5 amazing aircraft produced by the USA

[@GJones462-2W1]

There's just too many to list, here. But the F-15 Eagle should have been on this list. Greatest air superiority jet fighter ever invented.

[@346UNCLEBOB]

The Beechcraft bonanza made the list but Cessna 172 did not???

[@markanthony4655]

Nice list. Are you aware of the history of the P-51 Mustang ? It was originally designed to a British requirement in 1940 by North American and named the Mustang by the British, but found lacking with the original Allison engine for high altitude use, so was used for Ground Attack and Army Co-operation (Spotting) duties. It was only when it was tested in England with a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine (the same engine as the Spitfire) instead of the original Allison engine and then subsequently fitted on the production line in the USA with Packard (USA) licence built Rolls-Royce Merlin engines and fitted with .50 cal guns, instead of the original British .303 machine guns (that were in use on the Spitfire and Hurricane) it became the legend it is and there is no doubt it is a legend. We both in the UK and the USA can be equally very proud of.

[@jaycooper2812]

Your produvtion numbers for the DC-3 are way off. There were over 20 variants of the dc3 and total production of the aircraft numbered over 20,000.

[@stalinsmyth8370]

Dont forget the Li-2 built under license in the Soviet Union.

[@Legal-gv4gg]

About the DC-3- it's well known, the military derivatives eg Dakota etc. took over the WWII production and they made over 16,000 ! units of the same plane!

[@ventox2299]

U r wrong the plane used was a C-47 the DC-3 was in 1930-1938

[@dougthebigdp314]

Well, what a terrific list....didn't matter which aircraft you decided to list because 5 was going to get you arguments from any number of aircraft lovers because there were so many other great aircraft you were going to leave off. Nice list.

[@beboy12003]

all these planes are amazing, but, why wasn't the F-4 Phantom, the f_86 sabre, or the P-47 thunderbolt on this list?

[@Miatacrosser]

beboy12003 because that's Judy's list. If you want to make your own then go for it. Personally America has built so many seminal aircraft in aviation history a top 100 list would be easily doable.

[@RoninTXBR549]

I would have chosen the F4U Corsair over the P-51. It was a beast. But, after the Brits figured out how to land it on a carrier, the real potential of this plane was unleashed. It had the longest production run of any U.S. piston engine fighter. It was used in WWII and Korea. Also, Honduras kept them in service until 1979.

[@ducuradu9045]

P51 escorted bombers over Germany...no allied plane was able to do that and the Ford Mustang car was named after it....

[@williamhoskins7818]

Ronin. im with you. both of the f4's

[@ventox2299]

RoninTXBR549 btw your thinking of a T-28 TROJEN

[@martijn9568]

ducu radu p38?

[@upsidedowndog1256]

These are some great ones for sure. For the money a V-tail in flight is just a really beautiful thing to see.

[@30AndHatingIt]

It's too hard to make a Top-5 for American aircraft... this nation has produced so many amazing aircraft dating back to the very first true aircraft: the Wright Brother's 1903 Flyer. I think the indesputable fact is the SR-71 is the greatest aircraft ever made, but I'll go ahead and make a Top-20 right here just to get things started. Keep in mind the list isn't about performance, it's about the historical impact and reputation of the aircraft. 20 - F-18 Hornet 19 - F4U Corsair 18 - F-16 Falcon 17 - F-4 Phantom 16 - F-22 Raptor 15 - F117 Nighthawk 14 - F-86 Sabre 13 - B-52 Stratofortress 12 - Cessna 172 Skyhawk 11 - F-15 Eagle 10 - P-38 Lightning 9 - B-29 Superfortress 8 - P-47 Thunderbolt 7 - A-10 Warthog 6 - B-17 Flying Fortress 5 - Boeing 747 4 - Wright Brother's 1903 Flyer 3 - F-14 Tomcat 2 - P-51 Mustang 1 - SR-71 Blackbird Honorable Mention: Too many to list... C-47, F6F Hellcat (slaughtered enemy fighters by the truckload), B2, B1, C-130, Space Shuttle (yeah it's a glider... but it went to space over 100 times and both losses were due to the external rockets, not the shuttle itself), P-40 (reputation is unfair, combat records indicate it performed very well), F111, A6E, C5, C17, V22, etc etc etc....

[@jaycooper2812]

The P-51 was a very effective fighter. The U.S. Air Force used them until 1976 and a few are still used in South America. This aircraft has the longest service life of any military aircraft in history.

[@stalinsmyth8370]

Longer than the B-52 Stratofortress? Nope.

[@carlosszr]

WHAT!!!!!! "DC-3 number built 603! ...... over than 16,000 were built!!!

