Full start-up & take-off of the B-17 Sentimental Journey (Raw engine sound, no music)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- I decided to set all three of my cameras on HD this time and set them at different zooms to film this B-17 starting up. I realize I all ready showed this taking off but if I didn't put that in the video over time I'd just get a bunch of complaints that I should have shown it taking off or flying....
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I usually don't use my Casio EXF1's to film HD with but they actually work quite well. My Panasonic has very good image stabilization compared to the Casio's. I layered the clips from the three cameras in my editor and sync'd them up. I picked the best audio of the three clips.
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Joey from LivinBoB (YT channel from my home town) was covering the Memorial Day flight and was filming a news piece for the TV station he works for. He got a ride in the bomber in the nose-gunner position- but almost missed the flight.
My dad was at Normandy and one of the last coherent things he could remember and talk about before Alzheimer's took over was seeing so many planes in the sky at Normandy that it looked like you could walk from wingtip to wingtip. I can only imagine what that looked and sounded like.
I got exactly the same story of a elder man ,when these bombers flew over going towards Germany
Just had the opportunity to got inside of this bomber
God bless your Father. A greatful nation thanks him and that great generation !!
Probably sounded like BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
@@juiceloanjimmy5427 One time I was outside when a B-17 and B-29 went overhead on the way to the Dayton Air Show. The noise from just two old warbirds was crazy.
70 years ago these were kings of the air. Still awesome watching them today.
Back in the mid-80s, my crazy brother-in-law & I we’re out at Falcon Field, Mesa Az. Just being a couple of aviation attics, happened to spot old “Sentimental Journey “ just sitting on the tarmac. With little security on the field at that time, we walked around her , almost like doing a pre-flight. Then discovered the belly hatch was unlocked. Well, can you blame us? Yup! We jumped in! I made my way up and settled into the left seat and Denny was my co-pilot! After soaking up the “moment “, we saw a airport security car pulling up. We said “OH SHIT”! These two guys got out and we were stumbling out the hatch. (I’m sure we must have seemed like a couple of “groupies “ ) But long story short, they actually gave us a nose to tail tour! What a memory!
The start up sends chills down my spine! God bless the men that flew in the B17 bomber! What heros they are! I am so thankful for their service!!
Thank you very much! There are a few B-17's that tour the U.S. and it seems once a year or two either Sentimental Journey or Aluminum Overcast visits our town's airport or a couple days. My wife surprised me with a ride in Aluminum Overcast for my birthday in 2009. It was about a 30 minute ride but I'll remember it forever!
Its easy to understand the love my dad had for this airplane. He piloted one of these over Europe in WWII. Flew all his 20/ 23 ? missions and the plane brought his ass back everytime. Last mission shot up, still the plane brought him back but cracked up during the landing. Spent a year in recovery, and never flew again, but he sure loved that plane. RIP to all the Army Air Corps who didn't come home from the war.
I had the opportunity to witness this with a different aircraft yesterday. Absolutely astounding! What a machine!!
I love the sound the engines make when they first crank up and equally love the puff of smoke that belches out the back. The sound of a B-17 is as special as that of a P-51.
So there I was in Lubbock Texas. My wife and I were out running errands , got the windows down and I here a very specific sound. I looked up and there was this plane flying overhead. To make a long story short, errands were over and I hot tailed it to the airport. Such a gorgeous plane!!!!!
Such a beautiful machine and lovely sound, thank you for keeping her flying proud!
There is nothing sounds sweeter than a big radial engine starting up, unless maybe it is four of them.
Holy crap!!!!!!!!!!!!
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That's so amazing i cant begin to wrap my mind around it. The mechanical engineering on that stuff blows my mind for sure
Almost unreal
what about a merlin engine or maybe 4
This Probably My MOST FAVORITE WWII Bombers of ALL TIME!!!
My uncle died last year. 95 years old. He was a tail gunner in a B17, in WWII. Flew 33 missions. He was the finest man I ever knew. He would not talk about the war. I only learned about it when I read a diary he wrote to himself, daily back then. It was kept in his attic, unspoken of, since then. My cousin (his daughter) found it, after he died, and she wanted me to read it.
the older radial engines sound so good
What a beautiful sound! We are so grateful, for the men that flew in these planes in world war 2!!!
Nobody realizes how radical the cam is in those big radial motors... Did anybody else hear the chop of the cam at the beginning of this vid? It lopes like a top fuel dragster until the noise from the prop covers it. Pure Awesomeness!
