Inside The Cockpit - P-40 Kittyhawk "Aleutian Tiger"

[@mensch1066]

Props to Chris for getting through his presentation without being phased by all the distractions around him (especially the vocal cat-strangling in the distance).

[@MilitaryAviationHistory]

The music show was quite popular and better than via the mic here. I was surprised how prominent it was in the recording, it didn’t seem that loud in person. It does stop around the 3-4 minute mark

[@gorbalsboy]

Yes he did well ,the music sounded like a cat trying to fart thru a sewn up anus😮

[@cattledog901]

Never insult the song God Bless the USA RAAAHHH 🇺🇲🦅

[@kidmohair8151]

aka jingoistic caterwauling...unfortunately this song has been co-opted by a certain political con-artist.

[@mensch1066]

The term "political con-artist" is redundant. If you think that there are politicians who aren't con artists, then you are the one being conned.@@kidmohair8151

[@FoulOwl2112]

When l was a kid l had a die-cast metal P-40. I logged hundreds of hours hand flying that little plane up and down the halls in imaginary dogfights. I've had a love for these airplanes ever since. They're just absolutely beautiful to me!

[@paulm7842]

2:05 was pleasantly surprised to hear you mention the armored firewall. Riveting those on was my great aunt's job at Curtis during the war. (And before anyone asks, yes, her name was actually Rose.) 😊

[@veritasvincit2745]

Brilliant! ♥️

[@guaporeturns9472]

🤥

[@oneshotme]

Mine worked at the shipyard here in Jacksonville Fl. as a wielder

[@cannonfodder4376]

It may have been mediocre compared with many of its contemporaries but it was a real workhorse. Got the job done, held the line and then some until the end.

[@gordonwallin2368]

The Americans version of the Hurricane.

[@USNVA11]

@@gordonwallin2368- that is a fantastic analogy. Well done sir !

[@jcwoodman5285]

I love the Curtiss P40s!😊 It was the Sherman tank of the AAF, not the best fighter but certainty above average & it showed up EVERYWHERE, everyday.

[@Cuccos19]

True. Mustang and Thunderbolt was better fighter (the Thunderbolt even better attacker), but the "Warhawk" was the coolest looking fighter of WWII. Sharkmouth, Tiger head, Parrot head, Skull, whatever looked cool on this aircraft.

[@evanmiller2529]

The P-40 does not get enough love even in Australia where it was the most numerous fighter aircraft the RAAF had for the duration of the war. I don't think to many other planes would have had the durability to engage in the mud wrestling type of operations that the RAAF encountered in their critical areas of operation early in the conflict with the Japanese.

[@RaymondCollishaw-i1e]

I got to sit in a p40 when I was a kid. very cool aircraft

[@HammerheadModelMaking]

Casually timing a legacy flight of an F-22 and P-51s to illustrate a point, legend! 🤣

[@danweyant4909]

Typically Oshkosh.

[@Pittsspecials]

I was at the Cavanaugh museum in Texas a long time ago when I met an airline Captain who was turning in his logbooks. He told me of his exploits fly the P-40 in North Africa during WWII. I asked him how did you learn to fly it? He told me That an Instructor would stand on the wing next to you for ground operations. He said when you were ready he would go up in the tower and talk to by radio. They would tell your when to come in a tell you if your approach was good or bad. Etc

[@corvus8000]

I have to say its been good to see more P-40's showing up in museums and airshows these last few years, used to be everyone just wans to see some of the more famous birds like the P-51 or Corsair. (Nothing against those Mustangs and gull-wing hot rods mind you just the Warhawk deserves love to!😁)

[@ronboe6325]

Bugger. Have driven through Granite Falls many times and never new this museum was there. Thanks for the heads up!

[@jeffjones4135]

Great video. Good job concentrating with all the activities going on around you. Seeing all those WW2 fighters in one place is quite awe inspiring, isn't it?

[@MilitaryAviationHistory]

It was awesome!

[@Deuce_and_a_half]

I must say I’ve never seen a German look so good in a cowboy hat and aviators.

[@brennus57]

Thank you, Chris. Another terrific walk through. There's always been something iconic about the look of the P-40.

[@UncleJoeLITE]

Your best fighter, on any given day, is the best fighter you have. Often, this bad boy was it, thanks. Kittyhawks & Hurricanes did lots of heavy lifting in Nth Africa & both were very popular with RAAF. I really hope this ITC doesn't fly under the radar Chris. Nice callback to past members too. Cheers.

