I was there a day after Andrew. So glad to see her flying, thanks Kermit. We here in Florida and the world appreciate what you have done for aviation. We salute you!
This has to be the best test flight video I've ever seen. Even better than when FlightChops captured test pilot Dave Carrick's first flight in my RV-8, which experienced severe canopy skirt vibration. The camera angle was perfect, audio was clear and video quality was excellent. No better person to have in the left seat than Steve Hinton, and Mark Moodie was right on point. I'll watch this one many times; thanks so much to all for sharing this episode... and keeping it uncut!
My father flew this bird in France late in WW2. His squadron was based near Lyon. Later he flew night reconnaissance with the same a/c in Korea. It was fitted with a carbon arc search light. He flew out of Taegu, Korea at night looking for troop movements and trains supporting the Chinese. Earned the DFC. There is a restored A26 at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, Oregon. Same place the Spruce Goose is located.
Great achievement. Steve Hinton shows how a testpilot should act: stay calm and keep on flying no matter what. Top video, showing even if not everything goes as planned you finish the first flight successfully. Congrats to a restoration finished with a nearly perfect result- she looks absolutely gorgeous!
Used to see the PoF A-26 years ago. Awesome plane. Thanks Kermit for restoring it. And you had the Right Stuff in the cockpit. None better than these two. Cool and calm and kept flying. That's how you do it.
Finally back in the skies! Love that you restore your planes to airworthy! Also love seeing Steve and Mark at the helm! Met Steve many times at reno and planes of fame and mark at palm springs air museum when i lived out west.
The Invader is one of my all time favourites. So good to see another one returned to the air. Your test flight crew were pretty awesome. They treated the snags like another day at the office. Congratulations on the milestone.
During the early 50’s our Unit had P-51’s and we also had an A-26 used to pull gunnery targets for the 51’s. My Dad told me about taking ride in maybe a jump seat on the Invader and he said it was really fast and nimble ! Beautiful job on the restoration !
Ah, great footage from my old "stomping grounds." I learned to fly at Riverside and later parked my Cessna 172 at Chino, home of the Planes Of Fame. What a great place to hang out.
Lovely! I've been playing 'IL-2' and have gone all out adding rudder controls, a throttle quadrant for controlling mixture, pitch, and flaps along with a stick for flying the Invader's earlier cousin the A20. Douglas built some very innovative yet forgiving to fly airplanes and it's great seeing them back in the air.
This video has so much clickbait potential but Kermit has kept it simple, honest and not misleading just for the sake of views. This is why you’re the best aviation TH-camr out there mate.
Have been following this rebuild, and I knew it was getting close to being finished. I'm glad to see it back in the air. Would be nice to have a freash walk around when she gets back home to Florida.
Great job Steve & Moodie! Kermit, I remember you from Wycombe Air Park back in the 80's with the Mosquito. I thought about coming across to see what was going on but was pre - flighting a PA-38 to set off in the murk Lolz! Love your videos, keep them coming.😁👍
I love that people are preserving these airplanes, returning them to flying condition, and being as original as possible, given how air traffic control has evolved with requirements unknown when they were built.
I've been awaiting to see this, thanks Mr. Kermit! I couldn't think a better person to be at the controls than Mr. Steve (other than yourself). He and Mr. Ed Maloney really got a hold of me in the 80's as a young boy and showed me the love. BTW, man has the area changed. All the houses and buildings now where there were hay barns and cattle!
@@Airsally I thought that too. It's a similar thing you see when they start building close to racetracks and gun ranges that have been established forever.
Well done, guys! From a haunter of Planes of Fame since I was a kid when it was near Cable Airport, when it moved to Ontario IA and then to Chino. See you at Flo's.
ATC was perfect, understood that you had a little emergency, couldn't exactly hear what runway you were cleared to land on and made the gyrocopter go around incase your tried landing on their assigned runway.
The Invader is one of my favorite warbirds. There were A-26 fire bombers at the local airport in the 1980's. I wish i'd taken pictures of the planes back then. There were also F7F Tigercats fire fighting. An airshow every day!
Got to walk around her in the hangar a few years ago. Such an impressive aircraft. Man - good that the canopy panels didn't come off and strike something. You guys have skill, poise, and nerve !
I worked with a former USAF pilot who was checked out in the A-26 ground attack aircraft during the Vietnam era. He had been flying the EC-47 listening post out of Phu Cat and had plenty of multi-engine radial time. He completed his checkout and almost immediately after, the Air Force cancelled that program due to wings coming off. He said that when he fired the eight 50 cals in the nose, the entire cockpit filled with smoke! Must have been a fun time.
