R4118 is a geniune Battle of Britain veteran. The real deal.

The unspoken hero ...... Hawker Hurricane.

@Chebab-Chebab

3 жыл бұрын

The good cook, no drama, non-glamorous ex girlfriend.

@andywilliams1971

2 жыл бұрын

Easier to build. easier to fix. nothing fancy. Shot down more enemy aircraft than the spitfire could only dream of a real British jack of all trades

@TBM1880

2 жыл бұрын

No doubt

@imperialinquisition6006

Жыл бұрын

@@andywilliams1971 In the battle of Britain. In the rest of the war the spifire was more successful as far as I can tell.

@markherzog9484

Жыл бұрын

Yes, and the Polish fighter pilots that flew them 1940-45 🇵🇱

This beauty is making me a proud British, and I'm Croatian.

The roar of the Hurricane and the Spitfire always make me smile. Those Merlin engines sing!

@jessicablackwell2675

7 ай бұрын

Didn't make the Germans smile

I could listen to that engine noise alday and not get tired of it.

@jameswalker8976

3 жыл бұрын

Be better if there wasn't any comments, " It's a beautiful sight isn't it" yes it is it speaks for itself just listen

The airfield (now an industrial estate) was at the bottom of the road where I lived as a child. The runway being aligned with the road. I used to watch both Hurricanes and spitfires coming in to land at not much over rooftop height, in fact, one did crash having (so I was told) touched the chimney of the last house with its tail wheel. Being a young child (now 87) at the time, I did not appreciate the horrors of war, but loved to watch the planes.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW THAT BLOODY TREE. The most gorgeous footage I have ever seen. well done thanks for sharing.

@spikespa5208

4 жыл бұрын

Who put that tree there?

@Stubbee

3 жыл бұрын

The tree was minding its own business. Blame the videographer for he has a whole field to stand in.

@thethirdman225

2 жыл бұрын

@@Stubbee Yeah, I suppose he had all day to decide where to stand when a chance Hurricane happened to fly past.

Still my favorite British fighter of WW2.

The late Ray Hanna was the king of the low pass- RIP Sir

@Purplepulcritude

3 жыл бұрын

@soaringtractor He died from natural causes not a plane crash- DUUUUUUUUH!

@DesertRat63

3 жыл бұрын

@soaringtractor yeah, fact of history.....do the research!!!

the roll royce merlin is the finest engine ever built. the sound alone is amazing.

@rztrzt

3 жыл бұрын

@soaringtractor sounds like somebody shat in your porridge...

@synthwavecat96

3 жыл бұрын

Float carbs. Not good for aircraft.

@chrismaplethorpe6781

3 жыл бұрын

@@synthwavecat96 the early SU carbs had a cutout issue while banking, which had a restrictor device retrofitted to them to reduce the chance of it happening the later engines used different carbs, bendix and rolls royce own pressurised ones which didn't have the problem

@christopherrichards3601

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrismaplethorpe6781 The problem was when the aircraft was subjected to negative 'G' ... such as when nosing over (a 'bunt') to chase an enemy aircraft. The float in the carburettor would stay up and allow too much fuel into the engine, causing it to momentarily cut out ... a 'rich cut'. RAF pilots overcame the problem by rolling the aircraft on to its back and then pulling back on the stick to put it into a dive ... but by that time the enemy aircraft often had enough time to escape.

@chrismaplethorpe6781

3 жыл бұрын

@@christopherrichards3601 if you look online the carbs were fitted with a restrictor which helped to reduce the risk of this happening. The later carbs were pressurised which more or less sorted the problem. The restrictor was apparently a fairly straight forward retro fit. Look on Wikipedia for miss shillings orifice which explains about it better

Easy to see how they could easily sneak up on you. A bit lower initially, and you'd have had about 3 seconds contact. Very cool...

@xr88yu

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. By the time you heard the engine, that thing would have already been shooting at you.

@Dokker62

3 жыл бұрын

@@xr88yu That's why on ships and submarines at wartime spotters permanently scanned the sky. Every seaman on this sentry duty solely observed his allocated sector. Quite stressful gazing through field-glasses in one direction the whole day being aware everything you miss will kill you...

