19 Spitfire Parade - Duxford Battle of Britain Airshow
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- čas přidán 29. 09. 2018
- The finale, on the first day of Duxfords Battle of Britain Airshow 2018, featured 19 Supermarine Spitfires.
While the Imperial War Museums Mk.I Spitfire, N3200, did a graceful aerobatic display, acting as the 'Joker' to keep the crowd entertained, the remaining 18 Spitfires joined together for a memorable and spectacular flypast.
The fact that 19 Spitfires were in the sky together was very appropriate, as Duxford based 19 Squadron Royal Air Force was the first RAF Squadron to be equipped with Spitfires. The RAFs first Spitfire was delivered to 19 Squadron at RAF Duxford on 4th August 1938.
The Supermarine Spitfires seen here are, in order of take off:-
1/. Spitfire Mk.I, N3200, G-CFGJ - Imperial War Museum
2/. Spitfire IXB, MH434, G-ASJV - Merlin Aviation Ltd/Old Flying Machine Company
3/. Spitfire PR XI, PL983 G-PRXI - Propshop Ltd/Aircraft Restoration Company
4/. Spitfire VC. , EE602, G-IBSY - Anglia Aircraft Restorations Ltd
5/. Spitfire 1a, P7301, G-AIST - Spitfire The One Ltd
6/. Spitfire Vc, JG891, G-LFVC. - Comanche Warbirds Ltd
7/. Spitfire Mk. I, X4650, G-CGUK - Comanche Warbirds Ltd
8/. Spitfire LF Mk VB, BM597, G-MKVB - Historic Aircraft Collection Ltd
9/. Spitfire LF Mk VB, EP120, G-LFVB - Patina Ltd (The Fighter Collection)
10/. Spitfire Mk VC AR501, G-AWII - The Shuttleworth Collection
11/. Spitfire LF Mk XVIE, TD248, G-OXVI - Spitfire Ltd
12/. Spitfire Mk PRXI, PL965, G-MKXI - Peter Teichman (Hangar 11 Collection)
13/. Spitfire HF Mk. IX, TD314, G-CGYJ - Keith Perkins
14/. Spitfire Mk IXT, PV202, G-CCCA - Historic Flying Ltd
15/. Spitfire Mk. T IX, PT462, G-CTIX - Propshop Ltd/Aircraft Restoration Company
16/. Spitfire Mk. T IX, NH341, G-CICK - Keith Perkins
17/. Spitfire FR Mk XVIII, SM845, G-BUOS - Spitfire Ltd
18/. Spitfire FR Mk XIV, MV268, G-SPIT - Anglia Aircraft Restorations Ltd
19/. Spitfire Mk VIIIc, MT928, D-FEUR - MaxAlfa Aviation GmbH
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5:45 What a bloody glorious sight!
The sound of a Merlin engine gives me goosebumps. Absolutely beautiful!
Beautiful, just beautiful!
Absolutely amazing..... beautiful planes and a fantastic display 😍🥰👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Wonderful to see so many airworthy Spits in one place. Can you imagine how many man-hours of restoration work they all represent? Stunning! Hats off to their restorers!
I think I just went back in time about 75 years and I love it!!!
I was so thrilled on the day I first saw one Spitfire flying (1975 ?). On that day at Duxford, seeing so many flying together, all my dreams were exceeded. Watching this has brought back such a happy memory. Thank you.
Thankyou. It's good to have such memories and Duxford continues to produce many more.😊
Heavenly sound of those airborne 18!
That's how you display Warbirds! Beautiful job U.K.!
There are aprox 54 spitfires airworthy in the world. I think quite a few more will be restored over the years aswell these are legendary beauties!
Even more now - Wikipedia lists 54 of which 30 are in the UK, but the UK civil register lists 32 and the BBMF has another 6 on the military register, so it could be as many as 62?
Apparently Al Deeres spitfire is under restoration, the one that had its tail chopped off by x4650. Don't how much can be used, maybes another data plate restoration
I hope R J Mitchel is somewhere watching these creations of his
Top video this one indeed! So many Spitfires now they even have enough for N3200 to fly that superb solo. LIKE
Oh Let those Merlins Roar!
