Thanks so much for mentioning me. I really appreciate it. Great video as well, I enjoyed it.
@HennyvilleX3 ай бұрын
What an amazing specimen of a P-47, look at that thing, it's in absolutely mint/ better than new condition. What a great way of keeping history alive.
@PhysicsDude553 ай бұрын
Even in the closeup shots it is just immaculate. What a beautiful airplane, and so cool that they were able to restore one with such a rich history as well.
@JPR3D3 ай бұрын
My absolute favorite prop plane! Highlight of the year maybe! It's remarkable that despite being the most produced American fighter, so so few of them survived especially compared to Mustangs and Spitfires. What a beautiful example of the birdcage types, I'm so glad they kept the gunsight mounted. Many airworthy restorations don't, AirCorps did a superb job and their mission of not just restoring the plane but being a resource for flight manuals is very telling to their passion for aviation history.
@waynevanhardeveld47073 ай бұрын
I see you are a person of taste
@peterbrazier71073 ай бұрын
I'm sorry but the P47 is only 3rd on my list of favorite planes.
@JakeCole14533 ай бұрын
Few survived because many were sold to foreign air forces and subsequently went to the scrap yard.
@Looney2ing3 ай бұрын
Not 1st but top 5 easy. FW190 no1 for me looks menacing. Then most likely this or a hurricane.
@TheNinjaGumball3 ай бұрын
I happened upon the P-47 while Chris was filming and got to say hi when he was done with his take back in '23. It was great meeting him, and this video was great, though I'm sad he didn't use any of the takes of me in the background looking at the tail before I realized Chris was there.
@katfrog983 ай бұрын
What a beast! The P-47 is my favorite WW2 fighter. The cockpit layout seems quite reasonable for the time; it's much more accessible than the P-38's. Thank you so much, and thank you for mentioning "Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles." History is perishable, and we need all of you guys.
@rand0mn03 ай бұрын
Thank you, Aircorps Aviation for accommodating our man Chris!
@unclefart55273 ай бұрын
Yup, people don't always realize they don't HAVE to do this.
@markaverett12253 ай бұрын
I was at the EAA this year, my first time, and got to see this P-47. Its the first one I've seen in person. It was in immaculate condition.
@FrankC3213 ай бұрын
Don't forget the mini fridge for those very long ferry flights. That is certainly a clean aircraft. I noted the use of a 12 foot ladder necessary for entrance. Fantastic!
@thomasherbig3 ай бұрын
The most pristine WW2 warbird I have ever seen! It looks factory new - nay, not from a factory in 1943, but from a factory last week. Incredible. I would feel quite self-conscious just putting my feet into the cockpit.
@oleran45693 ай бұрын
@ Greg's Airplanes And Automobiles really does have a fantastic series on P-47s! Greg and Chris both have wonderful and complementary channels.
@Jbroker4043 ай бұрын
If you're in love with a certain plane, there's nothing better than Greg doing a 7 part series on it!
@martindice54243 ай бұрын
I LOVE the Jug! As a Brit I think the Spit and Mossie somehow reflect the British mentality towards aircraft. The P-47 is exactly the same for the US. It’s SOOOO damn American! Like a ‘50s Chevy it oozes everything that people like about the USA - big, brash over the top and totally brilliant! YEEE HAAA! 👍👍
@Skyhawk19983 ай бұрын
And don't forget the excessive number of big guns!
@EstorilEm3 ай бұрын
The P-38 and P-51 beg to differ (remember, the lightning was the only fighter developed pre-war that was still in production after - was the “OG” WWII fighter lol.)
@vaclav_fejt3 ай бұрын
@@EstorilEmWell, P-51 was made to British specifications, so there is that British DNA: Elegant and economical. It's not a Chevelle like the Jug, it's a Corvette, to keep that Chevy analogy.
@papaaaaaaa26253 ай бұрын
But you forget THE 2 MOST AMERICAN Fighter of WW2... And they were British, funny enough. Typhoon and Tempest. My whole youth I thought that those two were US produced Fighters because of their "Muscle Car" like look.
@jackdaniel74653 ай бұрын
@@papaaaaaaa2625you forgot the Hellcat and Corsair too!!!
