captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Beautiful.

The V12 sounds great.

It’s a Mk. IXb Spitfire with a Merlin 66 engine (2,000 hp (1,500 kW) at sea level and 1,860 hp (1,390 kW) at 10,500 ft (3,200 m).

Mk. IXs were, according to several WW2 pilots’ accounts, the best all-round Spitfires.

Noticed the P51 on the tarmac and remembered that they had made them go faster by fittiing a Merlin engine.