing aircraft in history. As a kid I stood underneath an in service Vulcan, and got humbled! The Tornado, Victor & Canberra are all time favorites! Kudos...

[UnknownGnome1]

@cbxsage My all time favourite UK plane has to be the Lancaster Bomber. I remember being a small child and watching one fly over head on its way to an air show. I might be wrong on this but i think there are only two airworthy Lancasters left in the world.

[wA7racer]

@YrHen Because they think they did everything first....-but you are correct:it is insecurity..

[samosammo123]

@YrHen

Quite so fellow Brit!

[18tangles]

@mastersduhgree you do know that when the f4 went to vietnam they were shot out of the sky by old school mig 19 and 21s with guns the U.S. had to upgrade or downgrade to put guns back on their aircraft. Newer does not always mean better. And yes Vietnam still has mig 21s.

[mastersduhgree]

@18tangles RIght yopu are sir.

[sandego]

hi people that have watched this video i know the owner of this plane and seen it in really life thanks bye

[dynamicz108]

No1 cares

[Mcrussianpricker009]

innit!!

[mightycowhero]

1950's jets are way better looking than modern jets.

[PICLex]

they are studs, leakin oil and fire. :))

[mightycowhero]

at least they required actual flying

[farq3000]

yeah true that

[Jkriptic]

i agree but you have to admit there is a presence with eurofighters

[mightycowhero]

still, what a sexy beast.

[grysjay]

i agree lol

[qwertdr]

Aircraft have become a bit boring lately.

[nucleartactician]

@mightycowhero Well vintage jets are built curvy for the sake of aerodynamics and since modern jets have better of that, they are built for more functions.

[MagnesiumAlloy]

@mightycowhero Yeah that's probably because they still looked like they were designed for people to fly. Planes now are designed so computers can fly them and the pilot just tells it where to go. Take the a f-117 for example.. it's a cool looking plane but it would never be able to fly without a computer... if a pilot from ww2 were asked to fly the f-117 without a computer I bet he would consider it suicide.

[matrix49A]

@MagnesiumAlloy If a pilot from YESTERDAY were asked to fly it, it would be suicide. Today's fighters fly without computers as well as yesterday's fighters fly without elevators, rudders etc.

[XxCombat2k9xX]

@mightycowhero and they sound alot better :]

[T43HUNTER]

Having flown both the Hunter and the Canberra,just cannot make my mind up which I prefer,so I will call it a draw and consider myself lucky.This is a great video thanks a million.

[iDalek]

Surely the Canberra is more significant. The Hunter is beautiful but Roland Beaumont said that it was six years behind the yanks.

Of course the Lightning reversed that gap but that's another story . . .

(and you ARE lucky !!)

[18tangles]

@iDalek And what plane was beaumont referring to amongst the U.S. arsenal?

[gransenador]

This aircarft helped to end the communism in Chile. Septermber 11th 1973.