Why would one idiot thumbed this video down out of the 417 people who thumbed it up? Beautiful aircraft and beautiful sound even though I I'm in love with the F4U Corsair I still love them all! If anybody is out there who flew these beautiful birds for our freedom I salute you! Thank you! And thank you all to keep these beautiful birds alive today! USMC veteran here. 1987 to 1995.
@soaringtractor With the Rolls Royce engine before that it was not a good plane, America built it Britain improved it much like the Corsair which Britain also improved and showed them how to use it on a carrier. So whats your point all planes have strengths and weaknesses including the Mustang up against a FW 190 it would have had a very tough time its a good job Germany could not build or train enough pilots otherwise we would not be having this conversation in English.
@soaringtractor yep, problems with which led to months of delays getting Mk 16's to the front line. Give you a race horse, turn it into a seaside donkey. Long live Rolls Royce and Supermarine!
Poetry in magnificent motion. I saw one fly at Richmond RAAF air base open day in 1990, it did a barrel roll over the crowd. Not ashamed to say I shed a tear.
Then you haven't seen this, Ray Hanna scaring the presenter and camera crew...... ua-cam.com/video/4iOoiEbtf2w/v-deo.html 😀 or the bridge stunt from 'A Piece of Cake' done by Ray Hanna.... ua-cam.com/video/6e9WQJYMImY/v-deo.html 😀 or Ray Hanna flying through the trees in 'A Piece of Cake' from 0.59 ua-cam.com/video/KiRV06XQ1f4/v-deo.html 😀
If you think that's low look up Ray Hannah he has one video he's almost cutting the grass, the commentator on it really crapped himself and other flying under an old stone bridge across a river
VictorRomeo Sorry old bead but the Lancasters did not use that version of the Merlin, ALL Lancasters used the Merlin 20 series SINGLE stage supercharged engine, This $hitfire used the PACKARD, made in USA 266 merlin it a 2 stage supercharged engine !!!! DUUUUHH!!!!!!
there shall never be another sound so sweet, as the roar and hum of the Merlin's heartbeat(Even if it was a Griff - still gorgeous - and Merlin's younger Brother at any rate !)
Good to see a video of the Spitfire without the usual hate by the Wilbur soaring tractor, we the people, baracuda and Ray Hansen trolls making nasty remarks.
A beautiful, deadly lady warrior with the heart of a Lion, the sword against the darkness, respect for those men and ladies who gave us freedom and for those who made the ultimate safice, god's finest warriors ❤❤❤❤.
@@topbanana4013 WRONG !!!! WRONG !!!! ALL F'n WRONG !!!! Mustang was 30 MPH FASTER than a merlin $hitfire !!!!The engine in this plane The PACKARD 266 was more similar to PACKARDS V1650/3 0r 7 than to then RR version !!!
The Packard Merlin was supposed to be manufactured to the standards laid down by Rolls Royce. R.A.F. Ground crew testified that some of the Packard units had to be rebuilt from the start owing to poor production values.
David Green Never! The American standards were abysmal compared to Rolls Royce. Just as their idiot standards, led to their installation of the Mulberry Harbours off the Normandy coast in June 1944. The British design called for 6 stancions or fixing points per caisson. The yanks cut corners by fixing the caissons at 4 points. A week later a channel storm blew up and wrecked the US Mulberry, the British Mulberry survived. End of rant!
@@dovidell Since the company started. Packard went bust post-war because they built cars that no-one wanted. As a manufacturing company they were excellent - although they were the second choice to licence build Merlins as Henry Ford refused.
@@PenzancePete I READ THAT HENRY FORD ONLY AGREED TO BUILD ENGINES FOR RAF BOMBER'S, ON THE PROMISE, THEY WEREN'T USED, TO BOMB HIS FACTORIES IN GERMANY. THE BOSS OF GM ALSO LAID DOWN THAT CONDITION, FOR MANUFACTURING OTHER WAR MATERIALS. THOSE TWO MAMOUTH US COMPANIES, MADE MORE TRUCKS ETC FOR THE NAZIS, THAN FOR THE US MILITARY BACK HOME.
