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16 spitfires in a flypast!

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Awesome thanks for that. one of my all time favourite planes.

the rumble of the engine the shape of the wings and how agile it was for its time.

 

Such a beauty.

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Just one Spitfire, but a little bit lower....

 

Ray Hanna flying it - a real pilot.

 

There are old pilots, and bold pilots, but very few old bold pilots - he was one of the few exceptions who thankfully lived to pass away in a bed of natural causes!!!

 

The still photo at the end of the video suggests he very nearly had a prop strike which would have been fatal. Superb skills but NO kudos for pushing the envelope so far outside the safety margin even for top display pilots.

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There are old pilots, and bold pilots, but very few old bold pilots - he was one of the few exceptions who thankfully lived to pass away in a bed of natural causes!!!

 

The still photo at the end of the video suggests he very nearly had a prop strike which would have been fatal. Superb skills but NO kudos for pushing the envelope so far outside the safety margin even for top display pilots.

I grew up seeing the Arrows, back in the Gnat days, five days a week - you got a bit blasé about it all, but I still got off my bike when one buzzed me as a cycled across a football pitch once - went home reeking of paraffin. Could have been the man himself.

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