Great vid Tao! Once again, I'm glad I'm a subscriber!
I'm partial to this particular B-17 because it flew out if Chico, California for Aero Union fighting wild fires for many years. Spent a lot of time crawling all over the inside of it as a kid.
Great video. Thanks!! 👍
I never grow tired of stuff like this. Thank you.
I can't imagine what it must have been like to sit in that cockpit and look out the window and watch those engines start up, then go up knowing you're going to flying someplace where people are trying their damndest to shoot you down. And imagine being one of the gunners? I can't fathom it those guys had some guts.
Great footage. One day I'll have a flight in a B-17 4 sure !!!
God bless the Army 8th Air Force and all the brave men who died in these things over Germany.
I am sorry but the people in charge of the Army 8th Air Force should have been have been either court martialled for incompetence or war crimes. They sent thousands of very brave men to their deaths in what was probably the worst heavy bomber in WW2. The plane and it's designed method of operation i.e. daylight bombing without fighter escort was without doubt dumber the dumb. The B17 was a complete disaster they filled it up with large amounts of weight for the extra guns, people, armour etc. to make up for the lack of fighters that its bomb load was reduced to only 4,000 lbs on a mission to Berlin. They became a turkey shoot for the German air force. To get it into perspective an RAF Mosquito fighter/bomber, made out of wood with a crew of two, carried about the same weight of bombs to Berlin, drop them at low level with far greater accuracy and have a far far better chance of getting home. Even if the Mosquito was shot down the maximum casualty count was two men whereas the B17 may have lost up to 13 men. The men that flew the B17's were some of the bravest aircrews in WW2 but the people that ordered them to go were utterly despicable.
I don't think you can blame the design, more the way it was used. If the guns and armour had been reduced, (as was done later on the underpowered B29) its bomb load could have been vastly increased. Its maximum take off weight was not far short of that of the Avro Lancaster. The RAF realised pretty quickly that daytime raids were suicidal in unescorted bombers, so moved to night bombing.
We all know this, so did everyone in WWII, the pilots and crew knew it and they all went anyway.
Man with a shotgun says he is going to kill you and all you have is a 22 derringer. What are you going to do?
A man with a shotgun says he's going to kill your family, kicks in front door and starts shooting. You only have a 22 derringer, what are you going to do? You are going to shoot at that SOB till you run out of ammo then throw the gun at him and everything else you can reach. But you sound like one of those that would beg for mercy, yeah, it could happen. When pig fly.
Thomas Hanson They did have fighter escort, as much as their fuel tanks would allow. After that, yes, they were on their own , and for what they did, B-17's are known as the Flying Fortress to this day, because of the bravery and fortitude they displayed.
I got to have an up close and personal experience with this very aircraft last Saturday (10/26/19) at a car show at Falcon Field in Mesa, AZ (this warbird's home perch). 74 years old or not, I was blown away by the intricacy of the entire aircraft. Consider that when this aircraft (the model not this particular unit) was put into production, military aviation had been a thing for only about 25-30 years. We went a long way in a short time. Just standing under the engine nacelles looking at the turbochargers ...
What an awesome piece of machinery and of our history.
I love that beautiful old bird!!
that sound gives me goosebumbs over my arms and legs and hits that one spot in my hart that gives me twinkles in my eyes.
On ne se lasse pas de regarder ce formidable engin décoller !
I had the pleasure of riding on this B-17 Sentimental Journey a few years ago.
The plane had a reputation for getting shot to all hell but still making it back, one tough bird. I tip my cap and say a prayer to those who lost their lives flying in the '17 tough as it was sometimes we would lose 60 in a single day, when the P-51'a were able to escort the '17's all the way to and back from the target the losses dropped dramatically.
+Barry Aiello Indeed, the ME-109 was no match for a P-51. I saw one at an air show.
Barry Aiello Thank the Tuskee Guys.
R the p-51s also know as the red tails?
@@generalringo9442 so for the very late answer yes P-51s made up the red tails but not just that fighter group they are just one of the more well know cause of the movie red tails and those who really love to learn about the P-51
thx mouse.. loved it! Got to see a B-24 and B-17 here in south Florida a few years back...
loved climbing through both planes, esp the the B-24. My uncle was a tail-gunner on a B24 who was shot down in May of '43 over Munich. He was the only one not to parachute from the aircraft.
