New Pilot CUT UP... by a SPITFIRE

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  • Опубліковано 18 сер 2023
  • / @routesabove
    Here's us coming into land back at Kemble airfield after another weather curtailed flight and then seeing this. Still can't really believe it.. especially being only my 3rd flight after getting my licence. Definitely one to remember! Hope you enjoy!
    Thanks to Hugh for helping out filming, give him a follow: @F5HPP
    Insta & TikTok: routes.above
    #spitfire #privatepilot #warbirds #pa28

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  • @adamharrisveetwelveaerotech
    @adamharrisveetwelveaerotech 12 днів тому +2

    Nice video. Come and say hello to me in Hangar 3, Woodside. I'm the resident engineer for our Spitfires when we operate out of Kemble. Be happy to let you have a closer look. Adam............ PS - Sorry for cutting you up!!!

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  9 днів тому +2

      Woahh we managed to reach all the way over to you! Thank you for your comment and kind invitation!! I'd love to come and have a closer look at some point for sure!! Apology accepted and look forward to meeting you and the bird!! Thanks Adam!

  • @notmenotme614
    @notmenotme614 10 місяців тому +130

    I was once inside an airliner, just another ordinary passenger flight to another ordinary tourist destination. I looked out the window completely at random to see we were a few thousand feet above a pair of Mirages doing air to air refuelling with a tanker. They were flying 90° to our heading and in a blink of an eye we had flown over them. Amazing luck to randomly see that, I bet nobody noticed that but me.

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому +12

      Amazing!! Lucky you got a glimpse of them!

  • @georgecharleston2597
    @georgecharleston2597 10 місяців тому +130

    Those old ww2 aircraft will never fail to make me feel so many emotions all at the same time

    • @corycollier
      @corycollier 10 місяців тому +3

      I think Wolfman said it best in Top Gun during the briefing ;)

  • @ArsonFire00
    @ArsonFire00 10 місяців тому +54

    I can't have been the only one that said 'tack-a tack-a tack-a tack-a tack-a' when the Spitfire clearly had you in it's sights.

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому +4

      🤣🤣

    • @tomterific390
      @tomterific390 9 місяців тому +4

      That would have been quite a fright, especially if you were a monkey.

    • @TheSaturnV
      @TheSaturnV 9 місяців тому +5

      Spring Chicken to Shiite Hawk in one easy lesson.

    • @commandingjudgedredd1841
      @commandingjudgedredd1841 8 місяців тому +1

      "Don't just think. Don't just glance. Look! Search for the bastards!! And never fly in a straight line or else you're a dead duck! Right, let's try again."

    • @honeybadger6313
      @honeybadger6313 8 місяців тому

      One on don’t tell me that going past you did not give you a thrill

  • @fredflyer4883
    @fredflyer4883 11 місяців тому +121

    I also had a fantastic Spitfire moment when on a solo flight as a student on a very murky day. A Spitfire suddenly appeared and flew past so close I could see the pilots eyes smiling! Unforgetable and a massive privilege 😄

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому +5

      Amazing!! What a memory that is!

    • @maxmoore9955
      @maxmoore9955 10 місяців тому +5

      WOW I'm Green with envey mate .

  • @duggiebader1798
    @duggiebader1798 10 місяців тому +37

    I had a similar experience. Flying from Sywell, this was in 1995, we were informed that a ME109 (yes Black 6) was approaching on our port quarter up. And it was in the sun!!
    We got goosebumps when we first caught glimpse of the slender shape.
    A mere 50 years earlier and that would have been the last silhouette we ever saw!

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому +6

      Amazing what an experience!! Is pretty eerie if you think about it isn't it!

    • @drpepper2009
      @drpepper2009 10 місяців тому +4

      As the saying goes “Beware the hun in the sun”

    • @uncletiggermclaren7592
      @uncletiggermclaren7592 10 місяців тому

      Your only consolation would have been to think, statistically, he was only going to land 8 times before the badly designed aircraft killed him on landing.

    • @ShadowDragon8685
      @ShadowDragon8685 9 місяців тому

      Fifty years before 1995? Nah, because while he might have been pulling in on your six, about _sixty_ RAF and USAAF would be pulling in on _his,_ he'd be too busy bailing out, dying, or surrendering, to think about doing _you_ any harm.

