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Ah yes, the Flying Ticonderoga #2 Pencil

The army had some king air's in Turkey so they decided to send me there to do all their turbines I told them I was not reenlisting so they had to contract with Beechcraft of Germany I bet that cost more than me.

I believe I flew on one of these in Puerto Rico, from San Juan to Ponce via American Eagle.

My first airline job was flying the SD3-30/60s. Great memories.

I miss these kinds of high-quality videos on TH-cam.

Are those clone mechanics?

Flew it in Aer Lingus. Great airplane, very dependable

THE SHED

I’ve not see. This in over 20 years!

Lived in Orange County California in the late 1970s, early 80s. These would fly over the house commuting from LAX as they would enter the landing pattern for John Wayne Airport.

The Shorts 330 and 360 were called "the box the Metro came in" (Fairchild Swearingen Metro). I few in one - I think a couple times. Definitely a unique experience - an unpressurized box.

Probably the best year in my flying career was as Captain of a Shorts 360, proper hand flying everywhere. But I suppose the 727 and 757 were just as great.

I was a flight attendant on these horrible planes in the 80s and to this day, this was the ONLY plane i've ever gotten airsick on. More than once. They were awful, cheap, leaky, loud and embarrassing. I'd take our F27s or Saab 340s any day over these.

I flew the Simmons 360 N362MQ for my Captain type rating check ride in the summer of 1985, when it still looked fairly new…

They look like aircraft from a cartoon !

congratulations

this is a fine engineering maybe includes lots of mechanic parts which should work flawlessly. but martin baker proved its self on those parts.

Fond memories of flying in these and the S330's in the UK and USA. Noisy, but good views thanks to the lower altitude. We called them "Flying Portakabins" in the UK.

Flt Lt in 8 months! WQW!

Beautifully-designed aircraft with roomy interior and excellent lay-out. It was a work horse during it's time and served many airlines efficiently!!

I Worked At Linton On Ouse For 8 Years checking These Over And The Tucano As Well,Happy Days,It Must of Been a Good Seat As While i Was There I Dont Remember Any Problems With Them.

Damn Music 😡

The cockpit looks awesome. Love these crowded cockpits with hundreds of gauges and little digital displays of that era.

Shorts 360, the box that the Beechcraft 1900 came in.

My first ever flight was aboard a Skyvan. It was smelly and very noisy. It reeked of Jeyes fluid. When I asked why, I has told thier previous passengers had been a flock of sheep. They just mucked it out, splasked some jeyes fluid around and put the seats back in.

I jump out this plane much fanne

Very nostalgic. Are they still in operation? Good times as a ground school and maintenance instructor with Nick, Bill, and Jim and of course the whole team that trained us; Eddy, Derek, and Charlie,.

🤣 I didn't recognise green or blue Paul. Gosh, I was a big lad back then!

Splendid stuff. The fun we had getting the aileron trim within range over the entire speed envelope...

I flew in several of these "Flying Winnebago's" back in the 1980's. My career took me to many small towns across the eastern half of America. And American Airlines often used the Shorts 360 into small airports with short runways. One flight in particular stands out in my mind. I flew Eastern Airlines from Pittsburgh to Chicago on a Sunday afternoon in 1986. I was headed to Quincey, IL but the route took me through Springfield & Peoria on a roundabout way. It was about 9:30pm & I had dosed off when the solo flight attendant awoke me & asked me to get up & sit on the other side of the plane as requested by the pilot. I was 6' & weighed 180 lbs at the time. I was 1 of only 3 passengers on that plane that evening, including the solo flight attendant. And tell me that my weight kept the plane out of balance? I never heard that before nor ever again. The 360's always seemed to fly low & slow, but they did have a very impressive rate of climb. Not my favorite commuter plane, but they did the job very well.

The star of this video was Im pretty sure called Norman, I cant remember his surname as its over 30 years ago. But I do remember he was a really good natured pleasant chap. I think I have a vague memory of parts of this being made in 3 hangar in Sydenham, but not 100% sure.

Looks like Dick Manning ? Should have asked him to wear his leg restraint garters for authenticity... 🙂

Thanks for posting this. Takes me back to my days in maintenance. That said someone needs to work on the rigging of those engines, they are way too mismatched.

So good video!

I enjoyed your video. I was a Shorts Flight Test Engineer in the late 80s until the end of production. Who was the pilot in the video?

I'm not sure about playing Chariots of Fire...

I flew the shirpa...330 shorts out of KWA in the Marshall islands...Shorts trying facilities came to the islands to train new crews for the Army

A bit more advanced than the seats that we used on the Jet Provost.

this aircraft deserves a relaunch like the Viking Twin Otter

Hello someone can have the IPC of the short sd3-60

i was a flight attendant for simmons airlines. i loved working on this aircraft.

Ugly in the outside comfy and roomy in the inside

This aircraft written off in fatal accident 23 December 2021

it's crashed now....

Yessss thank you

what a good explanation! thank u

My left ear enjoyed this video

wow, this just brought back many trips from my past

Blimey. Just look at the STOL performance of that thing at 7:20. It just jumped into the air :)

Wow