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I’m sure you Jimmy Have seen Ice Pilots ? heard of Buffalo Joe. Buffalo Airways ? They only recently got a jet. They fly dc-3s and C46’s. Freight and passengers You should fly up there. Totally worth it. It’s a legend , Joe is a legend. Check out their full fleet. One man’s airline. Another great episode here Jimmy. Love it.
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Good lord, can you for once behave like a grown man, not like a drunken teenager
Best line of the video."You put your money in over there, and it comes out here as noise." LMAO
Is that not all fuel powered toys.
You put some of your money into the oil tanks too. Call it the flight insurance premium. 😉
G'day, Another way to consider it... Is that Every Litre of Petrol going into a Spark-Ignition Engine, Emerges as 2.5 Kilograms of Carbon Dioxide - And a Cube of CO-2 takes 25 years To finish causing 95% of the Atmospheric Warming which it WILL Achieve... Today's shitty Heatwave (Oz calling)..., Is MY Fault. Because in 1997 I burnt 2,000 litres of Petrol & LPG... Last year I burnt 650 litres. This year I spent $30,000 on a road-registered Electric Motorcross Bike, enough Stand-alone Solar Gear to recharge it, as well as the eChainsaw, eBrushcutter & eLeafblower, and a Lawn Locker to keep it in... To save myself from burning that last 650 litres/year...; which is 1.8 Tons of CO-2 Which I am Not Shitting into the Sky For my Greater CONVENIENCE... Just(ifiably ?) sayin', Happy Solstice Festival... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao!
I flew that DC-3 when is was N136PB at PBA in the 1980's. So nice to see it well looked after.
Eddie Rickenbacker's DC-3 with 93,000 hours on it has spent 10.6 years of its life in the air. If it could talk, what tales it would tell. 🤠
What struck me was, how clean the hanger was. It looked like you could eat a meal off the floor. Whoever owns it is very fastidious, not only about the aircraft, but also where they are worked on and stored. Cheers Jimmy. 👍
An amazing walk through Aviation history. An incredible operation maintaining and restoring these historic planes. One of the best I have seen. Thanks Jimmy❤
When I was a young teenager (early 70s), another plane-obsessed guy and I used to go to the local airport and they had dozens and dozens of DC-3 and C-47s that they were removing the engines from and running the airframes through a chipper for scrap. The people working there would allow us to go inside and play in them any time we wanted. Some were absolutely gorgeous with the 1930s-style interiors. Some had been converted from C-47s and were Qantas airliners. I can remember how many imaginary "flights" we took in those gorgeous old planes. It still makes me sad.
if only you knew then what you know now about those aircraft maybe you could have saved a few of them or protected them somehow
Oh , I was introduced to Eddie Rickenbacker when I was a Kid and Dad and him got along really well, Dad was given his leather flying hat and goggles which he sent in the mail before he passed, I liked him a lot. Great guy and read his autobiography which is very good. I had no Idea he had a DC3 so this is a treat. Thank You.
In 1978 I was an RNZAF engine technician (now 85y !!!) So I undertook maintenance on Harvard Trainers, 1 single row 9 cylinder P&W + Hamilton prop. Later on in the maritime fleet I worked on our Short Sunderland Flying Boats 4, 14 cylinder double row P&W + Hamilton prop. Air crew insisted after an inspection maintenance dudes flew in the stinking things, just in case🤣 We actually spent most of our time sitting on the main plane dangling a fishing line in the tide, casual. 🙃😁We also maintained a fleet of P&W DC3s for good measure. Gone but not forgotten.
Provincetown Boston Airlines used to operate a dozen DC-3s out of New England and Florida back in the early-mid 1980s. N18121 (then N136PB) was the highest time DC-3 even 40 years ago! Great to see her restored, renovated, and still flying!
I had a pair of old DC3 tires on the back of a dune buggy when I was a kid. They were 32 ply and weighed a ton. It took nearly all the hp of the 1300 cc VW motor just to turn them. My dad built split rims so that you could slide the tires over the rim, then bolt the outer flange of the wheel in place. They were so thick, they never needed air in them. We had so much fun tooling around the fields outside of town in that death trap. Seeing you walking up to those giant balloon tires at 11:56 instantly took back to the 70's and that old dune buggy.