I liked a low pass of a Spitfire and now these cracking videos keep appearing in my suggested, it's great!

By the look of the tree's leaves it is filmed in late summer, towards autumn. How wunderfull nature is ;-0

The WWII-centric comic books I read as a kid, going back fifty-seven or so years ago, really sung the praises of Hawker's Hurricane. I wish I could remember the publisher(s) or titles but the one word which shines-through the decades is "Hurricane".

@wurlitzer895

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting comment. I remember one of those comic books - I too wish I could remember its title and publisher - which contained stories about the twin-engined Westland Whirlwind fighter, one entitled 'Bombers' Moon'. I'd dearly love to get hold of another copy, but that's highly unlikely now. Best wishes, Peter A

@TralfazConstruction

3 жыл бұрын

@@wurlitzer895 Classics Illustrated covered some interesting topics. That's how I first learned of Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier. There was also at least one issue dealing with pirates which caught my attention. The others, I just can't recall. Never read any Sgt. Fury. A little Johnny Cloud, his hawk and P-51. The machine gun sounds were written as 'Budda, Budda, Budda! Well done. One story had a doomed B-24 on a sort of suicide mission. Everyone except for the pilot bailed out so the pilot aims the stricken aircraft and engages the auto pilot (I think) as the plane is literally skimming the treetops. The plane is still flying but barely and is damaged all to hell and gone. I don't recall how the pilot gets out or if he does. Very dramatic and enjoyable in memory.

@wurlitzer895

3 жыл бұрын

@@TralfazConstruction I think your last two words are important to keep in mind!! That said, I remember reading a children's novel 'The Haunted Airfield' by Charles King in my early teens when staying with a schoolfriend during the school holidays, and thoroughly enjoying it. I managed to buy a copy from ebay just a few years ago, and for once my memory wasn't faulty; it was still a good albeit easy read even some 55 years later (I'm now 68...). I could even remember some of the dialogue and the illustrations. Long-term memory good - short-term memory dreadful....... Best wishes as always. Peter A

@TralfazConstruction

3 жыл бұрын

@@wurlitzer895 That is where it all resides, in memory. Mine are not as sharp as I'd like. At times it can be akin to looking at old snapshots and all-too-brief video clips. The memory of a smile, the echo of laughter down the hallways of time, some tears too and every day (if I so choose to remember it that way) was sunlit and 75° F. Thank goodness for my mother, father, grandparents and great grandparents filling-in some blank spots as I grew up. Best wishes to you as well!

@wurlitzer895

3 жыл бұрын

@@TralfazConstruction Beautifully written and expressed. I absolutely agree with you, and daily give thanks for being born into a loving family with marvellous parents. My paternal grandparents were both dead long before my birth, and my maternal grandfather died when I was still 3 years old; I was 11 when my maternal grandmother passed away, but I had a very happy and privileged childhood. Take care! Peter A :) :) :)

That just gave me goose bumps……….what a beautiful sight

Reasonably low? Hahahah he’s mowing the grass ! Awesome stuff

@marklynch3149

3 жыл бұрын

I think it was known as "hedge hopping"... That's what my grandad told me anyway 😊

As the man said " a beautiful sight". It is too, a very handsome aeroplane in my opinion that has never received the recognition it deserves as folk seem to prefer myth as opposed to fact.

@UTopia-eg7gm

3 жыл бұрын

True, Spitfire (also a very nice plane) got all the credits, while the Hurricane did the most work.

@imperialinquisition6006

Жыл бұрын

@@UTopia-eg7gm In one single battle. Remember the rest of the war. In terms of fighting. The hurricane was of course used often for ground attack, but was also in that role supplanted by better aircraft mostly.

@goldfing5898

10 ай бұрын

@@UTopia-eg7gm Sometimes perception is so different than historical truth. There is a similar misconception in Germany in that Messerschmitt Bf 109 was "the" standard fighter of WW 2, whilst Focke-Wulf Fw 190 was also produced in masses and the second standard fighter. It was actually more important (especially in the USAAF bomber campaign with B-17s) but is mostly neglected.

A perfect aircraft and soundtrack, even though four people have total sensory deprivation.

