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Spitfire!
You Tube ^ | Public Service Broadcasting

Posted on 05/11/2016 3:48:47 AM PDT by Da_Shrimp

I know there are some Spitfire fans here, so I thought you might like this vid. Footage from 'The First of the Few' coupled with music from Public Service Broadcasting, an eccentric English band.

Hope you enjoy. They also did a live session at KEXP:

https://youtu.be/sikBHMlG20M


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KEYWORDS: firstofthefew; spitfire
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To: alfa6; moose07

Interestng article with brief video of take off and about restoration of NZ Mosquito.

http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/worlds-flying-mosquito-flew-today.html

Follow the comments... they include family members of designers and Mosquito crew


21 posted on 05/11/2016 5:22:57 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Da_Shrimp; All

The real genius of the design, IMHO, was that it was as a SHORT RANGE air defense fighter. It was meant to defend the skies over Britain, period..recognizing that the Germans would have to fly there, and back. Had they attempted to increase range, with large fuel tanks, and more weight it would have completely changed the performance envelope of the plane.


22 posted on 05/11/2016 5:23:54 AM PDT by ken5050 (A new slogan for #NeverTrumpers: #WTYS (we told you so!))
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To: Covenantor
The Mosquito is my all time favorite warbird.

Outstanding performance, incredibly versatile, and just lovely to look at from all angles.

23 posted on 05/11/2016 5:25:27 AM PDT by David G. Hall
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To: Paisan

Thanks for the reply.


24 posted on 05/11/2016 5:30:06 AM PDT by ReformedBeckite (1 of 3 I'm only allowing my self each day)
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To: jneesy

Wow...much better video than the far shorter clip I posted,

Such a beautiful plane.

Thanks!


25 posted on 05/11/2016 5:31:34 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Da_Shrimp

Thanks for the reply, that is probably the aircraft.


26 posted on 05/11/2016 5:31:34 AM PDT by ReformedBeckite (1 of 3 I'm only allowing my self each day)
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To: Covenantor

As in the others that responded, thanks for the reply.


27 posted on 05/11/2016 5:33:13 AM PDT by ReformedBeckite (1 of 3 I'm only allowing my self each day)
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To: Covenantor

if you liked that one youll love this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzCltlR9yMw

the new zealand mossie


28 posted on 05/11/2016 5:35:49 AM PDT by jneesy (I want my country back and Trump is gonna give it to me)
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To: Da_Shrimp; All

FYI..tonite, on PBS..9PM EST..NOVA ‘’”Bombing Hitler’s Supergun”.....worth recording


29 posted on 05/11/2016 5:36:12 AM PDT by ken5050 (A new slogan for #NeverTrumpers: #WTYS (we told you so!))
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To: David G. Hall

Amazing that one of the initial design parameters was not to have guns but to rely on speed alone to evade fighters. And for a time it was the fastest warbird out there.

Fantasize about a modern composite replica being produced.... Ah well.


30 posted on 05/11/2016 5:36:36 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: jneesy

You weren’t kidding! Great video and great warbird channel links.

I would pay good money to sit in the second seat for a short flight.

Growing up in Washington DC in the early fifties it was not uncommon to first hear and then see flights of twin and four engine bombers heading north. Stopped my age cohort, 5 and 6 year olds in our tracks, as we gaped open mouthed at the wonders. Too young at the time to identify them or remember what they were. Sounds you can never forget.

Thanks yet again.


31 posted on 05/11/2016 5:57:40 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: alfa6
alpha6: "regards Merlin engines, thee were many variations of the Rolls Royce merlin engine ranging in horsepower from about 1200 to 1600 HP."

Thanks, I had no idea, so just now looked it up.
See now where there were more than a dozen variations of the Merlin used in nearly two dozen different aircraft, both British & US, including Spitfires, Lancaster & Mustangs.

You could even say that engine, in it's power & adaptability, was almost, ahem, magical.

;-)

32 posted on 05/11/2016 6:18:35 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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To: Da_Shrimp

FYI: The first designs of what became the Spitfire were floatplanes designed for air racing in the Schneider Trophy competition. From 1927-37, the Submarine Aircraft Company designer, R J Mitchell, worked to create smooth airflow over ever thinner wings for greater speed. Following his death in 1937, his design was still the starting point for the successive models/marks.

I believe that the early Spitfire Marks had hand-cranked landing gear like many of its contemporaries, now that is a task to build the arms!

Later models had extended ranges and different armament. Almost everybody except the US went for cannons over machine-guns (except for P39) while the US saw 50cal as best for larger capacity. Don’t know if there was ever a study on that decision post-war.


33 posted on 05/11/2016 6:35:00 AM PDT by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: Da_Shrimp

I liked my ‘56 TR3 better than the cute little Spitfire.


34 posted on 05/11/2016 6:57:49 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: Covenantor

As a lad in Long Beach in the early 50s the sight and sound(!) of low flying B-36s will never be forgotten. On the other hand my mom remembers seeing the zeppelins as a girl in New Jersey.


35 posted on 05/11/2016 7:03:00 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Da_Shrimp
I'd rather have one of these...more affordable.


36 posted on 05/11/2016 7:06:05 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (#BlackOlivesMatter)
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To: Da_Shrimp

Spitfire low pass:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmDMRSLZqNU

Potty mouth - not safe for work or kids.


37 posted on 05/11/2016 7:16:49 AM PDT by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: Da_Shrimp; KC_Lion; GraceG
I'm a Spitfire fan!


38 posted on 05/11/2016 7:25:06 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (The "end of history" will be worldwide Judaic Theocracy.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

I prefer Rainbow Dash myself :-)


39 posted on 05/11/2016 9:02:38 AM PDT by Da_Shrimp
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Ah now, I almost bought one of these in the early 90s, but settled on a bright red MG Midget in the end!


40 posted on 05/11/2016 9:03:34 AM PDT by Da_Shrimp
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