A griffon engined spit that looks and sounds awesome, bot not only that a bit of floyd in the backgrond too.....what more could an aviation buff & englishman ask for....THANK'S.
The best quality aircraft video I've seen on you tube! Excellent! Loved all of those "steam gauges"; (flat screens? Naw!). Loved the one "bank" that looked to be about 92 degrees, :-). Did anyone notice that the prop goes "backwards"? I mean CCW as you sit in the cockpit; that surprised me. Must be lots of "left rudder" on takeoff. I was hoping for a better look at the landing - wanted to see if it was a totally committed 3 pointer; was a little hard to tell. What a deck angle!!
@DepakoteMeister Have you ever attempted to land an aircraft? I have. It is the single most difficult peice of flying I have ever attempted to date. I have aileron rolled, I have stall turned, I've looped and I've done a half cuban but landing is more difficult to achieve smoothly. My aicraft had just over 100 bhp. I'd imagine the problems are tenfold in an unfamiliar aircraft with 20 times the power, let alone the Spitfires notoriously poor ground handling characteristics
@DepakoteMeister No, I don't know the film. I'm usually too busy under some oily cash-sucker to watch TV. Besides, quotes should really have quotation marks ("...") to avoid unneccesary confusion.
What a fabulous looking restoration. Well done those concerned. This is the first time I have seen a PR spitfire up close is so much detail. I never realise they had pressurised cockpits and no sidedoor. Ecellent.
and when you guys meditate on how hard it is to land that bird... also think of those who had to fly and land it in combat, teenegars with 50 hours of total flight time.
@TheWierdFish As i started the MK IV was the test bed for the Griffon spits . the IV was a Mk V airframe modified for the griffon. It was then fitted with the E wing and then became the XII . The Mk XII was the first production griffon but the Mk IV was the first ever spit with a griffon (12 being made and used as assessment aircraft in a squadron not on front line service.
@TheWierdFish Sorry, had to read that a few times to understand it. Why would you wear a US bomber jacket, for a flight in a Spitfire? Makes no sense and it looks very gay and lame. But, is he French? That would be the only explanation.
@TheWierdFish + the extra to have non-authentic pockets added per the other guys. Worth every penny mind, just don't wear it to go shopping...very very warm.
@DepakoteMeister Oh they are, I found mine in a charity shop for 20 quid (it is a proper one, I checked) and I use it every day. It's great when I take my Jag D type out (No roof, or proper windscreen). Plus, teamed with jeans, boots, and Aviators, it's incredibly cool.
5 Bladed Griffon engine which rotates anticlockwise caused a few problems in the spit airframe that was designed for the Merlin which rotates clockwise. The landing needed opposite rudder compared with a merlin engined model or so I have read. Nice use of Floyd once the engine stopped. Good choice
@TopGunSGA and i was just simply telling you the 5 prop griffon in the video is longer then a avg spitfire to fit the engine the 5 prop blade is attached to. Seeing it was this first flight in this it must of been fun ride to control
@sakoshooter48 I never said that that Merlin engined Spits had the cowling bumps that the Griffon ones do, just that the Mk IX and the Mk XVI had a longer nose than the Mk I/II and V
@edmundscycles I know that the XVI is basically a Mk IX with a packard-built Merlin. The reason behind giving it a different mark number was also because of the way Packard built their Merlins, mass production as opposed to the way the Rolls Royce did it. It meant that spares and the tool needed to maintain the XVI were different to the Mk IX
Good thing you turned down the music when the plane got into the air. I would've cried if I hadn't heard that Griffon sing. Do you accept kidneys as payment for being allowed to touch this beauty?
@KartCentral The first Mark of Spitfire to get the Griffon was the Mk XII (12), and all further Spitfires apart from the Mk XVI (16) had the Griffon. The Mk XVI had the same American-built Merlin as the P-51
It cracks me up when people are critical of a landing. Yep, never mind that this beautifully restored piece of aviation history was brought back to life, the takeoff and flight were great. But yep, let's be critical of the landing. Really? Aren't there better things to worry about as you sit behind your keyboards?
