Spit & Hurri spotted

[Waynester]

A Spit & a 4 cannon Hurricane (BBMF) flew over my house at just a couple of hundred feet!

Being a massive fan of both aircraft this caused goose bumps to form on my goose bumps!

The sound of those Merlins is just bloody amazing... I have seen & heard them so many times but 'never' does it get boring!

Only saw a quick flash of the Spifire so this may have been a later Mk with Griffon. Witch sounds like heaven 'gargling' but...cannot match the growl from a PV-12 Merlin!!

[Engineer1]

Cool, did you get any photos?

[Doniger]

I wonder if those were the same two planes I saw earlier in High Wycombe? They both buzzed over the town pulling some fairly steep turns and waggling their wings, giving me a spectacular show as I've got a nice view over the valley. I have to shamefully admit that I can never tell whether I'm looking at a Spitfire or a Hurricane though...

Edited by Doniger on Sunday 19th September 15:25

[sirtyro]

I saw them on TV and while i know its not the same as in the flesh....it was still amazing to watch and gave me goose bumps!

[Waynester]

The very same two...as I'm also in High Wycombe!

The moment was all to quick to grab photo's, tbh watching them just mesmerizes me!

[MiniMan64]

That'll be the fly-by in London today no?

[anonymous-user]

If it were the same two (about 12:45) the Spitfire was a PRXIX.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... been buzzed by 4 Tornado F3s

[Doniger]

Them's the ones.

[FunkyNige]

Seems quite a weekend for old plane spotting, the Lancaster flew directly over my house yesterday, very low and rumbling away nicely!

Doniger said:

I have to shamefully admit that I can never tell whether I'm looking at a Spitfire or a Hurricane though...

Hurricane has 'square'(ish) wingtips, Spitfire has pointy(er) ones

[Eric Mc]

If it was a PR.XIX then the engine was a Griffon, not a Merlin.

[mrmaggit]

Apparently the RAF don't low fly jets too frequently, but the BBMF are exempt because "nobody seems to mind low flying Merlins".

Quote from Smithy, OC BBMF.
;o)

Carry on, I say.

[Super Slo Mo]

Apparently their official altitude as they came over the Abbey was 1,000 ft, although they seemed much lower than that, epecially on the second pass.

Could be deceptive though, altitude is notoriously difficult to estimate from ground level.

Spine tingling, I think it's the first time I've seen a Spitfire in flight.

[Waynester]

Eric Mc said:

If it was a PR.XIX then the engine was a Griffon, not a Merlin.

Exactly what I stated in my original post old chap...

[Nickyboy]

They flew over Oxford around 1pm

[Eric Mc]

Waynester said:

Eric Mc said:

If it was a PR.XIX then the engine was a Griffon, not a Merlin.

Exactly what I stated in my original post old chap...

I was just confirming it for you.

I prefer the sound of the Griffon to a Merlin, personally.

[dr_gn]

Eric Mc said:

Waynester said:

Eric Mc said:

If it was a PR.XIX then the engine was a Griffon, not a Merlin.

Exactly what I stated in my original post old chap...

I was just confirming it for you.

I prefer the sound of the Griffon to a Merlin, personally.

I heard a quote from a display pilot that, from the cockpit, a Merlin at full power sounded as though it was about to explode, and a Griffon sounded like it already had.

[joncon]

they were at the cotswld airpot show sat and sun.
awesome sight

Edited by joncon on Monday 20th September 21:52

[joncon]