In the early nineteen forties my father got a job at Douglas Aircraft in Santa Monica California, He did the upholstery in the DC 3's/C47. In later years he worked on the Mercury space capsules Gemini space capsules and Apollo space capsules. Then made some parts for Skylab.❤
What an awesome collection of planes. Everything there is as clean as a hospital. Great video Jimmy I enjoyed the tour.
I spoke with al old WWII air mechanic many years ago and asked about the fabric control surfaces on Navy aircraft. His reply was simple. "Its easy to repair". As speed increased, they had to go away from the fabric covered control surfaces, but even F4U's had fabric control surfaces!
Doesn't get any better than keeping museum planes in service . This is a great organization .
Jimmy, those were some absolutely beautiful planes. It's great to see people are really keeping aviation history alive and flying. Thank you for taking us along on this tour. Keep up the excellent work. Safe skies my friend 🇺🇸🛩️
I knew about the penny but never knew the significance 👍
Wow what a fun tour of some amazing aircraft. Those radial engines are a work of art. Thanks for taking us along Jimmy.
That old 310 has the same paint job my grandfathers 414 had. Brought back great memories!
Super video Jimmy my wife and I really enjoyed the tour of these AWESOME planes thank you Jimmy for all you do and may God bless you and your family.
Jumped from a TWA Connie in 98, Jimmy Sky King. Like hitting a wall on exit but a once in a lifetime experience. Beautiful 310 and DC-3s or C-47s they have there.
In the late 1960s, left Amarillo, Texas via TWA Super Constellation service to San Diego, California. It was the later days of glory for the "Connie" as Electras & 707's took over. My brother & I were only passengers on board on the first leg to Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Stewardess responded to a pilot's inquiry if the passengers were boarded, " all two of them, but at least they're First Class!" The "Connie" seemed small compared to 707's, but once the engines were fired up and growled.....I was hopelessly head over heals in love with this piston powered beauty
When I was a kid I lived right near Philadelphia Int. Airport. I remember seeing and hearing Constellations flying over. They had such a cool souud
What I enjoy most about this episode is that you can clearly see the pride that this young man takes in his work in his face hear it in his voice, and see it clearly in how he keeps his workspace.
Thanks so much for sharing this video. It is amazing to see the engineering behind these old airplanes. It's hard to imagine that the DC-3s wings are just bolted together at that flange and that there is not spar reaching into the outboard section of wing. Keep this informative videos coming!
Great Video Jimmy ! I went on flying status in 1967 as a FM/FE on our Units C-119C Flying Boxcar which had two R4360’s on them ….. 28 cylinders and 56 spark plugs. 3500 HP, it was called the “corncob” engine. Lots of torque ! They had electric gear which failed a good bit and I hand cranked the mains into lock several times back in those days. Brings back lots of memories !
I worked on the ramp for an air freight company back in the 80's called Skycraft Air Transport. One of our DC-3s C-GYBA, was also bare aluminum skin. Air Canada decided to use it for their 50th Anniversary commercials, so they had the ramp rats in three shifts polishing it to a mirror finish. Took us 3 solid weeks.
I have: 1. Filled the oil tanks on a C47. It took a while.. 2. a) bolted up the wings on a C47. 7/16” AF, 182 of them AND there isn’t enough room for a socket or ring spanner - around 60 degrees at a time. Did I mention that they are self locking nuts too? 2. b) We did this twice because the chief engineer forgot to put in some rubber isolators. He paid for the beer that night.
Another awesome assemblage of airplanes; thanks for the tour!
I'm glad to see that you did a comprehensive coverage of the greatest aircraft in the world....a DC3. I grew up in New Guinea and this was our most common mode of transport. Later as a civilian I jumped out of a lot of DC3's. I have even stood on the tail section at 12000ft whilst airborne. In my humble opinion, it is the greatest aeroplane in the world.
Wow …. That’s old N136PB from PBA . Worked on the Cape in Hyannis MA for PBA/ Continental Airlines years ago and ole 36 was there . I think I still have picture postcards of her somewhere . Great to see it’s well cared for and still going.
My Dad worked for J.P. Stevens textiles.. They had their own aviation department for internal use. Included in their fleet was a DC3 with full executive seating. It even flew with a flight attendant. I never got to go in it, but he and my mom got to fly in it. I wonder what happened to it?