You know, I love watching the videos of the jets going through the Mach Loop in Wales or Star Wars Canyon in Nevada, but there is something magical about watching warbirds knife through the air. This one or any of them. It's like the difference between a Dust Buster and a feather duster. One's more powerful, one's more hands-on.

Blimey, I didn't realise I had my speakers up so loud! Bloody glad I did though - awesome 😁👍

@MrDaiseymay

4 жыл бұрын

ME TOO--AND EVERYONE ELSE IN BED.

Amazing! My favourite aircraft of all time! I bet the guy filming was chuffed to bits with the guy talking over his filming 😂

@Gavstafunk

4 жыл бұрын

Not the first time it's happened. I have others I could post but they all have somebody talking on them.

@email4664

4 жыл бұрын

@@Gavstafunk Just fine, this one is. Thanks for being there-

It being the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britian, my Mum bless her goes on about watching the Bombers coming up the Thames and the Dog fights, as she said standing on the Anderson watching it all happen. Even got a story out of her about being Stuka'd and the local copper grabbing her and throwing her in a ditch, the only words from my Mum were 'The Eggs don't break the Egg's'...

@thethirdman225

2 жыл бұрын

Great story.

Could be a Robert Taylor painting! The setting and the sunshine with that Merlin roar, what a fitting tribute to those brave RAF teens that saved us in 1940!

@larry4789

Жыл бұрын

Or footage out of the Battle of Britain film. Favourite part of the film is where Hurricanes from Polish squadrons formate with Spitfires. "Bloody Marvellous" says one of the Spitfire pilots

I can picture everyone jumping out of trucks and running for some trees. Always sit near the tailgate. WWII warbirds sound so badass. Especially if you're near the runway as they take off. When the exhaust collector passes you, for a second or two, it's magic-right through you.

Ands that's with very conservative power settings; imagine how good it sounded with the throttle wide open to catch an enemy aircraft or to rapidly exit from a ground attack.

Sound never gets old

Hard or impossible to explain the terminal addiction to engines and machines... This sound is better than music. And the bird is really nice.

I have seen a hawker hurricane approaching me like this at about 3000 feet when I was learning to stall in a light aircraft. It is a breath-taking thrill - my instrucor was as gobmsacked as I was - and a rare privilege - to have been in the same little slice of airspace as such a fabulous aircraft (Near Sywell)

That and the Spit, envy of the world ✌️👍🇬🇧

Love to hear a Merlin sing

@thethirdman225

2 жыл бұрын

You need to hear a Centaurus.

Oh dear....I think I just went Ten One Hundred !!!! That was gorgeous, even with that poxy tree in the way !!!!! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

I may be a little biased as a Brit . But that sound was music to my ears

Nice looking Tree 😊

@Gavstafunk

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't have time to move it.

Oh WoW that was beautiful ❤

What a sound!

Quite simply........Magnificent !!!!

Beautiful!

Remember the young men who gave everything to win The Battle Of Britain . . . .only after a `few` flying hours!!

The plane that Truly won the Battle of Britain 🇬🇧 not the spitfire which everyone thinks it did the Hurricane shot more down and had a better turning circle and gun platform to the Spitfire

GOOSEBUMPS

Bloke in background.... "Beautiful sight that innit?" Bloke with camera.... "Thanks for ruining my one chance of capturing the perfect low flyby, shut the fuck up!"

Pants changing moment at the 31 second mark . . .Love this British bird!!

You want 2mm or 3mm taken off the top of your lawn......hold my beer. Never drink and fly, awesome sight by the way

My grandfather flew that aircraft during the war.

@Gavstafunk

4 жыл бұрын

Cool! What was his name?

@MattLennie

4 жыл бұрын

@@Gavstafunk Fl Lt A B Lennie

What an absolute BEAUT!

amazing, same engine and the difference between the P51, Spit, and Hurricane are crazy when you think about it.

@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM

Жыл бұрын

Aerodynamics is what made them so different.

It is a beautiful sight indeed.

Wow, I love that plane. It was the fighter that shot down more German planes in WWII.

@woffus

4 жыл бұрын

D. League I totally agree. The Spitfire gets all the plaudits but the Hurricane was there in greater numbers and got more kills. A superb aeroplane. I love the Spit.....I love love love the Hurricane!