I love the videos you post but i wish the shutter speed of the camera could be set to eliminate the props looking as if the plane is "sliding" across the sky. Not a criticism more of a wish :)
by the way that was an excellent three point landing, all three tires touching the ground at the same time. i would have been proud and posted it on youtube myself.
when i was a little boy i would put playing cards with clothes pins in the wheels of my bicycle and pedal at just the right speed it sounded close to a Merlin engine. i think the sound is magical.
if i bought this plane i would mount a color camera up front inside and put a color LCD monitor inside the cockpit so it would appear im looking right through the airplane.
@datzfast So you've got, I think £3 million is the going rate for a Spit nowadays, lying around and you can't even use a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence or on "I" and "I'm" (which you also missed an apostrophe in) or put a "U" in colour and an "O" in Aeroplane?
@TheWierdFish So you've got, I think £3 million is the going rate for a Spit nowadays, lying around and you can't even use a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence or on "I" and "I'm" (which you also missed an apostrophe in) or put a "U" in colour and an "O" in Aeroplane?
appearently the spitfire mk 19 was available with single and counter rotating props. Is that correct? wasnt the griffon engine in the mk 19? that engine utilizes counter rotating props i believe.
...HHmmmmmm, I say that was a terrific landing, he was coming in and adjusted for the rolling hill and landed it and walked away.................thanks RICH GUY!!!! for sharing the experience.
Well if you knew your history, or even bothered to use Google to look it up you would realise that it was the Official RAAF markings for the South East Asia command.
@Gilvonei22 Given that the Mk XIX was a photo reconnaissance plane it didn't hav eguns.
@Johno42 Not RAAF as such, but as you said South East Asia Command. RAAF markings for the Asia theatre quite often had white centre rather than the pale blue of the SEAC ones
@waterattack. You Lucky bastard !!! lol. ENJOY Matey, have a blast. PLEASE please ust a HD cam to record your flight. Idea to mount on top of your helmet. Film at max res at medium width, preferably use a GoPro cam. Waiting to see footage. ENJOY
@Rami2k9 It is actually a RAF roundel, just the one that was used by the South East Asia Command. They removed the red to avoid confusion with the Japanese markings
@Gilvonei22 As someone else posted, this Photo Recon Spit has no guns. It also has no bullet proof front glass (note the rounded screen). The Spits also had additional gas tanks in the front of the wings. The props were often also wood. The idea was to make it as light as possible for distance and to make it faster in order to flee--its only defense. Great story about one of these Spits, an American one, doing a belly landing in Uk during the war. See movie "Spitfire 944" from iTunes.
Since this is painted in French Navy colors, does that make this a Seafire rather than a Spitfire? I think being a Mark XIX with the Griffon engine, it should be called a Supermarine Seafire Spiteful (though not a Seafang, as there's no contra-rotating propellor arrangement.)
Since this is painted in Royal Navy colors, does that make this a Seafire rather than a Spitfire? I think being a Mark XIX with the Griffon engine, it should be called a Supermarine Seafire Spiteful (though not a Seafang, as there's no contra-rotating propellor arrangement.)
@ericgoujon Good point! Besides, there was a crosswind, it's tricky especially in a big taildragger (on you first flight) to straighten out from a crab to be parallel with the grass/runway.
@carbidegrd Ground looped...? No way ! He did exactly what had to be done, no rush and keep nose up, waiting for landing. No doubt he knows a lot about tail draggers.
@carbidegrd With little or no visibility of the ground due to the planes enormous engine cowl and rearward cockpit I thought that was a perfectly acceptable landing for a first flight. Why don't you try driving in to a car park, find a space, then thirty seconds before you drive into the space, close your eyes. Even Jeffrey Quill struggled with landing this bird first time round. You have to land sideways with a lot of rudder which is learned through hands-on experience.
@Southbaysaltworks I knew that Packard built the Merlin under licence and used them in the Mustang and also the Spitfire Mk XVI. AFAIK only Rolls Royce made the Griffon.
