How to Start a Spitfire: Step-by-Step Guide with John Romain
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- HOW TO START A SPITFIRE, with John Romain
For #BritishScienceWeek , pilot and owner of the Aircraft Restoration Company, John Romain, explains the intricate and fascinating process of starting a Supermarine Spitfire. Watch to celebrate this masterful piece of military aviation history and British engineering.
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Cool. Here's how to start a spitfire. But lets not actually start it ...
Exactly
You have to pay extra for that...
Check out Kermit weeks if you want to see run through and start ups there his own planes p51b and a few others. Very cool
Incredible. All that and leave out the best part. Firing up that awesome Merlin engine.
@@gusm2752 thank you for that brilliant observation that hundreds already made comments about. M0r0n.
Yes, this is the exact video I needed because I couldn’t figure out how to start my new spitfire i got a week ago. It’s just sitting in my garage and now I can finally take off from my street, awesome
Yeah right!
i don't know why your comment has so many likes. this video is just for educational purposes and those interested in learning more about history. they're walking us through the steps as if we were there with them. nothing wrong with that, kid. settle down lmao
@@LiquidSnakeSSJ4 lol, I know, it’s cool
@@LiquidSnakeSSJ4 I am one of those people who are interested in learning, but it’s the title that’s funny and how it comes across
@@mr.tibbles8140 Mine's a Mark 22, so this is of no educational purpose whatsoever.
Obtaining the ammunition is a drag, too. :-)
Enjoyed this video
But
It would have been heaps better if we could of heard it start up.
Why do we have to have stupid music
There aren’t speakers good enough for the kind of sound that a Spit makes. I was fortunate enough to hear one fire up at an air show and was close enough that I could feel it in my chest when it was taxiing . Was more impressed by that than the jets that were there.
@@mikefawdrey6113 I have a MUTE!
A bit sad that you didn't include the actual start of the engine. 😢
Good video nonetheless, seeing this beauty never disappoints
And to think 18 year old kids had to do this in a hurry before putting their lives on the line
The ground crew would have already done this prep before the pilots flew these beautiful birds. Time wasted completing pre flight checks would have been disastrous and allowed the enemy to cause more damage than he did. The aircraft had to be flight ready for any ‘scramble’ and that was the sole purpose of the ground crew.
@@JamesAlexander14 That wasn't a pre flight check, that was a start procedure.
...and now their only start procedure is for their mobiles
@@JamesAlexander14 Coming from a instrument rated private pilot you’d be amazed how fast you can get a plane started once you’ve done it countless times in flight training, the start up procedure for this spit isn’t to much different from your typical general aviation aircraft and even in the event of scrambling leaving over a dozen unmanned aircraft with primed engines and magnetos on is flirting with disaster
@@paulyflyer8154 and now 18 year olds today are wondering what gender they are. Have times changed
Was rather hoping to hear the sound of that mighty Merlin starting!
I was just wondering how to start my Spitfire
I had the same problem with an Audi hire car. It eventually decided that I knew nothing and allowed me to drive away, releasing the handbrake itself.
Never know when u gonna need it
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind next time my Spitfire doesn't start.
This Mark I is in pristine gorgeous condition! Also beautiful videography here. You Brits created a marvelous enclave of illustrious aircraft during that war: the constantly evolving Spitfire, the Mosquito, the Lancaster, et cetera! Cheers to you from the States! 🇺🇸💛🇬🇧
As a kid, I lived on the approach to RAF Uxbridge, which was home to one operational Spitfire. It was an aircraft that was flown in the annual birthday celebrations for the Queen, and some other occasions. As such, it had to be flown once a month, either to qualify the aircraft, or a pilot, I was never sure which. It was just music to hear that Merlin fly over our house once a month.
Sick wish I had that lol
I followed this tutorial in my Spitfire, she started up great, I took off cleanly - so far so good. Having a great time in the air as I'm typing this message.
Do you have any lessons on how to land your Spitfire and turn them off??
Thank you for that helpful video. Now i can order my Spitfire at my local airplane dealer.
God bless I found this tutorial. I have been sitting on my spitfire for a day wondering how to start it up
Thanks, I just bought one and it just got shipped to me. flying it to work tomorrow very informative video
I learned to fly on in mfs 2020 and memorized the start up sequence. It feels great to fly in a sim and I'm absolutely sure that's not even half as great as flying it in real life.
Try DCS you can have dogfight and everything else
Go get some flight lessons even a few hours, computer games, no matter how complex are nothing like real life flying and don't get too close to real simulators either.
@@DanSlotea I think it will be quite hard to fly any number of planes as you can in a simulator... ;)
Well no fucking shit
Fantastic. Imagine being a 19 year old scrambling to intercept some Heinkels over the Channel having to do all this.
