Supermarine Spitfire MkXVII - Low & Loud

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  • Spitfire MkXVIII spits fire at the Hangar 10 Fly In 2018. Thanks to Hangar 10 for making this happen, great show, great sound!
    Pilot: Rob Davis
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  • @PaddyPatrone
    @PaddyPatrone  Před 9 měsíci +5

    This video is better, believe me 😉czcams.com/video/8POTLnXuS_I/video.html

  • @anonymousstout4759
    @anonymousstout4759 Před 5 lety +2414

    Thanks for not putting music over those beautiful Rolls Royce symphony

    • @lancervi1762
      @lancervi1762 Před 5 lety +30

      Hear, Hear!!

    • @dirtydaddy21
      @dirtydaddy21 Před 5 lety +42

      thats because the merlins and griffins are music to our ears

    • @sidscrote4378
      @sidscrote4378 Před 5 lety +19

      When the Griffins roar, music's a bore!

    • @gazza2933
      @gazza2933 Před 5 lety +21

      The Sound of Freedom.

    • @JohnMcMahon.
      @JohnMcMahon. Před 5 lety +14

      If anyone were to put music over that audio they should be shot for treason.

  • @OnixpectedYT
    @OnixpectedYT Před 5 lety +958

    The morale boost hearing that engine roar above you in combat must’ve been incredible for the troops.

    • @cptf1uffy606
      @cptf1uffy606 Před 5 lety +46

      dannydanou same thing for a Black Hawks Helicopter and Apache nowadays

    • @checkmate545
      @checkmate545 Před 5 lety +16

      Totally agree, best statement on here 👍👍👍👍

    • @monkeybubblessupperdude1016
      @monkeybubblessupperdude1016 Před 5 lety +4

      Like Mana from heaven

    • @carlose2973
      @carlose2973 Před 4 lety +16

      CptF1uffy more like the warthogs stupidly rapid fire guns!

    • @arrowbflight5082
      @arrowbflight5082 Před 4 lety +2

      When the pbi needed help, they would whistle for a " Tiffie '.

  • @danieljones1856
    @danieljones1856 Před 5 lety +1262

    My aunt Betty who died five years as go aged 94 flew Spitfire's to the young airmen around the UK she was one of a few women pilots to do this

    • @danieljones1856
      @danieljones1856 Před 5 lety +60

      @Suzukisan well done to her god bless her

    • @tallandhandsome29
      @tallandhandsome29 Před 5 lety +61

      Kudos to your aunt for doing her bit and helping to win the war. So many untold stories but each vital to the overall victory.

    • @garyprice2771
      @garyprice2771 Před 5 lety +67

      I recall hearing about this.Women pilots weren't allowed to fly in combat so instead were given the task of flying newly built spitfires to airfields around the country.Thats a pretty unique contribution to the war effort and I salute her for that.

    • @johncurtis8341
      @johncurtis8341 Před 4 lety +12

      Gary Price women’s auxiliary air force if am not wrong?

    • @ronaldweed4599
      @ronaldweed4599 Před 4 lety +19

      God Bless her. My Dad would of envied her,he wanted to be a Fighter pilot but his eyes were not good so he was attached to a C-47. The pilot would let him fly once they were up & flying.
      So thankful for the Greatest Generation this includes your Aunt.

  • @brian.deller8313
    @brian.deller8313 Před 5 lety +458

    As a Royal Air Force Apprentice at the No. 1 School of Technical Training, Halton, 79th Entry, we had a "retired" Spitfire 22 with the bubble canopy, as well as other WW2 aircraft, Merlins and Hercules. My second engine strip and rebuild while training (3-year course) was a Merlin, twin supercharged used for the higher altitudes. The years I was there were 1955 to 1958. Hard but very happy days. The Merlin still is a thrill to hear. Thanks for this video. I joined the RAF to become a fighter pilot but did not know until the entrance medical that I was Red/Green colour-blind so no Aircrew for me. I went the Engine-Technician route. Took up riding aand racing motorcycles instead to satisfy my urges. Now in my 82nd year with no regrets.

    • @dukecraig2402
      @dukecraig2402 Před 5 lety +2

      Actually, and I was shocked to find this out, the one version of the Spitfire (can't remember the MK#) that had a pressurized cockpit and was intended for VERY high altitude actually had a single stage supercharger in it that was optimized for high altitude, it had to have suffered massive throttling power losses at lower altitudes but seeing as how it was intended for the highest altitudes that obviously wasn't a concern.

