17:32 Wow those silhouetted Hurricanes... don't they look the business? I know the Spitfire has the more elegant lines but in that sequence the Hurricanes look so single-minded and purposeful. I was born 18 years after the end of WWII and my generation unquestioningly inherited the love and pride for these aircraft. There was only one Airfix model you wanted to make and that was the Spitfire. As a child I knew that these fighters and their courageous pilots had saved Britain from invasion by Nazi Germany. Long may they grace our skies.
Purrin' Merlin is what I call my little cat, because his purr is as loud as a Spitfire. Oh, these are the most beautiful aeroplanes! The bravery of those pilots who took to the skies in Spitfires and Hurricanes and all the rest cannot be put into words.
@@honzabalak3462 🤔 Well, that might be true if this was an Instrumental Orchestra playing an Overture, but, since it was a Merlin V-12, I'll stick with Symphony's. 😉
When the movie Battle of Britain was made in 1969 I was a in school in England and these planes were dog fighting over my school and being filmed for the action scenes of course none of the boys wanted to go to class. Good memories . 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Thanks for your comment Michael.....Im glad you enjoyed the video.......have a look at this one, Im sure you will enjoy it........Regards Barry ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CCRW04D2k-s.html
We have a local airfield, here in Dorset, that has introduced Spits. for people to have a flight in occasionally. A mk ix went over yesterday at a 1000 feet, beautiful sight, but, the sound even better!
Sends chills down my spine. Edit: It must have been galling for Hurricane pilots, at least in the years after the war, to constantly hear the Spitfire get all the glory, especially for the BoB, when it was the Hurricane that did much of the heavy lifting.
I was born in the 60s, never joined the RAF, yet. Every time I see and hear these magnificent aircraft, it always gives me a lump in my throat and brings tears to my eyes.... Beautiful.....
I know it always gets me that way. I think a lot of men are the same - my theory is that we know in our heart of hearts it could easily have been us flying a plane with one or more of those Merlin engines that make 'that sound' if we had been born 40 years earlier. We know what those men did and we know we would have done the same but we are the lucky ones who didn't have to.
What a wonderful show!. I think the Spitfire is one of the most elegant war planes of the II WW, its shape is a blend of simplicity and beauty. When being a teenager I used to assemble scale model kits of these war planes, and would do it again at 52.
I worked on Shackeltons while on 8 sqn They had the Griffon engine which was used on later Spitfires. I arrived at Lossiemouth main gate for my first time and reporting in with the gate guard and greeted by the sound of these griffons across the airfield. I went into the guardroon to tell them im here to join 8 to be told " thats your lot making the racket over there " . As an Airframe tech ,I very quickly learned a lot of my Shack commponents were shared by the Lancaster. At air displays it often meant Myself and BBMF fitters would hackel over aircraft parts that we carried to shows and help each other out. Best thing ever was to get both a Shack and the Lanc on an engine ground run together . what a sound and the smell of Avgas so rare these days.
You should have heard the Shacks ground running with the Beverley accompaniment in Aden 1965 -67 when I was there....... a full orchestra of sound never to be forgotten. The Shack has never had the publicity that it deserved. I was airframes too!
The only times I saw WWII planes were during airshows in The Netherlands. However I've heard RR-Griffons many times during tracktor pulling events. Nowadays capable of pushing 3500/4000hp out of a single Griffon.
When 8 sqn was at Lossiemouth I worked on the BBMF at Coltishall, we had Vol threes for the Shackleton's we used to order bits for the Lancaster, they came wrapped in the standard plastic, with the part numbers on, once we took the original plastic off we found original Lancaster wrapping inside, with dates back as fart as1943. I also remember an 8 sqn shack coming in with a griffon fault, the BBMF engine guys sorted it.
This brings tears to my eyes. My father served as aero mechanic RAF 1936 1945. France pre Dunkirk, B of B, Africa, Malta, Greece, France ll, Belgium. Those twin seat mods, omg! I would have loved to get him a flight in one of those. PS…..He said the Hurricane was the real unsung workhorse fighter. He fell in love with P51 when it arrived on scene, especially with the Merlin on board. He serviced those as well.
I recommend going to the Duxford Battle of Britain flying display. Huge open plan, on other planes in the sky, the commentator falls silent. Then you hear the sound of of a Merlin engine breaking the silence, running at close to power along the runway. Slightly diving down on to the airfield, the noise fading away as she climbs. The greatest sound you will hear
I am lucky enough to be in the flight path of some of the 'fly in a Spitfire' experience flights and during the summer get to see and hear Spitfires flying over my house almost every day. I can tell you it never gets old and i often rush out like a little boy to look up and watch them fly over.
I’m lucky to live very near Biggin hill airport, so on a summers day you can stand on the road while a spitfire throttles up on take off just above your head. At the air show they flew a Lancaster flanked by two spits. Now that was a sight to behold
I'm only about 20 miles down the road and I see the lucky people in the 2 seaters having their joy flights. I'm on the flight path to the coast. One day it will be my turn
I'm Canadian. We have the only other airworthy Lancaster in the world. Located at Mount Hope, (Hamilton), Ontario, at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
Probably not since the filming of 1969s Battle of Britain has there been the number of air worthy Hurricanes and Spitfires. Cudos to the passionate preservationists!
