HUGE Gathering of P-51 Mustangs - Sounds of WWII - EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019

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[@luiseduardokaempfferwalker2396]

Hermoso espectaculo es gratificante que la juventud pueda ver estas maravillosas maquinas aereas aun operativas y unagradecimiento a los amantes de la aviacion entre los cuales me inclullo

[@jamesbottger5894]

The P-51 could be the most beautiful airplane ever built....and the nicest sounding too!

[@derekstegall9811]

It is

[@theripwagon5868]

The p51 and the supermarine

[@faceripper77]

Those wings... just a sweet design

[@commandersting9291]

It is (not could be)

[@Juno58]

@ James Bottger: Did you ever hear a Bf 109's DB 605 engine? It has a deeper growl than the Merlin because of its approx. 10 litres more displacement.

[@charlayned]

I was looking for a good video of the P-51. My older brother loved the plane and he passed away yesterday. Your video made me smile, and the missing man could be for him....thank you for posting this. He would have loved it.

[@afterburner2869]

All those Rolls Royce Merlin engines running at once and all I can hear is some dude hacking up a lung!

[@madhouse740]

LOL I noticed that too

[@YARROWS9]

Should be shot. Then shot again.

[@YARROWS9]

@@Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8 Built under licence from Rolls Royce.

[@YARROWS9]

@@Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8 They were good engines, but the ones built by Rolls Royce were largely hand crafted.

[@gazza2933]

@@Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8 "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" Still a great sound....The Packard....Merlins I mean 😊

[@larrycarmody8325]

You can tell I'm an old man, cuz I remember when you cld buy a P51 for less than $500 bucks in the 40's or a B17 with tanks full for $350 bucks. That what it sounded like the 918th in England 1944. I ended up flying C46's for Carolina Aircraft of Ft Lauderdale around the Caribbean & South America, hauling freight and anything else we cld get through the cargo doors

[@brian70Cuda]

Brings joy to my heart and a tear to my eye just to see and hear these in the air, thank you very much!

[@mrthunder8190]

Very few things are as cool as watching a Mustang do a high speed fly-by, then pull into a turning climb toward puffy clouds and blue sky...beautiful!

[@dog3y3]

Love those birds. Keep them flying, boys and girls. The last of an era.

[@davidmcleod7757]

sweet sounds

[@christinamangelo]

That sound is the most insane sound and one cannot get enough of it simply stunning to look at and to hear just beautiful.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

christina The sound of FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOM !!!!!!

[@adambadger]

North American P-51s that Appeared at EAA AirVenture 2019: 1941 North American XP-51 Mustang NX51NA Experimental Aircraft Association 1942 North American P-51C Mustang "Tuskegee Airman" N61429 Commemorative Air Force 1943 North American P-51C Mustang "Lope's Hope 3rd" N6555B May Mustang C. LLC. 1944 North American F-51D Mustang "Moonbeam McSwine" N51VL Moonbeam Historic Military Aircraft LLC. 1944 North American F-51D Mustang "Paul I" N3451D Experimental Aircraft Association 1944 North American F-51D Mustang "Petie 2nd" N5427V Anthony Buechler 1944 North American F-51-H-5-NA Mustang N551H Steven Coutchess 1944 North American P-51D Mustang "Frances Dell" N51ZW CP Air LLC. 1944 North American P-51D Mustang "Quicksilver" N51HY Scott Yoak 1944 North American/Aero Classic P-51D N51TC Rickards Aviation Group LLC. 1944 North American/Aero Classic P-51D "Old Red Crow" N10601 Commemorative Air Force 1944 North American/Aero Classics P-51D "Gunfighter" N5428V Commemorative Air Force 1944 North American/Aero Classics P-51D Mustang "Old Crow" N451MG Old Crow LLC. 1944 North American/Aero Classics P-51D Mustang "Sierra Sue II" N1751D Rare Birds LLC. 1944 North American/Aero Classics P-51D Mustang "Sweet Revenge" N68JR N68JR LLC. 1944 North American/Aero Classics P-51D Mustang "The Brat III" N51JC Cavanaugh Air LLC. 1945 North American F-51D Mustang "Mad Max" N51MX Black Pearl Fighters LLC. 1957 North American/Aero Classics North American P-51D Mustang "Gentleman Jim" N551J Jack Roush Trustee 1961 North American F-51D Mustang "Ain't Misbehavin'" N51KB Mustang Pilots LLC. 1961 North American/Aero Classics P-51D Mustang N6306T Tom Woods Inc. 1991 North American TF-51D Mustang "Bum Steer" N20TF Comanche Warbirds Inc. 2017 Titan T-51 Mustang N151KK Steven Kregel North American P-51B Mustang "Old Crow" N551E JRM Investments LLC. North American XP-82 Twin Mustang N887XP B-25 Group LLC.

