DOUGLAS DC-6 ⚡️THUNDERSTORM LANDING⚡️ FULL ENGINE START-UP + TAKE-OFF (100% ORIGINAL SOUND)

[@Thomas-airwing]

Why is the engine start sequence 3 4 2 1 ?

[@zajcmaster]

2 & 3 have the hydraulic pumps fitted. You need to start one of these engines first (generally 3 to have the same routine) to have hydraulic pressure to the brakes. Brakes get initially set using an electric auxiliary pump before engine starts. 1 & 4 engines drive the cabin superchargers which provide pressurization for the cabin at higher altitude. Although the cabin superchargers are running with the engines running, the system doesn’t start working until the aircraft lifts off the ground.

[@PeterNGloor]

@@zajcmaster that aux. hydraulic pump was manual on the DC-3...

[@milesbrown8016]

Awesome old dame of the skies

[@mr.y1965]

So if 2-3 fail, no more hydraulics, 1-4 fail, no compressor, lol.​@@zajcmaster

[@miked202069]

If you start up 3 first you then shut down 2 last to confirm hydraulic pump operation on 2.

[@ronkemperful]

Though I had just turned 4, in 1959 one of my first flights was on a DC-6, flying to Hawaii from Los Angelos. As the engines were being started up, my mom and I were looking out the window and noticed a long blue wire was being drawn up into the propeller, like winding a spool of thread. We mentioned this to the stewardess and she ran up to the pilot and the engine was shut off. It took the mechanics 2 1/2 hours to unwind the wire from the propeller and we finally took off on a flight that took over 8 hours. The piston engines, to me, a four year old, were deafening. I miss those days of gracious air travel: meeting people at the gate, no security, people dressed up, planes kept more to a schedule because time was budgeted in for any potential delays. We flew low over mountain tops as we were served bacon and eggs for breakfast. As a child I got a pin of pilot wings to clip to my vest. My grandparents were frequent flyers so we got to sit in the fancy lounge provided by the airline for cocktails (I got a Shirley Temple - cherry with 7-up). Gone are those days, gone with the wind!

[@58系]

ここまできれいにメンテナンスしていることに驚きです。日本人にとって、戦後の国際社会への復帰に大きく貢献した機体です、あこがれの飛行機でもありました。飛べる状態でここまで保存されたことに敬意を表します。ありがとうございました。

[@Tamburello_1994]

My father was a C-118 guy from VR-51 back in the day. I got to play a bit at the base simulator. Fun times! Thanks dad!

[@ivanhicks887]

I am 91 - was a passenger 3 times - Love it

[@jaimevargas239]

First flew on board one of those nice old birds. Clipper Betsy Ross / PAN AM, then PAA June 1957. Then, there were three other times on the now defunct LACSA AIRLINES , that last one circa 1970.

[@ivanhicks887]

@@jaimevargas239 Those Were The Days Great Memories

[@charlesnash2748]

My father was an American captain; flew in 6's and7's as a kid; great memories.

[@jmstowe]

My father was an FE on a DC-6, DC-7, DC-8 and DC-10.

[@mt5144]

That DC-6 is in amazing condition, seen this at a European Airshow few years ago, its like brand new.

[@wrightflyer7855]

One of my fondest memories is flying space available on the DC-6 (C-118) when I was a boy and my late father was active duty Army. I loved every minute of those flights, from the thumping 2800s to spending time in the flight deck jump seat, watching everything. Wright Flyer, USAF (1968-1972).

[@samb3706]

What a magnificent aircraft! I flew as flight engineer on the USN C118B version in the 1960s, and still miss working on this wonderful airplane.

[@zajcmaster]

What a great time that must have been 🙌

[@rubenomarbueno1134]

The Military version C-118 of the Military Transpor Command . Unites States Air Force. 1969 .

[@sawubona44]

I flew from Zurich to Johannesburg in 1968 with a DC-6B, it took over 32 hours. Between Angola and Johannesburg, one of the engines caught fire and was shut down. Nevertheless, we landed well in Jan Smuts. This flight was exciting.

[@xcel5203]

Quite an adventure . 32 hours must have been considered a quick passage in those days ; but what an ordeal .

