Spitfire fights Everything Fighter Pilot Reacts

Gotta give credit where credit is due. The spitfire is the prettiest prop ever, in my opinion.

Dogfighting in the early eras of airplane innovation seemed much more personal, like it was you vs the other pilot rather than tech vs tech.

F16 armament here, the viper was originally designed with the aim9 and aim 7 sparrows, not aim 120. The missile launchers were modernized once aim120 was invented to carry both aim 9 and aim120. I believe putting the amraam on wing tips for standard operations was for aerodynamic performance reasons, possibly reduced wing tip vortices.

I recall a long time ago some commentator quipped to Chuck Yeager about how if the US had F16's a WW II Zero would have no chance. Chuck corrected him pretty quickly after thinking about it for a 1/2 second, stating "it would depend on the pilots!" Some Zero's had 20 mm cannons, along with a basic 7.7mm machine gun; a quick turn into a close passing jet would probably be fatal for the jet.

Liked 10 times as it’s Spitfire! I was lucky to sit in the cockpits of Spitfire MkI N3200 and Hurricane MkIIB BE505 at Duxford a couple months ago.. Hoping to book a seat in a 2 seater Spit.. Just the sight and sound of a Spitfire is…heaven 🫶🏽

Growling Sidewinder is one of my favorite DCS content creators on YouTube! It's cool to see you break down one of his videos!

Imagine if Max trained GS on dogfighting. Combined with GS's DCS skills... what a beast.

The AIM9 is the first ever operational air to air missile, fitted to F-86 Sabers. In Vietnam, the USAF F-4s scored; 32 kills with the AIM9 5 kills with the AIM4 50 kills with the AIM7 5 maneuver kills 15 kills with 20mm not sure what the Navy got. the F-4 was built as a fleet defense interceptor, and it was not standard to equip interceptors with guns at the time. But everything else had guns still, from the F-8, A-4, F-105, to the F-100, etc. When the F-4 was designed, the Navy already had the F-8 and A-4, so it didn't want a multirole fighter that wasn't as good at either role as the dedicated aircraft, so they switched it to being an interceptor.

I love this video! It really puts BFM theory to the test when you have such a large capabilities mismatch, and a Spitfire mopping up (even in guns only) shows that anything has a chance if you fly to your advantages. I really enjoyed seeing your perspective on this one.

Spitfire has more aerial kills than every gen 4-5 fighter combined.

from what i was remembering the F-16 up to block 30/32 cannot have Amraam on the wingtips only sidewinders, from block50/52 they can have the AIM-120 on the reinforced wingtips.

2 of my favorite you tubers. I'm so glad you learned about growing sidewinder. Smart young man with an extraordinary understanding of his art. When are we going to see the match up just for fun?

Totally enjoyed this! Happy Sunday 🌞

Awesome video, great breakdown and really well produced and very fun and informative to watch. Keep up the great work. God Bless.

The jet guys should have used boom and zoom tactics since they had the speed and climb advantage. Not sure why they tried to turn with him.

If it was RIAT 2017 you were at, just gotta say you guys were epic and it's always a treat when you come over the pond. A very different display to what we're used to in Europe and seeing the teams lined up was awesome!

There is a short film called Path of Hate ,that for me is one of the smoothest Dogfights I've ever watched .

The most beautiful flying machine for me is Spitfire. Its the most elegant, mesmerising & awesome thing to watch in the sky. If I was a pilot I would never leave a chance to get my hands on this beauty ! ❤ as usual loved your analysis

11:30 look how long the spit can hold its nose in the up position and maneuver to aim. What a great plane!`

It is rather amazing to see a Spitfire shoot down all these modern jets! By far the vast majority of Sidewinder missiles turned out to be defective in Vietnam. IIRC, only 11% of them actually hit the target. If I was a fighter pilot back then I'd have been howling about it just like Lynyrd Skynyrd did when they sang "Gimme Back My Bullets"!