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Thank you for this… God bless her and you all!
Damn that was good, thx
Thanks for the lesson Sock… I never knew why it was port/starboard until I watched this. The more you know >shooting star<
Great tribute, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Also Damp being actually serious gave it a nice touch 😁
Well done.
You guys must have been flying a bit lower then I thought while I was watching, lots of dust in my eyes. For a bunch of flying muppets you guys and gals do a damn good job.
Look at Damp being all serious and smooth!
Hotel lead here, was very honored to be able to fly in this tribute. I may of sweated 2 pints out of me and lost a year of my life from it but very proud of all wings and my flight for making me look great with my shaky flying and not crashing! Thanks Cap and GR for this opportunity! Great work also from Red Squadron for creating this fantastic flight/tribute!
Well done!
Why no Hurricanes?
If there was any plane that I think represents the Queen, I would pick the Spitfire…
Nice!
QEII was the queen of effin' EVERYTHING!
Highly respected around the world.
Magnificent is the best description, the audio added was awesome. Thank you all for your time making this. I personally know this area of blighty well as I have family in folkestone. I really can't wait to join some of you in the skies.
Not watching this! To those paying appropriate attention, the World we live in is NOT as self-congratulating gullible normies have imagined. Much of the 'history' we have been sold is a LIE.
In the near future, people will cry aloud, and hang their heads in shame, for the monsters they have celebrated, and the heroes they have vilified.
Beautiful flight. I did most of my flying from Biggin, main runway is 03/21 not 04/22, is there a reason DCS changed it. I noticed that 05/23, the out of use runway had not been changed.
Alcohol is a Class VI supply, which is why the store is called, “Class VI.”
The Class VI is where you buy a bottle, but don’t consume there. The NAFI is similar to our PX system.
if my memory is correct the american pilots that served in the battle of britain resinged there commission in the usaaf and joined the canadian airforce in order to fight here same as the american pilots did to fight for china against the japanese as america was not officially in the war
Great flight CAP really enjoyed it.
Awesome!
beautiful flying Cap!! the moments old RAF pilots were talkin made me chill dude!! Long live Queen Elizabeth II, the Army Corpse mechanic, noble princess and Queen of England!!! God save the Queen!!!
Well done guys! My great great grandmother built P-38s during ww2 listening to the voices of this greatest generation was wonderful what a tribute to the courage and sacrifice of those wonderful men and women who put everything on the line for freedom and country ❤️
This was wonderful.
Yes. The Few. They are immortal. Their memories may dim, but they will never fade.
On the edge of my seat. The skill, discipline, concentration and focused to keep the grim reapers to maintain professionalism and um…ability to get the craft of the ground without exploding the engine, crossing both runways on take off or landing etc. . Im genuinely worried. Love u guys. US , england born south ruslip RAF base. God bless the queen.
Whilst I’m no fan of the Monarchy, I have a lot of respect for QEII, not only did she work in WW2, but she not only reigned, but served.
God bless Queen Elizabeth. She truly broke the mold as both a princess and a queen.
Id say the challenge is how far can ypu get the ground men on the craft and if they fall do they parachute ?
To honor her service, maybe drive trucks in formation.
That was an awesome memorial flight. Queen Elizabeth II
God save the Queen!
I worked with a man who as an American flew for the RAF during WW2 before transferring to the USAAC. He told me the story of his closest brush with death was at the hands of the British. He stated that he was in a dogfight with a German plane with a rear gunner and shot it down. In the process of the fight his plane was also damaged. The German plane crashed into a house and he landed just out of the village. As he was getting out of the plane a police car came to him at a fast pace. When they stop they yelled at him to hurry up as the village was coming to kill him. He was astonished as he though they would have been happy that he had shot down the German. The police told him they was upset because in doing so the plane had crushed into a house and killed their neighbors and were out for revenge. He hooped into the car and was taken to safety.
SHE WASNT EVEN THE RIGHTFUL QUEEN … HER FAMILY IS NOT THE RIGHTFUL ROYAL FAMILY !!!!!! ITS BEEN A MONTH LET IT GO …….