Thx Kermit for an informative and entertaining video glad to see another war bird get her wings back even if it got loud for Steve and Mark. Stay Healthy.
Used to have a hangar and our plane at CNO…enjoyed seeing the progress on your plane as it was being rebuilt…nice to see this video clip…we’re up in Idaho now, COE…we miss CNO but not CA
So amazing they returned this old girl back to stock and even put in an original fault with the canopies, great camera angle and great CRM, great vid to watch, will we see more ?
That was a screw up with the original plans, they should have rebuilt the canopies WITH the latch mod added and Steve wouldn't have to go redo this flight test.
When those canopies both popped open my first thought was that ejection seats were going to go off. Of course, those birds did not have ejection seats. Love seeing the invader back in the air.
So good to see this iconic aircraft where she belongs Kermit . And there's no better pilot than Steve Hinton . I dare say you've exchanged some hairy moments ! Watching the past video's and the complexities of the restoration and seeing her back in the air must be so satisfying Kermit . I guess you were there ? Thankyou
Glad you got that A-26 back in the air. I noticed, just after they taxied across RWY 26R, there was a Lockheed Constellation off in the distance. I hope that one is either flying, or will soon fly again.
Many, many years ago, (the 60s), I was a Aircraft Machinist stationed at Shaw AFB, SC. One day I had a job next to the Transit Alert pad. There was the beautiful, I mean shiny polished aluminum, A-26 parked right next to the aircraft I had the job on. After finishing up I walked over to admire the beauty. I wondered what it was doing there at Shaw until I looked in the passenger compartment. There were two airliner type seats and a three star placard on the window. Shaw was HQ for Ninth Air Force so I guess the general had his own aircraft for staff visits
Between the Planes of Fame Museum, Aero Traders and Fighter Rebuilders, Chino has become a great resource to the warbird community, as well as one of the best spots in the U.S. to see them.
I really appreciate all the people that persevered to restore this old beauty, especially you Kermit.
"Beauty" 😂👌
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Flo’s Airport Cafe at Chino airport has the best biscuits and gravy!!! YUM
Aviate, Navigate, Communicate, Complete the test card, bring the aircraft back, and report the issues? This was some skilled flying.
Gotta love working the bugs out of a new restoration. Great job guys!
Steve's the perfect guy to have at the controls on an infighting emergency like that.
I was there a day after Andrew. So glad to see her flying, thanks Kermit. We here in Florida and the world appreciate what you have done for aviation. We salute you!
This has to be the best test flight video I've ever seen. Even better than when FlightChops captured test pilot Dave Carrick's first flight in my RV-8, which experienced severe canopy skirt vibration. The camera angle was perfect, audio was clear and video quality was excellent. No better person to have in the left seat than Steve Hinton, and Mark Moodie was right on point. I'll watch this one many times; thanks so much to all for sharing this episode... and keeping it uncut!
WOW!! I think I would have needed... a quick change of Flightsuit!! WELL DONE, Mr. Hinton!
My father flew this bird in France late in WW2. His squadron was based near Lyon. Later he flew night reconnaissance with the same a/c in Korea. It was fitted with a carbon arc search light. He flew out of Taegu, Korea at night looking for troop movements and trains supporting the Chinese. Earned the DFC. There is a restored A26 at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, Oregon. Same place the Spruce Goose is located.
Nice to see this old lady back in the sky! 🎉
Great achievement. Steve Hinton shows how a testpilot should act: stay calm and keep on flying no matter what. Top video, showing even if not everything goes as planned you finish the first flight successfully. Congrats to a restoration finished with a nearly perfect result- she looks absolutely gorgeous!
Excited to see this A/C fly again. She looks great.
Excellent job of staying in the saddle and flying the airplane instead of messing with a problem that wasn't critical to the aircraft's operation
Used to see the PoF A-26 years ago. Awesome plane. Thanks Kermit for restoring it. And you had the Right Stuff in the cockpit. None better than these two. Cool and calm and kept flying. That's how you do it.
Finally back in the skies! Love that you restore your planes to airworthy! Also love seeing Steve and Mark at the helm! Met Steve many times at reno and planes of fame and mark at palm springs air museum when i lived out west.
The Invader is one of my all time favourites. So good to see another one returned to the air. Your test flight crew were pretty awesome. They treated the snags like another day at the office. Congratulations on the milestone.
Steve is cool as a cucumber! Great guy and an even greater pilot. Thanks for sharing this and I’m glad everyone got home safe!
Thanks for including us in the flight. It was so cool. These machines are so valuable to preserving history good or bad. 🇺🇸
I lived in miami Kendall area and Andrew was no joke. was this plane at tamiami? beautiful ride, I love it
I’ve seen several videos of this aircraft. The A-26 is a favorite of mine. So pleased to see her back in the air again.
