TBM Avenger N40402 First Flight after Restoration
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 เม.ย. 2014
- April 18, 2014, Hagerstown, MD, See TBM3-E Avenger N40402 of the CAF
National Capitol Squadron start up and take off for it's first test
flight after a twelve year restoration. - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
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I love this aircraft. I've been fortunate to see one of these great restored birds in real life, the sound alone is amazing. My cousin was an Avenger radio operator stationed on the Gambier Bay. If anyone is interested, the Battle of Samar was a great, and largely untold story, of U.S. Naval history. The deeds of Taffy 3 are legendary. The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors and the Fighting Men of the Gambier Bay are a great read.
Will definitely check that stuff out! Thanks! :)
I will NEVER cease to be amazed at the beauty of the geometry of those wings unfolding so gracefully.
It is wonderful that talented people are prepared to give large parts of their lives to ensure that the current and future generations can see such aircraft where they belong- in the sky.
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I flew from Norfolk to NY in 1950 aboard an Avenger after spending about 10 days on the Escort Carrier Palau during operation Portrex;
I was the flight commanders radioman stationed on the ship. After operation Portrex ended, the Commander asked if anyone wanted to hitch a ride to NY and said yes as I was going to Massachusetts for some Liberty days. That was a good trip and I hitch hiked the rest of the way to Massachusetts. All of days spent on ships will always bring back nostalgic memories!
Dave W.
Wow ! Made my Day hearing an Avenger . Huge fan of WW2 Aircraft. Thank you for sharing.
Man oh man.... could you imagine the sound of 10-15 of those all waiting to take off a carrier!!!!!
Nothing like the sound of a radial engine sweet.
1:58, 5:40. Nothing beats the sound of a good ol' radial engine when it comes to planes. Beautiful. Thank you for uploading.
amen . love the avenger
I believe that this is the aircraft that was assigned to the Capital Wing of the CAF base at the Culpeper Regional Airport. I was a member of this wing when it was restored. The final restoration work was done in Hagerstown!
Nice filming and I like that the prop is shown without slow motion illusion.
Well done!
My dad was aircrew in the TBM's during the war. What a lovely sight and sound!
Mine too. Radioman/Bombadier/Stinger Gunner. CVE101.
I remember watching these fllying out of El Toro when I was a kid 1953
Great video. My Dad flew on Avengers during WW II
Thank you for posting your great video!
That was fantastic! Very happy she has made it back into the air!
What a beautiful aircraft!
Man what a beautiful bird and incredible restoration!
What a gorgeous bird!
Awesome to see this plane, nice restoration looks beautiful well done
Great video. Glad to see some of the old WW2 birds are still around and still flying. A great tribute to the thousands made by the Rosie Riveters and flown by the Navy's Winged Sailors!
way to go guys been a long time coming
For some reason, aircraft from this period in history seem to carry an almost magical attraction. Look at any video with these aircraft and you'll see throngs of people, many of which aren't airplane people, standing in line to see, hear and smell them.
There is no sound like that of a Big radial hacking its way through the sky. A stump pulling engine .
Beautiful Bird!
Great sound!
I was a mechanic on this very aircraft back when it was a sprayer.
where did this airplane spray at, there were some of these planes with a company out of Canada when I worked in the woods in Maine in the 70's spraying to kill spruce budworm and always wondered what happened to them
That would be the ones. We were across the border from Maine in New Brunswick. Forest Protection Ltd. They operated avengers until not too many years ago.
Does anyone know if this is the TBM purchased, by the CAF, when the Frederick Wing was still in operation? If so, does anyone know if Tommy was the test pilot? Thank you for the great video!
in 1975 I was working in the logging camps in northern Maine and at that time there was a bad Bud Worm infestation destroying the fir and spruce trees there was a company out of Canada doing the spaying almost daily they were flying these old TBM's always wondered what ever happened to those planes
My Dad flew one (#20) and now one of those FPL Avengers is being restored to military configuration at the Canadian Warplane Heritage outfit in Hamilton Ontario
They flew out of Fredericton and also Miramachi. My dad and I used to go to the Fredericton airport to watch them quite often in the mid 90s. I'm now an engine tech on cf18 Hornets in Cold Lake Alberta.
Wondered what happened to them? Haha you were just watching one of them! This was once Tanker 18. :)
Forest Protection Ltd. Based in Fredericton, New Brunswick and operating out of airstrips all over NB. Aircraft maintained by Woodlands Aviation. I was an apprentice mechanic there working on TBMs over thirty years ago.
holy cow it idles like a beast 9:09
Love the ole birds
really a nice restoration, one question though why didn't you put the wheels up while you were flying?
Yeah I’m scratching my head at that too
I understand why the landing gear was left down for the first test hop but why the no-flap landings?
bearbon2 he probably wasn't flying overly fast for the test flight, plus if there is adequate runway space it would be easy for a plane going only 80 or so to slow down without flaps.
@@kamdenbarclay486 Yeah just more parts that can go wrong, especially with the hydraulics being (relatively) complicated, at least for a single-engined plane. This one flies about 5,000lb under its original MTOW, and even then - she was designed to take off and land on carriers obviously. Its takeoff/landing performance is pretty incredible - still surprises me (she's off in around 500' with any kind of wind!) We use the flaps now, but you certainly don't need to. The slower speeds are easier on the gear / tires / brakes and gauging the approach etc though.
