Thanks Ray, you’ve captured the dynamism of the Mossie in this video. I believe the Mossie to be the best multi-role aircraft to come out of WW2, but then I’m biased. Pity it's leaving our backyard. Well done and I look forward to your next venture.
@user-iy5kh7gb1p4 ай бұрын
How does the engine cool when so tightly cowled.
@cabanford4 ай бұрын
That's quite the spinner. Happy to see these flying still (with any engine + prop combo) ❤
@andrewganley90164 ай бұрын
The 'original' Fury was the fastest piston engined fighter...ever
@Rob-Benny-Hill4 ай бұрын
Thank you Ray. Wonderful video showing what I consider the best WW2 fight/bomber produced. I had the priviledge of 2-3 fly over my house many years ago here in Wellington. Beautiful machines.
@barrythatcher93494 ай бұрын
Good to see the Mossie in the Southern Hemisphere. Understandably the owner from USA to wants see it go it's new home. Hopefully it might come back in the future. I met a retired RAAF Wing - Commander (Retired). He flew a Hurricane, a number of different versions of Spitfires, Mustangs, Kittyhawkes and the Mosquito. He said the Mossie was in his expericne the far and best all round aircraft produced by the Allies.
@craigwalker17394 ай бұрын
A well-structured and professionally presented video Ray, well done! 👍
@chazgisby88764 ай бұрын
The Hawker Sea Fury had a 5 bladed propeller not a 4. due to the 4's diameter being too large for carrier work. The Hawker Tempest had the 4 bladed prop.
@Mikeylikesit19683 ай бұрын
Depends on the engine
@rattussapiens28544 ай бұрын
Why the hell was the cherry picker there? Bloody amateurs. That’s bloody dangerous.
@aviation4life6404 ай бұрын
The Yak-110 is in Australia now?
@Mikeylikesit19683 ай бұрын
Nope, just for Airshow
@mickb4744 ай бұрын
Beautiful aircraft 👍🏻
@oyb624 ай бұрын
Fantastic aircraft, but I personally think that the original Bristol engine sounds so much better.
@julianandyvonne4 ай бұрын
What a great aircraft.
@Laywaste4 ай бұрын
No mention of this particular airframe’s history as “Sawbones” a Reno racer for many years. But cool to see her flying again. I could be wrong but that spinner is very distinctive.
@rayjennings43954 ай бұрын
Hi Thomas, Check out the link in the video’s description for an article about the history of this particular aircraft. Cheers, Ray
@tanner61864 ай бұрын
Why do they always play screaming music every time there is an air craft start-up or display. I go to air Shows to see and HEAR the bloody aircraft not ya shit music. Really! I want to hear those iconic big radials and smell their fumes and to be immersed in the aircraft not music. TURN it OFF Please.
@EricLobb-xl9jp4 ай бұрын
i remember back in 2002 i was on holiday in lord howe Island and there was a sea fury flying around..dont know why but it was an awesome sight.. to me the loveliest of the prop fighters
@38mariner4 ай бұрын
Dump that annoying background music.
@DavidNeyens5 ай бұрын
Thank you! Love how she climbs like a homesick angel.
@emanuelmota72175 ай бұрын
That's a beautiful warbird.
@pervertt5 ай бұрын
Piston powered perfection.
@FroggyFrog90005 ай бұрын
pity it hasnt got the original bristol centaur engine :(
@sheerluckholmes54685 ай бұрын
It's a Centaurus not Centaur
@DeepseaSteve5 ай бұрын
Still a shame not to have it
@wilburfinnigan21424 ай бұрын
@@DeepseaSteve But IF it takes an American engine to fly it soooo be it !!!
@DeepseaSteve4 ай бұрын
@@wilburfinnigan2142 yeah I get the availability but original is good too
@greensocks45075 ай бұрын
Why oh why do they need to play trashy music at Air shows like this and far too loud ?
@goffthomas25545 ай бұрын
Exactly!
