Engine Start-Up of a rare Republic P-47D Thunderbolt - NX7159Z

[@jeburgoyne]

My great grandpa flew this beast in WWII. Actually got shot down and survived. Going on 93 years old and still going strong, total badass.

[@BJBFOREST]

James, what did your grand father think of this aircraft. Fond memories ? Did he fly other types for a comparison?

[@randymcgaugh8194]

James Burgoyne, depending on where your Great Grandfather served, he may have provided fighter cover for my father's bomb group. In any case, I send him a great Thank you from all the bomber crews, and for his service in defense of freedom.

[@goldhogger3087]

Randy McGaugh I respect you, my grandfather was a medic in the Vietnam war. he had a stroke recently, and luckily he survived. Still going strong to this day!

[@randymcgaugh8194]

+GoldHogger , Good to hear. Pass along my respect and thanks. No one was as important as "Doc" once the heat was on.

[@goldhogger3087]

Randy McGaugh Agreed

[@richardlahan7068]

When I was a cashier at Piggly Wiggly in the mid-90s, one of my customers was a woman who worked at Republic Aircraft during WWII. She built P-47's. I could talk to her all day about WWII aircraft.

[@AirplaneMart]

That would be a very interesting conversation.

[@acme_tnt8741]

Do you know if she worked in Evansville IN?

[@richardlahan7068]

@@acme_tnt8741 I sure don't.

[@heinrichh.3369]

Talk to her?! Hell, I would've tried to marry her. Any woman that builds aircraft like the P-47 is my kind of woman. Priorities...........who needs 'em?

[@OGLizardKing]

Me too ❤

[@terencestark8044]

The fact they assembled these in the field from two large crates is mind boggling.

[@thethirdman225]

That was true of many fighters, including the P-51.

[@cr7mthumilde]

this is incredible really a beautiful plane, my grandfather was from the Brazilian air force he flew a p47 thunderbolt on his combat missions in Italy in 1944

[@AirplaneMart]

Wow, great history!

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

Quem foi seu avô?

[@16rumpole]

awesome, how do you say '"your grandfather is a badass in Portuguese.?." Just so there are no misunderstandings, calling a guy a badass is the greatest compliment one man can give another.

[@Shane-Singleton]

Rolls Royce Merlin is always the engine that gets talked about. But those single and twin radials to me make a much more glorious noise.

[@nymuseum4918]

+hallis1 There is something about the sound of the Dailler-Benz of the FW 190 that equals and to some sounds better than the RR.

[@nymuseum4918]

+None Given Wow did I really spell Daimler like that. I must be hearing things.

[@barryervin8536]

The only Daimler-Benz engines in Fw 190s were in a couple of prototype 190Cs that never went into production. The short nose 190s had BMW radials and all production long nose type 190s had Junkers Jumo V-12s. The Daimler-Benz V-12 was used in the Bf/Me109 of course, and it does sound great.

[@fiftystate1388]

A couple of years ago I was working in the front yard. There are several airfields around, general aviation, small military and full blown international hubs and a joint base, so we get a wide variety of sounds in the sky. So I'm minding my business and all of a sudden there's a sound like a mountain lion and a bear pretty close by. I look down the street and a half second later a beautiful P-47 appears a thousand feet over the neighbor's roof, magnificent.

[@SD9Driver]

The idle has a nice lope to it.

[@DavidSmith-xs3or]

I can imagine an airfield full of these brutes warming up at the same time.....southern England or Italy.... circa 1943. The sound of power and victory!

[@tm80notgoodwithnames58]

NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN!!! NEINEINEIN!!!!! FEGELEIN!!!!!

[@christianeidsmoe4772]

shizer

[@Dbusdriver71]

More like the 8th airforce; they also flew escort missions like the P51 mustangs but also did so many other things all over europe.

[@brianjschumer]

18 cylinders of pure USA muscle, Nothing was better at high Altitude..

[@Pandenhir]

Out of curiosity, I always thought and was told that radial engines were much better high up because of power and efficency. Completely false or dependent on plane?

[@modernschoolatlas]

Years ago I knew a guy who flew these in WWII on ground attack in Burma, being kids we all thought that was amazing and exciting, but one day he told us that he was the only one who came home, all his friends were killed, all of them, we looked around at our own friends in shock as the message sank in. I'll never forget Jack Atkinson.