My heart was racing while watching this - seeing them in the Vic formation! As you might guess from my name, I've been obsessed with this beautiful aircraft for so many years, since I saw my first at about four years old. 50 years later I'm still obsessed and living about two miles away from the Castle Bromwich Factory where so many were built, and Alex Henshaw, my hero, was chief test pilot. Truly wonderful video, many, many thanks! :)
Thankyou. 19 Spitfires together is truly an awesome sight and sound. I would love to be able to do a short film covering every surviving Spitfire. Thankfully with the rebuild teams hard at work it would probably be fairly difficult to complete - Sigh for a Merlin!
High Flight I believe that all over the world more and more Spitfires are being rebuilt back to airworthiness
I remember watching this at Duxford in 2018
Magnificent meeting of loving Spitfires ... thanks so much to dear Steve.
When I was 16 I joined the ATc I would make model planes my favourite was the spitfire beautiful plane that RJ Micthall made that merlin engine has a brilliant sound even to this day god bless the airmen that flew this wonderful plane!!!
Viele Spitfires voraus!! Just imagining being a young German Luftwaffe officer and seeing 19 Spitfires headed my way. :-D Good Show!!
Someday I want to own a Spitfire! How wonderful it must have been for folks to see these fine, fine war planes flying. Sound of a Spitfire a beautiful sound in the world. When one thinks that the pilots who flew the Spitfires in WW2 were eighteen, nineteen, in their early 20's. And someday I sure hope that before I pass from this life (I am 70, gaaa!) that I will be able to visit GB and see the Spitfires fly!
I hope that you get your wish to own a Spitfire and to visit GB to see many. If you can't get to GB there are Spitfires flying in many other countries including USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Turkey, Italy, France, Spain, Holland, Norway, Belgium, Germany and many others. You are never to old.🙃👍
Impressive parade. Good quality video!
Thank you.👍🙃
Just brilliant. Thanks for posting this.
My pleasure. Thankyou. More to come!
My dad flew Spits. He was in the Norwegian Air Force. Stationed at Wheatfield. 332 Squardon under British Command.
Wow!
Man, this does get you pumped up-WOW! An outstanding display of the Spitfire. Great video- and the Merlins are sounding magnificent.
You're so right - thank you. Glad you enjoyed. There will be another film (sadly with fewer Spitfires), but in better conditions, from day 2 of the show in due course.
High Flight Thanks a lot ! Expect more videos of yours.
beautiful
5:45 Awesome!
Just awesome.
Fantastic video!! Keep up the great work. Looking forward to seeing more from ya. 👍👍👍
Thanks Ryan. I'll be posting most of the action from both days of this show.
Belle formation en démonstration historique.....
Love these Warbirds. Just finished reading THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE. Britain fighting alone, fighting for her life. Stupid Goring thought the RAF was in shambles. Ha! Someday, someday I want to live in Britain and see these fine fighter planes myself. Folks, I'm an American and my dad fought in WWII. Worshiped Churchill. He said Britain stood alone, she stood alone. And I have lost count how many books I have on The Battle of Britain. Yep, I read them all.
My next door neighbour now knows what a merlin and a Griffin sounds like!.😊
Thanks for using my film to 'tickle' his/her ears!
These are real beauties. Wish I could own and fly a Spitfire!
Me too! 😍
Superb video thanks for sharing
Ian - Thankyou. It was a joy to see and hear. I'll post Sundays version (with fewer Spitfires but better weather) in due course.
Beautiful video 😍😍😍
Thankyou.
Thank you for a great video. I was at the 2017 show but missed this one.
That's a pleasure, especially for those who cannot get to these shows!
Spectacular is right, a wonderful sight and sound, but what happened with the weather ? It looked really wet. Very many thanks for posting this, this is as good as it gets ! Chris B.
Chris, thanks. Not great weather, but Sunday was better for the flying.
At around 0:37, we have a glimpse of a couple of Hurricanes. Let's not overlook the debt we owe to that aircraft and its pilots for their contribution during the Battle of Britain. The Spitfire might be graceful and pretty, but the Hurricane was the real workhorse.
