@TheFlyingDutchman111 Hoping to catch likes, but it's getting old Dutch boy! Though proud to be German I simply love anything related to WW2 - that means including enemy apparel...you just stereotyping!
@ArenaOfTheAncients Nice reply. I'm english married to a german girl and people are the same wherever you go in the world, good and bad in every city.
Incidentally, I believe you are a reincarnated WW2 pilot, or tank man. You should try hypnotic regression and find out.
I'm English, I love these planes but when people say to me "we could have been speaking German now..." I think, "what language are we speaking?!?!" Sounds like Urdu wherever I go...
@TheFlyingDutchman111 If germans don't laugh about nazi-jokes and a so-called lack of humour they are not spoilsports but just bored by ancient groaners. About your little, insignificant country and its few people I don't even know one single anecdote to broadcast but we constantly hear (and read) trite bullshit like your brainless emission and are told to love it or being called party poopers.
@Dokker62 Well done, you've just perfectly itterated his point on your lacking humour with that response. There's no need to get so offensive towards his entire country over one remark; you could have ignored him, or put him down to being a troll, or even retorted with some other (light-hearted) though mindless war cliche...
Your reaction probably partly to blame for him even provoking you in the first place.
@Atrollin2 Didn't expect anything else by an english man: Everybody has to laugh about the same jokes you do because as is known nobody beats your legendary sense of humour. At first it's my choice how to react with something, thank you very much. Secondly the only guy to be p.o.'d about my commentary seems to be you and not its receiver or are you his spokesman of late ? Maybe you should read the other reactions on his spam. Are these guys spoilsports, too, or just not german ?
@Dokker62 You're playing the victim here, I didn't once refer to you being German, but you seem to assume I think that's what makes you a grouchy shitter. Also, you called a Belgians country insignificant, so from what I can gather so far you hate pretty much everybody.
Also, what do you mean by "nobody beats your legendary sense of humour"? I don't consider myself to be particularly funny, but I can see why people get such a kick out of your vulgar responses. Seriously, lighten up a bit.
@Atrollin2 Don't playing anything, wise guy. If you answer postings not adressing you at all you might deal with certain respondings. I originally just explained a widespread existential orientation in Germany considering e.g. revanchism or our disastrous nazi-history. If a funster like him spoofs a whole nation by a hackneyed saying everything is fine but when I just denote equally his country to be not the hub of the universe I am grouchy ? When do you tell him how to live ?
Sorry, but even 1st generation jets could easily outperform them. A third world country armed with Mig21's from the 60's (capable of Mach 2) could easily down a whole squadron of them, even if piloted by top pilots.
The thing is, turbines are way more fuel efficient (power-to-weigh ratio) than piston engines, and that's the reason no piston engines has ever been considered in a modern airforce post WW2. They are not very economical you know.
@SteveSpicerPortsmuth I understand your point, but bad choice of aircraft for comparison. Mig21's wouldn't be able to fly slow enough to stay behind a Spit long enough to shoot it down, the Mig would stall.
Strange to see the later marks nailed to the sky while the earlier, larger wings bob about in the thermals! During its lifetime the Spitfire nearly doubled all its performance figures, including weight....even ending up with two sets of propellor blades!
@LuckyBolt100 The one at 0:42 is painted in the RAF's South East Asia Command (SEAC) colours, which was used by all Commonwealth forces in that region. They removed the red from the roundels to avoid confusion with the Japanese Raising Sun
can someone tell me does anyone still makes the spitfire, can a person buy one,where, and if someone knows what is the price of one of these :) please
Aw, just as I started watching this clip, the song "Romantic flight" from the "how to Train Your Dragon" soundtrack started playing on my iTunes player in the background, and the combination of this footage with the music fit so perfectly and was so beautiful I almost teared up. Love warbirds like these so much, and love it even more to see them restored and kept flying today.
