Grasshoppers Land at AirVenture 2016

[@checkeredflagfilms]

Well Done. My father flew L4's in the Philippines. Mainly evacuation of wounded. He told me many stories. thanks for keeping the memories alive.

[@charly-sunshine]

Grasshoppers are so great - have a pair of L-18C wings on my Breezy and love flying her !!

[@quickwahay9617]

My father rode in one of these with a special delivery of a pig in his lap as a gift to a village chief during the Pacific war. He told me the story while I was giving him a ride in a Cessna, I couldn't have felt more proudly of him while he reminisced that event.

[@bluemarshall6180]

I Flew the L4-J and the L5 in the early 90's and wow I love it. So in Present... The owner of the L5 Decided to keep it for Collection. The L4 Still flies until now whenever the owner likes to fly it and he Calls me if I want to Fly it. What a good man in his late 70's Still got his hands in Flying.

[@billwessels207]

Flew spotter planes Vietnam 1968 along with A1E and later 105. One fella had over 800 missions in spotters. I flew out of Bien Hoa and Bankok and Phouc Vinh.

[@billwessels207]

@HorrifiedPilot I very carefully elevated them by hand.

[@andykendrick3744]

Flew in those in 1969 at Ft.Sill, the pilots loved to scare the mess out of us while training at OCS.

[@roygeorgemantosh6913]

My dad purchased a L5 for me when I was 10 year's old in 1969,it was a USAAF surplus.Therefore technically it made me the youngest person in the world to own a aircraft.

[@turekane4565]

I am restoring a 1959 7GC or a new L-16, this video is makes me very happy to see that lots of people like the L birds. Very good video!

[@GamePlayWithNolan]

When I saw one of these for the first time, I met the pilot and he said it is one of the most amazing planes to fly. It looks so awesome and he let me look around inside. He told me how it was made, when it was in service, and what it is like to fly it. It was so cool. It reminds me of a Piper Cub with the cables all over.

[@jamesgray6346]

The liaison planes were not "affectionately known as L-Birds" during WWII, the Korean War, or even the Vietnam era. That nickname didn't come into usage until the civilian warbird movement took off in the 1970's-80's. Instead, during WWII the common generic "pet names' for them were flivvers, cubs, puddle-jumpers, and grasshoppers. Many, including General 'Hap' Arnold, commonly referred to them as puddle-jumpers in a pejorative rather than an affectionate sense.

[@billwessels207]

By the way we were very heavily armed. 45 in a shoulder holster, 6 smoke rockets and 3 grenades on the firewall. The big Radadio was the thing that got the most attention though.

[@dougdrvr]

The guy in the cockpit of the L-5 talking about the door signatures looks like he might know something about L-birds :) He's SO cute. ;)

[@GhostRider50918]

Thanks for sharing

[@carlosteran5617]

¡Qué banda sonora más magnífica al final !

[@Gims110]

About teared up! Awesome!

[@Mrcaffinebean]

Interesting! I had no idea the history behind these cool planes

[@jamieoneal7120]

When I hit the lottery the FIRST thing I'm buying is a Stinson L5. Then I'll do nice stuff...but that first 😍

[@carlosteran5617]

I need to build that grass...in 1:48 to my WWII collection !!!

[@king.kthebest6158]

Bazooka Charlie..

[@5xls]

SO well done. Thank you!

[@Aero360Aviation]

Thats a beautiful airplane! Love it.

[@slightlydelic1947]

I really want this as a first airplane once I get my pilots license.

[@normannutbar424]

It kinda freaks me out, how little of their wing is attached to the fuselage.

[@medosil]

Merci.

[@Agwings1960]

Just a question, did they ever put an L2 bird on floats doing WW2

[@ColeAviation]

I am restoring my my / Grandfathers 1946 J-3 Cub that he bought in 1968. It is such a FUN project to work on. Be sure to subscribe and follow my progress on my KZbin channel. Thanks!

[@알고리즘_타는_도지]

It cool!

[@DividedByZeero]

Now just mount a few bazookas on that thing

[@ΣπύροςΑυγέρης-β1λ]

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