[@zajcmaster]

That sounds like an amazing trip 🤟 I would always try to picture the planes and apron vibes from the 60/70ties when sitting at the gate today. Too bad all we get is Boeings and Airbuses with different logos these days 😒

[@simon-oy6um]

They didnt make many of the B versions they were using up stock rolls royce engines on them ,i remember it well got a picture of #3 engine out of the window somewhere 😊over the french alps going to italy skiing in 67 😇

[@RadianXL2023]

Love the sound of this Engines, music for My ears

[@ElectronsVideo]

When I was eight years old, I was a passenger (with my family) on an American Airlines DC-6, from Toronto to NYC. I was thrilled!

[@broesl27]

Bin aus Teisendorf nahe Salzburg. Und es ist echt jedes mal spektakulär wenn die DC-6 über uns fliegt 👍👍👍👍

[@josefharrecker6248]

Die vom Red Bull , auch ich höre die mit Gänsehaut, ein paar Kilometer weg davon

[@rubenomarbueno1134]

Exelet , retauration guork ✌⚒️🛠⚙️🔩🔧🌞

[@edouardtrautwein7711]

What an unusual blessing - a great video and no annoying crappy music. Unique. Well done. Great to hear those piston engines again. I've crossed the Atlantic on a DC-7 and a Connie. Comfortable seats that really reclined, great food and drink. Thanks for posting.

[@zajcmaster]

Glad you liked it! There is more where that came from 🙌

[@rubenomarbueno1134]

Era junto al C-54 y el C-118 los aviones que triunfaron . Desarrollos del iconico y legendario Dougļas DC-3 / C-47 ✈️

[@PeterNGloor]

professional filming with really turning propellers. A rarity in the world of KZbin videos. Thank you. A great memory of my flight in her.

[@zajcmaster]

Happy you like it Sir great to see appreciation of our efforts! More to come!

[@williamralph5442]

Gorgeous DC 6. Red Bull rides in style..thanks

[@Lambonights]

That DC6B, is in simply stunning condition, what a beauty! Glad you took it in out of the rain! Don't forget that lovely P-51 I saw casually sitting there in the background, bring it in too. 🙂

[@customcarsfordba2481]

What a beautiful, beautiful plane.

[@КлиентДнс-ч4р]

Классный самолет . Взлетел легко и красиво приземлился

[@waffles1ca]

A beautiful piece of history

[@stevek4153]

Absolutely gorgeous bird! Likely the prettiest plane on the ramp wherever it goes.

[@alejandroeguren4187]

That's a great truth! The first flight of my life was on March 25, 1964, in a precious "FAUCETT" DC-6B. Faucett was a 100% Peruvian private airline, founded by the great Elmer J. Faucett, mechanic and pilot. (Savona, N.Y. 1891- Lima-Peru, 1960)

[@mikearakelian6368]

Wonder where they get the gas from??

[@rubenomarbueno1134]

Gas 100/ 120 and Tertraetilo de plumo , para mejorar su poténcia .⚙️🔩

[@rogerhuber3133]

Seeing her sure brings back wonderful memories working and flying the NAVY C-118B versions.

[@propman3523]

This brings back great memories.

[@marktaylor8659]

I got to fly on an Air Force C-118, which was the AF version of the DC-6 in 1970 through mid '71. It was an air evacuation airplane with a big red cross on the tail. At the time, my father was in the Air Force and stationed at Izmir, Turkey working for NATO. I was 13 years old and had braces, however there was no orthodontist at the US military hospital in Izmir. So every month, the Air Force flew me and about 7 or 8 other kids, along with our moms, to Athens, Greece where there was an Air Force base and an orthodontist. We'd fly out on Tuesday afternoon, have our orthodontist appointments on Wednesday and then they'd fly us back on Thursday. I think we did that about 6 or 7 times before our family was sent back to the states. I wish I'd have taken pictures of the airplane and flight. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@davehutchins2820]

Crown Jewel for sure!

[@ivanlussich8146]

I am from Uruguay, 85. I worked 26 years for Pan Am in the MVD ticket office and flew on a DC-7B once in 1961 PTY/ MIA/ IDL(Idlewild, now JFK). I do remember the blue rings from the engines exhaust. Later I flew on a DC-6 MVD/ AEP. Both powerful, comfortable aicraft.

[@maesc2001]

I had the privilege to fly in the 6 and the 7 in the 60’s as a kid and what a blast it was!

[@maxon-m3c]

My father worked for UAL, as a kid I rode on DC-6s a few times. First around 1958 and the last time in 1964 when I was eleven years old.

[@rubenomarbueno1134]

Es que las viejas helices . Nunca Mueren 👨‍✈️ 🔩⚙️⚒️

[@scotabot7826]

Does not get much better than this, as far as civil/military transports go. Besides the DC-3, some of Douglas finest transport work!