[@AirplaneMart]

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[@richardlahan7068]

Was he RAF? I know the RAF flew them in the CBI Theater.

[@modernschoolatlas]

@@richardlahan7068 Yes, I knew him as an instructor when I was a teenage air cadet, and as an air cadet officer he always wore his wings and medals.

[@GoufCustom22085]

I love the sound of a R-2800 in the morning, it sounds like victory

[@clearcreek69]

Its a shame this video didn't show the Jug in the air accompanied by a A-10 Warthog

[@laurencethornblade8357]

@ben pointer Totally different roles, the P-47 is a high altitude fighter while the A-10 is a tree top level close air support attack aircraft. Dont understand why people keep comparing them. Both designed for totally different roles.

[@laurencethornblade8357]

@ben pointer P-47 was not designed to bust armor.

[@singleproppilot]

@@laurencethornblade8357 The P-47 was a multirole aircraft, and was often used in a close air support role, especially once the P-51 Mustang arrived and took over bomber escort duty. The P-47 would have to use bombs to destroy tanks, since the guns couldn’t penetrate their armor, but anything else; troops, trucks, and trains, for example; would fall to the eight .50s. There are even stories of P-47 pilots attacking Tiger tanks with their guns, the most vulnerable part of the Tiger being the trailer they were towing carrying extra fuel. Once out of fuel, the Tiger was useless and easily destroyed by Allied tanks or artillery.

[@thethirdman225]

@@singleproppilot There weren’t a lot of Tiger tanks in Western Europe.

[@ZantiMisfit198]

The Allison 1710, the Merlin and the Griffon are all really cool sounding but there's something about a big 18 cylinder radial that just screams power! Pratt&Whitney R-2800, Wright-3350 I can listen to em start up and idle all day!

[@sethkimmel7312]

+Hawkin's Dog finest radial piston engine ever built imnsho......merlin is my favorite inline.... sorry Allison....

[@lees.4084]

Hawkin's Dog The V12s just don't have a good sound at idle/low speed, but once at power, they produce their own terrific sound. Hard to beat an 18 cyl. radial at idle, or at power...

[@davecrupel2817]

You should hear them in person, if you haven't! They rumble and roar, like a proper war engine should!

[@fanatamon]

Mmmmmm Roger that.

[@ZantiMisfit198]

@upel2817 I have. Those big radials actually make the ground shake and you feel it in your chest. Would LOVE to have heard an entire squadron warming up & taxiing or better yet F6F's, Corsairs & Skyraiders on a carrier flight deck.

[@raulduke6105]

Pops was an engine mechanic on biak island in ww2. Worked on many p47’s. He couldn’t believe something so big could fly so well. Miss him.

[@AirplaneMart]

Wow, engine mechanic on Biak island during WW2 must have been an adventure. Please consider subscribing to my channel, Thanks! ➤bit.ly/3azRH8e

[@KyleCowden]

I cannot get enough of that wind up and spin off of the inertia starters. That's the definition of a classic sound.

[@stratcat3216]

Thank you for letting the engine speak for itself! no music needed !!!!

[@AirplaneMart]

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[@wesleyhill4922]

I agree, and love all the foregoing comments about this beautiful radial engine.....many of them were built in the Pratt and Whitney plant in my home town....my Mother in-law met her soon to be husband in the "heat treat" department and their daughter became my wife; but that's TMI. God, how I love the sounds and sights of those engines "firing-up"...one can only imagine how those young pilots felt, sitting in the cockpit with all that power in their hands....these guys were hardly out of high school, and after a few months training, they are flying those beautiful machines in combat! I would have given my life to have been one of them!

[@davidlasanen7690]

Sadly many of them did!!!

[@d53101]

Yes, these young pilots had over 2000 hp. at their disposal. Ten years later young guys cruising thought they were something with 200 hp.

[@stevethomas760]

A friends wife's father, Col Buddy Edens, flew the Thunderbolt. Amazing story that goes well with an amazing plane. She was a big gurl

[@TPath3]

This Turbo enabled P-47 D of the FHC is the =!! best sounding P-47 gives me shivers. The long tubing through the Intercooler and the huge Turbo creates that unbelievable sound.