@1982rf but the huricane could not out fly a spitfire, and was made mostly of wood causing more deaths when shot down compared to a spitfire. the spitfire is the greatest feat of engineering this world has seen and the pilots back then are amazing people. the huricane is a lovely plane but the spitfire imo is the greatest
@MyDavid1960 I'm sure there are only 50 spits flying in total, but many don't see the sky, as some don't even get let out of museums, so i would say in total there maybe as little as 30 spits that are really used and thats a world wide figure. one word "rare.
Yes, quite right. The Red centre of the British / Commonwealth roundel had to be painted out because after Pearl Harbor your AA gunners aircraft recognition not being very good there was a tendency to shoot at anything with a "rising sun" on it! After a few blue on blues we decided that discretion was the better part of valour!
i was thinking the same thing, but the thing was the German people in the towns and villages hate nazi Germany, i was watching this programe called The Dumbusters or The real Dambusters and they interviewed some of the village people there.
I Tell you what we think when we read such posts like yours: We know that you guys use WWII to distract by your own crimes like slavery, killing the native americans and so on. Or the british and their empire.
What we think when we see a spit is simple : Wow, what a beutiful airplane!
Will you guys ever stop pointing your fingers at other countries, while your own one has killed even more millions of ppl in the last centuries?
Everytime I've flown in to Heathrow, I've thought about those brave men in their deadly beautiful machines, doing the heavy lifting that bested the Luftwaffe, and helped buy my country the time we needed to gear up properly (and virtually unmolested) for the war effort.
Coming up on the 65th anniversary of The Invasion, I say God Bless the RAF.
@lander4545 quite probably. You may be interested to know that the exhaust pipes either side of the nose originally stuck straight out until they discovered that making them "swept back" increased the top speed by something like 10mph, a reasonable increase on the previous top speed.
@lander4545 Earlier marks of Spitfire, up to and including the earlier Mk Ixs had fixed tailwheels. After the Mk VIII (made after the MkIX) they all had retracting tailwheels.
All Mk IXs and the Mk XVI (basically Mk IXs with Packard-built Merlins) had fixed tailwheels, but all the rest of the later ones had retractable tailwheels starting with as you said the Mk VIII
bobsaver: my gran told me she was hiding her kids and then herself in the street-grave when haring the sound of a Merlin engine, Spitfire or Mustang...and she even told me she felt the air schocks when shotting upon.
But unlike many others, and not only germans, she admits that she was close to an electric distribution plant..therefore she thinks...no... sorry thought it was mend to the electric housing...but she was mistaken the attacks heavely continued after the electric housing was hit...
And here we are again: The mighty statement since kindergarten: YOU STARTED IT
If You could give me an answer why Germany started it? I think not...You just now Germany started WW2 with the attack on Poland
True...as the fact: The USA are the only nation who dropped atomic bombs(plural) on civil cities. I know the reasons and all the circumstances why they did it and therefore even can understand some of the actions. But the "they started" argument is naive and infantile
And the "you kept bombing after the electric plant was destroyed" is equally disingenuous. German were the aggressor and we did what we had to do to stop you. Do not come on with your "we were hard done by" rhetoric and then get upset when someone points out the obvious - we kept going until Germany were stopped. YouTube is not the forum for this debate.
See I dont deny the cruelties of the Nazi-regime, I dont deny that the Luftwaffe bombings were cruel and often even targeted against civil points. I am glad the Nazi-regime was fought down by the allies cause it is responsible for the darkest history germany has to bear. I am not defending Hitler with all his idiotic helpers. And every place were you can freely talk and express your opinion is the right place.
BTW: wonderful video of a wonderful plane thx MoxleyMauser, honestly
right now I am doing a picture to honour a great pilot, I am talking about the unfortunatly infamous I.W. Bazalgette.
I found his story during my research for V1 and V2 bases in northern France. I saw the picture of a Lancaster on fire above the church of Senantes in France. I know the place therefore I thought its best to redraw that particular situation. My Lancaster 3d model is 75 percent completed and then I will post my tribute for I.W. Bazalgette, who was a great man
wow, I did a huge error in my last comment, sorry, mea culpa, to I.W.Bazalgette. I didnt mean infamous, I mend "not famous".
