@0:25 "only fighter pilot to be awarded the George Cross". He's talking about Flight Lieutenant John Alan Quinton. On 13 August 1951, Flight Lieutenant Quinton was a navigator with 228 Operational Conversion Unit, RAF Leeming, under instruction in a Wellington aircraft which was involved in a mid-air collision. An Air Training Corps cadet, 16-year-old Derek Coates, was with him in the rear compartment of the aircraft when the force of the impact caused the Wellington to break up and plunge to the ground out of control. Flight Lieutenant Quinton picked up the only parachute he could see, clipped it on to the cadet's harness, showed him how to pull the rip-cord and ordered him to jump. The cadet landed safely and was the only survivor of the disaster; all eight other occupants of the two aircraft perished.
By all accounts the spitfires engine had to have a full overhaul at the end of all these shows It was going property much flat out whilst the typhoon was just about staying in the sky it was going that slow 🤣 Both stunning aircraft
I just realised the Typhoon is painted in the Battle of Britain camouflage scheme! Looks fantastic haha!!
It´s like grandfather and grandson in "unite" flight.
Imagine if the spitfire and typhoon flew with the Sopwith camel that could be all three generations of the RAF
That's absolutely right 🇬🇧
i'd love to see a 1982 falklands Harrier in the middle , how awesome would that be?!
@@cbrew8794 would be quite a sight but unfortunately if I’m not mistaken the top speed of a Camel is 113mph and the stall speed of a Typhoon is 126mph
Despite it´s age, the Sptifire still looks, and more importantly, sounds nicer. Great display :)
Totally agree. No jet can beat the sound of the Merlin or Griffon engine! But this is a really nice display. Like a dance between old and new.
This reminds me of the time the RAF flew a Spitfire in mock combat with an English Electric Lightning. great aircraft and great pilots.
There’s something eerie about the way the Eurofighter seems to be ‘looking’ at the Spitfire in the first part of this video!
@0:25 "only fighter pilot to be awarded the George Cross".
He's talking about Flight Lieutenant John Alan Quinton.
On 13 August 1951, Flight Lieutenant Quinton was a navigator with 228 Operational Conversion Unit, RAF Leeming, under instruction in a Wellington aircraft which was involved in a mid-air collision. An Air Training Corps cadet, 16-year-old Derek Coates, was with him in the rear compartment of the aircraft when the force of the impact caused the Wellington to break up and plunge to the ground out of control.
Flight Lieutenant Quinton picked up the only parachute he could see, clipped it on to the cadet's harness, showed him how to pull the rip-cord and ordered him to jump. The cadet landed safely and was the only survivor of the disaster; all eight other occupants of the two aircraft perished.
Gave me goosebumps watching this, just brilliant.
Great vid I couldn't make it to the display but saw the spitfire over my house practicing
jeff nicholls Thanks. All the best.
By all accounts the spitfires engine had to have a full overhaul at the end of all these shows It was going property much flat out whilst the typhoon was just about staying in the sky it was going that slow 🤣 Both stunning aircraft
This reminds me of the scene in The Final Countdown where the modern fighter comes up against a WW2 Japanese fighter!!
That typhoon looks so good with spitfire clothes on 🤯
love it !!!!!!!!!
Great sound. M.
Grandfather and Grandson.
The RAF should revert to this livery on its aircraft.. Ditch the German grey.
Yep , and d-day stripes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)