    • @brian.deller8313
      @brian.deller8313 Před 5 lety +7

      Hi Duke. The single Stage was intended for altitudes up to around 20 000 ft as the "-stage as itimplies was one S/C afterthe first sonthe already increased pressure/flow air went through another S/C to be further increased. That was the engine I worked on during training as a young lad all those years ago. The Spitfire 22 was the one with the pressurised one-piece bubble canopy. Of course by then the jets had long arrived and we had at R A F Halton the actual engine that Sir Frank Whittle developed in the schools laboratory. Oh the memories! When I think back at what I have done in my 81 years, well I am following friends and others who have suggested I write another book so I am. The proposed title will be "A Life With Brian". It is something to do in my dotage. www.spainvia.com

    • @dukecraig2402
      @dukecraig2402 Před 5 lety +2

      @@brian.deller8313
      There were several versions of single stage superchargers put In Merlins, some had the impellers "cropped down" to 9.5 inches to be optimized for low altitude use as in the Seafire, others had larger impellers like the one I'm talking about, it made sense after I thought about it why they used a special single stage supercharger for that application, 2 stage superchargers aren't the magic wand people think they are, the problem with them is they loose around 200 to 300 HP turning the machinery of a second stage, the Spitfires that had 2 stage superchargers were intended to take off and climb to altitude to defend against an oncoming enemy air attack, which they did brilliantly in the BOB, but the Spitfire with the pressurized cockpit (Spitfire MKVI Type 350) was designed to climb to a high altitude and do a fighter sweep from up there exposing the pilot to the highest altitudes for extended periods (hence the pressurized cockpit), the affects of that altitude for sustained periods is different on the human body then just getting that high to get an altitude advantage so you can bounce aircraft that you see somewhere, therefore it makes sense to use a single stage supercharger that's optimized for high altitude so you don't have the added parasitic power loss of a second stage, typical single stage superchargers are optimized for around 9,000 feet and pretty much run out of steam around 20,000 feet, 2 stage Merlins were good to just shy of 30,000 feet, the Merlin 47 that was in the Spitfire MKVI (they only made about 100 MKVI's), which was a single stage, was good to just short of 40,000 feet, but once again it would have suffered what's called "throttling power loss" in a big way at lower altitudes, I'm also a graduate of aircraft maintenance school and have been building engines for the past 30 years.

    • @brian.deller8313
      @brian.deller8313 Před 5 lety +2

      @@dukecraig2402 Thank you for your input Duke. I was but a teenager when I worked on one during training. I was much more interested in the Jet Engines such as the RR Avon, etc. They all makes us proud to be British though.

    • @dukecraig2402
      @dukecraig2402 Před 5 lety +13

      @@brian.deller8313
      Yea, there's something to be said about engines that are measured in tons of thrust instead of horsepower, like I said I was shocked to read about the MKVI having a single stage supercharger in it but once I sat and thought about it it made sense, by the way I'm American, but about one third of me is English (Theakston and Davison), the rest is Scot-Irish and German, I had considered trying to take over the world at one point but I couldn't figure out who to attack first.

  • @steve5825
    @steve5825 Před 5 lety +873

    If that didn’t give you goosebumps you’re not British. The most aesthetically beautiful aircraft ever built, the sight of one in a climbing turn is just magnificent, those upswept wings unmistakable. What a privilege to be able to fly one in peaceful skies. Great video, thank you.

    • @kubel83
      @kubel83 Před 5 lety +66

      Steve 58 I’m danish and have goosebumps all over. Incredible machine. Legendary beyond words.

    • @joshthemigpro1733
      @joshthemigpro1733 Před 5 lety +19

      p51 is the best looking aircraft of ww2

    • @joshthemigpro1733
      @joshthemigpro1733 Před 5 lety +4

      Cancer McAids no i didnt

    • @RealNotallGaming
      @RealNotallGaming Před 5 lety +5

      too easy kill a spitty
      they cant fly inverted XD Bf yes
      the Eagle of the sky is Bf

    • @allenjenkins7947
      @allenjenkins7947 Před 5 lety +43

      @@joshthemigpro1733 A piece of shit until they put a Spitfire (RR Merlin) engine in it. Even then, it was as ugly as a hatfull of arseholes.

  • @0DethronedEmperor0
    @0DethronedEmperor0 Před 5 lety +363

    One of the most beautiful machines ever created

    • @britishtomlad3679
      @britishtomlad3679 Před 3 lety +17

      i wouldn't even say its a machine, id say its a different form of species

    • @JM-ij6qx
      @JM-ij6qx Před 2 lety +4

      @@britishtomlad3679 the nazi killer! UK 🇬🇧 God save the queen and our great nation!

    • @marioroth2987
      @marioroth2987 Před 2 lety +1

      @@JM-ij6qx UK Nazikiller?
      ha ha ha... "America, Australia, Canada, India, France, Russia.... and much more"... please help us to fight against germans "Wunderwaffen"

    • @evvk8865
      @evvk8865 Před 2 lety +2

      ME 262.

    • @bochepoilu719
      @bochepoilu719 Před 2 lety +1

      What do you think about bf 109

  • @rosandy123
    @rosandy123 Před 5 lety +160

    My father was a mechanic in the RAF during WW2. He always said that you hadn't heard anything until you hear a perfectly tuned RR Merlin engined Spitfire overhead. One of the most beautiful aircraft ever made.

    • @kencampbell3845
      @kencampbell3845 Před 5 lety +3

      agree 100% .. beautiful aircraft from days long gone (unfortunately)

    • @merlinonline67
      @merlinonline67 Před 4 lety +13

      It's actually the RR Griffon 65 on that particular aircraft and sounds different to the merlin

    • @rosandy123
      @rosandy123 Před 4 lety +5

      @@merlinonline67 I was referring to Merlins and Spitfires in general, I wasn't commenting on that particular video clip.

