Curtiss P40 Kittyhawks Very Low & Fast
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2008
- Two Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk fighters at low altitude while displaying at the Classic Fighters Marlborough 2007 airshow.
The shark-nosed P-40E of the Old Stick And Rudder Company (www.oldstickandrudder.com) is one of only two remaining airworthy Royal New Zealand Air Force P-40s.
This short (low resolution) clip is a segment from the official Classic Fighters 2007 DVD which is now available for streaming online at Historical Machines TV: www.historicalmachines.TV
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About 1943 two P-40's flew about five hundred feet over our house in Joelton, Tennesse. I was eleven years old and this was a thrill that I still remember to this day. When I was stationed at Furstenfeldbruck air base a flight of F-86's buzzed the flight line flown by Canadian pilots.
Listen to the windows and plates rattle
Although it was eclipsed by the Mustang and Thunderbolt, the P-40 happens to be one of my favorite fighters of WWII. I had the good fortune years ago to be able to fly one, and it is one beautiful fighter to fly. I will always have fond memories of that day. 30 minutes was far too short.
You gotta love the look of those P40s
Great!! P-40 is one of my favorite planes from WWII. It was the over-all work horse fighter of the Army Air Corp and other allied forces. It didn't excel in too many areas, but it did a lot of things well and ususally brought our pilots back in one piece. Good job.
P-40, F4U Corsair and Spitfire. My all time 3 favourite warplanes.
Sweet Jesus, some of the best video of low & fast P-40 flying ever..!!! Think it sounds better than P-51's
For sure but the p-51 is way prettier
That's the Allison engine it uses. This engine roars while the R.R. Merlin sings.
Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!
Especially that gorgeous sound they make when passing by
Love that Allison engine growl!
Sounds good
They have a beautiful sound! I don't think many aircraft sound quite that amazing
Their engines make a terrific sound!
What A Nice Video Of A Classic Warbird! No Crappy Music Or Unnecessary Jibber Jabber!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great audio on this. All of the old warbirds have their own distinctive sound.
Great sound and shooting. Love that engine growl!
I could just imagine the 1940's just walking along the beach in Hawaii and hear these fly by it's just awesome :)
It was an underrated fighter. Obsolete, yes, but it served well all through the war. It was a better ground attack aircraft than the vaunted P-51. Rugged, Durable, and more forgiving in the hands of an inexperienced pilot (and they all were when they started) than the some of the later fighters. They are all painted with the Tiger teeth now but the vast majority were not painted that way during the war.
My father few the P-40 in ww-2 ( fighter pilot) He learn to fly a plane before he learn to drive a car.
WOW!
David Tresvik my dad flew one in WW2 as well.
What squadron?
@@liamweaver2944The 2nd FS / 52nd He mention in the book Spitfires & Yellow Tail Mustangs. The U.S. . 52 nd Fighter Group in WWII
@@davidtresvik7864 Wow that's awesome! Respect to him. I'll see if I can find that book anywhere.
Never tire of the sound they make, nor the way they fly! Thanks for the memories!
yes, my favorite warbird too ... wonderful and a superb sound
love the p-40...my favorite warbird
thanks for not adding a soundtrack to this; you can't beat the sounds of these 2 classic fighters.
I'm reading the book, Kittyhawk Pilot, the flying experiences of the Canadian Ace, Stocky Edwards that flew with the RAF desert airforce! The Kittyhawk did not match the performance of the bf-109 and special tactics had to be learned or you would be shot down! A tight turn was the manouver but the guns often jammed when doing this! The Kittyhawk was an improvement over the Hurricane but still not a match for the bf-109! It often carried bombs to support ground troops! Stocky Edwards is one of the few RCAF aces of WW-2 still with us, living in Comox B.C. where he retired! A tribute to Stocky was written by my CO, Bert Houle, when I served as a AST/RST radar systems tech at St.Hubert PQ on the CF-100! Sadly he passed away a year or so ago! Never worked for a finer gentleman!
