Spitfire Airshow - Pilot's View
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- Helmet cam from the air display at St. Jean QC, Aug 2021, in Spitfire IX TE294, owned by the Mike Potter Aircraft Collection and flown by Dave Hadfield. www.hadfield.ca
This was a non-aerobatic sequence, complicated by the requirement to be 1000 AGL at the east end of the airfield due to the houses there. The landing is at our home base CYND, Gatineau QC.
In association with Vintage Wings of Canada www.vintagewings.ca
For engine-start details, with commentary, please see my other Spitfire videos.
Music from song "On Track" (c)2018 Dave Hadfield, from the album "Climbin' Away". - Авто та транспорт
It just boggles the mind when you realize that teenagers were flying this beast in combat *EIGHTY* years ago. And some even survived. I thank them for their sacrifice. And thanks, Dave, for reminding us.
Thanks for taking us along for the ride. Very cool.
Thanks flying.
Perfect footage! Felt just like being there - I could've sworn my ears popped when the canopy was closed.
thank you for filming 😉 i love the old spitfires 😍 greetings from 🇩🇪
A fantastic video from the pilot's seat. Thank you for taking us along for the ride and that landing was amazing!
Great video - thanks for taking the time Dave!
Thanks Dave for sharing your view! Keep these videos coming! 💯💯
Really fast and loud :-) If you look at the check list, it hasn´t been such an easy plane to fly. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Brilliant flying wow thanks
Awesome flare and touch down. Barely noticeable. Nice!
I haven't seen many Merlins start that quickly.
This one is a gem. Vintage V-12s overhaul.
I Remembered my Military Service in Air Force 🇺🇸
Such a great plane…!
Hey Dave, love the channel and all your video's!! I'm curious to how many lbs of boost do you take off with?
Thanks.
About 6 is plenty. We're lightly loaded.
He has the best job on the planet 💯👌🥰🥰🥹🥹
Nice video Dave. Do you open the canopy on base leg for a better view; or in case you need to get out in a hurry.?
as far as I know it‘s the latter. The Spitfire is relatively quick to put it‘s nose into the ground during takeoff and landing roll and if that happens you‘ll likely end up of the back. Then you can‘t open the canopy anymore (the airplane would lie on it) and you are trapped. Bad if you‘re covered in oil and/or it‘s burning.
Yes, it is set at the half-latch position so that if there was a takeoff accident the canopy can't slide forward and trap you in.
I have to ask, being that you have flown the Hurricane and Spitfire, what was your favourite? plus which would you have picked for combat in the summer of 1940?
For flying in and out of small grass fields, the Hurricane. But for fighting, the Spitfire -- it accelerates after a hard turn at a greater rate.
Great flying and footage. But that's gotta be one frustrating place to display for the crowd... Half the time not even over the airfield, let alone in front of the paying punters.
Yep. No alternative. But it's kind of interesting as a display pilot to receive the restriction and try to work out a sequence that portrays the aeroplane properly, and satisfies the regulatory requirement.
Just fantastic!
Gotta ask.....was the door incorrectly latched or do you have it as a partially closed position for emergency egress??
Thanks for sharing 👍
It is set at the half-latch position so that if there was a takeoff accident the canopy can't slide forward and trap you in.
@@davehadfield5906 cheers for the clarification.
I thought that would be the reason.
I know how easy it is to miss things when distracted. I flew helicopters in a previous life and early on during my training, I didn't latch my door. So because of that, just before I pulled into the hover I'd flap my elbow out to check the door. I did find my door incorrectly latched once so I was able to remedy the problem before I embarrassed myself again😜
Not including the part where you had to climb to 1000 feet, what was your average altitude throughout the display?
I'd have to look at the altimeter to be sure, but the wingovers generally arc up to about 1500 AGL. The airshow min altitude is usually 100 AGL.
it almost looks like you've landed that before.
how bad’s the p-torque on that when you get over 50kts?
In the Spitfire it's about 1/4 of the Mustang.
The Spitfire has such lovely balance and control that you can overpower the trim, or the destabilizing influences on takeoff, using stick-and-rudder, with comparatively little muscle-expenditure.
@@davehadfield5906 I've got logbook time in Chipmunks and even a Tiger Moth. The Chippy is so well mannered in the air.. it's just that silly brake lever causes me trouble when taxiing - thanks for the reply
I want to do that....
I wasn't at Saint-Jean, but will be here at Gatineau on sunday ! Thanks for flying those old birds for us !! ^_^
Man….to be a spitfire pilot in the Battle of Britain ….