    • @uncletiggermclaren7592
      @uncletiggermclaren7592 9 місяців тому

      There is a good question I never heard referred to before ( edit to say, I meant, "When was the last german raid into the UK" as the question.
      I hit the books, and by books, I mean I signed into the National Archive.
      Long story short, The Battle of Britain was bombers with fighter support, but that was all over by June 1941. German air attacks subsequently reduced to ten percent of the average of 1941 for the remaining of the years until mid 1944. After mid 1944 they reduced to isolated single bomber intrusions and photo-recon.
      The last major operation, January to May 1944 ,was against Southern England, mainly London and the Ports. It was called Operation Steinbock. The germans committed 474 Bombers, with limited night-fighter escort that did not cross the English coast.
      They lose 70% of the aircrews, dead, in 5 months, and had 329 aircraft destroyed. Most aircraft were lost to radar guided Night-fighter interceptions.
      Exactly ZERO American fighters defended Britain against it, as they did not have night-fighters that were sufficiently experienced. Night-fighting was given a low priority by the USAAF, because they did not fly raids at night, and the British had been using night-fighters for four years by that point.
      However, USAAF fighters did fly in daylight, in protection of their own air-bases in the UK, and of course they were flying escort missions on the continent .
      @@ShadowDragon8685

  • @MegaJani
    @MegaJani 10 місяців тому +20

    I like to imagine this is the ghost of a RAF pilot who sticks around to make random people's days

  • @Call_Me_The_Storyteller
    @Call_Me_The_Storyteller 10 місяців тому +22

    It's actually so cool to see that these war birds are still flying even more than 80 years after they were built...

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому +2

      I know right!

    • @ShadowDragon8685
      @ShadowDragon8685 9 місяців тому +4

      That's the thing about machines. If you maintain 'em right, and don't work them to the point they're clapped out, they keep working.
      And sometimes, if you design and build 'em right, they can take what similar machines of similar vintage would consider way past "clapped out" and keep on trucking along. The war locomotives for example.

    • @CrAAAstastic
      @CrAAAstastic 9 місяців тому

      definitely, and this was and is an exceptionally well designed machine. Excellent example of your description =D@@ShadowDragon8685

    • @ChickenNugget-dk9hp
      @ChickenNugget-dk9hp 8 місяців тому +1

      @@ShadowDragon8685 Quite a lot of the spitfires still flying are new builds from data plate restorations, still amazing to see though.

  • @heleti0000
    @heleti0000 10 місяців тому +27

    Many years ago I was “buzzed” by a Mustang after establishing radio contact, when coming in to an airport in country Australia - unbelievable thrilling experience.

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому +1

      Love it, great pub story

    • @mashelalnaar
      @mashelalnaar 9 місяців тому

      Wasn't Archerfield in QLD by chance?

  • @davidmangold1838
    @davidmangold1838 11 місяців тому +98

    On A check/preflight, when checking aileron hinges, do NOT put your fingers in there, unless you are holding the aileron!

  • @lhplt9029
    @lhplt9029 11 місяців тому +7

    my body squirmed when your fingers went inbetween those ailerons! Stay safe bud!

  • @andrewbergman9315
    @andrewbergman9315 11 місяців тому +28

    I once had a formation of three DC3s arrive overheard the airfield while I was turning base and flew directly over my aircraft as we turned final. What a fantastic sight! They landed shortly after us touching down in formation. This was at Moorabbin Airport in Melbourne, Australia.

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  11 місяців тому +3

      Yes what a sight indeed!! Bet that's a logbook entry to never forget

  • @onebravotango
    @onebravotango 11 місяців тому +35

    Your skillful handling of the go-around and the subsequent successful landing showcased your abilities as a new pilot. The blend of excitement, suspense, and the unique sighting of the Spitfire made this flight truly extraordinary. Thank you for sharing this captivating aviation tale! 🛫✈🔥

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  11 місяців тому +3

      I'm thoroughly flattered by your kind words, I hope you enjoyed watching this as much as I enjoyed making it! 😇

  • @dr_jaymz
    @dr_jaymz 11 місяців тому +38

    I'd make way for the old girl! We had a Tornado fly under us and it was so loud that we could hear it over our own engine and feel it through the floor - something you don't expect in a light aircraft which are already very noisy.

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  11 місяців тому +1

      Blimey that's crazy!! We didn't hear a whisper of this one, let alone feel it. What an experience that must have been!!

    • @matthewwilson5019
      @matthewwilson5019 10 місяців тому

      Lol i can see why its called a Tornado

  • @simonbellamy67
    @simonbellamy67 11 місяців тому +10

    Had a similar thing happen to me at Biggin Hill with a couple of F15s or F16s. I took off 1st and they were told to keep clear or us and they interpreted that to mean blast past me 1 on either side. Me doing about 75 knots them doing about 200 knots. Apparently they were up for practice maneuvers for an upcoming airshow. It was a bit scary but also very cool.
    Nice video by the way.....

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  11 місяців тому +1

      Jeeez!! That's actually crazy, I can only imagine the feeling of them shooting past!! Good pub story though haha

    • @robd2184
      @robd2184 11 місяців тому +1

      200kts ? They must have throttled way back !