[@ronaldreed7698]

carlosszr theres still over 600

[@binaway]

That's what i thought

[@stalinsmyth8370]

Does anyone know what Merlin engine powered the p-51's? The Rolls Royce Merlin or the Packard Merlin?

[@kenbobca]

Excellent selection. Thank you for the video.

[@Miatacrosser]

Nice list Judy. Not sure I would've included the Bonanza as my Beechcraft choice, but America has built so many seminal aircraft in aviation history, a top 100 list would be easily doable.

[@morskojvolk]

Another good one, thank you! Your videos are great breaks from my day.

[@ventox2299]

Hay you forgot one very good plane called the A-10 THUNDERBOLT

[@KowboyUSA]

A-10 and the constantly underrated F-16 Fighting Falcon.

[@hamlettelmah441]

Great planes and thanks for the shot with the unimog in the background at 5:48. You missed the F-15 though.

[@michaelkennedy5803]

Loved the vid, but I’m wondering why the F-22 was picked? It’s a fantastic aircraft, but for me the F-15 has had more of an impact on aviation and has been involved in more flashpoints around the world, with an enviable kill/ loss ratio. That’s just me though.

[@craigkdillon]

You are right. F-22 is stupid pick. F-15 is better, but still not good enough for me. C-130 & B-52 are my picks for quality and longevity - both still used, and C-130 still being made.)

[@michaelkennedy5803]

Craig Dillon you are spot on. It would make more sense for one or both of those to be picked.

[@vincentmcshan3388]

I think i forgot the sr 71 and b29

[@greg657]

Vincent Mcshan should be # 1. Think this list lost its credibility by missing the blackbird, and also the F4U corsair.

[@nicolaseisinger2792]

I think the lockheed SR-71 blackbird and the C-5 Galaxy should be on the list !!

[@davidtuttle7556]

THE 3 is still a thing of beauty.

[@MrBorceivanovski]

U.S.A has the greatest tradition in aviation #&#

[@coolfungame8467]

yes we are better than Russia because Russia is scared of our military

[@johnmccorkle3430]

Hey, you forgot the F4 Phantom ll. One of the greatest airplanes ever !

[@tractorguymark7726]

More than 10,000 DC3s were built in military and civilian configurations

[@timothyphillips5043]

Now that was great American aircraft

[@daniellastuart3145]

I am for UK i think the DC3 or C-47 Skytrain (designated the Dakota in British Royal Air Force (RAF) service) was the aircraft that relay won the 2nd world war it do so much and could go anywhere.

[@ingsuan]

DC 3 is C-47 Skytrain Number built = 10,174 units.

[@Oshin-kf8wo]

Tomcat F-14?

[@DBKTube]

607 DC3s were built, followed by 10,174 C47s built for WW2, many converted into DC3 airliners after the war.

[@majorcalvary6515]

I would add B707. It basically paved the way for 747 and perfected long distance travel. Big shout to P51. Look up Gunther Rall, who flew for Luftwaffe in WW2 and later became NATO Air Commander. He said P51 was the Best. He flew many planes from Me109 to F4 phantom.

[@highsierra0512]

Nice list, but I think you should have included the BUFF, B-52 Stratofortress, on your list.

[@november2076]

Why isn't the f-16 in this vid?

[@stevebroughton4787]

No Cessna 152/172 ???. F22 ??......what about the F15/F16/F4 ?.....or even the B17 and B24 ??. The Stang is a legend in its own right. It and the Spitfire are always compared, but totally different designs for different eras. The Spit was a short range defensive fighter.....the Stang came alive once fitted with a Merlin engine.

[@ducuradu9045]

F-15 Eagle ,SR-71 ,B2 Spirit....

[@EltonDjony]

Interessant! :")

[@hshs5756]

I had been wondering for a long time why someone didn't replace the old maintenance-heavy radials on the venerable DC-3 airframe with modern turboprops. And then there one was in the landing pattern over my house, being used by the USFS for mapping the 500,000 acre Biscuit Fire damage in SW Oregon in 2002. It can be done.

[@skibikebee7221]

Basler Turbo Conversions does this very well. I saw a bunch of them in Alaska.

[@richardgordon8110]

the DC3 and the P51 mustand 2 of tht bedt planes ever built.

[@gregedwards1087]

......and the P-51 Mustang would never had been built if the British had not approached North American to see if they could build the P-40 for them, the British gave the aircraft its name "Mustang" and it did not become a decently performing aircraft until it was fitted with a British Merlin engine which was later built by Packard in the US, the Packard Merlin. American aircraft?, not really but still a great aircraft.