Half of today's 19 year olds can't even drive.
Leave out the music.
Unbelievable, we never get to hear the glorious Merlin. Quite incredible mindlessness. Thought the music was cool did you🙄
I was at Duxford in 1998, saw John Romain fly a Spitfire. That was my first time. It was magic.
Thankful for the brave young men and women who jumped into this or any other plane with very little experience and fought for our country and future.
Men, not women.
@@willmorrell488 Women pilots used to ferry them, but yeah.
What an anticlimax to not actually start that magical Merlin. I'll stick to my bicycle.
Yeah, in the fit of rage I am going to look for some BF109 videos that actually start now.
@MichaelKingsfordGray almost 5!
Now I know something about something I’ll never do
So this is a scramble during the Battle of Brittan??? I dunno bro..
You're not gonna show an actual start???......
Not really well done. He's talking about the instrument panel and checking the elevators? We don't get to see the gauges DURING the start? WTH?
Thank you so much for this perfect video!!!, Lovely I make some videos of T28s
I watched a vid about the MK1 a few hours back and it said the black lever (stbd) was for pumping the undercarriage up in earlier MK1's...
That's correct. Poor editing!
@@ianthomson9363 Cheers.
Would rather see the Correct way to start Hawker Typhoon with a 24 cylinder Napier Sabre engine. Most ex Spitfire pilots on going in to a Typhoon thought they knew better than the ground crew an set the aircraft on fire when trying to start it.
Give a ex Public School Boy a commission an a pilots wings an they still think they know it all.
Never happened to Sargeant Pilots in Typhoons. That's why they flew most of them!
Urrmmm where was the engine start ? Bit of an ad to sell Bremont watches.
Its pretty useful tutorial, if you wanna jack a Spitfire from someone then this is your go-to guide
And imagine they had to do all this so quickly. Thanks for showing 👍🏻
All that and we don't get to see or hear you actually starting it! Oh yes, don't press your fingers on the gauge glass.
This'll come in very handy when I get to start up and fly a Spitfire. I wish. Cheers for this excellent piece.
You can, but it won't be a cheap experience. I went for a "joy" flight where I was going to take some aerial photos. Unknown to me, my friend had actually booked me a flying lesson. Initially I couldn't figure out why the pilot was explaining the controls. I thought he was just stalling to minimise my air time. Then he asked me to actually fly the thing. Any idea how hard it is to fly and take photos at the same time? Talk about blury. I didn't stop shaking until an hour after the flight.
You can always fly it in DCS World. It has a brilliant simulation of the Spitfire.
In gta they just jump in and it starts
How can you not picture her as a living, breathing machine. What a beauty.
Start instructions during the Battle of Britain
Page 1.....SCRAMBLE SCRAMBLE SCRAMBLE..
Love it. Have an old VHS tape of 'The Spitfire' an amalgamation of its history, then moving into operatoinal service, all original black and white footage over dubbed. BRILLIANT. Watched it tjat many times I knew where the pilot of this clip was going and what was next.
But wait dude, now I have to go look for a video to actually watch the aircraft being started. Well dang, I want those three minutes and thirty three seconds back.
Big clumsy pilot watch with no bezel! As a pilot I use my bezel a lot.
Thanks, next time I see an unlocked spitfire park outside my house I know exactly what to do 😊
Duxford museum is one of the best, if not the best , living WWII airplane museums in the world. Have not been there, but my parents were and they loved it! Dad was a Pilot and a Navigator in the R.C.A.F. during WWII, but was kept back as a trainer and never got to fly "Lancs" as he so wanted to-John in Texas
wow. how did you not actually film the starting of the engine in a video that's about an engine starting. not impressed
Imagine remembering all that in the war when called to get off the ground fast and defend against Nazi invasion.
This is a terrible video. He talks through the checklist as you show melodramatic cut-away shots of him walking around... instead of him showing you HOW TO DO the things on the checklist. Hence, this is not a start-up video, as titled, but instead more like a pharmaceutical ad on ulcerative colitis, showing lifestyle shots having nothing to do with the topic. You might as well have shown him on vacation at the beach with his grandchildren while he read the checklist.
Aah, we know everybody will fly a spitfire one day or other.....i used to fly pink elephants, 30 years ago, but they started alone....
This is not a step by step guide,as you clearly stated.
The pilot is behaving like a spoiled child , who , having been forced to do a task, deliberately becomes vague as if to protect his knowledge on the subject and that nobody else will really find out.
