CLASSICAL METAL 🎵 Iron Maiden - Aces High REACTION
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Kinda hard to hear this without churchill's speech
Agreed, but I'm not sure Brad would get the connection.
@@neillenet291 both wouldn´t
@@maxis5650 it's hard to tell nowadays, you never know what history was taught in school. When I was growing up we were taught about all that stuff
@@neillenet291 maybe they have been taught, but they only remembered what was needed to pass the next test... that´s just too long ago for this generation
They sadly always seem to choose the shorter videos missing the proper intros -.-
Iron Maiden has a long history of having their songs based in history. This was an ode to the flying aces of WWII .
More specifically the Battle of Britain I think. Could be wrong. Comments?
@@craigkm5303 correct
Yep God Bless Winston Churchill
Correct...Battle of Britain 🇬🇧
@@craigkm5303 Correctamundo!
"We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender"-Winston Churchill
Never have so many owed so few for saving the country
This speech always give me goosebumps.
Great Britain was alone against the Nazi War Machine, which had most of Europe by this time, and Winston Churchill stated in no uncertain terms this is a fight to the death.
@@CharlieJ69 thats why this song hits so hard, it perfectly portrays how desperate and brave the UKs defense was before the US declared war. Those pilots over the english channel were literally fighting for the freedom of the world.
This speech is Hard-Core because he meant it.. even more so, were all of those guys that did it.
Greatest wartime speech ever.
Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer is an actual airline pilot. True facts
he is a lot more then that
@@syrpitt He’s an excellent Fencer as well 🤺
And also wasn't his dad or someone an actual Pilot in the RAF during WW2?
I heard that somewhere but might be wrong
Flight 666,Ed Force 1
He's also an honorary Group Captain in the Royal Air Force.
A great Iron Maiden song off Powerslave. This song is about Ace pilots of WW2 between the RAF and the German Luftwaffe. Too many recommendations to list.
Never heard of the BRAF. You mean the RAF (Royal Air Force) and the Luftwaffe. This song is specifically about the Battle of Britain in 1940.
@@snowblindoz Spitfire planes that a Canadian engineer headed the entire project for while dying with Polio at the same time. Canadian pilots and a few Americans were crossing the border to fight as well. There's actually a Heritage Moment on her.
@@daniellysohirka5079 I know the history, i've spent 54yrs studying it. Doesn't change the fact that i've never heard of the BRAF and that Aces High is predominantly about The Battle of Britain, in which people of many countries participated.
the performance of this on their Live After Death album with the Churchill speech intro just makes the track all that much more potent!
Still have the double live album!
Yeah that ‘85 live version is A hair better then studio I think
Greatest live album. Ever.
Yes sir, that's very correct, Live After Death is the one for this song!
@@arjanvijselaar534 My favorite, for sure!
Good choice guys,respect to you and all the Airmen and woman who helped defend Great Britain in ww2.Keep up the good work,cheers.
Battle of Britain, Spitfires, taking on German bombers and Messerschmitt 109 fighters, defending their city's, family's and country people from attack.
That was a generation of real Heros, who did what they had to do..
Iron Maiden another Great Band..
“ME-109’s out of the sun”
There were a ton of different nationalities of pilots present at the battles, as Pilots from Czechoslovakia and Poland moved to the UK after the nations fell, along with countless pilots from the Commonwealth including Canada, Australia.
There was even a Rhodesian and Jamaican pilot.
@@kingwolf9447There were American volunteers as well. An entire squadron served from 1940 until the U.S. entered the war.
It’s about the Battle of Britain in WW2, when the British pilots in their Spitfire and Hurricanes fought off the German Messerschmitts and so the Germans couldn’t invade Britain.
not only British buddy; the most successful squadron (303) was Polish.
But The Brits sold them to the Russians anyway.
@@jankowalski6338 very true, did not mean to denigrate the brave poles who were sold down the river after the war
@@RMC1989 thank you
@@jankowalski6338 Not only that but the Polish air force defended the river clyde ship yards, if the clyde shipyards got bombed Britain would have lost the war. Thankfully the Poles did a good job and the clyde shipyards were able to produce more ships and subs than the nazi's could sink.