[@ronaldreed7698]

Hell yeah, C-47 and Corsair

[@donmorckel6297]

Good work, the choice of aircraft are endless . This list is as good as any ...... only your point of view makes any difference. F22 is king ! (but only for the moment)

[@donogoobo9992]

I guess the SR71 was built elsewhere. (and the B17, A10, P47, P38, face it....Back when we were strong and still a world power, we built some great ones.)

[@abdoukadriabdouide5336]

C130 is all so one of best air plane

[@StephenSmith-dx9tr]

The North American P-51 was a great fighter but it's superiority was only achieved by marrying it with the Rolls Royce Merlin engine.

[@paulmeads802]

The Mustang, did you know it was going to be scrapped, its performance was outdated even before it was delivered. It was sent to the Rolls Royce test establishment at Hucknall were it was fitted with the Merlin engine. From that point on it never looked back and was one of the WW2 best aircraft, serving in all European theatres.

[@superancientmariner1394]

Yep...even the US army air corps didn't want it until it got the Merlin.

[@stalinsmyth8370]

@soaringtractor yes. The A-36 Apache

[@stacase]

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird ??????????????????

[@fs2127]

"P-51 Mustang" the most beautiful, in my opinion.

[@unkameat74]

Boeing,b52,and 737,cessna172skyhawk,should be on the list,.....Americans make so many great planes

[@jkdm7653]

The F-22...REALLY??? A plane that has yet to be proven in action? Where did you find a "Bonanza" with the vertical tail fin/rudder? Bonanza was a V-tail aircraft. How about the Piper J-3 Cub? The Boeing B-52? Boeing B-47? Boeing 707? Boeing 727? Lockheed Constellation series? Sorry, guys. Only 5...perhaps the American aircraft industry deserves a 10 or more "amazing" article. Keep at it!

[@mr.modern4419]

They have made straight tail Bonazas for years. The Model 36 is a perfect example.

[@Miatacrosser]

mr.modern44 I always thought the straight/conventional tail version was called the Debonair.

[@borisivkovic6308]

607 DC-3? I think more than ten thousend!

[@marvinblankinchip2535]

It should have been: 50 Amazing Aircraft.

[@nithincutz8890]

Americans most powerful military branch is the internet troll army 🤣

[@imranali5139]

good

[@craigkdillon]

Why no explanation? F-22 & Bonanza == NO, What makes them special?? DC-3, Boeing 747 - no problem (could have also included the 707, too) P-51?? No, it was the British Merlin engine that made it good, to it does not even qualify!! Lockheed C-130 should definitely be on the list. Production started in 1954, and is still produced!!! Boeing B-52. Built 1953, still in service, and will be to at least 2040!! Now those are two great planes that have irrefutable pedigree. You better explain F-22 and Bonanza for anyone to accept those.

[@thunberbolttwo3953]

The F-22 is the first jet fighter with super cruise.

[@donogoobo9992]

How right you are.

[@attaat]

@soaringtractor , so it wasn't a British designed Merlin then?

[@nobbytang]

Great planes !!....the mustang ended up being the best fighter of the 2nd world war but it wasn't that when fitted with the earlier engine !?,....it took the fitting of the spitfire merl in engine to give it the speed and the range to escort bombers into Germany !!

[@peterforden5917]

the Spitfire was undoubtably the most beautiful aircraft of ww2 not the mustang which admittedly was pretty.

[@Liam-ly7up]

nobby roberts spitfire and bf109 were the best. The p51 was a Beautiful aircraft though,just don't think it's the best

[@michaejlt]

Nice video

[@donaldparlettjr3295]

The Raptor!?

[@hamlettelmah441]

Donald Parlett jr I would of replaced the F-22 with the F-15.

[@Vitaliy0607]

Where F-16?

[@kd7bwb12]

Well, the Bonanza was a V-tail plane, and you show that. The T-Tail was called the Debonaire. I don’t care they Beech call it oday, a Bonanza, the V-Tail came out first. In my mind, the Bonanza is cancelled, the Debonaire remains....

[@stalinsmyth8370]

The v-tail was last produced in 1978? And subsequent bonanza used a conventional empanage.

[@craigkdillon]

I would not pick any WW2 fighter aircraft. Too many too close to call. P-38, P-51, Hellcat, Corsair, P-47 were all great. The fact that the US could produce so many great planes in a the 4 years of WW2 was amazing. Now, it takes us 15 years to go from concept to orders, ridiculous. By the time we get a plane produced, it is already obsolete. Look at the F-22 - obsolete electronics and avionics. How can any plane win with systems controlled by CPUs made in 1999???

[@martijn9568]

You forgot the Bell p-39 Airacobra. The Americans may not liked it, but the Russians sure did. In other words: It's a very good fighter, contrary to what most people think.

