The airfield (now an industrial estate) was at the bottom of the road where I lived as a child. The runway being aligned with the road. I used to watch both Hurricanes and spitfires coming in to land at not much over rooftop height, in fact, one did crash having (so I was told) touched the chimney of the last house with its tail wheel. Being a young child (now 87) at the time, I did not appreciate the horrors of war, but loved to watch the planes.
@@xr88yu That's why on ships and submarines at wartime spotters permanently scanned the sky. Every seaman on this sentry duty solely observed his allocated sector. Quite stressful gazing through field-glasses in one direction the whole day being aware everything you miss will kill you...
@@synthwavecat96 the early SU carbs had a cutout issue while banking, which had a restrictor device retrofitted to them to reduce the chance of it happening the later engines used different carbs, bendix and rolls royce own pressurised ones which didn't have the problem
@@chrismaplethorpe6781 The problem was when the aircraft was subjected to negative 'G' ... such as when nosing over (a 'bunt') to chase an enemy aircraft. The float in the carburettor would stay up and allow too much fuel into the engine, causing it to momentarily cut out ... a 'rich cut'. RAF pilots overcame the problem by rolling the aircraft on to its back and then pulling back on the stick to put it into a dive ... but by that time the enemy aircraft often had enough time to escape.
@@christopherrichards3601 if you look online the carbs were fitted with a restrictor which helped to reduce the risk of this happening. The later carbs were pressurised which more or less sorted the problem. The restrictor was apparently a fairly straight forward retro fit. Look on Wikipedia for miss shillings orifice which explains about it better
The WWII-centric comic books I read as a kid, going back fifty-seven or so years ago, really sung the praises of Hawker's Hurricane. I wish I could remember the publisher(s) or titles but the one word which shines-through the decades is "Hurricane".
Interesting comment. I remember one of those comic books - I too wish I could remember its title and publisher - which contained stories about the twin-engined Westland Whirlwind fighter, one entitled 'Bombers' Moon'. I'd dearly love to get hold of another copy, but that's highly unlikely now. Best wishes, Peter A
@@wurlitzer895 Classics Illustrated covered some interesting topics. That's how I first learned of Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier. There was also at least one issue dealing with pirates which caught my attention. The others, I just can't recall. Never read any Sgt. Fury. A little Johnny Cloud, his hawk and P-51. The machine gun sounds were written as 'Budda, Budda, Budda! Well done. One story had a doomed B-24 on a sort of suicide mission. Everyone except for the pilot bailed out so the pilot aims the stricken aircraft and engages the auto pilot (I think) as the plane is literally skimming the treetops. The plane is still flying but barely and is damaged all to hell and gone. I don't recall how the pilot gets out or if he does. Very dramatic and enjoyable in memory.
@@TralfazConstruction I think your last two words are important to keep in mind!! That said, I remember reading a children's novel 'The Haunted Airfield' by Charles King in my early teens when staying with a schoolfriend during the school holidays, and thoroughly enjoying it. I managed to buy a copy from ebay just a few years ago, and for once my memory wasn't faulty; it was still a good albeit easy read even some 55 years later (I'm now 68...). I could even remember some of the dialogue and the illustrations. Long-term memory good - short-term memory dreadful....... Best wishes as always. Peter A
@@wurlitzer895 That is where it all resides, in memory. Mine are not as sharp as I'd like. At times it can be akin to looking at old snapshots and all-too-brief video clips. The memory of a smile, the echo of laughter down the hallways of time, some tears too and every day (if I so choose to remember it that way) was sunlit and 75° F. Thank goodness for my mother, father, grandparents and great grandparents filling-in some blank spots as I grew up. Best wishes to you as well!
@@TralfazConstruction Beautifully written and expressed. I absolutely agree with you, and daily give thanks for being born into a loving family with marvellous parents. My paternal grandparents were both dead long before my birth, and my maternal grandfather died when I was still 3 years old; I was 11 when my maternal grandmother passed away, but I had a very happy and privileged childhood. Take care! Peter A :) :) :)
As the man said " a beautiful sight". It is too, a very handsome aeroplane in my opinion that has never received the recognition it deserves as folk seem to prefer myth as opposed to fact.