@KermitTheGamer21

4 жыл бұрын

Not during all of WW2. Only the Battle of Britain, and only because it was more numerous at that time than the Spitfire. The Hurricane was slowly phased out and the Spitfire very quickly became the highest-scoring British fighter of the entire war.

@KermitTheGamer21

4 жыл бұрын

Of course I don't mean to knock on the Hurricane. It is my favorite fighter of WW2, and I'm American!

@coolhand1964

4 жыл бұрын

@@KermitTheGamer21 When the figures are compared, the Hurricane was still responsible for more 'kills' than the Spitfire relative to how many were in operation at the time of the Battle of Britain. The Spitfires were tasked with engaging the German fighters in cover, whilst the Hurricanes were tasked with going after the heavier and slower, bombers. However many Hurricanes were responsible for shooting down German Fighters as well. ( l am an old dude who read books and knew men who were there, back in the day).

@KermitTheGamer21

4 жыл бұрын

@@coolhand1964 I know the Hurricane shot down more during the Battle of Britain, I was correcting the statement which said the Hurricane shot down more during *all* of WW2, which is factually incorrect.

Magnificent. Thanks for sharing.

Oh no the Tree ate it!

Well Done Nice Merlin

Why would 9 people give this a thumbs down 👎🏻 are the mad 🤪

@SuperStrutt

3 жыл бұрын

soaringtractor 🤣🤣🤣

7 Dislikes ?.................soooo unBritish

Just stunning

Thats amazing!!!!

Fantastic 👍🇬🇧

A very tough, hard hitting aircraft

That was a real low pass

The workhorse of the RAF.

Magnificent bird.

Beautyfull sounding bird

Was that a low pass or a fast taxy?

Nice view of the tree

beautiful😊

That one could sneak up on you!!!

Well, the tree ruined the chuff out of that😳

Super Cool.

Класс! фантастика!

Like a hurricane...

One down vote in 16,000 views, impressive.

@gazratjackson

4 жыл бұрын

Probably Willy Messerschmitt

@michaelcelani8325

4 жыл бұрын

@@gazratjackson ok. Gaze at. ..you be funny today. ! Very good...

Lovely.

Hurricane approaches quietly for a Merlin engine...

IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE PLEASURE---WATCH ''HAWKER HURRICANE , LOW FLYPAST'' as she growls over the spectators on a high cliff.

❤

Those were the days !!!

smashing!

Where and why did this happen? Thanks.

Nice !

Thanks For standing next to that big ass tree

Beautiful. Was this at Pent Farm?

@Gavstafunk

4 жыл бұрын

North Moreton.Oxfordshire.

it's not a sound, it's music.Bewitching.

Nice tree

great stuff

I like the sound, but the whining sound of an Me 109 on a low pass is out of this world, a bit menacing actually.

O WOW!

WW2 was the epitome of aviation.

Nice tree.

The so called ugly duckling to his big brother the spit but the irony is it shot down way more aircraft in the Battle of Britain than his more glamorous stablemate albeit there was more of them deployed but its often overlooked and in the spits shadow but it shouldn’t b it played the major role in that battle

Am. I OK to use this footage in a ve day tribute. I'll link in my bio to your original video

@Gavstafunk

4 жыл бұрын

Yes.No problem.Thanks.

@thomasince1987

4 жыл бұрын

@@Gavstafunk cheers I didn't go for it in the end.. I chose another I may review my dicisions Here's what I did for tomorrow kzread.info/dash/bejne/nKFn1rKbZbnMYdI.html

Damn that tree.

I don't see grass bending or trees moving.

Rolls Royce Merlin = KICK ASS

Her old home at North Moreton

@Gavstafunk

4 жыл бұрын

You wouldn't get away with a low pass like that at her current home. 😁

Nice .

30 dislikes, what's wrong with people?

Curse that tree!

Not popular with Heinkel pilots 1n the 40s..!!

かっこいい

How can I explain this to some poor sod from Eritrea struggling to survive by delivering takeaways on an electric bicycle ? Not only will the veterans be gone but very soon everyone that met them will also be gone . I do not blame the asylum seekers or the migrants but I think someone has sold us ALL down the river .

Definitely 500ft ;-)