Apart from Packard making the Merlin, what Countries copied the Spitfire, or was your original comment about the engine and not the plane itself (which I interpreted it to mean)
@TopGunSGA Sorry. Should have been clearer. I was referring to other countries using the Spitfire. I started getting into WWII aviation history just over the last few years, and I found it interesting that other countries got Spits and ponies after the UK and US moved on to more sophisticated and faster planes. There is some good stuff on Wikipedia re this. Found it interesting that UK used a Spit PR to test how they might attack the Indonesian Air Force's ponies with a jet.
Wow, that really is is a thing of beauty!!! you lucky sod ;) great video, thank you for taking the time to make these. Also, i don't have to speak French to understand how much you enjoyed that i think :) congratulations.
Wow. Great video. 5-giant blades behind the Griffon. This is the most amazing airplane ever built by far. Look at the thrust just at idle...Rotation was so quick... This guy flew it with balls as well.
Probably the nicest Spit I have seen. Reminds me of my Dad who flew them in the war.
awesome flyby
7byseven 1 week ago
HE FLIES THE WAY I THOUGHT I WOULD FLY / HE IS A GOD.
bujumbura101 3 weeks ago
Damn they sound good and look awesome
Larrikins54 4 weeks ago
Il a du prendre son pied =)
nikonblaze 1 month ago
NIce plane and the sound....incredible!!!!!Congratulations from Polish fighters:)
artuurroo124 1 month ago
A griffon engined spit that looks and sounds awesome, bot not only that a bit of floyd in the backgrond too.....what more could an aviation buff & englishman ask for....THANK'S.
avrovulcan617 1 month ago
one of the best sounds ever
AWSOME....
volsanslimit 1 month ago
The best quality aircraft video I've seen on you tube! Excellent! Loved all of those "steam gauges"; (flat screens? Naw!). Loved the one "bank" that looked to be about 92 degrees, :-). Did anyone notice that the prop goes "backwards"? I mean CCW as you sit in the cockpit; that surprised me. Must be lots of "left rudder" on takeoff. I was hoping for a better look at the landing - wanted to see if it was a totally committed 3 pointer; was a little hard to tell. What a deck angle!!
mmichaeldonavon 1 month ago
Bumps a daisy...it's enough to make you weep!
You could teach MONKEYS to fly better than that!
DepakoteMeister 2 months ago
@DepakoteMeister Have you ever attempted to land an aircraft? I have. It is the single most difficult peice of flying I have ever attempted to date. I have aileron rolled, I have stall turned, I've looped and I've done a half cuban but landing is more difficult to achieve smoothly. My aicraft had just over 100 bhp. I'd imagine the problems are tenfold in an unfamiliar aircraft with 20 times the power, let alone the Spitfires notoriously poor ground handling characteristics
TheWierdFish 2 months ago
@TheWierdFish Oh dear. It's a quote. From the film 'Battle of Britain'. Doesn't any self -respecting Spit aficionado know that film inside out?
And welcome home Sir. Undercarriage lever a bit sticky was it?
Well, yes, as a matter of fact it was!
I wouldn't tell the CO that! Not it I were you!
DepakoteMeister 2 months ago
@DepakoteMeister No, I don't know the film. I'm usually too busy under some oily cash-sucker to watch TV. Besides, quotes should really have quotation marks ("...") to avoid unneccesary confusion.
TheWierdFish 2 months ago
What a fabulous looking restoration. Well done those concerned. This is the first time I have seen a PR spitfire up close is so much detail. I never realise they had pressurised cockpits and no sidedoor. Ecellent.
Tignarius 3 months ago
Nice piece of film
kcirdrab 3 months ago
5blade prop is genuine?
DiscipledeJah 3 months ago
@DiscipledeJah on the MK19 it's genuine. others have 2, 3 and 4 props
geover330 3 months ago
@DiscipledeJah The Mk XIV, Mk XVIII and PR Mk XIX all had 5-bladed props
TopGunSGA 2 months ago
those maneuvers he was pulling were unbelievable!
1995avatar 4 months ago
l'avion de mes rêves en France....... magnifique!!!!!!
rickard613 4 months ago
Its one beautiful plane!
terminusest0 4 months ago
how many hp the mk XIX ??
