AMAZING AVIATION STORIES! - Strange coincidences that could only happen with airplanes.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ต.ค. 2022
- Four amazing stories of unexplained occurrences from the Bell X-2 rocket plane to the airship Hindenburg, a United Air Lines Caravelle, and even a project from Douglas Aircraft's Art Department.
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I swear this is the most wholesome channel on this whole site.
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The Akimoto painting of the DC-10 in the rain has to be one of my all-time favorites. Mesmerizing and awe-inspiring masterpiece. Not just the painting, but the airplane itself too.
You can count the rain drops
It is a very beautiful and impressive painting.
Wonderful, Mike! Loved the Caravelle on the ramp with the Superconstellations in the background, the passing of an age.
Cheers!
Always a great day with Mike!
Very cool stories! Thank you so much. A lot of wonderful memories there.
"INTO THE UNKOWN" Thanks Mike. Great 1956 movie recommendation. Terrific Edward's AFB views, X-Plane and contemporary jet planes in flight. Opening credits acknowledges that era's contribution to future pilots yet born.
GREAT VIDEO SIR,YOU NEVER LET YOUR VIEWERS DOWN. GOD BLESS AND TAKE CARE
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Toward the unknown was a great film. Awesome video as always.
Another great video. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing great stuff.
Thanks John and 'hope you're doing well.
As the saying goes..."Coincidences are God's way of remaining anonymous"...great stories.
Wow. The last story really locks it up.
Very cool stuff Mike.
Thanks Mike for more great stories. I got a bit wistful when you showed the United Caravelle...UAL did fly the Caravelles on regular revenue flights as well as the Men Only trips. I had the pleasure of flying once on a Caravelle, and it was the quietest cabin of any jetliner before or since. Of course if you were outside the airplane you got the experience of hearing those screaming Avons!
This is a great episode Mike the best part it's the tapestry of your life in your career really glad that you shared all that with us
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That was cool! thank for sharing your stories and artwork with us!
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I am definitely going to look into George Akimoto and his work. I've been getting into watercolor painting the past few years, and the paintings in this video are absolutely stunning. Thanks for sharing him with us!
Oh! and a quick edit. I so recognize the drawings of the old Northeastern Airlines planes. My mother was a flight attendant with them before they merged with Delta. She still has the NE book somewhere in her house. Unfortunately, the only photo of her in the canary yellow uniform is a black and white photo.
I have never actually seen Toward the Unknown and I want too...badly!
I had somehow never heard of it, but the fact it uses all real footage is what really sealed the deal for me.
Great stories and absolutely fascinating coincidences! Do love the Concorde. Keep up the wonderful videos Mike.
'Towards the Unknown' is in my garage dvd player quite often while I'm working on my RC planes. Now there'll always be a touch of humor and sadness every time it's on.
I love that photo your wife took of the Thunderbirds!
Thanks for sharing Mike. I love these stories. Really well done as always.
Many thanks!
I was lucky to catch Toward the Unknown on Turner Classic Movies about 10 years ago, and ordered it on DVD from there. Lots of cool footage of great aircraft and of Edwards!
Bravo Mr. Machat! Excellent episode!
Many thanks!
Wonderful video as always Mr Machat! To be honest, all of the videos I have watched on the channel are amazing! After one of your posts I was inspired to get Toward the Unknown on DVD. Loved the film. Can't thank you enough for the inspiring and informative videos you put together. As always God bless you and yours and thanks again for everything you do! Take care always Sir!
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@@celebratingaviationwithmik9782 you are most welcome!
Great stories ! You're a pretty darn good storyteller, Mike.
Building a model, taking a photo, or finishing a painting are just one frame out of the subject's life. If the story isn't in your heart it won't express itself in the artwork.
Always a lesson, Mike.
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Another great video Mr. Machat! Very interesting stuff! I really enjoy all your videos!
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Another magnificent video, captivating from start to finish, wonderful images and words. Thank you! Many of the childhood emotions you mentioned resonate with me, alas my artistic talent never matched my love of aircraft and flying. I enjoy all you share and am so happy to have found your site. Take care.
