World War-2 Vintage Douglas C-47 departs Richards Field, Florida after "resting" on the ground for a few years. A more complete video will be posted later.........
I learned to fly and soloed at Richards field in 1978. I'm now a 757/767 Captain eligible to retire after 30 years working for a company in love with the color brown. Whenever I smell a freshly mown field, I think of Richards field and the joy of learning to fly.
My dad flew these in WWll .. He flew The Hump if you know what that means .. He flew B-24s , B-25s and a few other aircraft .. He passed away in 2015 .. Like so many others from the greatest generation .. Miss you dad ..
I have no idea about what group .. Most people know about the European theatre and the pacific theater of WWII but most have never heard of the third theater of the war .. The China , Burma and India theater of WWII .. There was a book that came out about twenty years ago about the hump pilots .. It was called the aluminum trail if i remember correctly .. They called it the aluminum trail because of all the aircraft that crashed in the Himalayas..
Correct. Alaska and the Aleutian Islands were actually a fourth theater. My grandfather was a pilot and later Commander of the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron in Burma.
Vendo agora, em 01/11/2019 5:45h. Fantástico, me chamou atenção por me lembrar quando menino, por volta de 1957/60 (sou de 53), via quase que diariamente um desse levantando voo sobre a nossa chácara, época da Construção de Brasília! Ficava maravilhado com aquela (essa) máquina voadora rsrs. Acredite, as vezes recebia um aceno de quem estava pilotando. Pensei que estavam mantendo os motores em funcionamento, mas quando vi que saiu voando, fiquei maravilhado. Adoraria ver isso de perto. Parabéns a esses veteranos do ar! Orgulho, muito orgulho.
Bom dia !!!! Eu já ví um DC 3 de perto, mas nunca funcionando. Voando então, só pelo TH-cam mesmo. Imagino a emoção e as ótimas lembranças que o senhor deve ter. Muito bom mesmo. Obrigado por dividir conosco essas histórias. Que DEUS abençoe. Grande abraço......
I worked on this airplane at Point Barrow Alaska at the NARL site back in the 1974 / 76 time era. While it may have been WW2 vintage back in the seventies it was still very much a work horse! The oil coolers are now in the original position's but while we had it they were mounted on the inboard side of the nacelles for wheel ski installation. That got changed when Northern Air Cargo did the last major mod to it before it left Alaska I believe. VERY GLAD TO SEE THIS VIDEO!
Hi, just a question re this dc3. Was this a ‘hipper’ version? It appeared to have the accessories mounted to the top of the gear case, like an R2000 P&W. I know the std P&W fitted was the R1830 and from memory, they all had a pretty clean looking snout. Thankyou in advance.
@@harrothepilot my real information on this aircraft was back in the 1970,s. I believe the engines have been changed since the time I worked on it and it's last flight more than once. So what is the version under the cowlin at the time of the video. I really could not say. While I was involved they were p&w 1830-94.
@@canada3016 No worries, Thankyou for the reply. It just peaked my curiosity when I saw the gear cases. Who knows, maybe they were still the 1830’s with some front mounted accessories. Apon further inspection of the R2000, the output shaft is quite a bit longer and prop is further forward than the R1830’s in the DC3 installation. Cheers from Aus.
@@harrothepilot Don't seem able to attach photos to this email. But do have some snaps of the nose gear box we had to change due to it making metal. Also was going to add some wedgetail photos while I worked for Boeing did make it down to Brisgane, Newcastle and Ipswich. So no worries.
236 hardcore commies disliked this video! - How can somebody dislike a DC3 / C47 video? Gee. Thanks for posting! Regards from Alaska (where these planes still fly for a living and serve 82% of our communities!)
This big beautiful Douglas C -47 Was such a badass airplane , look how she runs down that grassy field, that huge tail dragger gets right up and lifts off so nicely, what a beautiful sight, those huge double radial engines coming to life, that bird had plenty of extra power because of its massive cargo capacity, some of these were even used early in Nam , i used to see them all the time in the sky in the 70s Now they are few and far between Man what a joy to see this beauty lift off so easy and nimble !! Love it Thanks for a great video
Incrível ! tive a oportunidade de ver um c 47 destes na base aérea dos Afonsos no RJ a sensação de saber q estes dinossauros , foram os aviões de combate na segunda guerra mundial, ficava olhando e admirando-as, e agora vendo os mesmos c47 levantando vôo, meu Deus ñ tem o que falar, apenas observar e tentar entender como isto foi possível ?. Ele é muito lindo, o pouso vem planeando como se fosse uma ave.