[@TheQuallsing]

Dude I have been watching your videos for years. I just wanted ti say thank you! You are very knowledgeable, love the german accent and the variety of your content. I Think especially I enjoy the interview format episodes the most. Nothing like an discussion, right? This channel is just great! Thank you!

[@MilitaryAviationHistory]

Thank you very much!

[@nemilyk]

The early P-40Ks are my favorite variant of the P-40 as far as aesthetics. I think the dorsal filet in front on the vertical stabilizer just adds a certain something to its lines while still maintaining that busier Allison engined nose (the Merlin engined Fs and Ls are just a bit too clean for me.)

[@ninjalanternshark1508]

Bruh I've lived in Minnesota my entire life and didnt hear about this place until you posted this video. Thanks lol

[@jamesd3472]

This looked like a particularly clean and organised cockpit, its really interesting on this series to imagine what it would be like to actually fly the things.

[@guaporeturns9472]

Jeff Ethell (rip) has a great tutorial video on you tube of startup , take off , flying and landing of a P-40. One of my favorite videos.

[@risajajr]

So nice to see this thorough walkthrough and view of the cockpit. I only wish you had also included at least a brief glance at the rear view mirror. But, that's a small criticism of an excellent job. Thanks!

[@use5555]

Fantastic rundown of the cockpit. I need this to super detail a model of this particular bird. Very well done.

[@gibstera5580]

Thank you for sharing. Great video. The P-40 and all its varieties lookwise has always been my favorite WW2 aircraft, but the XP-40Q is very unique. I am presently building an RC airplane model after the Q varient.

[@honestreviewer3283]

Thanks for these videos. It's amazing how sophisticated these machines were for their time, and still are.

[@douglasfenbert1020]

Great video. However, you failed to mention one of the most important controls in that cockpit...... the vice grip pliers locked onto the strut! What's it do?

[@frankbarnwell____]

Oh heyll yeah! P-40 Wild Bill Kelso's ride in "1941!". Fillerup with ethil With yourself beside the plane, for scale, . The P-40 is a bit smaller than imagined. Thanks Chris! Happy New Year!

[@arthurbradshaw7035]

What a beautiful restoration 👍👍

[@MGB-learning]

Great video

[@ronmaximilian6953]

Loved the walkthrough. I expected you to be drowned out by the drone of inline and air cooled engines, but Lee Greenwood ain't bad. Wish I were down there with a cool beer

[@patrickwentz8413]

Its so beautiful.

[@busterdee8228]

Clean ride. Thanks Bismarck. Looks like a 'projector' site, but lacking the reflector on the windscreen.

[@dougcobb8114]

Very clean...love it!...

[@walterbriggs272]

Nice tour, would like to see in person

[@bobg1685]

Nicely done.

[@captainvladmir7535]

What a gorgeous plane.

A moment of silence for the sound guy. We see you! I am hear you :) Nice Video. Great so see you having fun

[@andrewdowns3403]

well done , but l have a question , what are the "multi -grips " in the starboard side of the cockpit for ?

[@johnlansing2902]

Thank you .

[@felisconcolor1112]

The only fighter to fly in every single theatre of WWII - and even before that, as part of Chennault's AVG - the P-40 gets short shrift in undeserved amounts. Still my absolute favorite of the warbirds, followed closely by the F4U Corsair, which became the only WWII fighter to shoot down MiG jets in Korea.

[@joeesposito5101]

Another great video. Have to wonder what the vice grips are for.

[@TheCow2face]

The P-40 Kittyhawk is probably in my top 3 favorite of ww2 planes

[@Hawaiian80882]

One day I'll make a trip to Oshkosh!...Mahalo's for your post bro!

[@gordonwallin2368]

Those must've been authentic Vice-grips by the canopy crank :) Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

[@edwardpate6128]

The K was widely regarded as being one of the hottest variants.

[@JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

Thanks Chris. Great vid as ever.

[@locutusmdv]

Thank you for your videos. Why P40s have a glassy cover behind the retractibke cockpit? Always wondered why that is for. Thanks.

[@guaporeturns9472]

Visibility/light

[@authormikemontie250]

Awesome!

