THIRTY restored WWII Warbirds in Formation - incredible audio!
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- A short film featuring THIRTY restored WWII warbirds flying in formation at the Flying Legends Airshow at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford in the UK. Watch the aircraft take-off, get into formation and perform some amazing fly-bys. Keep watching to see some stunning formations at the end too! Subscribe to our online streaming channel at WingsTV.co.uk to see more films like this.
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When I was a child I lived in Suffolk England. One day I heard a loud noise overhead. When I looked up I saw a formation of WW2 aircraft, both British and German. I found out later they were filming the Battle of Britain movie . This reminded me of that day.
Super. 👍🏻🇧🇪
Great movie!!!
sorry for being tooooo german right now. but the German planes you saw were Spanish build (looked much differend around the engine fuselage) but just paintet in German style ;)
@@neinnein9306 they are still German designs even when license-built in Spain 🤓
@@theonlymadmac4771 The design around the engines is much different. It's not German anymore with British engines ;)
The sound of so many aircraft engines at once, are both frightening and awesome! I can just imagine the sound of a bombing round with 1000 B17 and 400 Mustang fighter. Just WOW…
my father as a 7 year old boy heard that night by night and day by day. Today it happens agin with jet noise. Why can we humans not learn.
@@hartmutwrith3134 I can just be imaging what your father went through. Back then it was both Hitler and Stalin, today it's Putin. The same spirit comes again. As a soldier, I can just pray to God.
That to me is the sure sound of victory ✌️
Thanks for sharing this awesome video 🇺🇸
@@andersandersson5815 Are you really that naive? The U.S. has been using Ukraine as a large base for all manner of military and crime operations - weapons; drug and human trafficking, bioweapons development, money laundering. Look at the map. Look at international trade. Tell me what core strategic interest the Ukraine has to LEGITIMATE U.S. interests? None. Except to provoke Russia. Tell me, how should the U.S. react if Russia were doing in Mexico or Canada what the U.S. has been doing in Ukraine? (And don't give me that Cuban Missile Crisis. The U.S. deployed strategic missiles in Turkey with the Soviet Union as the blatantly obvious target prior to Russia doing so in Cuba. The deal Kennedy cut with Khrushchev was Russia would cease deploying missiles in Cuba and the U.S. would remove the missiles from Turkey.)
@@stephen1137 are you some sort of lefties propagandist or what? You won't fool me...
The roar of freedom, bravery and sacrifice from the greatest generation
In the days when America stood for freedom, democracy, open and fair elections, before sedition, subversion, hate mongering and encouraging treason, overthrowing the government and civil war were the norm!!
Some of the most beautiful flying machines ever built.
My late father-in-law serviced fighter planes during WW2. What a great man he was. Edward Ernest Perkins. 1919-2014.
God bless him, I am grateful for his sacrifices and his selflessness! May he rest in peace!
My father (1920-1993) as well at CASU-1 and CASU-2 at Pearl Habor and Barbers Point 1942-44 and aboard an Escort Carrier during the Battle of Saipan. He served 4 years from 1941-45 and was discharged as Chief Petty Officer at the ripe old age of 25.
@@cutler1862 We owe so much to our forefathers.
They weren't called the greatest generation for no reason
Thank you and your family for his services my great great grandfather Katie was in ww1 and my grandfather was a marine during the Korean War shooting off motor guns I can’t spell it right
There is something about WW2 planes that is better than super fast modern war jets.
Each era of planes has its own charm (personally I love the early 00s through the 20s when people are figuring out everything for the first time and giving them their first refinements). I suspect part of what makes the WW2 stuff appealing visually is that they are still pretty simple in comparison to jets. But they have reached a level of refinement where there is far less to catch your eye, like wire bracing and whatnot does. Letting you see the plane do what it does without all that distraction.
YES, I worked at a military airfield. I saw helicopters (NH90, CH53, Huey) and planes (Transall, A400M, Eurofighter, Tornado)....
But that one day a Bf-109 and a Me-262 needed to be refueled on their way to Berlin air show.
This was something, no other vehicle got close to in my ears, my lungs, my nose, my soul, my just everything.
btw my all time fav. plane is the ZERO, I hope to see one 1:1 in my life.
i agree !..