@@dovidell That's just a silly statement. The working tolerances that Packard had were famously tighter than Rolls'. Stanley Hooker mentions that in his book, Not much of an engineer". I'm not from the U.S.
OOOOHHHHH !!!!!! That PACKARD Merlin does sing its song F R E E D O M !!!!!! The MkXVI was a MkIX with the PACKARD MERLIN engine Made in the USA 1,040 built !!!
The best sound an engine ever produced!
Cornelis, the Netherlands!
‘That’ is how you display a Spit.. bloody marvellous!
@Hoa Tattis Seen pretty much all the vids of Ray & Mark.. both very much missed RIP
@Hoa Tattis The infamous Alain De Cadanet video?.. Oh that was Ray 😉
Why would one idiot thumbed this video down out of the 417 people who thumbed it up? Beautiful aircraft and beautiful sound even though I I'm in love with the F4U Corsair I still love them all! If anybody is out there who flew these beautiful birds for our freedom I salute you! Thank you! And thank you all to keep these beautiful birds alive today! USMC veteran here. 1987 to 1995.
Just proves germans are on the Internet too... hehe
Forever the sound of freedom.
The Merlin sounds like a roaring angry lion... What a beautiful engine 💪
You can argue about the best ever plane 109, 190, mustang etc etc this is the best looking plane ever made.
@soaringtractor With the Rolls Royce engine before that it was not a good plane, America built it Britain improved it much like the Corsair which Britain also improved and showed them how to use it on a carrier. So whats your point all planes have strengths and weaknesses including the Mustang up against a FW 190 it would have had a very tough time its a good job Germany could not build or train enough pilots otherwise we would not be having this conversation in English.
@@davidwilkinson8136 he was on about best looking duh
Yes sir.
A beautiful aircraft well displayed. Never tire of hearing that Merlin roar.
Thats a mark XIVe. Its using a Griffon not a merlin.
@soaringtractor yep, problems with which led to months of delays getting Mk 16's to the front line. Give you a race horse, turn it into a seaside donkey. Long live Rolls Royce and Supermarine!
@@PugilistCactus Quite important to get the V and the I the right way round!!
@@PugilistCactus mk16 and a Merlin engine
@@markcutler8046 To be pedantic, a Packard Rolls Royce Merlin. Definitely not a XIV which had a gargling Griffon; different sound altogether.
Poetry in magnificent motion. I saw one fly at Richmond RAAF air base open day in 1990, it did a barrel roll over the crowd. Not ashamed to say I shed a tear.
Gorgeous! Breath takingly gorgeous.
One of the best ever low level power fly bys I have EVER seen. Simply awesome flying, simply superb and timeless wonder of a fighter!!!
You like low level Spitfire passes?
Ray Hanna does the best:
ua-cam.com/video/wXI_03kdS-8/v-deo.html
Then you haven't seen this, Ray Hanna scaring the presenter and camera crew...... ua-cam.com/video/4iOoiEbtf2w/v-deo.html 😀 or the bridge stunt from 'A Piece of Cake' done by Ray Hanna.... ua-cam.com/video/6e9WQJYMImY/v-deo.html 😀 or Ray Hanna flying through the trees in 'A Piece of Cake' from 0.59 ua-cam.com/video/KiRV06XQ1f4/v-deo.html 😀
It's still impressive after all these years.
Brits made a beautiful warbird back then but I'm more amazed by the pilot’s flying skills flying that low wow!😮
If you think that's low look up Ray Hannah he has one video he's almost cutting the grass, the commentator on it really crapped himself and other flying under an old stone bridge across a river
I have no words ,, ? Just beautiful..❤❤❤
LOve the way it is being flown! Everyone getting a good easr full...AND eye full! Beautiful!
I thought the same thing
I love the sound of that Merlin. And I will for ever.
