Lockheed VC-121A Constellation - EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023

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  • @leehill9922
    @leehill9922 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    One of, if not the most beautiful airliners ever built.

    • @martinross5521
      @martinross5521 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’d suggest the most beautiful of all. I used to see them flying into Lasham airfield, near Reading, England for maintenance in 1962/3. Our gliding club shared the runway. Magical sights….

    • @joeyjamison5772
      @joeyjamison5772 ปีที่แล้ว

      The really good designs, they not only fly great, they're graceful as well. The "Connie" is one of them.

  • @richardschindler8822
    @richardschindler8822 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    That thing just screams beauty. Such iconic lines

  • @Test_Tickles
    @Test_Tickles ปีที่แล้ว +17

    That Connie is specifically Gen. MacArthur's personal transport plane, named "Bataan", that was just refurbished in Chino, CA.

  • @jeffmarsico3528
    @jeffmarsico3528 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I flew on a TWA Connie from Chicago to LA in 1958 with my mom and brother. I was 8. On that flight in first class was Lassie (yea that Lassie the dog) and her owner. My brother , who was 6, and I were taken up to first class to meet her. That was my first time on a plane and nothing has topped it since. LOL. Air travel today - A nightmare! Thanks for posting this.

    • @WAL_DC-6B
      @WAL_DC-6B ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That was back in the days of air travel when you had the expensive seats, coach, and the really expensive seats, 1st Class.

  • @guysterges1382
    @guysterges1382 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video of this superb airplane. The restoration took 8 years ! First flight was in june, 2023.

  • @acg5934
    @acg5934 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    By far the most elegant aircraft ever produced

  • @boli4203
    @boli4203 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The quality of this vid needs to be applauded. Just about as perfect a short vid using zoom that I've seen. And what a plane to feature... Thanks.

  • @740Stevo
    @740Stevo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the most beautiful aircraft ever made. A friend of mine flew in a “Connie” when it was used as a Hurricane Hunter.

  • @dennislyons3095
    @dennislyons3095 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    WOW, Just WOW!! it has been a very long time since I've seen a Connie flying!

  • @alanh7495
    @alanh7495 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Most beautiful propliner ever. Wonderful approach and landing.

  • @mikejohnson5900
    @mikejohnson5900 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of the most beautiful aircraft ever constructed . Thanks for this vid.

  • @DESTINYFPV
    @DESTINYFPV ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Yes an absolute beauty and the sound when it did a fly by was awesome

  • @markr447
    @markr447 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    When my dad returned from the Korean War he had ride on a TWA Connie from Wake Island. Love the way he side slipped this approach intercepting the runway final and greased the landing.

  • @ronaldcontino1600
    @ronaldcontino1600 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was hired by TWA in April, 1965 as a Connie First Officer.A great aircraft in which to start a 35 year job.

  • @mcburcke
    @mcburcke ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great vid! The Connie is without a doubt the most beautiful aircraft ever produced. There's just nothing comparable.

  • @hankwanders4782
    @hankwanders4782 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome. My parents flew to Holland in one back in the day.

  • @ManNomad
    @ManNomad ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Fantastic video work!!!!! Amazingly beautiful aircraft from an era where the flight meant more than the destination.

  • @dominicdahlheimer6861
    @dominicdahlheimer6861 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Absolutely beautiful airplane-- --they sure do not "rumble" like that anymore!

  • @wanderingwinos
    @wanderingwinos ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The most elegant aircraft ever to grace the skies!

  • @Pilotc180
    @Pilotc180 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Magnificent; the most beautiful plane ever at Oshkosh👍

  • @BJK1715
    @BJK1715 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It's about time! Better late than never.😂........ Nice vid. Thanks for posting. 🤩

  • @hinterkress
    @hinterkress ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Truly art in motion, wonderful that there's now two flying again. Hoping to see the Breitling one fly again - maybe??