[@cliffshirley829]

A beautiful aircraft. A DC-6 took us from Saigon to Taipei for an R&R jaunt in 1967. A great ride.

[@zajcmaster]

that sounds like a great time 🙌

[@KensHobbies409]

My 1st Airplane ride was on one of these from Prince George BC to Vancouver BC when had to take My Course in Burnaby for Appliance Servicing at BCVS. Seeing this sure brings Memories back. They were sure a reliable aircraft.

[@jimbower9268]

I love those old propliners. I flew on a few of them when I was a tiny kid.

[@stevengarner4596]

The soundscape is what really makes these videos. Great work!

[@zajcmaster]

Thank you Sir. Really glad you mention this, sound is 80% of the effort for us 🙌 have you tried using headphones?

[@stevengarner4596]

​@@zajcmaster Absolutely, it's amazing!

[@arthurthomasware5004]

I flew from Sydney to Port Moresby in one of the back in December 1963. Quite a ride: thunderstorms practically all the way.

[@lwilde]

A beautiful aircraft from the glory days of commercial air travel.

[@tedralston4956]

Hawaiian Airlines used one or two 6s for interisland and charter work in the 60. As a highschool senior with brand-new Commercial Cert in my pocket in 1963, I was invited to sit in the cockpit on a flight to Hilo, including the night landing. Lifetime experience for sure.

[@RenoLaringo]

Fantastic filming! What an imposing beauty. A true work of art.

[@MarkRockwell-d3u]

When I was 11 rode one of these from KC to NYC. Rode a Connie back. Big fun for a kid.

[@toma60641]

Beautiful and magnificent! Loved the sound of the engines from inside the cockpit!

[@Eric-jo8uh]

The sound of those engines is music to my ears💕💕👍👍👍👍

[@sonora770]

A unique and admirable depiction of this beautifully restored plane using actual video devoid of narration. Kudos Zajcmaster!

[@MickGirvan]

Flew in one of these planes from Sydney to Canberra in the late 1950's or early 1960's then in Alaska from Anchorage to Seldovia(?) in 1993. A great workhorse - both commercial flights.

[@nikt.7943]

Großartiges Flugzeug, großartiges Video. Danke. 🙂

[@zajcmaster]

Danke für das Lob! Es kommt noch mehr 👍

[@robertsalanon2909]

Ces anciens , c·est MAGIC !!...

[@wernerdanler2742]

I don't recall if I ever flew on one of these but I do remember flying across the Atlantic to New York on a Connie.

[@michaelfaserl1780]

Thank you for sharing this with us. Great footage!

[@zajcmaster]

Glad you enjoyed it 🙌 there is more where that came from 🤝

[@itsicone]

Amazing and exciting! Takes me back decades.

[@ArmandoPerillavega-xw7lo]

Tiene la misma carita del dc3 siendo hermanos hasia 50años que no veía volar un dc4 ,,,,muchos venían a morir al aeropuerto de el DORADO,,QUE RECUERDOS ,, GRACIAS SALUDOS POR DARLE VIDA A UNA GRAN INGENIERIA PASADA ,,SALUDOS 💚💚💚💚💚

[@juanastorgabasaure1007]

Que agradable volar en ese avión. Lo hice,en el año 64 de la línea LAN CHILE. COMODOS ,ESPACIOSOS , Y LA COMIDA DE DOS PLATOS VINO , POSTRE. HOY SE VIAJA COMO LATA DE SARDINAS , APRETUJADOS , ASIENTOS INCOMODOS Y UN SÁNDWICH SIN GUSTO A NADA.

[@ramirotorresalvarado1326]

Tuve la misma experiencia que tu Juana...era año 1964, vole con mi madre de Coyhaique a Puerto Montt en un DC-3 y ahí embarcamos en el DC-6B qué venía de Punta Arenas a Santiago, yo tenia 8 años y hasta hoy sigue siendo un momento épico de mi vida. Gracias RB,por mantener la historia viva.

[@armandocovelli7738]

Volar ahora es como viajar en buses de pueblos con gallinas y otros animales,,,al menos los animales se portan bien, pero ahora hasta oeleas y discusiones son el plato del dia,,,al menos asi es aqui en los EEUU,,,,,,,,😩😩😩😩😩😩😩

[@rode73]

Beautiful, saw her a few years ago when visiting Hangar-7 in Salzburg

[@KimWentworth-y8e]

Wow what a bird. She is spit shined. The flight deck is amazing, with modern avionics hidden at the bottom of the flight panel. Just an amazing restoration. The DC-6 is one of my favorite airplanes.