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Enjoyed your stories Mike. My only connection to the Concorde is watching it T/O on 22R at JFK from the cockpit of a 747. I was privileged to see that several times. The noise and vibration never failed to impress, what an airplane.
Very cool!
That was an amazing set of stories…
I was thinking, maybe he should’ve played the theme music from the Twilight Zone as you were telling us those stories, especially the last one.
A very interesting video
That Ville de Lille story gave me goosebumps... the series of coincidences leading up to that is too much to explain
You always, always come out with a really interesting program....
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All wonderful stories Mike. I smiled throughout the whole presentation. Thank you for all you do.
The best aircraft at edwards air show is the fairey firefly..it took my breath away. Amazing coincidences
Excellent! I truly enjoy every video you make! Thanks for making these Aviation History videos! They are absolutely priceless!
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Really enjoy your work.
Mike, Yes it can....
It happens to wonderful people.
Aaah. Memories.
Thanks Scott - best to you and Lynne.
Another odd coincidence was Ivan Dixon's character on Hogan's Hero was named James Kinchloe which is very close to Ivan Kinchloe's name sort-of. Dixon played an army air force sergeant. So there is the source to Dixon's character's name.
I caught that, too. Hmmmmm.
Thanks for all of the cool videos and artwork...way cool.
I got to walk around the Concorde while working in a distant country years ago. It was hard to comprehend the size of the aircraft. Massive.
Wow Mike your stories are absolutely fascinating. I love your knowledge, and humility.
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Mike, this video makes me think of Disneyland.
Why?
Just like the ride: "It's a Small World After all"
Mike your videos are awesome all the time.
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I was lucky enough to have flown on Indian Airlines Caravelles as a youth, though they had a reputation for engine fires on take-off and also no APU which is a big hassle in India in the summer...
And in the same frame at 1:37 is what looks like a larger aircraft with the F-16 flying below.
Mike, I'm really enjoying your videos. Thanks for taking the time to produce and share your experiences, knowledge, stories and memories with us through these videos!
Thanks for keeping the history alive, Mike.
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I hope you have reached a young audience with these videos. Your experiences in aviation with art is inspiring to this young old heart! I don't regret enlisting as a Crew Chief back in the day and making a career of it (E12O6) but who new aviation art was a path? Good on ya!
September 27 has odd X-2/TTU juju. Lloyd Nolan, Gen. Banner in Toward The Unknown, passed away on that same date in 1985.
Oh, that's right! I remember seeing that date when I read Nolan's obituary in 1985. 'Should've mentioned that, thanks!
Nice work
I don't know if this counts as a co-inky-dink, but I lived 4 miles due east of Midway Airport in '63, and saw those United Caravelles fly back and forth right over my house Monday thru Friday. They had a very different sound from the 707s and 727s; I knew it was a Caravelle flying without looking up.
Wonderful stories, beautiful art! I envy your talent. I can paint a car, but can’t draw one for beans. Thank you sir, from Alaska.
I own the DVD Toward The Unknown. I genuinely enjoy your works. Well Done Sir.
Actually If the golf tour you are referring to took the concorde to Rome in 1998, I believe I was the tower controller who cleared the plane for takeoff (of course the pilot asked to exceed the 250 knots limiti!) and it was the loudest plane I ever heard!
Small world! And yes, very possible Rome was what they called a "service stop" on the final leg back to Paris. Awesome!
Hi Mike. Quel talent !
Coincidences? I like to think that things happen for a reason. Why they do will always be a mystery.
great episode Mike. I would like to share a coincidence of my own, but a tragic one. my birthday is October 1st. as a young boy I was enamored of aviation. my dad was friends with the manager of a Eastern airline booking office in a Boston hotel. he wanted to give me a special birthday gift as it was my 7th birthday.. it was a large cutaway model of a lockheed electra. they displayed them in the office so that customers could see the interior of the aircraft and pick their seat. I was in heaven.. my uncle wanted to do something for me as well, so on October 4th 1960 he took me on his boat in Winthrop Bay that was right on the end of the runway and we were watching the planes going right over our heads. we watched the Eastern Electra taking off, saw it run into a huge flock of birds, and it seemed like slow motion, the plane rolled inverted and crashed into the bay just beyond our boat. with approx 70 people on board. my memory may be off a bit, but I believe everyone perished. but in my minds eye, I can still see that plane pass over us and roll into the water... fast forward to 1980. I got married to a wonderful girl. her birthday was October 4th 1960. sad coincedence to be sure. anyway keep your great, informative episodes coming.
