Flight in Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless "Dive Bomber" NX670AM Planes of Fame, Chino, CA. 2013 GoPro
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2013
- Recorded Aug. 03rd 2013, I had the privilege of flying in the Planes of Fame Museums Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless "Dive Bomber" NX670AM was manufactured in 1943.
(History and more info listed below)
A huge thank you to my wife for shooting the ground videos.
I strapped my GoPro around my head for the On-Board footage.
I want to thank the Planes of Fame Museum located at the Chino Airport (CNO) in Chino, CA. aka Cal-Aero Field. Website link is planesoffame.org/
Thank you to Planes of Fame Pilot Mark Foster for the great flight and for letting me fly for approx. 7 minutes, also for demonstrating how the "dive brakes" operate during flight :)
Thank you to John Hinton for arranging the flight and to the great ground crew.
The below information is from the Planes of Fames website
planesoffame.org/
HISTORY
• It started its career at Pearl Harbor in October 1943. From there it went to Espiritu Santo in the South Pacific in March of '44 and was assigned to 25 Squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. During its brief service with the RNZAF, it flew 32 combat missions from Bougainville. In May of that year it was returned to the U.S. Navy at Russell Island and departed for San Diego in June.
• Best known for its dive bombing success against the Japanese during the Battle of Midway during World War II. Armed with two forward-firing .50-caliber ma- chine guns and flexible twin .30-caliber guns aft, the SBD was well defended while diving on a target with its typical configuration of a 500- or 1,000-pound bomb.
• In 1958, museum founder Ed Maloney obtained Planes of Fame Air Museum's SBD Dauntless from a Hollywood film studio, minus its wings.
• Restoration of the SBD by the Museum began in 1982 and was completed in 1987.
DISTINCTION
• The museum's SBD is an actual combat veteran.
• This aircraft is currently the only true Navy SBD Dauntless flown regularly.
• This Dauntless was used in the movie Midway, with Charlton Heston being filmed in the cockpit.
SPECIFICATIONS
Status: Flyable
Manufacturer: Douglas
Year: 1943
Model: SBD Dauntless
Serial Number: 28536
Crew: 2
Max T/O Weight: 10,700lb.
Span: 41 ft. 6 in.
Length: 33 ft. 1 in.
Height: 13 ft. 7 in.
Maximum Speed: 255 mph
Cruise Speed: 185 mph
Power Plant: 1, 1,200-hp Wright R-1820-60 Cyclone 9-cylinder air-cooled radial engine
Range: 1,115 miles
Service Ceiling: 25,530 ft.
Armament: Two fixed forward firing .50-cal & two flexible .30-cal rear machine guns
Always loved the Dauntless! My dad worked on the line building the vertical stabilizer early in the war until he was old enough to join the navy and joined the submarine service.
That's great that your Dad worked on these incredible machines. Bless him for joining the Navy, my step-dad was also in the Navy in the submarine service down in San Diego CA. Thank you for sharing & for watching Mark 😎👍
My favorite airplane famous for one of the most decisive 5 minutes in the Pacific war... or any war. Thanks for posting!
Yes Great aircraft, thank you so much for watching 😎👍
Salute to the incredibly brave young men who took this into combat..185 mph to 255 mph with people shooting at you...man, oh man!
Yes hat's off to the brave men, thank you for your comment😎👍
That is awesome! I always loved the backseat in the Dauntless. Definitely a once in a lifetime experience
Yes for sure this was a once in a lifetime experience, I was very excited to catch a flight is this amazing aircraft. Thank you for watching.
Great video. My father who recently past flew in these in WWII, Navy. Nice to see an old Douglas Dauntless. Great vid.
Brave Men like your Father and these great aircraft helped win the war, thank you for sharing :)
Amen!
Absolutely Cool. Thanks for posting without music.
You are very welcome, number one is without music but sometimes at some events they have music playing in the background 👎👎
@@EdWhisenantAviation Thanks, yes I don't know why they think music improves the show, crazy announcers with music. It doesn't. The music is those engines that gave many millions freedom.
@@craigpennington1251 I agree, stop the music and let us enjoy the engine noise 👍😎
Very nicely done. The correct integration of her ground and your aerial footage was excellent. I've always wanted to go to the P of F museum and hang out but now at 76 y/o and handicapped, I can only live vicariously thru work like yours. Thanks for the ride.
Hello Ray. Thank you so much for your kind words and I'm so glad that you can enjoy watching videos like mine and others, it's comments like yours that make all my hard work worth while. I have a video that I took of the Planes of Fame Museum showing the aircraft and a lot of them are restored in flying condition.
Here is the link if you are interested or you might have already watched it.
th-cam.com/video/51MZh_YoFe0/w-d-xo.html
Take care Ray 👍
@@EdWhisenantAviation Thanks I will do that this AM.
@@EdWhisenantAviation Couldn't wait; It's only 2:30 AM. Great vid. U even got N9NB which was lost with Dave Vopat in April 2019. Last one, sad event. Thanks for the tour.