[@brianscott6171]

What a majestic lady of the sky!

[@artrandy]

Always loved the DC-6 more than anything else in airline service. The Connie is probably more beautiful, but there weren't many of those left when I was an airspotter, only Super Connies, so our love for a Connie would have been unrequited. 6s were still about however. I remember in the early 70s, being in school, when Geography class had a film about digging wells in Africa, 5 or 6 of us suddenly heard the drone of 4 Double Wasp engines as a Sterling Airways DC-6B departed Stansted Airport for its Tuesday afternoon visit. What to do, panic set in amongst us, as we scurried towards the window in the dark, and then the lights were suddenly turned on. That's how the blinds are getting damaged, you boys are poking holes in them to see bloody aircraft, shouted poor Mr Townley. He put that on my report, but my parents saw the funny side. I still got detention though. How can a love like that ever be broken......?

[@zajcmaster]

🤩 amazing! Well worth the trouble I bet! Do you remember where in Africa that was? OE-LDM was based out of Windhoek before Red Bull bought it to bring her back to life 🙌

[@artrandy]

@@zajcmaster No idea bro😂. We were too busy wondering why those 6s always hugged the horizon after take off and climbed very slowly. Did that save them fuel..........?

[@Glideslopes]

Goosebumps.

[@sBillworld]

That is a marvelous man made work of art 👌🏼

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Thank you for sharing a beautiful aircraft from our history. Restored and looking so so beautiful.❤😊

[@zajcmaster]

Very glad you like it! There is more to come 🙌

[@LMays-cu2hp]

You are welcome.

[@johnstudd4245]

I love that immaculate cockpit and instrument panel. Most of those 70 year planes operating have a panel that .....looks like a 70 year old plane.

[@PeterCox-k1w]

Beautifully presented aircraft, many dollars spent, worth while

[@RedArrow73]

Cool Spotting Dolly.

[@albertoricardogilabert3302]

El avión más bonito del mundo , y de todos los tiempos.

[@alejandroeguren4187]

Absolutamente de acuerdo, amigo!!!! El primer vuelo de mi vida fue en un DC-6B de FAUCETT, (El Douglas 44,256) que se fabricó para PANAGRA (PAN AMERICAN GRACE AIRWAYS) en 1952 y que fue el N-6256-C. FAUCETT lo compró en 1960, cambiando su registro a OB-PBL y más tarde a OB-R-552 y lo desguazó en 1977. FAUCETT fue una empresa peruana fundada por el mecánico/piloto neoyorkino Elmer J. Faucett (Savona 1891 - Lima, Perú 1960) que operó entre 1928 y 1997.

[@jamesgovett3225]

I can still remember going out to Melbournes (in Australia) then main airport, Essendon Aerodrome as a young kid in the early sixties on my bicycle with my brother to look at the planes and one thing I can remember well was Ansett-ANA’s Douglas DC-6 B’s starting up ready to take off and back in those days we could literally get up close to them only a matter of yards away from a wire fence on the apron and the sound of those Pratt & Whitney radials starting up and idling with a very cammy sound was mesmerising this was just before Ansett and TAA got their first Boeing 727’s onn1964

[@ВикторФильков-ц2я]

КАКИЕ ЖЕ ОНИ КРАСИВЫЕ ВИНТОВЫЕ САМОЛЁТЫ.

[@John-jl9de]

Thank you, beautiful airplane.

[@jimburig7064]

I used to travel from Detroit on one of these to stay with my grandparents in Florida.

[@josemauricioduarte543]

Um belo pássaro, e um excelente vídeo!

[@dassaultgsh9122]

Que hermoso avión! Felicidades a los dueños se ve listo para hacer viajes largos.

[@gunterscholl9952]

Very Cool Plain

[@fernandocubasbarca3931]

Preciosa imagen y bonito recuerdo, gran avión ✈️

[@abl78]

Flew ON SABENA super DC-6 from the Congo and Belgium back and forth when I was a baby in the 50s

[@giltracy505]

What an airplane,great video thank you!!

[@Pedro40932]

Hermosa aeronave, muy buen video!!!

[@xcel5203]

It's a Red Bull - Beautifully restored with the steelwork gleaming on the engines and fuselage !

[@stephenholland5930]

That would be aluminium alloy.

