[naturalman1975]

Full headline: Plane stupid: World's only female Spitfire pilot nearly grounded after complaints her iconic aircraft is 'too noisy'

And if I may borrow a later phrase that seems very appropriate here as well.

It is the sound of freedom.

[skeptoid]

Pilot Carolyn Grace flies the iconic aircraft to the delight of war veterans and history buffs to shows
all over the country

[South Dakota]

The spitfire got the fame but the Hurricanes did the work.

[Elendur]

It is the sound of freedom.
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great post!!!

...i suspect the ONE single complainer,
didn’t really care about the noise.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I do believe the proper reply in England would be...

I say, BUGGER OFF!

But I may be mistaken. Any Anglophiles please correct me if I'm wrong.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

That is precisely what I’ve told my son at every air show we’ve attended together since he was a wee lad.

[yarddog]

I am not all that knowledgeable about the Spitfire but it sure was a pretty one.

I noticed after the war, they did statistical studies or something like that and determined that the Spitfire and Hurricane had just about the exact same records of success.

I think that would show the pilot is the most important factor as the Spitfire was clearly a superior aircraft.

[Riley]

The Spit’s got a lovely sound to it. I can hear it in my mind’s ear right now. How could anyone not like it?

[Red_Devil 232]

Spitfire - Beautiful sounds! -video

[Candor7]

It is the sound of freedom. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

And the Rolls Royce Merlin V12 supercharged exhaust note?Once you have heard it in full boost during an overflight, you never forget it. It is a womderful sound. Ms. Grace is quite right to tell them all to bugger off.Her name says it all.Thats what the exhaust note of the Spitfire is all about, "Grace," and a saving grace at that.

It is the sound of Western civilization's exceptionalism.

[Ham Hock]

Spitfire thread with the addition of a nice view:

http://thebrigade.thechive.com/2011/06/22/by-my-math-2-high-res-corsets-equal-1-spitfire-38-hq-photos/

[Ham Hock]

Spitfire thread with the addition of a nice view:

http://thebrigade.thechive.com/2011/06/22/by-my-math-2-high-res-corsets-equal-1-spitfire-38-hq-photos/

[tophat9000]

Rolls Royce’s Merlin do not make “noise”, they make music of power and parts in beautiful harmony

Whoever said a Spitfire was ‘too noisy’ is a classless uncouth heathen ...or German

[4buttons]

Sheer power-

Adult Language

[stboz]

There is no sound so sweet as that of a Merlin at full chat.

Goosebumps.

[Calvin Locke]

Must be the ETs that landed near Rendlesham in the early 1980s.

US side of what I think was the largest tactical airbase in Western Europe.

Otherwise, it must be some idiot that doesn't remember all the jet
activity during the cold war, or appreciate fine machines in general.

[diogenes ghost]

My father flew Spits in the Battle of Britain for the RCAF.

Six kills, shot down twice, second time broke his back and was declared unfit for combat flying.

So he took his US citizenship back and finished out the war flying PBY's in USN. Was based at Banana River NAS (now Cape Kennedy) when I was born in '44.

He's not around anymore, but I sure do enjoy seeing a Spit now & then.

[onedoug]

...ruined the peace and quiet of the English countryside....

I´d be glad to have an occasional Spitfire fly over to remind me why that English countryside is otherwise so peaceful and quiet.

[taildragger]

Gun control, Socialized health care, tax rates through the moon and now this.

The Brit's have lost their minds and a sense of their history.

Wouldn't surprise me if they fell given some of their "other" internal pressures....

[cavador]

To the person that complained that the Spitfire was too noisy:
You're lucky that you don't have to eat Bratwurst & Sourkraut for lunch.(Because that's what would have happened if not for the British with the Spitfire winning the Battle of Britain....The Nazis most likely would have won and Britain would be a second Germany up to this day!)

[ken5050]

Now that the Brits have shelved their Harriers..she may be piloting their front line plane...sonne