Tosser
quite simple.......to start it up....now try and do this 1940 in a scramble..biggin hill...not so simple
I have got a really good Timex I built myself.
thanks, can't wait to blow up some 109's that are flying and shooting over my house in a not too scary way with my new spitfire that I honestly bought from a museum
Waiting for the glorious noise that never came 😩
Interesting to note how different the turn / slip indicator was in later models of the Spitfire???
Terrific video and incredible products. Thank you for sharing Bremont
In the movies when the pilots run to their spitfires to take off to fight the enemy the pilots jump in and take off in a few seconds,, no checking this and that
Nice video shame about the big watch. I would catch that time piece on everything
Why would you set altimeter to zero if - let’s say the airport was at 1400 feet elevation to start with?
Are you kidding? I watched the whole video waiting for the sound of how it started and warming up!
Wow! What a process to go through while the Luftwaffe are bombing your airfield
Hoooow I ennnnvy the people who are able to master these amazing, powerful machines! Huge compliments!!
Should be titled, how to make sure all the gauges show zero cuz the engine is not running
This is one of the most beautiful fighter planes ever but, I can't imagine having to get that thing started during an air raid
How is British aviation these days? I hear you gave everything to the Americans
Guessing during the battle of Britain it was jump in and tally ho...
So we just take your word for it ?
That is a Goering sized fail right there .
I wish we could have heard it start up. Some modern vehicles are getting a bit long winded to start these days, but not for the same results.
I had to give this a thumbs down because there was no start up...what a disappointment
Only once,did I hear/see a spitfire in flight
I was in my back yard in ireland,and heard what I first thought was a very fast approaching loud motorcycle ,but as it came closer,I knew it was something very much powerfull!!!
Then the penny dropped, as I caught first glance of the unmistakable shape of a spitfire!
I have never since experienced anything quite like it,it will stay with me forever!
AC.about 6 weeks ago ,I had the fantastic experience of going up in one ( 1943 model ) .
Not only did I go up ,but I had the stick for about 5 mins .Experience I still have not got over.Dont ask how much it cost.You only live once.
That was disappointing. Waiting the whole video to hear it startup. Nothing.
Watch all vídeo and does not hearing the engine starting sound at the end is very disappointed.
Am I supposed to have a airplane? I don't have one. Why am I here?! 😂
That is quite a long check list to start the engine. All this had to be done in super quick time during the Battle of Britain when the Luftwaffe was constantly attacking and the British pilots had no time to rest.
You tease for so long and leave me with my pants down. No startup...
How much of this would have been done before being scrambled. The
But wait, where to do I need to push to trigger the machine gun???!!!
so you didn't start it, wish I had known that before I started watching
and Keith Park gave The RAF two mins to get off the ground.
Ye…I'm flying into the sky, but does anyone know how to land?
During the BoB would the ground crew have done most of this procedure?
Good question. I would assume that each pilot would have already done the main checks before assuming their standby duty. So they’d likely just hop in, reset the brakes, turn on the battery, prime the fuel and let er rip.
Yeah, show us th actual engine start, Ya Poser Watch company.
Who in their right mind makes a video like this then doesn’t show the starting :/
i live near Goodwood airfield and a spitfire regularly flies over , its beautiful, and i love the engine sound !!!!
Same her .I live Not far from Biggin Hill.They go over every week.
And 6 weeks ago I went up in one ,and was handed the stick for about 5 mins .AWESOME.
I’m ready! Now just gotta find a Spitfire!
My cessna 172's starting sequence isn't that different 🤣
Worst starting a Spitfire video ever, thread title does not deliver!
Final step: try to avoid a Messerschmitt ME 262
It has a horn fuse, does it actually have a horn????
Got caught on a lie and had to google how to start and taxi a Spitfire real quick you're a life-saver for time-travelers
when you taxi a spitfire, do you put a "TAXI" sign on top and call into the dispatch and say you re now in service?
@@joeydepalmer4457 Yes.
I wasn't expecting such a huge difference in cockpit layout or start sequence from the MkI to the MkIX.
all of that and we don't get to hear the engine start! That's BS
Un superbe avion .
L’un de mes chasseurs préférés de la seconde guerre mondiale.
I can tell that your not an instructor.🤷♂️
I really liked the part with the start-up. Sounded amazing. Good stuff.
Too bad we couldn't HEAR IT!!
K bruh where can i buys Spitfire? I need one
Omg he says altimeter like a yank....yuk!
For crying out loud would you start this thing
Maybe actually start it in the start up video...
Watching this
Just in case....
I will use this for reference in DCS and whenever I somehow manage to get into a cockpit of a spitfire I managed to find
Get over to Biggin Hill.They have about 16 there.
Right so all I need now is a spitfire
How to start... but you never started it!
Stop talking, throttle up, let her ride
Not very..no detail or explanation