When i researched it later a German historian sent me photographs of the actual crash site that a Germany artillery officer had taken. Couldn't believe it!
I flew on that exact B-17 a few weeks ago! What an unforgettable experience it was!
My fathers B-17 was all shot up over Germany and that young crew of brave men managed to make it to Italy where they crash landed on fire in a wheat field.They all walked away.They were so young!!On another trip flack came thru the windshield and hit him square in the chest hard enough to leave a big bruise under the flack jacket.He lived till 86 and died in 2008 with a picture of a flying fortress on the wall 5 ft away.After the war he was nuclear weapons quality control in Okinawa during the Cuban missile crisis. Scarey. Those big bombers b-29?were loaded up on the runway ready to go.I was born in 1956 and on Okinawa with him in 1962.Back then every kids father was John Wayne in the flesh.He would have loved this video.
What a beautiful plane!
What a wonderful sound. And smell.
Years ago,I took the tour of this aircraft at The Gathering of the War Birds at Madera California. Even sat in the pilots seat, It was Great. 🇺🇸
beautiful americana at its finest, thanks for posting
Awesome warbird my great grandfather worked on the plane
NOW, YOU HAVE HIT MY SOFT SPOT. SUPERB.
Thank you for not injecting goddam music over the sound of the airplane!!!!!!!!
X2!
Ohhh man what a beauty
Grampa was a navigator on a b17 made a pact with a buddy to never talk about what they saw over there
Wow those engines sound amazing. I think it's cool how it appears the props spin slow in the opposite direction.
@~ 3:43 And miss that fantastic sound the B-17 has > Damn right we will gripe 😜 😁 Beautiful Aircraft !
I can imagine what it mean to fly in such a veteran ... and I will try to get a ride in one of them.
Unfortunately no one of the German Bombers survived (I guess).
Best regards, Horst
Well, we are in the US, and we honor our planes, our pilots, the air crew, the guys on land in Europe, the fighter groups that fought in the Pacific against Japan, whether it be on land or sea. I was married to a German girl, her family, they hated Hitler because of and his war machine and what it cost the country. But if we had a German bomber, would we want to display it??? Not in this Country...
@@davidrobinson4486 well, atleast maybe put it at a museam so the next generation can learn about it
@@Valkaze111 Agreed, ever been to the National Air and Space Museum in DC??? They have all kinds of stuff not just American made. aircraft engines, airplanes, American, German, Japanese, it is an adventure to go there, unbelievable.
@@davidrobinson4486 No, its on my bucketlist though. I am going to the imperial war museum since i live in the UK.
I'm seeing this exact plane today, in just a couple hours
It's been a few years since they've been here.
@@taofledermaus My youngest son, grandson and, I visited this beautiful bird a few years ago in Tucson AZ. They were able to climb aboard and examine much of the interior. There were areas, IIRC, the cockpit was off limits. I was able to touch and admire this beauty though. Couldn't climb aboard because of a recent hip replacement.
Thanks for sharing this video of a great Warbird.
What a glorious sound! ...With minimal background noise! Fantastic vid!
I can't tell you how much I appreciate this video. Thanks man!
Awesome!!! Nice job with the quality audio. Sounds great
My late grandfather more than once told us how he saw hundreds of bombers fly by in the sky, on their way to Germany. Since the planes were visible, it must have been during the day (duh!) and they must have been B-17's.
That must have been the most exciting (and satisfying) thing.
I got exactly the same story of a elderly man,on as the opportunity to film the inside of a b17 bomber
Nothing better than that sound
This exact plane is parked at the Modesto airport in California as of today
Ive never seen one of these in person and it was a really great experience watching it go down the runway
I'm so glad you all came to Visalia, CA! I was on the next flight after Memorial Day. I had an amazing trip(my first time in the air).
Interesting! The official Army movie has the safety person with the fire bottle stand behind the engine for 1) better access if there is a fire and 2) so the person doesn't run through the prop if they get excited about an emergency action needed.
Love the b-17, thanks for the video man!
They say that the only thing louder than four R1820s is when one of them stops.
I work as a docent at an air museum....hard to realize it but there's a shit ton of torque generated by those props. In short.....this ol' lady really moves.....
I've been on that exact plane before. It's usually at Falcon Field Airport in Mesa Az. beautifull plane.
This guy uploads everything
Great job,thank you!
Bee-Sheventeen-Bawlmmer.