I beg Your pardon for my mistake concerning such a honorable man. In my language the pre-suffix "un or in" means the difference from the following word like "famous" is "bekannt" and unknown is "unbekannt" therefore wrote "infamous" instead of "not famous" sorry for that
I.W Bazalgette is a person who is worth to honour.
to bad you couldn't get a chance to fly one of those WW2 fighters. You would likely notice it was a little perkier than the C17. you fly. One of my favourite aircraft is the Dakota aka gooney bird or C 47 . Properly known as the DC3 they started using them before the war and some of them are still flying to this day
Yes, the DC-3 is a very reliable aircraft, I have flown in one before, you do not realize you big of an aircraft it actually is until you see one, just like the C-17.
Hi Moxley. Spittys were powered by Rolls Royce engines. The first Spits had the RR Merlin engine which rotated clockwise looking at the prop from the pilots seat. After a while RR developed the Griffin engine which rotated counterclockwise from the pilots seat. I thought I read somewhere that the Griffins had larger valve covers which required the cowling to have the bulge in it.
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They said in England's darkest hour when we needed it most Excalibur would return to save us, they never said it would return as a sword!!
fairclought7 1 month ago
I'm just happy the good guys won WW2.
acerkiwi 1 month ago
Why is my face leaking ?
Flamorgan 1 month ago
brill i love it what a sight thanks ;-)
SuperYorkie007 4 months ago
The amazing thing about watching Spitfires is this overriding urge to want to be in one. It's like a pedigree sports car, it just looks so right.
FrancoHitlini 4 months ago
Beutifull
boeing1206 6 months ago
4 people are german
TheFlyingDutchman111 6 months ago 10
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ArenaOfTheAncients 6 months ago
@TheFlyingDutchman111 Hoping to catch likes, but it's getting old Dutch boy! Though proud to be German I simply love anything related to WW2 - that means including enemy apparel...you just stereotyping!
ArenaOfTheAncients 6 months ago
@ArenaOfTheAncients this shows me that Germans don't have a sense of humor... (and yes this is stereotyping aswel)
TheFlyingDutchman111 6 months ago
@TheFlyingDutchman111 Well if Mr. says so then everything makes sense...thanks for the enlightenment.
ArenaOfTheAncients 6 months ago 2
@ArenaOfTheAncients any time ;-)
TheFlyingDutchman111 6 months ago
@ArenaOfTheAncients Nice reply. I'm english married to a german girl and people are the same wherever you go in the world, good and bad in every city.
Incidentally, I believe you are a reincarnated WW2 pilot, or tank man. You should try hypnotic regression and find out.
Peace.
AKABoxingFan 3 months ago
@TheFlyingDutchman111
No, 4 people are from Hawker.. :)
gelbevierzehn 5 months ago
@TheFlyingDutchman111
I'm English, I love these planes but when people say to me "we could have been speaking German now..." I think, "what language are we speaking?!?!" Sounds like Urdu wherever I go...
drbumhoops 4 months ago
@TheFlyingDutchman111 If germans don't laugh about nazi-jokes and a so-called lack of humour they are not spoilsports but just bored by ancient groaners. About your little, insignificant country and its few people I don't even know one single anecdote to broadcast but we constantly hear (and read) trite bullshit like your brainless emission and are told to love it or being called party poopers.
Dokker62 4 months ago
@Dokker62 Well done, you've just perfectly itterated his point on your lacking humour with that response. There's no need to get so offensive towards his entire country over one remark; you could have ignored him, or put him down to being a troll, or even retorted with some other (light-hearted) though mindless war cliche...
Your reaction probably partly to blame for him even provoking you in the first place.
Atrollin2 2 months ago
@Atrollin2 Didn't expect anything else by an english man: Everybody has to laugh about the same jokes you do because as is known nobody beats your legendary sense of humour. At first it's my choice how to react with something, thank you very much. Secondly the only guy to be p.o.'d about my commentary seems to be you and not its receiver or are you his spokesman of late ? Maybe you should read the other reactions on his spam. Are these guys spoilsports, too, or just not german ?
