The Mighty B-17 "Aluminum Overcast" - Turn up the Sound!
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- EAA - B-17G "Aluminum Overcast" visits VAA Chapter 29 in Hayward, California, September 27, 2015. Headphones or good speakers are required!
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When I see these videos I keep thinking of the pilots and crew, Flying in an unpressurized, unheated aircraft at those altitudes, God bless them all, very few left now but not forgotten by me.
Years back my brother in law and I arranged for my dad to get a ride in this plane at Manassas, VA. He worked on B-17's in WW-2 and had a WW-2 Vet hat on. These guys treated him like he was a king. They honored him and let him sit in the nose of the plane while in flight. Dad was thrilled and this was the best thing I could ever give my Dad. He has passed away but I will never forget the respect given to my father by these guys. [Sorry tears coming down.]
I love everything fire spreading all Round My room it,s hard to breathe but that,s all right hush
Never realized how fast this old lady accerates, Wow!!!!!
Well it has 4 engines, not full of gas and bombs. Just an empty aluminum shell!
Flew in her 16 years and still a great memory worth every dime👍👍
Finally! An airplane video where the props a correctly blurred…And the sound is amazing.
THANK YOU!!!!
YOU SURE SAID A MOUTHFUL about the blurred rather than stationary at full noise props.
You're right... None of that weird stationary, slow motion spinning thing!
Just flew in this bomber in Cincinnati last weekend. Absolutely awesome experience. I highly recommend this once in a lifetime opportunity to anyone even remotely thinking about it. There will come a day when this historical experience will be gone and starring at one in a museum will be your only option.
Cory wife and i just took a ride over Oak Island, Holden Beach NC,truly awesome,wanna do it again,well worth the buck,forever glad we did it!
Cory, I am going up this Friday in Cincy..........almost can't sleep waiting to board!
My flight was canceled, due to engine problems, but will be driving to Tennessee from Ohio for a ride 11/7! CAN NOT WAIT!
I've flown on this bird 3 times never gets old.
I've been inside of it but didnt fly. A little rich for my blood. I'm sure it's worth the money though.
Such a beautiful plane. The way they covered it with gun ports/pods for self defense was stunning.
There was one that buzzed my small neighbourhood after an airshow. It shook the windows of the homes and my chest felt like it was resonating to the engine drone.
There’s a reason these aircraft were revered by generations as legends of the sky, you got to experience something most people will never even think of
Just got to see her in my local airport for a Veteran's day airshow. The sight of her taking off felt (you could feel the roar of her engines) and sounded extraordinary. She's a magnificent piece of machinery.
The video quality from the videographer should get a A+ for his timely efforts put into this great video.Nicely and superbly done too.
Yes, and the sound is awesome!
flew in this today. best money i ever spent 10/10 would do it again
If I could have afforded the $400+ fee, I would have done that too here in Indianapolis.
Flogang 601 I’m excited I’m flying in it sept 6 2019 at 10 am out of lost nation airport. I’ve wanted to do it since I was a kid and I finally have a great job where I can afford it
I flew on the"Movie" Memphis Belle and you're right, "best money I ever spent"!
Nothing like that sound! Every spring in North Idaho where I live a B-17 comes to the local airfield for show and rides. Every year I suddenly hear those 4 radials and instantly know what it is. As a kid in the 1960's in California i used to watch them fight fires in the hills behind my house. B-17 and P-51 are my two favorite planes of all time.
Just got back from Tenessee today. First (and not last ride) on Aluminum Overcast! Something I will never forget. Worth every penny. Also remembering those brave airmen that went up in WWII with long odds of surviving!
On july 4, 1987 at about 10:00 am I had the great honor to set in the left seat and take the controls for about 15 min, not to long after that the FFA put a stop to that, you can only ride on it now, but that is a great experance
What an awesome video! I've loved B-17's since I watched the 12 O'Clock High TV show back in the 60's. My greatest thrill was when I took a ride in this awesome plane years ago. This is without a doubt the most wonderful video of a surviving B-17 that I've ever seen. Such a proud bird! And that sound!
Such a beautiful plane and a wonderful video. I got a chill watching it lift off -- and hearing the engines. Thank you, Steve!
Looks great. ✅ Sounds great. ✅
Simply beautiful! Amazing sound from those engines, wow!
Really, really an ace video on the B-17, nice job!
God bless all of the brave guys who flew in these planes for our sake. 💕💕
Amazing!!!! Beautiful war bird! I am looking at other B-17's after hearing about my favorite Nine-0-Nine that crashed. :'(! The B-17G's are the best!!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! I got many good shots of Nine-0-Nine last May in 4k video in Livermore, .CA. I'll post when I get a chance to warbirdvideos. Subscribe to me for notifications.