[@ImpendingJoker]

I love that you can hear the turbo charger spooling up and down as he moves the throttle. Such an awesome sound.

[@bwnco]

I love radials and ww2 Planes. Nothing like em. Pure solid HP! Love the sound.

[@Imustfly]

The Jug and R-2800.......VERY rugged combo that brought a lot of guys back to the barn after the SHTF, where other combos would have not fared so well.

[@seanohsee7329]

i love the sound of the R-2800 in the P-47. The turbocharger gives it a smoother sound than the Hellcat and Corsair. Pity there are so few around now (especially given there were more built).

[@georgecrutchfield8734]

I love the Thunderbolt. It was the most rugged fighter aircraft of WW2.

[@franspretorius2110]

I absolutely love the sound of this aircraft, especially when it's engine is started & idles!

[@davkul]

I love P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51 Mustang!!! It's a beautiful airplanes and they've got a brutal sound of start up!!!

[@chrisdimis91]

The P47 is a really underappreciated beast. Everybody talks about P51, Spitfires Fw190s. But to me the Thunderbolt is my favorite WW2 aircraft. Other planes fell of the skies when damaged. The thunderbolt kept flying. It's also the father of the A10. Such a beast of an aircraft

[@JohnCunningham-sy5ug]

My father was a forward artillery Commander during world war II and in on occasion spoke over the radio with p-47 pilots and directed them on strafing runs he said they were badass crazy mo pho s and they killed the Nazis with Glee God bless them

[@the_answeris6694]

What a frickin' beast! I saw two P-47s take off at the local airport after a small gathering of former P-47 pilots. After the start up, the pilots applied the brakes and throttled up slightly. The P-47s kind of "sat down" a bit from all of that power. They released the brakes, taxied to the runway, and took off together. Awesome!

[@AirplaneMart]

Yup, it is a BEAST!

[@coleshipes5485]

God this engine is massive. Every time one of the cylinders tries to fire, it's not like one of those little Rolls Royce and Allison engines. It sounds like a spark going off in a hollow building.. lmao.

[@Zztoph]

One of my favorite aircraft of ww2.

[@PJS50]

MEE TOO!!! You gotta love the WW II gun camera footage , especially when they were strafing targets of opportunity on the way home from a bomber escort mission... 8- .50 cals has a way of destroying stuff pretty easily!!!

[@AirplaneMart]

Yes

[@RaysDad]

@@PJS50 The F4U Corsair only had six .50 cals, so the P-47 was a step up in that department.

[@kenmarriott6816]

They are very ugly in a beautiful kind of way. Or very beautiful in an ugly kind of way. Either way you cannot ignore them.

[@RaysDad]

@ben pointer Well, the Zero weighed roughly 5,000 lbs and the P-47 was 10,000 lbs, so it comes down to tactics. The P-47 could cruise at very high altitude, spot a zero flying at lower altitude and descend on it with all those guns blazing at close to 500 mph. Not much a Zero could do about that.

[@dougmyers6013]

One of the COOLEST sounds out there, the R-2800. The other was the R-4360 Holy Cow what a sound @ idle! Made your chest hurt if you were close enough.

[@AirplaneMart]

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[@0b1i0]

Dad was one of the final 9 Tuskegee Airmen to graduate. I can only imagine how it must have been for him, firing up the P-47D for his first flight, after Primary in PT-17 and Advanced in AT-6. Of all of the planes he flew, the Jug was, by far, his favorite. I love these videos as it always reminds me of going to airshows and listening to him talk with the pilots about the plane - and of course hearing that radial 18 cylinder motor come to life. It was especially cool when some of the other pilots he served with came over. Thanks for sharing the video

[@randymcgaugh8194]

Major Robert S Johnson of the 56th Fighter Group met German Ace Egon Mayor on June 26, 1943. Johnson's P-47 was continually shot up by Mayer in multiple attempts to shoot him down. The P-47 absorbed over 200 hits of 30 caliber rounds. Johnson's P-47 got him safely back to base. Johnson went on to be one of the highest scoring aces of the war. The P-47 was the flying tank of the air war, a truly amazing aircraft.