@neilward99325 ай бұрын
And commentators continuously spouting away as well !
@andgate20005 ай бұрын
Please ditch the music a air shows. We wanna hear the planes.
@edutaimentcartoys5 ай бұрын
amazing airshow video
@dale38525 ай бұрын
Nice.very lucky 🇬🇧
@moondyne20345 ай бұрын
Worried about the commentator (public address) using the word "aircrafts" as the plural. The plural of "aircraft" is "aircraft".
@neilward99325 ай бұрын
One of my pet hates !
@flypawels5 ай бұрын
👍
@DavidKozinski5 ай бұрын
Beautiful aircraft and restoration! We had a Ford Tri-motor the "Tin Goose" flying passengers to and from the Lake Erie Islands and it is currently under a restoration effort. Hope to fly o it one day!
@zebop9175 ай бұрын
Call me an old fuddy-duddy if you like but I always think that a Sea Fury with a 4-blade prop just looks wrong.
@usernamesreprise40685 ай бұрын
Same here, I know there is a shortage of available Centaurus engines versus air worthy Airframes but the four bladed prop and American engine replacement just looks and sounds wrong on such a beautiful aircraft ,.... exactly the same as the mk2 Lancaster with four Bristol Hercules engines - just plain wrong . but both pale into insignificance when compared with a Buchon HE 1112 - a BF 109 with a flaming MERLIN !!! and buchon made hundreds of them after the war..............I know in 1969 there werent that many air worthy 109's. but because of that aircraft and that other gem the Casa c2.111 - a merlin engined HE111.....I cringe at watching the Battle of Britain movie.....thank god there were enough Merlins still about .....imagine what an abortion a mk 1 Spitfire would have looked with a DB 601 or a Jumo in it !
@wilburfinnigan21425 ай бұрын
zebop Well you can be aon old fuddy-duddy but the plane is flying, IF the original over engineered, complicated piece of crap was any good it would still be in the plane ! !
@zebop9175 ай бұрын
@@wilburfinnigan2142 I'm sure its easier to keep an R-2800 running compared to a Centaurus and I agree that its nice to keep flying things actually flyable. I just wonder how hard it would be to fit a 5-blad prop onto an R-2800 and get the looks right.
@geoffphillips80295 ай бұрын
Sea fury always had 4 bladed prop
@wilburfinnigan21425 ай бұрын
@@zebop917 The problem is the USA prop shafts on its engines are not the same as the Brits, who just have to be back assward, Their engines were left hand, American engines turn to the right, so 5 blade won't work plus the Brits engines have a different sized prop shaft and splines. so they have to use the American 4 bladed prop on the American engine !! !
@usernamesreprise40685 ай бұрын
1:20 in, the original engine was a Bristol CentauRUS not a Centaur......go hang your head in shame, lol !! but no seriously I absolutely loved the vid, there's not nearly enough coverage of such a lovely Aircraft, btw a quick rule of thumb to determine which particular engine is in a specific aircraft, although there can be exceptions sometimes, is the Centaurus ALWAYS has a five bladed prop the American Engine is usually a four blader. For my money the centaurus wins hand down for engine sound, the engine note is smoother yet fussier than the American engines and to my mind sounds far more business like with a lovely subdued hum/whistle from its supercharger as it passes overhead. As on this particular example the trainer version with its double length canopy detracts from the aircrafts business like look - take a look at the standard fighter version to see what I mean.
@rayjennings43955 ай бұрын
Thanks for the extra info. A friend already pointed out my error with the engine name. I didn’t want to delete and repost the video, so I put a Correction in the Description. Cheers, Ray
@wilburfinnigan21425 ай бұрын
username....you may not like the fact it has a 4 bladed prop and an AMERICAN engine but it is FLYING !!!! Something it cannot do with its original over engined complicated piece of junk engine, if they were any good it would still be in the plane !!!