Jimmy - if you ever get to England, go to the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden. Almost everything you see, flies and puts on displays. You want old? Try 1910😊
That DC3 is the sexiest piece of polished aluminum I’ve ever seen, I worked for Kenn Borek Air long ago and these ships are one of the best to this day. Basler conversions are sweet too. I would volunteer my time to wrench her… Congrats to the engineers.
Hi Jimmy, We had a couple of Stearman's growing up and can say I thoroughly tested the wooden spars, went from 650HP Pratt to a 230HP wright engine and Dad was teaching aerobatics so took all day to get altitude, gave me an attitude, BUT the plane did 150KTS straight down that was my fun, could see Dad standing out saying Pull UP Pull UP !!! throwing his hands in the air.
That DC-3 is a thing of beauty and testament to the engineers and designers from years ago. So good to see her being looked after properly. 👍👏👏
I flew on a DC-3 last summer. My route was Helsinki-Tampere-Vaasa and the next day back to Helsinki via Jämijärvi. The aircraft was an 81 year old DC-3 registered OH-LCH. It was originally delivered to Pan Am and has then flown with U.S Airforce, Finnair, Finnish Airforce and it's now being operated by Airveteran. It is flying in the old Finnair livery and it still has the old piston engines. The flight i took was a special flight. It was the same route Finnair flew exactly 75 years ago first time with that plane. And the best part is that anybody can book a flight. There are dozens of flights during summer. A 30min sightseeing flight over Helsinki costs around 80€. Amazing
Wow so Cool! Your brother in law is a lucky guy!! ❤❤Thank you for taking your time going through these Amazing planes! The beautiful large one looks like the same model as the one Jimmie Stewart flew and it crashes in a desert, fantastic movie!!❤❤
That DC-3 has been airborne more than 10 years. Literally off the ground for 10 years. Dang!!
Excellent Video Jimmy! Gotta Love the DC3's! Oh Ya, Sweet 310 also! Thanks for the Tour, and Thanks too the Feller's showing Us around!!!
Back in the mid 90’s I had the privilege of being part of Missionair out of Jacksonville Florida. They used a DC-3 to fly missions and spread the word of God. The DC-3 then had over 10 years of airtime and was the highest flying time DC-3 in the world.
I think this has been my favorite Jimmy’s World video. Luv to see more of these, please.
Jimmy! I passed my Sport Pilot checkride thx for inspiring my old arse to chase my dream again at 52. Started in the 80's then girls happened lmao. On to PPL and more. Waiting till spring to ferry my SLSA back to Florida from Oregon.
Well done! Congrats!
The DC3 stopped at my airport on their way home from Normandy a couple years ago. It’s a beautiful aircraft. The crew was very nice to let everyone check it out. That Cessna 310 used to be based here too! They have done a lot of improvements!
Hey Jimmy, that SNJ brought back memories of my 1970 High School days after school in Aviation mechanics school. BOCES class at Ling Island MacAuther airport. We had an SNJ that we trained on. And it also ran. This one had a hand crank for the engine. We would stand up on the wing on the right side and crank the inertia starter up as fast as we could crank. Then another class member would be at the controls. From a wave from the crank guy he would yell clear prop and contact. That beast would blow you off the wing, LOL. I often wonder what ever happened to that plane to this day.
Wow, the beautiful details on these plains. 😮
JIMMY!! That DC3 has spent about 10.7 years flying. Off the ground, moving through the air, engines running and working almost 10.7 Years! AMAZING!!! 92000 hours = 10.7 years
Great show Jimmy, and a wonderful tour and kudos to the great guys showing you around...
My favourite propeller plane is the DC3 love the strength and reliability off them , my favourite jet plane tho is the jumbo 747 the same strength safety and reliability in them 👍 and both planes have that beautiful style to them very graceful styling
Thanks for another great installment of Jimmy’s World, Loved it 👍
How crazy that in 13 years that beauty will be 100 years old! You don’t ever hear that about an airplane you can fly on.
Good morning from Minnesota! I've always loved the DC-3 and C47. If I won the lottery I would own one just like that one and fly it around the world!!
