The best Spitfire display we've ever filmed - RN201 at the Shuttleworth Family Airshow 2024
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- John Romain flies Aerial Speed Icons' Spitfire FR.XIVe "RN201" at the Shuttleworth Family Airshow 2024. The aircraft also performed formation passes with the Shuttleworth Collection's DH.88 Comet. This combination of pilot, weather, location and aircraft added up to probably the best Spitfire display we've ever filmed.
Video: Adam Landau
This was one of my most enjoyable days out at an airshow in the last few years. A one hour Airshow Dispatches film from the show, featuring every single performance, can be found here: ruclips.net/video/c4R0qjVtdng/видео.html
Nice to see shuttleworth on airshow dispaches again
I’m salivating 🤤 enjoyed the DH 88 as well, two beautiful aircraft.
a foe seeing, hearing such, kneeded bracing
Mk XIV, Griffon 65, John Romaine, azure sky....Wow ! Just wow ! Oh and that paint scheme is just beautiful. It doesn't get any better than that for me😍👌
Slow, gentle and graceful. Showing off it's beauty rather than it's performance.
Kudos also for the restraint shown by the event's commentator!
Ben never speaks when a Spitfire or Hurricane is flying! Apart from anything else, during a display of this quality he wants to put the mic down and take some photos.
The Comet and the Spitfire, too beautiful for words.
Beautiful plane, paintwork, flying sequences and engine sounds, all round beautiful.
Brilliant camera work, excellent display, fabulous aircraft.thsnks
That was a really smooth and perfected display...nice to see the Spitfire and Comet flying together too...
Great camera work capturing the beautiful lines of the spitfire perfectly.A great display by John Romaine.
Shuttleworth family air show is one of the best air shows in the country just Great flying, Excellent static display, Nice family community, Aircraft enthusiasts and No traders trying to sell you load of old tat you don't need or want. Lets hope this is a tradition that continues.
Couldn’t agree more. Shuttleworth is a gem.
A masterclass from pilot, cameraman and Shuttleworth commentator. Almost speechless. Thanks.
Goosebumps material! Thank you. 🇨🇦
John Romain. I salute you. Fabulous display ,smooth graceful. And loud. Brilliant.
Exceptional camera work and brilliant sound. Don't miss out on this video. Thank you for posting this.
Truly an excellent display. But excellent camera work also. It is not easy keeping an airplane in the frame while zoomed in and all the while avoiding shaking. Very, very well done.
Beautiful display.... I have to agree this must be the best Spitfire displays since the Mark Hanna days.
Absolutely. So smooth.
John's display was absolutely breathtaking. Full body goosebumps type of display.
Geordie,
Could not agree more .. beautiful display of a beautiful aircraft. Nice touch with the Comet to start, a superb bit of aerial choreography , sorry but you can keep all your shiny P51’s good thought they are, but this later Griffon spit has a distinctive presence in the sky quite different from its older brothers especially in this livery, which I am sure is intended to enhance its magical presence.
Perfection and John must have enjoyed that as much as we all did!
What a beautiful noise and such an iconic plane.
that is the most beautiful spitfire i've ever seen, Spitfires just look good in Silver!
No...Spitfires just look good!
Beautiful graceful silver Spit ... Beautifully flown and she shines , like a Metal Angel. 🇺🇸💪🏻
Quite why a pilot who is not American, displaying an aircraft that is not American, in the colours of a non-American military, at an airshow that is not in the United States, merits a response of "🇺🇸💪🏻" absolutely baffles me.
What can you say but wow, that engine never missed a beat or puffed smoke once in any position , like it just came off the line , Hats off to the guys that look after that gem.
Beautiful, just beautiful! Great to see the Spit with the DeHaviland too.
Some things just never get old.
Finally, No announcing while the flight is in progress, or music. Outstanding Spitfire & show. Thanks so much for posting.
Those commentators who love the sound of their own voices ruin everything!
Took my daughter to see this - I didnt know whether she would enjoy it or not but she loved the warbirds and especially the Spitfire
Two beautiful aircraft.
Great display, stunning light and beautifully captured!
Thanks alot for the video. 🤩
Greetings from a Spitfire Lover of Switzerland.
The AUDIO alone is priceless - THANK YOU !
It's incredible isn't it , it's spot on as it would be in real life.