That is indeed an amazing aviation story! Thanks for watching.
Man i started this video as ugh, lets see… i grew up at edwards, started flying lessons down the road at california city. This video, just become one of my favorites. Awesome job, cant wit to see your other work. Btw, do you have any prints you sell?
I wonder how close that caravale came to a laminar air flow air flow it looks like they really they really tried to follow some of those basic rules
I really miss the great variety of aircraft that would greet me as I stared out onto the tarmac before boarding.
Agreed!
Cloud looks like Concord.
YES AT 17:00 We see the beautiful Caravelle ... BUT ... LOOK at the even more BEAUTIFUL plane in the background! MAYBE, as an Artist, you'll, one day, make a video about the sheer artistic shape and beauty of this "MONA LISA" of the skies and explain why most people find this aircraft so beautiful,, even if its a Lockheed and not a Douglas!
Thanks for the comment, and here's the video on the Lockheed Constellation - a classic beauty for sure!: th-cam.com/video/T59EYmq3_k4/w-d-xo.html
I love your presentations, info I'd never come across otherwise. I have a question, am I hearing the actual carasoul between some of the slides???
First, thanks for supporting the channel with your contribution - greatly appreciated. That sound is actually my keyboard advancing the next image onscreen, but yes, I certainly began my presentation skills with a good ol' carousel!
@@celebratingaviationwithmik9782 😂 I was certainly imagining you presenting in front of a group of industry people. I've been there as well. I assumed it was the keyboard, I'm just relating to the cross style of TH-cam and company meetings.
At 10:00, quad landing gear? That's something I hadn't noticed before. Is it discussed in another of your videos?
Yes, we'll be doing a special Landing Gear video coming soon. The center gear you see in that illustration was fitted to the heavier-gross weight DC-10 Series 30 Intercontinental model. Thanks for watching!
Hola you photograph is beautiful saludos aviator
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Wait! The Concorde Revell model box top at 21:34, was that your model or was that your artwork?
Mike! Why does that DC-10 at 10:00 have four sets of landing gear??? Is that normal? It looks like there’s a gear set in the middle of the fuselage under the wings.
The center landing gear you see in that illustration was fitted to the heavier-gross weight DC-10 Series 30 Intercontinental model and Air Force KC-10 version as well. Thanks for watching!
Out the Concorde window ... [19:57] Is that a DC-3 on the other taxiway?
I remember seeing a Caravelle coming in for landing at O'Hare when I was a Boy Scout in '62. He just broke out of low clouds at about 400' AGL. Somewhat off course if he was over the Scout Reserve. Like all Troop 160 campouts, it was another verse of 'Singin' In the Rain.' Overcast, with full precipitation. Above freezing. He was so low I could see scared faces pressed up against the portholes. It was about 5 pm, I think. Didn't hear explosions, so I guess they made it.
Neat story, and that aircraft in the background is a Boeing 737. Thanks for watching!
Even before you pointed I out I saw a Rafale in that cloud.
Don't know why buy I can distinguish that from a eurofighter frome a few frames on a low quality fly by video
Absolutely fascinating. There is no such as coincidence, but there are God incidences...
Please forgive me if you've already talked about it but have you published a coffee table book?
Yes, my book was published in 2016, and is available with a 25% discount direct from Specialty Press. If you're interested. just enter "MIKE" in the coupon code when ordering. It's a 10"x 10" hardbound book, 196 pages, with 60 paintings and stories of 30 legendary pilots I worked with on those projects. Book is entitled PAINTING AVIATION’S LEGENDS:
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Concord over Hong Kong?
Yes, an illustration for a 'round-the-world charter flight stopping at Hong Kong for the new Millennium, December 31, 1999. Thanks for watching!
I disagree, my eyes were first drawn to the cloud and it is clearly a Mirage.
I went to school at edwards