@Token_Civilian3 ай бұрын
Nice inside the cockpit. What a beautifully restored airplane.
@shrikes453 ай бұрын
WOW. The P-47 Razorback is my favorite WWII aircraft! It's also the reason I am into DCS since they have a P-47D Module. Thanks to DCS, i could, for once, follow along and knew what majority of the dials and switches were! (A surreal feeling) Thank you for showing off this magnificent warbird, and thank you to the people who restored and maintain this piece of history!
@ScalerDan3 ай бұрын
Perfect for model builders! In 15 minutes I saw everything I needed and saved myself a lot of research. Thank you for sharing this beautiful aircraft!
@ponycarfan3 ай бұрын
I saw this airplane right after it was salvaged and brought to Bemidji, MN. Aircorps Aviation is meticulous and it shows! Beautiful airplane!
@Lemonjellow3 ай бұрын
So I was waiting at the stoplight at Bonnie's birthplace 20 minutes ago on my way home from work. Technically St. George at Highway 41 cuts through the original fitting out yard where they'd do upgrades to the finished planes that hadn't been implemented on the assembly line yet. My Grandmother was a riveter on the underside of the aircraft.
@16Tango3 ай бұрын
One of my grandfathers was in Europe in the US Army during WWII and he told me that the Jug was his favorite plane. If they were taking fire and some 47’s came overhead he knew the fire was going to stop quickly.
@Maria_Erias3 ай бұрын
I love videos like this. Not only is it getting hands-on with a piece of history, but it also goes to show the know-how that went into building as well as operating these machines.
@Danko053 ай бұрын
What an amazing beast, along with the Corsair, both are my favorite WWII Warbirds.
@mattgbarr3 ай бұрын
That's because you have immaculate taste, sir.
@elzarcho3 ай бұрын
What a privilege to get a close-up view of such a beautiful and historic machine. Thanks for taking us along with you, Chris.
@SheriffsSimShack3 ай бұрын
But how did you find the way out of the P-47 and didnt get lost?
@robertbrowning75562 ай бұрын
Beautiful Restoration and great tour of the aircraft! Some of the P-47's had the outer 2 .50 switchable and I think, but not sure, the night fighter version may have had a small screen with the o-scope in the center of the dash. The rockets you mentioned were the 5 inch naval rockets and could take out a submarine or small ship. On tanks they were deadly, if they hit. A close impact could even disable a tank or locomotive. It was a true beast in the air. The A-10 is a fitting successor to the P-47 legacy! I watched them in action in Desert Storm and it was quite impressive. Videos do not do it justice. Thank you so much, Chris, for this video, and thanks to Aircorps Aviation for sharing and restoring this magnificent machine.
@talgov01Ай бұрын
Building a 1/48 Tamiya P-47. Thanks for the color references.!
@MilitaryAviationHistoryАй бұрын
Awesome, enjoy the build! Thank you
@Chiller113 ай бұрын
Gorgeous aircraft. The P47 is just massive.
@hctim963 ай бұрын
thank you very much to enable the outlines for each lever in the cockpit. Makes it easy to know which lever you are talking about..
@sdcoinshooter3 ай бұрын
I started Navy primary flight training in 1984, a T-34C. Not too long before they had advanced from the T-28, which was similar in size to the P-47. It was a MONSTER, and I doubt I could have handled such a beast.
@adamrudling13393 ай бұрын
The whole airacraft is just beautiful. An absolute work of art. Thank you so much for allowing us to see her.
@michaelguerin567 ай бұрын
Impressive machine and beautiful restoration. Thank you to Air Corps Aviation for their support.
@Louzahsol3 ай бұрын
These planes are massive and they still flew pretty agile
@TR4Ajim3 ай бұрын
Nice tour! And yes, Greg’s series on the P-47 is amazing!👍
@arneldobumatay37023 ай бұрын
I'm digging the animated white outlines for easy identification of the instruments and knobs in the cockpit. This plane looks like it just rolled off the assembly line except for the polished aluminum skin. Great vid!