LittlePrincess589 4 months ago
@LittlePrincess589 Approximately 2000 bhp from the Rolls Royce Gryphon engine.
TheWierdFish 2 months ago
Best looking plane ever made.. imo anyway lol
A801506 4 months ago
a lifetime dream... thanks for posting!
and when you guys meditate on how hard it is to land that bird... also think of those who had to fly and land it in combat, teenegars with 50 hours of total flight time.
a toast to the "few" !
eugeniobb 5 months ago
...She's is a beauty...
Be Safe...
greenspirit 5 months ago in playlist Video's die door greenspirit aan de favorieten zijn toegevoegd
the Mk XII was in service just before the Mk IX (by 3 months )
edmundscycles 5 months ago
and the first spit to have a Griffon was the Mk IV which the XII was then based on .
edmundscycles 5 months ago
@edmundscycles The XII was the first Griffon. Everything before was Merlins of various marks.
TheWierdFish 5 months ago
@TheWierdFish As i started the MK IV was the test bed for the Griffon spits . the IV was a Mk V airframe modified for the griffon. It was then fitted with the E wing and then became the XII . The Mk XII was the first production griffon but the Mk IV was the first ever spit with a griffon (12 being made and used as assessment aircraft in a squadron not on front line service.
edmundscycles 5 months ago
@edmundscycles Noted. I was going by production marks only.
TheWierdFish 4 months ago
Who is the role-play faggot in the black bomber jacket?
clearlogicify 5 months ago
@clearlogicify What else do you wear? It's a Spitfire.
TheWierdFish 4 months ago
@TheWierdFish Sorry, had to read that a few times to understand it. Why would you wear a US bomber jacket, for a flight in a Spitfire? Makes no sense and it looks very gay and lame. But, is he French? That would be the only explanation.
clearlogicify 4 months ago
@clearlogicify Maybe he didn't have £580 to spend on a genuine Irvin pattern flying jacket?
TheWierdFish 4 months ago
@TheWierdFish + the extra to have non-authentic pockets added per the other guys. Worth every penny mind, just don't wear it to go shopping...very very warm.
DepakoteMeister 2 months ago
@DepakoteMeister Oh they are, I found mine in a charity shop for 20 quid (it is a proper one, I checked) and I use it every day. It's great when I take my Jag D type out (No roof, or proper windscreen). Plus, teamed with jeans, boots, and Aviators, it's incredibly cool.
TheWierdFish 2 months ago
Great video of this dream-plane! Thanks and merci!!!
313bigt 5 months ago
Greatest plane ever! Spitfire.
MrWhiteHunter 5 months ago
0:34 ''Chocks Away!'' ;)
minitrundle 5 months ago
did he suffer G force?
Battlestation123 6 months ago
5 Bladed Griffon engine which rotates anticlockwise caused a few problems in the spit airframe that was designed for the Merlin which rotates clockwise. The landing needed opposite rudder compared with a merlin engined model or so I have read. Nice use of Floyd once the engine stopped. Good choice
HarryAardvark 7 months ago
AWESOME!!!
matthiashaenni 7 months ago
That was a great landing! Perfect.
fly44d 7 months ago
A 5 bladed propeller?
Zvesda 8 months ago
@Zvesda Yep, it's got a Griffon engine
TopGunSGA 8 months ago
@TopGunSGA Griffon engine = 3 or 4 feet more lenth of a nose .. Hard to land even harder if its a first time
freakyflow 7 months ago
@freakyflow I don't quite follow you. I was simply telling Zvesda why she has a 5-bladed prop
TopGunSGA 7 months ago
@TopGunSGA and i was just simply telling you the 5 prop griffon in the video is longer then a avg spitfire to fit the engine the 5 prop blade is attached to. Seeing it was this first flight in this it must of been fun ride to control
freakyflow 7 months ago
@freakyflow Ah I see. Just like the Mk IX had a longer nose than the Mk I/II and V for fit the bigger Merlin 66
TopGunSGA 7 months ago
@TopGunSGA Merlins do not have the upper cowling bumps, that is the main visual appearance of the Griffon over the Merlin.