  • @user-zz2bn4df3k
    @user-zz2bn4df3k 11 місяців тому +5

    Near Allentown , Pennsylvania decades ago Center told me they would put on a little air show for me. I looked where they directed me to and was rewarded with the sight of 4 warbirds in diamond formation going the other way. Oh for a video camera!

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  11 місяців тому

      Jeeez that would have been amazing!! At least you got the memory of it!

  • @simonedwards2703
    @simonedwards2703 10 місяців тому +3

    I did my Spitfire flight in TE308 Grey Nurse out of Biggin Hill .. It was an amazing experience and I had Anna Walker as my pilot ... she gave me control as much as possible including me doing a wing over from a dive and climb .. an awesome day out

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  9 місяців тому

      No way!! That's actually such an amazing experience, lucky man!

  • @echohunter4199
    @echohunter4199 11 місяців тому +10

    Dang, tough wind conditions in ground, it was blowing you all around. What an experience to be around a Spitfire though.

  • @ralphblundell9479
    @ralphblundell9479 10 місяців тому +4

    Those are the things you remember and treasure. As a student pilot, I was doing a dual cross country exercise, filed a flight plan through a Restricted area. Under the hood, at 6000 ft, had ATC warn me an F-111 was in the area "operating between zero and 20 000 ft" 😮 . I acknowledged, took the hood off, and he spoke to me direct, asking me to maintain current altitude and heading. I wared him there was another light aircraft in the area I had seen a few minutes earlier, at low altitude, same general heading. I had the thrill of seeing him pass in front of me twice.
    As for paying customers, I have 0.25 hr ICUS P-51D, aerobatics, as part of a 50th birthday present to myself, in a dual Mustang that used to fly out of Perth, WA
    😊

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      Amazing! 2 amazing experiences there that I'm sure will be with you forever, like this will for me! Glad you enjoyed and thanks for the comment!! Happy flying

    • @BeardedChieftain
      @BeardedChieftain 9 місяців тому

      Those Pig pilots were something else.

  • @Medge2sc
    @Medge2sc 11 місяців тому +6

    I had this happen once , I was head my back to Hawarden and I was low between beeston and peckforton castle when the Bbmf spitfire called up to ask me to maintain heading and altitude
    It then flew straight under me

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  11 місяців тому

      Love this, what an amazing thing to see!! Sounds like your got even closer to you than ours did in this video!

  • @MotoGoYo
    @MotoGoYo 10 місяців тому +5

    In flying, you do see a lot of different things... A few times near the River Trent, I've had the Red Arrows do that too.

  • @robanderson473
    @robanderson473 11 місяців тому +1

    That's awesome! Spits that pass in the flight!

  • @richardkingadi5511
    @richardkingadi5511 11 місяців тому +17

    About three years ago, on my very first flight in a glider, I was also overtaken by a Spitfire ! (From Duxford). Sadly, that experience, plus what I later discovered were unusually good soaring conditions, meant I had a bit of a false impression of what glding was about... Never did have another day quite like it during the rest of my training! Well... there was one day when the airtemp was over 30 degrees, and we managed to get to 8000 ft over Cambourne!

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  11 місяців тому

      Wow that's amazing, especially on your first ever flight!! Yeah I know what you mean, maybe gave you a false sense of what the normal experience is.. Hope you still keep it up and happy safe flying if so!

    • @sjk8273
      @sjk8273 11 місяців тому

      Maybe 35years ago I had my one and only glider flight out of Duxford. A 'K2' I seem to remember. In those days you just rocked up and took turns when the Uni' club were flying. It was an amazing experience as I too was incredibly lucky with the flying conditions. I was able to take control, diving till the wings shook and pulling up to the point of stalling. I was given a parachute but no instruction as to how to use it. TBH, I think it's primary function was to be a cushion. Good times!

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      Amazing experience,I’ve never been gliding but would love to give it a go! Sounds like you had a blast

  • @tophatanimation8748
    @tophatanimation8748 11 місяців тому +20

    I had a similar experience at Manston while on finals in an AEF Chipmunk. We went wide to allow a Phantom to come in on finals; as a fifteen year old cadet, it was incredible seeing it off of our starboard wing and I'll never forget it. However, we were politely asked by ATC to go wide rather than simply cut up as in your case, still, and experience you won't forget any time soon I doubt.

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  11 місяців тому

      Amazing, what an experience that must have been! I definitely won't forget this flight as I'm sure yours will stay with you too! 😁

    • @ncc17701a
      @ncc17701a 11 місяців тому +1

      Same kind of thing for me when I was a cadet - only it was a Tornado off to port. I was in Chipmunk WG-308 flying out of RAF Linton-on-Ouse.

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      Amazing!!

