CAC Wirraway - Start Up - 3/18
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 เม.ย. 2018
- March 2018 - The crew at Fantasy of Flight start up the CAC Wirraway after fixing the lack of pressure in the fuel system. If all goes well, Paul will taxi the plane around for a bit and test out the brakes. Come along and see what happens.
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We lost a lot of pilots during ww2 and our population was small, I think we did our best and produced these birds as good as we could , all cheers to you guys for keeping our history alive thank you . Best wishes from AUSTRALIA
love ur work kermit!!! peter from kogarah Australia here ! what a lovely airplane u have ? me back in 1984 flew tne Windjeel trainer then jet conversion to vampire t33 then 3 years on CA 29 mirage 3 76 sqaudron under my c/o big jim Flemming aka the black panther squadron !!!
My late Mother in law told me about helping build them in the 1940s she was a rivet hand at CAC Melbourne Australia.
Kermit, This is the kinds of stuff that is so interesting and different and none have more cool toys than you.
Many also love to hear mech's talk about problems. It's fascinating.
I love these types of videos, it shows how much hard work and dedication Kermit's team put into keeping these aircraft flying, and how its all done!
And once again thanks for posting these videos that look into what you all do. Cant wait for more.
I work on eurofighter typhoons every day, I'd give that up in a heart beat to work on these old war birds!!!
Lovely to see this progressing to being airworthy again! Keep up the incredible work K.W and team!
Thanks for sharing the Whiraway progress. Very interesting I sure miss those blue skies.
This is so great to see, my love for this plane is indescibable, thank yous so much for keepin this plane alive and showin this, its epic seein progress bein made to it aswell
Gentlemen,
I can't thank you enough for posting these video's. I really hope to be able to make it down there next year when I finish Aviation Maintenance School. It's so awesome to be able to see these amazing aircraft come to life. I can't wait to see some video's on the BF-109 I heard you talk about. Stay safe and God bless my friend's. Much support from Oklahoma! 👍👍👍
Paul Pflaum I'd love to work there! I've been helping a friend on his TBM Avenger (He actually knows Mr. Weeks) and another friend with his AF 2S Guardian. I'm always learning and never afraid to try my hardest.
Im from Australia, and it makes my heart soar with glee to see that they Actually got one of these birds Working!
The wirraway is remowned for btching on startup and refusing to start... especially after she hasnt run in a while
Also on that note my towns airfield has a Wirraway and the airfields owner and family friend evan is rather brutal in his opinion to the wirraway,
In his words and i quote "What? The Wirraway? Nah, all shes good for is converting fuel to noise"
His wirraway flys out to airshows when ever it can XD
So she has a good life
Nothing like the sound of a big nine cylinder Wasp. I noticed everything he said, how the plane would creep without chocks, how there were cylinders dropping out , then I learned from him that's the left mag. I got my A&P many years ago, ended up working on cars.. go figure. But I have a good ear for the health of an engine simply by listening to it.. Very cool thanks for not covering up the sound with music or other nonsense.
See. This is what happens to you when your work on vintage airplanes like the Wirraway. You're only in your thirties, but you look like you're in sixties...All for fun! This was great...2018. What a ride. FOF Mechanics Corner Rulz.
You guys are very lucky to get to work on vintage birds nice
that radial sounds wonders to me when idleing. You can feel every stroke
My Uncle trained on the RAAF CAC Wirraway in WW2 prior to the P40 in the Philippines. Was one of the few who after completing a few tours was sent to the Advanced Central Gunnery School in Cressy Victoria (Australia) on Mk5 Spitfires which was considered the Top Gun pilots school during the war. That funny little single gun in the nose pretty unique with the Wirraway. Shame don't think any left in Australia now..
There is one at Temora in NSW.
Good job Paul and ya mates ............awesome !
A classic airplane, but by no means my favorite. Still, it's worth keeping in running order so the next generation can appreciate what our pilots had to deal with!
I would love to know if Kermit Weeks ever got the Bristol Beaufighter? He was working on getting it from South Africa. I talked with him many years ago. Visited Fantasy of Flight with my Grandfather who built the first cradle for transporting the Merlin engines. My Farther was there also and was talking to Kermit about Merlin engines as he worked on them when he was in the RAF. You are an amazing man Mr Weeks you took time to talk to us. I don't know if you remember but I am still writing that book on the Beaufighter. Be blessed!
Personally I did not pay much attention to the Beaufighter until I saw one put through its paces at Biggin Hill and for something that looks a little pedestrian that thing shifts and turns not sure who was flying it but he did a nice job of displaying it.
Great video yet again! Any update on your P51A?
Thank you!
Hone the master cyl bore....lol did those on plenty of cars n trucks{old ones}...thanks Qentilemen.
What’s going on with Spitfire project?
Radials. If there's a better sounding engine, I don't know about it. Except the engine in our little red Corvette, maybe....lol
Brave guys that had to face Zeroes in these stop-gap fighters.
the Wirraway wasn't ever intended to be a fighter nor was it ever classed as a fighter, but there is record of a Wirraway shooting down a Zero so it is correct to say that pilots; perhaps when feeling lucky, would use it as a pseudo-fighter. Regardless the pilots were indeed very brave.