@@jankowalski6338 On America's orders. That deal got done at Yalta between Stalin n Roosevelt. Shortly after Britain arranged for supplies to be airlifted to Poland after the Russians occupied the East of Poland but the Russians refused them the use of their airfields. Very little we could do at that point!
They are a very patriotic band ,they have several songs about Britians wars
Some would say to the point of pettiness (over losing the 'Colonial Uprising' lol), by writing 'Run to the Hills'. Don't get me wrong, I love the song...but yeah it's like that.
@@grobin3745 Yeah but some people are just idiots aren't they?
@@grobin3745 These Colors Don't Run is another one
Krim. 😂
@@grobin3745 You realise that 'Run to the Hills' is about European explorers/travellers/invaders coming over and taking from the Natives, nothing about losing the war of independence.
saw them live 2 years ago....they had a life size replica of a British Spitfire ww2 fighter above the stage and it would move over the stage during this song...was awesome
Ditto... took my son to his first 'real' concert. Saw them 5-6 times in the 80's-90's and with this current LotB tour, they still prove to be a band to be reckoned with. In fact, they may have actually been better than decades ago.
This song is about the battle of Britian which too plave in the fall of 1940 about 1 year after the start of WW2. THE ME-109 was the front line german fighter in the war. The Spitfire was the British fighter which took on the Germans over the skies of England. There is a lot of historical info out there about it. This song is also a tribute to the Royal Air Force who managed to fight off the German attackers while being greatly outnumbered. True heroes of the war.
Well said sir.
The British were lucky that the Me-109E-1 and E-3 didn't have the possibility to carry drop tanks. The Germans' "loiter time" over the English coast was only 20 minutes before they had to hurry back over the canal to the airfields of Northern France. They couldn't have accompanied bombers further into the isles even if they had wanted to.
@@revylokesh1783 The integrated RADAR along the southern coast was what the British were lucky to have rather than limited enemy loiter time. Even if drop tanks had been a capability for the Me 109 the RAF still had the advantage. It's why, with less numbers, they outdid the Luftwaffe. That and Goerings poor tactics.
@@jpgduff yeah, true, also.
Overall, it was a pretty close call for Britain though. At least there was a certain chivalry between the Luftwaffe and RAF pilots, not like on the later Eastern front.
@@revylokesh1783 If Goering had maintained the cadence of attacks then nothing the R.A.F. did would have mattered. But the Luftwaffe changed tactics giving the R.A.F. breathing space.
Also remember that any British (or Polish, Canadian, French etc - not all the heroes were british) pilot who was able to bail out was over home turf - they were back in a plane the next day. German pilots downed over the south of England were P.O.W.s and so out of the equation.
It was the perfect storm in many ways.
This was about the actual Battle of Britain in 1940 during WW II, when the British Royal Air Force fought the nazi German Luftwaffe air force over England.
Iron Maiden was my second concert with twisted sister 85 Long Beach arena ca first one Judas Priest great white 84 Long Beach
Saw that tour twice in Chicago once twisted ,great memories ,second time accept ,days of people throwing m80s
Aces High, along with Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, are my favorite Iron Maiden songs. In fact, the whole Power Slave album is my favorite Iron Maiden experience.
You should check out their live concerts especially from Rock in Rio. "Fear of the Dark" for example.
One of very few bands where the live version often are better than the studio version. Always puts on an amazing energy show.
No. The studio versions are superior. The sole exception is "Fear of the Dark," but even then it's solely due to audience participation.
@@mournblade1066 No I dont agree at all. Sure its partly because of the audience. But the songs becomes much more vibrant in their live performances.
Lex is a full blown metal head! 🤘 Her analogies are Heavy Mental!
Yes she is....Brad is to cold no feeling he doesn't understand the melodic lines 🎸🎶🎶🎵🎵😆💙👍
@@Truthjustice23 Haha. Meh...it's just not his style, that's Ok.
Steve Harris on bass is just tearing Shiite apart. And he probably wrote the song. He wrote so many of their songs. Thx for reacting to this gem. Beautiful.
I can't listen to that song without the Churchill's speech before and... ''2 Minutes To Midnight" that comes right after it on the Tape cassette.