What a treat from WWIIs' most iconic aircraft of FREEDOM!! 😊👍
Phenomenal. Love the Spit, always will. What a history.
This beautiful sound loud through surround sound is beyond amazing 😁
There’s joy on engine sounds like that. ❤️
The stereo and quadraphonic versions sound good too!
The wings haven't been clipped. Excellent!
My favorite plane. I have a huge print of Barrie A. F. Clark's beautiful painting of a Spitfire on my wall here.
I do too, right over my bed. A fabulous painting indeed.
@@jimcottee9187 I have had it for years its the only thing that has survived all my travels (Moves).
Oh that snarl. nothing like it, and when you hear 4 of those going on the Lancaster - my goodness what a sound
VictorRomeo Sorry old bead but the Lancasters did not use that version of the Merlin, ALL Lancasters used the Merlin 20 series SINGLE stage supercharged engine, This $hitfire used the PACKARD, made in USA 266 merlin it a 2 stage supercharged engine !!!! DUUUUHH!!!!!!
HE'S HAVING FUN-----AND THANKS FOR SHARING IT WITH US.
Looks and sounds great.
Beautiful although I still think that Roy Hannah flying his Mk 9 was the pinnacle of display flying.
And when he parted the commentator's hair in THAT low pass.
there shall never be another sound so sweet, as the roar and hum of the Merlin's heartbeat(Even if it was a Griff - still gorgeous - and Merlin's younger Brother at any rate !)
Jack Tangles licence built merlins really though.
@@gazbopilot1 WRONG CONTRACTED as an OFF SHORE SHADOW FACTORY !!!
Good to see a video of the Spitfire without the usual hate by the Wilbur soaring tractor, we the people, baracuda and Ray Hansen trolls making nasty remarks.
OOOOHHHH We are here and I bet you did not know the $hitfire MkXVI used a Made in AMERICA PaCkard 266 merlin engine...did you ??????
A beautiful, deadly lady warrior with the heart of a Lion, the sword against the darkness, respect for those men and ladies who gave us freedom and for those who made the ultimate safice, god's finest warriors ❤❤❤❤.
What a flier! Just fabulous.
Beautiful sound that third pass was the money.
Oh man so sweet.
Excellent flying such a beautiful testament on how nimble that plane was turns on a dime
strangely enough it was still faster then the 1944 p51D Mustang with same engine fitted. that's crazy
@@topbanana4013 WRONG !!!! WRONG !!!! ALL F'n WRONG !!!! Mustang was 30 MPH FASTER than a merlin $hitfire !!!!The engine in this plane The PACKARD 266 was more similar to PACKARDS V1650/3 0r 7 than to then RR version !!!
Love that V12 sound
I bet many babies were born 9 months after this display.
Beautiful aircraft, music in the air, best low pass display I’ve seen
Look up the one where a tv reporter comes SOOOO CLOSE to getting a haircut and the FRIGHT of his life
"Fuck me.Fuck me. Fuck me!!!" 🤣🤣🤣
Gives me goosebumps everytime I hear a Spitfire.
bloody hell! absolutely epic!
WHAT AN AIRCRAFT! John P.
WOULD HAVE BEEN A SOUND YOU NEVER FORGET WITH 30 OF THEM.
Oh that sweet sweet sound, nothing like it and oh so distinctive. Magical.
If you wore a kraut helmet about 80 years ago, that sound was loosening your bowels.
The sound of freedom.
ÁS!!!
Manobras no limite e muito arriscadas...
Has sound all of its own Merlin magic . Perfection marvellous aeroplane.
PACKARD VERSION !!!
The greatest sound ever
Awesome !!! That was low !!
Best soundtrack ever….
CREAMING MY JEANS!!!
Best Spitfire video 👍
12 pistons in perfect harmony.
Magnificent 🤩
Fabulous, thank you.
Superb!! 👍
Just superb 😊
Now that is why you call a display.
Fantastic - and that sound - modern planes dont sound like that.
