And now for some footage from a pilot's perspective. This is from Spitfire V EE602 'Mable's maiden flight earlier this year. Restored in the Isle of Wight and assembled at Biggin Hill, some of you chaps will remember seeing her nearing completion last year during the hangar tour.
One thing this video does well I think is capture the different sounds that this machine makes. From the sewing machine-like music of the merlin to the hgv pneumatic brakes and flaps that are remarkably loud.
Also, it's worth watching to the very last 5 seconds to hear the pilot give his succinct opinion of this fresh bird
There's a thread running over at keypublishing that some of you may find interesting!
I really liked his lo-fi solution for a wood lathe
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?135726-Full-size-V1-Flying-Bomb-project
One would think it could be possible in future to sign this one off as PFM?
Seeing as the model is based on TFC's own P-40F at Duxford, there could be opportunity for the real pilots to test it?
Nice bit of publicity for them, cheers for sharing mate.
Looking forward to seeing the DH9 when it's ready, also the two Nimrods (spot the difference FT!) and Fury we'll see this weekend.