    • @FuzzWoof
      @FuzzWoof 10 місяців тому

      I also had a very similar experience in an AEF Chipmunk, but at RAF Coltishall, although it was with a Jaguar for me and at takeoff rather than finals - we had just taken off from the grass strip parallel to the main runway and the Jaguars (freshly painted in desert pink!) were all departing for the first gulf war. It was incredible seeing one roar up incredibly close beside us then just tear off into the distance, I was glad to hear that all the Jaguars came back unscathed, so hopefully that pilot is still alive and well.

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      Amazing experience, interesting colour too!!

  • @mike_kokuz17
    @mike_kokuz17 10 місяців тому +8

    I had a moment with a Tornado GR4 when flying a Grob 115 up in Scotland, less than 500ft below me passing my left to right. Just remember seeing a strobe in the distance, before actually making out what it was over the water, then tracking it as it passed underneath and seeing it on full afterburner under my right wing heading up towards Lossiemouth. Will never forget that. 😅

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому +1

      @mike_kokuz17 Jeez having a jet around you like is actually crazy, I'd be scared I'm being intercepted 😅

  • @rmsatt1608
    @rmsatt1608 11 місяців тому +6

    Had this happen with about 2 hrs solo, excerpt it was a clipped wing Mustang passed about 600' off my right wing at about 100 knots faster than I was. It was quite unsettling even though the Tower advised he was passing.

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  11 місяців тому +2

      Amazing!! Yeah exactly the same feeling here, as cool as it was, it was yet another thing to have to think about

  • @Reaper4367
    @Reaper4367 6 місяців тому +1

    sorry to be crass, but 'fark yeah'!
    In 1981/82, South East Kent, Chattenden Barracks: As an Australian middle aged teen, i remember watching a Spitfire (possibly two), escorting a Lancaster Bomber, heading south from the London airspace.
    The Rumble, the sight of those wonderful 'metal' birds, still gives me 'goosebumps' to this day.
    Awesome capture fella's.
    Cheers for sharing.

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  6 місяців тому +1

      Ah you are very welcome, we had an amazing time and the stars perfect’s aligned for us haha! Amazing, what a memory you have too! Glad you enjoyed!! 😀

  • @007jerkins
    @007jerkins 11 місяців тому +11

    This time last year I had a flight in a Magni gyrocopter, an hour of bumbling around the skies in south Essex and over the Thames (absolute magic). When we finally came to the end of the flight, on our finals, we heard the pilot behind us cursing and swearing over the air. He'd just been cut off by a Lancaster bomber! I could just about see it a mile or two to the south. I guess he was cruising down the Thames at low altitude (about 500ft) for some event in London.

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  11 місяців тому +1

      That does sound amazing, what an experience! Interesting hearing that pilot cursing down the radio haha!!

  • @bernie2108
    @bernie2108 2 місяці тому +1

    On final #1 for 24 at Southend, Radio " if we sit here longer glycol gonna cook!" Offered tower a left hand circuit, accepted, as I regained final two Spitfires rolled, one saying "thanks Lima Whisky" [my C150] I watched in awe as theY took flight. My once and only time in the air together. Memories

  • @hammer1349
    @hammer1349 10 місяців тому +1

    While not flying, i was up in the Rochdale moors and saw a spitfire flying formation with a lancaster. Beautiful sight and sound to hear on that day

  • @flyingmortgageman
    @flyingmortgageman 11 місяців тому +5

    I had the same happen to me in the circuit at Lee-on-Solent. We had a lovely view of him banking past us and dropping the undercart at the same time. As i was in the circuit i was able to extend a little so he was off the runway as I called final. Note for your diary. 2nd and 3rd September Compton Abbas has a Spitfire day so if you fly in there you can have a spot of lunch and enjoy the views and Sounds of the Spitfire doing pleasure flights all day.....I have booked out one of their PA28's to fly in the hope of getting a air to air 🙂

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  11 місяців тому

      Oh amazing! Dates noted! That will be great if you get another look at them from the air again!

    • @johnturner7569
      @johnturner7569 11 місяців тому

      That will be the Aero Legends Spitfire NH341 known as Elizabeth. I flew in her from h
      Headcorn 2022 with Parky. Still smilling. That moment when he said " you have control ".....

    • @gap9992
      @gap9992 11 місяців тому

      Me too. The Spits use a left hand circuit on 23 whereas we mere mortals are in the right hand. As I called right base for 23, the Spit called left base 23. I deferred of course and went round. At £6,000 / hour they need priority ! lol

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      Haha love that, yeah that’s a bit steep for a go around 😅😅

  • @The_Cookie_Crumbles
    @The_Cookie_Crumbles 9 місяців тому +1

    All I can think of is that scene from Battle of Britain where the lad is training and the instructor comes down going: "Takatakatakatakataka"

  • @user-py2kd1qy8k
    @user-py2kd1qy8k 10 місяців тому +1

    That's Grey Nurse out of Biggin! Flew in her over Beachy Head for my 60th. She's a beauty.
    Nice video and even nicer surprise!