    • @angelajane1038
      @angelajane1038 Před 3 lety +2

      rosandy123 My father was also a mechanic ,worked at Farnborough after the war I have fond memories of all the air shows

    • @catey62
      @catey62 Před 3 lety +3

      @@merlinonline67 Yes, I could tell straightaway they this was a Griffon powered version, the Merlin has an entirely different sound to it.

  • @dariogrosso4730
    @dariogrosso4730 Před 4 lety +205

    Can you imagine being 19 years old and flying this beauty?

    • @somegirl558
      @somegirl558 Před 2 lety +10

      I can imagine being 35 yo and flying a Spitfire!

    • @somegirl558
      @somegirl558 Před 2 lety +7

      @@MCR_Slays.559 war sucks.

    • @Mrhanky159
      @Mrhanky159 Před rokem

      @@MCR_Slays.559 oh so you know what war is like because your grandad told you stories 🤣🤣 respect to your grandad if he was in the war. But you sir are a complete moron

    • @tomschlueter7034
      @tomschlueter7034 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Tremendous respect and admiration for those young men--"the few".

    • @robertparker6654
      @robertparker6654 Před 6 měsíci

      Not me not for long , my eyes are bad, more power to those who could.

  • @caleb4754
    @caleb4754 Před 5 lety +145

    Coming from an all American P-51 kind of guy, I have to say that the Spit is one of the most iconic and beautiful aircraft ever produced. And that Griffon is on another level of heavenly sound...

    • @tomb4568
      @tomb4568 Před 5 lety +6

      I second that!

    • @Eructation1
      @Eructation1 Před 5 lety +12

      P-51 is beautiful too.

    • @Jabber-ig3iw
      @Jabber-ig3iw Před 5 lety +18

      Nice to see a spitfire v mustang conversation on CZcams that hasn’t descended into petty nationalism and xenophobia. They are both iconic aircraft that did a lot to win the war. Plus all that pettiness does a disservice to those who fought in and died in these aircraft.

    • @hoatattis7283
      @hoatattis7283 Před 4 lety +1

      @Magos Dominus tHEY DIFFERED IN THAT THE pACKARD HAD A GEAR DRIVEN sUPERCHARGER THE mERLIN cLUTCH DRIVEN

    • @merlinonline67
      @merlinonline67 Před 4 lety +4

      @@hoatattis7283 The Mustang was originally designed for the RAF with a Merlin engine

  • @nosystem1098
    @nosystem1098 Před 5 lety +88

    Strange how a conglomeration of metal parts can be SO beautiful.

  • @andrewcliffe4753
    @andrewcliffe4753 Před 5 lety +426

    I remember this sound from 74years back

    • @HUEEY
      @HUEEY Před 5 lety +26

      That’s really cool man

    • @whippet_boy8594
      @whippet_boy8594 Před 5 lety +12

      That's awesome

    • @dicktaylor2600
      @dicktaylor2600 Před 5 lety +58

      So do a lot of Germans!

    • @jameson1239
      @jameson1239 Před 5 lety +3

      Nah this plane was made after the war

    • @jameson1239
      @jameson1239 Před 4 lety +7

      The HardlineR judging from 5e bubble canopy and five bladed prop it was a variant of the spitfire made directly after ww2 most likely a Mk17 witch was made in directly after ww2 it also wasn’t even powered by the rolls Royce Merlin it was powered by the griffin

  • @skeligun
    @skeligun Před rokem +10

    That sound is hauntingly beautiful, imagine being pinned down at 17/18 years old, and this angel comes flying over, gives me goosebumps honestly.

  • @TheVocalMale
    @TheVocalMale Před 2 lety +8

    I can't push the thumbs up enough.😊 Massive Spitfire fan. Was elevated in a diesel cherry picker on the coast of Sussex and flagged down a Spitfire in the distance.
    As a result of gaining attention of the pilot - was treated to three fly bys and on the third a tip of the wing and wave. I'll never forget that moment as long as I live. ✌

  • @davidmarshall1259
    @davidmarshall1259 Před 3 lety +4

    my dad was a schoolkid during the war and he said he could tell the difference between german bombers and british by the sound of their engines. he'd make the noises for us as kids and we loved it. love you dad, miss you too.

  • @rabbit4111
    @rabbit4111 Před 5 lety +37

    Awesome plane, awesome sound, a true British legend well photographed and great to see !!!!

  • @Professional_FunHaver
    @Professional_FunHaver Před 2 lety +7

    That whistle... oh my god. The first time I ever saw a P-51 flying it was the same sound, and it's an amazing sound.

  • @larsjonsson800
    @larsjonsson800 Před 5 lety +19

    The awsome sound of the great spitfire always gives me goosebumps. An amazing warbird.

  • @vernbauerle9100
    @vernbauerle9100 Před 5 lety +32

    Unmistakable deep resonance with some high pitched whistle on the bypass, not to mention spitting fire on the first startup. Yep, that's a spitfire. Thanks, great video.