[@johnosbourn4312]

Nice!

[@capnhardway]

SO awesome and So good to see! I think the Mustang is my first favorite Warbird!

[@Petemitchell0341]

I love the sound of a vintage WWII warpl....dear God who keeps coughing???

[@robertterrell3065]

I'm glad somebody noticed this besides me! Of course now it's over a year later. How many people at the airshow did he infect with Covid and are now dead :( I mean, he's coughing through the WHOLE SHOW! There's the noise of the P51s and the noise of the C-19. Jeez...

[@sagemaster3408]

Yeah. Wtf. It’s coughing and then a strained exhale like Marge Simpsons sister taking her last breath

[@francissullivan6400]

The person having an asthma attack is annoying

[@joy-wc1xg]

Very scary in this corona time

[@CarlosSantos-gc8uy]

One the most iconic Fighter in the WW 2 beautiful and decisive to Change the course of the War and the Brave pilots who did't putting the in risk to save others thanks for sharing your passion and beautiful machines for ouro pleasure from Carlos Portugal

[@earlelkins9086]

I was 18yrs young when I first saw a P51D, up close and personal, at a small airport in northern California.. 1982 it was.. when the pilot finished his aerobatic presentation, he announced ovr the radio that he would do one high speed pass on his departure from the show.. as he approached from the south, he said his airspeed was 350mph, at 100 feet.. we stood near the taxiway as he went by.. (yes, back then, it was allowed).. so fast, so low.. my feet tingled and you felt the air.. it was alive, with electric like vibrations as he passed.. so intense it made my eyes water.. with pride, and a deep sensation of the power on display at that moment. He pulled straight up out of the low pass, to an announced altitude of 6500 ft, agl.. (airport altitude is 2800ft) rolled ovr, headed south, and was gone. I will never forget that. The noise, power, and precision, was an incredible thing to witness. Montague, California. Siskiyou county. The TRUE north state.

[@PacificAirwave144]

Always, always loved the Mustang! I was at a Scale Modeler event ~20 years ago at Whisky Hill airport near Hubbard, OR and a friend of the field came by at intermission and did three or four passed with his P-51. Prop not 5' off the runway doing 300+ and my feet were on the runway and he went by 30' away each time! Its maybe the most beautiful/emotional thing I've experienced in my life! If anyone has video of that event please get in touch.

[@kimmer6]

In November of 1982 Bob Love flew me in his P-51D from Livermore Airport to Stockton where we watched the Esso Tiger B-25 make its maiden flight around the airport and land with one engine shut down trailing oil. When we took off from Stockton later, Bob aimed at the checkered water tower then pulled up and around it at the last minute . I could not get my had around how fast the water tower got so small over my shoulder. There was a crowd of Warbirds that day at Air Nostalgia and he went there to organize a filming of Warbirds over the Golden Gate Bridge. I flew twice in a Mustang that day!

[@kimmer6]

Montague...used to be home to Dangerous Dave and his driveway lined with 8 inch artillery shells. I went there to see his cannon collection and buy inert artillery shells from him. He had a warehouse and shop in town, too.

[@olspanner]

18 of my favorite aircraft together. Absolutely fabulous!

[@neilyoung9064]

The 4 winged formation gave me goose bumps they use to fly those formations escorting the the 8th b17s

[@swede5209]

The sound of the Unlimited Class final at Reno coming down for the start ranks right up there. And a B-1B doing touch and goes is something you never forget.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

swede same for the unlimited hydro when they ran the Allisons and Merlins !!! Sound of thunder on the water !!!