@@UTopia-eg7gm In one single battle. Remember the rest of the war. In terms of fighting. The hurricane was of course used often for ground attack, but was also in that role supplanted by better aircraft mostly.
@@UTopia-eg7gm Sometimes perception is so different than historical truth. There is a similar misconception in Germany in that Messerschmitt Bf 109 was "the" standard fighter of WW 2, whilst Focke-Wulf Fw 190 was also produced in masses and the second standard fighter. It was actually more important (especially in the USAAF bomber campaign with B-17s) but is mostly neglected.
You know, I love watching the videos of the jets going through the Mach Loop in Wales or Star Wars Canyon in Nevada, but there is something magical about watching warbirds knife through the air. This one or any of them. It's like the difference between a Dust Buster and a feather duster. One's more powerful, one's more hands-on.
I can picture everyone jumping out of trucks and running for some trees. Always sit near the tailgate. WWII warbirds sound so badass. Especially if you're near the runway as they take off. When the exhaust collector passes you, for a second or two, it's magic-right through you.
Could be a Robert Taylor painting! The setting and the sunshine with that Merlin roar, what a fitting tribute to those brave RAF teens that saved us in 1940!
Or footage out of the Battle of Britain film. Favourite part of the film is where Hurricanes from Polish squadrons formate with Spitfires. "Bloody Marvellous" says one of the Spitfire pilots
It being the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britian, my Mum bless her goes on about watching the Bombers coming up the Thames and the Dog fights, as she said standing on the Anderson watching it all happen. Even got a story out of her about being Stuka'd and the local copper grabbing her and throwing her in a ditch, the only words from my Mum were 'The Eggs don't break the Egg's'...
Ands that's with very conservative power settings; imagine how good it sounded with the throttle wide open to catch an enemy aircraft or to rapidly exit from a ground attack.
I have seen a hawker hurricane approaching me like this at about 3000 feet when I was learning to stall in a light aircraft. It is a breath-taking thrill - my instrucor was as gobmsacked as I was - and a rare privilege - to have been in the same little slice of airspace as such a fabulous aircraft (Near Sywell)
The plane that Truly won the Battle of Britain 🇬🇧 not the spitfire which everyone thinks it did the Hurricane shot more down and had a better turning circle and gun platform to the Spitfire
D. League I totally agree. The Spitfire gets all the plaudits but the Hurricane was there in greater numbers and got more kills. A superb aeroplane. I love the Spit.....I love love love the Hurricane!
Not during all of WW2. Only the Battle of Britain, and only because it was more numerous at that time than the Spitfire. The Hurricane was slowly phased out and the Spitfire very quickly became the highest-scoring British fighter of the entire war.
@@KermitTheGamer21 When the figures are compared, the Hurricane was still responsible for more 'kills' than the Spitfire relative to how many were in operation at the time of the Battle of Britain. The Spitfires were tasked with engaging the German fighters in cover, whilst the Hurricanes were tasked with going after the heavier and slower, bombers. However many Hurricanes were responsible for shooting down German Fighters as well. ( l am an old dude who read books and knew men who were there, back in the day).
@@coolhand1964 I know the Hurricane shot down more during the Battle of Britain, I was correcting the statement which said the Hurricane shot down more during *all* of WW2, which is factually incorrect.
Bloke in background.... "Beautiful sight that innit?" Bloke with camera.... "Thanks for ruining my one chance of capturing the perfect low flyby, shut the fuck up!"
@@Gavstafunk cheers I didn't go for it in the end.. I chose another I may review my dicisions Here's what I did for tomorrow ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jm3tPb5Vf1o.html
The so called ugly duckling to his big brother the spit but the irony is it shot down way more aircraft in the Battle of Britain than his more glamorous stablemate albeit there was more of them deployed but its often overlooked and in the spits shadow but it shouldn’t b it played the major role in that battle
