The best composer in the world could'nt compete with this. And when the Hurricane pilot waggles the wings, well that's just class. This truly is like a piece of music you never tire of.
I'm never going to forget hearing the sound of the Spitfire MK.VIII 'Grace' flying at the Brize Norton airfield. Such a beautiful sound, put a lump in my throat :)
THATS one beautiful piston engine sound isn't it? Probably the best ever. I can't even start to imagine - for those who were involved in the fight using them - how spine tingling it must be to hear.
Love the way the Hurricane "waves" back to the people waving on the cliff top. How fantastic to have him roar right over your head like that... so close you can count the rivets on his fuselage!
I went to Oshkosh some 30 years ago. Merlin powered Mustangs and Spits were doing high speed passes over the runway for some 15 minutes continuosly. You could feel the vibration in your chest. Wonderful stuff, nothing like it. Thank you.
Without the Merlin engine--the P.51--or Mustang as the RAF named it, was rejected by both air forces as inadequate for front line use. Not enough muscle. It's a historic fact that when the Merlin was installed it became a very good contender. The P.51 was used for support on long haul bombing missions, once Drop tanks were installed. Of course the Mosquito was able to bomb Berlin on it's own, and usually evaded the chasing fighters on the way back---dammed good these Merlin's. It was the only aircraft engine to start and finish the war, with it's original design, despite all the years of development. What ?
living in Lincolnshire I am blessed to see this beautiful plane most weekends in the summer. Never fails to give me goosebumps! Lucky enough to sit on one last year too. Would love to have a flight in it!!
Watching and listening to this video transports us back to the summer of 1940, when the skies of the south of England must have been filled with the symphony of hundreds of Merlin engines. We envy those that lived then, who witnessed, and heard, those amazing sights of history...
They had a Hurricane at Wittering in the 80's when I lived nearby at Milton Park, and we used to get our own low-level displays like this during proving flights. The sight of a Hurricane always reminds me of that.
I was in my garden the other morning, pottering around as you do, when I heard a distant sound. I knew what it was, it was a Rolls Royce Merlin. When you hear that sound, you just kind of stop doing things and look up. Two Spitfires flew over at around 500 feet against a clear blue sky. I just kept watching until they were gone, I just kept watching.
Everytime myself and my son heard this sound sound whilst living in St Albans we would run out of the house to try and catch a glympse of the BBMF Sptifire!! How I miss that sound. Last saw Spitfire in flight over Arromanche, Normandy during the D-Day celebrations last year. I sat there in awe for about half an hour!!!
what a sound ,I remember standing outside a friend's house and hearing a roaring whine aproaching ,,looked up to see a fully restored Spitfire a couple of hundred feet ,it was beautiful as he banked the plane ,this was the river Tweed glen [valley] outside Broughton Scotland
Bravo for the absence of "stirring" music! You can tell the real enthusiasts from the film makers by the presence or absence of "music". The sound of a Merlin IS music!!!
The Rolls Merlin is the greatest sound that MAN has EVER MADE! If the sound of a RR Merlin working hard dos'nt make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up and give you goose bumps then you have something wrong with you! Thank you for posting this!
My Grandfather worked on those engines during WWII.........the sound of a Merlin engine sends shivers down my spine!!!!......and thats in Peacetime, wonder what Jerry thought when he heard them???
Its actually a 27 litre, water/glycol cooled. And the griffon is a 36.7l. Love the way the hurricane pilot waggles his wings as he goes over the spectators! great stuff!
I cant help running out of my company... when I hear a SOUND like THIS !!! Most beautiful mechanic sound. Aix les Milles, Salon de Provence. Best regards to All of you !
Wow, this is filmed over Eastbourne Sussex, were they used to have a free airshow, maybe still do. I was there in 97 and for the price of an ice-cream watched these two jewels, a B 17 Fortress , a Catalina flying boat doing touch and goes in the sea and a whole load of other great aircraft. An incredible afternoon.
What joy!. The sound. The reaction. And, when I see the kids waving, as the Hurricane passes over them, well, what can one say. The kids have heard, have seen, have experienced. The rest is up to us, their grandparents, to pass on the tales of 'then'. Again, though, once heard, one never forgets a Merlin. ..........