During the early 50’s our Unit had P-51’s and we also had an A-26 used to pull gunnery targets for the 51’s. My Dad told me about taking ride in maybe a jump seat on the Invader and he said it was really fast and nimble ! Beautiful job on the restoration !
Ah, great footage from my old "stomping grounds." I learned to fly at Riverside and later parked my Cessna 172 at Chino, home of the Planes Of Fame. What a great place to hang out.
Lovely! I've been playing 'IL-2' and have gone all out adding rudder controls, a throttle quadrant for controlling mixture, pitch, and flaps along with a stick for flying the Invader's earlier cousin the A20. Douglas built some very innovative yet forgiving to fly airplanes and it's great seeing them back in the air.
nice and cool under pressure.... nice flying
This video has so much clickbait potential but Kermit has kept it simple, honest and not misleading just for the sake of views. This is why you’re the best aviation TH-camr out there mate.
Thank you Kermit and EVERYONE who contributed their labour and skills from Steve to the guy sweeping out the hanger.
Geeeesh. That was intense. Well done Steve.
Steve is such a smooth operator
Great to see the A-26 back, Steve did a wonderful job. Thanks for the up-date Mr. Kermit🙃
Been waiting for this plane along time, I jumped when canopies opened and I'm only watching. Cool pilots.
My mother worked in the Douglas factory inLong Beach during WWII. She helped build the A-26. Dad later called her Rosie the Riveter.
Great airmanship displayed there, when it goes wrong, look out and fly the aircraft. Great viewing, and a wonderful warbird.
My Grandfather flew one of these in Korea (B-24s in WW2 / Italy)
Thanks for the upload. Not the most popular plane, but LOTS of history
Have been following this rebuild, and I knew it was getting close to being finished. I'm glad to see it back in the air. Would be nice to have a freash walk around when she gets back home to Florida.
Great job Steve & Moodie! Kermit, I remember you from Wycombe Air Park back in the 80's with the Mosquito. I thought about coming across to see what was going on but was pre - flighting a PA-38 to set off in the murk Lolz! Love your videos, keep them coming.😁👍
Never a Dull moment 👍 I was impressed by how Calm and Clear and Confident the Crew were 👍
Just awesome to see her flying once again!
That was fun. Thanks. I flew an On Mark conversion for a little while for Trinity Steel out of Dallas.
I love that people are preserving these airplanes, returning them to flying condition, and being as original as possible, given how air traffic control has evolved with requirements unknown when they were built.
OMG it's flying!
I've been awaiting to see this, thanks Mr. Kermit! I couldn't think a better person to be at the controls than Mr. Steve (other than yourself). He and Mr. Ed Maloney really got a hold of me in the 80's as a young boy and showed me the love. BTW, man has the area changed. All the houses and buildings now where there were hay barns and cattle!
I am worried all those houses will cause the airport to close down. They haven't had the yearly air show for several years now.
@@Airsally I thought that too. It's a similar thing you see when they start building close to racetracks and gun ranges that have been established forever.
Well done, guys! From a haunter of Planes of Fame since I was a kid when it was near Cable Airport, when it moved to Ontario IA and then to Chino. See you at Flo's.
You guys are absolutely phenomenal pilots. ❣️ Great job flying this old warrior.
Kermit. That A-26B is a beautiful bird in flight. Worth the wait Thank you.
Wow, what a treasure!
Steve comes down to NZ frequently to fly our WarBirds....an absolute Living Legend!
Great job and what a treat to see those two seasoned pilots dealing with an in-fight SNAFU. Watch and learn young bucks.
ATC was perfect, understood that you had a little emergency, couldn't exactly hear what runway you were cleared to land on and made the gyrocopter go around incase your tried landing on their assigned runway.
I never thought I would see this Bird fly - looks Amazing !!
Been following this restoration and am thrilled to finally see it fly. Congratulation to everyone involved to make it happen.
That looks like a pretty high workload for a single pilot.
Oh it was yours they restored? I was stoked to learn there was another A-26 flying. She's a beauty!
The Invader is one of my favorite warbirds. There were A-26 fire bombers at the local airport in the 1980's. I wish i'd taken pictures of the planes back then. There were also F7F Tigercats fire fighting. An airshow every day!
Goleta?
Wow! I am sitting here watching this and ducked, with "Good grief!"
Great job, cool heads...Steve & Mark.
Perfect Airmanship, Captain !
Was wondering about this plane .. having seen updates over the years
There is something you don’t see every day! Good job guys….as usual👍👍
Got to walk around her in the hangar a few years ago. Such an impressive aircraft. Man - good that the canopy panels didn't come off and strike something. You guys have skill, poise, and nerve !
