I hope everything is ok with you. It's been a while since we've seen a new upload.

Good Day. Excellent. My father worked for American Airlines when I was young. I've flown on DC3, DC6 and Electra II with American. Always loved prop planes and turboprops. Thank You for this fine video. Best Regards

Should be regarded as an engineering failure because it flew only once and that was a hop, without any cargo or maximum fuel capacity.

among the many engineering marvels with a large influence on the outcome of WW2 was the power, reliability and durability of the R-2800. The P-47M, P-47N, and P-61C all used the uprated 2800hp version of the R-2800, however on 150 octane fuel the P-47D reached slightly higher than 2800hp at some altitudes when pulling 70" of manifold pressure with water injection

X'LENT doco ! nice datas explained & compared between different crafts ; THX

I remember a small lifting body toy made of sytrofoam that actually flew.

At Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, X-15 will be back on display when Milestone of Flight will open early in 2025, other often sought for historic air, spacecraft also will be on display.

Anigrand makes 1:72 cast resin models of the XF-103, XF-108, and XF-109; Trumpeter makes an injection mold kit of the F-107. They're all in the 60-80 USD range, if you want to have a complete collection of century series fighters.

X-15 has become my favorite aircraft. She's the crossover between air and space travel.

Wow. Those Constellations and Douglas propliners are so gorgeous.

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Gary johnston here, I like to get in touch, Tex was my dad. Thanks much.

Love the Douglas aircraft, particularly the original DC-9. It was one of the prettiest airplanes. However, the Caravelle is one of the most beautiful machines ever built. ACaravelle in 1960s US airlines livery .... just gorgeous.

Still a good solid dependable plane.

My dad flew the -3,-4,-6, &-7s for Delta. He was based in Miami and they had a non-stop flight from Miami to Chicago, which is a fairly long flight in a prop liner. Regardless of the published altitude and speeds, he said they usually few up there at FL180. And the highest he ever flew as FL 210 to FL 200. And that was in a DC-7. I didn't ask about the -6's altitudes, I was just more interested in the -7. I flew the DC-3's and Martin 404's myself, both as copilot and Capt, so I could talk those round engines with him and know what he was talking about. You didn't mention the 404, which was used by some airlines instead of the 440. Very similar airplanes with the same engines. TWA & Eastern are the only majors who bought the 404s. Later they became hand me downs to airlines like Southern and Piedmont.

Appreciate the real voice.

Awesome video Mike! Im in the middle of reading Beyond Blue Skies and these videos are a great accompaniment to the book.Thank-you!

Great and informative video!

This is gold!

The J-79 is PROOF thst if you pour enough fuel into one, and TURN IT INTO SMOKE you can make a BARN supersonic. Ask the Arfons brothers what it can do...

Fantastic video !!!

The variant in the B-52G would put out 13,700 lbs of thrust with water injection on.

5:20. 3 turning, 2 burning, 3 on fire, and 2 not responding

You’re 💯% correct that service has suffered. Even though fingers could be pointed at Southwest, I refer to it as the Ryanairification of the industry. 😅

Thanks for this video: it just popped up a year after it was published. 😢 If that museum/display is still open in Long Beach, I’d love to visit some time. I ended up loving the DC10 and the DC9 variants. An interesting idea for a video would be a “what if.” What were the major points in the history of Douglas or MD that if they’d chosen a different path, the company would have remained independent. I’m also struggling to understand why McDonald-Douglas is getting the blame for the current issues plaguing Boeing.

The Golden Age of Modeling. Now if one wants a military or aviation subject it is probably made in Asia or Eastern Europe and you have to order it on line as there are but a few hobby shops left. The first model I built? Revell 1/48 F9F Cougar...

The USAF received almost unlimited funding during the 1950's. We believed that the next (and last) war would be nuclear in nature...

It would be interesting to see if anything remains of Lockheed's proposal for a two-engined C-130. I have heard that everything possible had been destroyed.....

The first airplane I rode on was a DC-6. It was at night and I remember being able to see flames in the exhausts.

There is an error here; Delta did not acquire Hughes Airwest; Hughes Airwest was acquired by Republic which was acquired by Northwest and then Delta.

Japan Airlines' DC-8 was called the "Flying Lady."

If any airplane outside the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy could be called a _"Moose,"_ I think the Consolidated B-36 Peacemaker qualifies...😊 *EDIT→* I do not think I have ever heard of the YB-60 before. Or at least I did not know it was based on the B-36.

Having grown up in Farmingdale it’s fun to see the former Republic factory. Worked as a plainclothes security guard during the night shift. Very few people present, this was during the “AX”, later named the “A-10” production. Had freedom to wander through the entire plant. Except for the hangers on the East side of the runway all gone, though the ramshackle remains of the Seversky Aircraft building that lay on the north side of Conklin Road is still there. The building was used by the Fairchild-Republic Corp, drafting tables the length of the second floor and office space on the first. In the 60’s and 70’s The area around Farmingdale was still farming land, most fields open grassland and disused barns along Rte 110 corridor.

I love the 1-26. It's a real easy plane to fly and it always feels like it's a part of you. I flew one in eastern PA and wish I still had it available to fly. :)

What a Beast!! Just the fact that it worked and worked well is amazing!!

You can see a lot of Alexander Lippisch in that delta layout especially the vertical stabiliser. Not knocking the USA's own resarchers and designer. But operation paper clip did lead to a mountain of documentations and a lots of designers and technical people from Germany starting a new life in the USA thus boosting or giving giving designers a new direction to look into.

Oh yea! I'm a R 2000 7m2 pilot/ mechanic. Engines Wil talk to you,just listen

I worked with a guy who was crew on the B 36, he did weapons stuff on it, responsible for the H bomb. He told me he carried a side arm as did others to among other things, defend the H bomb from tampering or spying.

I grew up in 50's, an exciting time for kids obsessed with all the new aircraft designs.Thanks for flashback!

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tiltrotors, jetpacks and lenticular; bell v22, avrocar and martin jet pack 🛸🚁🛫

The B-36 wasn't designed as a ''deterrent weapon'', it was designed to give the U.S. the ability to hit targets in occupied Europe and in Germany from the continental U.S. should the U.K. fall to the Nazi's, it became a ''deterrent weapon'' after W.W.II when it was found to be the best bomber available for delivering the new atomic bomb.

In the 80's I worked on Cobra helicopters that utilized a Lycoming 53 turbo shaft engine. 1250 shaft horse power. Three engine mounts, including a strut. Wasn't that much bigger than the starter motor of the R-4360. How times have changed.

I hate LAX. Idlewild is nicer!

Are you sure about Capt Elder's total flying hours? 8000 hours seems kinda low for a naval aviator who flew for 24 years.

Great simple straightforward videos- thanks

Hermosas aeronaves, tienen una estetica escultural, ¿quienes eran los diseñadores?, estaban inspirados artisticamente

Hughs be like a 1940's Musk...Musk not quite as crazy, as far as we know, not yet anyway..

The goose must fly..a couple (or 4 or 6) good modern turbo prob engines..botta bing..