[@countrichardvoncoudenhovek8855]

Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪What a beautiful video, thank you for not spoiling it with music,out of curiosity do they do tours of the hangars by any chance

[@zajcmaster]

Not a 100% sure best if you reach out to them directly through www.hangar-7.com

[@paulweisensell8751]

Smoothe, raw power. Love it!

[@mike97525]

Flew to the UK in one of those in 1960 USAF

[@infledermaus]

I think RedBull trastes terrible, but thank their sweet little Austrian hearts for restoring this beautiful old aircraft!

[@victorgrecov5071]

А какой все таки красавчик!!!!

[@robijnbruinsma4489]

Very enjoyable.

[@rickatkinson1000]

I remember flying from Vancouver BC to Victoria BC in an Air Canada Douglas DC3. Thirty minute flight that was so exciting.

[@svjarahian]

I flew on one from Cam Ranh Bay to Taipei, Taiwan for R & R and back in April 1967. It was Pan Am and luxurious compared to military aircraft! A beautiful quiet flight!

[@bhoward9378]

Wonderful! Thank you.

[@moniquegregoire551]

Je suis partie pour Madagascar sur un DC6 de la TAI. Merveilleux souvenir. J'avais 10ans

[@ladis4873]

This is a beautiful plane

[@lars277]

I remember these planes. They had DC-6s in service at North Central Airlines.

[@higgs923]

One of my forever moments from the USN was being the sailor with the fire bottle in a guest C-118 start. My part was to stand in front of each engine as the pilot fired it up. As someone who loves recips it was heaven. Spent my whole hitch working on F9Fs, A4s and OV-10s - not a piston in sight.

[@Jerry-n7u]

I was a flight engineer on c118 usaf in the 60s and 70s one time in 64 in the north east going to Germany from California we got into a ice storm and dropped from 24ooo feet to 12ooo before the ice came off at one point we had max power on to maintain air speed

[@zajcmaster]

That sounds wild, I guess you were not hauling light cargo too.

[@alfredfeagins1886]

I flew on a Pan American DC6B round trip between Da Nang, Viet Nam and Taipei, Taiwan on my R&R in 1966. The weather was cloudy with rain. I had a window seat near the engines, and they really sounded pretty.🛩

[@lisasteimer5860]

What a beaut!

[@iamrichrocker]

thanks to RB for the efforts and $s to restore this beauty..

[@analogidc1394]

Beautiful plane.

[@MegaPeedee]

Sheer beauty.

[@goodbarbenie5477]

In my heydays I often travel to Salisbury, Rhodesia on a Dac 9. It was a great novality and a delightful experience... As always going on my Flame Lily Holidays, to Rhodesia... How sad everything has just gone for a loop since then. 😢😮😢

[@rubegoldburg7841]

A Gorgeous aircraft and engineering marvel. ❤👍

[@jimbecker5731]

GEOGIOUS What does this mean?

[@rubegoldburg7841]

@@jimbecker5731 I misspelled "Gorgeous" and have just corrected it. 😉

[@richardharrold4357]

Ok Red Bull. you got me. I try the stuff. Damn I love your airplanes.

[@hugocesargayozzoalvarez]

HERMOSO DC6B😮

[@goflying1929]

Beautiful plane!

[@amcam124]

Gorgeous airplane!!!!

[@roywrogers2900]

One of the most beautiful aircraft of the 40s, 50s.

[@Ricksie]

Absolutely awesome!

[@bairdswestciv9542]

I love this video. It just illustrates how these aircraft worked. Almost flawlessly when they were new not these rundown, piston, engine planes. You see on TV today that are barely held together. It also reminds me of a time before I was even alive. I personally am a fan of the early to mid 20th century. The 1920s had great style both in terms of clothes and art deco architecture. The 30s 40s and early 50s was a day of air transport with beautiful piston engine planes like this. And if you ever watch any videos of air travel from that., You were treated as a guest on many foreign airlines still do for their first class. But I have flown several times here in the states. And I felt that I was treated like nothing more like cargo but with legs. The planes are cramped. A couple of them were dirty. And on two flights it was delayed because they had to get the plane actually work.

[@RodneyBolstad]

Plane captain VR -21 67-69 . Great plane.

[@raybame5816]

GREAT video. Your perspectives are unique and very interesting. I'll like and sub. Looking for more from your channel At 443 subs you're just starting, but what a start. Good luck

[@zajcmaster]

Thanks a LOT ...we are working on sharing these clips weekly! Glad to have you on board subscriber #444 🤩