What is the sound of two low flying P40's ?
STEREO !!
Only a P-40 looks really vicious with shark teeth art. I love that look!
My favorite plane as a young boy.
Sounds just like the Reno air races . Im lucky to be a 2 hour drive to see the races .
no fighter had a more impressive looking nose...I don't usually like big noses on females but I do on this girl.
Brian Collins . mmm
Barry Manilow would love this .
Boy, that's impressive seeing a "flight" of P-40s. Very powerful threat to an enemy when seen in this light. Thanks!
Imagine how our boys on the ground must have felt during WWII when these babies would come to the rescue. Now that was a war worth fighting, when freedom was actually on the line.
the sound is most beautiful to listen!
The Allison steel backed bronze bushing , crank shaft bushing of choice the world over , Speedway Indiana. Jolly Good Show I say!
Aaaah, cool sound. This made me smile. Nice video. Beautiful aircraft, thanks for sharing.
That, and the fact that it's damn near silent when approaching the camera until it passes by overhead. =)
Have always love the lines of this "pieced-together" plane. Chenault had great success with them. Legendary. I understand with the supercharger it could outclimb & run circles around the Zeke, so why were so few outfitted with them? Just seems like an airframe that never got much of a fair shake & don't understand why. Anyway I think they're so cool.
I fucking love this warbird the p-40 is just special if you ask me...The nose the canopy the wings and best of all is the sexy sound it produces when it roars past!!! beautiful creation!!!
Wow, is there much better sounding anything in the world than a low rpm high output V12?
Nice video! Wish I was there for the airshow. Your video captures the smooth flying and the engine horsepower nicely!
Really nice footage - thanks for posting.
Those things sound fantastic.
good stuff...i could watch & listen to this for hours !
Wonderful footage there.
Love the sound of those Alisons!
Truly awesome!! The one with the white tail is New Zealand SWPA 1943 and the other is Flying Tigers with Chinese markings later absorbed into the USAAF 14th AF
isso que é máquina! aeronave inesquecível, verdadeira historia da aviação!
Absolutely superb video and sound of these classic planes. First rate!
Magnificent. Love the sounds, and I gotta get to NZ someday, somehow, with my cameras.
You can see the top cowls (and the Allison intakes) very clearly on both aircraft in the opening scene where they are taxiing.
112 Squadron RAF, in the Western Desert, started the whole thing.
Hey, a truly nice video showing some great fly-by's! thanks!
How could a put thumbs down two iconic fighters,great video
Yup, there's some weird people out there! ;-)
This is Sky Captain. I’m on my way.
There was a B29 and Mustang flying around Seattle last summer.
Could of been "Fifi" or "'Doc". A B29 pair of flying history.
My Dad was B-25 Pilot in China...22ND Bomb Squadron
He loved the memories and talked of being a CBI member until his death
China Burma India theater was BRUTAL yet it get's little historical coverage
Cant get enough of this vid.
I agree with Peter43John that "Kittyhawk" is clearly in reference to the Wright Bros. first flight at Kittyhawk, NC, since it was "Curtiss-Wright" by that point. The P-40 is simply a P-35 Hawk modified to use an inline V-12. They had used the "Hawk" name for several different fighters, and so chose "Kittyhawk" to designate the "all new" inline-powered fighter. The USAAF probably chose "Warhawk" for propaganda reasons. The Brits probably thought that was tacky.
Both machines are in good shape.
I love that engine sound
Very impressive. Good job. Thanks.
those planes are at easter air show held on the omaka aerodrome in Blenheim new Zealand. its a great show to be at with planes from ww1 to the jet age showing up i
Beautiful plane.
an airplane with history
a fantastic engine noise
fantastically filmed and spliced...
warbirds-power.de
say many thanks
Love the plane and the sound it makes :)
I wish you could still get one new, my father almost bought a P-51 surplus back when they were still selling them for $5,000.00...... along with a $50.00 jeep, Boy I wish he did...!