@Bakes-z4c3 ай бұрын
In clostermans book, “the big show” he describes seeing P47s for the first time in England with polished skins
@Hokuf2 ай бұрын
The skins are not polished. They are clad material with careful attention paid to not scratching during the restoration process. They will oxidize with time and the shininess will slowly fade away.
@deanfawcett20853 ай бұрын
That is the most immaculate warbird I have ever seen.
@paul_mumford3 ай бұрын
My favourite fighter aircraft!
@steveperreira58503 ай бұрын
Me too, Strong, Safe, and Brutal!
@nocloo68293 ай бұрын
Another great one by One-Take-Walkaround Chris! Thanks!
@Fang703 ай бұрын
I know that this is because it basically is brand new, but I love how the plane looks like it just came out of the factory.
@dfens6663 ай бұрын
Great presentation and very clear description of the cockpit furniture. I appreciate the cartoon tracing graphic as you described each item. This is a stunning restoration of a day one (fresh off the line) fighter. If it were mine (dreaming!), I would have left more of an aluminum patina/natural finish/acid etch rather than polishing to a high gloss on some of the surfaces (as KW talks about at the 3:00 mark in his Douglas A-26B Invader - Project Visit - June 2024). It is possible that some of the aluminum came out of the factory polished like that (the fact that many of the panel lines here are puttied is another thing you rarely see on restored fighters) and I would not think of questioning the guys that spend thousands of hours on this airplane restoring it to what you see here. But (again for me personally), the mirror polish seems out of place on what was a mass produced fighter riveted by newly hired, home-front labor then shipped to Europe in crates and assembled in the field by young men. However- if you want to send it my way for a test flight, I'd be happy to take it off your hands ;).
@johnabbott65983 ай бұрын
Great video and a gorgeous old bird. Grateful that there are people that put in the unimaginable effort to bring that machine back to life . Thank You
@jeremywilson43263 ай бұрын
One of my favorite warbirds .
@Dysfunctional_Reprint3 ай бұрын
I always get excited when the notification pops up that you posted a video. Makes my day every time. Hearing that Warthog fire up while you're talking about the Jug is just a sign from the universe!
@LeewardStudios3 ай бұрын
Beautiful restoration and a great walk around. Thank you
@gbixby34533 ай бұрын
The JUG!!! Not my favorite plane of the war, but still a beauty! It's just such a beast.
@PJ353 ай бұрын
Awesome, my all time favorite plane!!
@kaynebartholomew29943 ай бұрын
Easily my favorite WWII aircraft! Love the Jug!
@SEMJW3 ай бұрын
Excellent presentation and recording, Christoph. I was aware of the restoration by AirCorps Aviation for several years and recently completed a 1/24 scale in flight model of Bonnie using DrawDecals for markings. It took two years to build for all the added details, upgrades and unique modification features of this airplane to reproduce in a scale model. It even has a black and white photo of Bonnie on the instrument panel. I would have had an easier build if this video was done last year. If interested there are three video posts of the model on my channel. Thanks for posting.
@commonsensegunlaw3 ай бұрын
Incredibly beautiful plane. Great coverage, very well explained.
@thuff32073 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing one great fighter that was rally fast and had lots of fire power. Wow that was wonderful to see.
@rudyyarbrough512218 күн бұрын
Having flown many types of planes but mostly fighters, I too find the cockpit instrument layout weird. There is a standard now of course, where the flight instruments are grouped into a tight group to make instrument flying easier and it standardizes the placement of the gauges from one plane to the next. Engine and pressure gauges are now placed together so that one glance tells the pilot if anything is amiss. Weapon stations and switches are likewise placed in a small group. It is easy to overlook how much room the T-Bird had compared to other fighters like the ME109 or Spitfire. What a great restoration!
@JackFlemingFan13 ай бұрын
Thank you for posting your excellent video of the P-47D Thunderbolt "Bonnie" as she is something else! Thank you for both showing and describing inside the cockpit area and also for walking around and describing the outside of "Bonnie" too!
@johncrechiola15923 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the tour, and for Aircorps Aviation for letting us all have a look. The P-47 is one of my favourite warbirds, especially the Razorback variants.