The "Battle of Britain"... Never did so many owe so much to so few... Look it up Brad, it's interesting history.
I like how you put "Classical Metal" in the title. A couple nights ago you were discussing if there is Classic Metal. Oh yes there is! This whole album is Classic Metal. It is part of a category called N.W.O.B.H.M., New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. Which also included bands such as Motorhead, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Def Leppard, Fastway, Diamond Head and many others. It's fantastic category to explore because of how influential and essential to the Heavy Metal sound these bands were. Hope we'll see ya tonight, Take care!
It's also fascinating to me just how differently Metal evolved in the U.S. compared to Europe. You can see a lot more of Classic Metal in some of the genres like Power Metal that sprung up shortly after and that are to this day still bigger in Europe than in the U.S.. Europe to this day just plain does Metal different and it's even demonstrated in their massive Metal festivals like Wacken Open Air, Hellfest, and Graspop Metal Meeting
Black Sabbath was definitely not NWOBHM. The others are, though (although I've never heard of Fastway).
70s is classic metal like Sabbath or Priest , this was new wave British metal
@@mournblade1066 I saw Fastway open for AC/DC in 1983. Fast Eddie Clarke from Motörhead, Pete Way from UFO and Jerry Shirley from Humble Pie, along with some young unknown singer. I don’t think they lasted long. You probably aren’t missing much.
@@mournblade1066 Priest was around long before nwobhm like Sabbath was and Motorhead predated it by a few years too so I wouldn't include either of them either. Only Fastway song I know is Say What You Will but it's a good one!
Up the Irons, Maiden is classic metal. Song about WW II.
Old metal is influenced by classical music and jazz music which is why its so well structured, complex, detailed, technical. Even their guitar solos. Especially prog rock, metal.
You guys should react to…
Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner
🎸🤘
That one won a poll recently, but they wouldn´t react to it, because it´s too long..
Yes. Also Run to the Hills.
@@deborahdoesslots8456 Reaction to Run to the Hills is already uploaded.
@@maxis5650 They should listen to the live cover by 2Cellos. ;)
@@maxis5650 thank you so much. I’ll check it out.
Love the way lex’s brain works. Been watching reactions to this band/song for years and I’ve never heard an interpretation like that! Brilliant 🤘🏻
I love her concept of vocals and guitar melody so elegantly put and perfectly correct ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Maiden is firmly embedded at the top of the metal mountain, along with several other great bands.
You guys need to see Iron Maiden live. One of the best live shows you will ever see.
I will be seeing them again (6th time) live this Sept. Can't wait!!!
I've been to more than a 100 concerts and Iron Maiden are a step above every other band.
Back in the days of war pilots were called"Flying Aces".
Aces are pilots who achieve 5 kills. It was a title earned. Not all that many earned it.
I knew there was some reference, just couldn't remember the details.
One of their best tracks - it was always on the metal mix cassette.
As many have already said, it's an awesome song based around the reality of air to air combat during WW2, where the RAF had a very short window between detecting an incoming attack and getting off the ground in order to defend against it.
The references to WW2 era planes (Spitfire, ME-109 etc) are all very clear, but it's worth noting that there was also a movie of the same name, which centred on the exact same scenario during WW1. Joining the RFC (Royal Flying Corps) was seen by some as an easy option compared to the horrors of trench warfare, but the reality was that those pilots had a life expectancy which was measured in minutes.
It would be nice to think that was a thing of the past, hopefully when Putin finally rots in his shallow grave we'll find some cooler heads to take over.
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With their radar detection system of the Lufwaffe and the Canadian woman engineer designing the Spitfire planes on Canadian soil and shipping them over while slowly dying of Polio. Those Spitfire planes were also sending lots of Canadian pilots as well, including my great grand father who was a mechanic. All that team work and the brilliance of the Spitfire plane design won the Battle of Britain.
I've been listening to Iron Maiden since I was a kid. This song is of my favs. It's almost like I'm in the cockpit of the plane.
I gotta say. Lex is so insightful. Her analogy of the marriage is pretty spot on. The guitars do seem feminine, especially the guitarist makes it sing.