    • @Branwhin
      @Branwhin Před rokem +1

      Yeah, I did NOT know they literally spit fire on starting up the engines. That was very briefly alarming, lol.

  • @zhukie
    @zhukie Před rokem +3

    Most beautiful aircraft, ever...the sound of that engine is like music. I saw one once at an airshow in 1991, it performed a barrel roll over the crowd, and there wasn't a dry eye in the house.

  • @ThomasDoubting5
    @ThomasDoubting5 Před 5 lety +208

    The Griff is a nice sounding engine..super powerful.
    But the merlin well need I say anything else

    • @fishbmw
      @fishbmw Před 5 lety +21

      I agree, the Griff massively increased the power output of Spitfires, but at the cost of the aesthetically beautiful sound of the Merlin.

    • @GB-jk4vt
      @GB-jk4vt Před 5 lety +15

      @@fishbmw cosmetically too. The later Mk Griffon engined Spits are no where near as good looking with that longer nose/fuselage

    • @kevinmoor26
      @kevinmoor26 Před 5 lety +21

      The Supermarine Spitfire was designed as a ballerina. The later model marks, equipped with the Griffon engine were brutal gun platforms. There was a war on and pleasing looks and sounds became irrelevant.

    • @GrantasaurusRex
      @GrantasaurusRex Před 5 lety +3

      Nothing sounds like Merlin or as good..

    • @kevinmoor26
      @kevinmoor26 Před 5 lety +5

      I tend to agree with you. Merlins and the early Supermarine frames were artistic via the genius of Dr. Mitchell. Later marks were gun platforms and the less musical side of the Griffon was possibly the last sound nazi pilots heard.

  • @erniegannsmate
    @erniegannsmate Před 5 lety +36

    This is one of the best videos that I've seen in ages. It's not an easy task but you've done the Spitfire justice. Whenever I hear that engine sound I will put down whatever I'm doing and look up.

  • @sawdust58
    @sawdust58 Před 5 lety +51

    Totally awesome, need i say more. Well done to the people who keep them airworthy.

  • @Phil_Taz
    @Phil_Taz Před 4 lety +21

    I could listen to this all day, I think I could loop it as a calming sound to put me to sleep.

    • @teresahall5835
      @teresahall5835 Před rokem

      You just read my mind. I did just the same thing with the sound of the huey helicopter and it worked out really well. ✌

  • @wesleydonnelly2141
    @wesleydonnelly2141 Před 3 lety +6

    These planes bring tears to my eyes, such is the power of emotions when I see them, and I wasn't even born until 81 !! The sounds of that huge powerful engine, coupled with the sheer majesty and beauty...PERFECT!!

    • @MikeMakesUK
      @MikeMakesUK Před 11 měsíci +1

      A sound as embedded in the British psyche and culture as the bagpipe is to Scotland.

    • @wesleydonnelly2141
      @wesleydonnelly2141 Před 11 měsíci

      @@MikeMakesUK That's a very good analogy Mike! Very true!

  • @SKIBOB808
    @SKIBOB808 Před 5 lety +19

    Just love the sound they make, always know when they're flying over the house

  • @Mors_Inimicis
    @Mors_Inimicis Před 4 lety +4

    Many ‘Spitfire snobs’ don’t like the Griffon side of the Spitfire family but I love them. Probably my favourite piston engine sound.
    Thanks for posting this up.

    • @michaelhirst4191
      @michaelhirst4191 Před 13 dny

      Some of the pilots who flew the griffon spitfires in action said they were mighty machines, but no longer really spitfires - this fearsome mark XVIII is only vaguely recognizable as the offspring of the mark I or even of the mark V. According to some purists, the mark V was the last true spitfire, although it seems strange to exclude the mark IX, which had more or less the same basic airframe as the V. To those purists, even the Merlin engined marks VII and VIII were something else.

  • @richardbrighton3381
    @richardbrighton3381 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Wow - one of the best videos of this wonderful aircraft, a sight and sound that will always bring a lump to my throat! Just the best sound ever 👌

  • @ScotsmanDougal
    @ScotsmanDougal Před rokem +2

    Every time I hear and see this magnificent aircraft, I have a huge lump in my throat and tears of joy streaming down my face. Every Damn Time.

  • @numbnutsAU
    @numbnutsAU Před 5 lety +15

    I remember having the pleasure of seeing a Spitfire flying around Oakey in Queensland, Australia about 25-30 years ago. Greatest sounding and looking aircraft ever!!!! So glad I got to see one flying in the flesh!!

    • @numbnutsAU
      @numbnutsAU Před 5 lety

      @18tangles that would have been magic!!

    • @somegirl558
      @somegirl558 Před 2 lety

      I'd love to see that too.

  • @akshayd211
    @akshayd211 Před 4 lety +42

    The sound of victory and freedom.