Starboard comes from steering board. Before boats had rudders in the back, they were on the right side of boats. It was the side with the steering board, steerboard, starboard. Port, left, is the side that you parked the boat to the dock or pier to avoid crushing the steering board. Good way to remember port and starboard, port has four letters and left has four letters.
From Wikipedia. Sailors began calling the right side the steering side, which soon became "starboard" by combining two Old English words: stéor (meaning "steer") and bord (meaning "the side of a boat").
As the size of boats grew, so did the steering oar, making it much easier to tie a boat up to a dock on the side opposite the oar. This side became known as larboard, or "the loading side." Over time, larboard—too easily confused with starboard—was replaced with port. After all, this was the side that faced the port, allowing supplies to be ported aboard by porters.
God bless mum
Thank you guys, I hoped that you would do something to honour Her Majesty who was a WW2 veteran.
The sound of a Merlin has always caused me to skip a heartbeat and feel a chill in my blood.
She wasn't the God to save us all. She was just a Woman born into a position.
nice flight. Too bad the Hurricane isn't in DCS. I love the one that's half black and half white on the bottom. Maybe one day, but I'm not holding breath.
Recoginsed the voice of Geoffrey Wellum during the flight.
BBC did a film about his early Spitfire career based on his book "First Light".
Great video guys.
Fantasic. Wouldn't it be great if you could recreate a full blown dog fight. PS Don't forget the Czech squadrons.
Gee-whiz factoid for you: The USAF "Class Six" derives its name from the U.S. Department of Transportation designations for hazardous goods. Class one is explosives, class two is compressed gas, class three is flammable liquids, etc… Class six is the designation for toxins and is where liquor is sold on base.
NAAFI is the British version of the US PX!
My Grandad started his RAF career as a fitter, servicing Spitfires, before volunteering for aircrew (silly bugger). He became a Flight Engineer on Lancasters and was shot down on his 14th op against the Railyards at Vierzon on 1st July 1944. 6 of the crew survived, the mid upper gunner died. Also, the commentary must have been quite old, because one of the guys said that there are only a couple of hundred Battle of Britain pilots alive today. As of posting this, there is only one surviving Battle of Britain pilot still alive.
I'm Red Squadron's 'Boss' and the creator of this celebration mission.
It was an absolute pleasure to host this flight and have Grim Reapers and JSW join us.
Thank you everyone for making it a very special flight and to CAP for a great video.
The term "starboard" comes from "steer-board". Before ships had wheels for steering, they used what was essentially a great big oar, that pivoted on the side of the ship. These were all (for consistency, I assume) attached on the right-hand side of the ship.
The other side, therefore, was always used for mooring, and became the "load-board" side. This quickly became "larboard", which sounded far too much like "starboard". Once some bright spark thought to call "larboard" "port" instead, it caught on pretty quickly.
Your duty is done ma'am. Rest in peace, and rise in glory.
well done
Nice one
Great work Cap and GR. It was great to fly with GR and JSW for this special event.
It’s a shame YT wouldn’t allow the original audio, it’s very moving with the full music and speeches, Winkle did a great job!
Hoping Red, JSW and GR will unite again soon for more fun.
See you Sunday for more fun.
Dave
Great video. I was thinking about the Eagle Squadrons as you bobbed along and then you started talking about them. Here’s a little more that you may find interesting. The Eagle Squadrons are still represented in the USAF by the Fourth Fighter Wing based out of Seymour Johnson Airbase in Goldsboro North Carolina. Some years ago, after my first couple of visits to the base, they acquired a reproduction Mk II Spitfire which they placed in front of the officers mess which is just inside the main gate. The Spit is on a pedestal about 15 feet up in a shallow left dive. Or to put it another way, just as you pass through the gate you a faced with a diving Spitfire filling your windscreen! I almost crashed the car. I pulled over at first opportunity and went to check it out whereupon I discovered the history. I knew about the Eagle Squadrons but did nit know that their descendants were still in service. I had the opportunity to take part in one of their air shows about 15 years ago, pre Spitfire gate guard, and it was a blast. I had the opportunity to talk to many of the aircrews taking part. I am an Englishman by birth an American by choice and a soldier and marine by profession so this was a really great experience. On the occasions I visit the base I always stop at the Spit. Keep the vids coming Cap.
Absolutely brilliant 👏 👌