Man they sound good
Outstanding
Early WW2 Fighter Aircraft of USAAC carried the load just after Dec 7 1941 thanks
Wonderful video THANKS
Oh my!!! ❤That sound😎
That was their "naming scheme" for FAA planes, sea-birds. They didn't stick with it always, but that's how you got "Flycatcher", "Fulmar", "Martlet", "Skua" (was considered a fighter too), etc. Torpedo bombers were fish: "Barracuda", "Swordfish", "Albacore".
Not easy to keep those things in frame. Beautiful camerawork (and editing). There are times when i wish was one of the blokes (persons?) in the cockpit.
Jesus , Before take off they looked like R/C planes .
Good thing there able to fly at low altitude .
All the hell that were good for was Air to Ground Interdiction .
Actually, I was only referring to the aeroplane, not the war. If you think I don't know what happened in Britain, read my newest book "Sunrise at Haverbridge" in which I document just how badly the UK suffered before the USA became a player. My newest book will be published in the future in which I dedicate several chapters to the build up before the war, and then the battle of Britain in which one of the characters flies the Hawker Hurricane and the other the Submarine Spitfire.
I just want to know why 18 people would thumbed this down. I salute all the pilots who had to fly those WW2 warplanes so we have the freedom to speak English. That p40 was one badass in its day!
There are some sad people out there (who would give this the thumbs down).
@@historicalmachines Roger that sir. Semper Fi!
WOW! Thanks!! That made my day- The movie guys never get it right.
I don't know how an aircraft on the verge of being outclassed could be so cool!
Sorry for all the post I had a glitch when i posted my comments.
Awesome video:}}} great sound love that v12! same said for P51...Also love FW190 Radial engine:}}
Great planes and great pilots.
Wonder which was the best “Scrambling” prop-job of the War was-when they started to raise the gear while wheels were practically still in the grass.
awesome sound i love allison engine
what an awesome video
Now THIS is how an aircraft should look and sound like!
I swear those old prop planes have a grace and beauty that today's jet aircraft just can't match!
yah i was aware of that. i meant when they were in service with the british though. they were the ones who named the the p-40 the Kittyhawk
Awesome Sound!
Great planes - great video!
Not the best fighter of the war but it's a bruiser with an attitude to match with the Will to keep swinging know matter how many times you punch it!!!, so much respect for this bruiser that got the job done when all else fails 🔥🔥🔥🔥.
If I was a foot soldier I would not want that thing coming my way so bad ass!
#respect
All music to my ears
Thank you so much ;D
Yes, I do believe they did.
@Wawnie just got your post thankyou for the info I do appreciate it I am an aviation junkie!
I wish I had the money to buy one of those plane's to help push for a flight school to motivate younger people in giving this glorious opportunity a chance
Rockston Noray I would Go!
Stunning!! :)
I have loved these airplanes since I was a little boy. There is nothing like the sound of the Alisons and such a beautiful plane. I wished there were more restored to flying condition. Everyone should get a chance to see these in flight. :-)
P-40s are the true sloggers of WW2. One tough plane that always gave 110% to men who knew how to fly them.
@AgentMorris94 The Bs and Cs (Known to the Commonwealth forces as Tomahawks Mk I and Mk II) also had the guns in the nose
What a great sound! I like Allisons. (Now that I've heard them.)
silverbird58 Please elaborate. Insufficient data to comprehend. 8-)
silverbird58 They started in Speedway, Indiana, which I hadn't known until just now. Allison was owned by GM when they made airplane engines for WW2, so they were probably built in many places.
@356butch yes that was the origanal model. You had to prime the guns everytime you fired.
I LOVE THIS ENGINE SOUND!!!!!!!!
i bloody love this plane and ilways will do
Sorry, my bad. Col. 王光復 said in an interview that 太公令 was not his designated mount. He just happened to be posing with it in that now famous photo.