I get Goosebumps every time I play this video, dont know why, Im not old enough to have been in WW2 yet I love this sight & sound. If I were at the controls just firing one up would fill me with pride......
What give me the shivers is a Spit, just when it has been cleared to take-off, throttling up that Merlin. What it's already in the air, it's just goosebumps time. And if a Merlin is rock music, a Griffon is heavy metal.
I was at an airshow in Canada in the early 80's where that had some amazing planes flying, F-101 Voodoo, B-1B Bomber, Vulcan, F-18, F-5, the Snowbirds, all good stuff, but there were 2 Mustangs and a Spitfire that stole the show, I'll never forget it.
Born in 1941, and living 5 miles from Castle Bromwich Nr Brum, throughout the War; One of my earliest memories is of being in the back garden, and seeing/hearing what must have been--in the main, Spitfires taking off for delivery, or testing, many times during the day. 30 yrs later, my brother lived in one of the many new houses built over the main runway, where spits were once rolled out---to save us all from evil. The rumour persists that tons of Spit parts and even engines are buried there.
The low passes over the hill top, are at Beachy Head near Eastbourne, but now during air displays, they have heliopter rides there, so the planes keep away.
As one of the "Few," stated, "You don't fly a Spitfire you wear it." "Any idiot can fly a Spitfire." We should be eternally grateful to those few "idiots."
Who needs music when you have the sweet symphony created by a merlin engine at speed , nothing better. It makes the hair on my neck stand up every time i hear it.
This is the best video. holy christ this is giving me goosebumps. Used to go to Farnborough alot with me old man when i was a nippa. and a couple others. being 27 now it kinda brings back some memorys. wish i could go back.
I remember when they were transporting wwll planes over my house. Two spitfires, two p51, and some sort of bomber. I was at home by myself. I was about ten. I’ll never forget the sound of a Merlin.
what an amazing sound.ive been in the cockpit of a lancaster when the engines were started and sat in the pilots seat.big thanks to the crews who did it for real
Wherever this was I would have so muched ❤️♥️❤️♥️❤️ to have been there with these two AWESOME warbids flying overhead & looking as if they are just a few feet above your head. Pilot of the Hurricane wing waving as it flies very low over people's heads ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!! ♥️❤️👏👏👏👏👏👍
I have been a radio presenter for 12 years & I have been interested in music since I was a toddler. I enjoy music from classical to gabber (Industrial strength dance music). But there is no sound like a Merlin. Avgas flavoured tunes!!!
Excellent video...thanks for posting! There is nothing worse than watching a TV documentary on the Spitfire with the beautiful sounds of the Merlin engine being drowned out by some ridiculous stirring musick. So thanks once again!
10 people need some heart and soul. Two superb aircraft. It is said that it was the Hurricane that truly was machine that enabled the Allies to win the war but it helped that the opposition mistook them for Spitfires.. There will always be something special about those Merlin engines.
@taxid3rmy Glad you liked it, the best thing about warbirds is when they do something unexpected, and when that Hurricane swooped down low, and flew over the folks on the hilltop that was a special moment.
I love how the title has "without music" because everyone knows that these Merlin engines are pure music regardless
"And the sky, was filled with the music of Angels"
+Tarnuk From Broombog Na, just with Rolls Royce engeneering lol.
TheAquarius1978 What’s the difference?
Ahhh! That's me covered in goosebumps again! What a beautiful sound.
Greatest sound ever made by a man-made object and I include all musical instruments in that. Never fails to send a shiver down my spine.
no sound track required the merlin is the soundtrack of revenge and freedom
these planes dont make sound they make music
yep
U r right
Anyone else get goosebumps
Oh my god yes
Every time ❤️
Every Single Time! I flew a Spitfire for my 60th. 40 mins. I was a PPL so hand on no prob. BLISS. SHEER HEAVEN. Highlight of my life.
I think its the bit with all the people waving to pilot on the hill,and he wiggles his wings to acknowledge them,is what gives the goosebumps,for me.
Man tears....