[@jeffmech600]

Wow you weren't kidding the climb on the H model is completely different. Its neat to see the comparison. Completely different aircraft. Great vids

[@PollyWhopper]

These P-51 engines roar loud and beautifully! Love the videos can't wait to see more from a fan of this channel!!

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

Lucio24K OHHHH The song those PACKARD Merlins sing FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEDOM !!!!

[@julianneale6128]

@@wilburfinnigan2142 Rolls-Royce FREEEEEEEEEDOM!!!!!!!!!!

[@thedishonoredamerican129]

The sound of a Merlin-powered Mustang is one of the finest sounds of aero history.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

American Those merlins are the PACKARD, Made in the USA version !!!!! NO RR built merlins used in any production Mustang. Brits did not have enough production to share any, why PACKARD was contracted to build the merlin FOR THE BRITS !!!! 37137 of them plus 18,000 for the USA !!!!

[@thedishonoredamerican129]

@@wilburfinnigan2142 My mistake.

[@MarsFKA]

@@thedishonoredamerican129 You made no mistake. That finnigan person simply seized on your comment to bore everyone's brains out with the one fact that he knows. He trolls KZbin, looking for anything that has the slightest mention of the Rolls Royce Merlin and then sticks his little oar in with his standard copy/paste response. He must be feeling generous, because he didn't call you "dumbass", as he does, straight off, to other first-time commenters.

[@julianneale6128]

@@Ford_Raptor_R_720hp_V8 no!

[@dukecraig2402]

@@julianneale6128 Yep, when a rep from Packard went to RR in England to work out building them and he told him "We can't build these engines with your specs" the guy at RR said "I know, they're probably too precise for you" to which he heard, much to his dismay. "No, they're too loose, we built engines so that the parts are directly interchangeable from one engine to the next, these specs are too loose for our assembly procedures". When RR built a Merlin they had to hand fit all the parts, test run it, tear it back apart, inspect everything and then reassemble it and test run it again before shipping, when Packard built a Merlin engine it got test run and then created up and shipped. Packard showed RR how to make their bearings to last twice as long by mixing Iridium in the bearing material, fortunately for the Allies when German metallurgist's inspected the bearings from downed aircraft with Packard built Merlin's they mistakenly thought that the Iridium was an impurity in the metal and didn't think that was the reason that the engines were lasting twice as long.

[@jeffpierce725]

The Mustang is a beautiful plane. I like the B & C models.

[@johnosbourn4312]

The B, and C models are the same airframe, but built in two different North American plants: The B models were built at North American's Inglewood California plant, while the C models were built at North American's Dallas Texas plant. The reason for the two different letters, was to differentiate between the two plants. This also was applied to the D model, later in its production life, because the Dallas plant produced a version of the D model with an Aeroproducts hollow steel prop, and a slightly reshaped canopy, and it recieved the designation of P-51K. Today, that model, and its recon derivative, the F-6K/RF-51K, are as rare as the P/F-51H, is.

[@williamanacker5571]

Love these planes so many of them in one air show. I guess it shows how reliable they're really we're the planes speaks for itself.

[@MikeyD22]

My favorite plane of all-time. Definitely old school cool. The pilots flying this iconic plane were responsible for the destruction of nearly 5000 German aircraft in WWII.

[@theyellowtruck9622]

I'm working on a 1:72 scale model of a P-51D Mustang. Thanks for the video.👍

[@dutchman7216]

Thank you that was wonderful.

[@paulhammersley4562]

whoever's coughing should be in hospital,

[@ToyManFlyer1100]

Dang !!!..He started coughin'...I started coughin'...!!!!!.....Yikes.....

[@sirmeowcelot]

by this time already is on the morgue.

[@johnk8475]

This aged......interestingly

[@cocopirata763]

`first covid case

[@jackpiner2500]

18 lucky guys ! Awesome show !

[@SuperMar63]

Unreal. In Canada we love this just like are cousins do.unreal how these sound.

