The Spitfire and the DC3 are two of the best examples of form=function. Both are just timeless beauty.

A superb aircraft. The first thing I noticed in the earlier part of the video was that the firing button was not on 'Safe', glad that the firing procedure was explained later. I also noticed that the Irvin jacket had a horizontal seam half way down the sleeve. I believe this is the later version? My father's Irvin, issued to him in 1939 and worn throughout the war, has no seam. I still have it, together with many items of his kit, including his flying helmet with Gosport Tubes from his R.A.F. training days on Hawker Hart, Hind and Audax biplanes. His flying gauntlets are still as soft as they were when issued in 1939!

The most aesthetically pleasing mark of the entire series. Im always reminded of the first test pilots words, " Don't change a thing, it's perfect as it is!"

If that is the one that was rescued from being dragged out of the sand, in bits, then the re-manufacturing of the airscrew and pitch mechanism, let alone sourcing the early Merlin was an incredible feat in itself.

That canopy is a piece of art by itself....gorgeous aircraft, timeless, and a liberator & hero! will never ever be surpassed or forgotten!

Can never learn too much about these aircraft! Can only imagine how groundbreaking they were at the time, and how uplifting it was for people to see the RAF flying something so incredible

I've sat in the cockpit of N3200 and can thoroughly recommend the 'Spitfire Cockpit Experience. You get a 20 minute talk about the Spitfire in general and this particular aircraft, and then about ten minutes in the cockpit. It's well worth it!

The Hurricane and the Spitfire are two legends of the Battle of Britain but also of the Second World War. When I see one of these magnificent piston-engine planes flying, I have the feeling of something much more impressive, elegant and moving than a jet. I went to Duxford once, when I was a teenager. I witnessed the takeoff of a B-17! it was superb! What an experience!

I think the Mk.I is the most beautiful iteration of all the Spitfires, very elegant and well-proportioned. Brilliant video, thanks for sharing it, I dream of visiting the museum someday.

I remember seeing 16 Spitfires, a Lancaster, and a bf109 fly in formation and mock dogfight and stuff at Duxford a number of years ago. Most amazing thing I've ever seen, and heard! Hearing the rumble getting louder and louder and then seeing 16 Spitfires and a Lancaster flying in formation over the airfield gave me goosebumps

I've done the IWM Spitfire Cockpit experience at Duxford with Liam three times now. Absolutely priceless 1-on-1 experience and Liam is the font of all knowledge and then more !!

Not sure why I need to know this, living here in Omaha, Nebraska, but here I am watching anyway.

When I was young, I read a book called "Fly for your Life" about WC Robert Stanford Tuck. He was one of the first pilots to fly the Spitfire Mk1. He was taught by RJ Renolds' #2 Jeffery Quill. Wonderful stories of the spitfire, though he flew a Hurricane in the Battle of Brittan, with 257 squadron. This book made me love British aircraft and admire what the British pilots went through.

Brilliant it saved the Netherlands - so ever grateful to see it - so close - so interesting - where would the war have been without it - so be able to thank those young pilots is never enough in my view!!

Awesome! .. we had a Spitfire fly over yesterday... 80 years since the beginning of the RNZAF.. thanks mate! 👍🇳🇿

A truly beautiful plane - and I say this as a German! ;-)

My uncle was a navigator in 617 squadron.i wish I had listened to him more but now I gain from your videos.thank you sir.

This is an amazing video. With all this to think about, getting it in the air and combat too - pilots had to navigate back to base in all weathers and times of day. I find that thought fascinating.

Greetings from the Czech Republic and a huge kudos to the authors of this brilliant video ! In 11 minutes it gives so much of interesting information - and I alwasy like to learn some in depth details about this amazing airplane.. I definitely need to visit Britain and see some of the great WWII museums..

Super detailed video. One of the best I've seen. Happy landings! My father who was in 601 squadron would have enjoyed it!

Absolutely ICONIC aircraft! Just love it when the opportunity arises to view and watch them at shows 😍 brings a tear to your eye when you hear a couple of these beauties winding up for a low pass 🥰

This will come in handy next time I take one up for a spin. Went to Duxford in 99, loved it.

My favorite fighter the Spitfire. The most beautiful, one of the very best overall fighters.

Big Thumbs Up for this video. Very well presented. And a big thank you to R J Mitchell for giving us such a magnificent aircraft. (and Rolls Royce of course). 👍👌

Not a plane.. A poetry.. Happy new year from Italy

thank you for looking after it and making the vid

Excellent video! What a gorgeous warbird...It is absolutely immaculate! One of the finest if not the finest flying warbirds of them all. Truly a treat, thank you!

You always know when a Spitfire is flying above. What a splendid plane 👍

When I was in the air cadets we visited British airfields in he the late 1940s and apart from taking air trips with very pleasant air crew personnel I was allowed to sit in Spitfires, and a variety of other British military aircraft. They were exiting times for me as a teenager.

Still beautiful. A real classic. Thanks!

Truly beautiful. and their engine sound is amazing.

Beautiful aircraft, beautifully explained! Cheers!

Oo I do love a spitty. Thank you for a lovely mini doc on this particular mk1,

What a great aircraft! Absolutely love the Spitfire!

Absolutely brilliant video - thank you

This was very well done . Thank you so much. You guys and gals do a great job.