Dokker62 2 months ago
@Dokker62 You're playing the victim here, I didn't once refer to you being German, but you seem to assume I think that's what makes you a grouchy shitter. Also, you called a Belgians country insignificant, so from what I can gather so far you hate pretty much everybody.
Also, what do you mean by "nobody beats your legendary sense of humour"? I don't consider myself to be particularly funny, but I can see why people get such a kick out of your vulgar responses. Seriously, lighten up a bit.
Atrollin2 2 months ago
@Atrollin2 Don't playing anything, wise guy. If you answer postings not adressing you at all you might deal with certain respondings. I originally just explained a widespread existential orientation in Germany considering e.g. revanchism or our disastrous nazi-history. If a funster like him spoofs a whole nation by a hackneyed saying everything is fine but when I just denote equally his country to be not the hub of the universe I am grouchy ? When do you tell him how to live ?
Dokker62 2 months ago
the most beautiful thing made by man.God bless you RJ Mitchel.
compster48 7 months ago
still takes you into the time of man era.. sound of hell ..
nicksinghrana 7 months ago
why are the madkings on each plane different then each others ???
torinotom71 8 months ago
@torinotom71 Because the markings changed throughout the war and the planes repersent different marks of Spitfire
TopGunSGA 7 months ago
@iceblue345
Sorry, but even 1st generation jets could easily outperform them. A third world country armed with Mig21's from the 60's (capable of Mach 2) could easily down a whole squadron of them, even if piloted by top pilots.
The thing is, turbines are way more fuel efficient (power-to-weigh ratio) than piston engines, and that's the reason no piston engines has ever been considered in a modern airforce post WW2. They are not very economical you know.
SteveSpicerPortsmuth 8 months ago
@SteveSpicerPortsmuth well 20 years is alot of development time look at how the computer got better in 20 years
noogygeorge 7 months ago
@SteveSpicerPortsmuth I understand your point, but bad choice of aircraft for comparison. Mig21's wouldn't be able to fly slow enough to stay behind a Spit long enough to shoot it down, the Mig would stall.
05hit 7 months ago
@SteveSpicerPortsmuth
A piston engined Sea Fury has shot down Mig's.
MrSpitfire1990 7 months ago
superb! brings tears to my eyes
slapbang 8 months ago
Beautiful .................. (lest we forget)
Sarratt 9 months ago
Just watching makes the hairs on the back of your neck bristle. There is no aircraft like it past or present. Superb.
BritAU2TH 9 months ago
you wouldnt want to be flying near here if you were part of the Axis lol!
craigbeaumont414 9 months ago
@iceblue345 totally agree but they would only be good for peace keeping im affraid, such a shame of what modern technology does...
Calam95 9 months ago
GORGEOUS!
Calam95 9 months ago
chokes me up everytime i watch this
claesoland 10 months ago
This Is Just Beautiful And stunning Plane
nobjocky07 10 months ago
just incredible trully incredible
ianmullen1 10 months ago
wow
tlcjudge 10 months ago
i adore
maidmoira 11 months ago
I saw that no;5 was a later mark . . still it was a wonderful sight to see..
barryperrins 1 year ago
Strange to see the later marks nailed to the sky while the earlier, larger wings bob about in the thermals! During its lifetime the Spitfire nearly doubled all its performance figures, including weight....even ending up with two sets of propellor blades!
SuperAviatar 1 year ago
i suppose the 4 dislikes are german ?