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      Love it! Thank you my friend!

  • @andrewofford1533
    @andrewofford1533 10 місяців тому +1

    Where I live, Ryde on the Isle of Wight, I can sit in my Garden most weekends and watch Spitfires, Flying over, doing Victory Rolls, Loops and High speed runs. You can hear the Merlin Engine, long before seeing the Spit. My Wife, thinks I am mad, as when they Fly Over, I stop what I am doing and just stand there transfixed. What a Plane..........

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      Love this, best seat in the house by the sound of it

  • @Radictor44
    @Radictor44 10 місяців тому +1

    Old Spitty just making its income. That's what we like to see.

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      @Radictor44 making it's pocket money

  • @derickphillips8367
    @derickphillips8367 10 місяців тому +1

    Look like that Spitfire was reliving it's glory days.

  • @gorillachinchilla1668
    @gorillachinchilla1668 11 місяців тому +9

    A great video and an amazing experience. Thank you for sharing it. I think you definitely passed through the gunsight of that Spitfire! :)

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  11 місяців тому +1

      My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it!! Yeah I reckon we did! eek!

    • @ericsissenwein3601
      @ericsissenwein3601 10 місяців тому +1

      I agree, probably made that Spitty pilots day!😂

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      Haha I hope so, would be 1-1 if so

    • @highkicker11
      @highkicker11 10 місяців тому

      except that these replicas have never had guns or a gunsight.

  • @suspiciouschicken
    @suspiciouschicken 9 місяців тому +1

    The Spitfire pilot even sounds cool with the slightly muffled radio

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  9 місяців тому +1

      Haha yeah, authentic!!

  • @martiniv8924
    @martiniv8924 11 місяців тому +2

    He was lined up nicely to rake you with .30 calibre 😂👍🏻 nice video 👌🏻😎

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  11 місяців тому +1

      Thanks Martin! Yes he would have killed us to death pretty easily

  • @duncanshire
    @duncanshire 10 місяців тому +1

    Wow !! A day to remember..

  • @MasterDownUnder
    @MasterDownUnder 9 місяців тому +1

    That is the Spitfire I rode in doing the back seat run! Best experience of my life. How awesome to see it in formation!

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  9 місяців тому

      No way!!! I’d absolutely love to do that

  • @eddiehardman6967
    @eddiehardman6967 9 місяців тому +1

    I was flying at Aston downtown that day in an ASK-21, when I saw that spitfire shoot past the north side of the airfield!

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  9 місяців тому

      Pretty crazy sight isn’t it!

  • @julesviolin
    @julesviolin 11 місяців тому +8

    On my bucket list to fly in Spitfire, despite the price !!!
    I know what it costs to keep these warbirds flying ✅

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  11 місяців тому

      oh me too, just far too much money to justify for me.. Great they still get to fly!

    • @user-lv7ph7hs7l
      @user-lv7ph7hs7l 10 місяців тому

      They make replicas with GM V8 engines. Still not cheap though

    • @thezanzibarbarian5729
      @thezanzibarbarian5729 10 місяців тому +1

      £3k for 30 mins. Seems good value. _Hmmm...! Gets me thinking..._
      _"Hey! Where's the missus? Not seen her for some time."_
      _"I part exchanged her for a 30 min flight in a Spitfire!"_

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      🤣🤣

  • @bobdylan7120
    @bobdylan7120 10 місяців тому +2

    The time to worry is when you hear " daga daga daga"

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      haha yes we didn't hear that thanks god

  • @Ian-zv6oe
    @Ian-zv6oe 9 місяців тому +1

    There is only one word "awesome ".

  • @dannyvanstraelen3273
    @dannyvanstraelen3273 10 місяців тому +1

    fly into Duxford on the day there will be an air show going on, you could encounter a very pleasant surprises.
    When we did it several years ago, where so lucky that on left side a Thunderbolt, and on the right side a spitfire MK9 crossed us head on, I will never be forgetting that moment…

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      @dannyvanstraelen3273 I actually went to Duxford last Monday and once again was asked to hold on a taxiway to let a Spitfire cut in front, the we followed it down the taxiway and did our power checks next to it.. crazy times..
      Wow that’s amazing! A story that will stay with you forever!!

  • @juliuspeploe2197
    @juliuspeploe2197 11 місяців тому +1

    wow what amazing luck! nice video, hopefully more soon

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  11 місяців тому

      I know right and thank you for your kind words! More content in the very near future, stay tuned!!