  • @leonardtrevino8436
    @leonardtrevino8436 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Have been waiting to see this! Beautiful, grand entrance up there. Standing by with random orbital polisher and / or lots of elbow grease once you make it down to San Antonio!! Happy to help!😊

  • @TheKevintegra19
    @TheKevintegra19 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You never forget your first love...flew her in 1967...I was 5...Burbank to Oakland California. The Beatles released Yellow Submarine in theaters. Such beautiful lines, and what a noisy smoky racket on startup. The best 3 engined prop liner ever built (so the joke goes)...

  • @pauldiaco3817
    @pauldiaco3817 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ive seen the "Save a Connie" fly, as well as the MATS Connie, both many years ago. Glad the U.S. has one back in the air again! Just visited a static C-121 earlier today at Dover AFB. Such a elegant gal!

  • @davidhunt3808
    @davidhunt3808 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beautiful aircraft and oh that sound !!!

  • @Pichouette
    @Pichouette ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Yeah, that's not the first time that pilot landed a large airplane. Kuddos to the person filming this video. Well done 👍.

    • @whalesong999
      @whalesong999 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was remarking to myself how "dainty" it was being handled, very light.

  • @kevingoza
    @kevingoza ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Absolutely one of the most beautiful airplanes ever designed.

  • @planespotterwspin4581
    @planespotterwspin4581 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Wow! What an incredible aircraft! Beautiful!

  • @budlistar5312
    @budlistar5312 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    WOW, the people that had a hand in this design were truly artistic.

  • @HostNayner
    @HostNayner ปีที่แล้ว +3

    WHAT A SEXY PLANE! Hope it's still there Saturday when I'm there!

  • @firemedic5100
    @firemedic5100 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One word to describe this aircraft, PERFECT.

  • @johnmajane3731
    @johnmajane3731 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Incredible to see one flying, what a beautiful airplane. Great video.

  • @scottgorman7166
    @scottgorman7166 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As a kid growing up my grandmother always flew down to Florida on this Queen. I was in awe then and still am at 69. She is a absolute beauty of the skies. Thanks for posting this video

  • @sitandfish
    @sitandfish ปีที่แล้ว +3

    00:15 If that flyby didn't send shivers down your spine then... you're dead.

  • @leddyzee247
    @leddyzee247 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They say Concorde was the Queen of the skies, this must be her older sister. Truly a beautiful aircraft, thank you for posting.

    • @NoTaboos
      @NoTaboos ปีที่แล้ว

      Who are they?

    • @leddyzee247
      @leddyzee247 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NoTaboos It was generally recognised to be so, because of its elegant lines and technical achievements. I was recently reading a “Flypast” magazine and it made the reference, but it’s not the opinion of everyone I’m sure. Lockheed have made some beautiful looking aircraft in their time, maybe the SR71 was the “King of the skies” ….that’s for you to decide

    • @NoTaboos
      @NoTaboos ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@leddyzee247 Well, I guess the 1649 was the most elegant of the family (better than the 749 in this video).
      The Concorde is perhaps the most beautiful object ever designed by humans.

    • @leddyzee247
      @leddyzee247 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NoTaboos I should have started my first comment with ”Some” say…..Just out of interest, the aviation artist Phillip E West did a painting of Concorde called “Queen of the skies” which is worth a look.

  • @joevalicenti2722
    @joevalicenti2722 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All 4 engines perfectly synchronized too....

  • @williamstricko2594
    @williamstricko2594 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One beautiful plane.I got a chance to check to check out the one president Eisenhower used,very limited space inside,beautiful outside….

  • @tiredwarthunderplayer9963
    @tiredwarthunderplayer9963 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Plane was being restored in Chino, CA. It's Macarthur's connie. I have some images of it still under wraps shortly after paint if you'd like them

  • @johnosbourn4312
    @johnosbourn4312 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    That is one beautiful aircraft.

  • @michaelmolsbergen6498
    @michaelmolsbergen6498 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well.......there's the highlight of show....Thanks.....MM

  • @Epicaviation47
    @Epicaviation47 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What a epic way to arrived

  • @sturdythorpe7585
    @sturdythorpe7585 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Absolutely beautiful!👍

  • @johnosbourn4312
    @johnosbourn4312 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That is one beautiful aircraft!