MrTrooper20 1 year ago
What marks were they?.
myketyke1 1 year ago
@myketyke1
The one with XT-D is a Mk IIa
The one with ZD-C is a Mk Vb
The one with 21-V is a Mk IXe
The other two are both Mk XIXs
TopGunSGA 11 months ago
is one of them painted in greek clours correct me if i am wrong....but the plane in 0:42 i believe it is
LuckyBolt100 1 year ago
@LuckyBolt100 The one at 0:42 is painted in the RAF's South East Asia Command (SEAC) colours, which was used by all Commonwealth forces in that region. They removed the red from the roundels to avoid confusion with the Japanese Raising Sun
TopGunSGA 11 months ago
HAAA..those magnificient mans and his flying machines.
ESPARTACO1731 1 year ago
wow, i love u, sound is fantastic,ta for my pa
maidmoira 1 year ago
can someone tell me does anyone still makes the spitfire, can a person buy one,where, and if someone knows what is the price of one of these :) please
SERDAROTmkd 1 year ago
@SERDAROTmkd An Australian company make a kitplane 80% scale replica of the Spitfire
supermarineaircraft . com
TopGunSGA 1 year ago
Simply first-class, great pictures of fantastic machines held in the airworthy state,
RESPECT
warbirds-power.de
ColaWhiski 1 year ago
That's rare!
stikmunkey 1 year ago
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UM*G is a babe
triathlete77 1 year ago
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triathlete77 1 year ago
Third sexiest plane ever built :)
warrdogg38 1 year ago
@warrdogg38 Correction. THE sexiest plane ever built
mr9396 1 year ago
@mr9396 P-51D Mustang :)
warrdogg38 1 year ago
@warrdogg38. true. but naturally i am biased because by grandfather was a spitfire pilot and he told me loads of amazing stories.
mr9396 1 year ago
Furthest back, left,
not quite your typical Spit,
a bit older I think.?
The Merlin's hum,
poetry in motion,
I say chaps...............
"Tally Ho" !
libra61060 1 year ago
@libra61060 Thats a much later model spitfire with a more powerful Griffon engine. SO you were right, its different, but its later, not older.
Xiolablu3 8 months ago
Fabulous.
prisonermn 1 year ago
AWESOME...AMAZING...CRAZY...BEAUTIFUL...!!!
KEEP ON FLYING!!!
AvaX2000 1 year ago
awesome..one of finest ww2 plane..love spit
infectiousmaggot 1 year ago
Aw, just as I started watching this clip, the song "Romantic flight" from the "how to Train Your Dragon" soundtrack started playing on my iTunes player in the background, and the combination of this footage with the music fit so perfectly and was so beautiful I almost teared up. Love warbirds like these so much, and love it even more to see them restored and kept flying today.
marthmaster79 1 year ago
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marthmaster79 1 year ago
Majestic
ThePhantomMajor 1 year ago
SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL
templario30 1 year ago
now they should break formation and dog fight!
gowill2 1 year ago
@gowill2 They will when Gerry gets enough 109's restored.
rustyATV 1 year ago
AWESOME!!!! DAMN IVE GOT THE CHILLS UP AND DOWN MY SPINE LISTEN TO THEM HUMMMMMM!!!!
lancedboyle 1 year ago
a really fine video, thanks
Sidslotm 1 year ago
@1982rf but the huricane could not out fly a spitfire, and was made mostly of wood causing more deaths when shot down compared to a spitfire. the spitfire is the greatest feat of engineering this world has seen and the pilots back then are amazing people. the huricane is a lovely plane but the spitfire imo is the greatest
kaoticmachine 1 year ago
cool !!
plevia34 1 year ago
What was the chase plane? The cameraman did an excellent job recording. Spitfires are the best looking plane ever.
Stover36 1 year ago
this is the sight and sound of Britain's freedom and democracy...WE DO OWE IT TO THE FEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
16lydgate 1 year ago
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theraptor123456 1 year ago
Cool :D
Qwerty102964 1 year ago
Its supermarine not submarine...
Hawker Hurricane scored more kills and was deployed in more theatres of operation.
Spitfire was more of a poster boy...
1982rf 1 year ago
i wished i had one of those :P
modwebby 1 year ago
The Spitfire had to be the most beautiful plane ever! I built an RC spitfire that just love to see it fly! Thanks for sharing this video with us!
spitfireozone 1 year ago
Whena formation like this flies over. Every Englishman should raise a fist and cheer.