Awesome! Is it just me, or did they take off with the crew door still open...? I thought it was still just visible, flapping during the take off roll towards the camera..... And what is it they say about there not being any 'Old and Bold' pilots? I think there just might be!
Harry Jones DH Taxis Ltd yeah, your probably right! Since viewing this and writing that comment, I have been fortunate enough to fly in the incredible WWll veteran, 'Drag 'em oot'!! Through a contact with a friend of a friend......I just happened to be in the right place at the right time and was told, "Get on, were going!". It was a truly incredible experience which I can never forget.
Just another stupid comment: I'm the 3400 like of this video. Anyway, it's very rare see these amazing old aircraft in flight....this video it's pure gold for aviation enthusiasts.
I love this plane, the DC-3. It's beautiful. I've loved it ever since I was a boy, seeing it fly over my house from Greater Rockford Airport to Chicago's O'Hare Field. Then I got to fly in one from Moline, Illinois, to Greater Rockford Airport, where my parents picked me up.
What a beautiful old aircraft. Certainly got the patina of age. I have an old Airfix kit of the C47 in my loft and I was wondering what markings to do it in. This just made my mind up. Off to search for pictures of this one.
Bom dia !!!!!! Na minha humilde opinião, melhor Aeronave da história. Ele foi o primeiro e gigantesco passo para a evolução da Aviação. Graças ao DC 3 a Aviação é o que é hoje em dia. Muito obrigado pelo vídeo e parabéns pelo canal. Abraço do Brasil.......
Best aircraft ever...almost 80 years and still working also in regular flights in some countries. I think smth like this the world will never see til the free energy UFO will exist!!
Was an Engineer on a C-47 Forty Years ago back in the UK and watching them dip the fuel and oil brought it all back as if it was only yesterday. Love the low fly through
She may look tired and in need of a good paint but she sounds absolutely gorgeous in that low fly bye amazing to think she’s out lived her design team what a work horse.
john howe I do not think, that Donald Douglass,,had in his wildest dreams that the DC3, C47,,or The HARVARDs would be still flying, lots of people confused the C46, ( Curtis Commando) with the C47
Oil and a cigar is nothing when general curtis lemay was smoking next to a B 36 someone said to his aid doesn't the General know the aircraft might explode the aid replied it wouldn't dare lol
I know someone who had to ask the same question and received the same answer from a "supervising commander" while trying to get someone out of a car wreck.
I understood from something I read years ago that spares were no longer being made for the P&W radials fitted to most of the few DC3 variants still flying, and that Russian engines were having to be sourced and installed to replace the P&Ws: was that true or not-anyone know?
That C-47A model is still flying and it is the original model used during WWII and still working just fine. I flew on some of the newer models during the Vietnam War and they was nice. The first time I flew on one the airplane had engine problems, but the second and third times was just fine and I could have flown on them even more as I was hooked.
Everytime I see a C-47, I wonder if that's the plane that my father and his stick jumped out of. Was always my dream to jump out of one but I always found myself in a 1957 Cessna called the Grey Ghost.
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that takes some balls. the engine isn't running perfect, but hey, what the heck?!?!
Indiana&OhioRailway85 lol you got it I thought the same...
Ahhhh. nothing at all wrong with how those 1820s are running. Those ole round engines are just that way.
It cleared out ok once they put the throttle down. These engines burn / leak large amounts of engine oil even on a good day, too.
@@shavingwithfuzzy7524 R1830s actually (14 cyl P&Ws)... R1820s are 9 cylinder units by Wright and actually much more powerful.
@@TommyWylie thank you for the correction. Finger slip on the number.
How many pilots have sat at that left side window and waved or signalled their intention to take off?
Helluva plane, helluva pilot. Loved the video
⚓️👍👍 Thanks ! Really enjoyed this 🤛🤛⚓️
A real pretty old gal there! I love hearing them running a little rich!
Какая красивая!!!я люблю такое сомолет очень!!!
Красиво улетел! Пилот от Бога! Дуглас красивый самолёт, птичка!
that right engine on the left is running rich
she is running a bit rich but a oil burner too, you can tell by the colour of the smoke.
