Skyfire

The Supermarine Spitfire - Sonically Reimagined Kontakt Instrument Skyfire began with a single vision - to capture the power, beauty, and spirit of the Supermarine Spitfire and transform it into a living, breathing musical instrument.Earlier this year, the incredible team at Spitfires.com kindly welcomed us to Dunkeswell Aerodrome in Devon, where we recorded two of their legendary aircraft - the Supermarine Spitfire SM520 (G-ILDA) and the Supermarine Spitfire TR9 BS410 (G-TCHI). Standing on the runway as their Rolls-Royce Merlin 66 engines ignited was an unforgettable moment - a sound that carried both the raw strength and the soul of history. We captured every detail: the engine starts, the taxi rolls, the take-offs, the landings, and the thunderous fly-pasts that shook the air. BS410, built in 1942, saw active combat with No. 315 (Polish) Squadron, flying thirty-five operational sorties over occupied Europe. Lost in service and buried for decades, it was later excavated and meticulou