sakoshooter48 7 months ago
@sakoshooter48 I never said that that Merlin engined Spits had the cowling bumps that the Griffon ones do, just that the Mk IX and the Mk XVI had a longer nose than the Mk I/II and V
TopGunSGA 7 months ago 2
@TopGunSGA Oh my god! Relax, it was a statement not an accusation. Jesus C fucking Christ!
sakoshooter48 7 months ago
@sakoshooter48 I think we've gotten off on the wrong foot. Lets just put the whole thing under the carpet and enjoy a great video
TopGunSGA 7 months ago
@TopGunSGA Carry on, shall we?
sakoshooter48 7 months ago
@TopGunSGA the XVI and the IX are the same airframe . just a different way of driving the super charger on the 266 by packard bell .
edmundscycles 5 months ago
@edmundscycles I know that the XVI is basically a Mk IX with a packard-built Merlin. The reason behind giving it a different mark number was also because of the way Packard built their Merlins, mass production as opposed to the way the Rolls Royce did it. It meant that spares and the tool needed to maintain the XVI were different to the Mk IX
TopGunSGA 5 months ago
It's wonderful to see this bird in action again. My thank you and congratulations to the team.
meetMr7 8 months ago
Great footage and interesting video.. :)
2002And 8 months ago
You are a very very lucky gentleman that you can fly a beautie like that.
5/5, a+ etc etc
robin6512 8 months ago
That is a very acceptable landing in a spitfire. Probably the only thing harder IMO is a Pitts.
chubsmagoo 8 months ago
what a beast.
chubsmagoo 8 months ago
I'm gonna go write my Christmas list
MysticDMBherb 9 months ago
Must've been amazing, congrats!
chardomax 9 months ago
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...that smile on the pilots face...
greenspirit 9 months ago
...that smile on the pilots face...
greenspirit 9 months ago 11
...that smile on the pilots face...
greenspirit 9 months ago
what a SOUND!!!
Adamecek95 9 months ago
"Any landing you walk away from is a good one...!!"
375GTB 9 months ago
Good thing you turned down the music when the plane got into the air. I would've cried if I hadn't heard that Griffon sing. Do you accept kidneys as payment for being allowed to touch this beauty?
Tony240Z 9 months ago
Awsome!!!
Floriańska6
florianska6 9 months ago
gg
rOEN911 9 months ago
you lucky bum!
beautiful vid.
mckseal 9 months ago
stunning you are up there with the gods
russthebiker 10 months ago
that was awsome long live the beautiful "SPITFIRE"!!! thankyou!
nightwishturunen 10 months ago
Thats got the Griffith engine hasnt it ? Or is it still a merlin , im unsure to when they swapped from merlin to Griffith engines
KartCentral 10 months ago
@KartCentral The first Mark of Spitfire to get the Griffon was the Mk XII (12), and all further Spitfires apart from the Mk XVI (16) had the Griffon. The Mk XVI had the same American-built Merlin as the P-51
TopGunSGA 9 months ago
beautiful
jezcharger01 10 months ago
It cracks me up when people are critical of a landing. Yep, never mind that this beautifully restored piece of aviation history was brought back to life, the takeoff and flight were great. But yep, let's be critical of the landing. Really? Aren't there better things to worry about as you sit behind your keyboards?
greenfruitface 10 months ago
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greenfruitface 10 months ago
i think, that is a MkXIV not a MkXIX...
iagobionde 10 months ago
@iagobionde It's a PR Mk XIX painted to represent a Mk XIV, so you're half right
TopGunSGA 9 months ago
Boys will we boys!
mybluebelly 10 months ago
A great part of yesterday history for England,Mitchell did a great job in the design.
Psyche777able 11 months ago
@Psyche777able ...and Quill did an outstanding job in the research and development of over fifty variants of this plane
phuquerz 10 months ago
Excelent video. Very impresive! Plane and scenery looks like real!! What is this game?!
albertsystem 11 months ago
That was very cool. You went above and beyond with all the background information. Bravo!!!