[@oneshotme]

I enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@hlynnkeith9334]

Chris, I always enjoy your Inside the Cockpit videos. Could you do split-screen comparisons of cockpits? Say, Me109 vs FW190 usw?

[@svjness]

I actually downloaded this video, and used Google photos AI to remove the singing. It could only do it for a segment of the clip 2min or less, but the results were really impressive.

[@maxkordhard3565]

During the Battle of Moscow in 1941, we had one regiment with P-40В. The British sold them to us before the Lend-Lease program. The regiment fought actively, won several victories over German aircraft, but by January 1, 1942, it was completely out of order. There was not a single aircraft left that was capable of taking off. At the same time, not a single P-40 was shot down by the enemy. It was just that their operation with such an abundance of technical nuances at that time was not fully available to our technicians and pilots, so all the aircraft were out of order due to violations of maintenance and flight regulations. Thank you very much for the video, but it is a pity that you did not sit in the cockpit and describe the sensations of its ergonomics, how comfortable it is or is not for a tall person.

[@Captain-Nostromo]

That is a beautiful painted P40

[@piper4122]

I live not far from here definitely gonna go there. I had no idea.

[@Balrog2005]

I liked it. Good to see workhorses type planes that normaly didn't get much attention like this (or the Hurricane) get some attention.

[@davidmeek8017]

Aloha! BRILLIANT review - mahalo!

[@roum22]

Watched a documentary about the WAFS in WW2, and remember the pilots featured saying that given the choice of any type to deliver the P40 was always first choice amongst the women flyers..

[@dansmith4077]

Interesting video thank you

[@bbrf033]

A very good p40 walk-around. Glad that song finally stopped

[@FeatheredDino]

The P-40 is absolutely one of ny favroire fighters of the war. Often, I think about what it could have been if a later model was developed with a bubble canopy and a more powerful engins.

[@JCTBooks]

Ironically, the first P-40s in the Aleutian’s were from the Royal Canadian Air Force, X Wing, a hastily created fighter/bomber wing to reinforce the USAAF P-36 fighters in Alaska after the Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands. One of the P-40 Squadron Leaders was Kenneth Boomer who after shooting down two ‘Rufe’ fighters with his wingman became the first Allied pilot to have shot down German, Italian and Japanese fighters, having served prior during the Battle of Britain and North Africa.

[@guaporeturns9472]

Why is that ironic?

[@eamo106]

Back to your origins, I loved this, WWII.

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

Totally Outclassed Zero everywhere all time in every aspect. This Continues to the present.

[@MakerBoyOldBoy]

Aircraft of that era were always tinkered with by shoehorning in other engines to see what happens. This happened when Merlin engine was fitted into original concept A-15 Apache ground attack aircraft which evolved into the P-51. The same Merlin was fitted into a P-40 and labeled the P-40M.

[@wolfeyes9357]

I would never knock our American jet fighters...but the warplanes like the P40, P51, the TBD's, those men had balls of steel! And the Sherman Tanks, another set of big balls!!!!!

[@radicaljellyfish4435]

So in order to drop bombs, would you have to disengage the gun switch and select the bomb switch and use the “gun” trigger and vice versa or does the switch itself drop the bombs?

[@janmale7767]

The P- 40 was a solid plane that got a bad rap for lacking high altitude performance due to it's power boost systems not geared for boosting the plane at higher altitudes (don't ask me exactly why they couldn't arrange that) It had a solid build and did sterling service when used to its strenth (boom & zoom) esp against the Japanese in China.

[@KrisV385]

would love to see a clip of the planes flying that you cover. If that is possible.

[@davedarling4316]

Any idea what the vise-grip pliers are used for? I'm pretty sure they weren't original equipment for WWII...

[@trey1531]

that's for if you have to pee

[@jobsavage246]

To clamp onto the landing gear handle provided it breaks, gives you a “back up” handle

[@banditkfk1463]

P-40 is Cool! Awesome vid as usual😂

[@brucejackman3446]

Hi,I was hoping to find out why there glass behind the seat

[@charlesproctor8250]

The suction indicates vacuum to drive gyro instruments (attitude indicator, directional gyro, turn & bank) it has nothing to do with fuel flow.

[@kylesprengeler5965]

i grew up 35 miles east of where he is now!!

[@Robert32064]

What are the vise grips for?

[@karlheinzvonkroemann2217]

Very good Chris - backround music is annoying though... oh well.

