CESSNA 150 / 152 AEROBAT 1960s AIRCRAFT AEROBATICS PROMOTIONAL FILM 53264

[@stevenpittman15]

That’s my dad!! 😃 I remember when he did this film. My dad is still alive but in poor health. I miss all the many hours of flying with him and doing aerobatics with him. He is and always will be my mentor and hero. What a great pilot!!

[@DutchFlightTours]

How cool is that, see you dad doing aerobatic manoeuvres back in the '60's on tape!

[@shaynemckinlay6406]

Awesome 👌

[@VictoryAviation]

Would you mind passing on to your dad that us pilots from now days appreciate him leading the way? This video is so awesome to watch!

[@HecmarJayam]

Congrats to your father!Cheers!

[@Kevin_747]

I remember Don Pitman. He stored his Pitts Special in my dads hangar while in our area doing airshows for a few days. I was ten at the time and got to sit in Dons airplane. It ruined me, 13 years later I built my own Pitts.

[@txdave2]

I flew my first solo flight in a Cessna 150 back in 1971 when I was 17 years old. Thanks for posting this video. Loved it!

[@michaelhiggins7365]

I love these vintage aviation films, kit really takes me back to 1979 when I began flying out of Brackett Field in La Verne and Cable Airport, California.

[@goneflying140]

Takes us back to a time when flying could be feasible for a majority of Americans. Now things have certainly changed....

[@Mike-01234]

Reminds me of tv shows when I was a kid in the 70's miss those days

[@triskellian]

Good introductory film to basic aerobatic flight.Pretty little 150 too! These small planes are a blast to perform aerobatics in.

[@yavorkaloyanov4483]

The 150 is in my opinion one of the most beautiful aircraft ever. And Iconic too. Love it

[@TGraysChannels]

Thanks. I have flown a lot of planes, and the 150 is a great little plane.

[@scrimmo]

I did lessons in a 152 aerobat. And Mary is still alive and going strong in 2017 lol

[@philharmonic6481]

Still have the helmet hair, and stand up titties?

[@BobJones-dq9mx]

I took my flying lessons in a Cessna 150 and was licensed in 1964. I never dreamed that I would be a Bird-dog pilot in Laos in 1970.

[@travist7777]

A Raven, with Steve Bannon training?

[@heretohear8662]

I feel cheated, having trained in a regular 152. That's an awesome little plane!

[@jeffshultz5348]

Here to hear the utility category will do most of this stuff just fine. The ones I trained in did.

[@jamesknuckey1332]

Those were the good old days. We were renting 150’s for $12 including gas. While getting checked out in the aerobat the instructor decided that we should do a couple of snap rolls. Loved that plane.

[@markfrench8892]

Oh good God I remember this film or at least parts of it from when I was a kid.

[@bobczz3919]

I learned how to fly in the 152. At that time it cost me $12.50 an hour, that included gas.

[@johns9579]

The last flight hours I logged was in a 172 at about 150 $/flight hr. If I remember correctly the 152 available was 119 $/flight hr. You Sir found a steal!

[@smaze1782]

Me too. A 152 at Montgomery Field in San Diego back in ‘91. Good times.

[@goneflying140]

That was a while ago!

[@goneflying140]

I learned to fly in a C150. I wish it was the Aerobat version. I want one of these now!!

[@philipmartin708]

@Okarya If he's right about it being a 152 and not a 150, it was probably about 1977, the year the 152 was introduced. I was paying $10 p/h for 150s in 1972. That's when I got my PPL. They were good old days.

[@bioriderfc]

Bill should have mentioned the doors have been modified to be jettisonable for aerobatic operation - not that you're getting out. The forward hinge can be pulled from the cabin to get the doors off.

[@goneflying140]

I wonder if there is a special parachute you could get for this plane? One to actually wear while you are flying...???

[@kiwidiesel]

First solo in one of those machines, and many zeros too, great planes and had the privilege of c172, 177rg, T210n also, everyone a great plane.

[@PandaXs1]

2:32 together, they fight crime!! also when I saw the glass of water I was like "please tell me he's gonna drift the plane without spilling the water"

[@bioriderfc]

Intro has a loop with two snap rolls on the way up - and just falling over the top. Next clip is a loop with a snap roll at the top. At the 7 minute mark, the landing is at the approach edge of the runway and stopping in about 200'.

[@goneflying140]

That was some real flying, and a perfect landing!!

[@jumpinjack1]

Great vid, I always like seeing the background in these films especially the field of extra flyable planes parked in the grass when there was a ton of them.