Love the low pass by the Hurricane, and pleased to see it sharing the honours with the Spit.
love how the pilot did the wing side to side at 1:00
+AG basically gave a salute to the crowd love it,also if my eyes didnt decive me that spit had 4 hispanos on it
That's a pilot's salute.
That is a Hawker Hurricane MK. IIC. Different body shape from the Spit, and the MK. IIC had a slightly modified wing.
The best composer in the world could'nt compete with this. And when the Hurricane pilot waggles the wings, well that's just class. This truly is like a piece of music you never tire of.
goosebumps every single time
I'm never going to forget hearing the sound of the Spitfire MK.VIII 'Grace' flying at the Brize Norton airfield. Such a beautiful sound, put a lump in my throat :)
Sound of a thoroughbred!
THATS one beautiful piston engine sound isn't it? Probably the best ever. I can't even start to imagine - for those who were involved in the fight using them - how spine tingling it must be to hear.
Chills up my spine.
Love the way the Hurricane "waves" back to the people waving on the cliff top. How fantastic to have him roar right over your head like that... so close you can count the rivets on his fuselage!
sound of freedom
I went to Oshkosh some 30 years ago. Merlin powered Mustangs and Spits were doing high speed passes over the runway for some 15 minutes continuosly.
You could feel the vibration in your chest. Wonderful stuff, nothing like it. Thank you.
Without the Merlin engine--the P.51--or Mustang as the RAF named it, was rejected by both air forces as inadequate for front line use. Not enough muscle. It's a historic fact that when the Merlin was installed it became a very good contender. The P.51 was used for support on long haul bombing missions, once Drop tanks were installed. Of course the Mosquito was able to bomb Berlin on it's own, and usually evaded the chasing fighters on the way back---dammed good these Merlin's. It was the only aircraft engine to start and finish the war, with it's original design, despite all the years of development. What ?
Yeah, the whole let's throw a ton of heavy bombers at them idea was a bit flawed. The mossie was great
Philip Croft "on it's own" its*
that enough hit's for now
AND--only two crew- one to fly the other to bomb--simples.
living in Lincolnshire I am blessed to see this beautiful plane most weekends in the summer. Never fails to give me goosebumps! Lucky enough to sit on one last year too. Would love to have a flight in it!!
Any better sound in the world ?
Yes! Try six Merlins in close formation!
Watching and listening to this video transports us back to the summer of 1940, when the skies of the south of England must have been filled with the symphony of hundreds of Merlin engines.
We envy those that lived then, who witnessed, and heard, those amazing sights of history...
I've always admired the British. My name is Woodall. I've read that it is an English name. Anyone know if that is right?
Sounds pretty English - from the UK
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They had a Hurricane at Wittering in the 80's when I lived nearby at Milton Park, and we used to get our own low-level displays like this during proving flights. The sight of a Hurricane always reminds me of that.
I was in my garden the other morning, pottering around as you do, when I heard a distant sound. I knew what it was, it was a Rolls Royce Merlin. When you hear that sound, you just kind of stop doing things and look up. Two Spitfires flew over at around 500 feet against a clear blue sky. I just kept watching until they were gone, I just kept watching.
Great of the pilot of the spit to give the cliff watchers a close-up treat and acknowledge their waving by dipping his wings.... Lovely.
Who could ever get tired of hearing that engine. absolutely wonderful.
Everytime myself and my son heard this sound sound whilst living in St Albans we would run out of the house to try and catch a glympse of the BBMF Sptifire!! How I miss that sound. Last saw Spitfire in flight over Arromanche, Normandy during the D-Day celebrations last year. I sat there in awe for about half an hour!!!
what a sound ,I remember standing outside a friend's house and hearing a roaring whine aproaching ,,looked up to see a fully restored Spitfire a couple of hundred feet ,it was beautiful as he banked the plane ,this was the river Tweed glen [valley] outside Broughton Scotland
Bravo for the absence of "stirring" music! You can tell the real enthusiasts from the film makers by the presence or absence of "music". The sound of a Merlin IS music!!!
The Rolls Merlin is the greatest sound that MAN has EVER MADE! If the sound of a RR Merlin working hard dos'nt make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up and give you goose bumps then you have something wrong with you! Thank you for posting this!