Hi Jimmy, love your channel. FYI here in our small country called the Netherlands we have a flying Constellation called Conny. Keep up the great work ! Kind regards Bert Hendriks
I went to see the Connie in Lelystad i don't think she is still in flying conditions or if so she's not flying regularly. I hope I have the wrong impression
My favorite engine, 4360, can’t wait for that video! Thanks Jimmy!
Years ago, there was a dc3 at OMSI in portland, you could enter the cabin and look thru a plexiglass bulkhead at the cockpit. It was told off as the highest-hours aircraft in the world, and was later sold and returned to flying when several others which had continued flying exceeded its flying time and it was no longer noteworthy.
As an Aeronautical Engineering student at Wentworth Institute in 1969 we did all our calculations on our sliderule. I still have mine though I doubt I could do much more than Multiplication and Division on it anymore. Eventually I finished college at UMass in 1975 (in another major) and even then, Hand Calculators were considered an unfair advantage (rich kids) and we still did all testing with the good old sliderule.
Perception of size is unreal on these beutiful aircraft nice one jimmy crack on
Awesome tour Jimmy, that DC3 is just a masterpiece, it would be great to see it fly.
Head up to yellowkife nwt. Fly on one .
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93,000 hours built in the 1930’s. All you need to look at to get an idea how solid things were made back then is to grab an old 1935 Singer 201-2 sewing machine that has been properly maintained or reconditioned and touch, lift, and operate it. Smooth as butter, solid on another level. Just amazing how long things last when they’re made from high quality raw materials and simply maintained properly. Pretty cool stuff. 👍🏻😎👍🏻
Me 109 F/G: "- Did pilots like the slats on the wings of the 109? Yes, pilots did like them, since it allowed them better positions in dogfights along with using the flaps. These slats would also deploy slightly when the a/c was reaching stall at higher altitudes showing the pilot how close they were to stalling.....this was also useful when you were drunk " - Franz Stigler, German fighter ace. 28 victories. Interview of Franz Stigler.
A VERY impressive tour!~ Good call Jimmy!
We used to add the penny behind the P&W emblem on the large radials like 1830 in the DC3
Your love for aviation is awesome!
Very cool vid! Thank you for sharing these. Amazing seeing a polished DC3
Awsome! Simply Awesome! Great stories, planes!
That was an amazing and beautiful batch of history. I hope you can wrangle in invitation to see the Connie interior.
I don’t know if it’s been mentioned but control surfaces were fabric because a bullet hole in fabric will keep flying. Enjoying your stuff. Keep up the good work!
Fabric is also lighter than aluminum, which was in short supply during the war.
@@DblIre Win win
That's not why they were covered in fabric, it was primarily for balance and weight. A bullet hole in aluminum isn't worse than a bullet hole in fabric, it's actually the opposite. Ask me how I know.
Jimmy I don’t comment a lot but I want to say thank you for showing us these beautiful airplanes. Will you also thank the owners for allowing you to make this video to share.
Millard Air at Pearson in Toronto used to rebuild DC3 and DC4's for years back in the 80's and 90's. I did some work for him and walked through the parts storage and it was huge.
great video jimmy, i love these ww2 airplanes. my dad flew in b-26 bombers in ww2 61 missions. they ferry it to england. fla to south america to morocco to england with gas tanks added in the bomb bay. thanks for posting great info to watch
Aircraft wooden spars are usually Sitka spruce. The grain has to meet FAA specs regarding grain and any defects such as knots.
There is also a Conny in the Netherlands. This one can also fly but is, at the moment, on exhibition inside
Yes! Saw it fly at Flying Legends - as soon as he said only one other in Australia I thought nope - there's one in Europe ;)
Jimmy, the control surfaces were cover with fabric to make them lighter and easier to control while in flight. No hydraulics back then. Corsairs, P47's are the same. This info was from one of the guides at the New England Air Museum in Connecticut.
that DC 3 is done up right. well done.
I think that Jimmy needs to find someone who would give him some seat time in a DC3.... Now That would be solid gold content!!!!
Jimmy all the times your mom told you make sure you have clean socks on just paid off lol
I totally enjoyed this,(and every video you do) and what I find that really grabs my interest are the small details that are so important. The wings for example on the DC-3/C-47 where it attaches to the plane. I found that fascinating. And no...I don't like to watch paint dry, I'd rather listen to it ;}> see ya...