It's about the Battle of Britain, screaming guitar is like spitfire and hurricanes in a dive during a dogfight.
Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Hallowed be thy Name, Fear of the Dark, Number 22 Acacia Avenue. So many good songs from Maiden.
KILLERS!
Please do Iron Maiden's Rime Of The Ancient Mariner from the Live After Death tour. You may have to pause a couple times because it is 15min long.
It won a poll but they would not play because of it's length. Many left the chat.
It's so good to see how much both of you have matured in speaking about metal.... The analogy of marriage is perfect.
This is a song written to honor the British Royal Air Force in both World War 1 and 2. Iron Maiden's singer, Bruce Dickinson, is a commercial air pilot and always has had fascination with aviation.
I had a feeling when I used to listen to this cassette on my walkman while working my first Summer job picking corn that it would become one of the classic metal albums of all time. I wore this thing out. Every song is classic.
"Run to the Hills" is one that you guys would dig...unless you have already done it and I just missed...then never mind! lol (Props from the South Side of StL btw! Always appreciate you guys!) 😁
Of course they've done it, search on the channel, it's easy to find.
@@DerEchteBold Lol...yes they have! I even thumbs upped it at some point...man...getting old is hell! 😉
@@chrisaustin612
Oh, haha!
I'm 51 this year but I'm forgetful for decades, can't blame it on any age ; )
Churchill's speech in "live after death," increases the historical phatos even more. 80's Masterpiece
Happy to listen this song, I Don't remember the last time I did, guau! Emotional!. Great description from Lex about voice and guitar, great!
Battle of Britain - Note they hear the air raid siren, scramble and are hunting bombers, the Bandits are German ME 109 and the character in the song is in a Hawker Spitfires...
Playing bass has liberties that guitar playing does not. U can play with fingers like Steve Harris of Iron Maiden... U can pluck and slap using your thumb to play the funk grooves of Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) or Les Claypool (Primus)... Jason Newsted (ex-Metallica) and David Ellefson (ex-Megadeth) played bass w/ a pick cos they wanted a tight and technical bass sound to enhance the guitars.
Nikki Sixx (Motley Crue) had a simple task - to play w/ a pick and follow the drums by Tommy Lee. (The late) Lemmy Kilmister played bass w/ distortion and a pick - he sounded more like a rhythm guitarist. Rex Brown (Pantera) served as both the groove to Vinnie Paul's drums and backup to Dimebag's guitars.
U can start w/ the basics by trying to emulate Nikki Sixx on Motley songs like 'Shout at the devil'... 'Dr. Feelgood'... 'Home sweet home'... If u attempt to do Geddy Lee (Rush) or John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), that gets really tricky... Nobody becomes a master of bass overnight. Even Ian Hill (Judas Priest) who isn't prominently featured on Priest records, has some challenging parts to play.
John entwisteal blow's all them away.
I heard Children of Bodom's cover of this song before I heard the actual song. I love both of them, the tempo was perfect for playing action games lol.
Arch Enemy also has a cover worth checking out.
As people have already said below, this song is about WWII. Specifically, it's about a Spitfire pilot of the RAF, during the Battle of Britain.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain
Fun fact: The singer (Bruce Dickinson) IS actually a commercial pilot and once flew fans from Sweden to Italy for a Maiden concert...
Yes, this song is about the Battle of Britain which took place from Jul 1940 - Oct 1940 during World War 2. It really was a pinnacle battle for England and the Royal Air Force rose to the challenge as Hitler through everything his Air Force, "The Luftwaffe" had at Britain. He wanted to control the air over Britain to try and compel England to sign a Peace Settlement, and if that didn't work they would be ready to launch Operation Sea lion which was a full scale invasion of England. However, the Royal Air Force kicked the shit out of the Germans.
Specifically the flying aces during the Great War. Bruce Dickenson's vocals are operatic in nature so that's why he sounds like that. The style is very dramatic.
The "Great War" is World War I. This song is about World War 2. Big difference.
I saw Iron Maiden back in 1985 on the Powerslave tour. WASP opened for them. It was the second loudest concert I'd ever been to. KISS were the loudest. I saw them on the Creatures of the Night tour before they took off the makeup. Good stuff!