@@Dragonblaster1 Actually I saw a Mark II (BoB) and at least 2 Mk V's. They are easy to spot as they have the authentic camo for their time of dark earth and green. When they started to take the war to the continent in 42/43 with the Mk IX, they changed to dark grey over green.
Mr Mitchell thanks for these beautiful aircrafts look fantastic they look even better in flight especially from the front with 8 machine guns blazing away had to get that one in
Makes you wonder how all those Spitfires and Hurricanes were able to scramble so fast in 1940. Absolute pleasure to watch so many heritage aircraft like these take to the skies again.
So good to see and hear these. What amazing aircraft and such evecative names: Merlin, Hurricane , Spifire. Leaves modern names for dead! I used to live under the flight path of an airport in the 1950s and now 60 years later iI still miss the sights and sounds of propellor driven aircraft.
Takes me back to my flight in The Grace Spitfire at Duxford , 14 years ago.. such a memorable occasion.. We are so lucky to have these war birds to see at different air shows..
@@petersmith6794 Blimey.....so it's more than doubled in that period! £1250 would have been affordable to me back then and still is now but £2750 is a stretch too far.
@@vicsaul5459 The BBMF have the Lancaster only 2 in the world still flying, the other Lanc is in Canada.........our BBMF Lancaster was due to display at this airshow in 2020 but was scrubbed because of bad weather......Regards Barry
These planes really are not just airshow candy and I think its important for airshow types to read and understand that they really did save us from the worst evil the world has ever seen....so important to keep them flying so we can remember all those brave young men lost in the worst of circumstances. Love the sound of the Hurricane tho....
Imagine the atmosphere being at Northolt in late August 1940 with a jubilant group of Poles coming back in their Hurricanes after a successful sortie out against Jerry.👍
Being on the wrong side of the planet here (Sydney, AU) what a stunning experience for sight and sound. I recently watched the Guy Martin EP and even fitting, attaching and locking the Merlin to the frame was so precise. Being a retired automotive and marine mechanic makes me respect the endless hours needed to keep them flying. Thanks for posting.
The deeds of the heroic and very brave men to scrambled to their aircraft to bathe themselves in GLORY in defense of their country must never ever be forgotten....these beautiful aircraft must be the CONSTANT REMINDER of their sacrifice.. keep them flying!!!!
I remember my first ever encounter with a Spitfire and hurricane, I was at my grandparents house in the 1980's and a Spitfire and Hurricane buzzed the houses at rooftop level, I was hooked and my Dad recored the battle of britain off the TV a few weeks later, the greatest tribute to those who gave their lives in world war II
7:05 mark reminds me of the opening scene from Battle of Britain. Love me some 1940 paint schemes on the earlier Hurricanes and Spitfires. Not to mention there's just something so bad-a$$ about taking off and landing with the canopy open. No other planes, other than maybe some of the US Navy planes from WW2, pull it off like the the Hurri and Spit. Great video!!
When neighbors play there bass only I'll hit them back with this! Sounds like music to my ears! I was a metal stamper miss listening to the presses go up and down! This is just as good!
It's amazing that these old birds were built so tough they didn't need a hard-surface runway, just a relatively flat grassy field. Oh, sure, they bounced a bit, but they were made to be handled this way.
Headcorn is now my local airfield and living not too far and when the spring comes around, you always know. The Spitfire and Harvard are airborne and usually dog fighting overhead. Most people listen for the first cuckoo to announce spring, I listen for the spits.
Now this is a real fabulous video and the engines are the music we want to hear! Also it's really cool to see them landing on the grassy turraine instead of the jet powered crap leaving the pavement!
Many Thanks to all of the enthusiasts that have commented on this video.......very much appreciated........I do have other video's on my channel for Spitfire's and Hurricanes........please see this link for another video that I have produced Its a personal favourite of mine and Im sure there are plenty of you that would enjoy it........Regards Barry ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CCRW04D2k-s.html
The only thing more evocative than these Spitfires and Hurricanes is the sound of four Merlins in a Lancaster. One day while clearing my Mum's house at Chandlers Ford, a Lancaster took off to the south from Eastleigh. It then circled round and flew up the M3 going north almost directly over Mum's house.
Nothing so evocative as a Merlin going 'flat out!'. Wonderful seeing all these machines together!. Was waiting for the 'take off' flare!. Don't know how many times I've seen this clip, never gets old. Lest we forget!. Nuff said.
Scramble scramble !!!! they look like doing 100mph just sat there.....you can see they dying to get aloft where they belong...landings as good as take offs .brilliant imagine doing it for real not know if you coming back...brave men they were.
Bumpsy daisy! Awesome video. The Hurricane is a fine looking aircraft and doesn't get nearly as much love as it deserves. Seeing three of them flying in formation at 17:24 was the highlight for me :-)
My school mate's father flew Spitfire for the RAF for displays from RAF Coltishaw. This is in the early 1970's. He was flying near the school that day (on to a display somewhere) and gave us a private demonstration both on his outward and inbound flight. The whole school went to the rugby pitch to watch. Of course, Wing Commander [no name!] he didn't care .. he wound the throttles open and flew that thing 100% (not like today's carefully managed 50% engines!). The sound was incredible. He broke about 50 windows in the village!
