You mean the Spitfire Mk XVI which had a Rolls Royce Merlin engine or the Spitfire Mk XIV which had a Rolls Royce Griffon engine, strange as it may seem an the LF Spitfire Mk XVI could go as high as the P 51 D. They did not use a single stage supercharger, you are very out of date, you have to go back to the Spitfire Mk V for that or before any P 51 was around. The LF Mk XVI was mainly low altitude and often used for ground attack, the Mk XIV was more often used as an air superiority fighter and it went up higher than any American fighter as well as getting there much faster.
MightyDark Star...Those two versions of the Merlin are NOT "The exact same engine" Packard made changes and used different ancillary equipment,, NOTHING was interchangeble between RR made merlin and the Packard version....How could they be "Exactly the same engine"????
Wilbur Finnigan The merlin 266 is not the V-1650 of the mustang and is a mostly unmodified copy of the original Merlin 66, the only difference is that it has an american oil cooler and is painted black not silver
What a combination, beautiful scenery and beautiful aircraft.
Ian, those were the days! Cheers, Mike
A beautiful moment in time
Charlie, we surely can call those the good old days!
@@AirflowNZ We surely can :)
TB 863 Spitfire on September 14th 1945 was flown by my late father H.J. BRENTONin the RAF
Paul, thanks for sharing your memories of your Dad, Mike - AirflowNZ
I WAS THERE
what a sound music to my eares
awesome footage!
LF, many thanks for your comment, Mike - AirflowNZ
THIS PLANE IS NOW AT TEMORA NSW OZ
The Mark XIV is now based at Omaka, Marlborough, NZ.
Sean it 😁🍻
I wonder if Jiffy Lube can change the oil on that thing.
Russell, probably just a constant top up! Mike
Was there a good show
ZG, Warbirds over Wanaka is always a great show, Mike - AirflowNZ
These Marks were Low ? Med altitude planes that were used in the ground attack ....single stage supercharger...good for low altitude work...
You mean the Spitfire Mk XVI which had a Rolls Royce Merlin engine or the Spitfire Mk XIV which had a Rolls Royce Griffon engine, strange as it may seem an the LF Spitfire Mk XVI could go as high as the P 51 D. They did not use a single stage supercharger, you are very out of date, you have to go back to the Spitfire Mk V for that or before any P 51 was around.
The LF Mk XVI was mainly low altitude and often used for ground attack, the Mk XIV was more often used as an air superiority fighter and it went up higher than any American fighter as well as getting there much faster.
Good god man, Mk.XVI, not '16' Mk. XIV, not '14'
The bellend was a terrible pilot and destroyed multiple WWII beauties.
Are you referring to Tim Wallis? Do you know how many "WWII beauties" he actually destroyed?
Spitfire MkXVI powered by the American built Packard Merlin 266 ! ! ! not 100% British........
They're the exact same engine so it doesn't matter
MightyDark Star...Those two versions of the Merlin are NOT "The exact same engine" Packard made changes and used different ancillary equipment,, NOTHING was interchangeble between RR made merlin and the Packard version....How could they be "Exactly the same engine"????
Wilbur Finnigan The merlin 266 is not the
V-1650 of the mustang and is a mostly unmodified copy of the original Merlin 66, the only difference is that it has an american oil cooler and is painted black not silver
MightyDarkStar The biggest difference is the 266 was made in the USA and the 66 was made in UK....like I said...."Not the same engine".....
it is the same engine just manufactured overseas, jeez