Yup, big balls/ skill and cannons
It's that rattling roar, and fire rage of Merlins and radials that set the era apart.
I'm a WW2 buff and one time I was sitting outside reading a book about B-17's and what are the odds as a B-17 came lumbering by...I was awed and shocked !
One day I was taking my son to see a small air museum in Aurora, Illinois. To keep him occupied during the drive, I gave him a picture book to look at of WWII warbirds. As we pulled into the airport, I saw off to my left next to a group of hangers a B-25 which was not part of the museum. As we got out of the car we heard the B-25 starting up. We ran to the other side of the fence and saw Barbie III in all her glory getting her Spring run-up and check. She was in the picture book I gave my son. The crew were very nice and gave us a private tour of her and let my son sit in the pilot's seat. The museum we came to see was not off their winter schedule yet and was closed. No big deal as it turned out! Barbie III is now in Arizona as the guys who own her all retired and moved down there.
@@hipcat13 That pretty B-25 flies over my backyard view in the winter and spring doing touch-and-goes at Williams-Gateway, AZ.
A few years ago i was helping my son in law change this car engine at his works ,he worked on the old RAF RAYDON base in Suffolk. As we sat having a cuppa he asked me what sort of aircraft would have flown from here as we sat there 2 Mustangs P51s flew over that was so bizzar you could just imagine the ground crew running to there stations too see the aircraft in....i`ll never forget that moment...
One day maybe 5 years ago I was sitting on my back patio here in upstate NY taking a quick break from some project or another and heard a multi-engine airplane getting closer. I looked up and it was a B-29 coming in for a landing. I couldn't believe what I saw. Turned out it was "FiFi"...she was paying my town a visit that weekend and there had been zero publicity by the local media...I just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Headed to the airport and got to take a tour of that magnificent airplane!
One of our local airports held a Commenmorative Air Force show. The planes flew over our neighborhood for two days.
The coolest thing was seeing a B29 at about 2000 ft. following the highway on my drive to Dallas.
I worked about 20 air shows for my base and I always had chills when I heard a WW2 plane fly by.
My dad always says there is just something about WW2 planes that modern planes and jets cannot capture. They just have such an aura of majesty bout them that neither him nor i have been able to fully put into words. Im 28, and the sound of a merlin engine flying overhead has given me chills since i was a toddler. I got the chance last year to sit in the spitfire that they restored from Dunkirk, the one that Tom Hardy was shown flying in the movie, and operate the rudder and joystick, which literally took the smallest ampunt of effort to operate. Light as a feather. One of the most memorable moments of my life, i was like a kid again. Someday ill get to go up in one!
all choked up seeing them fly together.
My Father flew Hellcats in the Pacific during WWII. This makes me think of him with so much love and gratitude. Thank you for this.
My dad was a Hellcat mechanic! Stationed at the Navel airbase in Chicago.
I was at this airfield and the sound of these aircraft was AWWWWEEEEEEESSSSSOOOOOMMEEE!!!!!!!!!!
Every years this is just that more challenging for these planes to be up in the air! We really need to appreciate those who put a lot of time and money keeping them air worthy! Their all museum pieces! This is so very rare! Bless them all!
who sneezed?
My dad worked for Grumman and they used to have a family picnic there and all the old warbirds would come screaming by at low level passes something I'll never forget.And I'll never forget that greatest generation of young men that climbed into those planes to defend our country. God bless them and may they rest in peace.
To think that during WWII, this was a everyday occurrence. Simply awesome to see this day and age.
and before WW2 also.
Except fewer usually came back than left.
This never gets old. The sight & sound of Freedom.
You guys in the UK got it made. The Goodwood Festival of Speed, and presenting spectacular airshows such as this. God Bless The Brits. 🇬🇧🌎🇺🇲
Oshkosh imho takes some beating when it comes to war birds MAX.
But I was there for this particular Balbo fly past.
A symphony of Merlins alongside a concerto of Pratt and Whitney's was something to hear in the flesh.
The Tiger cat is now Stateside.
The climb rate was astounding for a suck,squeeze, bang plane when it did its solo display.
If only they knew how to save ships as well as they saved aircraft
Come to Wisconsin to Oshkosh end of july if you live around those parts. But actually people fly from Canada and south of the border in Mexico. People camp out in their tents next to their planes. It's a fantastic sight .
