Guest DevilsAdvocate Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 No 'fancy pants' computer controlled avionics or softy big girls gas turbine keeping this one up in the air, just a 27 litre V12 in a world beating airframe. mmmm:):) Roy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Great video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psymon Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 SEX One of the reasons we won the Battle of Britain......... Engineering at its finest in its day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Anyone into warbirds really should go the the flying legends @ Duxford. Like Psymon said, thank your lucky stars we had the Merlin. Everying from tanks, Wellington's, Lancaster's, Mosquito's, P40s Spitfires and P-51s had Merlins at some stage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl_S Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 No 'fancy pants' computer controlled avionics or softy big girls gas turbine keeping this one up in the air, just a 27 litre V12 in a world beating airframe. mmmm:):) Roy seen spitfires flying overhead, they are so characterful and suprisingly maneoverable. And the sound is very very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DevilsAdvocate Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 SEX One of the reasons we won the Battle of Britain......... Engineering at its finest in its day An even match in the air with Willi Messerschmitt's Bf109, but the 35 litre normally aspirated inverted V12 Daimler-Benz is a bit 'Status Quo' compared to the Spit's supercharged 'Metallica' R-R Merlin. Roy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyT Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Beautiful. What a machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jive Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Soo Wonder how many times the pilot was doing that run towards the camera and had his thumbs pressed down doing an imaginary straffing run ... I know I would be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DevilsAdvocate Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Soo Wonder how many times the pilot was doing that run towards the camera and had his thumbs pressed down doing an imaginary straffing run ... I know I would be The two Hispano 20mm cannon in the mk.IX wouldn't leave much opportunity to recover any surviving film in the unlikely event of any survivors. Shame they weren't fitted to the Mk I in 1940 (the wings would have broken off if they had though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvteye Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 My thoughts as well.... you wouldn't want to have been a german on the deck watching that coming at ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DevilsAdvocate Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 My thoughts as well.... you wouldn't want to have been a german on the deck watching that coming at ya. T'was a Hawker Typhoon rocket attack on a Tiger I that finished off the subject in my avatar 08/08/44 [ATTACH]74998[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Beast Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 my grandad used to fly spits, he even flew in the battle of britian, had a good many stories to tell as well. Did you know that the saying "Gave him the whole nine yards" was refernce to the spit piolts that landed and had used an entire belt of ammo in a dog fight, it was the the length of the belt of .50cal rounds! richie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DevilsAdvocate Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Anyone into warbirds really should go the the flying legends @ Duxford. Like Psymon said, thank your lucky stars we had the Merlin. Everying from tanks, Wellington's, Lancaster's, Mosquito's, P40s Spitfires and P-51s had Merlins at some stage National Supra meet at Duxford then ? Brill day out for a tenner, and central as well (except for the Welsh and the Scots, but we wouldn't want them there anyway:D) Roy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DevilsAdvocate Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 The Mk.I had 8 x 0.303 browning spitwads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mattsupra Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 superb nearly sounds as nice as my harley on song lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSoop Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Lovely plane...that was true british engineering back in the day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guigsy Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 meet at duxford sounds great nice pics infront a a plane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I always say the Griffon powered ones sound better, alot more angry lol. What a noise, what a plane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 I would be well up for a Duxford meet. Been 3 times but always to much to take in. Only problem is,.. we say that every year and nothing ever happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 T'was a Hawker Typhoon rocket attack on a Tiger I that finished off the subject in my avatar 08/08/44 [ATTACH]74998[/ATTACH] Whats the background history about that then? Love war stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DevilsAdvocate Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Whats the background history about that then? Love war stories. No direct connection to Michael Wittmann, but grandad was in the Heer, wounded in Russia, transferred to France and captured by the Americans. [ATTACH]75022[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Thanks, Just reading up on him now. http://www.panzerace.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 What happened to the pilot, described as the "late" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 What happened to the pilot, described as the "late" ? http://www.ofmc.co.uk/mah/mah.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 my grandad used to fly spits, he even flew in the battle of britian, had a good many stories to tell as well. Did you know that the saying "Gave him the whole nine yards" was refernce to the spit piolts that landed and had used an entire belt of ammo in a dog fight, it was the the length of the belt of .50cal rounds! http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/the-whole-nine-yards.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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