Kenn Borek Air Basler Turbine DC-3 C-GVKB | Engine Start & Take Off in CYYF

[@indridcold8433]

Came back to listen to this with headphones! Wow! The classic lines of yesteryear. The modern engines of today. The glass cockpit of tomorrow, all in one gorgeous package DC-3 then, DC-3 now, DC-3 forever!

[@BeechSportBill]

Douglas Racer! C-GVKB - Happy 80th Birthday!

[@jeffmurphree2937]

Absolutely gorgeous! LOVE it!!!

[@jamessifsof6901]

That is one beautiful bird! It must be a dream to fly!

[@bobmurray3229]

Absolute beautiful bird !

[@VMBproduction]

OMG! What a fantastic catch and video! Double thumbs up, my friend!!!!

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Thanks!

[@GIGABACHI]

Good Looking Bird !

[@wesnelson8709]

Love the DC-3 but it loses a little bit without the round engines. They did, however, leave the original hydraulics so that the gear retracts one at a time, the origin of the nickname "Gooney Bird." Thx for the vid.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Thanks for watching. And I do like the old piston engine DC-3s way more than the Basler Turbine DC-3's

[@samanli-tw3id]

Beter than being scrapped

[@andrewdonohue1853]

@@VMCAviationVideos it has it's place. it's probably easier to maintain, has shorter take-off rolls, and a higher rate of climb. i guess those would the advantages. maybe a greater load carrying ability? the taildragger configuration cannot be beat for some applications.

[@indridcold8433]

Listen to that turbo howl!

[@onehot57]

Boy this is like watching paint dry!

[@takenbythewindNdrivenbythesea]

This is an iconic evergreen aircraft

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Sure is 👍

[@peteaplin8324]

im curious where the refit is done...is there a dedicated facility?

[@FadedAir]

Turbo prop DC-3 pretty cool

[@wb6162]

Long hand mathematics and slide rules designed this perfect aircraft.

[@VMCAviationVideos]

👍

[@BeckerAviation]

Simply spectacular!

[@captainx7194]

Fantstic

[@hectoralmonacid9699]

Una verdadera belleza 😍

[@VMCAviationVideos]

👍

[@eyetrapper]

Amazing catch

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Thanks

[@paulm749]

Question for anyone familiar with this airplane: Since turboprops tend to maintain their efficiency better than recips when flying at higher altitudes, could this airplane see a speed and fuel efficiency benefit by flying up around 20k feet? I'm thinking it might only be practical to do so for longer ferry flights and would require the crew to have supplemental oxygen.

[@IrineuBatista]

Magnificent plane ❤️✈️

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Yes

[@wyrtwister4260]

How does the operating cost compare , radial vs. turbine ? Thanks , :-) Wyr God bless

[@VMCAviationVideos]

I have no idea 😞

[@samanli-tw3id]

Turbines need less maintainance so the latter must be cheaper

[@stevenwagner9912]

I would guess that the supply of radicals and parts dwindles every day so that will factor in.

[@mathewmcgill6266]

Here's what maybe a strange or stupid question. I notice before the aircraft started gaining speed, it appears the engines are pointed forward where as the body of the aircraft is pointed upward. When the aircraft is leveling off to take off, do the engines also tilt? Otherwise it appears if it stayed in the same configuration, the props wold be pointed downward. However, looking at it while taking off, the props are pointed forward with the body of the aircraft. Or am I mistaken?

[@VMCAviationVideos]

I know for sure, there is no "tilting" of the engines

[@michaeltoellner2218]

I think its like that so when you throttle up your attitude and altitude stay the same instead of going nose up/gaining altitude

[@ratherbefishing4225]

I can see what you mean, the engines appear to be tilted downward compared to the fuselage, but that’s just the design of the cowling. They are mounted in a fixed position and don’t tilt.

[@stevenwagner9912]

More of an optical illusion is my guess. The paint sceme can make it look different as the angle and distance changes.

[@vangecruz8600]

*there is a black wing*

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Are you sure🤓

[@gaborandrejszki2553]

Beautiful👌🙂

[@DmitriyTitovDT]

Awesome!!!+20

[@millicentsquirrelhole582]

Joe McBride, owner of Buffalo Airways, in an Ice Pilots episode, expressed interest in buying a DC3 Basler...no better recommendation than that...eh?

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Buffalo won't get any Basler 3's, too much money to cough up for a Basler.

[@goatdocfilms504]

@@VMCAviationVideos Buffalo Currently leases 2 baslers from Kenn Borek. and Mikey said on an episode of plane savers recently that Yes Buffalo is Buying 1 maybe 2 baslers

[@VMCAviationVideos]

@@goatdocfilms504 - This is what Mikey said in his last YT video at the 6:38 time mark "Soon we are getting our own Basler"​ - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZfKdGh6h7SDY68

[@glennspreeman1634]

amazing how right theygot it in 30+ years ago and only slipsticks for calculations!

[@alexandermckay8594]

30? Try 85.

[@trav2SS]

So quiet omg

[@VMCAviationVideos]

Haha, yes I agree

[@ericfermin8347]

Very ugly airplane with those engines. Throwing mud on a beauty.

[@maskedavenger2578]

This is a fake clone with budget Chinese built engines . The proper ones have P& W radial piston engines .

[@AwDaleYeah]

This is a basler BT-67. It’s American built and has Pratt and Whitney PT6 turboprop engines.

[@maskedavenger2578]

@@AwDaleYeahProper DC 3 ‘s ( Dakotas ) had piston engines , that kite has turbo props , it’s nowt but a bastisized mongrel .

[@AwDaleYeah]

@ it’s literally a DC-3 airframe that has been modernized and retrofitted with turboprops. They gave these old birds new life. It’s not a clone, it’s not a knockoff, and it’s most definitely not Chinese. Respectfully, you don’t know what you’re talking about.

[@maskedavenger2578]

@@AwDaleYeah They will have at least some Chinese sourced parts , or electrics . The USA company’s now farm out their manufacturing to Chinese factory’s ,in the quest for the almighty dollar & cheaper labour costs . The airframe may be genuine old school USA but the rest & engines are not original piston engines nor are the electrics . It’s a bastisized pig in a poke monstrosity , I know full well what I am on about I have flown in proper DC 3 Dakotas when they were still in service on scheduled routes .

[@AwDaleYeah]

@ I don’t think you understand how certified avionics and aircraft parts work. I can guarantee you that there aren’t any Chinese components on this aircraft. They’ve improved this aircraft in every way yet you still call it bastardized?? I don’t care if you’ve flown on them before. You don’t know what you’re talking about. Having flown on a certain aircraft type before doesn’t make you an expert, or well informed.

[@мирбиливин]

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