We had A-26s at Nakhom Phanom RTAFB along with A-1 Skyraiders in 1969. Great to see one back I the air.
Love these in flight videos. Great source for my aircraft in development. All of these small details are invaluable...including canopy mishaps.
You can't get any better or have anyone more experienced than Steve Hinton do the test flights!
I worked with a former USAF pilot who was checked out in the A-26 ground attack aircraft during the Vietnam era. He had been flying the EC-47 listening post out of Phu Cat and had plenty of multi-engine radial time. He completed his checkout and almost immediately after, the Air Force cancelled that program due to wings coming off. He said that when he fired the eight 50 cals in the nose, the entire cockpit filled with smoke! Must have been a fun time.
Excellent! Thanks Kermit and team.
Thx Kermit for an informative and entertaining video glad to see another war bird get her wings back even if it got loud for Steve and Mark. Stay Healthy.
Bravo, gentlemen, Bravo. Can't wait to see on airshow circuit.
Love the A-26. My grandfather converted a few into executive haulers back in the day. Great video keep them coming.
Man I love these planes.. Awesome to see you flying it!
Beautiful plane - one of my favorites!
Why wasn't #1 radio checked while on the ground?
Used to have a hangar and our plane at CNO…enjoyed seeing the progress on your plane as it was being rebuilt…nice to see this video clip…we’re up in Idaho now, COE…we miss CNO but not CA
Super professional… never stopping to calmly fly the airplane
Steve is such a great pilot seen him many times fly warbirds over in UK
I even jumped when the canopies pop open! Great job!
Two aces in the plane........Moodie is a P-51 driver and great wrench........
What a beautiful aircraft!
So amazing they returned this old girl back to stock and even put in an original fault with the canopies, great camera angle and great CRM, great vid to watch, will we see more ?
That was a screw up with the original plans, they should have rebuilt the canopies WITH the latch mod added and Steve wouldn't have to go redo this flight test.
When those canopies both popped open my first thought was that ejection seats were going to go off. Of course, those birds did not have ejection seats. Love seeing the invader back in the air.
Great to see the A26 up and back down safely
The TBM I work with has a little plaque that says. Do not open canopy in flight unless you are leaving 😂
Wow! Well done guys. And when Steve says the airspeed is fine the airspeed is fine! 😅
Beautiful approach (canopy issues aside) and landing. Textbook, just like the A-26 training video I watched a little while ago. 😀
Total bomb(er)! Big thumbs up from Darmstadt, Germany! 👍👍👍
Gonna need to change your shorts. LOL
Always loved these A/B-26 Invaders. Hard plane to get in and out of though.
Pretty pro even with the canopy issue you seemed to notice all the little squawks too.
Neat video. The Invader is a beautiful aircraft!
Cool as a cucumber. Nice work 👍🏻
So good to see this iconic aircraft where she belongs Kermit . And there's no better pilot than Steve Hinton . I dare say you've exchanged some hairy moments ! Watching the past video's and the complexities of the restoration and seeing her back in the air must be so satisfying Kermit . I guess you were there ? Thankyou
Awesome!! Can't wait to see the next video!!
Glad you got that A-26 back in the air. I noticed, just after they taxied across RWY 26R, there was a Lockheed Constellation off in the distance. I hope that one is either flying, or will soon fly again.
Many, many years ago, (the 60s), I was a Aircraft Machinist stationed at Shaw AFB, SC. One day I had a job next to the Transit Alert pad. There was the beautiful, I mean shiny polished aluminum, A-26 parked right next to the aircraft I had the job on. After finishing up I walked over to admire the beauty. I wondered what it was doing there at Shaw until I looked in the passenger compartment. There were two airliner type seats and a three star placard on the window. Shaw was HQ for Ninth Air Force so I guess the general had his own aircraft for staff visits
Just too awesome Kermit.....thanks for the ride my friend.
Great to see the A-26 flying I’ve watched all your videos on it, I couldn’t quite make out which nose cone you went for in the end.
Maybe it was the B26's. I'm old and can't remember. LOL. I did enjoy the video. Very good quality and informative.
I've been enjoying the build up for about 2 years. I thought I'd never see that thing. fly. Loved the test flight.
Just another chapter in Steve's book of "Significant Emotional Events" .... well done Gentlemen ...
When things go wrong, remain professional and calm...panic can kill. That is what my flight instructor taught me.
Thanks again for letting us go with.
Thanks for all the captions.
Great job guys!
Between the Planes of Fame Museum, Aero Traders and Fighter Rebuilders, Chino has become a great resource to the warbird community, as well as one of the best spots in the U.S. to see them.
Great footage, excellent restoration.