@@atomsmasher9279
You say what you wish about the Brits. And that is your right, whether that perception is mistakenly loose or not, much less dangerous.
In 1988, in Bamberg, (then W. Germany) our infantry unit 1/54th Inf. of the 1st AD Armored Division had the *privilege of serving with a platoon of these mad bastards* and they were Never, Ever short of expending themselves while here on German soil - these _"blokes"_ were like my Irish ancestors - they had a LONG MEMORY - and did not present any reserve about it.
Infact, after they released us All from training, we ended up on locked-down in the barracks because they (along with our 3rd Pltn. members that trained with them) busted up a local German club so bad that the local Polizie didn't release anybody until the next morning.
Say what you want about the Brits, but they are the last mother-f$ckers I would ever want to tangle with....
Well, there’s Oshkosh and Chino. The Monterey Historics for race cars.
The closest I’ll ever get to hearing this sound in person is when 10 c130 come over the farm just above the tree tops. What a sound. And hearing and seeing it as a child leaves a life long impression and love for big nosy steel birds of the sky!!
C-130'5 fly over my house on a regular basis from the Youngstown air national guard base. i always think they will fall out of the sky they seem to be going so slow.
@@davidkettell6236 slow and low. Almost feel like I can see the copilot wave back.. then once in a while the use to come over just hullin ass.. just as low.. the sound was great 👍🏻.
I get goosebumps. My grandfather told me about such swarms of airplanes when he was a kid in WW2
My father was a pilot. We went to air shows starting back in the 60s. That is a very impressive formation of some very sexy machinery.
As much as I love a good afterburning turbine, the atmosphere of these piston birds are, mythological.
Idling waiting for takeoff it sounds like the machines are muttering grumbling: "They wanted a fight, well give em a fight, let's give em a fight, come on tell me I can go fight..."
And when they power up for takeoff it is an unbridled visceral battle cry.
I know everyone gets all tingly about the Spitfire and the Mosquito. But, I have a soft spot in my heart (or maybe it's my head) for the Harrys. True winner of the Battle of Britain. Thanks for posting this.
They did not win the Battle of Britain
@@LuisRodriguez-nk6xf They shot down over 60% of all aircraft over England. What else can you call it?
The Hurricanes DID the MOST work and the Spitfire got the laurel wreath.
16/02/2122 EPIC. I would like to see this in person! There is something about WW2 aircraft that leaves you stunned. LOVE IT!
Damn I didn't know you went to the future for this
What stocks should I invest in?
Just love WW2 planes they're incredible.
I appreciate the fact a spitfire can take off so quickly...after all...they had to during the war
My dad was at Normandy and one of the things he always talked about was seeing so many planes in the sky that it looked like you could walk from wingtip to wingtip and never fall to the ground. One day I was outside and a B-17 and a B-29 flew overhead on the way to the Dayton Air Show. The noise was deafening. I can't imagine what a whole sky full of those planes looked and sounded like.
B-19?
B-29?
@@paulzammataro7185 I expect that’s what he meant. There was a B-19 but it only flew as a prototype and was scrapped before the war.
I wish he could have written a memoir of his experiences. Then he could have had it documented in a war museum.
@@dianamarquez4774 He actually did write a memoir of his war experiences many years later. He was seriously wounded and taken to a German Pillbox held by the Americans that was being used as a first aid station. I actually used the memoirs and Google maps to find the exact pillbox where he was taken.
Back when Duxford used to be good. I highly doubt we will ever see formations like this again,especially the variety. A Tigercat, B25,multiple Corsairs,Skyraiders etc. Absolutely fantastic. Luckily I was there !!!
Yeah. It's not just me that thinks it's less exciting now.
Could you explain why it's not good anymore ? Is it to do with the safety laws ? I was just about to book tickets for the BoB airshow there in September.
@@longstreet0163 Flying Legends was discontinued a few years ago cancelled and will not take place again at Duxford.
@@EricIrl Hmmm, Call me a conspiracy nut, but this stinks of globalist interference...
I was at flying legends 2019 when this was filmed. So not long ago
What an AWESOME sight and sound! Love the old warbirds!
