Malt 379 Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Just saw this video on FB and thought I'd post it. My favourite WW2 plane, think it's the only airworthy one in the world at the minute.. Quote from Goering about the mossie: In 1940 I could at least fly as far as Glasgow in most of my aircraft, but not now! It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy. The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that? There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops. After the war is over I'm going to buy a British radio set - then at least I'll own something that has always worked. — Hermann Göring, 1943. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bryanm45 787 Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 The sound of the engines is fantastic 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Seeker 3,048 Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Just saw this video on FB and thought I'd post it. My favourite WW2 plane, think it's the only airworthy one in the world at the minute.. Quote from Goering about the mossie: In 1940 I could at least fly as far as Glasgow in most of my aircraft, but not now! It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy. The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that? There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops. After the war is over I'm going to buy a British radio set - then at least I'll own something that has always worked. — Hermann Göring, 1943. Malt I agree 100% this is my favourite aircraft also. To me more versitile than any other aircraft in WW2, I went to the De Havilland museum a year or so ago it was closed but they were doing some maint work and an old boy gave me a tour my heart was racing as I hoped he would let me get in a mossie sadly it was not to be. They do have the original prototype complete there which isquitespecial. I hope I will see one fly again in this country 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 minted plane malt,still the spitfire has to be my favourite,the sound of those merlins and its handling capabilities.also a bit of fan of the 109 ,they certainly all played a major role in the war.nowadays the f*****g things basically fly themselfs lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted November 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 minted plane malt,still the spitfire has to be my favourite,the sound of those merlins and its handling capabilities.also a bit of fan of the 109 ,they certainly all played a major role in the war.nowadays the f*****g things basically fly themselfs lol We're just lucky the 262's didn't appear earlier in the war! I love the spitfire, probably my second favourite WW2 plane after the mossie.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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The Seeker 3,048 Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 We're just lucky the 262's didn't appear earlier in the war! Or the Focke Wulf Ta152 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted November 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Enjoyed that, good find! Saw a few WW2 planes at the Brawdy air shows when I was a kid. Didn't really appreciate them at the time, was more interested in the Tornados, Harriers, Vulcan and the Yank fast jets that were displaying as well.. I was gutted when the RAF left there and they stopped the shows.. http://www.vaq136.com/brawdy/index.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnny boy68 11,726 Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Brilliant Mal, I was addicted to airfix models as a kid and the mosquito was one of the first I ever did. I used to hang them off the ceiling like in a dogfight. I also loved the 109 and like Scott the sound of the spitfire was awesome. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 in the uk,but this time in a friendly nature lol 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted November 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Brilliant Mal, I was addicted to airfix models as a kid and the mosquito was one of the first I ever did. I used to hang them off the ceiling like in a dogfight. I also loved the 109 and like Scott the sound of the spitfire was awesome. I had a few models on the ceiling myself mate, but my uncle and my cousin done a load of really good ones and plastered his bedroom ceiling in them! They had bombers with their escorts, dogfights, the lot! Nice listening to them now, but my nan can remember the sound of the dive bombers coming in over the hill behind the street where she still lives in Pembroke to bomb Pembroke Dock. There were AA placements on the hill and she reckoned the whole house used to shake when they went off and plaster used to fall from the ceiling. She was only a kid then, and her sister was home on leave from the army once, and wouldn't get out of her bed one night when the siren went off. My nan said she tried getting her up, and she basically got told to bugger off because it would be a false alarm as usual.. Then the flack cannons started firing and she tripped over her blankets trying to get out of bed in a panic and ended up on the bedroom floor in a heap! http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/waleshistory/2010/08/bombing_pembroke_dock_oil_tanks.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 remember my granny telling us a story,when she was a wee lassie.they were working in a field near the forth river next to the bridge.when a german plane,came right up the forth chased by two spitfires. she watched the dog fight,and the german pilot bailing out.later she found out he came down in a field a couple mile away.farm labourers were having a fag with with him till the home guard picked him up.oh and the farmers wife asked him for his parachute lol seemingly they made wedding dresses from them. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted November 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 remember my granny telling us a story,when she was a wee lassie.they were working in a field near the forth river next to the bridge.when a german plane,came right up the forth chased by two spitfires. she watched the dog fight,and the german pilot bailing out.later she found out he came down in a field a couple mile away.farm labourers were having a fag with with him till the home guard picked him up.oh and the farmers wife asked him for his parachute lol seemingly they made wedding dresses from them. aye they were made of silk, wern't they? The wife's Granma was orphaned after she was evacuated from the Clyde area when she was very young, she grew up in rural Aberdeenshire. They lost all records of her previous life and all she ever knew about her parents is that they were killed in an air raid.. Her grandad was transferred off the Hood before if left port and was sunk by the Bismarck, so she's kind of lucky she's here at all when you come to think about it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 lol she certainly is.although a lot of hardship and grief during that period,but it must have been a facinating time to live through. its been said loads of times,but everyone did pull together and looked out for each other.sadly i dont think it would be the same today if we were to go through a similar expierence.i mean a downed pilot who bombed your country,would we today share a fag with him,or would it be a case of an angry mob beating him to death.oh well they say every generation has his own morals and standrds,still like to hold on to the idea that we british still have the mentality of alls fair in love and war. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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