Why did he start his take-off roll with the cabin door flapping in the slipstream? Minute 5:30.
Amazing wonderful 😁👍
Que hermoso avión ,desearía volar estas maquinas
Beautiful beautiful congratulations a little temerouse pass at low altitude. But beautiful
They forgot to lock the crew door, during take off at 5:32 it open :)
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I learned to fly and soloed at Richards field in 1978. I'm now a 757/767 Captain eligible to retire
after 30 years working for a company in love with the color brown. Whenever I smell a freshly mown field, I think of Richards field and the joy of learning to fly.
The gentleman putting oil in the engine with a cigar hanging out of his mouth is one awesome old timer.
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Do you mean from the bucket?
@@shavingwithfuzzy7524 yeah.
@@everyone5724 that guy IS classic DC3.
@Autistic Boy the stuff in the bucket is oil. The round engines use a lot of it. Those engines use hi octane gas. Would not run on diesel.
My dad flew these in WWll ..
He flew The Hump if you know what that means ..
He flew B-24s , B-25s and a few other aircraft ..
He passed away in 2015 ..
Like so many others from the greatest generation ..
Miss you dad ..
My grandfather was a HUMP pilot. Cargo and troop transport primarily.
Casey
That’s exactly what my father hauled ..
Interesting. I don't recall his squadron but I can ask my mother.
I have no idea about what group ..
Most people know about the European theatre and the pacific theater of WWII but most have never heard of the third theater of the war ..
The China , Burma and India theater of WWII ..
There was a book that came out about twenty years ago about the hump pilots ..
It was called the aluminum trail if i remember correctly ..
They called it the aluminum trail because of all the aircraft that crashed in the Himalayas..
Correct. Alaska and the Aleutian Islands were actually a fourth theater. My grandfather was a pilot and later Commander of the 16th Combat Cargo Squadron in Burma.
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yoiu dont have any idea how much i enjoy this video, the face of the pilot says all, thanks for share
5:32 emergency exit door opens on takeoff. Got their attention I'm sure
Vendo agora, em 01/11/2019 5:45h. Fantástico, me chamou atenção por me lembrar quando menino, por volta de 1957/60 (sou de 53), via quase que diariamente um desse levantando voo sobre a nossa chácara, época da Construção de Brasília! Ficava maravilhado com aquela (essa) máquina voadora rsrs. Acredite, as vezes recebia um aceno de quem estava pilotando. Pensei que estavam mantendo os motores em funcionamento, mas quando vi que saiu voando, fiquei maravilhado. Adoraria ver isso de perto. Parabéns a esses veteranos do ar! Orgulho, muito orgulho.
Gostaria de saber mais histórias da sua época,como era a vida no Brasil,costumes, política,economia etc
Esse avião participo da segunda guerra também...
Bom dia !!!!
Eu já ví um DC 3 de perto, mas nunca funcionando.
Voando então, só pelo TH-cam mesmo.
Imagino a emoção e as ótimas lembranças que o senhor deve ter.
Muito bom mesmo.
Obrigado por dividir conosco essas histórias.
Que DEUS abençoe.
Grande abraço......
Meu pai voou o C-47 (versão militar do DC-3) por muitos anos na FAB (CAN - Correio aéreo nacional). Só histórias maravilhosas sobre esse avião.
Also great camera work don't know how many youtube vid's suffer from camera shake! But this one was very clear GOOD JOB!
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I worked on this airplane at Point Barrow Alaska at the NARL site back in the 1974 / 76 time era. While it may have been WW2 vintage back in the seventies it was still very much a work horse! The oil coolers are now in the original position's but while we had it they were mounted on the inboard side of the nacelles for wheel ski installation. That got changed when Northern Air Cargo did the last major mod to it before it left Alaska I believe.
VERY GLAD TO SEE THIS VIDEO!
Hi, just a question re this dc3. Was this a ‘hipper’ version? It appeared to have the accessories mounted to the top of the gear case, like an R2000 P&W. I know the std P&W fitted was the R1830 and from memory, they all had a pretty clean looking snout. Thankyou in advance.
@@harrothepilot my real information on this aircraft was back in the 1970,s. I believe the engines have been changed since the time I worked on it and it's last flight more than once. So what is the version under the cowlin at the time of the video. I really could not say. While I was involved they were p&w 1830-94.
