SUPERB FLYPAST & WINGWAVE BBMF HAWKER HURRICANE LF363 • THE MEADOWS, STAMFORD 2024
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- A superb flypast from LF363 Hawker Hurricane of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) over the Meadows, Stamford, Lincolnshire for the Garden and Food Fair 2024.
This wonderful Hurricane of the BBMF first flew on the 1st January 1944. It was delivered to 5 MU on the 28th January 1944 and was in continual RAF service from then until it crash landed in 1991.
Believed to be the last Hurricane to enter service, LF363 served with 63, 309 (Polish) and 26 Squadrons before the cessation of hostilities. Unlike many other Hurricanes, LF363 was not scrapped but served on various station flights and appears in the Jack Hawkins film Angels One Five.
Hawkers received the aircraft in September 1952 to be fully refurbished before she returned to RAF duties. In 1954, whilst being operated by the RAF Waterbeach Station Flight, she appeared in the television series 'The War in the Air' and the following year in the film of the late Group Captain Douglas Bader's life 'Reach for the Sky' followed by becoming a founder member of the RAF Historic Flight at Biggin Hill in July 1957.
On September 11th 1991, whilst enroute from Coningsby to Jersey, the aircraft's engine started running rough, pouring smoke from all twelve exhaust stubs. The pilot, Squadron Leader Allan "Slam" Martin, attempted to land at Wittering, but the engine then failed completely resulting in a crash landing on the airfield. LF363 finished a complete rebuilt and flew for the first time in 7 years in the autumn of 1998, finished in the colours of No 56(F) Squadron from its time at North Weald in 1940, 'A Phoenix Rising from the Ashes'
The Royal Air Force BBMF operates from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
The mission of the RAF BBMF is to maintain the priceless artefacts of our national heritage in airworthy condition in order to commemorate those who have fallen in the service of this country. The RAF BBMF also serves to promote the modern day Air Force and to inspire the future generations.
The Flight operates six Spitfires, two Hurricanes, a Lancaster, a C47 Dakota, and two Chipmunk aircraft (primarily for training). The aircraft are flown by regular RAF Aircrew. This year the C47 Dakota has been borrowed from DUXFORD IWM, which the BBMF C47 is having major maintenance.
The BBMF aircraft can be regularly seen in the skies over the UK from May to September each year. They are flown to celebrate and commemorate public and military events from State occasions such as Trooping the Colour to major airshows and flypasts for public events.
HISTORY
The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) was inaugurated on 11 July 1957 at RAF Biggin Hill. It was initially called the RAF Historic Aircraft Flight and consisted of three PR Mk XIX Spitfires and the RAF’s last airworthy Hurricane, LF363. It was then renamed to be the Battle of Britain Flight before a final renaming in 1969 to what it is known as today, BBMF.
Between 1959 and 1965 the flight had one Spitfire (PM631) and one Hurricane (LF363) on its strength. Now, as a ‘museum without walls’, it maintains twelve historic and irreplaceable aircraft: an Avro Lancaster, a C-47 Dakota, six Spitfires, two Hurricanes and two de Havilland Chipmunk training aircraft.
The BBMF is a regular RAF unit, manned by service personnel and funded by the Ministry of Defence.
MOTTO
“Lest We Forget”
The Lest We Forget motto of the RAF BBMF reflects our mission and honours the thousands of men and women, in the air and on the ground, that gave their lives for this country in the noble pursuit of freedom.
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Nice to see the unsung hero taking a bow for a change
Unsung indeed and it makes me mad.......
Nothing beats the sound of a merlin in the morning either climbing out or returning to its home field nice one Ted Crack on
Thanks Barry
The sound of the Merlin engine and the sight of such an iconic aircraft instills a sense of pride that only a true British born citizen can ever feel and others will never understand. God Bless the Royal Air Force, all their pilots, ground crews and support staff who keep these aircraft flying.
+1 to that.......... something about the merlin that just speaks to us brits, always finding i shed a tear for those lost and those who fought hard when I hear the sound of a merlin powered craft.
Though I'm only in my 30s they make me think and feel about those times
Thanks for a nice video allowing the aircraft to make it's own "commentary".
I hope the sights and sounds of our iconic aircraft gems, grace the skies forever. Thank you Ted for bringing the tremendous footage to us
Oii Oii Margo, we hope so too. They mean so much
The sight and sound of a Hurricane, set against a late spring English sky. How can anyone NOT love that ? Excellent video, thanks for posting.
I just love the roar of that Mighty Merlin engine! It’s the sound of raw power. It exudes authority.
Ah, that's perfect to ease me into the week. Another chance to hear and see the magic of a Hurricane doing what can only be described as a very special wing wave 👋 . I thank my lucky stars I get to see the Hurricane today but even more thankful they were about in WW2 along with the many who flew her. A complete honour then to watch today. Lest We Forget!