Fascinating information Jimmy, loved every minute.
Wow! The way you bolt the wings of the DC3's together is interesting, obviously it works very well
Please make more videos like this.. I love learning the little details about stuff.
36:00 Fun fact the DC-10's wings were tabbed into boxes and held there with 5 5/16" Titanium 9" long bolts.
Very cool video Jimmy and Cylus, lots of beautiful airplanes to feast your eyes on 😀👍👍
Dude I want to hear that engine start up too. I remember visiting the spruce goose 20 years ago when they evergreen aviation museum was just the initial barn and the SR-71 was underneath the wing of the spruce goose. I sure miss the size comparison
Any landing that you can get out of the plane alive, is a good landing. The pilot did a great job BECAUSE !!! 26 is under construction. They are turning a two lane into a four lane and there are lane shifts with concrete barriers barely wide enough for two trucks to pass. There are wrecks every day due to construction
Thanks Jimmy. I could be wrong but near as i can figure, the flight control surfaces are fabric so when your flying the control is not so heavy. With cable and push rods, metal can get heavy on the control. Correct me if im wrong. Havent found any youtube info about this subject. Clear Prop!
Regarding an older video from the museum, where you sandblasted the plugs of an abandoned 310, I felt so sorry for you, if it makes you feel better, I went and removed my plugs and ran them across some dirt for a while, Thanks for the laughs jimmy! Bless you and you family. 0:17
I’ve been in the Connie down here in Australia! And seen it fly. Great thing to see and if you’re ever down here you need to go to the HARS museum.
That dakota aircraft came over here to near where I live in the uk Duxford. It was awesome to see it :)
Whoa! Nice interior in that 3. Nothing like any 3's I've jumped from full of skydivers sitting on the floor, farting on the way to altitude.
early 80's we flew from Honolulu to Maui in a DC3, pilot with his arm out the window, really cool nice flight, love these planes, just think of a load of kids in jump gear flying over France June 6th 1944, incredibly brave young men, i salute all
❤❤ GREAT SHOW JIMMY. I FEEL EDUCATED. THANKS FOR SHARING. ENJOYED THIS EPISODE VERY MUCH. ❤❤
The oil tanks on a DC3 hold 259 gallons each side. Ours burnt 1.5 gallons per engine per hour. We carried 5 gallons of hydraulic fluid and 20 gallons of engine oil.
I could only imagine seeing Buffalo Joe's expression if he were to see that DC3! He would even freak out at the cleanliness of the hanger. One must consider that his hangers are working hangers in a very inhospitable climate zone.
I have to love this channel and see Jimmy’s Glee in looking at the classic airplanes !!! If I had the $$$ I would personally love to get my license to fly and learn the old fashioned way to a P51 !!! Never been in a Steerman but I have been in a Super Cub, 150,172, 182 and a T34 a few years ago 😅😅😅 DE N2JYG
That freaking DC-3 is a wet dream for an airplane junkie. I would give my first born son to have that aircraft.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this!
00:40 I had the joy of seeing (and touching) the one in 🇦🇺. I went inside and it's reasonable big inside. Can carry like 80 passengers and has four over 3,000 hp radial engines (with the oldschool fuel). The outside of the cylinders are like buckets. It burns only 400 liters per hour each (nominal). Not bad for that sort of power. But engines weight like over a ton each! The downside of piston engines. Each engine also went through 10 liters per hour of oil. You could see the fresh oil marks where it is spewed out (dry sump). The oil just goes through the enhine and released @ 10 liter per hour. They made the 3 vertical fins (witch looks insane) so it could fit in the hanger. (From a KZhead video.) 😅 I got the rest of the info from a pamphlet after paying a small fee to go inside this amasing plane. So I apologise if I'm wrong, as I didn't bother cross checking. But I think the pamphlet is made by the restorers.
Can't wait to see that engine running!!!!
The Connie is at Airventuer in Oshkosh WI every year. BTW, Kermit Weeks at the Weeks Museum in FL also has a Connie, although it hasn't been flown for a while.
Belanca has wooden spars as well. Beech or spruce laminated 1/4 sawn with tension above any metal
The SNJ spar is made of Sitka Spruce.
Love the Lockheed Constellation can’t wait to see it.