These are not just beautful flying machines. They are planes that had they not existed, the world would not be as free as it is today.
Plawranc 1 year ago 4
@assym2006 Yeah that's a really intelligent reply...
Tiger313NL 1 year ago
Georgeous!
mbandarra3 1 year ago
the best video . Im love airplanes of the 2 war
Balbinobal 1 year ago
fantastic
slapbang 2 years ago
beutiful...how meny spitfires are still fliying....love them..
MyDavid1960 2 years ago
@MyDavid1960 I'm sure there are only 50 spits flying in total, but many don't see the sky, as some don't even get let out of museums, so i would say in total there maybe as little as 30 spits that are really used and thats a world wide figure. one word "rare.
kinkaid25 1 year ago
Yes, quite right. The Red centre of the British / Commonwealth roundel had to be painted out because after Pearl Harbor your AA gunners aircraft recognition not being very good there was a tendency to shoot at anything with a "rising sun" on it! After a few blue on blues we decided that discretion was the better part of valour!
vid30nasty 2 years ago
lmao @lander4545
i was thinking the same thing, but the thing was the German people in the towns and villages hate nazi Germany, i was watching this programe called The Dumbusters or The real Dambusters and they interviewed some of the village people there.
mikeytheskinhead 2 years ago
Spitfires, England...Heaven.
CR4ZYHOR5E 2 years ago
I love it when allied planes fly at German air shows. They must say to themselves,"What in the hell were we thinking"!
lander4545 2 years ago
@lander4545
I Tell you what we think when we read such posts like yours: We know that you guys use WWII to distract by your own crimes like slavery, killing the native americans and so on. Or the british and their empire.
What we think when we see a spit is simple : Wow, what a beutiful airplane!
Will you guys ever stop pointing your fingers at other countries, while your own one has killed even more millions of ppl in the last centuries?
44SirLoopalot 2 years ago 2
@44SirLoopalot: Guilty complex??
lander4545 2 years ago
No, just sick of this endless blablablaming from you guys.
44SirLoopalot 1 year ago 2
The Battle of Britain reloaded :-P
emme114 2 years ago
one word: BEAUTIFUL
ThePhantomMajor 2 years ago
44Beats
No, far eastern markings...removal of red from roundels to avoid confusion with Japanese aircraft.
99loki 2 years ago
there aussie markings i think .
aussiebluemax 2 years ago
Not just Aussie markings aussiebluemax, but all RAF and Commonwealth air forces operation in South East Asia and the Pacific against the Japs.
The one is this vid represents 152 Squadron RAF
TopGunSGA 2 years ago
Cool as, was that a Finish(finland) flying colour scheme?
44Beats 2 years ago
Which one are you referring to 44Beats?
TopGunSGA 2 years ago
No. The Fins flew Me 109's!
Yamieguy64 2 years ago
The Finns flew many types of planes including Hurricanes
TopGunSGA 2 years ago
Glorious....poetry right there.
0836whimper 2 years ago
my god sex with propellers
koringeo 2 years ago
it's so fantastic! the beauty of flying, the beauty of spitfire and the beauty of flying in formation itself
freeman444 2 years ago
the most beautiful aircraft in existance, love th engine sound
ipeve01 2 years ago
What a smooth flying for 60 + year old machines.
The pilots are always watching the camera. Cruise speed?
pablof59 2 years ago
watch it, bandits on your six
r1wantone 2 years ago
No words do justice. Man made Spitfires and Concorde. He should stop now.
thebarritgig 2 years ago
Tally ho!!!!
dj17q 2 years ago
Nice tidy formation. Squadron Leader Rex would approve.
gmoore9449 2 years ago
Ft Lt Moggy Cattermole has a message for Fritz, "Watch the birdie you bastard!"
