I went to the airshow in '99 when I was 7. The spitfire was and is my favourite aircraft - if ever a machine had a soul, the spirit of defiance sitll lives on in these fine planes.
We may be in dire straits at the moment as a country, but its things like this which remind you of the pride and love we have for Great Britain. We've fought off attackers from all parts of the world, united through times of crisis, achieved huge feats of engineering, gained one of the largest empires in the world, the list goes on... We were great, we are great, and may we continue to be great for many years to come.
Can't watch this - it's too special and emotional... Everything this country stood for captured in less than five minutes. In another world from anything else on RU-vid. Thanks you.
What a sound, what a sound the Rolls Royce Merlin, one of the finest aero engines ever built! So good the Americans built it under licence to power the Mustang. Two of the greatest fighter planes in history.
My grandad flew Spits My dad was on Vulcans I was a civilian pilot but ended up contracted to RAAF SAR for awhile The Spitty was the greatest piston aircraft ever to grace the skies The Vulcan was the most majestic jet Not suprising but my favourite movie of all time is BOB
I have to get to an airshow in the UK where I can see and hear this plane fly past, just so I can get in touch with that era, what a remarkable defence that was put up against the Nazis by pilots from so many nationalities, and that amazing ground to air system the British had the foresight to put in place, remarkable innovation.
That was awesome buddy....Thanks. I never get sick of seeing the spit doing a fly-by, I get goosebumps with the sound of that Rolls. Just my opinion, but the Spit is without a doubt the most beautiful aircraft ever flown or designed. Keep the video's comin', thoroughly enjoyed!
To our brave young men who fought and died for our liberty we the British people will never forget your sacrifice.......my late father was a 17 Yr old in the merchant navy my mother played her role in the land army ,they would turn in there graves to see what our country has become the hatred for our culture our heritage and Christian country insults all there memories....RIP
By the time Neville Duke RAF had finished his third tour, completing 486 operational sorties, he had destroyed 27 enemy aircraft and probably three more, making him the RAF's outstanding and highest scoring fighter pilot in the Mediterranean theatre. He was then 22 years old.
Sid Clayton made 100 operational sorties as a Navigator and then persuaded the RAF to send him to train as a pilot in Canada; he came back and made another 45 operational sorties on Mosquitos,
Sosseries, Think /i saw the same one, just before Fairford, Live on Cleeve hill, heard it before i saw it, looked up and saw that Beauty...may she fly for ever!
@camelot41992 ur not the only one i get goosebumps just listening to that SWEET Engine and the hairs on the back of my neck stand up with the spit engine and the music.
I've seen the movie several times, the musical score to the movie is very powerful from both sides........Ohhh did i mention.....i love the Spitfire :)
Group Captain James Brian Tait (nicknamed Willie) DSO and three bars, DFC and bar. Conducted 101 bombing missions during the war, including those which finally sank the German battleship Tirpitz in 1944.
Simply put, the P-51 was a world beater. It could fight its way all the way to Berlin and back. It's no coincidence that USAAF bomber losses drop dramatically after P-51's come into service. It did a job that no other fighter could do, not even the Spitfire. In doing the job they did USAAF fighters, mainly P-51s, succeeded in virtually destroying the Luftwaffe as a fighting force.
Beautiful aircraft and great music! To compare the Spitfire and the P-51 is to misunderstand their designed roles. The P-51 was an escort fighter with a larger fuel capacity. The Spitfire was a point defence fighter and never intended for long range operations hence its limited range. It was later modified to extend its range but that came at a weight penalty. However the Spitfire was a more agile aircraft than the P-51 and thus a superior dogfighter .
By 1945, Wg Cdr Peter Malam Brothers DFC had flown 875 REPEAT 875 operational hours and was credited with having shot down 16 enemy aircraft and damaged many more.
Bloody Marvelous. Those were the days, eh peps!! When Britain could work together to make such fantastic products. What ever happened, why cant we do that now?? Um, actually we do - Triumph Motorcycles anyone?
Inspiring video, in high school I had a friend whose father was a Hawker Hurricane pilot during the Battle of Britain who downed 2 German aircraft, a Me-110 and a BF-109.
Bf stands for Bayerische Flugzeugwerke it still said Bf even after Meserschmitt bought that company. Later it was changed to Messerschmitt Flugzeugwerke
One of these did a very low flyover once on a royal visit. I was fortunate to be right at the front next to the royal party as it went over. My goodness it was the most beautiful and staggering noise i have ever heard. Videos and soundclips dont to the engine noise any justice. Anyway, good video.
Fantastic! You got this video just right, some video of the "spit" with just the wonderful sound track of that fabulous engine and the equaly wonderful music too. This video makes me proud to be British!
British pilots in World War II were great. However there were a few Germanaces that had over 100 victories on the Western front. The best known was Hans Joachim Marseille who had over 250 victories.
I'm also an ex-matelot and I've heard a lot of fine sounding machinery but you Crabs win with this. There's only one thing better in my opinion and thats a Mossie with 2 Merlins! Nice video fuocofly500
The P-51 was indeed a great escort, but I still think even if it hadn't gone into service, the war still would have been won, for the simple reason that the Eastern Front was the more decisive front, 85% of Germany's casualties were there. The Spitfire is held dear to us because it helped the UK avoid defeat, because if it hadn't, Europe could be dominated by Nazis (if the USSR lost) or the Soviets (if they did what actually happened and push the Nazis out)