Why isn't this housed in Hagerstown? I never see it at any of the air shown in Hagerstown.
she is beautyful !!! wow!!!
She's Similar to the one that Former President George H W Bush flown in during the Second World War... The Aircraft was Named Barbara, hince the Former First Lady
What if that huge and heavy torpedo got hung up and you had to land back on the carrier, heavy. Doable? Did it ever happen? Thanks, Paul PS My dad did 44 months in the Pacific on Indianapolis and also got a Zero I think in the Marianas. "Battle stations!" He never talked about it because I think it was their duty to shut and heal.
Battlestations Pacific brought me here.
They were flown by the navy in late fifties to transport mail and people to the fleets at sea in transport squadrons they put dual seats were the 50 cal was I flew any times as a crew member from capodichino airport Naples italy
was a PC flew out of Norfolk plane # 95242 mid 50's VR22
Why didn't he put the gear up?
I don't see y someone would dislike this
Man I wish the pilot would show a POV
Ma i carrelli perché non li chiude
Never have figured out this turbean business they are too expensive , love the radials.
One made it back from flight 19
Avenger309 out of the Rocky Mountain Wing is broken and needs love. Anybody please contact them and donate to bring one of few back to the air
So, where is it being housed?
She lives at the Capital Wing of the Commemorative Air Force in Culpeper, VA now
Sounds like it is running a bit rich.
Is that what it is? It does sound different.
USS Midway x)
tiny tailwheel... just enough to carry the lower weight on the tail, always looks scary... no idea why they did this.
Nice in theory but too slow. The first flights of them at Midway were wiped out. Courageous pilots of The Greatest Generation.
They did well later though, in '44-45, I presume they were more successful when operated with an escort of F6F Hellcats.
Wiped out because of bad tactics ( No coordinated fighter cover) and poor torpedoes at the battle.
Landing gear problems
Bush flew the Avenger and earned his wings at age 19!
It could be escorted by modern jets...and a Real torpedo this Time.
Hah! I'm the 402nd like for N40402 :D
Patrol 19...1945😪
Didn't former U.S. President George H.W. Bush fly one of these Avengers in World War II? Is that what he was flying when he got shot down? Amazing he was rescued and not cannibilized in a Japanese POW camp...he almost was the President who never was.
R.i.P. George Bush, 1924-2018.
From what I have found out he was shot down twice. He managed a wheels-up landing on the water and was picked up out of the ocean by a Destroyer that was in the area and saw him go down. He also jumped out of another shot-up Avenger parachuting into the ocean with a survival raft after 4 hours a submarine surfaced rescuing him.
He was picked up by a submarine.
Yes, the Aircraft is called Barbara 3
Nicholas Dobos
He was also the youngest naval aviator in WW2 at age 18 .
George Bush, his limpdick son and obama were the three worst presidents our country has had. Bush was a fucking coward who sacrificed his aircrew to escape. Piece of shit doesn't amount to a hairbump on President Trump's ass
My dad flew these in WW2. Loved them. Said they could best a P47 in a low altitude mock dogfight.
Could it be said that the TBM is the precursor of all Ground Attack planes?
It's certainly not what it was originally designed for (hell, the original TBF's didn't even have the wing .50's ) and some would argue that the P-47's stole some of that "thunder" no pun intended lol. As you implied though, by the end of the war (and especially with the marines) this thing was a favorite for CAS, and 4x 500lb or 12x 100lb bombs were common, along with the HVARs etc. They actually had entire escort carriers deployed as marine units with TBM's for CAS.
I just want to fly one, with ammo in guns
Why is the landing gear down the entire time of the flight?
GunnySgtTrujillo USMCcause they dont know what's gonna happen if they put the landing gear up
GunnySgtTrujillo USMC it might get stuck
GunnySgtTrujillo USMC and might not be able to land again :)
Tom cruise is jealous. He hates Old Pilots.
That is basically a General motors airplane.
They built it, but they didn't know a damn thing about designing it ;) It's 100% Grumman designed and tested.. GM just license produced it for them as they were too busy building the Hellcats. This aircraft does indeed have the MFG plate next to the throttle quadrant that says "built by the General Motors Corporation Eastern Aircraft Division at Linden, New Jersey" on it, with serial no, etc on it. Pretty cool!
@@EstorilEm Avengers were never built at Linden. Wildcats were. Avengers were assembled at Trenton-Ternstadt, of parts made at Tarrytown, Baltimore (Broening Highway), and several other plants.
karl endlich damnit, Karl! Okay you got me - I forgot the exact inscription on the plate of ours, I’m sure you’re right. I’m glad she still has the mfg plate in there though!
@@EstorilEm no big deal. My mom's ex husband worked at Linden, inspecting FM-1s and FM-2s.
That engine sound after landing was better than sex. Thank you!
Please, please, please don’t turn this magnificent bird into some acrobatic toy at some dopey airshow. Fly it like it was meant to fly.
What? Torpedo ships with it??
@@douggould7572right? I don’t believe there is a practical use for it other than dopey air shows at this point. It’s just a TAD obsolete
Just give it to Ukraine.