[@dukecraig2402]

The really amazing thing is Johnson had already been ambushed by a 190 and was tore up from 20mm hits scored on it by the 190, he then spiraled down 5,000 or more feet on fire and couldn't bail out because his canopy jammed about 6 inches open, luckily the fire went out and he recovered from the spin, he was limping home by himself when old Egon Mayer happened upon him, as far as the number of bullet holes in his plane goes he said he stopped counting when he got to 200 and hadn't moved!

[@dukecraig2402]

And it should be noted that good old Egon was later hammered out of the sky and killed by Thunderbolts, THE BIG NASTY!!!

[@sovietred7371]

Actually the most decorated ace of the war was Erich Hartmann, and the Title "flying tank" belongs to the IL2

[@dukecraig2402]

@@sovietred7371 Nobody said anything about "most decorated", look into the top 10 aces of any fighter of the war, you'll see that the top 10 from any other fighter has dead aces before the end of the war, and the IL2 wasn't a fighter, the Thunderbolt could do either role as well as anything else.

[@AlexKS1992]

I believe Major Johnson's story is on a episode of Dog Fights.

[@Thatguyyoumettoday]

Absolutely stunning Warbird!

[@johnedwards1685]

The aircraft appears to have a fitted and functioning turbocharger. That is very rare nowadays in flying thunderbolts. That means the huge mass of piping and ducting in the lower fuselage is operational as well. What a wonderful restoration.

[@dukecraig2402]

Yea, some of the airworthy ones have working turbos and some don't. It really doesn't matter since around 10,000 ft or so and below the turbo wasn't even used, the wastegate dumps were opened diverting the exhaust out of them and keeping it from going back to the turbo, below around 10,000 ft the single stage supercharger built into the backside of the engine provided plenty of air for it's engine. The only times they'd use the turbo down low was with the ADI engaged or the engine would overboost and grenade. About 25 years ago I was talking to a B17 pilot at an airshow and he told me the turbos weren't hooked up in it, he said "There's no oxygen system in it anyways, if we went above 10,000 ft we'd just wind up killing half the passengers in it anyways, this aircraft will never see 10,000 ft again in it's life."

[@AirplaneMart]

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[@devinduncan6922]

10 rockets, 2,500lbs of bombs and eight 0.50 inch M2's. Sometimes the only way to stop a bad guy with a tank is for a good guy to show up in a Jug.

[@Vfh........y]

The Jug. Often overlooked bye the P51 shadowing it. But it was an awesome killing machine and deserves to be parked right next to the P51. The Germans feared it much

[@fw1421]

Or and A-10!

[@garymorris1856]

These old planes are absolutely beautiful.

[@stenduginski2306]

My great uncle was a co-pilot in B-17s and B-24s, he said he was always happy to see the jugs next to his formation to ward off the messerschmitts. He eventually got shot down by flak and spent the rest of the war as POW in germany

[@AirplaneMart]

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[@thethirdman225]

They were only there until they got to the Dutch border.

[@johnwayne2103]

P-47 and F4U corsair propellers are huge! They are also beats of a plane. Raw horsepower 1940's way.

[@steveb6103]

John Wayne you forgot the F6F Hellcat. It had the same motor. How to win a war by P&W.

[@joshvellieux8693]

Just this past January I went to the FHC museum and got some great photos of 'Lasse going through her annual with all the inspection panels open, very cool

[@paulsalmon5928]

PRATT & WHITNEY MAGIC. SEVENTY SOMETHING YEARS LATER...STILL GORGEOUS.

[@AirplaneMart]

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[@Towboatin]

Jug jug jug. Chug chug chug. Crank the volume up on this and it'll rattle your windows. Lovely!

[@johnmagill3072]

+Captain Whisky I did, I got surround sound, walked out side you could hear it 50ft away easy, that's with windows and doors closed to

[@DragerPilot]

An absolutely beautiful airplane. A man’s airplane. For me it would be a tough choice to make between a P-47D or a P-51D if by some unimaginable scenario I was given the opportunity.

[@AirplaneMart]

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[@thethirdman225]

So it’s about sexual identity for you, is it?😂

[@oldbaldfatman2766]

Used to go to the Reno air races because I live here. One year a P-47D was on display, thing is, I was in contact with a couple of P-47 pilots who did their flying time in Europe. Made a couple of phone calls and suddenly there were 6 of these guys at the Stead airport talking with the owner of the plane and reminiscing.