@@canada3016 No worries, Thankyou for the reply. It just peaked my curiosity when I saw the gear cases. Who knows, maybe they were still the 1830’s with some front mounted accessories. Apon further inspection of the R2000, the output shaft is quite a bit longer and prop is further forward than the R1830’s in the DC3 installation. Cheers from Aus.
@@harrothepilot Don't seem able to attach photos to this email. But do have some snaps of the nose gear box we had to change due to it making metal. Also was going to add some wedgetail photos while I worked for Boeing did make it down to Brisgane, Newcastle and Ipswich. So no worries.
Are those engines diesel cycle?
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Love the 15' AGL flyby!! Lots of hours hauling mail in a DC-3. They're tough old birds. Just keep stacking - she'll go. Great video!
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It took some guts to fly that old girl out of that short strip after sitting out there for years. My respect Sir!!!!! What sweet music!
The other right engine.
Port-side engine.
When he said 19 gallons in this on I thought gee that’s not much fuel lol 😂
Deve ser muito divertido ter uma pista no quintal de casa, pra no fim de semana chamar os amigos pra fuçar os aviões velhos e por pra voar 😂😥👏🏼👏🏼
236 hardcore commies disliked this video! - How can somebody dislike a DC3 / C47 video? Gee. Thanks for posting! Regards from Alaska (where these planes still fly for a living and serve 82% of our communities!)
NOW THAT'S what I call a LOW flyby, awesome.
This big beautiful Douglas C -47
Was such a badass airplane , look how she runs down that grassy field, that huge tail dragger gets right up and lifts off so nicely, what a beautiful sight, those huge double radial engines coming to life, that bird had plenty of extra power because of its massive cargo capacity, some of these were even used early in Nam , i used to see them all the time in the sky in the 70s
Now they are few and far between
Man what a joy to see this beauty lift off so easy and nimble !! Love it
Thanks for a great video
Incrível ! tive a oportunidade de ver um c 47 destes na base aérea dos Afonsos no RJ a sensação de saber q estes dinossauros , foram os aviões de combate na segunda guerra mundial, ficava olhando e admirando-as, e agora vendo os mesmos c47 levantando vôo, meu Deus ñ tem o que falar, apenas observar e tentar entender como isto foi possível ?. Ele é muito lindo, o pouso vem planeando como se fosse uma ave.
En este tipo d avion c 47 y c 54 hicimos nuestros saltos recuerdos muy bonitos
C-47 was the military designation of the DC-3. Its the same bird.
Don't forget the Dakota! :)
@@maxwellharris9329 lol yes :)
Awesome! Is it just me, or did they take off with the crew door still open...? I thought it was still just visible, flapping during the take off roll towards the camera.....
And what is it they say about there not being any 'Old and Bold' pilots? I think there just might be!
I watched back to check and yup it was open 😁 I’m sure someone just popped down and closed it as if it was nothing
Harry Jones DH Taxis Ltd
yeah, your probably right! Since viewing this and writing that comment, I have been fortunate enough to fly in the incredible WWll veteran, 'Drag 'em oot'!! Through a contact with a friend of a friend......I just happened to be in the right place at the right time and was told, "Get on, were going!". It was a truly incredible experience which I can never forget.
It’s amazing to see such an old plane run so smoothly, or should I say fly smoothly!
Знакомый с детства завораживающий рокот поршневых двигателей!!!
Just another stupid comment: I'm the 3400 like of this video. Anyway, it's very rare see these amazing old aircraft in flight....this video it's pure gold for aviation enthusiasts.
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Very nice. There we can see true american quality of the best plane! Very nice. Thumb up.
yes
Hermosa máquina yo tuve la oportunidad de volar en un D C 3 hermosas máquinas 😍😍🇨🇴
Very Very good sound radials and vídeo , Brasil ok.
bon voyage
Hello from Russia! Beautifully walked over the take-off field.(Привет из России!Красиво прошёл над взлётным полем.)
Ветеранам второй мировой войны респект. DC-3 лучший борт
I love this plane, the DC-3. It's beautiful. I've loved it ever since I was a boy, seeing it fly over my house from Greater Rockford Airport to Chicago's O'Hare Field. Then I got to fly in one from Moline, Illinois, to Greater Rockford Airport, where my parents picked me up.
