I’ve been fortunate to see as many as 13 Spitfires in the air at one time, at Goodwood in West Sussex. To make it even more dramatic, Goodwood was known as RAF Westhampnett during the Battle of Britain, so I actually saw the planes in their natural environment. It was soul-stirring.
Wow! That’s got to be a large percentage of those still flying.
I don’t have the url but youtube has footage of
a Merlin engine running a cut down prop on an
engine stand.
Just awesome.
I used to have a record of the german “Ring” racers,
what a sound those early engines had.