Supermarine Seafire 47 Superprop!

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  @GregsAirplanesandAutomobiles · 1 year ago · pinned

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  @pagarb · 4 years ago

  I was in Hong Kong in 1949 and the RAF was flying &quot;Spits&quot;, probably Mk 24&apos;s. &nbsp;They&apos;d to go up and dog fight several times a week, there wasn&apos;t much traffic at KaiTak airport so they had the skies to themselves. &nbsp;Several were WW2 aces who&apos;d square off against about 8 or 10 younger pilots and teach them dog fighting. &nbsp;It was the best display of air-to-air combat you could ask for, the aces would make these amazing maneuvers, they&apos;d roll and twist around, stand on their wing tips in tight turns, the most experienced pilots would make these high speed dives right down to the deck, pulling up at the last minute. &nbsp;It would&apos;ve been great if we had modern digital cameras, or even phones, so we could take videos of these guys. &nbsp;Some of them had red spinners on their noses which looked really great, it was the show of a lifetime.

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  @martinsaunders2942 · 3 years ago

  I always understood the Seafire’s biggest problem was it’s very narrow track and weak undercarriage, which caused the loss of countless aircraft during deck landings.

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  @timcameron9023 · 4 years ago

  Superprops are my absolute favourites - Seafires, Sea Furies, Hornets, Wyvens oh my :-)

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  @Rogue1_7.62 · 1 year ago (edited)

  There is one airworthy Seafire 47 here in the US. It was restored by Ezell Aviation in Breckenridge, Texas a few years ago. I think the owner is up in Montana somewhere.<br>I am pretty sure it is the only airworthy one in the world and 1 of only 2 still existing.

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  @shaunybonny688 · 4 years ago

  A video on how a self-sealing fuel tank works would be great.

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  @joelwalmsley7217 · 4 years ago

  I love a video that starts with &quot;Greetings this is Greg&quot;. It means a no bullshit assessment of old warbirds and I appreciate the hard work.

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  @em_bott · 2 years ago

  A video on the Spitfire 22/24 would be stellar. Two extremely capable (admittedly nearly identical, aside from the fuel systems, elevators and guns/stores) machines with almost none of the downsides of the earlier Griffon Spitfires. 390 mph at sea level, 454 at 19,000 feet, and a rate of climb of 5,100 ft/min with the Griffon 64! <br><br>The Spit 24 with the Griffon 64, 223 gallons of internal fuel, Hispano Mk Vs with 650 rounds, 8 rockets, spring tab elevators, blistering performance and superb handling would have been a real asset had it appeared earlier. <br><br>The revised stiffer wing with the bigger tabbed ailerons, better landing gear, etc. of the Spit 21-24 (and thence Seafire 45-47) hasn&apos;t really been covered in depth anywhere and I&apos;m almost tempted to do a video on it myself.

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  @themilkyounevergot8700 · 4 years ago (edited)

  My great grandfathers cousin, Flying Officer W R B McMurray, flew with No 241 Squadron in Italy, 1944. He can be seen at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UDMQYmoin8&amp;t=2">0:02</a> in the Spitfire with the white nose. He was unfortunately killed when another damaged spitfire landed on top of him after he had touched down. But I still have all of his photos, including the one in the video🙂 Great video though👍

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  @ivorbiggun710 · 4 years ago

  A very interesting and comprehensive film. &nbsp;It&apos;s a amazing that Joe Smith and his team at Supermarine were able to keep the design compitetive with its contemporaries considering the age of the basic design and that the aircraft was never designed for carrier use. &nbsp;I have just one issue which is that you state that the Seafire F.47 was replaced by the Hellcat after its operations in Korea. &nbsp;This is definitely not the case. &nbsp;The last lend-lease Hellcats had been disposed of some years before. &nbsp;The replacement for the Seafire, both in Korea and generally, was the Sea Fury FB.11. In fact the Seafire F.47 was only ever an interim aircraft until the introduction of the Sea Fury, hence its small production run.

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  @VidarLund-k5q · 1 year ago (edited)

  The Griffon engined Mk. XII was primarily developed to combat the low flying Focke Wulf 190 &nbsp;fighter bombers pesterng the South and South West of England, a mission they performed excellently. They also efficiently &nbsp;tackled the V1 flying bombs thanks to its very high low level performance. In a test flight against the new Hawker Typhoon and the famous &quot;conquered&quot; Fw-190 its prototype Mk. IV left them behind, flown by Jeffrey Quill. He wrote about the event in his book &quot;Spitfire. A test pilot&apos;s story&quot;.

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  @sueneilson896 · 4 years ago

  The British certainty produced some arse-kicking prop driven planes from 1943 onwards to 1950 or so. Keep them coming.

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