Beautiful! You did a fine job Fella
Gee I love that sound 😍
55 misions and survived ? The gunners maybe the best ones 👍
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Loved this
Good to see the fire extinguisher there. Did you ever watch the documentary about the Kee Bird? One of the most heartbreaking movies I've ever watched. It's called 'B-29, Frozen in Time'. Ugh...
beautiful big bird
From 2:13 onward the aliasing on engine 1 prop looks slo-mo.
Excellent upload by the way..
I saw and went inside this beauty today at an Airshow
Have 30 mins flight fam in that airplane. Call sign Boeing 23 zulu, KSAF to KDNA, October 1995. Amazing experience...LOTS of rudder needed to initiate a turn.
I've seen this one up close at an airshow...pretty sweet
Who made the engines for these? Was it Wright?
Question, why don't the engines spin the opposite way on the starboard side? Wouldn't that prevent any yaw from the torque?
it's easier to engineer the engines to only have to spin one way, and the plane is big enough that the pilots can easily counter the effects
. “ Happy Jack’s Brew Wagon “
That’s the high hat top turret. Bit more drag but maybe could see out a bit better.
Flight engineer helped captain with his duty’s and flew those twin fifty’s when things got western.
Keep it tight gents,, they look for stragglers. And don’t shoot each other!
Four 109s 2 o’clock high,, hold fire till you can do some good with them guns boys,, don’t just spray and pray.
Closing speeds of 600mph + head on attacks.
What happened to those 47s?
Had to turn back, out their range, and Jerry knows it.
I think those same engines, or at least similar ones, were used in the Shermans and the Stuarts. It's why they're so tall.
She used to be tanker One Seven. My dad flew that a few times. His assigned plane was One Eight
Very, very cool.
I wonder if the reason that chopping the tops on Mercury cars especially originated from the look of the B17. Many car looks (like tailfins) were inspired by WWII airplanes and later jet fighters....
srry my mistake yes 20 mm and a 7.92 mm for each wing depending on the demanded mission some say it could also be equipped with #3 20 mm guns as a pure bomber interceptor (don't know if this is true).
The engine was one of the first to use fuel injection allowing it to make very steep dives. short sayd:
Without the americans, the british would have faced a certain defeat. And today you see how thankful they are towards americans
It was a 20mm cannon. Not a .50cal gun.
What a beauty!!
i had to polish some firetrucks for a parade, and that plane scares the heck out of me.
shonuffLA Dude there are worse things. I once had to clean and polish a couple of loaders and excavators that were coming fresh from the site for a parade...
They were clean after I was finished, but I was black then.
2:52 *Sentimental Journey* are those markings above that, the top front the amount of bombs this machine dropped or successful missions, exactly?
This particular craft was built too late in the game to see any wartime service.
magnifique
Tight!!! As always!
this looks like its the airstrip just off of i10 in marana az, they come there every year, just not sure if it is
That's Sentimental Journey!! She lives in AZ...are yall from here TAOFLEDERMAUS?
Awesome engine sound indeed.
Sweet sounding motors
Me 109 had a .50 canon in the middle of the propellor cone. For the poor spitfires it was fatal with 1 blow.
German pilots used theyr normal guns to zero in, and once they had hits with them they activated the main canon.. (similar with some zero's later)
This plane looks awesome, but those turrents were they somehow bullet proof or were they just thin plexy?
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Well of course a modern bomber is more accurate and efficient, but mind you these bombers got the jobs done in the second world war with enemy fighters incoming. Not only would they be cheaper to build now-a-days but they would also still get the job done in our current Middle Eastern "expeditions", and they would look good doing it. Sure a new machine is better, but this has some pretty fierce looks and sounds. You are right though.
Very nice.
Wonderful, it's not as appealing as an R-R Merlin, but one of the great piston aero-engines and a great sound! And the state of that aircraft is pristine. I imagine the original "natural metal" finish has been treated somehow to minimise corrosion. Any info?
Beautiful looking 80 year old gal.
Freedom rings!! Thank you!!
I've been in that exact bomber befor
We have two B-17's in the swamp in our village :D it was shot down by the Germans in WOII, beautiful planes.
I think I saw this plane in Ohio. I got to walk around inside it too. Does it still have that weird blue carpeting?
smw1279 what city? I saw the aluminum overcast in Cincinnati once
It was at a small airport in Ashtabula County I saw the plane.