It's almost unbelievable compared to the modern day that the engineers and designers were evolving this beautiful beast at a fairly rapid rate in order to adapt to changes in warfare. From Mk1 to the Mk9, significant changes were made to improve its abilities, all while in the middle of a war. The thought of what they had then to now just shows the difference in how people thought to overcome problems. Never will we have anything anywhere near those involved in designing, building, and, of course, flying these machines. Lots of people probably have no idea how bloody damn good this plane was and what it could do. Such a stunning piece of engineering.

Who would've thought the most badass fighter plane ever could be also the most elegant and pleasing to the eye !!

Excellent presentation. Well done Liam.

Myself and my son had the pleasure of sitting in this aircraft yesterday. A very humbling experience.

Excellent explanation. Beautiful aircraft. Thank you.

Great , informative, piece of history

Another superb video. Keep them coming!

Imperial War Museums is making just brilliant videos. Thank you!

great impression, great original footage between

What a beautiful plane !

Great tour and video! Thank you

ENJOYED THAT

It's a beauty. Thanks for sharing.

An absolutely beautiful and sounding aircraft.

amazing video,thank you so much for sharing.

Thank you, I really enjoyed this video, I'll watch this again in future.

One of the most happy days in my life, believe it or not, was when my Parents offered me at last a Spitfire Mk I from Dinky Toys, in the mid seventies. It was metallic, probably between 1/72 and 48 scale, dark earth and dark green, you could manually retract her landing gear and the most marvelous was that you could install a little, hard to find battery in her tail that would power a small electric engine and spin the propeller! That was outstanding. God, how I loved that aircraft! That collection had at least the Spit, the Stuka and the Zero. The Stuka could drop a bomb when you pressed a button on her tail. When I think back, those were simple and happy times indeed. Along the years I must have accumulated nearly 400 scale model aircraft and still have many of them. I have three strong memories of my childhood concerning aircraft: That Spitfire from Dinky Toys, the superb books "Fires in the Sky" and "The Great Circus" from the remarkable French RAF fighter pilot Pierre Clostermann, and the truly outstanding TV series The world at War, certainly the very best ever made about WW II. I knew well a charming Portuguese Air Force Major who had flown the Spitfire in his youth. (we operated the Spitfire Mk I and Mk VB and the Hurricane IIC from the mid forties to the mid fifties, before receiving the heavy, dreaded F-47 and the F-84 and F-86) He loved the aircraft, of course, and remembers that on his first solo, when he ended cleaning and trimming the aircraft after take off and looked outside he was stunned to notice that he was already about 10 miles beyond where he should be! Surely, the Spitfire was no Tiger Moth nor Harvard anymore...

Fantastic presentation, thank you!

Nice video! Very interesting.Thank you very much!

If you have never been to Duxford, GO, it's a superb place and great for children of all ages! a great day out for all!

¡Qué hermoso diseño!Para mi uno de los más bellos de su época.

With the possible exception of the Corsair, the Spitfire remains one of the most graceful and dangerous-looking war machines I have ever seen. It is really heartening to know at least one is loved and revered.

What Amazes me is just how quickly flight Evolved from the turn of the Century to this mean War machine !

Finally a half decent and interesting Spit Doc... great footage that i haven't seen before.

This was very interesting, not to mention educational. Thanks for sharing. I had the privilege of making the acquaintance of a W.W.2 Australian fighter pilot by the name of Roy Riddell. Mr Riddell flew Spitfire's against the Germans over The English Channel, and also flew Curtiss P-40's against the Japanese, specifically during The Battle of Milne Bay during The Papua New Guinea Campaign.

All my life the word Spitfire made the hair on the back of my neck stand up

great vid, its on the bucket list

Probably the most beautiful plane ever.

One of my favorites

Beautiful !

Amazing video

Brilliant. Thanks for that.

Excellent, thank you !

Great video of a beautiful aircraft.

Great video, many thanks for the insight.

What a great video... I learnt a lot in that 11 mins...

That was a very impressive and professional presentation! The presenter is so clear and the video very well shot as well. Simply outstanding!

Great video! Well done!

I am thankful that today, I can "sit" in the Spitfire cockpit via VR in DCS or IL2 flight simulation, and fly this wonderful aircraft in the virtual space. Also experience virtual battle scenarios with no risk of limb or craft!

Thank you for this video! Great

Beautiful looking planes, and that merlin engine 👌🏻

Very nice video.

Great video!

Excellent video. I have one of the original photos shown in the intro that was 19 Sqn but taken at Fowlmere.

excellent video

Great video

It’s magnificent!!

Great video! 👍🏻

Amazing aircraft ☯️

Beautiful aircraft ❤

My favourite plane- just love them

Fantastic video 👏🏻👏🏻

Omg , my fave KZfaqrs! Watched you since day 1

Excellent content

Fantastic.

Badass and Cool Video.

Very interesting, thank you.👍👍

2 year ago i went up in a ww2 1944 spit .Got to have the stick for about 5 mins .banked the plane and dived it.Awesome .last flight of the day we flew back as the sun was setting.Was well worth the cost .A bit disconcerting only having 15 mins parachute instruction , but not needed .lol

I like these old to new videos

Klasse Beitrag.sehr interessant! Im übrigen, ein wundervolles Flugzeug:prima Entwurf.

Superb almost perfect video 😀👍

Thank you

Wonderful aircraft, I wish I could fly one.

So cool