[@petertimowreef9085]

Must've been a great sense of comfort for the pilots, that huge ass bulletproof piece of cast iron propelling them along. A sense of security a water-cooled fighter plane could only dream of.

[@thethirdman225]

Oh Christ, not that ‘one stray bullet in the radiator and it’s all over’ trope again…🙄

[@petertimowreef9085]

@@thethirdman225 Nah it's more the shape of the engine, radials are literally the same shape as a shield.

[@thethirdman225]

@@petertimowreef9085 It was you who mentioned the cooling system.

[@petertimowreef9085]

@@thethirdman225 Yea you're right, I guess I should've said inline engined fighter.

[@thinghammer]

This beast was a game changer. Beautiful bird.

[@AirplaneMart]

I agree, she is a beauty!

[@aldocolamartino2991]

An almost indestructible plane. Legendary.

[@hrf1583]

Had a head come off of #2 cylinder on my 985 crop dusting. Flew it back no problem. Pratt & Wittney cant beat em. Dropped on another cylinder and 4 hrs later back to work.

[@nigelmitchell351]

Yes , it's not difficult to understand why this was the preferred engine to take to sea. My dad was a fitter, served in the Pacific with the US task force, in FAA 1834 sq Corsairs on HMS Victorious. He said the plane easily the best the navy ever operated. Cheers from UK. Ps if you have interest, google USS Robin.

[@hook86]

That is one magnificent piece of history. Hope they keep her flying forever.

[@AirplaneMart]

I hope so too

[@Gawaim]

I grew up seeing this plane as a monument plane at the airbase of my hometown. I was born and raised in Campo Grande - Mato Grosso do Sul - Brazil. At the monument was a phrase that read: "Those who died in the skies of Italy ..." regarding the participation of the Brazilian Air Force in WWII, the Brazilian squadron was known by the call code of JAMBOCK 350th FG (Fighter Group), 12th AF (Air Force). After almost thirty years as a monument was removed from the site and quickly sold to a North American collector

[@AirplaneMart]

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[@Robloxman01]

The R-2800..... Beautiful, absolutely beautiful.

[@josezamudio6412]

One of the best (or maybe the best) combat planes of WW II. It was used by the mexican fighting squad 201 in Philipines sucessfully. Equiped with a Patty & Whitney 2800 HP 18 cyl. Engine and 6 Browning cal. 50 machine guns

[@jimmylieb5225]

I recall reading somewhere that the P47 was the 1st aircraft to exceed the sound barrier and survive the shock. In a dive, of course.

[@thethirdman225]

Load Of Rubbish. No propeller aircraft can exceed the speed of sound and the P-47 was less capable of it that a lot of others.

[@mikejohnson5900]

What a beautiful sound that engine makes!

[@Strandjutter]

What a incredible beast! Beautiful plane. Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@ThePower1037]

That's a smooth engine on a smooth aircraft, the most mint and most beautiful P-47 I have ever seen.

[@AirplaneMart]

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[@WarChallenger]

Ah, the good ol' aerial muscle car. The 1970 Corvette Stingray sounds an awful lot like this beast. There's no beating the giant manifolds on the P-47, though. The low echo they produce is haunting.

[@philgolson6306]

Does anyone ever weary of hearing THAT sound? I can only dream of being in that cockpit, feeling and experiencing that.

[@asiftalpur3758]

Thank you Greg, for making me fall in love with this thing.

[@AirplaneMart]

You and me both!

[@dazt103]

What a Brutal beast this is. Looks like it could fly through a stone wall and continue flying as if nothing happened.. Love it :)

[@sethkimmel7312]

IT DID! read one crashed on take off at Republic in Farmingdale early on in the development phase of the program. It KNOCKED DOWN a brick building and was totaled. Pilot walked away unharmed. It might not have been the war winner P 51 as it lacked the range of a Mustang, but I know what I'd want to fly in a knife fight with a Luftwaffe ace. I think this beast can out roll a FW 190 above 20000 feet because of it's huge wings and the paddle blade propeller versions could out climb it too...