In the meantime, here's a vid from 2009 with a flight in Nine-0-Nine. Thanks, Steve th-cam.com/video/pRSxom3XU7c/w-d-xo.html
The sound of sacrifice
And freedom
Steve - perfect execution on this video - great sound too! I blasted it so much I got yelled at :-) I've always wanted to take a bunch of cameras up to HAY and capture this great war bird - this was perfect!!!
How quickly this elegant aeroplane accelerated, amazing!
Beautiful clear footage ..well filmed..Loved the shot on final approach underneath..@ 3:08...awesome. The sound was spot-on too...Best wishes...Steve.~
My late grandfather should have seen - and heard - this. He saw dozens - hundreds? - of them fly over our town, on their way to Nazi Germany.
That must have been quite a sight.
Both my parents, born in 1919, often told me, they could hear them bombers coming for at least half an hour and wen they were on their way to Germany, the sun was blokked by the contrails. After that they could hear the impact of the bombs, 100+ miles away. BTW, we live near the German border, a part called Twente.
The spine tingles. Great, Steve
Wow, at 1:52 and forward you can actually see the wind stream coming off the props. Never been able to see that before.
Fantastic vid. So glad I got to take a ride in one of these.
Impressive acceleration at brake release!
Amazing video...! Million thanks for sharing..
Dad served in the USAAF 1945-1948 returned to the US via Mitchel Field Long Island NY. Loved the vid!
Great video - thank you for sharing.
Saw Aluminum Overcast in Charlotte nc at the North Carolina Aviation Museum, about 1997, a major storm was on its way so they took off to avoid it. The prop wash was unbelievable! Took off my cap, felt silly chasing my hat🤣
SPECTACULAR Video!
Excellent Job!
Beautiful !!
The people that flew these beautiful birds are passing away and I fear, no I know that except for a very few, their sacrifice for our freedom will be long forgotten by the “what’s in it for me” crowd.
there is nothing like the sweet sound of a piston-driven prop aircraft... to me that sound says power...
Excellent!!!!!
Hopefully she will be at Oshkosh this year.
Taking off and flying like in a slow motion.
ALL HAIL THE QUEEN!!!!!
The sound of large turbocharged radial engines, and the large propellers you can literally hear chopping through the air is not something that can be replicated
Great video! I made one myself yesterday from photos I took of it here in Indianapolis. I know what the "B" means, but I can't find out what the "17" means! Can you help?
The 17 is a government model number. B-17, B-24, B-25, B-1, B-2, etc.
Great
*QUESTION: How did you get the props to spin so naturally???* Until somebody mentioned it, I was like, "Oh, Yeah" Hate that weird digital thing, where they look like they're spinning in slow motion or standing still, etc.
In order to "blur" the props, the shutter speed of the camera must be at a low rate of about 1/60th of a second. That's where I set the camera for this video. Generally, if a camera is set to automatic, and you're shooting outside in daylight, the shutter speed will automatically be set to around 1/300 of a second to cut t amount of light that enters the camera for proper exposure. That fast of a shutter speed "freezes the prop in various places and the prop will either look like a pinwheel or worse. Sometimes you'll see the prop blades curved as they turn. Thats called "rolling shutter".
So you need to have a neutral density filter on your camera, which is in effect is a very dark pair of sunglasses. This allows you to lower the shutter speed and blur the props without overexposing the image. Cell phones and gopros don't usually have manual exposure settings, but they sell ND filters for gopros that work pretty well.
@@WarbirdVideos Well Sir, that's Brilliant. You really know your stuff! I was under the assumption that was just an unfortunate characteristic of digital movie cameras or something... So, the rest of these photogs are just lazy or have their heads up their Asses... LOL
Isn't this the same airplane that had a accident in CHICAGO .?
No - that was "Liberty Belle". Landed safely but unfortunately totally destroyed by fire.
Pratt and Whitneys?
Is this the b17 that just crashed a few moments ago?
No. It was the Collings foundation Nine 0 Nine.
KOOL"
That would really chop a duck up
How much and where do I buy one
$6,000, Kingman Arizona, 1947, take your pick! 🤣
@@WarbirdVideos thanks mate
If only they made them pressurised bet they still be seein combat
Боинг 1935 года до сих пор летает! А в России - прорыв(
If it's nob Boeing, I'm not going....
From Mike Mc: You have to know that ALL of the B-17s currently flyable are late-block license-built B-17Gs, either license-built by Lockheed's Vega division or by Douglas. Late in WW-II, Boeing had moved most of their bomber production over to building the B-29 Super Fortress and suspended most of their B-17 production at their plant #2 in Seattle. The Museum of Flight owns the last flyable Boeing-built, a B-17F, the only B-17F that is still flyable, but for all intents and purposes, it's grounded.
Dad's plane WW2
19-21 year olds need to be flying it, not old geezers.
Do you have any idea how may forts were lost in training?? I'll stick with airline pilots 😉
Markings of the 398th Bomb Group based in Nuthampstead, England. 1944-45.