I'll always love the roar of the jet engines. However I always feel like I'm taking a glimpse of the past when I hear the WW2 aircraft. Like I can feel a sense of nostalgia when I wasn't even around at that time. The sound of the propellers are beautiful too.
I'm always struck with an echo of the fear of all those young men and civilians for whom that sound was the last thing they heard...
any Mustang and Corsair and Spitfire fans here???????
Living in Southampton i have seen a lot of ww2 aircraft fly past over the years and was lucky enough to see the vulcan bomber one year and what a sight and sound that was. The spitfire though will always to me be the best aircraft ever made.
Especially the Mk1 before they had bulges everywhere on the wings. Had the same amount of guns as a p47. The elliptical wings and smooth lines. The best thing though is the unmistakable music from the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine.
Vulcan, durante conflitos com Argentina um Vulcan permaneceu por aqui, virou atração para nós do Brasil. Colosso de avião..
Love the Spitfire!
Hands down My Favorite! 👍
As an American, I must disagree. Second to P51 sorry ;)
@@arcosprey4811 I won't argue, the p51 is a fantastic aircraft.
that is incredible. wish i could have seen it in person.
Gawd that was a beautiful sight! When I was young many of these old war birds were still flying and I remember the sound of them. When I was a kid, I but together models of the Spitfire and Mustang's. Todays kids just buy a kit. I used to know all the spec's of each plane (Thanks to my Brother who is a big WWII War Buff). My brother spent his career flying P-3 Orion's for the US Navy. 28 years in the air. My Mother was born in 1931 in Manchester England and she would tell us all about these planes and the sound they made. They would play on the streets during the day, and sleep in the air raid shelters at night. So my brothers and I grew up knowing far more about the war than most. My Mom married and American Serviceman and moved to Washington State to be with him. She spent 52 years here never getting her Citizenship and raised 5 well adjusted kids who have more than given back to this great country. RIP Mom. You prepared us well.
TRUE BRIT ✌👍g
That's a really nice thing to hear.
That was pretty damn incredible.. they pulled that off so good.. who ever coordinated that deserves a metal, or at least a huge high five and a sixpack of their favorite beer..
As a kid I could hear large formations like that flying over our town after the Korean War. A sound I’ll never forget.
Absolutely incredible!!!!!!!!! Never seen anything like it except in WW2 documentaries. Thank you for the great footage of awesome warbirds!!
That was a thing, (and sound), of beauty. So great to see so many warbirds still flying. Thanks.
The sound these engines make is amazing.
Listening to these magnificent WWII warbirds on the ground and their growl in the air had always been a thrill for me. Would live to fly in a P-51 Mustang and a P-38 Lighting which my mother's 1st husband flew in the Pacific theater. My father was an Army chopper and fixed wing aviator and instructor. ❤
As soon as the video started I said “looks like duxford.” Grandad served there and dad was born there. Love and miss my spiritual home.
What a beautiful sight to see. Beautifully restored and flying. Tribute to all our war heroes and va veterans. I salute them all. GOD BLESS THEM . And the ones who restored the plains
I remember being at duxford as a little kid and watching this flight happen right before my eyes. It was the most beautiful thing I ever saw and was the strangest, yet most fabulous symphony of so many different engines roaring away as they flew over head
I used to live in Lossiemouth in Scotland and wet the the Airshow every yearn Up until 1969 (WE moved to Australia Jan 1970) And still have great memories of the WW2 Planes that flew at these shows and was brought up with the utmost respect for the pilots that flew them at these shows and in the war and for those that lost their lives RIP Gentlemen and Thanks
My grandpa was a B-25 pilot in CBI, was so cool to see it pulling moves here! He was nearly deaf the engines were so loud he lost his hearing.
@@valderezgirardi8261 I am. I'm also glad he lived otherwise I wouldn't exist. Haha.
What a beautiful site and sound. I used to live in Saffron Walden and that was holding area for big air displays at Duxford, on the Spitfire anniversary we had twelve of them flying in formation almost over the house, the sound was fantastic
This was a beautiful sight and I only wish my father were alive to see the glorious planes he flew being in the air again!
What a thrill it must have been to be there to see and hear so many of those classic and historic allied aircraft at once! I wish I could have been there. What a greater thrill to have been one of the pilots. Thanks for posting this. It’s a treat for those of us who appreciate military history and the innumerable sacrifices of WWII.