Good video, one can see how the rear gunner saw the scenery as the pilot flew the plane, the plane was a very good and accurate bomber, and proved its worth at Midway and the Solomons' campaign.
Very well said Jorge & Thank you for watching 👍😎
I know this is an old video but that P-40 in the background is stunning
Lucky you, your dream come true, amazing flight in a legendary dive bomber. Cheers.
When I was a kid my first RC plane was a blue SBD Dauntless.
Yes, I was very lucky to fly in such an historic aircraft, that's cool that your RC was a Dauntless. Thank so much for watching.
Swede Vejtasa shot down not one, not two but THREE Japanese Zeros in an SBD in 1942. It was an unbelievable feat and showcased just how well built and tough the SBD was. The crushing G's he put it through in one tight turn after another would have ripped the wings off of a Zero. The last Zero ran out of ammo and tried to ram him in a head on pass but he jinked up at an angle and his wing tip sliced through the Zero's wing surface, destroying the Zero.
That's an incredible story, thank you Steve for sharing that & for watching 👍
One of the greatest aircraft of WWII, by one of the all time great aircraft engineers, Ed Heinemann.
Yes Sir one of the best for sure, thank you Scooter for your comment and for watching :)
Anyone come here after watching Midway?
I haven't seen it yet but it's on my must see list.
Yes
Me
Nope. I heard of this plane by research
💜🙏💐This is the plane that my uncle, Robert “Blackie” Walker (aka Walkoviac) flew during WW2. He saw combat and he had air fights in 1942-43. One run resulted in the death of his gunner.
WOW! Bless your uncle “Blackie” and had to have been very shocking to have lost his gunner, so sad to think that almost all of these brave Men & Woman are almost gone. Thank you for sharing Rob.
I’ve see two of these, one in Chicago Midway airport and one in the USS Lexington hangar bay in Corpus Christi, TX.
I haven't seen those yet, thank you for watching 👍
This is probably my favorite WWII bird, with the P-38, a very close second.
Yes they are both very nice, love them both thank you for your comment & for watching 😎👍
THANKYOU,Pippa
Thank you for watching 👍
One of these on the cover of Black Sabbath's Never Say Die! album - iconic.
That's pretty cool I will have to check it out, thanks Charles 👍
So this was NX670AM and in New Zealand NZ 5026, flying with 25 Squadron. Brought on charge March 1944.She flew 30 combat missions for RNZAF in the Pacific including plenty against Rabaul and was then returned to USMC.
That's some pretty cool information Mark. Thank you for sharing and watching :)
My Dad's cousin flew SBD Dauntless for 25 Squadron NZ5056 in 1 photo. Any idea what happened to that aircraft?
This plane changed the world's time line in 5 minutes at Midway... and is the reason everyone on the planet today exists.
Sounds good the way you commented, yup was an incredible part of history for sure. Thank you Ted
2:08 - 2:30 I believe my straight drive riding mower makes that same sound, and shakes that much. It doesn't leave the ground, except for the occasional stump jumping though.
LOL, be careful trying to get airborne on your mower, don't get any crazy ideas 🤣😂Thank you for your cool comment & for watching David 👍😎
The great victor of Midway.
So true Vincent, thank you for watching 👍😎
What a beautiful bird.
Yes it sure is a beautiful piece of history, very impressive aircraft, thanks for watching.
I hope SBD Dauntless never gone
That makes two of us, thank you for stopping by 👍😎
not many people know that this SBD Dauntless in particular is ex RNZAF under No. 25 SQN
+Thomas Hay Thanks for the info and thank you for watching.
My Dad trained people to fly these in World War 2 😊👍
That is some really cool history that you have in your family, thank you for sharing👍😎
What a neat experience! Visibility looks to be pretty good compared to a T-6........
Yes it was an incredible experience to fly in this historic warbird and yes it has great visibility. Thank you for your comment & for watching.
@@EdWhisenantAviation thank you for sharing your experience!
@@balsumfractus My pleasure and again thank you for watching 👍😎
The first model i ever made when i was a kid was this plane.
That's great that you remember that. Thanks so much for sharing :)
Monogram 1/48th scale for me...and the cover art was AWESOME!!
Me too
@@yogistanu55 Good memories, thank you for watching.
@@johnbarron4027 Thank you John for watching.
These machines would put a lot of ships on the bottom and nothing would strike as accurate again until the laser guided bomb. My absolute favorite war bird.
This aircraft is a lot of peoples favorite warbird, Thank you for watching, sorry I'm just now responding for some reason I don't get a lot of my comments.
My also
The plane that changed the tide of WWII at Midway
too bad they didn't have GoPro back then. ;)
anthony adams Could only imagine what kind of footage would have been captured, Thanks for watching.
could you have imagined the dauntless GoPro diving down to hit the Kaga, Akagi and Hiryu on that fateful day during the Midway battle?
Wait! Where was the tail gunner machine gun?