[@johnnyblade4351]

A Beautiful Sound and a Real Game Changer Lovely Engines Fabo xx

[@davidreid8727]

Allison/Packard/Rolls engines..."Purr like a Kitten...ROAR like a LION !

[@Grossman2868]

Can't help but think of the guys who flew the Mustangs that these ones represent. I've always wondered what it looked and sounded like in England when a squadron took off, and in color no less! Guess I know now, thanks to all, it brings a tear to my eyes.

[@YARROWS9]

The best thing to come out of the War was the shared technology between the US and UK. The sound of victory.

[@YARROWS9]

@Why Me Too right. The Germans made fantastic Weapons during the War. Tanks, Ships Planes. They were all good Engineering. It took the Allies a bit longer to get going.

[@julianneale6128]

@Why Me America would not have 'a space programme' (yes but highly limited). 'Nuclear bombe'. Apart from a few German Jews that escaped Germany and the people within it, it was mainly the USA and UK together. 'New medicines', (some but also did so many others). 'Jet engines'. (All US jet technology was taken directly from the people that invented the jet engine, the British). 'Jet planes' (some, but also their own and also taken again from the British). 'Diesel fueled tanks' (?) 120 mill cannons, (perhaps). 'Tanks', (the British invented the Tank.) 'Sighting systems'. (The first holographic gun sight was indeed German during WWI, but the for gyroscopic productive gun sight was British in WWII.) 'Understand how the atmosphere affects the human mind', (clearly from German research, you're at extremely high altitude!) So from my parents, YOU ARE WELCOME!

[@dukecraig2402]

@Why Me Werner Von Braun never would have gotten a rocket off the ground before the end of the war if he didn't have Dr Robert Goddard's research from the 1920's as a head start. Goddard was the pioneer of liquid fueled rockets and gimbaled engines, both of which are required for spaceflight. When German rocket scientists were being interrogated by US intelligence officers after the war about their research one of them blurted out "Why are you asking us these questions? Surely your own Dr Goddard already knows the answer to them." And how exactly do you figure that without Germany the US never would have developed the bomb? The fact is many physicists have looked at the Germans "heavy water" experiments over the years and determined that they'd never have developed a working bomb because they were barking up the wrong tree. And don't even try that crap about German scientists, THOUSANDS of people were involved in The Manhattan Project which was led by Robert Oppenheimer, who was born in NYC, and even had it's roots before the US's entry into the war when in October of 41 FDR task Oppenheimer with development of the bomb, it just wasn't called The Manhattan Project until after the war began. And if you want to go that route then that's like saying that nobody even would have had aircraft during the war if they hadn't been invented in America in 1903 by the Wright brothers.

[@stubs1227]

@Why Me the germans got all their rocketry info from dr goddard. Who was American.

[@doch.8039]

Why Me uh oh wehraboo alert

[@johnosbourn4312]

The 'Stang is one beautiful thoroughbred of a fighter. I just love this plane!

[@jerrychevalier8858]

Awesome beautiful

[@jerrychevalier8858]

I want one

[@yoshshmenge294]

Sounds like this was somebody's last air show.

[@mustangspitfire6835]

That's funny!

[@billdivine9501]

@@mustangspitfire6835sounded like the kid in that Eddie Murphy movie the nutty professor. Holy hell that was bad!

[@richardlahan7068]

Wow!

[@whattheheck3553]

Damn that's some history there. So cool!

[@starly1974]

Lovely to see even the rare P-51H in the air.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

Only one flying, P51H

[@jasondylansargent2195]

Who what a plane the p 51 Mustang 👍😁

[@johnosbourn4312]

What a glorious video, guys!

[@michealpallett5708]

A merlin roaring trough the skies in a beatifull aircraft the mustang legend flys for ever

[@garyfebbi7333]

I want one...! Sweet sounds of merlins..amazing

[@duxberry1958]

I,v always liked the Spitfire & i,v always liked the Mustang ...