[@donogoobo9992]

@@martijn9568 Compared to the biplanes they had, the P39 WAS a great plane. Recently, Putin said that the American war donations did not make up any meaningful amount. I guess the 750,000 planes, cars ships, jeeps, tanks (Vehicle total) we GAVE and SHIPPED them Not to mention food, ammo, ordinance, and textiles were not meaningful enough when the Commissariat writes the history books.

[@stalinsmyth8370]

@@martijn9568 let's not forget the p-63 king cobra.

[@jcsandygobotobkkbo2192]

USA is the most powerful and best country

[@martijn9568]

No

[@mikethecabbie8476]

Just remember that the Mustang wasn't actually that good - until they put a Rolls-Royce engine in it! THEN it became the plane it always threatened to be...

[@daniellastuart3145]

The Spitfire was still coincided a better dog frighter even by USAF Mustang pilots that had flown both aircraft

[@TD402dd]

Those were excellent choices except the P-51. It depended on the English Merlin engine for its performance. Otherwise it would have been only a pretty P-40.

[@italopereira4966]

top... muito bom

[@gregedwards1087]

......and the P-51 Mustang would never had been built if the British had not approached North American to see if they could build the P-40 for them, the British gave the aircraft its name "Mustang" and it did not become a decently performing aircraft until it was fitted with a British Merlin engine which was later built by Packard in the US, the Packard Merlin. American aircraft?, not really but still a great aircraft.

[@thunberbolttwo3953]

The P 51 is %50 British %50 American.The engine is British the Rolls Royce merline.Thje air frame is American.Without either the plane wouldn't work.

[@l.cressey6806]

soaringtractor some B and C models of the mustang used British built Merlin’s. Either way. The fact that the engine was built in the US doesn’t take away from the fact that it’s still a British design.

[@fly_by_wireq-c-461]

P-51

[@paulvincentarriesgado3323]

I see p-51 i press like button...

[@dalebelseth3058]

A Mooney is not a Piper

[@mrgone658]

Only 5?

[@theinfidel5662]

F-14?????

[@mrrabirajbhandari]

F16

[@zvir7493]

Good old Merica

[@WarblesOnALot]

G'day, All very pretty, in a hideously expensive sort of a way..; and who'd ever want to be personally responsible for the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of any one of these otherwise well-executed Flying Machines ? A Sailplane or a Paraglider might have been a nice addition. Just(ifiably ?) sayin', ;-p Ciao !

[@vincentmcshan3388]

The b52 f 15 corsair lighting hellcat and saber should have been on this listed. The mustang has a british engine and the f22 is unproven.

[@ventox2299]

Vincent Mcshan the raptor is well proven

[@rapidthrash1964]

5 amazing aircraft produced by russia (including SSJ 100)?

[@flyinglican100direita4]

Bonanza is ridiculous.

[@hshs5756]

The Beechraft Bonanza was setting performance records for civil aviation when I was born 69 years ago, and you can still buy a brand new one today. I can't think of anything else you can say that about.

[@pinoyeh]

Your title seems to be grammatically wrong, "....produced by the USA", should be ".....produced in the USA"

[@rotorheadv8]

B-52.

[@timothyphillips5043]

The Mustang an American plane? Wouldn't even fly without a British engine and was still outperformed by the later marks of the Spitfire. The best sounding, looking long lasting, performing against all axis planes not to mention famous fighter of the war.

[@davidtuttle7556]

Not over Berlin it wasnt.

[@yahatinda]

It flew fine with a V-12 Allison but needed a better super charger for high altitude work.Only a Griffon Spit canasta with a P-51.

[@teerex51]

Your flag-waving is pretty childish. Yes, the Mustang was definitely an American plane designed in 1940 to meet the requirements of the British Purchasing Commission, while the Spitfire had already been flying for 4 years. Mmmhh...why would the Brits want to buy an American plane when they had the Spitfire? Answer: Two different planes, two different roles. The P-51 Mustang's performance was later improved with the adoption of the British-designed US-built Merlin engine. If you really want to compare the two planes, you need to specify which versions you have in mind.

[@guywilloughby3383]

timothy phillips well I am British but at the end of the day the mustang although it was produced initially for the RAF was still designed and built by the North American company and therefore it is an American aircraft now yes the early models fitted with the Allison engine we're not very good at high altitude and so the British fitted the Merlin engine which was proven to be a great success however that is no reason to condemn it

[@michaelcoley7649]

U2

[@daniellastuart3145]

I fought the F22 Raptor program was concealed in the early 2000's for being a pile of shit

[@ronaldreed7698]

Daniella Stuart for high cost, not being a bad aircraft. That was when we cared about budget, musta been a Democratic Congress, the only time the GOP is concernd about debt is when we have a Democratic President.