Nothing beats the raw and unfiltered strength of those Prop Engines. Even when on standby, they feel powerful...
With the IWM sites and RAF museums, BBMF, dozens of private air museums, cold war bunkers, naval museums, army museums etc the UK must have one of the largest collections of military history in the world. Thanks to all who work in and support the sector.
That's a beautiful sight ,talking about putting you back in time, it's really nice to see such historical aircraft being preserved. 🇺🇸 and also a thumbs up for the Hawker Hurricane and Spitfires .🇬🇧
UN-FLAMIN-BELIEVABLE. I love the sounds of these prop planes. It sounds like VICTORY. I've flown in an AT-6, pulled the props through on our Mitchell, standing 20 feet away when those beautiful radials fired up, but nothing like this.God Bless the Allies. And God Save The Queen - 70 years and still kicking.
The throaty-growl of the engines is so unique, they command your full attention while announcing their presence. Absolutely beautiful film!
Thank you for creating this display.
Wow, what a formation. top notch skilled pilots flying in close formation in those old powerful warbirds!
Wow!, just wow! . The sound give me goosebumps, ...probably the closest we in the modern day can to experience armadas of allied planes departing southern England "sometime in 1944". Truly brilliant video.. thank you to the producers for this.. :)
Someone has an F4U here in Ukiah, flies on weekends, and I live a half mile from the field. And it sounds like no other airplane, a really deep, generous roar
Nice to see a British marked and an American marked F4U, which is accurate. It had been banned from US carrier service, until the Brits showed us how to land them. The P&W R2800 was the best engine we had, also used in the F6F Hellcat and P-47 Thunderbolt. A tough engine that could get you home after battle damage that would stop the water cooled engines. The F4U was one of the fastest fighters of WW2.
Love all those classic War Birds. Outstanding video and sound. I'm retired USAF.
Aircraft are all majestic but the pilots who flew these were courageous and beyond majestic and thank God they were our heroes.
So cool to see an F7F Tigercat in the mix. Didn't get too much time in WW2 but if it had it woulda done some damage, same as the F8 Bearcat would have.
Спасибо за подсказку: единственный самолёт, которого не знаю и не понимал, как определить. Единственно, для бомбардировщика он определённо слишком изящный.)
@@n13arkotik It was a fighter/interceptor. And pure elegance in aviation design.
@@danstone8783 В этой раскраске ему бы больше подошло название Мурена.
Simply phenomenal not since ww2 has Southern England heard a sound so magnificent
Modern jets are great to watch, but it's the majestic WW2 war birds that make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end. The beautiful iconic designs - Spitfire, P-51, Corsair to name a few; the mechanical symphony of large capacity piston engines and superchargers, and of course they invoke the memory of the brave and courageous pilots that constantly flew them into harms way.
The duality of man. Able to create such amazing beauty but created it for war. Sadly so few remain of what once filled the sky.
Wow, that brought me to tears. So many beautiful aircraft. I love the rumble of all those engines. I love the differences in designs and schools of thought on solutions to aerodynamic problems/issues. Thank you for that video.
Extremely effective visual and audio commentary !
I grew up an Air Force Brat, after High School I became a Marine Airwinger. Most of my time in was spent supporting Fixed Wing Aircraft with some Helos mixed in. Whenever I was TAD, I’d also be giving Ground Support to Navy, Air Force, Army and During TAD aboard Nellis AFB during a Red Flag Exercise in January 1981, Supported RAF and maybe Luftwaffe Units.
What a fabulous piece of coordination.
The best flying display of the year - apparently killed off by IWM Duxford.
Yes, stupid new wave of management
Sounds pretty bloody good over here in OZ. Rember Darwin.
Imagine what it was like back in the war when you'd have literally _hundreds_ of these aircraft taking off to head out on bombing missions. Incredible!
i mean yeah, but not so incredible when you're the one at the receiving end
I met an 88 year old who grew up in Liverpool and was nine when the Germans were bombing it, describing every detail of living through it...One of the most fascinating conversations I've ever had. He was also a huge Beatles fan and his brother went to school with John Lennon.