"A Piece Of Cake," what a superb book & TV series. :)
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 2 years ago
I love the BF109,but also the Spits are not bad!! :-) nice airplanes!!
powerheli777 2 years ago
thats some impressive formation flying
STRURM249 2 years ago
Cracking sight, wonderful machines!
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HJ43050 2 years ago 3
What a beautiful sight.
bowser515 2 years ago 2
WW2 are best aircraft ever ! Never have to stop Flying,
USHomeboy 2 years ago 14
@USHomeboy WW2 had the best pilots too... they had to dog fight.
gowill2 1 year ago
What an awesome formation!
Everytime I've flown in to Heathrow, I've thought about those brave men in their deadly beautiful machines, doing the heavy lifting that bested the Luftwaffe, and helped buy my country the time we needed to gear up properly (and virtually unmolested) for the war effort.
Coming up on the 65th anniversary of The Invasion, I say God Bless the RAF.
scorpiowatertiger 2 years ago 3
Have no words for this.
JUST BEAUTIFUL!!
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ZCGleader 2 years ago
wow !
jasbutler 2 years ago
Great video with my favourite flying machines! :)
kakadz89 2 years ago
Why do three of them have there rear wheels down?
lander4545 2 years ago
to save fuel.
wuskul 2 years ago
Wouldn't the drag from the wheels being down cause them to use more fuel?
lander4545 2 years ago
It was probably just the design from back then, taildraggers were the most common type of setup for these particular aircraft.
MoxleyMauser 2 years ago
Never realized what a beautiful plane the Spitfire is until I saw this video!
lander4545 2 years ago
Thanks
Has to be the prettiest aircraft ever made!
When you stand next to one it is a stunning thing.
Even when compared to your amazing Raptors!
buttsyrc8 2 years ago
@lander4545 A retracting hydraulic pump system's weight would had even more impact of the fuel consumption I believe.
Stover36 1 year ago
@lander4545 quite probably. You may be interested to know that the exhaust pipes either side of the nose originally stuck straight out until they discovered that making them "swept back" increased the top speed by something like 10mph, a reasonable increase on the previous top speed.
Beautiful aircraft, thanks Moxley
eaglebullet 1 year ago
"Why do three of them have there rear wheels down?"
Retractable tail wheels weren't introduced until the Mk VIII
TopGunSGA 2 years ago
@lander4545 Earlier marks of Spitfire, up to and including the earlier Mk Ixs had fixed tailwheels. After the Mk VIII (made after the MkIX) they all had retracting tailwheels.
samleggett82 1 year ago
@samleggett82 not quite correct I'm afraid
All Mk IXs and the Mk XVI (basically Mk IXs with Packard-built Merlins) had fixed tailwheels, but all the rest of the later ones had retractable tailwheels starting with as you said the Mk VIII
TopGunSGA 1 year ago
what a magnificent sight
Bassmaster86 3 years ago
The BBMF are great
TopGunSGA 3 years ago
nice planes i saw once in live in finland and and that are very good plane fantastic
jormapertti 3 years ago
My gran tells me that it used to give everyone hope to hear a spitfire fly overhead in Sussex during the darkest part of the war.
bobsaver 3 years ago 2
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How could she tell it was spitfires and not bf-109 :)
1234563214 3 years ago
Engine sound.
Kalenichtenneuker 3 years ago
lol im not that good!
1234563214 3 years ago
The Rolls Royce merlin and the Daimler Benz 605 has a different sound.Realy different!
Werewolf1820 3 years ago
The sound of the engines more than likely.
The Daimler Benz has a very distinct sound to it.
MoxleyMauser 3 years ago
Shame the Nazis lost though
theshow2k8 3 years ago
bobsaver: my gran told me she was hiding her kids and then herself in the street-grave when haring the sound of a Merlin engine, Spitfire or Mustang...and she even told me she felt the air schocks when shotting upon.