***** When I arrived at the museum they had the rear twin machine guns out but they retracted them back in for my flight. You can see the rear twin machine guns at the beginning of my video. Probably would have freaked people out flying with those babies out.
Fantastic video. I enjoyed watching. I would be honored to just sit in one of these aircraft, let alone get to fly in one. Was the gunner's seat in a fixed/locked position, or were you able to rotate it during flight?
+Steve 00 Thank you so much, every time I fly in these old warbirds I fill honored & very privileged to fly in them, I'm glad you enjoyed watching, If I remember right I could rotate the seat during flight but I didn't.
Can this SBD still go the altitudes of what they flew during WW2 such as the Battle of Midway where the pilot and gunner used oxygen?
Great question, I'm pretty sure they don't have this old bird set up for that anymore. No reason for it.
A thumb up ! Cool
Thank you Chu 👍
I would have like it with the tail gunner set up.
That would have been great with the tail gunners seat set up, but it might of freaked out people while flying around, thank you for watching :)
22 year old boys flying them off and landing them back on carriers (if they were lucky). They don't make many men like that anymore. Jesus....
That's for sure, a tough group of men. Thank you for watching :)
Lt. Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa shot down 3 Zeros, and, severely damaged a 4th in one of these, at the Coral Sea.
Thank you so much for sharing with us, always good to learn more history :)
He sliced a Zero with his wings
I'd love to dive (no live ordinance) in an SBD.
Thank you for watching 👍😎
Hi, when the Pilot started the engine it looked like it had a Hydraulic lock for a second in one of the Cylinders, could that happen, could the engine still run for awhile after this has happened , would like to know, regards Pippa, from New Zealand.🇳🇿
I'm not sure about a Hydraulic lock on this engine, hopefully someone will be able to answer your question or you might be able to google it for an answer. Thank you for watching & for your comment.
Hi there are there birds flying around where you are, please let me know, PIPPA FROM NZ.
Yes Pip, this Dauntless still fly's at the Planes of Fame Museum located at the Chino Airport (CNO) in Chino, CA. aka Cal-Aero Field. Website link is planesoffame.org/
This would be amazing . I'd be concerned if Mitsubishi zeros closed in at 6 o'clock
Ya, it had to be pretty scary flying knowing that those could be nearby. Thank you for watching 😎👍
Cheers for that,must treat them with respect,PIPPA
Thank you Pip 👍
Nick: Oh man, you beat me to it!!! As soon as I saw the brakes go up I hoped it would... these were meant to handle 9 G pull outs I heard
My grandad wanted to be back-seat in one, he was the best in his radio class so they wouldn't let him umm... go to waste... He was color blind so flying was out... I doubt he ever flew in one...
Ya, I was hoping for a dive but they are restricted what they can do when giving people rides. Thank you for your comment and for watching.
Ed Whisenant what is that wire cable for that runs from the top of the tail to the front of cockpit.?
I believe it used to be the radio antenna. with current avionics it may not be used anymore, but thinking that on some missions they were 100-200 miles away from their carrier, the range of an antenna that large may have allowed coms at such a distance.
Where can I buy one
That would be nice 😎👍
Everybody be talking about the SBD but what about that all-aluminum P-40b in the background?
Man I sure wish I would have got video of that sweet looking P-40, thank you for watching👍
@@EdWhisenantAviation absolutely! Keep at it dude. I should show you my drawings.
Did you know that a SBD Dauntless is actually a T6 Texan
I have never herd that before, thank you for watching 👍😎
A WSO?
Yup, thank you for watching 👍
Ed Whisenant What is a RIO?
@@LIMA-tq4iz RIO - Radar intercept officer
El Matador de navios.
Thank you for watching 👍
Slow But Deadly.
SBD - Thanks for watching :) Sorry I just now saw this :( I don't receive all of my comments.
Would to sit in the gunnery seat to see what my father did in WW2
I sat in that seat, your father was a brave man, if you visit this museum they would probably let you sit in the seat. Take care Jim 👍
Oh yes I know these planes my wife uses them
Cool, thank you for watching 😎👍
@@EdWhisenantAviation your welcome
No power dive from 20k feet?? I’m bummed....
Sorry Joe, I was bummed also, thank you for watching 👍
Ed Whisenant still a cool video. Thx for posting..
@@Joscope Thank you Joe, I appreciate it 👍
I'd have an extinguisher that lets people take me seriously.
Yup you have to be prepared :)
Anyone know about the silver P40 in the background? It's a P40 "C" I think, but no clue where it's flying, if it's flying.
Hello Jerry, Planes of Fame Museum fully restored the P-40C in 2013 & Steve Hinton flew it around for awhile at the Chino Airport in Chino California & On June 9th 2014 this P-40C arrived at her new home in Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England. She had her UK debut at the 2014 Flying Legends Air Show. As far as I know it is still flying.
@@EdWhisenantAviation Thanks! Definitely a rare beauty. Happy Holidays!
@@jkorshak Your welcome, Happy New Year Jerry 👍😎