  • @jammydodgerman
    @jammydodgerman Před 4 lety +16

    Living in south-east england, seeing spitfires flying around to and from airshows is a fairly common sight. You can hear them coming before you see them 😎

    • @amywalden1860
      @amywalden1860 Před 3 lety +1

      Me too! And you always know when its a spit, that beautiful Merlin engine 😌🖤

  • @terryjohn2959
    @terryjohn2959 Před 5 lety +1

    One of my proudest moments is when we lived down in the wilds of Kent and several display aircraft would sometimes fly down our valley on the way to using Manston as a stopover and one day we were out in the garden and heard an engine in the distance. My eldest daughter turned to me and said 'Dad, that's a Merlin!' I looked at her in amazement and loved her even more that day! Great bit of video here - thanks,.

  • @ryanmoeller3308
    @ryanmoeller3308 Před 5 lety +61

    It never gets old seeing these magnificent machine's!! Keep up the great work. Thanks for sharing this amazing footage with us fellow aviation enthusiast's.

  • @mytube001
    @mytube001 Před 5 lety +89

    Very good camera work. So many clips on YT have poor focus, poor target tracking, shaky image, too much or too little zoom, poor framing and bad editing. This video pretty much nails it. Thanks! :)

  • @piedpiper1697
    @piedpiper1697 Před 4 lety +1

    I live in Whitianga NZ , we have a few war birds here full time .... been visited by supermarine spitfire couple years ago sounded beautiful

  • @resnonverba137
    @resnonverba137 Před 5 lety +6

    A sight and sound I could never grow tired of. Many thanks for the upload.

  • @Big_E_Soul_Fragment
    @Big_E_Soul_Fragment Před 5 lety +133

    my kind of ASMR

  • @SqubaSquid
    @SqubaSquid Před 5 lety +6

    Fucking hell. I'm American born in 91 but a WW2 buff. And the first sound of this spitfire flying by gave me goosebumps. This plane and it's pilots were a big part of why England won the battle of Britain. Many aces became so because of this beast of an aircraft. It's such a beauty. I'd give almost anything to hear one low fly over me.

  • @toyman9642
    @toyman9642 Před 4 lety +12

    Beautiful aircraft. I've always believed that the Spitfire, Mustang P51D and F 86 Sabre were the most beautiful planes.

    • @randlerobbertson8792
      @randlerobbertson8792 Před 3 lety

      Always been the me 262 for me .shark nosed killer years ahead of its time... spits are beautiful tho. And the griffon engine is a beast

  • @marekladicky4128
    @marekladicky4128 Před 4 lety +21

    Best looking plane plane ever made..... and that sound

    • @craigav68
      @craigav68 Před 3 lety +1

      Agreed..Vulcan is a close second. ☺️

  • @Rose.Of.Hizaki
    @Rose.Of.Hizaki Před 5 lety +3

    For the record - this Spitfire MkXVII was designated the 'Seafire' as it was the version that the navy are reported to have used.

  • @bigsparky8888
    @bigsparky8888 Před 5 lety +4

    Thank You...I love the sound of fighter aircraft...there are 2 Spitfires in North Phoenix @ DeerValley Airport...you c as n hear those baby's coming...and you know...The Men of WW2 knew of friend or foe just by the sound...!!! Glad these beauties are still cutting through the air...

  • @yogikamalnayan7143
    @yogikamalnayan7143 Před 2 lety +1

    The roar of the Spitfire makes my Heart flutter
    God bless the few and everyone that worked alongside them 🇬🇧

  • @aliasdeputydog
    @aliasdeputydog Před 5 lety +2

    PaddyPatrone. The Spitfire MkXV and the MkXVII were reserved for The Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and were known as the `Seafire` and fitted not with the Merlin engine but the R.R Griffon 65 engine. The aircraft shown here on this video is a MkXVIII which is also fitted with the Griffon engine.

  • @PaddyPatrone
    @PaddyPatrone  Před 5 lety +265

    Guy at 3:23 is Klaus Plasa, Bf109 pilot. Again chased by a Spitfire ;) .
    Klaus Plasa Bf109 Display here... czcams.com/video/ERo0lTyUvOk/video.html
    Will upgrade microphone next season. No more wind noise in the future.

    • @aprildickerson2065
      @aprildickerson2065 Před 2 lety

      I didn't know Merlin could fly but he looks and sounds good doing it....just throw that wand out brother you don't need it anymore

    • @MrDaiseymay
      @MrDaiseymay Před 11 měsíci +1

      Good to hear that, but the sound recording was more than adequate to overcome it, for once. Incredible.

    • @steveash9364
      @steveash9364 Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@aprildickerson2065🎉😊😂❤k😊😊

  • @tomb4568
    @tomb4568 Před 5 lety +8

    Good golly this is fantastic! Perhaps my fav all time WW2 fighter the Spitfire! WOW!

  • @user-mw8sm3sz3d
    @user-mw8sm3sz3d Před 6 měsíci +1

    There's something magical about the sound of a Merlin. Makes my heart skip a beat

  • @chairintheair4322
    @chairintheair4322 Před rokem +1

    Love the engine music and acoustics throughout this professionally captured Spitfire film. Thank you for sharing this…

  • @McRocket
    @McRocket Před 5 lety +67

    The teardrop canopy Spitfires were - IMO - about the prettiest WW2 planes got.

