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Title: 16 Spitfire Flyover - Duxford Airshow
Post by: Changeup on January 24, 2011, 08:54:33 AM
This may have been posted before but its for the Spitdweebs and Hurri drivers...it really is a beautiful plane.

Changeup

http://www.airshows.org.uk/2010/airshows/duxford-battle-of-britain-airshow-review.html
Title: Re: 16 Spitfire Flyover - Duxford Airshow
Post by: katanaso on January 24, 2011, 09:39:54 AM
I just found it the other day too. :)

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,304597.0.html

Somebody posted another nice vid in that thread as well.

Such a beautiful plane.

mir
Title: Re: 16 Spitfire Flyover - Duxford Airshow
Post by: Kazaa on January 24, 2011, 09:45:46 AM
(http://www.andpop.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/jizz-in-my-pants-andy-samberg1-300x167.jpg)
Title: Re: 16 Spitfire Flyover - Duxford Airshow
Post by: LCADolby on January 24, 2011, 09:49:31 AM
Good share :aok
Title: Re: 16 Spitfire Flyover - Duxford Airshow
Post by: MachFly on January 24, 2011, 11:14:12 AM
thanks for posting
Title: Re: 16 Spitfire Flyover - Duxford Airshow
Post by: vafiii on January 24, 2011, 12:43:38 PM
Now that's an airshow! I've been fortunate enough to have seen most of the WW2 fighters up close either at local airshows or in museums. The spitfire is by far the cream of the crop. Last summer at the American Airpower Museum on Long Island they celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britian and flew in a Spit IX owned by Tom Duffy. It had the stripes on the wings. Two things stood out. One, the spitfire is a small fighter, especially compared to the American planes. And two, it's by far the prettiest of all the WW2 planes (BF109 is second). It's like a sports car with wings. It makes you wonder what the American engineers were thinking when they were designing and building these mammoth fighters like the P-47, Corsairs, Wildcats, etc.? Not until the P-51D late in the war did we have anything that looked like a fighter plane. 
Title: Re: 16 Spitfire Flyover - Duxford Airshow
Post by: Pigslilspaz on January 24, 2011, 03:28:58 PM
Now that's an airshow! I've been fortunate enough to have seen most of the WW2 fighters up close either at local airshows or in museums. The spitfire is by far the cream of the crop. Last summer at the American Airpower Museum on Long Island they celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britian and flew in a Spit IX owned by Tom Duffy. It had the stripes on the wings. Two things stood out. One, the spitfire is a small fighter, especially compared to the American planes. And two, it's by far the prettiest of all the WW2 planes (BF109 is second). It's like a sports car with wings. It makes you wonder what the American engineers were thinking when they were designing and building these mammoth fighters like the P-47, Corsairs, Wildcats, etc.? Not until the P-51D late in the war did we have anything that looked like a fighter plane. 

Sexy Plane award goes to the P-63. Also, the P-47, Corsair, and Hellcat all had the same massive engine. We were being efficient and able to take damage.
Title: Re: 16 Spitfire Flyover - Duxford Airshow
Post by: MarineUS on January 24, 2011, 03:44:28 PM
 :aok
great find
Title: Re: 16 Spitfire Flyover - Duxford Airshow
Post by: Gman on January 24, 2011, 10:39:07 PM
^^ Great find x2 here, anyone in this thread who hasn't watched the OP video should go do it right now.  Outstanding video quality and the in-cockpit stuff was phenomenal.