[@tango6nf477]

This was a beautiful thug of a plane and did a hell of a lot of damage, Best wishes from the UK

[@Hjerte_Verke]

💯 Probably the best audio on KZbin of a P-47 startup. That lumpy idle sounds like a top fuel dragster and the coast-by at 2:48 is like you're really there, as the sound changes (doppler effect?). Make sure you have a subwoofer.

[@Treetop64]

Love how the RPMs slowly pick up after starting when the oil warms up.

[@vector6977]

+Treetop64 That is from the pilot adjusting the mixture.

[@TheMrmmkkpro]

I would bet those two birds could tell some war stories. Both are mezmerizing beauties. Kinda sad a lot of the things these planes and the men who flew them fought for are being forgotten. Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. 🙏

[@AirplaneMart]

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[@maskarasoares6477]

One thing I always wanted to know: how do you restore these planes? Many replacement parts can no longer be found (or can they, in most cases?). In case parts are needed that may not be found, are they manufactured based on the original technical requirements existing in the official P-47 mechanics manuals?

[@billjohnson9472]

It is amazing that there are repair parts available for engines that went out of production in the late 1940's.

[@ragazzi25]

beautiful vintage aircrafts!!!

[@kyleSD70MAC]

What an absolute beast of a plane!

[@AirplaneMart]

Yes I agree

[@CIWS1]

I could listen to that thing all day and be in total bliss. Would give anything to work on a big radial. I know they are hogs next to a turbine engine but oooh that sound.

[@clydesuckfinger7097]

Love those big old radial engines!

[@qtig9490]

Gawd almighty what a sound. 1/4 of a B-29 right? My all time favorite.

[@AirplaneMart]

She is a BEAST!

[@christisgod3354]

Radial engines sound so bad ass.

[@jameshenry3530]

That P-51 seems to be considerably modified from original. The malcolm hood I have seen before, but I have never before seen a razorback P-51 with the dorsal fin. Even the earliest P-51Ds, with the bubble canopy, lacked a dorsal fin. These aircraft were very marginally stable, due to the loss in side area with the cutdown rear fuselage. The dorsal fin was incorporated in all future production Mustangs.

[@thethirdman225]

The term ‘Razorback’ refers specifically to the early P-47 because of the sharp crest on the dorsal spine behind the cockpit. There were no razorback P-51s, Spitfires, Bf-109s, etc.. That is an internet thing.

[@paulredding5864]

This is a great clip as Iove the P51D in DD livery and am just lkg to build the P47D. Mentioned in the comments seems this is an N version, I couldnt see any dive brakes as featured on the 30/40 versions. Love the sound of the supercharger whine spinning up as he moves off...

[@AirplaneMart]

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[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

This one originally belonged to Brazilian air force, a post-war Thunderbolt. One of almost 100 operated there from 1944 until 1957.

[@AdmiralGrafSpee100]

my absolute favorit plane from ww2

[@kickassneilum]

Nice seeing one with the turbo still hooked up!

[@1963mathetes]

Now, that's what I call HEAVY METAL THUNDER! =)

[@christianfischer3267]

I like the FW 190, the P51, the IL 2 and the Beaufighter, but to be honest, the P 47 is my all time favorite. This is a true beast😁

[@AirplaneMart]

I agree, it is a monster, and I like it!

[@fanatamon]

What a gorgeous thing! My favorite aircraft from ww2.

[@AirplaneMart]

...and what a BEAST!

[@erojerisiz1571]

This plane pretty much symbolizes US more than the p51, because of its size, weight, ruggedness, firepower and toughness. Certainly the a10 warthog of its time, plus both are thunderbolts

[@AirplaneMart]

I do favour the P-47 over the P-51

[@edwinpeckens4994]

Ah..the sound of those big old round engines.

[@WhiteNacho]

You can really here the metal of the cowling. Awesome!

[@davegibson1432]

One of the superior weapons America had that won the war for us. What a beauty!

[@AirplaneMart]

Oh yes

[@deetjay1]

Flying tank...Old boy who flew one in WWll lived a couple doors down from me...Gone now...So many gone now...

[@deetjay1]

***** I'm 68...It's your job now...My grandsons got the message already...

[@fullstrutn]

I met a man who flew one from the field just south of Columbus ,he told me he PURPOSELY got off course to do a flyover for his family and buddies in Chillicothe ,he did upside down over Paint Street , liked to have seen that

[@nigel900]

It was nicknamed "The Jug."