I highly recommend The Chameleons. They were a huge, yet, underrepresented part of the post punk music scene. Their music is very dreamy too, especially songs like Less Than Human, Second Skin, and Swamp Thing. I think you both will like them a lot. 🖤
My grandfather worked for Northrop Aircraft during WW2. And, I always wondered what it would be like to be a pilot in that war. It would be frantic. It would be confusing. But, above that it would be exhilarating. And, terrifying at best. And, I would do it again and again.
The song is about the Battle Of Britain which is a battle that happened in the air. It was also the reason did not fall to the Germans in WWII
The German Luftwaffe Messerschmitt 109 and the British RAF Spitfire's fought the Battle Of Britain in WW2. This song is about those battles. Many of Maidens songs are based historical events, figureheads and writings, but can also be based on mythology
This song was about the Battle of Britain during WWII.
ALWAYS a history lesson with Iron Maiden. Always. They’re wrapping up their US tour in Tampa on August 8th. 😁 I can’t wait!
The Battle of Britain was an ariel war with british fighters against swarms of Luftwaffe fighters and bombers coming to raid Britain from France every day. British fighter squadrons had to "scramble" to get airbourne to meet them before the Germans could reach their target bombing areas. When played live often the maidens have a mock-up of a Spitfire.
It's about the battle of Britain where Britain was, the only country in the west that was standing up to Nazi Germany. The Battle of Britain was an air war where Hitler and his generals tried to achieve air dominance in preperation to a ground invasion of the UK. Britain won the battle of Britain which let the allies once America joined the war to use Britain as a staging post for D Day and the liberation of mainland Europe. "Never in the field of conflict have so many owed so much to do few." Sir Winton Chuchhill.
You guys should go see Iron Maiden next time they come around. Their shows are over the top and amazing. I've loved them since the 80's. MORE MAIDEN! Keep up the awesome work and open minds.
A Major Hit back in those Days....the Highlight of the NWOHM Movement.The Best Time of British Heavy Metal ever !
Released: 22 October 1984
Fun fact.. The Lead singer Bruce Dickinson has his commercial airline pilots license, and flies the tour plane ED FORCE 1.
Steve Harris is a bass legend. I have been playing for 25 years, muting the un-used strings during each bar is key to getting tight tone.
Love Lex, her analysis is always right on the money, detailed and much more accurate than anyone else I have heard doing reactions! :)
It was their telling of the Battle of Britian in the early years of World War 2
@Brad and Lex the song is about from the viewpoint of a British spitfire pilot during WW2 when the German bombers heavily bombed Britain in the Blitzkrieg attacks.
Hey guys what's up! Greetings from South florida! Love me some old iron maiden! Brings me back to my younger days. You guys rock! God bless you! Peace!
Steve Harris one of the Greatest Bass Players ever. Usually Guitars lead music not in maiden its Harris Bass thumping out front.
Freakin' always love Maiden!!! Long live Iron Maiden. All of them so talented
Fighter pilots in ww2 were called aces. The ace of spades represents death and the grim reaper.
You're analogy about playing the guitar being like making love to a woman is spot on. If you're good with your fingers it doesn't matter what equipment you've got lol
Your listening to one of the best bass players ever ,Steve Harris ,and writes most of the lyrics
And he plays that bass like he's a cross between Eddie Van Halen & Angus Young or something. One foot on the monitor, right up at the edge of the stage sorta like Cliff Burton would do later..Such energy 🤘
I wish y’all could’ve paired it up with Churchill’s Speech….all in all…great reaction 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽
Lex need to hear Running Wild, the most similar sound band to Maiden, IMO. The pirates of metal!!!
Uuundeeer Jolly Rogeeeer
@@fronthorse I agree!! Good album to start! And then…Port Royal, Death or Glory, Blazon Stone, Pile of Skulls….damn, what a great band!!!
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I was never a die hard fan when I listened to them. And it'd shockingly more than 30 years ago. But I liked Raise your fist. Conquestadores, Bad to the bone, Death or Glory and some others a lot.
