Sweet Spit Video

[phlux]

For those of us who love the Spitfire, enjoy!

http://www.patricksaviation.com/videos/Derwins/4351/

[Lexandro]

Absolutely fantastic video, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Just goes to show what a great plane the spit was and how beautiful it was flying around the sky. It actually reminded me of two things.

One was the fact that the RAF could use almost anywhere as a landing strip. You can see that in the vid the runway is very uneven and has a number of small crests and dips. Any well maintaned estate in England could have served as a runway for the RAF, and almost any field could be leveled enough to serve as one to.

The second was it jogged my memory about a TV show that used to be on the TV here a number of years ago. It was about a squadron of spitfire pilots from the outbreak of war onward. I didnt actually get to see much of it, as when I remember it from was WAY back in the 80's iirc and I was to young then to take an interest in it.

If anyone remembers it please do let me know. It was an ITV show, from around 1988 I think. One memorable scene I did see was at the outbreak of war the squadrons airfield was buzzed my a lone luftwaffe pilot in a 109. He passed the field once at low level. The people on the ground didnt know what he was doing. He came back for a second pass and subsequently dropped a tin chamber pot on the runway.

One of the cast asked, "What was that about?". To which the reply was; "It means next time, it wont be a chamber pot." He turns to the now forming crowd of pilots and states; "Thats it lads, the wars on now."

[Dedagn]

Lexandro, the show was called Piece of Cake http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157239/

Based on the book by Derek Robinson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piece_of_Cake_%28novel%29

[Lexandro]

Goddamn Im good. I might be atrocious at remembering the names of things, but I can get the year of it down pat lol

Anyway thanks for that dude, now at least I can rest easy with its name.

[MorgothNL]

nice vid! love the spit!

the firestarter music was a bit anoying though, and its a cliche to use
The gladiator tune afterwards, makes the movie calmer . Really enjoyed it from that part, greaaat footage

[Ancient Seraph]

Well, it does explain the name of the movie: Piece of Cake Tribute . It says below the video it's footage taken from that show.

Nice vid, thanks for posting. Makes me wish Cessna's could do the same

[phlux]

Yeah, Prodigy at the beginning was a little hard to take. Doesn't really fit, but the clips were good non the less.

I found another good Spit show on Google Video. It's called Spitfire Ace. They take four young pilots (two RAF Lt.s and two civilian) and give them a chance to learn combat training just like the kids back in 1940. Alot of those boys entered combat with only 9 hours in the Spitfire! Lots of good historic information too, including interviews with the actual veterans.

[irrelevant]

Originally Posted by phlux

I found another good Spit show on Google Video. It's called Spitfire Ace. They take four young pilots (two RAF Lt.s and two civilian) and give them a chance to learn combat training just like the kids back in 1940. Alot of those boys entered combat with only 9 hours in the Spitfire! Lots of good historic information too, including interviews with the actual veterans.

Thank you for this! The series is amazing!

[dazz1971]

thanks for the video mate that was awsome i just love how that spit flew under the bridge

[phlux]

No sweat guys, I enjoy sharing the love

I do encourage you guys to fish around that website ( www.patricksaviation.com ) and check it out the incredible amount of media they have there. If you love aviation (and I assume we all do) that place is a must visit.