Thank you BBMF, Thank you TCS. Ohh yeahh
Oii Oii Dan glad you enjoyed
Awesome. Last we forget ❤
LEST WE FORGET
Beautiful footage and seeing the wing wave.
Thanks Bex
I'm a 56 y/o American. When I was 8, I read the story of Robert Stanford Tuck. Then I read the story of Douglas Bader. I have been hooked on WW2 aviation ever sense. I am so thankful I live in a land where we've never had to undergo anything like the Blitz.
Yes my friend it wasn’t pretty.
Both pilots as effective in the Hurricane as the Spitfire. Both scored highly im the Hurricane.
Bless you! Douglas Bader was my superhero; the book is better than the movie but I still enjoyed Kenneth More in the movie very much. Yes he was grumpy, irascible even but he had the heart of two lions. Never ever take no for an answer.
BBC 😉
That was lovely. As an ex pilot, people don't realise what an abrupt manoeuvre a simple wing wave is. I've done them over friends and relations houses, it takes quite a large movement of the stick from one side to the other and back again to rock your wings, especially in a relatively slow moving aircraft.
What a great tribute to the brave men of the RAF. Thank you,,
LEST WE FORGET
The sight and sound of a Merlin engine in a hawker Hurricane gets the hair's on the back of your kneck what a graceful old lady still causes a stir all those years on Angel's of the skies 🫶🤝🙏🙌R.I.P to all who never came back 🫶🤝🙏
LEST WE FORGET
@@TedConingsby respect 🙏🤝🫶and thank you 🤝🪽
A beautiful and highly under-rated aeroplane.
Lest we forget!
Great footage of an iconic aircraft!
Thank you very much Ellesee
Well done Ted, Nikos & Claire Bear. Wonderful capture of an iconic aircraft.
Oii Oii Thanks Colin
Must be the best job in the world. I used to live near Chichester and the sound and sight of the Goodwood Spitfires flying used to turn any day in to a good day. They often seemed to pass over the parks in Chichester and along the seafront and give the public a good view. Long may these magnificent aircraft continue flying and I hope they don't go the same way as the Vulcan.
That sound 👌 Nice one Nikos 👍
Such a beautiful sound
Very nice. Looks like a fine day for it. Thanks.
Thanks Roderick
Another great plane captured by you for us to enjoy. @TedConingsby, Nikos & Claire Bear❤️
Oii Oii Julie thank you very much. A superb aircraft flown wonderfully in Lincolnshire
Best sound in the world, a Rolls Royce Merlin in front of an iconic aircraft ! Beautiful
Sure is
Thanks for the outstanding videos, brother Ted and crew .
Thank you very much
Wow a wing wave, that’s great 🫡
That’s wing wave was so good
That takes me back. I lived there in the early seventies while working at RAF Wittering, but I hadn’t heard about the crash landing there. Good that she got rebuilt to fly again afterwards.
Awesome footage and sound
I think we had the same Hurricane flying over Cromer in the afternoon,during the crab and lobster festival. It was giving a full display looping the loop and wing waves as it went over the pier!
Im so lucky im 67 and was bought up about 6 miles from Biggin hill. For anyone that may not know it was one of the few arodromes that got planes up in the hight of the Battle of Britan. I recived a direct hit and many wraf where killed. As a kid about 5 of us regularly skip school and went to keston ponds to fish. If the fishing got boring we would go to biggin just up the road. Walk straght in through the front gate. This was still an RAF airport at the time no guards and play on a lancaster bomber that had flown from New Zealand and then had been grounded at biggin. On the front gates there theres one side a hurican and on the other a spitfire i went back about t years ago and showed my brother in law. Them i know there fighting to keep the chapel as a mounument to alk those people that died fighting for our freedom.
What a great sound. This is ASMR to me!
A beautiful dight and a beautiful sound
Absolutely both sight and sounds of this wonderful aircraft
Fabulous love it
Fabulous 🇬🇧
Goosebumps every time i hear these old warbirds.
What a great and iconic sound 😊
Absolutely
Stamford was as safe as houses with a Hurricane patrolling the skies.
A sad day today for the BBMF.
Wish I'd been there - super ! Clever bloke Sydney Camm.
Great footage….👍🇬🇧
Beautiful
A lot of hard work goes into making these videos. Hats of to you Ted.😀
Thank you very much
Beautiful ❤
The real Victor of the B of B , tough as hell 😊
Sad to hear the news today, just days after this video was shot. RIP to the pilot and his family.
I had to reply this video quite a few times :) Brilliant
Oii oiii Robert glad you enjoyed
Pilot from hawker must see ya Ted 😂😂 and fantastic flies and. Says bye bye😊
Didn't one of these used to inhabit the corner of field small blister at Hawkers early factory just past St Leonards Walk, Richings Park and Parlaunt Park, Langley?
Just listen to that soundtrack
Wonderful isn’t it
Music!
Oiii oiii Beepeeify
❤beautiful work nikos and ted❤❤❤😊
Thanks Sally