PicklePwr 11 months ago
Superb!!!
mjam70 11 months ago
@MayoDK, yes this is a PR XIX spitfire thats also why there is no cockpit door and the windscreen is one piece
fr8boy 11 months ago
Im, sorry but i guy like that shouldnt be allowed such a beutiful aircraft!
CrIp1391 1 year ago
@CrIp1391 What do you mean
TopGunSGA 11 months ago
So who left the choks on the wing could of been serious.
batz52 1 year ago
does that plane have a back seat. a small back seat.
drod103164 1 year ago
wow, between 5.12 and 5.17 is incredible!
spureagle 1 year ago
WOW... 5:13 gave me goosebumps... thumbs up...
gelbevierzehn 1 year ago
Is it a PR Spitfire?
Looks like it has a camera in the side..?
MayoDK 1 year ago
@carbidegrd .. why sound your comment jealous for me.....
@ the pilot ..... allways planned landings for you!!! horrido....
urbansoldier1 1 year ago
History in the making :-)
spiraldive2 1 year ago
Lol at 4:08
OCJT2007 1 year ago
I love the videos you post but i wish the shutter speed of the camera could be set to eliminate the props looking as if the plane is "sliding" across the sky. Not a criticism more of a wish :)
TCMontyDibs 1 year ago
Nothing wrong with the landing, I echo datzfast.
fredminary 1 year ago
a tien darois!!
nikonblaze 1 year ago
by the way that was an excellent three point landing, all three tires touching the ground at the same time. i would have been proud and posted it on youtube myself.
datzfast 1 year ago
when i was a little boy i would put playing cards with clothes pins in the wheels of my bicycle and pedal at just the right speed it sounded close to a Merlin engine. i think the sound is magical.
datzfast 1 year ago
if i bought this plane i would mount a color camera up front inside and put a color LCD monitor inside the cockpit so it would appear im looking right through the airplane.
datzfast 1 year ago
@datzfast So you've got, I think £3 million is the going rate for a Spit nowadays, lying around and you can't even use a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence or on "I" and "I'm" (which you also missed an apostrophe in) or put a "U" in colour and an "O" in Aeroplane?
TheWierdFish 2 months ago
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@TheWierdFish So you've got, I think £3 million is the going rate for a Spit nowadays, lying around and you can't even use a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence or on "I" and "I'm" (which you also missed an apostrophe in) or put a "U" in colour and an "O" in Aeroplane?
datzfast 2 months ago
What is the musich in the end of this werry,werry nice video ?
tometermas1 1 year ago
appearently the spitfire mk 19 was available with single and counter rotating props. Is that correct? wasnt the griffon engine in the mk 19? that engine utilizes counter rotating props i believe.
jtflyer 1 year ago
Merci...A+..
ericgoujon 1 year ago 4
Felicitations au proprietaire et ensuite aux realisateurs de cette video.
Cet avion est une pure merveille.
saxsoprane 1 year ago
Great video, thanks for sharing and congrats to all concerned. Great shot at 5:12!
WozEelectrikPhil 1 year ago
...HHmmmmmm, I say that was a terrific landing, he was coming in and adjusted for the rolling hill and landed it and walked away.................thanks RICH GUY!!!! for sharing the experience.
flyboy2885 1 year ago
Magnificent!
HerrDoktorRiviera 1 year ago
looks like Marlon Brando at 6:55, nice vid.
josephsaliba79 1 year ago
@Rami2k9
Well if you knew your history, or even bothered to use Google to look it up you would realise that it was the Official RAAF markings for the South East Asia command.
@Gilvonei22 Given that the Mk XIX was a photo reconnaissance plane it didn't hav eguns.
Johno42 1 year ago
@Johno42 Not RAAF as such, but as you said South East Asia Command. RAAF markings for the Asia theatre quite often had white centre rather than the pale blue of the SEAC ones
TopGunSGA 1 year ago
@waterattack. You Lucky bastard !!! lol. ENJOY Matey, have a blast. PLEASE please ust a HD cam to record your flight. Idea to mount on top of your helmet. Film at max res at medium width, preferably use a GoPro cam. Waiting to see footage. ENJOY
FOscum 1 year ago
wtf what kind of insignia is this? where is the RAF roundal? the stupid french rich owner ruined this beautifull bird!
