Spitfire MH434

This is clip of Spitfire Mark 9 MH434 being flown by the late Mark Hanna at Duxford in the UK. This is a clip from a DVD called "A Spitfires Story" available at http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Aviation-DVD-Store_W0QQsspagenameZMEQ3aFQ3aSTQQtZkm

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Spitfire
• MH434
• Hanna
• Duxford

[1littlelee]

as a nuetral observer the spitfire is far and above the mustang in everything, that engines doesn't make sound it makes music

[noonsight2010]

Last year I was lucky enough to purchase at a boot sale a filthy picture of a Sopitfire spotted by my Mum. I saw it was an oil painting under the layers of filth and dust. I was amazed when the seller asked £3!. After a careful cleaning it's on my wall. It bears the registration MH434. This was stationed at Hornchurch for most of it's WW2 service. My Mum and grandparents lived nearby during the war. I was born in Hornchurch and live not far away now. Lucky find or what?!

[broadband01]

awesome

[Recon0003]

It sounds like a growling lion, and yet is so majestic, pure awesome.

[loooony92]

I would pay so much money for a ride in a spitfire. Too bad I'm a poor slob..

[noonsight2010]

@JimJams2 Mitchell had the foresight and ability to prepare for the inevitable WW2, along with Dowding and Watson Watt. Those three men probably did more than any others to save this country from invasion, although their efforts of course depended on the courage of servicemen and women to realize their acheivements.

[noonsight2010]

@munghi It was lucky. Well spotted Mum! You need to get to an airshow - there's nothing like the sight and sound of a Spitfire in the air. I've seen quite a few over the years. I was lucky enough to see a Mosquito in flight back in the early 80's. Wonderful.

[noonsight2010]

@Tigh123 The P51-B was produced primarily for export to Britain. The British specified the Allison engines which did not perform well at high altitude. Thus the aicraft was used more for ground attack than as a fighter. British engineers specified the shortened fuselage, teardrop canopy, Merlin engine etc which resulted in the P51-D the "classic" Mustang, which was essentially a new British designed aircraft. The Air Cobra was so poor the RAF flew one sortie and withdrew them.

[noonsight2010]

@ScottishCaledonian A kill ratio against the worst of obselete and inferior Allied aircraft such as the Brewster Buffalo. The Zero never went up against early marks of spitfire and by the time Spits were assigned to the Far East they would have been vastly superior to the by then under-developed Zero. The Vaught Corsair had a 9-1 kill superiority over the Zero. The Corsair was a dog until the royal navy fleet Air Arm perfected it.

[noonsight2010]

@1littlelee The "classic" Mustang P51-D was developed by the british and had the Merlin engine, built under licence by Packard.

[munghi]

@noonsight2010 Quality find .The only Spitfire I have seen up close hangs from the roof of the Art Gallery in Glasgow.

[chitlika]

The sound/ music that the engine makes is a beautifull way of saying "I'm coming to Kill You"