But unlike many others, and not only germans, she admits that she was close to an electric distribution plant..therefore she thinks...no... sorry thought it was mend to the electric housing...but she was mistaken the attacks heavely continued after the electric housing was hit...
grazyarnie 3 years ago
You started it. You dragged Britain into it by invading Poland. We ended it.
bobsaver 3 years ago
And here we are again: The mighty statement since kindergarten: YOU STARTED IT
If You could give me an answer why Germany started it? I think not...You just now Germany started WW2 with the attack on Poland
True...as the fact: The USA are the only nation who dropped atomic bombs(plural) on civil cities. I know the reasons and all the circumstances why they did it and therefore even can understand some of the actions. But the "they started" argument is naive and infantile
grazyarnie 3 years ago
And the "you kept bombing after the electric plant was destroyed" is equally disingenuous. German were the aggressor and we did what we had to do to stop you. Do not come on with your "we were hard done by" rhetoric and then get upset when someone points out the obvious - we kept going until Germany were stopped. YouTube is not the forum for this debate.
bobsaver 3 years ago
See I dont deny the cruelties of the Nazi-regime, I dont deny that the Luftwaffe bombings were cruel and often even targeted against civil points. I am glad the Nazi-regime was fought down by the allies cause it is responsible for the darkest history germany has to bear. I am not defending Hitler with all his idiotic helpers. And every place were you can freely talk and express your opinion is the right place.
BTW: wonderful video of a wonderful plane thx MoxleyMauser, honestly
grazyarnie 3 years ago 4
Glad to share it with you.
MoxleyMauser 2 years ago
Hello MoxleyMauser:
right now I am doing a picture to honour a great pilot, I am talking about the unfortunatly infamous I.W. Bazalgette.
I found his story during my research for V1 and V2 bases in northern France. I saw the picture of a Lancaster on fire above the church of Senantes in France. I know the place therefore I thought its best to redraw that particular situation. My Lancaster 3d model is 75 percent completed and then I will post my tribute for I.W. Bazalgette, who was a great man
grazyarnie 2 years ago
wow, I did a huge error in my last comment, sorry, mea culpa, to I.W.Bazalgette. I didnt mean infamous, I mend "not famous".
I beg Your pardon for my mistake concerning such a honorable man. In my language the pre-suffix "un or in" means the difference from the following word like "famous" is "bekannt" and unknown is "unbekannt" therefore wrote "infamous" instead of "not famous" sorry for that
I.W Bazalgette is a person who is worth to honour.
grazyarnie 2 years ago
man i wish ww2 flight simulators wer this real!
SpitfireBF109 3 years ago
One of the most beautiful machines ever designed... can't stop staring at its marvellous elliptical wings!
OLDREDDIE 3 years ago
WOW !!! is the onlything i can think of
holtsas 3 years ago
Very Beautiful!
Jaliya48 3 years ago
The greatest plane ever created!
ChainGuN2 3 years ago
AWSOME
Teddyboy53Rocker 3 years ago 2
to bad you couldn't get a chance to fly one of those WW2 fighters. You would likely notice it was a little perkier than the C17. you fly. One of my favourite aircraft is the Dakota aka gooney bird or C 47 . Properly known as the DC3 they started using them before the war and some of them are still flying to this day
joetoorivers 3 years ago
Yes, the DC-3 is a very reliable aircraft, I have flown in one before, you do not realize you big of an aircraft it actually is until you see one, just like the C-17.
MoxleyMauser 3 years ago
Hi Moxley. Spittys were powered by Rolls Royce engines. The first Spits had the RR Merlin engine which rotated clockwise looking at the prop from the pilots seat. After a while RR developed the Griffin engine which rotated counterclockwise from the pilots seat. I thought I read somewhere that the Griffins had larger valve covers which required the cowling to have the bulge in it.
joetoorivers 3 years ago
Hey Moxley. Aircraft UMG and S have bulges on the cowling. Are they griffin powered Spits? Great video BTW
joetoorivers 3 years ago
A great sight, thanks!
Chaffinch4 3 years ago 2
awesome,thank you for post it!!
gio31brasil 4 years ago 2
truely amazing
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