[@keithbrown2458]

Incredible

[@angelisreal]

The P-51 with BuNo 464551 is the last variant of the Mustang produced, which is an "H". The engine was uprated and so intercooler is deeper and allowed for the additional cooling needed, the tail is taller, giving better rudder authority, and main gear doors were smaller and therefore lighter. This was how it differed from the other variants of the D models, and I believe this is the only surviving airworthy example in existence.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

angelisreal The P51H was an almost entirely different plane as the fuselage front and rear were lengthened, the wing was different, thinner, the whole plane was lighter, tail was taller

[@TurboJenkins]

Cough from 8:30 to 9:00 sequence had me in tears

[@MrHuggybear62]

Mustang has always been my favorite plane and the airframe is still talked about today the design was ahead of its time the. Thick part of wings was moved back to center of wings to j have better air flow less drag

[@Juno58]

Yes, it's a laminar wing profile.

[@urgdaddy]

One of the sexiest fighters ever manufactured. Best scraffer ever.

[@mikew4098]

Beautiful birds 🙏🏻🤘👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@afterburner2869]

One of those Mustangs , Sweet Revenge , the one that is polished aluminum and red, has a tinted canopy. Looks very cool. It’s at 8:35, along with some obnoxious guy coughing up a lung.

[@gregory46236]

Love the P51

[@motorTranz]

Wow! Look at all those Mustangs 😍.......

[@robertjones1543]

Wow!!!!better equipped airforce than some countrys

[@2259alfie]

Amazing sound of the Rolls Royce engine absolutely Bad Azz

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

2259alfie ALLwere PACKARD, built in AMERICA versions !!!! DUUUUHHH !!!!!!! Surprised you did not know that !!!! At the time USAAF planes had to have American made engines !!!!

[@Trojan0304]

357FG well represented. Got to talk with most the aces at reunion

[@swede5209]

Some people think their Harley’s sound cool. Baaa nothing compares to a Rolls-Merlin in a Mustang!

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

Robert PACKARD built in America version !!!!! And PACKARD contribution to the Brits of 37,137 Merlin engines for their cause !!!!

[@michaelghent6215]

Or a Hurricane, a Spitfire, a Mosquito, a Lancaster, an Avro York, a Lancastrian and my personal favourite a Canadair North Star. Merlin music to the ears!

[@AreeyaKKC]

Maytag built the merlin for Packard as well.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

swede Those are ALL PCKARD Merlins !!!! DUUUUHHHHH!!!!!!!

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

@@AreeyaKKC WRONG !!!! Maytag had Aluminum casting facilities and cast PARTS for PACKARD, they NEVER made a single engine !!! Where the Hell do you get these screwy ideas ???? Ever do any research ????

[@lmbpilot7]

TUSKEGEE AIRMEN!!!! 99TH!!!!

[@jimsomers7182]

These Merllins had super high quality aluminum castings for the block, cylinder banks and two piece heads, all the way back in the 1930s. And Rolls Royce de tuned it from over 3000 horse power down to 1450 so it would have some longevity to it. ( I read that and saw the excellent b+w photos in a great book that I can't remember the name of ) Twenty five years ago the rebuilding shop at the Hollister Airport in Ca. was getting $50,000.00 for an overhaul on one of these engines. I don't know about today, but back then one man and his wife ran that whole operation.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

RR NEVER detuned the Merlin ...the ongoing battle throughout its history was to find more power !!! The hydro boys were pulling 3,000 HP but the life was short !!!

[@DESTRUCT0NAT0R]

Outstanding Display

[@frankkirby2467]

Pretty sweet birds👍 The person with the cough... Hall's.

[@krisjohnson9122]

The way that H flexed.

[@leemoore9933]

The last sound many japanese ever heard the roar of those merlin engines.

[@Pakal77]

Germans too 😉

[@billcarp3523]

The sound of ... 'Victory'. LOL.

[@genechronister7085]

Beautiful birds

[@paullubliner6221]

Yeager stated he preferred the D model to the H but from that take-off climb-out, the "lightweight" H model really could out climb the earlier heavier models.

[@2259alfie]

Thee True Cadillac of the Skies

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

PACKARD of the skies, remember PACKARD built all the engines for the Merlin Mustangs !! !

[@rickrivers2909]

Oh how I wish I could fly.

[@JustAnotherPersonHere]

Awesome!!