@dafyddllewellyn66365 ай бұрын
@@wilburfinnigan2142 You might like to know that the smaller brother of the Bristol Centaurus - the Bristol Herculese - was in routine service up to 1985, in the French Nord Noratlas. So maybe those Bristol sleeve-valve radials were not quite the pieces of junk you call them.
@wilburfinnigan21425 ай бұрын
@@dafyddllewellyn6636 Over engineered, overly complicated and expensive to overhaul and maintain, like I said IF they were any good they wood still be in the planes !!
@dafyddllewellyn66365 ай бұрын
@@wilburfinnigan2142 The main reason, I suspect, is that nobody is making 145 octane fuel these days. And learn to spell . . .
@dennisreed3382 Жыл бұрын
I don't remember the Connie with favor. March 1970 they were used as awacs ,one developed problems and crashed on top of us. Luckily we only lost an F4 and no personnel but it was a scramble getting the rest of our planes away from the fire. Sadly the personnel on board weren't so lucky.
@maxsdad538 Жыл бұрын
That was a NAVY Constellation that stalled and crashed on landing at Da Nang. The #3 engine was shut down, but that shouldn't have had any bearing on the landing... I have 2500 hours on USAF EC-121's, and probably 25-30 "3 engine landings".
@QCCatPlanes Жыл бұрын
😃Wow! STUNNING!👍
@arthurteo8111 Жыл бұрын
These beauties back in their hey days would fly passengers from Sydney to London. (!)
@kether1 Жыл бұрын
3:54 5:29 wow
@jiyoung77 Жыл бұрын
🎉축하합니다
@craigwalker1739 Жыл бұрын
Looks great Ray! 😃
@jasonlouis1891 Жыл бұрын
Hi there did the Kawasaki C2 did air display over the weekend on 4th and 5th March
@rayjennings4395 Жыл бұрын
Hi Jason. No, it didn't fly this year.
@dancahill8555 Жыл бұрын
A Hudson! Amazing.
@XCougar85X Жыл бұрын
Awesome footage. Thanks for sharing
@FlyingKeo045 Жыл бұрын
I am very privileged to have flown in a Super Connie in 1966, my first and best ever as a passenger.
@thesteveus2 жыл бұрын
A BF109 with a Merlin?????? That's like putting a Chevy engine in a Ford
@GC8WRX_EJ2072 жыл бұрын
The Spanish versions developed during and after ww2 had Merlin’s fitted to them.
@306champion Жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly mate, sacrilege.
@glizzgod65912 жыл бұрын
I watched a couple texans got into the nelson airport the other day
@maxlinesartist2 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed the video thanks
@johnlandrigan91873 жыл бұрын
hey
@Planespotterdude3 жыл бұрын
Lots of stuff ive never seen or heard of, nice video
@alimohsin46673 жыл бұрын
Handsome hornet😎🇺🇸💝
@vanguardactual14 жыл бұрын
I know this video is older but does anyone know if the Yak 3 was repaired and still flying today?
@boatymcboatface6663 жыл бұрын
@MichaelKingsfordGray ?
@zacsawesomeworld2767 Жыл бұрын
Yep it’s been restored to airworthy condition.
@ethanol5404 жыл бұрын
Who else is here trying to re live old memories
@b5779604 жыл бұрын
Nicely put together, just a correction or two. The Mustang in the photo is a P-51D not a P-51B. Also the 'ME-109' is a Messerschmitt BF-109 it is not a ME-109 as everyone seems to call them.
@braidos.k36573 жыл бұрын
Is it ME-109 in this case maybe because it had the MErlin in it? And wasn't an identical BF-109. Genuine question
@b5779603 жыл бұрын
@@braidos.k3657 Umm No, i still believe it should be BF-109
@omepeet20063 жыл бұрын
@@b577960 Actually, if you want to be pedantic, it's not a Messerschmitt at all. It's a licence-built copy, built by Hispano and labeled HA-1112. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispano_Aviación_HA-1112 will tell you more.