I agree. Both played their part in equal measure. The Hurricanes knocked down the German bombers while the Spitfires kept the German fighters at bay. I heard a story related at the show where a group of Hurricane and Spitfire veterans had a very sociable drink fuelled debate in a bar one night, whereby the Hurricane pilots did eventually agree that had it not been for the Spitfire we would probably have lost the Battle of Britain, primarily because the Hurricane would not by itself have been able to contend with the Bf109, although they would all probably now deny it? Here are the Hurricanes flying at the same show, with a Blenheim - czcams.com/video/4Ni3PdYHRa4/video.html
Thanks for the link to the Hurricanes and the Blenheim. Any debate about the relative effectiveness and worth of the Hurricane and Spitfire, would, I hope, always be friendly and it could never reach a definitive conclusion. The Battle of Britain was won, but I won't be so presumptuous as to repeat Churchill's words here.
Graham - I agree totally.
I was lucky to watch it on real
James Franklin same, and was worth the air fare from Oz!
Great stuff as usual Stephen!
Pity about the weather on the Saturday though.
Btw, did you go on the Sunday?
Thankyou. I did also go on the Sunday. Thankfully the rain cleared and the sun appeared for the flying. I'll be posting all of the action from both days gradually in due course. There were fewer Spitfires flying on Sunday though!
Hey Britain, this Yank wants to say THANK YOU. THANK YOU for taking on the Nazi. What beauties they are. As I quote from Nolan's Dunkirk; "Rolls Royce Merlin engine. The most beautiful sound in the world."
Is Spitfire MH 434 not owned by the Old Flying Machine Company anymore? i notice in your list she's listed under Merlin Aviation LTD, and also, the Grace Spitfire, what about her?, it seems us here in New Zealand are a tad behind, lol.Fantastic video, thankyou for posting.
Thankyou, it's my pleasure. You are by no means a 'tad behind'. MH434 is listed on G-INFO (the CAA online register) as owned by Merlin Aviation Ltd, but it is still indeed operated by the Old Flying Machine Company - maybe a trading name and/or joint ownership or another link between the two? www.old-flying-machine-company.co.uk
The Grace Spitfire is still in the hands of Caroline and Richard Grace via their company Air Leasing Ltd - ultimatewarbirdflights.com/flights/supermarine-spitfire-t-ix-ml407/
Thankyou for your reply High Flight, much appreciated, i've mostly followed MH 434 through publications such as Fly Past and Aeroplane as well as ML 407, thanks again for your response.
how can i distinguish the type of those spitfires? And why some planes have one intaker, but anothers have two?
The following web page should answer your question about the air cooler intakes - www.quora.com/World-War-2-What-was-that-box-under-the-wing-of-some-Supermarine-Spitfire-models.
If you look at my comments I've listed each type.
Here's a link to another web site that discusses differences in spitfire marks - spitfiresite.com/2010/04/spitfire-mk-ix-xi-and-xvi-variants-much-varied.html
and here is information regarding engine development that is very interesting - spitfiresociety.org/content-Merlin-engine,Spitfire
Best wishes.
There is one dislike why?
Maybe because Nazis hate Spitfires?
Are these all based in UK?
All except for one are currently UK based. Number 19 as listed in the description (D-FEUR) is based in Germany.
@@HighFlight still stunning aircraft, hope they are well matained the next 70 years
They are certain to be looked after, especially as each is probably worth between 1 and 3 million pounds!
its a shame that there isnt a pink recon one
PL965 (No 12 listed) was in a Pink colour scheme in 2000.
@@HighFlight cool i wish they hadn't repainted it
@@prod.mp3861 With the number of Spitfire restorations and repaints, I think that there's bound to be another one in Pink one day?
The Hispano's!
There are no 'Hispano's' in this film!
just be care of my family history about the spitfire its not a joke,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Katakoyzenos,MXII Christophoros,D eh?
For the love of Bugs Bunny! please don't make two seaters any longer, please, please, please! Would you like to have a three boobed girl? ........well, don't do it anymore.