[@ednalorenzen3203]

I owned and flew a Cessna 150 Aerobat for seven years, it is a great airplane to fly, best at sea level. The short landing is made very simply by using full flaps and bring it down to 60 mph on final. The Aerobat has 45 degrees of flap, however student pilots got into trouble with this so the 152 has only 40 degrees of flap, and 70 mph is your best speed on final. Doug

[@whoanelly737-8]

Edna LORENZEN 152 is limited to 30 degrees of flaps

[@scotabot7826]

Edna, you are a little confused. 150 only ever had 40 degrees max. 152 had 30 degrees max.Depending on the wind, I always flew final at 55 to 60.

[@PRH123]

Must be the prettiest paint job ever on c150/152...!

[@petercyr3508]

They didn't mention how the engine cuts out during the inverted part of rolling maneuvers. Very dramatic when you are in the plane.

[@Steel3]

Only if you stay there too long.

[@wayneco]

Ah, life before trial lawyers and professional victim hood, where people wanted to do things and they did them, for better or for worse, and lived with the consequences. And America was proud, and birthed a recreational, civilian aviation industry from the heart of its broad middle class.

[@goneflying140]

Agreed, and well said Sir!

[@ionhunter]

Yes but,......it was a design flaw,....Clearly not my fault for trying to fly under the power lines.

[@GeorgTheGr8]

The decline of the general aviation market is a perfect example of how much the middle class has shrunk

[@PandaXs1]

"where people wanted to do things and they did them, for better or for worse, and lived with the consequences." like being held accountable for putting a faulty plane to market :^)

[@Triple_J.1]

They weren't faulty airplanes. Cessna still builds 172s with the exact same materials and systems they always have. The only difference is now they cost $425,000 instead of $15,000.

[@wolfganghokenmaier]

What is the technique for landing with such extreme short roll-out, shown at 7:00? I see full flaps, of course, but does he drag it in with power or not?

[@ednalorenzen3203]

Full flaps (45 degrees)and 60 mph on final, throttle to suit. I have flown my Aerobat straight and level at altitude at 45 indicated. Doug

[@aeromagnumtv1581]

@@ednalorenzen3203 I have done the same.👍

[@josephglenn5612]

It's been a lot of years so I don't remember all of the details, but.... My instructor in 1969 was a former military pilot. He performed a landing one day with a roll-out of a very few feet. I know the flaps were fully extended and the shaker was making a heck of a racket as we touched down softly. We basically landed in a stall with almost no forward motion.

[@429thunderjet2]

@@josephglenn5612 Shaker? You flying a Boeing or an Airbus maybe? Charlie Echo 150= Stall warning horn most likely

[@scotabot7826]

He also had a nice little head wind, look at the sock!

[@P61guy61]

Excellent. Thank you for posting

[@MrLikeke]

This C-150 Aerobat is part of the collection at the National Air & Space Museum. The well respected Bill Kershner owned this aircraft for purpose of teaching aerobatics. The tail number N1903F has been deregistered.

[@scotabot7826]

Bill owned two 152 Aerobat's. One named Orville, and the other Wilbur. One us still used today for training at the same airport he used to train at. The business is owned by one of his former female students. She does all the instruction as well.

[@tom7601]

My dad had a 180. His friend had a 172 Skyline. My dad didn't really approve of his friends flying because he cruised his 172 at around 80% power. Dad kept it down a bit and got better mileage. He always said, what's the rush? :-)

[@ednalorenzen3203]

I have read all the comments about Mary and Don. While some of you claim to be high time pilots. I wonder if you have ever flown a plane in all three dimensions. I have flown all the routines shown in the video for hours.It may be you are all either envious or jealous of Mary's and Dons ability and piloting skill.Doug

[@aeromagnumtv1581]

Unfortunately Edna, one must become accustomed to the armchair/keyboard warriors, if one is going to read the comment section of videos. Sad fact indeed, and one that took me awhile to accept. Best thing to do if you realize it's going to be that type of comment, is either try and educate that person or move on to next comment. Hope that helps. Happy/Safe Flying. PPL holder since April/2001. (Trained in 1964 Cessna 150/N4364U and 1958 Cessna 172/N8650B. Owned the beautiful straight tail 1964 Cessna 150/64U).

[@joesmith389]

2:25 why is there a separate men’s and women’s aerobatic division champs?

[@aeromagnumtv1581]

Why not? Bigger things to worry about.

[@mtbevins]

You might not think acrobatics as a physical sport but it is. That being said you will find both sexes matched as it relates to ability but I am sure the division is in case someone felt one sex did have the advantage.

[@joesmith389]

Todd Bevins I’m a pilot by the way, and fly the same platform as in this vid.

[@mtbevins]

@@joesmith389 ditto here. CFI and 150 owner

[@scotabot7826]

Because men and women are completely different in every way!!!!!!!

