Spitfire and Curtiss P40

[FantaPureDEATH]

I love vintage.

[356butch]

This was great! Is that a Beech In the background?

[chrisjeffsmusic]

CLIPPED WING!!! AWESOME!!

[blueflame53]

...that sound is amazing..

[sirjeran]

Yay! My two favorite planes of all time!

[yakovlev3a]

nice

[SmiertSpionem]

Nice spitfire mk.IX, the best spitfire IMHO.

[Flutterflyraptor]

I miss those old planes, and I wasn't even born around that time.

[gunny556fly]

@Flutterflyraptor

well your lucky cuss where ever youd see a spitfire indefinatly would be a war zone unless you lived in hawaii(after pearl harbor)

[Danno57]

I prefer the non clipped wing version's myself.

[kolbpilot]

@Danno57 I read through all the comments and your the only one to comment on the clipped wing. The most striking difference of all the marks. Done to enhance low altitude performance. And the P 40? The best American plane of the war to sport a sharks mouth. The worst? P 51. Never saw a P47 with a mouth but I have seen (fotos) of a P 38. Pretty cool.

[dean11081988]

the best spit was the mark 5 in every way but i know whot you meen it does sound and look better

[SmiertSpionem]

The Mk.V was very versatile but the Mk.IX was basically the same with a better engine, it could also keep up with a Fw190-A. The XVI was pretty good as well, basically an IX with bubble canopy and a packard merlin.

[rockithoney]

@SmiertSpionem Ilike the MK IX most, but in terms of outline the MKI is the most beautiful to me. Like the short nose pretty much.

[GerbilEssences]

Yeah the the Mk.1 is cute looking, but the IX is a bit more imposing with the long nose, and cannons.

[TopGunSGA]

SmiertSpionem not all Mk XVIs had bubble hoods.

[GerbilEssences]

I did say 'basically', also they had a reshaped cowling.

[HackedGrizzly]

im thinking about buying or aybe even building a P-40 warhawk, does anyone know the costs or where i could get one.message me on my youtube page or here.THANKS!

[slrman]

Easy question, how much you got?  It will take it all and then some. LMAO!

[jardamuth]

Damn,

That make me want to fly one of those over China and hunt down a few Zeros again.

[ArgentineDude]

China? LOL

[valkyrie321]

I love both of those planes, but the P-40 really is dear to my heart. Great video :D

[Gomar3]

SPITFIRE WINS BY A LONG SHOT MANN! wOOOT

[HackedGrizzly]

NO WAY P-40 WINS HANDS DOWN!

[Boyracer5500]

either way they both have the same engine. rolls-royce merlins and the allisons were they same thing i think

[ArgentineDude]

nah...

[xvl3tk0ng]

p51a can beat all

[FASpitfire]

Pilot skill > plane. Also it depends on the situation. The spitfire, in most cases, can out turn the p-51 but the P-51 can out run the spitfire. The p-40 at high altitudes wasn't as good as most planes of the time, where as the p-51 wasn't good at low altitudes.

[jurdao14785]

@xvl3tk0ng

what about zero's? they beat p51

[deweypug]

What do you mean by 'beat'? The zero's were amazing, but they had shortcomings as much as the P-40... mostly, they had no armor, which made them light, but very open to damage to the cockpit and pilot. Couple that with the fact that the skin was Magnesium, which ignited very quickly when shot with a machine gun...

[TheUnNerved]

@jurdao14785 No they didn't. There is no records of any losses against Japanese Zeroes. The Mustang was the pinnacle of prop warplane technology, it could outclimb, outdive and out gun any zero made. It never really saw any zero's in combat, not what you consider a zero. Mustangs made it to the pacific after they helped mop up the European skies. They were used for long range bomber escorts, and since it was the end, they didn't do it for long.

[MAN7A]

pffft spitfire was a legend it its own time!, it won the war 4 England and no other machine is as legendary

[phil84mufc]

the hurricane shot down twice as many planes as the spitfire

[joerobinson]

yea lol the hurricane shot down more fighters then anyother raf plane put together, so you could say it was the hurricane that helped with us the battle of britain.

[LaOnicap1972]

IMO next to the Australian Lighthorsemen of WWI, the RAF pilots during the Battle of Britain are among the bravest bunch of men history has ever seen, knowingly flying outnumbered against a deadly enemy. and this is coming from a yank...

[Gomar3]

i still dont like the hurricane though...

[bunjit1]

I'd accept it if someone gave me one. :)

[Iwantmymommy14]

got to love that TP-40!!

[WilliamBrothers]

That was a lot of fun. I had no idea they'd be launching that many planes, what a great surprise.