  • @FoxCDN
    @FoxCDN 10 місяців тому +1

    That was super cool! Thank you for sharing your experience!! :O

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому +1

      My pleasure!! Glad you enjoyed! 🤟

  • @evobsm2328
    @evobsm2328 9 місяців тому +1

    CATCH THOSE JERRY'S!!!

  • @auscam6666
    @auscam6666 10 місяців тому +1

    A duel seater with original markings for the 457 SQN RAAF in WW2 Pacific colours. nice video mate, one of the birds my father would have worked on in Moritai

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      Thank you sir! You do know your stuff!

  • @TheFunkhouser
    @TheFunkhouser 9 місяців тому

    LOL the Spitfires like that cocky rich owner Lamborghini of the airways hahaa

  • @pcj3405
    @pcj3405 10 місяців тому

    That's cool!

  • @ianh.6825
    @ianh.6825 11 місяців тому +2

    "Roger That" is Hollywood-style R/T. You won't find it in the CAP 413.

  • @S900KYB
    @S900KYB 10 місяців тому +5

    Incredible. What an experience. And probably something Axis pilots last thing they saw back in WW2

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому +2

      @begolatman I know right, glad you enjoyed! Yeah that must have been crazy 😬😬

  • @pinballdreamer
    @pinballdreamer 10 місяців тому +1

    That would have made my year !! Awesome 😎

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому +1

      It for sure made ours!! So lucky

  • @vikj1255
    @vikj1255 10 місяців тому

    OMG, so cool. Looks amazing flying. and sounds even better taking off.

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому +1

      Agreed! Such an amazing experience

    • @vikj1255
      @vikj1255 10 місяців тому

      @@RoutesAbove Nice take off in that wind btw.

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      Thanks! Was a bit busy wasn't it!

  • @marcobrian1619
    @marcobrian1619 10 місяців тому +1

    Best experience IV had of spitfires was at duckworth air museum..... experience all been up close to them seeing them been cared for an serviced and also been restored.
    Hope you get your wing license chap

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому +1

      @marcobrian1619 oh nice! Not been there yet but will defo have a look! I went to Duxford this weekend gone and it was scattered everywhere with Spitfires! Had to follow one down the taxiway..
      Thank you sir! Happy flying!

  • @flyingjeff1956
    @flyingjeff1956 10 місяців тому +2

    Hang on to that aileron in the wind! Losing a finger would make for a tough preflight.

  • @gammouk4934
    @gammouk4934 11 місяців тому

    Awesome video ❤ thank you

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому +1

      Thank you sir!! Glad you enjoyed 😁

  • @furbs9999
    @furbs9999 10 місяців тому +1

    Missed opportunity to say "Achtung Spitfire!"

  • @leewolf6434
    @leewolf6434 10 місяців тому +2

    Had similar thing flying into Duxford in my dads Cessna 172 for the air show years back. Ended up following in a huge American military transport in to land!

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому +1

      Amazing! What a flight to remember

  • @HorsleyLandy88
    @HorsleyLandy88 11 місяців тому +4

    Dagga Dagga Dagga. :)

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  11 місяців тому +2

      Got the kill shot on us didn't he

  • @electron4784
    @electron4784 10 місяців тому

    That would be a treat!!! Wow thanks

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому +1

      It was indeed!! Glad you enjoyed 😊

  • @jrcrawford4
    @jrcrawford4 7 місяців тому +1

    Tacka tacka tacka tacka tack!

  • @driftwolf
    @driftwolf 10 місяців тому +1

    I like how the voice says "fuckin' 'ell", but the text says "blimey".

  • @musoseven8218
    @musoseven8218 11 місяців тому +4

    Interesting video, sketchy wx. Good decision making on your part👍😊💜
    I must echo another commenter, mind your fingers around ailerons and flaps etc especially when it's windy (some aircraft also have awkward fuel drain offs, both my dad and I have the scars to prove that).
    I think, on average, the Spitfires have been there once a month throughout the summer🤔 Also there's been, again, iirc, a Yak there too🤔✌️💜😊
    Thanks for sharing 👍😊✌️💜

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  11 місяців тому +1

      Thanks! Yeah weather was towards the limit of what I'd go up in at the point. Appreciate the kind words!
      Yeah fair point, I did see the other comment. Appreciate the concern, point noted.
      My pleasure, glad you enjoyed! Stay safe

    • @musoseven8218
      @musoseven8218 11 місяців тому

      @@RoutesAbove Thanks. We still try to pop to Kemble from to time, albeit by road these days. Back in the day the nearest airfields, for flight training, to the Cotswolds and Swindon were; Thruxton, Booker and Kiddlington (I can't recall if Staverton was doing flight training back then). Kemble is a great resource nowadays, so are the local airstrips. Enjoy your flying✌️💜👍😊

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      Lovely stuff, yeah it’s great round here, loads of great locations are a short flight away (Duxford, Turweston, Welshpool etc). Thank you sir, enjoy yours too 👍

  • @BeardedChieftain
    @BeardedChieftain 9 місяців тому +1

    I was not expecting to see 457 Sqn markings! Nice experience.