@@devonlord99 Guess we’re all experts. If you quote Wikipedia;
its American "cousin" the T-6 (both types having been derived from the NA-16) did for many Allied Air Forces during the Second World War, the Wirraway served as one of the RAAF's main trainer types from 1939. Beside serving as a trainer aircraft they were also operated in combat roles, including as an emergency fighter. At the outbreak of the Pacific War in December 1941 Wirraways equipped seven RAAF squadrons: Nos 4, 5, 12, 22, 23, 24 and 25. A group of five Wirraways based at Kluang in Malaya for training purposes was pressed into combat against Japanese ground invasion forces; these were generally flown by New Zealanders with Australian observers, and had some successes
Oh and if this helps, I'm a former commercial pilot 12000 plus hours retired and I never knew this aircraft even existed imagine that soartractor
I see the markings are for 5 Squadron RAAF. Are they the original markings? Also, I didn't know they had variable pitch props on these aircraft.
Thank you for posting the process of removing Gremlins. Last vid "Mechanic's Corner" you had a fuel issue. Could you tell us enquiring mechanical minds what the issue finally was?
No ear plugs with an ear right next to that exhaust stack. That dude reminds me of my dad.
...... what??? speak up.
Good thing he doesn't have a full head of hair . One back fire and he is alight
Is your dad hard of hearing?
He is now. He wears a hearing aid!
I alway wondered why, when starting up an aircraft for the first time, you dont wear 2-way headsets. Must be a lot safer and a lot more comfortable to communicate.
What is the D.A.R. ? thank you, I enjoy these mechanics viewpoint videos.
D.A.R. - Designated Airworthiness Representative . . . a private someone qualified to sign off airplanes for the FAA. The one we use is the retired FAA inspector we used to use, that is still teaching his new FAA boss!
Thanks guys your so right, ignoring best policy hate to see other aviators or aviation enthusiasts berated by someone who clearly demonstrates little or no knowledge of aviation, so I guess that's his bag....He's jealous of others who do.
Hay KermitWeeksHanger next time you start up one of those beautiful Beast will you please put the camera slightly Ford of under the prop as long with a slow motion camera so we can see the Beast of your choice breathe fire again?
there is chance my grandfather built a part or parts for this plane
he worked at the Commonwealth Aircraft factory before during and after WW2
and if you have to ask why wasnt he fighting
1 he was unfit for duty
2 he was in a protected job meaning he was exempt from duty even if he wanted or was fit enough
my late father also worked there at CAC Fisherman's Bend before and during the war. He definitely worked on both the wirraway and Boomerang aircraft. He also worked on repairing the US B17's early in the Pacific war.
Neil W
@@TheNWPerry i wonder if they knew each other
@@sammy_dog more than likely I'd think. Dad was a turner and fitter at that time and worked all through out the plant. Worked 12 hour shifts during the war. He would have been about 21 - 23 years old at the time and just newly married. Rode his push bike from Moreland to Fisherman's Bend every day. He passed about 2005 in his eighties then.
@@TheNWPerry Not sure what my GF did i think he was a fitter n turner as well or maybe a mechanic i will have to ask mum for more info about him he died when i was only 1 or 2 months old
My dad flew this aircraft in Temora
How many blades do you count before switching on the mags? I heard it cough after three. We were taught six (for a three-blade prop). But that was not for a P&W.
Is that an aerial for an HF/Shortwave radio, running from the post in front of the cockpit to the tail fin?
yes, most planes of that era had a wire antenna outside of the fuselage.
What was the problem with the engine driven fuel pump?
Where did you get this Wirraway from? Was it in flying condition from North Queensland or is this a new restoration?
If the EPA was the way they are now in WW2(did they even exist then?), they would have had a fit over the smoke and oil consumption of these engines...lucky for us, they weren't a problem then...
4:54 Working within 3 feet of certain death. Insurance must be crazy.
CAC Boomerang tail, Harvard cockpit
Soaring tractor is missing the point as to why alot of us watch these videos, to learn something, not to put down others whether you like their say or not, bad manors on your part I guess. ..
Where is soraringtractor ? Or wilbur ? Not seen him lately lol
What engine is this?
Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp
Oh and by the way, soaring tractor I'm a former commercial pilot 12000 plus hours not alot by standards and if this helps you berate me I never knew this particular aircraft even existed so I learned a lot today how about what did you learn today, how to bash online comments feel better now dahhhhh
Chuck La Mont ignoring him is the best way to go. He craps over anything that isn't American built, and doesn't do it with anything more than hyperbole.
Soaring Tractor is a troll, he's always posting negative comments just to get a reaction from people, i see him comment on a lot of vids and it's always the same BS. Just ignore him, I don't see his comment, i don't know what he said so i'm guessing it's been removed but i know the name and I know that he never has anything good to say.
yeah the guy is a pathetic troll who needs help
Massively under powered. I witnessed one stall and flip into the tarmac at RAAF Albatross some years ago. Flying slow into a stiff wind, Made a turn to go with the wind and instant stall. And one dead pilot. Be careful
Stall has nothing to do with power , it’s all about angle of attack.
If I ever become rich I know what I want to do
1st comment I like turtles !!