The Spitfire, Rolls Royce, Aston Martin and so on, we've not done bad for an " insignificant little island" as some in the world say have we?.... 👍🇬🇧😁
Wow just...wow😳❤️
That sound, though....
What a beast!
Tacka tacka tacka tacka tack!
Sooo wish I'd been there!
Poetry in motion
Wonderful.
What a beautiful sound eh.
Poetry 👌
Super Cool!
Oh that sound.
replay, replay replay replay, just awesome
Hmmm Not sure which is more beautiful..The Spitfire , The P51 D and E series The Corsair or the P40 E Just amazing aircraft
The e type of the skies.
The best is yet to come? Nah you just seen and heard it
wow
Ray Hannah would have mowed the grass with that pass….🤣🤣
Im melting
Nothing sounds quite like a merlin engined spitfire. It makes the hairs stand up on the back my neck.
chriss Especially when the Merlin was made in AMERICA by PACKARD !!!!
Is flying directly over spectators still allowed, I thought that was banned many years ago.
Almost as good as my Victory Roll in a Mark 9 at Southampton Airport filmed from inside the cockpit
Merlins PURR...Griffons BARK!!!
Merlins roar, Griffons gargle
mickdunn Especially that PACKARD Merlin !!!!
Poetry.
* * * * * C O O L * * * * *
Who was the pilot? Got to be Ray Hanna surely?
Does anyone know who the pilot was
Ooooooh the best sound in the world . The finest engine in the most beautiful aircraft ever built .👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
johndymond That Mk $hitfire had the AMERICAN made by PACKARD 266 merlin !!!! SURPRISED ???? you ought to be !!!
What a beautiful showoff he is.
fliegt er einen immelmann?
Why doesn’t this happen at any airshows i go to!!!
My dad flys these days
I think I've busted my speakers.....
The Packard Merlin was supposed to be manufactured to the standards laid down by Rolls Royce. R.A.F. Ground crew testified that some of the Packard units had to be rebuilt from the start owing to poor production values.
since when was a Packard ANYTHING as good as a Rolls Royce !!
David Green Never! The American standards were abysmal compared to Rolls Royce. Just as their idiot standards, led to their installation of the Mulberry Harbours off the Normandy coast in June 1944. The British design called for 6 stancions or fixing points per caisson. The yanks cut corners by fixing the caissons at 4 points. A week later a channel storm blew up and wrecked the US Mulberry, the British Mulberry survived. End of rant!
@@dovidell Since the company started. Packard went bust post-war because they built cars that no-one wanted. As a manufacturing company they were excellent - although they were the second choice to licence build Merlins as Henry Ford refused.
@@PenzancePete I READ THAT HENRY FORD ONLY AGREED TO BUILD ENGINES FOR RAF BOMBER'S, ON THE PROMISE, THEY WEREN'T USED, TO BOMB HIS FACTORIES IN GERMANY. THE BOSS OF GM ALSO LAID DOWN THAT CONDITION, FOR MANUFACTURING OTHER WAR MATERIALS. THOSE TWO MAMOUTH US COMPANIES, MADE MORE TRUCKS ETC FOR THE NAZIS, THAN FOR THE US MILITARY BACK HOME.
@@dovidell That's just a silly statement. The working tolerances that Packard had were famously tighter than Rolls'. Stanley Hooker mentions that in his book, Not much of an engineer".
I'm not from the U.S.
Rüdiger nicht so tief!!
"Papież" franciszek też tak umie.
Haircut sir 😆?
That has to be one of the best bits of flying i have seen. Looks to be a late mark spit [4 cannon] Griffon engine.
Low take-off:
ua-cam.com/video/4iOoiEbtf2w/v-deo.html
Her,what a shame,,
Speed it up!!!
OOOOHHHHH !!!!!! That PACKARD Merlin does sing its song F R E E D O M !!!!!! The MkXVI was a MkIX with the PACKARD MERLIN engine Made in the USA 1,040 built !!!
Irresponsible flying. The manoeuvre at 0:45 was especially dangerous.