This is Maiden at the peak of their powers in my opinion. Powerslave is such a complete album. A real classic.🤘💀🤘
Those bass techniques are only if you want to learn that style of bass playing. But for example, the bassist for Iron maiden, Steve Harris, never did that slapping and popping thing at all. That was more of a Funk thing in the 70s but was done a lot in 80s Pop music as well.
*Amended to say that bassists like Flea and Les Claypool do the Slap and Pop thing as well but they are more known from the 90s to the present.
What about Flea and Les Claypoole
@@screamingscarecrow4251 Well, yes, them, too, obviously, but they were more known from the 90's to the present. My point to Lex was really that you don't have to learn slapping and popping to enjoy playing bass. And since they were doing a maiden reaction I cited Harris as an example.
This is a tribute to the RAF during the Battle of Britain in WW2. The RAF were some badasses and kept the Luftwaffe in check by denying them control of the air and thereby preventing an invasion by Nazi Germany.
The best way to figure out what an iron maiden song is about, is to look closely at the associated drawing. For this song, Eddie is flying a fighter plane.
They have opened their shows with this song for years. I was fortunate enough to see it live in Dallas 2 years ago
Yes they are singing about war.
One of Maiden's best. Tailgunner is also ass-kicking.
To truly appreciate Iron Maiden you must enjoy history / poetry / and story telling lyrics in general. They are well versed in all three .
About Lex' observations on guitar vs bass: playing bass requires a slightly different approach to playing guitar, because the two instruments serve different purposes within the song. The guitar plays melodies, the bass is a rhythm instrument, so the bass just can't play the same thing as the guitar but on fewer strings - that's a common misconception. The bass line should be in line with the drumbeat, making the bass, in the words of the late great Jimmy Bain of Dio and Rainbow fame, the glue that holds it all together. Which is, on another note and in the words of my online bass instructor, just about the most fun a person can have fully dressed :-)
My first double vinyl record 2 Minutes To Midnight · Aces High. So this one will always hold a special spot in my heart.
That was many many years ago, and still until this day Maiden will always be Maiden to me.
Still going strong. Up the Irons!
Probably someone mentioned it below, but it's about the Battle of Britain during WW2, when Germany tried to wear down Britain's defenses prior to a land invasion
Maiden is not a metaphorical, but rather, a historical band. There's no hidden meanings behind their lyrics. What they sing is what they mean. Lots of history, especially war, in their musical themes.
I love this song because the guitars take on the persona WWII fighter aircraft. The rhythms and changes sound like they are the fighter plane. It's really a creative and satisfying song.
In 1940, after France fell, Britain was alone. That is the importance of this song. Well done you two!
A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.
Yeah, the speech is a very important context point for the song.
I've missed you guys. It's good to be back, especially when you're reacting to Iron Maiden!
There are 5 string and 6 string basses as well. And some bands even have an 8 string bass.
History , Maiden style.
its about the battle of Britain which was an aerial battle in ww2 between the British and Germans.
Great song to listen to as a suggestion
The Rankin Family
Chi Mi Na Morbheanna
(Mist covered mountains) in Gaelic. I sang this for 2 years as my daughter's lullaby.
I just started watching you with your Iron Maiden reactions. Have to give you a lot of respect for the journey you are taking musically.
Never was so much owed by so many to so few, that is a quote from Winston Churchill delivered in the House Of Commons speaking about what the fighter pilots of the RAF did for not just England but the entire world during the Battle of Britain
Watching WW2 , Battle of Britain footage with this soundtrack gave me goosebumps.....1989-2022...and counting, great track!
lex hits the nail on the head quite often on rock and metal. analogies I think like the marriage between the lead guitar and the vocals, it's really cool how she catches that
The bass is the stalking and waiting to attack. The guitar solos and riffs are the air battles
This song is amazing Live. Saw them a couple summers ago in Cincinnati. Fourth row. Big giant plane above us turning back and forth. So cool.
they refer to the response o England during the Battle of Britain the dogfights and the sacrifices made by pilots during this campaign
It's about the Battle of Britain between the British Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe in the WW2
Fighter pilots running scrambling rolling turning diving going in again. Gathering speed as we run down the runway.