Rami2k9 1 year ago
@Rami2k9 It is actually a RAF roundel, just the one that was used by the South East Asia Command. They removed the red to avoid confusion with the Japanese markings
TopGunSGA 1 year ago
An Spitfire whitout your guns..is like ..hummm let me see...is like an big and strong eagle...just fly becouse have wings....
Sieg RAF
ESCOMM-BR
Gilvonei22 1 year ago
@Gilvonei22 As someone else posted, this Photo Recon Spit has no guns. It also has no bullet proof front glass (note the rounded screen). The Spits also had additional gas tanks in the front of the wings. The props were often also wood. The idea was to make it as light as possible for distance and to make it faster in order to flee--its only defense. Great story about one of these Spits, an American one, doing a belly landing in Uk during the war. See movie "Spitfire 944" from iTunes.
Southbaysaltworks 1 year ago
@Southbaysaltworks Just realized that the trailer to Spitfire 944 is on YouTube.
Southbaysaltworks 1 year ago
Since this is painted in French Navy colors, does that make this a Seafire rather than a Spitfire? I think being a Mark XIX with the Griffon engine, it should be called a Supermarine Seafire Spiteful (though not a Seafang, as there's no contra-rotating propellor arrangement.)
OriginalAiracobra 1 year ago
@OriginalAiracobra It's not painted in Royal Navy colours but RAF South East Asia Command colours
TopGunSGA 1 year ago
@TopGunSGA Ah! Good eye. Thanks for the insight.
OriginalAiracobra 1 year ago
Since this is painted in Royal Navy colors, does that make this a Seafire rather than a Spitfire? I think being a Mark XIX with the Griffon engine, it should be called a Supermarine Seafire Spiteful (though not a Seafang, as there's no contra-rotating propellor arrangement.)
OriginalAiracobra 1 year ago
fantastic sounds!!
thx fro the video :)
wazza33racer 1 year ago
What was the best fighter of the second world war?? Anyone?
andy29375 1 year ago
PC Pilots !! Easy to critique from behind a PC. Imagine the stress and nerves of flying that Baby on maiden.
FOscum 1 year ago
@FOscum I'm going for my first flight tomorrow!:D
waterattack 1 year ago
One day ......... one day, I will get to ride in a Spitfire. NICE !!
FOscum 1 year ago
So good to later see the same aircraft at Duxford.....
dee311261 1 year ago
Why the stupid music?
pringlel 1 year ago
why the stupid music?
pringlel 1 year ago
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Terrible flare out prior to landing. He was lucky he didn't ground loop. No doubt a rich guy and no one will tell him that.
carbidegrd 1 year ago
@carbidegrd ... show me your Spitfire landing.... ok...
ericgoujon 1 year ago 41
@ericgoujon If I were to say it was a bad landing, will you give me a chance to outdo your landing?
BikerRussell 1 year ago
@ericgoujon
A 'good' landing is one you can walk away from. A 'great' landing is one after which they can use the plane again.
klazw 1 year ago 2
@ericgoujon Good point! Besides, there was a crosswind, it's tricky especially in a big taildragger (on you first flight) to straighten out from a crab to be parallel with the grass/runway.
CalvinandHobbesUSA 1 year ago
@ericgoujon good vid and good music of a wonderful plane nice engine sound i wish i was flying it
Kurttermansen42 11 months ago
@carbidegrd great vid nice flying to!
nickizzyyouification 1 year ago
@carbidegrd What does 'ground looping' mean mate?
andy29375 1 year ago
@carbidegrd Ground looped...? No way ! He did exactly what had to be done, no rush and keep nose up, waiting for landing. No doubt he knows a lot about tail draggers.