[@neilbone9490]

9.5/10 Chris. Half a mark deduction for missing the clock! 😂

[@billyhouse1943]

Thank you. The 40 was really a great plane. Too bad it was limited in altitude….

[@ohger1]

14 gallons of oil.. I don't think Walmart will do that oil change for $40...

[@guaporeturns9472]

Check Jeff Ethells (RIP) tutorial on P-40. It’s absolute gold.

[@edwardpate6128]

Loved how he described its handling as a Pitts with 1,400 hp!

[@guaporeturns9472]

@@edwardpate6128 Right? Serious ailerons.

[@SkyhawkSteve]

Is a video tour of Fagen Fighters in the works?? Even though I'm in the midwest, I don't see myself cruising through the middle of Minnesota anytime soon.

[@gsr4535]

Ooh, a "K" - the big tailed beast! About 1325hp if I'm not mistaken.

[@forthwithtx5852]

The P-40 is the first model my father and I built when I was a kid. Well, OK, I was about 5 so mostly it was my dad.

[@discordia013]

Same here, except I was 9 and for some reason this plane always brings back fond memories of the smell of plastic cement.

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

That singing was hell.

[@iwitnessedit6713]

just wondering if you walked around the control tower 3 times and then touched the rock?

[@cedhome7945]

True professional talk .not sure about the hat🤠what about the mole grip adjustable pliers?

[@MilitaryAviationHistory]

It saved me from sunstroke, some of those days were brutal at +90F

[@nigellawson8610]

Compared to the A6M3 Mod 22 Zero the P 40K is a brute of an aircraft!

[@williamarmstrong1050]

Is that a Brit North African P40 next to it? looked interesting

[@CoreySimmons85]

The thumbnail had me initially thinking, “why the hell is the chieftain doing a walk around on a plane?” 🤣🤣🤣.

[@leozignego929]

Are you coming to Oshkosh again?

[@patttrick]

Which is the only aircraft to get a acknowled lock on sr71 blackbird

[@patttrick]

Not by the USA .but home country said we did. usa did not contradict

[@bensmith7536]

Chris, when will the book reveal happen for the Fw190.....? I have your Stuka book, would be a shame to stop there?

[@DaisyBlossomPirate]

I was there with you! Been going to airventure for two decades now and even though it's a little disheartening how much it's changed into a "Hoo! Rah! America!" Shitshow I still love wandering around the warbirds and the vintage/ experimentals every year. Glad you were able to make it to my neck of the woods!

[@Workerbee-zy5nx]

The Warhawks were formidable fighters

[@benjaminjohnson6476]

Ah the cowboy Bismarck. They best wing man you can have.

[@jerrymail]

Great ! It is a coincidence but I have bought a Kittyhawk in 1/72 this afternoon !

[@MilitaryAviationHistory]

Nice, perhaps this could be a cool camo scheme! If you have instagram - send me the pictures once done!

[@jerrymail]

@@MilitaryAviationHistory Ii is a Kittyhawk Mk.IA from the RAF. I intend to built the version used by 112. Squadron in Libya. For the moment, the box go in my stock with other models, as I have several aircraft to finish before 😁 But it's cool to have done this video about the P-40. Not the best fighter but very nice ! Immortalized by Wild Bill Kelso 😆

[@dandel351]

In the cockpit tour..I want to know what the VICEGRIPS are for ?

[@michaelfrank2266]

Too bad about the background noise. I hung with you because I read, 'God is my Co-pilot' as a kid and want to see inside the P40. Thanks.

[@Pittsspecials]

I thought that perhaps this is a v-12 engine. Did I hear incorrectly?

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

V-12.

[@TheObnoxiousMrPug]

@@WALTERBROADDUS No, the Allison V-1720, which powers this subtype of the P-40, is a V-12: two inline banks of 6 cylinders each, arranged in a V-shape. The same goes for the P-40 variants that were powered by the Packard V-1670 Merlin engine, of course.

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

@@TheObnoxiousMrPug You are correct.

[@raphael7552]

Strange position of the "6 pack", no ?

[@SisSherryGoodlin]

In Heaven everyone travels by flying WW2 planes.

[@marckyle5895]

1:36 You mean a 12 cylinder V-12 engine. Vee-twelve. THIS IS NOT AN INLINE ENGINE.

[@patttrick]

Starter for 10 no conferring