[@oldschoolcfi3833]

many fond memories of the Cessna fleet. Once as a student pilot(a-long-time ago), I executed a good short field landing at BED (Hanscom) in a C150. The very short landing roll ended just past abeam the first taxiway at the end of the runway. Feeling very pleased with myself, I Looked up to see 3 jet (business jet types) who had been 'holding short' for me to land. The tower's instruction to "Expedite taxi to the next turn off" was delivered with a bit of emphasis, and I recall taxi-ing to the turn-off with some air speed indicated. Still felt pretty good about the landing, even though those jets probably burned my aircrafts weight in fuel waiting for me to land and clear the active!

[@pumarolz]

After all those modifications only 16 pounds I was like WHHATT? Ain’t no way , what sorcery is this?! I want one so bad now

[@Buelligan88]

4:23 .... that is amazing.

[@dalecannotuploadanymorebye4964]

Buelligan88 I mean, video editing didn’t exist in these times but to me that is set up

[@Stafford-d8u]

This is so freakin cool

[@goneflying140]

I remember training in a standard 150, and on my first power on stall, when it quit flying, the left wing dropped, and the plane flipped over, and I was looking up at the ground spinning above me.. I removed the power, pushed forward on the yoke, neutralized the spin with right rudder, and promptly pulled out of the spin with an easy recovery. My instructor asked if I was okay, and my response was: "can we do that again?" He said we should try not to in a standard 150. You need an Aerobat if you want to fly like that.

[@scotabot7826]

Normal 150's and 152;s are approved for spins all day long!!!!!!

[@Triple_J.1]

@@scotabot7826 not inverted spins...

[@AkPacerPilot]

Very cool

[@bobmarshall3700]

I usually do aerobatics with a couple of glasses of bourbon on the dash......

[@sajsingh5655]

Very well done! Champion

[@Mikey300]

Well, it does seem a little silly (in the 21st Century) for Cessna (or its ad agency) to have had Mary wearing a pair of high heels as she exited the aircraft. One would have thought that she would have been wearing sneakers or flats to have had the best feel of the rudder pedals during her maneuvers, but I guess the idea was to highlight the point that an “attractive girl pilot” (to use 60s terminology) could make the Aerobat perform like that-even while wearing a skirt and heels. If Marlo Thomas as “That Girl” could have flown aerobatics, Cessna might have wanted to use her.

[@kennethmartin1300]

I Want One!!! I had heard about the Aerobat but had no idea of the structural reinforcements. I got a chance, years ago, to do some flying with a choice of three 152's on the flight line, one had a 'Climb-Prop'. That prop made all the difference in performance. That on an Aerobat would be awesome, but I wonder if increased horsepower options are available to compensate for the slight increase in Aerobat's weight?

[@mr_aviatorr]

What’s the intro song?

[@SixStringflyboy]

Please fix the video title to say Cessna 150 Aerobat. The 152 didn't roll out until 1977.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Done thanks.

[@ConvairDart106]

The only difference between 150 and 152 Aerobats, is the same for all 150/152. The only difference is the Continental 100 hp, and the Lycoming of 108hp. 40 degrees of flap vs 30 on the 152. Personally, I liked the 40 degrees of flap but too many tried going around with full flaps and there was really not enough power to overcome the drag! That is the primary reason they limited flap travel on the 152. My harness came undone while performing a 4 point roll, and I put my head through the skylight!

[@Triple_J.1]

@@ConvairDart106wow😮

[@edwardarruda7215]

i soloed in a T41A given a civilian paint job and still didnt do all that stuff.

[@1donagin]

They just don't make toys like they used to...

[@JamesJohnson-ok1hn]

Oh you bet! ive done some time in the 150 Aerobat. quite agile.

[@ackack612]

HUH...? no preflight for Don? EEE GADS

[@riazfarid8213]

ماشاء اللہ اللہ پاک اپنی حفاظت میں رکھے آمین یا رب العالمین

[@Capt_Tarmac]

What? Don just jumped right in and started her up with no preflight? Don, say it isn't so!

[@Mikey300]

Master Warning it flew in--it should fly out!

[@Capt_Tarmac]

Your right-that's how we fly the big iron

[@Mikey300]

Master Warning I'm only ASEL/Instrument with an M20C. Thirty-plus years ago, the other pilots at the FBO joked that my preflight inspections should count as annual inspections--but I always figured that if I was going to be first to the scene of my crash, it wasn't going to be the result of an inadequate preflight. One of the airplanes I previously owned wound up inverted on an Ohio hillside because two pilots each thought the other had checked the fuel level before takeoff (neither of them was me).