The sound of those Merlins gives me goose-bumps . . . . Simply awesome
Thats the best sound ever. I get shivers up my back when I hear that awesome sound!
My Grandfather worked on those engines during WWII.........the sound of a Merlin engine sends shivers down my spine!!!!......and thats in Peacetime, wonder what Jerry thought when he heard them???
Its actually a 27 litre, water/glycol cooled. And the griffon is a 36.7l. Love the way the hurricane pilot waggles his wings as he goes over the spectators! great stuff!
One of the few sounds u instantly recognize .... and u can't forget anymore :o)
I cant help running out of my company... when I hear a SOUND like THIS !!! Most beautiful mechanic sound. Aix les Milles, Salon de Provence. Best regards to All of you !
absolutely magnificent!
-and good to see all those children watching, those aircraft which changed the history of the world
Wow, this is filmed over Eastbourne Sussex, were they used to have a free airshow, maybe still do.
I was there in 97 and for the price of an ice-cream watched these two jewels, a
B 17 Fortress , a Catalina flying boat doing touch and goes in the sea and a whole load of other great aircraft.
An incredible afternoon.
Nothing beats that sound. That sounds carries one incredible History.
What joy!.
The sound.
The reaction.
And, when I see the kids waving, as the Hurricane passes over them, well, what can one say. The kids have heard, have seen, have experienced. The rest is up to us, their grandparents, to pass on the tales of 'then'.
Again, though, once heard, one never forgets a Merlin.
..........
Its the greatest engine sound in the world bar none! At the ripe old age
of 77 it still brings tears to my eyes!!
I’m in tears watching this absolutely bursting with pride ❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️❤️
When she came in over the crowd and waved to them... just pure awsome! And the noise they make...!
Thank you for not adding music...such a wonderful ecperience even sitting at the puter...
I have the BEST sound pollution ever where I live. A duel cockpit spitfire, an aston martin vanquish and a street full of classic cars. Perfect
Nothing sounds so impressive as that Merlin engine and powering such a beautiful plane as the Spitfire is as good as it gets.
Thanks for sharing.
What a fantastic view see the spitfire coming up over the hill wish I was there to see it...thanks for sharing.
Woooooooooooooooooooooooow.
Without exception the most amazing sounding engine I have ever heard, and in the most amazing plane of all time too
Can't stop watching this... Or should I say listening...! Absolutely wonderful...!!!!
It's really is.
as someone posted on another vid... a blind man could love these planes!! that was i love about these birds... everything about them is BEAUTIFUL!!
Like an angel whispering in your ears, gorgeous sound
The very best sound that man has ever made, ah the Rolls Royce Merlin!
Never was so much owed by so many to so few.
Awesome machines like the men that flew them.
Its a shame that there aren't more of these beautiful machines still around today
To hear that sound must have been so very comforting
I get Goosebumps every time I play this video, dont know why, Im not old enough to have been in WW2 yet I love this sight & sound. If I were at the controls just firing one up would fill me with pride......
What give me the shivers is a Spit, just when it has been cleared to take-off, throttling up that Merlin. What it's already in the air, it's just goosebumps time.
And if a Merlin is rock music, a Griffon is heavy metal.
just listened to this for the 100th. time...............and it's still magic to the ears!!!!!!
I was at an airshow in Canada in the early 80's where that had some amazing planes flying, F-101 Voodoo, B-1B Bomber, Vulcan, F-18, F-5, the Snowbirds, all good stuff, but there were 2 Mustangs and a Spitfire that stole the show, I'll never forget it.
Born in 1941, and living 5 miles from Castle Bromwich Nr Brum, throughout the War; One of my earliest memories is of being in the back garden, and seeing/hearing what must have been--in the main, Spitfires taking off for delivery, or testing, many times during the day. 30 yrs later, my brother lived in one of the many new houses built over the main runway, where spits were once rolled out---to save us all from evil. The rumour persists that tons of Spit parts and even engines are buried there.
The low passes over the hill top, are at Beachy Head near Eastbourne, but now during air displays, they have heliopter rides there, so the planes keep away.
As one of the "Few," stated, "You don't fly a Spitfire you wear it." "Any idiot can fly a Spitfire." We should be eternally grateful to those few "idiots."