5alex7 1 year ago
@carbidegrd Christ your such a low life cunt.How dare you insult him.It wasn't bad!You can't fly for shit so fuck off.
waterattack 1 year ago
@carbidegrd With little or no visibility of the ground due to the planes enormous engine cowl and rearward cockpit I thought that was a perfectly acceptable landing for a first flight. Why don't you try driving in to a car park, find a space, then thirty seconds before you drive into the space, close your eyes. Even Jeffrey Quill struggled with landing this bird first time round. You have to land sideways with a lot of rudder which is learned through hands-on experience.
phuquerz 1 year ago 15
@carbidegrd Nobody would tell him, so maybe you should since you dont have a spitfire and he does.
tisoy909 1 year ago
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datzfast 1 year ago
@engaurd There is a GPS on the dashboard...sorry
carbidegrd 1 year ago
Incroyable!! I love it!
pfevrier98 1 year ago
Not a fighter - the PR XIX (19) was a photo recce variant Griffon engined
the first 25 Mk XIXs (type 389) Non pressurised cockpit the (type 390) did have pressurised cockpits. Unarmed but did carry two cameras.
whar29 1 year ago
fantastic,I had the chance to touch this beautiful aircraft,It was a dream come true!!! fantastic!
strarscreamtheking 1 year ago
merci! :)
huevparolbla 1 year ago
Is the Mk19 a non fighter version? Or are all its gun ports closed up? The Spit is a awesome plane =D
CMDRFandragon 1 year ago
@CMDRFandragon it is awesome but foreign country's copies it and makes it shit. also the engine sounds shit, compare to the original ones!
JustAnOrdinarySimmer 1 year ago
@JustAnOrdinarySimmer What countries copied it?
TopGunSGA 1 year ago
@TopGunSGA The US company Packard built Merlin engines; not sure if they also built Griffons, however.
Southbaysaltworks 1 year ago
@Southbaysaltworks I knew that Packard built the Merlin under licence and used them in the Mustang and also the Spitfire Mk XVI. AFAIK only Rolls Royce made the Griffon.
Apart from Packard making the Merlin, what Countries copied the Spitfire, or was your original comment about the engine and not the plane itself (which I interpreted it to mean)
TopGunSGA 1 year ago
@TopGunSGA Sorry. Should have been clearer. I was referring to other countries using the Spitfire. I started getting into WWII aviation history just over the last few years, and I found it interesting that other countries got Spits and ponies after the UK and US moved on to more sophisticated and faster planes. There is some good stuff on Wikipedia re this. Found it interesting that UK used a Spit PR to test how they might attack the Indonesian Air Force's ponies with a jet.
Southbaysaltworks 1 year ago
What a beast of an aeroplane. I don't think I would be enough of a pilot to fly such a machine.
farkingbarlocks 1 year ago
Wow, that really is is a thing of beauty!!! you lucky sod ;) great video, thank you for taking the time to make these. Also, i don't have to speak French to understand how much you enjoyed that i think :) congratulations.
bowser515 1 year ago
Wonderful first flight! So powerful and fast. Thank you for the video, Eric. Top
flyspotty 1 year ago
Nice to see another spitfire in 152 colours and with the Black Panther. I run a site dedicated to 152(Hyderabad) F.Sqn.
Cheers Rob...
rob691000 1 year ago
Superbe video, je l'ai vu volé le weekend du 10 avril il me semble avec de très belles évolutions, j'étais sur le circuit de Dijon.
coolcrisful 1 year ago
What a beautiful airplane!
pdutube 1 year ago
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pete2778 1 year ago
Wow. Great video. 5-giant blades behind the Griffon. This is the most amazing airplane ever built by far. Look at the thrust just at idle...Rotation was so quick... This guy flew it with balls as well.
Probably the nicest Spit I have seen. Reminds me of my Dad who flew them in the war.
Great video. Thanks.
TheMiseryGuts 1 year ago 2
superbe vidéo !!!
justheretosee 1 year ago
the original cockpit is awesome!
MrElSatan 1 year ago
encore une belle vidéo. Un souvenir surement impérissable que son 1er vol en Spit... vivement la ferté ^^
Davidof144 1 year ago
merci pour cette vidéo !!!!!
trucksnolimit 1 year ago
Notice, it is a high altitude Spitfire, the seals around the canopy, no need for oxygen mask.
closertofiftythanyew 1 year ago
landing - boompsy daisy! : )
closertofiftythanyew 1 year ago
Tres bien.
closertofiftythanyew 1 year ago