    • @emersoncaicedo3146
      @emersoncaicedo3146 Před 5 lety +8

      Teardrop griffon spits 👌

    • @stevebroughton4787
      @stevebroughton4787 Před 5 lety +10

      All Spits are pretty......the poetic music of the Merlin, the aggressive growl of the Griffon.
      Lots of amazing machines came out of WWII....on all sides. Forget the politics of the time, look at the engineering.

    • @tcroft2165
      @tcroft2165 Před 5 lety +8

      Canopy yes. The mk1s with the small radiators have a prettier body as a whole. The teardrops were later war when the spit was a much larger heavier plane with more cooling.

    • @tcroft2165
      @tcroft2165 Před 5 lety +4

      They had teardrops back as early as the Mk VIII tests. Plenty made it for the war.

    • @thierryruellan6581
      @thierryruellan6581 Před 4 lety +3

      @Norbert Kausen,
      Norbert, i think you're wrong.
      No 2 squadron RAF CO-OP flew some tear drop canopies MKXIV sometimes in april/may 1945,some also equipped squadron 350,a free Belgian outfit, circa march/may 45.

  • @stompchunkman4248
    @stompchunkman4248 Před 3 lety +16

    "I'm an old lady, but I can still fly. Awaiting orders".

    • @catey62
      @catey62 Před 3 lety +2

      and you can bet she'd put some of the modern planes to shame as well.

    • @BruceLee-dg6qw
      @BruceLee-dg6qw Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah. Go fly the toy one!!!!

  • @PeterMaddison2483
    @PeterMaddison2483 Před 4 lety +3

    Just had a Mk XIX fly past at the bottom of Derby (Stenson Fields), the sound was beautiful.

  • @greasyflight6609
    @greasyflight6609 Před 4 lety

    Canadian here...was in the field, infantry, cold war, with Brits and Americans. You never had to tell each other we were brothers. Some of the Americans...101 ABN senior NCO's, told me about Vietnam. I will never forget those guys.

  • @markroberts3400
    @markroberts3400 Před 5 lety +4

    Like an e type of the skies. Stunning beautiful and absolutely timeless!

  • @bubak235
    @bubak235 Před 5 lety +6

    Nice sound rolls royce. insurmountable,amazing!

  • @Avidcomp
    @Avidcomp Před rokem +1

    It is one of the most beautiful things to see and hear. ❤

  • @garyprince2867
    @garyprince2867 Před 2 lety

    I like how the pilot is just letting the aircraft fly and not stressing a priceless piece of history. Was a pleasure to see a Spitfire lope around at Temora a few years back. Such a sight and sound!

  • @shauntbarry
    @shauntbarry Před 5 lety +4

    The most beautiful sound in the world from that RR Merlin engine.. Finest warplane ever made..

    • @wilburfinnigan2142
      @wilburfinnigan2142 Před 7 měsíci

      shauntbarry That Mkxviii is a GRIFFON !!!!! DUUUUHHH!!!! 5 bladed prop, left hand engine, long nose !!!! Pay attention !!!

  • @rogerkincaid931
    @rogerkincaid931 Před 4 lety +5

    Gorgeous birds, and to think they were built for combat.
    Talk about beauty and beast, she's both.

  • @invictus3598
    @invictus3598 Před rokem +1

    A glorious sound from a bygone era and a beautiful aircraft! Thank you!

  • @sebgiannini7864
    @sebgiannini7864 Před 3 lety +1

    Rolls Royce and the spitfire what a true gentlemans work of art,bravo!

  • @EW215
    @EW215 Před 5 lety +3

    Memories and music to my ears! Thank you!

  • @spookybuz7803
    @spookybuz7803 Před 5 lety +3

    Great video, thank you. I've enjoyed the sight and sound of Spitfires for many years. It's a machine that is easy to have feelings for. Much like a loved pet horse or dog... you tell it what to do, you tell it where to go, treat it kindly and it will do it's best to do what you ask. Wonderful, thanks again.

  • @johnphilips9509
    @johnphilips9509 Před 4 lety +1

    Seeing this plane, as a child, in the form of a toy, i was immediately struck by its sheer beauty and elegance in design. It s so sleek and the overall shape of the wings felt instinctively as: " yeah, that s how a wing shape should be in the best of the worlds possible". It struck me that in some rare occasions warmachines, incarnating danger, can also have beautiful designs, a bit like predators in nature, say sharks. It has the same charisma and uniqueness as my favourite car, the citroën DS.

  • @tonypeacock879
    @tonypeacock879 Před 4 lety +2

    I am 66 now every time I see and hear this magical plane I say born in the wrong year I know I should have been up there

    • @mikewray6387
      @mikewray6387 Před 4 lety

      aggree mate, i was once invited in to an old couples house in sunderland, there was a painting on the wall of a spitfire, i made a casual remark that it was a lovely plane and the old man said it was mine i flew it in the war to which his wife nodded, i felt like standing up in his presence.

  • @coolguy4776
    @coolguy4776 Před 4 lety +170

    I’m an American but I would die protecting Britain and it’s commonwealth

    • @YARROWS9
      @YARROWS9 Před 4 lety +46

      Yeah mate.We seem to be joined at the hip. When I think of Americans, Canadians and Anzacs I think of them as Close Cousins not foreigners.