Beautiful sky, fantastic paint scheme, and no commentary,flown by a great pilot.
What could be better.
But I have seen Ray and Mark Hannah at Warbirds over Wanaka in New Zealand on several occasions.
This does come close though.❤👍👍
Great photography as well.❤❤
John always does a fantastic spitfire display
Fantastic video.ahhhhhh. the sounds!
Alan Wade flew this, notably in the mid 2000’s. I met him in 2005 in Holland, lovely guy.
Beautiful stuff
What a delight to watch!!!
FIne pilot, Mr. Romain.
I think the Griffon Spitfires were the most attractive of the whole series. Very sleek.
Couldn’t agree more…the griffon sounds like it’s doing more work than the Merlin a more aggressive sound….love it
Spitfire VIII & XIV are my favourite Spitfires. But they are all magnificent.
The Griffon had a different firing order to the Merlin as well as turning the opposite way. The firing order was to reduce stress on the crankshaft. The Merlin , reportedly, produced some 5 tons of force on the main bearings at max revs. The Griffon also produces its power at lower revs than the Merlin. 👍 @MrJpbmusic2005
Beautiful display. Awesome smooth flying.
This is what skies were created for. Thank you for sharing this
That is the first time that I have ever seen the Comet in the air… WOW! Anything that can draw your eye away from a Spitfire in flight, has A LOT going for it, in terms of presence, aesthetic appeal & sonic appeal too… 😲 THANK YOU for sharing!
No doubt. Very contained to the immediate crowd vicinity, and… as you say perfect sky conditions. I will be there in early October, one of my favorite photo venues. Nice job!
The most beautifull plane of WWII there's no doubt 😍❤
some damn fine filming there ! and no music !!!!!
Fabulous...... *
Thank you for not having any music or PA in your fantastic video. Thank you thank.
Thank you very much indeed for this beautiful flight demo of the most beautiful plane of all times!Sincere congrats and cheers to the pilot and Shuttleworth collection team for giving us such a goog time.
My wife and I love the FAUVEL AV 36 too!Hello from France !
Nothing to add ❤❤❤
Fantastic display. Sit back and turn up the volume. Thank you
Wonderful thank you.
Just beautiful...
I'd really like to see RN201 back with it's clipped wing tips
the Comet was also a sight to see.
That is a beauty, well captured 👍
Nicely shot, thank you.
Not surprising at shuttleworth , this video is professional+ absolutely superb visuals and also and probably more importantly fantastic audio and that's through my cheap Motorola phone just brilliantly captured .
Looks like you were standing very near us. It was a superb display and thanks for your excellent video.
@ 4.20….just beautiful!
Just how a video of a Spit should be. And the end with the long run in made me tingle all over and brought a tear to my eye. Beautiful
Fantastic Excellent Work
WOW! Enough said.
Wow. A lump in my throat! Would love to know how you get a gorgeous prop blue like that?!
The prop blur is quite simple: frame rate of 50fps and a shutter speed of 1/100.
The general rule of thumb for filming of any kind is that shutter speed should be half the frame rate - that produces an amount of motion blur that looks fairly natural to the eye, regardless of what is being filmed.
Superb stuff
Good choice of sound trac!
Wow... 7.26 - Goosebumps x
The best sounding fighter ever.
Great video 👍🇬🇧
The dual radiators tell the tale. Griffon H.P.
Lovely display--I have been attending airshows for over 50 years and it still doesn`t make sense to have the PA system in front of the crowd,put it behind the crowd where it won`t get in the way for taking photos or video. Duh, easy thing to put right, but very few shows do it.
Four things make this great, all should be first..........The Aircraft itself, the Pilot, the Cameraman, and the Weather...........
5. That sound!
A beautiful display from Spitfire shows well here the manoeuvrability of the beautiful design! And what about that Griffon engine ?
A flawless and beautiful display ,great camera work and sound reproduction but I'd still give it to Ray Hanna for thrills and pushing MH434 to it's limits and bonding man with machine
Rolls Royce of the air without a doubt 😊😊
super gute
Wow this is flight amazing filming with the very nice detail the camera you use and up close footage is fab what editing software you use please
Thanks! I use Premiere Pro.
Thankyou This is flight it sounds a top editing software
not convinced by the paintjob
It's an authentic 1947 Spitfire paint scheme.