[@trevorlemos8141]

The guy coughing should have brought some ludens

[@tomcairns756]

These beautiful planes once carried extra fuel, live ammunition and brave young men into deadly duels and hails of hostile ground fire. They are not just good to look at.

[@ramroddrone5449]

So True Tom

[@johnschwemler7478]

Wish I was there

[@rickrivers2909]

the 25 people who didn't like this video must have been me 109 pilots

[@mustangspitfire6835]

Or knew the person coughing?

[@rickrivers2909]

@@mustangspitfire6835 the 47 ss nazis who dis liked this video flew 109's and jealous cause 51's have more room in the cockpit and didn't have a stupid side door to open when they bailed out.

[@solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226]

Just goes to show ya that they can still do their job

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

Those PACKARD MERLINS do sing their song !!! FREEEEEEEEEEDOM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@PaddyPatrone]

well, thats a lot of mustangs

[@sternphonic]

those planes are flying gunnless

[@stebstebanesier6205]

In my humble opinion the P-51 is the second most beautiful aircraft ever built.

[@delten-eleven1910]

All those running horses!

[@motonbrandon]

Thats purdy!!!!

[@pointnozzleaway]

1:35 pretty much says it all !

[@asheep924]

Woah! There were sound that made by the group of planes!

[@ToyManFlyer1100]

"Brand new Mustangs? " - Yes, sir! P- B, 110 gallons with drop tanks. You can ride these ponies 800 miles and back. Six fifty calibers on her wings, and hauling two one thousand pounders. If you don't bring back swastikas with all this.????.. ...You can keep on flyin' back to Octopus, Iowa. Ottumwa. Ottumwa. What's this? New signature from the group. Do you like it? It ain't loud enough. - Paint the whole goddamn tail red, Tank. "..... - Yes, sir......Tuskegee Airmen......

[@mikeyaudio]

Now imagine this but x10 and its flying over Berlin

[@benjaminbenavidesiglesias52]

One of the engines seems to 'cough', spark plug problem?😜

[@farazsid4270]

Where is the sound of their 6 50cals!!

[@pahighpa]

thats what two full squadrons of p51

[@joy-wc1xg]

i want a P51 in mij garden Beautiful Plane

[@hatborojerry]

Years ago I read that the original design had The scoop underneath against the fuselage.During testing someone suggested lowering it ,to where I is today.The top speed increased by 30 M PH.That was the only time I ever read that story.I have never found verification of what I read was true.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

That air scoop and the whole plane were wind tunnel tested long before production !!! !

[@2ksnakenoodles]

Rest in peace random airshow cougher ????-2019

[@lukeyoung4635]

that could out manoeuvre the me 262 German fighter jet World War Two era

[@TheDeJureTour]

Are any of the bubble tops actually single-seaters?

[@johnosbourn4312]

Some, are, and some are two-seaters.

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

TheDeJureTour Most are single seaters a few were converted to a second seat !!!

[@daniellapp7261]

I'm a proud owner of a Corvette and I equate these beautiful planes to a legendary American car,the Corvette of the skies,a veitnam Navy vet,maga.

[@julianneale6128]

The P51 is more of an AC Cobra than a Corvette. The Cobra of course being the opposite to a Mustang. English designed and built car with an American engine. The P51 being an American designed and built aeroplane with an English engine...

[@wilburfinnigan2142]

daniellapp Where the Hell do you think the Ford Mustag got its name ?????DUUUUHHH !!!!!!

[@tg26102]

Perfect VDO .Can you told me what is your camcorder?

[@AirshowStuffVideos]

Sony AX-53

[@toddwieland7664]

I remember when the red baron crashed at reno..sad

[@dondidykes6664]

Rearm those p51s and they could go into a battle

[@sternphonic]

Bunch of tough guys, flying without ammo . Not flying into Messerschmitchs.

[@thorssensgamesNCC1701]

MIssing man... wonder who it was for

[@dondidykes6664]

I saw a red tail but what squadron are identified there??

[@johnosbourn4312]

The Red Tail represents the 302nd Fighter Squadron, of the 332nd Fighter Group "The Red Tails."