    • @andrewswan5723
      @andrewswan5723 Před 4 lety +14

      Not cousins
      Brothers

    • @cleverusername9369
      @cleverusername9369 Před 4 lety +12

      We need more of this 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧

    • @cotton9087
      @cotton9087 Před 4 lety +8

      💪🙌🇬🇧🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

    • @dale3852
      @dale3852 Před 4 lety +11

      United we stand United we fall 🇬🇧🇺🇸

  • @gordonstuart5800
    @gordonstuart5800 Před 4 lety +3

    The sound of music, brilliant.

  • @stainlain
    @stainlain Před 4 lety

    A Germany registered Spitfire, love it. Im in NZ now but come from Lincolnshire, my home town is Spalding, directly south of RAF Coningsby...so imagine how much i miss the Lancaster and Spits/Hurricane flying over....this makes me very homesick.....

  • @waynemccourt8176
    @waynemccourt8176 Před 4 lety

    Absolutely love the look and the sound of a spitfire. That Rolls Royce Merlin engine singing away. What a sound! I had a great experience few year back at the Battle of Britain show at Duxford. Loved it!

    • @wilburfinnigan2142
      @wilburfinnigan2142 Před 7 měsíci

      waynemccourt YOU are WRONG !!!!! That $hitfire Mk XVIII is powered by a griffon, NOT Merlin, note long nose, 5 Bladed prop, left hand engine ????? DUUUUUHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

  • @jassonsw
    @jassonsw Před 5 lety +44

    Just the best sounding aircraft of all time.

    • @brigade1827
      @brigade1827 Před 4 lety +2

      jassonsw you need to hear the german aircraft sound

    • @barrierodliffe4155
      @barrierodliffe4155 Před 4 lety +2

      @@brigade1827
      I have, not as good as this.

    • @slipperywinston4076
      @slipperywinston4076 Před 4 lety

      @@brigade1827 I retain the meserschmitd was throughout the course of the war the largely better aircraft, however the spitfire was deffo better sounding and cooler

    • @salemkhatib6471
      @salemkhatib6471 Před 4 lety

      Pete David keep your voice down brit, they were playing in your playground. If the tables were turned things could have turned badly for ya.

  • @Twirlyhead
    @Twirlyhead Před 5 lety +6

    Spitfire is a fantastic aircraft in any mark but these late models are awesome beasts indeed.

    • @algow5988
      @algow5988 Před 5 lety +1

      Fell in love with the spit at 6 yrs old, back in 69. Paid a dollar for the Ballantine book.

  • @allanpolk2681
    @allanpolk2681 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Oooh, don't those elliptical wings look divine ? One of the most beautiful planes ever.

  • @eliasadam2345
    @eliasadam2345 Před 2 lety

    Exactly what I was searching for, not some guy talking for 8 minutes before hearing the V12 engine. Start it out with just pure bliss sound when you click on the video. Thanks!

  • @jimmadonna1436
    @jimmadonna1436 Před 5 lety +6

    The Elliptical wing is a work of art!

    • @ramongraham1427
      @ramongraham1427 Před 3 lety

      The reason for that wing shape. Because it was the only way Reginald Mitchal Could fit 8 MG s in

    • @jimmadonna1436
      @jimmadonna1436 Před 3 lety

      @@ramongraham1427 it ended up having 4 20mm cannon. I wish the P 47 and P-51 had 20mm cannon.

  • @charliehungerford
    @charliehungerford Před 4 lety +3

    Lovely to see a Spitfire "spit fire" at start of the clip

  • @petemayes1940
    @petemayes1940 Před 5 lety

    So yesterday I was on Worthing Pier ,,,,,, Over came a single Spitfire at 4 minutes past 4 I watched it with my wife as it turned and bowed and came again and what can I say the tears flowed from behind my sunglasses as it had for my wife......I didnt think that was going to happen it really got me very very emotional for the wonderful Spitfire and for the young brave fellas that flew them them my utmost respect

  • @dawgrules1
    @dawgrules1 Před 5 lety +1

    Beauty on beauty! Great audio with no background BS, nice job, THANKS !

  • @jeroenhensen1889
    @jeroenhensen1889 Před 5 lety +6

    Just the pure sound of an impressive airplane. I love it.

  • @hawkeyeknows3542
    @hawkeyeknows3542 Před 5 lety +17

    Simply the most beautiful sound from any aircraft ever made.

    • @kojtxiszoonyobhlubkoj6935
      @kojtxiszoonyobhlubkoj6935 Před 5 lety +1

      Same sound with the p-51 mustang!!!! Must be the same merlin engine.

    • @pauldavidson6321
      @pauldavidson6321 Před 5 lety +4

      @@kojtxiszoonyobhlubkoj6935 this model Spitfire had a larger Griffon engine of about 36 ltrs.