Wasn’t it called Spitfire because of the Engine? Did the Griffin still produce flames from the exhaust? I much prefer the sound of the Griffin, it’s raw and gritty with an anger to it.
Fantastic Video. Off to do some research on the Comet now too.
No, Spitfire was chosen because it refers to a fiesty person, and was the nickname that Supermarine's chairman used for his daughter.
This engine is a Griffon, rather than a Griffin.
@@ThisisFlight awesome thanks for the info.
Hello, we have a Spitfire in our aviation museum in Laatzen-Hannover (Germany) and we would like to run your video on a multimedia system. Is that ok?
Thank you, greetings, Ulrich Schulz, IT
I personally don't have a problem with this, but you will also need to check with the Shuttleworth Collection, because under the conditions of entry to the airshow I don't have sole authority to give approval for this.
I wonder how close to maximum +-G and how close to maximum speed such historic aircraft can be flown?
I was discussing exactly this recently with another warbird pilot who used to display a Spitfire derivative, among other warbird types, and in his opinion, no "respectable" operator of warbirds of this category and era ever ought to deviate below 1G or above 3G. Maximum G loads for the Spitfire vary depending on mark, but I'd guess (not knowing for sure) that this variant was probably rated to at least +7. Negative G was always to be avoided in Spitfires due to engine limitations, rather than airframe strength.
I would anticipate that use of power (and therefore speed) is similarly cautious, to preserve engine health, and I don't think you're seeing or hearing anything close to full power here.
the cameraman seems to have precognitive powers the way he achieves to keep the plane in the picture - despite its clear that the plane's flight path follows physics and is calculable.
Brilliant, loved that. I'm guessing that was filmed using a proper video camera mounted on a tripod ?
If hand held, very well done indeed.
You're correct, but all "prosumer" grade stuff, nothing crazy expensive. I use a Panasonic HC-X1500 and a slightly customised Manfrotto 504 and love using them for flying displays.
@@ThisisFlightthe results speak for themselves. I was curious will there be an airshow dispatch episode of this air show
I'm working on one right now, @TheSuziesue! All going well, I hope to have it online this afternoon.
@@ThisisFlight I can't tell how big your Panasonic is but I've just this spring purchased a Sony PXW-Z280V Pro camcorder and Sachtler FSB6 tripod to suit especially for filming airshows, trains, motorsport and some wildlife. It should easily be the equal of your kit but it just isn't. The auto focus doesn't seem to work or is so slow pulling focus, the moving subject has passed. So images look more SD/HD than the 4K its meant to be. It may be faulty 🤔
Yours is certainly bigger, more expensive and theoretically more capable than mine. However, I wouldn't trust autofocus for airshows on any camera. With a suitable iris setting (I'm usually circa f5/f6, higher would be even better but I think I've got a dust spot on my sensor), then locking the focus a fraction below infinity does the trick.
The Spitfire had The Griffon engine. A grumpy sound, not the sweet sound of the Merlin.
V12s rule.
this is good filming, but then you didn't have the advantage I had, of no restrictions of flight for pilots, and having a Spitfire flying twenty feet off the ground straight at you. Sometimes, despite being old and having all the problems that go with it, you do have things to smile about ;-)
Griffon engine doesn't have the panache of the merlin
Look, not bad. But without the Merlin sound a poor cousin ...
Is that the one owned by Rolls Royce?
Owned by Aerial Speed Icons.
I’m think the Rolls Royce one is blue- may have changed of course!
It is. It's also a PR.XIX, whereas this is an FR.XIV.
He should get that tail up earlier and higher.
You cannot allow a big taildragger like a Spit, to get airborne when it wants.
Waffling around at the stall, one meter off the ground.
R
John is the most experienced Spitfire pilot alive today. Almost all his 4,000+ flying hours are on warbirds, including over 1000 hours in Spitfires alone - considerably more time than many actual WWII Spitfire pilots. He's flown hundreds of displays and test flights. He is also a senior DAE (airshow instructor-examiner). In short, JR is one of the foremost warbird pilots in the world, and flying Spitfires is his particular area of expertise. He is probably the world's leading authority on Spitfire flying. One thing I guarantee you he does not need is tips about his take-off technique in RUclips comment sections.
2 x beautiful planes!...Great footage mate! That Comet was gorgeous...