  • @edcook9747
    @edcook9747 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The connie and the concord, the two most beautiful aircraft ever made. Two works of art!

  • @markburton8680
    @markburton8680 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember flying in a Connie to Puerto Rico in early 60’s.

  • @XLRSAv
    @XLRSAv ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great job filming! Hopefully she stays through Saturday! We’ll be there Sat and Sun!

  • @mylakay100
    @mylakay100 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The C121 Constellation is certainly a beautiful, classic aircraft!

  • @flyingfortressrc1794
    @flyingfortressrc1794 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's the most beautiful thing I've seen all day....

  • @michaelquillen2679
    @michaelquillen2679 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love this plane. Knew an ol' boy by the name of Mel Christler who owned a few Connies back in the '70s. One of them turned out to be Columbine II, President Eisenhower's plane, which was later restored.

  • @walkabout1939
    @walkabout1939 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The lady of the sky.

  • @patrickibex
    @patrickibex ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well done to all bringing this beautiful plane back to life.

  • @annsederquist
    @annsederquist ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It was stunning!!

  • @arthurteo8111
    @arthurteo8111 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Imagine this beauty actually flew passengers from Sydney to London.

  • @TD402dd
    @TD402dd ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The Connie is still the most beautiful airliner ever built, and probably ever will be built.

    • @joeyjamison5772
      @joeyjamison5772 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The really good designs, they not only fly great, they're graceful as well. The "Connie" is one of them.

  • @dougcarnahan4228
    @dougcarnahan4228 ปีที่แล้ว

    Traveled on TWA from DC to Dayton ,OH on one of these when I was 8. It was very special!

  • @davidlabedz2046
    @davidlabedz2046 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So amazing!

  • @chuckeberth4370
    @chuckeberth4370 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    What a gorgeous airplane.

  • @timking2822
    @timking2822 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a sight.

  • @kmg501
    @kmg501 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some great camera work there.

  • @williamenriquesanchezcolme753
    @williamenriquesanchezcolme753 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Es un avión muy hermoso. Qué hermosura de avión. Is such a beautiful airplane. That airplane is so beautiful.

  • @clevlandblock
    @clevlandblock ปีที่แล้ว

    Flew on one as a child in the early 50s. It's perhaps my earliest memory.

  • @johney4484
    @johney4484 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very nice plane. I appreciate these old rich guys with their expensive toys that they can share with everyone.

  • @eligebrown8998
    @eligebrown8998 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The definition of stream lined in the dictionary. I thought the F22 and F15 E were buitifull till I just saw this.

  • @scottdunkirk8198
    @scottdunkirk8198 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Best looking aircraft ever built

    • @NoTaboos
      @NoTaboos ปีที่แล้ว

      That would be the Concorde.

    • @scottdunkirk8198
      @scottdunkirk8198 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NoTaboos you opinion

    • @NoTaboos
      @NoTaboos ปีที่แล้ว

      @@scottdunkirk8198 Really? Is it my opinion? You are so clever.

    • @scottdunkirk8198
      @scottdunkirk8198 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NoTaboos I’ve been on both and the concord isn’t even close to the lines of the Connie’s, I spent over twenty five years working military aircraft and know a quality aircraft.

    • @NoTaboos
      @NoTaboos ปีที่แล้ว

      @@scottdunkirk8198 Me too.

  • @towcub
    @towcub ปีที่แล้ว +2

    GLORIOUS!

  • @biggamehunter66
    @biggamehunter66 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just seen that exact aircraft in Aurora Oregon last week getting some work done on it at Aerometal
    International LLC.

  • @josephsener420
    @josephsener420 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great shot of how long the nose gear is.

    • @RemoVegas
      @RemoVegas ปีที่แล้ว

      bloody fucking brilliant..!

  • @David-hk3ly
    @David-hk3ly ปีที่แล้ว

    Will not forget the time I flew from Bogota Colombia to Buenos Aires in an Avianca Constellation. I was 10.

