Flew with 2 2800's in a Convair 440 several years in the 60's. So smooth and reliable we never thought about them. Had a piston ring land failure in cruise one night that produced one muffled miss as the plugs were peened shorted. We could not detect any BMEP loss. We flew another few hours including two takeoffs before arriving at our layover airport with maintenance. We called for a thermocouple "Wand" check on arrival. The mechanic checked each cylinder temperature with the 8 ft long wand and identified the cold dead cylinder. It was changed overnight and no metal was found in the oil screen and we flew it out next morning. I only learned decades later what a marvelous piece of machinery the 2800 was.
Absolutely gorgeous. Hope it won the Golden Wrench award, it deserves it. Thanks for doing a Pacific scheme especially this one. A great book about the P-47 in the Pacific is Check Six, highly recommended.
The 56th FG, top scoring AAF group during WW2 ( air to air) flew P-47s for the whole war. Though it was one of 15 fighter groups in the 8th Air Force, 5 of the top 10 aces came from the 56th, including the top 2. The Thunderbolt served with great distinction air to air and air to ground.
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Flew with 2 2800's in a Convair 440 several years in the 60's. So smooth and reliable we never thought about them. Had a piston ring land failure in cruise one night that produced one muffled miss as the plugs were peened shorted. We could not detect any BMEP loss. We flew another few hours including two takeoffs before arriving at our layover airport with maintenance. We called for a thermocouple "Wand" check on arrival. The mechanic checked each cylinder temperature with the 8 ft long wand and identified the cold dead cylinder. It was changed overnight and no metal was found in the oil screen and we flew it out next morning. I only learned decades later what a marvelous piece of machinery the 2800 was.
Absolutely gorgeous. Hope it won the Golden Wrench award, it deserves it. Thanks for doing a Pacific scheme especially this one. A great book about the P-47 in the Pacific is Check Six, highly recommended.
The 56th FG, top scoring AAF group during WW2 ( air to air) flew P-47s for the whole war. Though it was one of 15 fighter groups in the 8th Air Force, 5 of the top 10 aces came from the 56th, including the top 2. The Thunderbolt served with great distinction air to air and air to ground.
Great video! The P-47 had the highest pilot survival rating of any fighter aircraft of WW2!
Just Beautiful!!! Was there, saw the WWII P-47 Pilot sit in it and such a RUSH to see History Live
Thanks for posting! Amazing stuff.
Alexander Kartveli and Alexander Seversky are happy that one of their babies is bouncy and bolting again! She's stunning!
Great interview! Thanks for sharing. I was at Airventure on Saturday and got to see Bonnie perform, and it was beautiful!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Bonnie❤ I just smiled yet amazed when Lt. Terry did the trick to get in the Army Air Corps that started his career and made him a great P-47 pilot.
Incredible !
Way more intense than restoring a car or a boat.Hell, your leaving the ground and going fast.
I would’ve loved to have flown the P-47 in ground attack.
Glen McIntyre flew one
The reason there are more P51s is that they are all replicas/copies not ww2 era.
Wrong
Not true at all
Not even close. Do some research.
All this dwelling in the past is killing us all moving forward.!
It's called history, try researching it.