Awesome my favorite plane DC-3 what sound the engines I would like fly plane again wow
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What a beautiful old aircraft. Certainly got the patina of age. I have an old Airfix kit of the C47 in my loft and I was wondering what markings to do it in. This just made my mind up. Off to search for pictures of this one.
The old DC3 planes have a magic the new planes don't have. Are you flying to Berlin?
Bom dia !!!!!!
Na minha humilde opinião, melhor Aeronave da história.
Ele foi o primeiro e gigantesco passo para a evolução da Aviação.
Graças ao DC 3 a Aviação é o que é hoje em dia.
Muito obrigado pelo vídeo e parabéns pelo canal.
Abraço do Brasil.......
Best aircraft ever...almost 80 years and still working also in regular flights in some countries. I think smth like this the world will never see til the free energy UFO will exist!!
U cut start engine
Very bad
It was very heartless from their part
The sound the shape they are just a beautiful aircraft, keep her from fadeing away for as long as you can.
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Hermoso el vídeo, especialmente cuando pasa razando la pista felicitaciones al PIC.
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That hamburger door flying open on takeoff
Great footage, thanks for posting. Love the low-pass at the end.
Lindo demais parabéns DEUS abençoe
Here in St Thomas USVI we still have one that flies out of here regularly gives me chills every time I see her taking off
Damn near got my DC-3 type rating in that exact plane when it was based in south Florida. What memories!
Near?
Que máquina incrível, Vídeo top!
Was an Engineer on a C-47 Forty Years ago back in the UK and watching them dip the fuel and oil brought it all back as if it was only yesterday. Love the low fly through
She may look tired and in need of a good paint but she sounds absolutely gorgeous in that low fly bye amazing to think she’s out lived her design team what a work horse.
Missing my days on the Aleutian's with Reeve. Sad day when they retired the 3s.
john howe I do not think, that Donald Douglass,,had in his wildest dreams that the DC3, C47,,or The HARVARDs would be still flying, lots of people confused the C46, ( Curtis Commando) with the C47
Sounds like caterpillar warming up in 30 below
According to aerialvisuals.ca , the aircraft resides in a museum in Portland, TN.
Raoul Cruz yeah its right outside the museum
Not airworthy anymore ?😕
@@waterman9524 Plenty of people know how to fix these up and keep them flying.
That was the last C-47 leaving from the Philipines in late March of '42...
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@canada3016 = Thanks for your post. It's a great way to learn more about the history of this bird.
IMO Most dependable aircraft ever produced.
Berlin Airlift.
M1 Garand.
É muita coragem kkk
Very very nice . I have two thousand houres in this best aircraft
Oil and a cigar is nothing when general curtis lemay was smoking next to a B 36 someone said to his aid doesn't the General know the aircraft might explode the aid replied it wouldn't dare lol
I know someone who had to ask the same question and received the same answer from a "supervising commander" while trying to get someone out of a car wreck.
Não se faz mais motores como antigamente esse som do motor radial é música pro meus ouvidos
Great video. She started right up after "years on the field". Great flying too. Thanks for sharing. Hope its still airworthy in 2018.
I bet it's still flying in 2023, as long as they are maintained they will be flying
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I understood from something I read years ago that spares were no longer being made for the P&W radials fitted to most of the few DC3 variants still flying, and that Russian engines were having to be sourced and installed to replace the P&Ws: was that true or not-anyone know?
That C-47A model is still flying and it is the original model used during WWII and still working just fine. I flew on some of the newer models during the Vietnam War and they was nice. The first time I flew on one the airplane had engine problems, but the second and third times was just fine and I could have flown on them even more as I was hooked.
Amazing an old aeroplane still works properly
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Love the way the little door flops open on takeoff
Noticed that, it was actually open right from the start of taxi.
A door open? I'm sure they used to fly those planes in the war with half the doors missing!
Good Ole Gooney Bird!
You just can't keep a good girl down!
I salute is passion and courage
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That man right there loves and appreciates his aircraft.
Хорошее видео, достойный самолёт! Спасибо.
The old Gooney Bird could be half-way blown apart and still get you home. Well-built planes.
Everytime I see a C-47, I wonder if that's the plane that my father and his stick jumped out of. Was always my dream to jump out of one but I always found myself in a 1957 Cessna called the Grey Ghost.