Who needs music when you have the sweet symphony created by a merlin engine at speed , nothing better. It makes the hair on my neck stand up every time i hear it.
Great video, thankyou for posting, i dont think anyone can tire of listening to the sound the merlin produces, just beautiful.
The flypast at 0:56 is awesome, love that sound :P Reminds me of summertimes in my youth back in the days of the West Malling airshows.
One of the most beautiful sounds on earth.
Hands down best sounding engine ever made. So much so, that I named my business after it.
Goosebumps when I hear that gorgeous sound
what a fantastic thing too see..im gonna go fly my model one now ..i feel inspired...love it
Absolutely one of the few videos worth watching on RUclips!
no music apart from the merlins. much appreciated
The R R Merlin engine makes beatiful music all by it's self. Sends tingles down my spine every time i hear it.
Always an Awsome sound. you know at air shows people love the sound of jet's but for me you cant beat the sweet sound of a Merlin.
that is just one noise that will never ever get boring, pure immense
Ahhhh.... The unique sound of the Rolls Royce Merlin.
Unbeatable!
Cliffs of Dover, beautiful weather and two of the greatest fighter aircraft ever, can't go wrong with that! Fantastic video, thanks for sharing! *****
It’s not Dover, it’s Eastbourne and Beachy Head.
@@ianknight2053 You replied to a comment I made 15 years ago... Thanks for the correction though. 😅
@@FireflyActual You’re welcome. I live a few minutes away from where the Eastbourne airshow is held, so the area is familiar to me.
This is the best video. holy christ this is giving me goosebumps.
Used to go to Farnborough alot with me old man when i was a nippa. and a couple others. being 27 now it kinda brings back some memorys. wish i could go back.
"bandits 100+ Angels 1- 5 tally ho Red Section"
The wing rocking hurricane was fabulous!!!
I remember when they were transporting wwll planes over my house. Two spitfires, two p51, and some sort of bomber. I was at home by myself. I was about ten. I’ll never forget the sound of a Merlin.
Ya heard one fly over our cabin this summer and man did I savour the sound
Alot of this was filmed up on the cliffs at Beachy Head during the Eastbourne airshow. The next show is 13th to 16th of August 2009.
what an amazing sound.ive been in the cockpit of a lancaster when the engines were started and sat in the pilots seat.big thanks to the crews who did it for real
Beautiful music those merlins make.very nice views as well.Thanks again for another great video Wonkabar.
The pass at 0:53 to going back out over the sea at 1:08 fills me with awe.
Wherever this was I would have so muched ❤️♥️❤️♥️❤️ to have been there with these two AWESOME warbids flying overhead & looking as if they are just a few feet above your head. Pilot of the Hurricane wing waving as it flies very low over people's heads ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!! ♥️❤️👏👏👏👏👏👍
I have been a radio presenter for 12 years & I have been interested in music since I was a toddler. I enjoy music from classical to gabber (Industrial strength dance music). But there is no sound like a Merlin. Avgas flavoured tunes!!!
I just got buzzed by a P51 today doing a fly-by for a drag racing event. What a sound...
"Without Music"
Instant like.
"Without music"? That IS music!
Excellent video...thanks for posting!
There is nothing worse than watching a TV documentary on the Spitfire with the beautiful sounds of the Merlin engine being drowned out by some ridiculous stirring musick.
So thanks once again!
Love the wave back from the pilot shows he see the people waving at him that is cool 😎
10 people need some heart and soul.
Two superb aircraft.
It is said that it was the Hurricane that truly was machine that enabled the Allies to win the war but it helped that the opposition mistook them for Spitfires..
There will always be something special about those Merlin engines.
Makes me very proud to be British. One of our best inventions ever, I don't know why we aren't still flying them.
@taxid3rmy Glad you liked it, the best thing about warbirds is when they do something unexpected, and when that Hurricane swooped down low, and flew over the folks on the hilltop that was a special moment.
loved that wave by the hurricane pilot awesome!!
The sound of a time long ago when this country had balls....🇬🇧🇬🇧
nice little touch by the pilot with the wing wiggle!!!