  • @ctaviationvideos4926
    @ctaviationvideos4926 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks like OSH23 was a great show this year, I was going to go but I ended up going to North Carolina for something else. I will be at airventure next year. If I went this year it would’ve been my fourth time going. First time was in 2019 then 2021 and 2022.

  • @BeechSportBill
    @BeechSportBill ปีที่แล้ว

    SO GLAD it made it!

  • @PLANEMANIA747
    @PLANEMANIA747 ปีที่แล้ว

    She's a beauty 😍
    Great capture 👏

  • @brentboswell1294
    @brentboswell1294 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was just here in Aurora, Oregon (KUAO). We miss her already 😢

  • @toadelevator
    @toadelevator ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a Beauty! How many stories high is that nose-gear ? ! 😅

    • @jimw1615
      @jimw1615 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It is about 8' from the fuselage at the nose wheel well to the ground.

  • @petermalanchuk8210
    @petermalanchuk8210 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the sound of those Wright R-3350's pre-turbo-compound design. This is what the Boeing B-29 sounds like, same engines, with 2,200 HP each.

  • @christiancadio9023
    @christiancadio9023 ปีที่แล้ว

    Malgré son âge vénérable,j’adore toujours autant cet avion !!

  • @mencken8
    @mencken8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Flew a TWA Constellation from IND to SAN in ‘62 for boot camp.

  • @nigelfernandes4709
    @nigelfernandes4709 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great capture

  • @markdos1538
    @markdos1538 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Que maravillosas imágenes. No solo muestran el vuelo del avión, sino que le diste vida mostrándonos detalles de su cercanía, a lo lejos, el aterrizaje, su paso. Fue como verlo. Felicitaciones.
    👍👍🇨🇱
    What wonderful images. They not only show the flight of the plane, but you gave it life by showing us details of its proximity, in the distance, the landing, its passage. It was like seeing it. Congratulations. 👍👍🇨🇱

  • @spinnetti
    @spinnetti ปีที่แล้ว

    Hmm. Missed that one at the show!

  • @visibilityunlimitedmedia
    @visibilityunlimitedmedia ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice work! Were you in Media Stand D, located at the approach end of runway 36? I was signed up to shoot there on Friday, but had to leave before the airshow started to catch a flight.

  • @viperq
    @viperq ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pretty

  • @francisfreyburger5095
    @francisfreyburger5095 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolument magnifique ❤❤❤

  • @christianlebordelais
    @christianlebordelais 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Belle observation aérienne 🙂👍

  • @davef.2329
    @davef.2329 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wunderbar!!

  • @williamdevine518
    @williamdevine518 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The pinacal of piston age transports

  • @RedArrow73
    @RedArrow73 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    An L-749, correct?

  • @shakey2634
    @shakey2634 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    On the list of sexiest airplanes:
    Connie
    Stagerwing Beech
    Cessna 190/190
    Boeing 757
    Feel free to add to this list.

    • @matiasjacobsen2647
      @matiasjacobsen2647 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is dc6 okay? I really like Pmdgs rendition of it in msfs

    • @flyjarrett
      @flyjarrett ปีที่แล้ว +1

      F-14. P-51, F4U

    • @shakey2634
      @shakey2634 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@flyjarrett
      Wondered how long it would take before the P-51 was added! 👍

  • @Spacer49
    @Spacer49 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tell JD, Bill & Rick say 'Hi!'.

  • @LeachimSagrav333
    @LeachimSagrav333 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn that machine is sexy👍

  • @519CZRacer
    @519CZRacer ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s a tragedy that Lufthansa scrapped their plans to restore their Connie. I’ve read they were making excellent progress when management cancelled the whole project.

  • @tomreynolds874
    @tomreynolds874 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lots of curves and long legs as well

  • @NoTaboos
    @NoTaboos ปีที่แล้ว

    It's only a 749.

  • @shakey2634
    @shakey2634 ปีที่แล้ว

    So much for the "Stabilized Approach" eh?

  • @roberthudson4822
    @roberthudson4822 ปีที่แล้ว

    Poetry.

  • @47colton
    @47colton ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wasn't regretting skipping OSH this year but after watching this...regret!