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  9 місяців тому

      Well spotted! Yeah was crazy

    • @BeardedChieftain
      @BeardedChieftain 9 місяців тому +1

      @@RoutesAbove as an Aussie, the Grey Nurse Sqn is a source of pride. 😁

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  9 місяців тому

      I can imagine!! Nice work

  • @billb7876
    @billb7876 11 місяців тому +1

    Nice experience

  • @veritasvincit2745
    @veritasvincit2745 10 місяців тому +1

    Nice.
    Was overtaken by a close Apache coming to Halfpenny Green from Staverton once.
    Had a hedge hopping Hercules call long final from nowhere as I was about to turn base at Tatenhill one quiet afternoon. He touched then cleared off.
    Was told by ground to park next to a Spitfire at Staverton but never shared the air with one.
    Jealous. 🙂🙂👍👍

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому +1

      That must have been crazy!! Bet they make for amazing pub stories haha! Happy flying my friend

  • @RandomUser25122
    @RandomUser25122 10 місяців тому +1

    I live in Kent now and often see Spitfires and Hurricanes because we’re not that far from Biggin Hill. I still come running out of the house whenever I heard an old school prop, just to see whether it’s a Spitfire

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      Haha yeah amazing, always worth checking

  • @southjerseymountain
    @southjerseymountain 11 місяців тому

    Sorry, but that beautiful old war bird stole the show for me. Thanks for posting, your friend from across the pond. New Jersey USA

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      Thanks chap, glad you enjoyed! Stay tuned for more content!

  • @TexasGreed
    @TexasGreed 9 місяців тому +1

    That view of it sliding its nose across your tail is the last thing a lot of german pilots saw.

  • @michaelramos2839
    @michaelramos2839 9 місяців тому +1

    the fact that even after 270k views he still has only 446 subs kind of makes me sad because his content is great and he deserves more subs

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  9 місяців тому

      🙏🙏 Thanks you for your kind words! Watch this space my friend, lots more content coming very soon!! Peace!

  • @TheHandymanQld
    @TheHandymanQld 6 місяців тому +1

    'ACHTUNG. SPITFEUR!'

  • @AJS86
    @AJS86 11 місяців тому +2

    Wow i wasn't expecting to see a 457 Sqn RAAF Spitfire done up in the UK.
    If Only that twin seater was here.

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  11 місяців тому

      Yeah well spotted!!

    • @AJS86
      @AJS86 11 місяців тому

      @@RoutesAbove I've seen the Bobby Gibbes painted MkVIII here many times.
      I know those markings very well

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      Keen eye, love it

  • @AVMamfortas
    @AVMamfortas 11 місяців тому +1

    Memorable !!

  • @cookiemonster2299
    @cookiemonster2299 11 місяців тому +1

    Very cool, certainly better than running around with your arms out shouting ratatatatat ...😜❤️🇬🇧

  • @thepsychoticone615
    @thepsychoticone615 9 місяців тому +1

    You know you messed up when you fly into an airspace so restricted only a mighty Spitfire is able to protect it lol

  • @northernlandsgaming3268
    @northernlandsgaming3268 10 місяців тому +3

    What a beautiful aircraft the spitfire is.

    • @legogenius1667
      @legogenius1667 10 місяців тому +1

      I really feel like there was just something so special when these war machines were designed with pencil and paper. You can see the love and pride in the lines of so many of these classic planes and ships from the 20th century!

    • @ianwilkinson4602
      @ianwilkinson4602 10 місяців тому +1

      I wonder why the site of WW2 British aircraft have the tendency to give me an almighty lump in the throat 🤗

  • @gh8447
    @gh8447 10 місяців тому +1

    3:30 When the subtitles say 'Blimey', but the Pilot clearly says "Fuck'in Hell!". Yeah, okay... 😂

  • @Meisha-san
    @Meisha-san 10 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for the upload.
    That spitfire deserved it's own sound track - what a beauty!
    BTW, great weather awareness & planning 👍

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому +1

      Thank you so much! Really glad you enjoyed it! Was great fun to fly and make. Yeah not taking any risks! 😅

  • @Quinnikon
    @Quinnikon 10 місяців тому

    What a treat

  • @johncheetham4607
    @johncheetham4607 10 місяців тому +1

    Allot of RAF chaps will fly the spirit of the sky.
    From your experience he were practicing his dog fighting skills 😅😂😅