[@Briselance]

David Johnson Well, sir, if I may, please, write down what they told you, record it whenever you can. Write their stories down so you it is passed down to other generations even more.

[@fullstrutn]

isn't it sad in a way to see them gone I talked to one who thought NOBODY was interested in what he did ''over there''

[@toughombre2954]

A P 47 D was downed by Flak over my hometown on Nov.20.1944. It still sticks in the ground about 400 yards behind my house. The pilot is MIA.

[@AirplaneMart]

Interesting!

[@thethirdman225]

But no! That can’t be! Don’t you know the P-47 can’t be shot down because it’s so ‘rugged’ and masculine?

[@Uh_Cool_Dood]

favorite plane

[@rickeymitchell8620]

The "Jug" was an iconic aircraft of WW ll. Still brings on guttural emotions to this day. It is beautiful yet a reminder of the greatest struggle in history. A weapon of war, yet a source of great joy to see and hear today. Beautiful example shown here. The sound of that radial coming to life is like a symphony to me.

[@AirplaneMart]

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[@pbellbell]

u know!---what they produced @enginnered in w-w2 is amazin ;@every 1 is collecting these beautiful machines @what a way to preserve our history---1943.

[@AirplaneMart]

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[@davecrupel2817]

Ahh *Fairchild Republic.* An underappreciated name in aviation. While their deliveries are rare, they never didappointed. The only 3 i know off the top of my head are the P47 Thunderbolt i, the Flying Boxcart, and the A-10 Thunderbolt ii.

[@gemart100]

When I was young, sow an acrobatic group of the brazilian air force, with that Airplane. So good!

[@AirplaneMart]

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[@tomlepone2290]

One of the best comments about the p47 was made by an RAF pilot. He said the Thunderbolt was so big, to do evasive action, you would undo the straps and run around in the cockpit.

[@AirplaneMart]

Haha, I love it

[@breadman3220]

I love how under its big fuselage the p47 has a hidden turbo charger

[@AirplaneMart]

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[@okrajoe]

Loud and proud.

[@MrJubbey]

P-47's ..... THE "JUG" . What a monster of an airplane !

[@larrycrawford7240]

I remember the Vietnamese Air Force had a P 47 aircraft outside the gate at their Air Force Pilit School. It was located in Nha Trang, we drove by it everyday on iur way to the Airfield where the 201st Avn. Co. 17th Avn. Bn. 1st Avn. Brg. was located. This was from 1967 to 1969.

[@Tibb91]

No replacement for displacement, really.. the big ole R2800 sounds marvellous!

[@lees.4084]

That big radial makes the V12s sound puny...

[@fw1421]

I wonder how long radial engine starters last before they have to be overhauled? That is one beautiful P-47!

[@AirplaneMart]

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[@buttholeChecker]

The jug! awesome sounding R-2800.

[@AirplaneMart]

It does sound great👍

[@realdeal3262]

Just listen to that incredible 18 cylinder Supercharged - Turbocharged R-2800 pure American beast of an engine! 🇺🇸

[@scottmcmurtry32]

My Mom worked at Republic here in Evansville as office support and Dad was a trainer pilot stationed across the country. Tate, Tector, Tedesco, Tierney, mustered out a Lt. Col. Flew everything from a Steerman, to a Flying Fortress. A few years before he died they had an air show here in town with the Blue Angles and a B17 flew in. They had static display at the airport. My Dad [ Donny Mac] and I went to see the display and was invited in to the cockpit. I will never forget the huge smile Dad's face as he sat down in the left seat and said, "It seems smaller now!" After some conversations with powers that be, including the Blue Angles pilots, and cash exchange he got to go for a flight. When they returned I swear my Dad looked 20 yrs younger. Dad died in1989, but talked about that flight often, but never about the war. Mom died 9 yrs later. I miss them both very much. Scotty Mac

[@AirplaneMart]

Wow, I would be smiling too flying in a Thunderbolt.

[@richardlahan7068]

The Pratt & Whitney R-2800! You don't start it, you wake it up.

[@zeogiannes]

JUGS RULE THE SKIES! Listen to that engine purrrrr!