Wow, imagine 800-2000 of these birds in the air at the same time. Must have been an incredible sight.
Was at the Arlington Airshow in Washington State once, in the military display area, when they lined up for the fly by/drive by at the end of the show. I was surrounded by aircraft taxiing, tanks and trucks and motorcycles organizing for the display - the sound went into the bones. Made it feel like the deck of an aircraft carrier.
largest formation I ever saw was the 10 Merlins display, 1 Lancaster 1 Mosquito, 2 Spitfires 2 Hurricanes...... But never seen anything like this...this is Awesome
Mr. Spitfire on grass, as is proper. Exciting video! Jolly good!
I find it extraordinary that many of these aircraft were flying 35 years after the Wright brothers first flight.
Absolutely beautiful!
I once saw more than this at once in Oshkosh, WI years ago. It was amazing. They made multiple passes. Still one of the things I remember most from past airshows I've been to.
EAA is a show like no other … just spectacular! Just went to the museum there last week and got to see a Spanish BF109 - The He111 upon other awesome planes
I just LOVE the sound of those Merlin engines!
I am lucky to live in NZ, there are lots of collectors who show of rare planes like these ones every year at air shows!
All great warbirds. 💪 💪 💪
Looooooove the sounds of these engines
WAUW! - I got goosebumps from hearing and seeing these wonders. OMG what a sight!
Incredible old warbirds rolling, taking off and flying wheels-up again, fabulous!
Awesome!
Outstanding Video. Well Done.
I used to live in Venice Florida, off of Tamiami trail. My apartment was off of south Tamiami trail. Every year the Collings Foundation would bring into Venice Island airport old 909 B-17G, THEIR B-24, and THEIR B-25. I could sit on my back porch and just by the sound of the engines I knew what plane was taking off and landing. On certain days they would go up circle around and approach the air field. I had a front row seat to watch these wonderful WW11 BIRDS IN ACTION. I MISS THOSE DAYS VERY MUCH. MAY GOD WATCH OVER THE CREW AND PASSENGERS OF 909. AMEN🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍👍👍
The Corsair, for me, will always be the most beautiful bird. The bent wings gives it the look of a real bird. None other like it.
Impeccable!
Absolutely awesome. Thanks for sharing.
This is absolutely amazing. When I lived in CT they had meetings every year across the pond in Europe and we'd have all sorts of warbirds flying over the house. We'd even see on the news flights of aircraft buzzing the GW bridge and other large landmarks around New York as they all met and flew to Bangor Maine to prepare the overseas flight. I love those sounds.
Never lose the old technologies. There may come a day when we need them again.
The Thunderbolt looks in comparison always a little like a flying can of coke ;-), the F7F is quite one of the most elegant double engine fighters ever built. Great view, great acoustics!
Not a can Max, a jug.
Grumman F7F Tigercat, beautiful. I totally agree
Fantastic ... The best
My late grandfather was a mechanic in England during the war. 335th Fighter group (Checkers, because of the black and white squares on the nose of the planes) P-40's at first, them the P-51 they then sent him back to the States to work on the team to adapt the Merlin engine to the P-51 Mustang. Robert A Mullen (1921-2008)
That Tigercat looks and sounds convincing.
Stunning, every single one of them. Thank you for sharing.
Ainda voei em dois destes caças (nos anos 50s. No F47-Tunderbolt e Hurricane.Foi um
prazer e Hoje sinto saudades desses velhos tempos cheios de adrenalina...!!!!!!!!
It's just amazing thousands of these planes were made possible by countless of parts that had to be designed and manufactured by machines that also had to be designed and manufactured to make all this possible.
Fantastic photography and editing! All those pistons make for wonderful listening! Marvelous production all around.
So that's what air superiority sounds like ...
That was just amazing. I tried to identify, but...missed a few. OH MY!!! that was the best. Holy shnikies. You put them at the lowest levels and see what they do. The pilots know it. I'm not, but I've flown 3 types of helos (sorry, but if ya can, shoot, move and comms!). Never certified, just understood, what controls do/did. Much like a car, throttle, brake etc.... Or that thing you grab onto...the steering wheel...Ya know, helps ya turn around corners, or not!.
What an incredible sight that must have been.
Un-f**ing belivable. The sounds is incredible. What a thing, incredible job!