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      It looked like it didn’t it!! Was an amazing experience

  • @MrWkdWilly
    @MrWkdWilly 11 місяців тому +1

    Love the subtitles compared to actual chat😂😂👍

  • @tonysales3687
    @tonysales3687 11 місяців тому

    I had the same thing happen while shopping in lidl's,
    Oh sorry sorry, it was a fire pit......( for the garden )

  • @brianjohnson5789
    @brianjohnson5789 10 місяців тому

    there was a spitfire flying up and down the beach in Eastbourne the week before the airshow, was pretty cool to be walking along the beach while it went overhead

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      Yeah the sound is what does it for me

    • @BlackRat-vw9jv
      @BlackRat-vw9jv 10 місяців тому

      There is one that flies over Eastbourne a lot, it is nice to hear overhead.

  • @markshoemaker65
    @markshoemaker65 10 місяців тому +1

    Outstanding day.

  • @wokeupandsmellthecoffee214
    @wokeupandsmellthecoffee214 11 місяців тому

    Brilliant what an experience

  • @PhantomMark
    @PhantomMark 11 місяців тому +1

    Looked like a really busy landing !!

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  11 місяців тому +1

      Yeah was quite windy, 12knts ish but fortunately wasn't too much of a crosswind

    • @PhantomMark
      @PhantomMark 11 місяців тому

      @@RoutesAbove One of the most shocking things I found transitioning from decades of simulator flying was that I was trying to correct everything rather than just letting the plane do its own thing once it was trimmed, but then I watch that battle you had with the landing and realise that sometimes that battle is real lol........I have only done the one flight in a 152 in super heavy winds, was a great experience tho, he let me fly pretty much from take off to finals which was cool.

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      Yeah it becomes a bit of a balance really, I do fall foul of over correcting sometimes and making things messier than they could have been.. all experience at the end of the day. Good that you recognise that as you mentioned above! Happy flying my friend

  • @pierremainstone-mitchell8290
    @pierremainstone-mitchell8290 10 місяців тому +2

    "Three thousand pounds for 30 minutes"! Bloody hell! I knew I was in the wrong line of work! Flying with a Spitfire now that would've been quite a sight especially a dual seater as they really are in the minority!

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      I know it’s crazy money!! Yeah I thought it still looks pretty cool!

  • @michaelmcginn7260
    @michaelmcginn7260 10 місяців тому +1

    What an experience 👍

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      I know right! We are lucky chaps

  • @MrYeet_onYT
    @MrYeet_onYT 10 місяців тому +1

    Spitfires are my all time favourite plane

  • @MeTube3
    @MeTube3 10 місяців тому +1

    Spitfires giving pleasure flights is a very common sight for people flying around Goodwood, or indeed any of their other bases, like Northampton.

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      So good that they stay in operation like this!

  • @centralseac
    @centralseac 10 місяців тому +1

    Formidable experience

  • @grimreaper4610
    @grimreaper4610 9 місяців тому +1

    The spitfire was just beautiful, she looks like shes in mint condition.

  • @Nommicus
    @Nommicus 9 місяців тому +1

    Damn modern flying regs in the 40s you'd be able to buzz him on the runway for that hehe and get a nod in the bar after tower chewing you out 😂

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  9 місяців тому +1

      Hhahaha how times have changed

  • @patrickradcliffe3837
    @patrickradcliffe3837 10 місяців тому

    Good landing by the way in those gusty conditions

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      Thanks! You can see me concentrating hard haha

  • @androidemulator6952
    @androidemulator6952 10 місяців тому +1

    Spitfire on your tail ??- Lucky you weren't flying an ME109 ... LOL ;)

  • @RoutesAbove
    @RoutesAbove  11 місяців тому +6

    If you could see any plane up close like this, what would it be? Still can't believe this happened on my second outing as a private pilot!! Enjoy!

    • @frodeskibrek
      @frodeskibrek 10 місяців тому +1

      Concorde / DC-3 / Spitfire / Harvard in that order.

    • @phunkeehone
      @phunkeehone 10 місяців тому +2

      Basically any ww2 plane, be it fighter or bomber. But my favorite would definitely be the 'timber terror' Dehavilland Mosquito. Nice experience for you, something you don't see every day.

    • @neutchain7838
      @neutchain7838 10 місяців тому +1

      Tough one, I would go for a Dornier Do X, or the SR-71.

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      @@frodeskibrek oh cracking shout with the Concorde

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      @@phunkeehone Yeah very good suggestion, very rare

  • @Thatonemodeller1
    @Thatonemodeller1 10 місяців тому +1

    Love kemble. I flew in G-TOES once

    • @RoutesAbove
      @RoutesAbove  10 місяців тому

      I did a lot on my training in that plane! Kimble’s great isn’t it