i helped install 3 vulcan 7.62mm gatling guns in a c-47 at Pleiku in Vietnam 1965. the one i worked on was called Puff The Magic Dragon and it had the picture of a dragon on the nose. Pleiku was known as Dragon Base and the reason was the 52nd Combat Aviation Bn headquarters was there. visit dark docs site they have a video of one of the first planes.

My grandfather served on the Randolph during WWII. When I was a kid, he told me this story about repairing the flight deck. He passed away in 2016.

Vet, 66’-67’, loved Spooky, always felt better when they were around, gave me much needed strength. My jumped out one on D-day, total respect for your hard work. Thanks

You should convert the airbus 380 into a Gunship!

The raid can be summed up by the motto of No. 617 Squadron RAF... "Apŕes moi le déluge" "After me, the flood"

Oh yeah... the OG flying BRRRRRRT machine!

A great project. I helped take care of the replica version that is now "That's All Brother". It was a fun project.

When I was a kid in the late 1940s and through the 1950s in Alaska, the DC-3 was a popular airliner although I'm not sure that term had been created yet. My parents had both been in the Army Air Corps in WWII (well Mom was in the Women's Army Air Corp really) and that C-47 was a serious work horse in that era. Jump forward a few years and I was in Vietnam in the Navy. I happened to pick up a newspaper or some thing and saw a comment that mentioned something about an AC-47... Just what were you supposed to attack with an old Gooney Bird??? I did a little more digging and found something about the AC-47 Gunships and I was flabbergasted... really I was!! After some amount of cold beer and serious contemplation, the idea of a slow gun-platform with three miniguns hanging out the window didn't sound quite so silly after all. Flying them at night, rotating around a target, and lacing the barrage with copious tracers just scared the hell out whom ever might be on the ground looking up at them!!! Knowing the DC-3 as I did still made it sound kinda strange, but it was a good kind of strange!

The P-39 "Miss Connie" was named after the wife of Col. Virgal "Sandy" Sansing (USAF retired). Sandy was a WWII fighter pilot. He flew the P-47 and P-51 Mustang in combat. He was the chief checkout pilot in the Central Texas Wing.

the USAAF aircraft is PHOTO RECCE VERSION, it flew from RAF Watton Norfolk UK.

Kudos on bringing the Vietname Era into scope!

Would Yeager want to fly the 39 in combat, in ETO?

Would love to see this at Rickenbacker during the air show in August 2025....great video!

The venerable magic dragon 🇺🇸

Wonderful Story. I own 4-451, 1939 Cub Coupe. It’s been in the family since 1947. I soloed in it in 1969. And, it’s airworthy.

I learned to fly at a Navy flying club that had a T-34B. Although the "A" and "B" models have some differences, I am sure that your A model is a joy to fly as was the B. Keep this airplane flying!

"Thank You" for my FREEDOM, Sir...

What if they put a Merlin engine with a supercharger in the P-39/63 airplane?

Wait how did the f35s not stall? I thought they performed poorly at subsonic speeds… unless they used the vector nozzles

Congrats fellow colonels!

My favorite aircraft of all time!

Beautiful

Serving aboard the USS Enterprise CVAN 65 , I had witness to a burial at sea . It was both solemn and respectful to my shipmates and I . 😢

The propeller is spinning so fast in real life on video it seems slow

Thanks for saving a great old warrior.

Legendary

Love the Turkey, such a distinct engine sound .

Ac-47 spooky

I WAS THERE

2021.

Wow that awesome

The airplane or what you're actually working on those appear to be batteries possibly but I'm not in the know on some of the older planes I built a lot when I was a child

Is this New Smyrna Beach airport?

This Is Amazingly Great!

This amazing machine, which can fly, is *eighty* years old and still starts better than my '13 Ducati ! 🤣

I hate it when camera speed messes up the prop rotation image.

Purring like a kitten!

Larry Utter is a gem. Super nice guy who has heart. I help supply the AeroShell that MM uses. Proud to know Larry, Jim, and Linda!

👍

Glitch in the matrix?

We were heading to Spanish fork I love 309 ❤

TBFs were manufactured by Grumman. TBMs by General Motors. Like the F4U/F3A/FG1, made by Vought/Brewster and Goodyear, respectively.

MJS Can't wait to take a ride on her next year. Just flew on B17 Sentimental Journey and B25 Maid in The Shade at the Great Bend Airfest in Kansas. So fun

MJS Such a cool ride.

The one ad I clicked on

Awesome I really want to see this bird fly. Thank you.