Jump to content

Spitfire Low Pass


Graham

Recommended Posts

That is SO COOL!

Man that plane is awesome looking from a head on view...

Was the Spitfire taking off? Or just skimming the ground to frighten the reporter? Damn funny at any rate ^__^

-BEN-MAN-

Link to comment
Share on other sites

LOL!!!

I was going to make a joke to Graham about how off-topic posting is wrong (unless there was an o/t post thread...wink, wink), but after watching that I laughed my ass off for two minutes straight and then e-mailed the link to the video to every airplane enthusiast I know.

That's just funny!!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Thanks for that, Graham - that was superb! I'm a bit of a Spitfire fetishist, so I enjoyed that a lot!

I think that footage may have been shot at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, England. Theres what looks like a B-17 in the background (its hard to tell, but not many other planes have a rudder like that... )

Also - again, its hard to tell for sure - I don't think that was a Merlin making that noise, but a Rolls Royce Griffon engine, which was used in the later marks of Spitfire. I can't be completely certain, because I'm going by the fact that the Spitfire involved looked like a later mark, with the configuration of the underwing radiators and the outboard placement of the cannon barrels (later marks had 20mm cannon outboard, .50 cal MGs inboard).

Hey, I said I had a fetish... :rolleyes:

Pop quiz - who remarked that the name Spitfire was "just the sort of bloody silly name that they would choose?"

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Pop quiz - who remarked that the name Spitfire was "just the sort of bloody silly name that they would choose?"

None other than R.J. Mitchell, the designer of the Spitfire itself, commenting on the name given to his plane by the Supermarine admin. (I can't believe I know that ;) )

Thanks for the clip, G, it was a good laugh :lol: .

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Funny as hell.

Though the Brits just don't say the F word like they mean it, truly the most American of curse words :p .

Noun, verb, adjective, etc, the F word is all of em!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I might as well post this question in this thread.

Are there any good websites devoted to obscure World War 1 aircraft? Im not talking about Sopwith Camels and Fokker Triplanes... Im talking about Vickers Vimys, and all those weird little aircraft that duked it out in the skies in the early parts of the war using nothing but pistols. Those are truly interesting aircraft, but I have yet to find a site with pictures, and detailed information on even a good number of them!

Thank ya in advance, and I hope this isnt to much off topic ^_^...

-BEN-MAN-

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Pop quiz - who remarked that the name Spitfire was "just the sort of bloody silly name that they would choose?"

None other than R.J. Mitchell, the designer of the Spitfire itself, commenting on the name given to his plane by the Supermarine admin. (I can't believe I know that ;) )

Thanks for the clip, G, it was a good laugh :lol: .

Pin-pon!

You win...

uh...

...we'll get back to you on that...! :lol:

We British have traditonally preferred understatment to invective, and have generally found it possible to express all our outrage into sentences like "Three Panzer divisions and a squad of Tigers heading for us, and all we have is this broken Sten gun? Oh, bother." ;)

Destroids Rage - I don't know of a suitable website, but the pedant in me needs to point out that the Vickers Vimy was actually a late World War One design; I believe it was created after Air Marshal Hugh Trenchard asked for a "bloody paralyzer of an aeroplane" to attack German strategic targets.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

See F-ZeroOne? ^_^ I had /no idea/ ^_^ !

Thats why I freakin want a good book, or a good website, or some kind of in depth good resource for the obscure aircraft of WW1 ! But at any rate, yah.

Brits are funny ^_^

-BEN-MAN-

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Ya I noticed that he's the guy of speed as well. Man never thought I'd see him swear like that, but you could hear the plane coming it had to be going pretty low.

Saw the video myself... At one point, it looks like the Spitfire nearly hit the ground. Very dangerous, but damn cool at the same time!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

See F-ZeroOne? ^_^ I had /no idea/ ^_^ !

Thats why I freakin want a good book, or a good website, or some kind of in depth good resource for the obscure aircraft of WW1 ! But at any rate, yah.

Brits are funny ^_^

-BEN-MAN-

Thanks, though I more often get a "funny weird" than "funny ha ha!" response...! :rolleyes:

Sorry I can't help you with a website; only thing I can think of is to see if you can find a copy of a Janes - perhaps your local library could help...?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

That was great! I've recently decided the Spitfire is probly the nicest looking aircraft ever (watching Piece of Cake helped with that assesment).

eta: DestroidsRage - try "Jane's Fighting Aircraft of WWI" they've got pretty much all the planes from early to late WWI

Edited by uminoken
Link to comment
Share on other sites

That was great! I've recently decided the Spitfire is probly the nicest looking aircraft ever (watching Piece of Cake helped with that assesment).

Amen to that...! :D

(though of course, there were over 20 different marks, and my personal preference is for the Mk. IX - after that, Spitfires started getting leaner and meaner, with positive snouts out in front, but lost a little of their classic lines in the process... )

This is where the Zero, Mosquito, Hunter, FW-190, LaGG-5 etc start chipping in...! :rolleyes:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...