[@Capt_Tarmac]

Mikey300 sir, sounds like you are a very competent pilot. I'm just joking around on this video and having some fun. My logbook is a little over 28,000 hours now with 38 years in the major airlines

[@Mikey300]

Master Warning I'm joking too (remember the old line about the pilot always being first to the scene of his own crash?). What makes me really curious is: how does Mary work the rudder for aerobatics in those high heels??

[@flybobbie1449]

Title should be Cessna C150 Aerobat. Says so on the tail!

[@danieladamczyk8655]

This plane should be in the sport pilot catagory

[@Triple_J.1]

LSA was created around the Rotax 912 80-100hp airplanes being developed in Australia and Europe. It is fine with 1320lb limit. If you want to fly a real airplane, get a real license.

[@pR1mal.]

1:18, looked like homegirl was driving a car. =)

[@darthheretic129]

I’m going to do this shit on my checkride 😂

[@CessnaFlyerVT]

what is the intro song, I must know 😂😂.

[@GcoEnterprises]

it sounds almost like a Elmer Bernstein or Laurence Rosenthaal composition. They were quite prolific back on those days for movies and tv shows. Elmer was the guy that did the orchestral soundtrack to 1981 version of Heavy Metal Cartoon, and Laurence did the soundtrack to Logan's Run Tv Series as well as Clash of the Titans the film from the early 1980's

[@MrLikeke]

@@GcoEnterprises It sounds more like an underwater scene from Adventures In Paradise, or, Flipper, two 1960s tv shows.

[@helios1912]

Looks like a lot of Kansas countryside

[@berniemccann8935]

"... a number of minor design changes ..."??

[@Triple_J.1]

Thicker spar caps and shear webs. Thicker lift struts that can handle compression loads while inverted. Larger wing bolts. Etc...

[@aleksandargales7174]

Glass fell at 5:45

[@PandaXs1]

I mean, I'd be _very_ impressed if he could hold the plane sideways without spilling the water lol

[@Bds737]

I like how the dude went out to fly aerobatics with no parachute. 😂

[@davidhames319]

How can this be from the 60s? the first aerobat was not introduced until 1970

[@michaelamis4516]

How is it that this film is from the 60s when the Aerobat didn't debut until 1970? The reason I ask is because I have a 1966 F model with the identical paint scheme and other resemblances to an Aerobat. My 150 (N8852G) is listed as a Commuter model in the logs. Now is it possible Cessna built a what is now "Aerobat airframe changes" in earlier models (1966?) but didn't officially change it's name to Aerobat until the 1970 K model? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Michael Amis 727-667-2245 call or text

[@scotabot7826]

No, there are no 66 model 150's with the beefed up aerobat structure. This was filmed in the very late 60's. There are no "secret" aerobats with commuter markings that are pre 1970 A150k's. The only resemblances a 66 F model might have is the paint, and it sure isn't factory Cessna paint! Why someone would put a Aerobat scheme on a 66 model is beyond me! Kind of silly really!

[@josephliptak]

This was filmed in 69

[@Capt_Tarmac]

Bill has been caught once again over at the Hansen farm with their sheep. They have a restraining order to stay away from Bertha which appears to be his favorite goat. I have no idea how Bill gets his tracking collar off and sneaks past the Hansen's security fence.

[@travist7777]

This was obviously back when women were women and men were men, and parachutes were optional!

[@billcallahan9303]

I bought a Cessna 404 in '78. Biggest piece of under powered crap ever made with the possible exception of the Cessna Cardinal.....another death dealer. Cessna built great planes like the 180 series, the Ag Truck etc but they did kill a lot of people too by underpowering their aircraft.

[@aeromagnumtv1581]

I think the Cardinal is an excellent flying aircraft. very roomy, sleek-looking , but indeed, it does have to have the right power plant/HP.

[@peppybobanny1157]

I've flown bonanzas that have killed a lot of doctors that had plenty of power. Not everyone is in a p51 fire ball i love flying them all i once flew a skipper on a 300 mile run. It climbed at 78, cruised at 80, landed at 77 78... had a ball over mt Mitchell NC!

[@josephliptak]

The first few years of the Cardinal were definitely underpowered.

[@billcallahan9303]

@@josephliptak Thanks Joseph. Two friends of mine, takeoff, trees, dead. 150 hp Cardinal. Severely underpowered back when A GAS was $1.00 a gallon. Why?

[@billcallahan9303]

@@peppybobanny1157 True Peppy but some were real dogs for no reason back when AVgas was $1.00 a gallon.

[@freedomaviationAZ]

Great video but get rid of the stupid ridiculous counter in the video. Ruins it.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

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[@scotabot7826]

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