    • @nudibanches
      @nudibanches Před 5 lety

      @@pauldavidson6321 Yep, and I prefer the Griffs. Merlins are lovely and resonant but this is just....ANGRY

    • @reid1283
      @reid1283 Před 5 lety +2

      Paul Davidson
      Additionally, the characteristic whistle of the mustang has little to do with the engine and thus merlin spits sound nothing like merlin mustangs in some cases

    • @noahcook2079
      @noahcook2079 Před 2 lety

      @@kojtxiszoonyobhlubkoj6935 yea, the American used British Rolls Royce engines in WW2

  • @dixieboy5689
    @dixieboy5689 Před 2 lety +1

    That is a real "fire spitting" engine. No messing around.

  • @indigo8021
    @indigo8021 Před 7 měsíci

    One of the finest sounds you can ever hope to hear on this planet ❤️

  • @FuckUMike
    @FuckUMike Před 5 lety +23

    Love seeing old war birds take to the skys again.

    • @debrahitchman416
      @debrahitchman416 Před 5 lety +2

      Yep , me too , cannot beat them. 🛩🛩🛩

    • @thierryruellan6581
      @thierryruellan6581 Před 4 lety

      I love them, but they should now be grounded, too risky to fly them in an airshow nowadays, very tricky to fly and prone to nose-over.
      Plus structure damage from long time maintenance and agying under elements.

    • @barrierodliffe4155
      @barrierodliffe4155 Před 4 lety +2

      @@thierryruellan6581
      They should never be grounded, Easy to fly and very safe, if you do not like to see the best aircraft flying as they should be flown never go to an airshow, just like some of the very great old cars are made to be driven rather than locked up in a shed.

  • @stevebo8055
    @stevebo8055 Před 5 lety +7

    After Elizabeth Hurley my favorite British invention.

  • @mikjon67
    @mikjon67 Před 3 lety +1

    I had the honor to see 2 Spitfires fly near my house here in Italy in the year 2000... noisy but spectacular....

  • @grahamlowe7388
    @grahamlowe7388 Před 5 lety

    There is nothing more awe-inspiring than that RR engine in full cry. The most beautiful aircraft of all time especially the early ones before the large and much needed cannons.

  • @bandiflip
    @bandiflip Před 5 lety +4

    I didn’t know I had so many goosebumps !!

  • @lawyers9
    @lawyers9 Před 5 lety +10

    The old warbirds were the most beautiful aircraft ever made in my opinion!

    • @Dokker62
      @Dokker62 Před 5 lety

      @MichaelKingsfordGray 😁😁😁

  • @1Emporium1
    @1Emporium1 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for the great audio on these videos. Showed my 3 year old and he loves them. Keeps asking to see "the plane" 🤣🤣

  • @wss2191
    @wss2191 Před 3 lety

    I'm from the southwest and live near an airfield, on most nice days in the summer there's one of these flying about, never gets old

  • @BennettIsAmazing
    @BennettIsAmazing Před 2 lety +5

    Orange and black stripes with a Z is pretty unfortunate these days..

    • @andyhander4481
      @andyhander4481 Před 2 lety +1

      First thing I noticed were the z’s! What were they signifying on this plane?

  • @khamsinshamal7988
    @khamsinshamal7988 Před 4 lety +4

    The Spitfire and the Concorde - two vastly different airplanes, both in usage, size, speed and time period - will to me always be the two most beautiful and amazing airplanes ever built. 😊
    And the sound of the Merlin engine will always be one of the greatest engine sounds.

  • @markwainwright2949
    @markwainwright2949 Před 3 lety +1

    The whistling Spitfire was THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AIRCRAFT EVER INVENTED AND FLOWN - from a numpty like me born in the 1960s, no way can it be compromised, EVER!

  • @jackmason4374
    @jackmason4374 Před 3 lety

    I moved house and was was sitting outside when I heard the sound of a spitfire approaching unmistakable if you are of a certain age I found out it was owned by a local business man flies it quite often there’s just something about that sound that is so stirring it’s the equivalent of what the bagpipes are to the Scottish it’s the sound of freedom thank you RJ Mitchell

  • @MichaelThomas-be7gq
    @MichaelThomas-be7gq Před 4 lety +8

    Love the supercharger whine coming off the back of all those glorious cylinders at full chat.

  • @johnsim3722
    @johnsim3722 Před 5 lety +24

    In my head I keep adding gun sound effects as it flies past...

  • @tamar5261
    @tamar5261 Před 6 měsíci

    I listened to an interview by a battle of Britain pilot, he said that the mk 9 was his favourite the later bubble cockpit spitfires were to heavy and powerful and the never used them at last month's of the war.... this looks beautiful

  • @johnwheeler5271
    @johnwheeler5271 Před 3 měsíci

    What an iconic Aircraft.Even by todays standards still very impressive.The sound of those Merlin Engines is something else.

  • @fstosvcfz
    @fstosvcfz Před 5 lety +6

    Grossartiger Jäger des 2 WK. Wunderschön dazu ! Amazing beautiful Warbird!

  • @steveandrews4822
    @steveandrews4822 Před 4 lety +5

    Beautiful Bird--always was and still is !!

  • @johndavid5618
    @johndavid5618 Před rokem +1

    That spit made a good tune. ❤️