@darthcalanil53333 ай бұрын
Such a bonkers beauty
@nbsmith1003 ай бұрын
if i had to make an uninformed guess as to why the main instruments were all seperate, it was because of standardized production so the same indicators could be more easily installed on totally different types of aircraft without having to have all the wiring go through the same space in the airplane and/or allowing different configurations.
@virgo473 ай бұрын
I love P-47, this one was really beautiful, and your tour was fantastic! Thanks for the video.
@Sodbusterrod3 ай бұрын
My wife’s uncle Gene Baker 495th Fighter/Bomber Sqn 48th Air Wing flew from Apr ‘44 to summer of ‘44 in a P47 getting his wings as a 19 year old. He did 25 missions from Ibsley and 25 more from A-4 off Omaha Beach which was operational a couple of weeks after D-day. 1st mission in April was the entire wing, 50+ aircraft including wing commander and spares, flew to Paris. Such was Allied air superiority that he never saw a German fighter his entire time in combat. Pre-June 6 a typical mission was a group of a/c would dive bomb a bridge from 10,000 ft. then off to follow a railroad track hunting for a wooden water tank to shoot up. The splinters would fly off the tank then explode in a 50 ft. geyser. From A-4 usually a flt of 4 a/c were assigned a hedge row marked by infantry using a white sheet pointing at the enemy. They would line up one behind the other and strafe the dug in Germans. He said with an ammunition load of over 3000 50 cal. bullets times 4 P47s nothing could survive that. During training they would strafe sheets on the ground and later walk their targets. The ground was rototilled 2 ft. deep. The hedge rows were a built up berm 4 ft. high with 20 ft tall hedges that surrounded farm fields. He spotted a German motorcycle rider between them and when he hit him man, message, and machine cleared the hedges. Such was the power of 8 50 cal. machine guns. He had state side leave, was returning to his squadron, but had to take a physical first. He had been hiding a hernia even before combat. It was during a physical before his return to combat that he was found out and was taken off combat status. He spent the rest of the war as a P51 trainer at Newburgh Field, West Point, NY. Ironically he had more seat time in a P51 than a P47. At his granddaughter’s wedding in 2003 he was reminiscing about his squadron and wanted to reconnect. I was able to contact them and he and his extended family went. Returning, he said he it was a thrill to reconnect and he wanted to just sit in a P47 one more time. He was living north of Houston and I contacted the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston. They said they have those kinds of requests all the time and would gladly do it. While talking with the staff he backed up to the airplane and unconsciously petted like it was his first puppy. It is a great museum and thoughtful staff.
@Darrylx4443 ай бұрын
Very good videography - praise the camera person! Also, I would be so happy if you would upload in 4K instead of 1080p. Thanks!
@tinkertailor73853 ай бұрын
What fantastically kept aircraft. Great rundown on the all the cockpit controls and dials.
@stickboy243 ай бұрын
Thanks very much for the inside look of this aircraft, Cowboy Chris!
@davidbaro48343 ай бұрын
Enjoyed the tour and you touched on all the appropriate items. Maybe slow down a little so we can digest all the excellent info. Thanks again!
@cliffbarnhouse49133 ай бұрын
Thanks for the tour. I got to see Bonnie in Reno in 2023. What a beautiful, impressive aircraft.
@edgaraquino23242 ай бұрын
Nice video! The cockpit appears to me to be pretty spacious as opposed to other aircraft....😊
@cannonfodder43767 ай бұрын
An impressive and beautifully restored machine. Epitomizes American brute yet elegant power.
@justinc713 ай бұрын
Got up close and took a bunch of pics of Bonnie last year at Reno, such a beautiful airplane. Thanks for the cockpit tour!
@MGB-learning3 ай бұрын
What a Beautiful Monster.
@yukon45453 ай бұрын
Fagen's museum, great place. Carve out an afternoon.
@josephdodgson-w4x3 ай бұрын
That's awesome. I have a large rc model done up as this exact aircraft and it is one of my favourites to fly! I'd love to see this at a real airshow some day....
@shaunwest36123 ай бұрын
An absolute beast of a fighter plane,one of my favourite 👌👍, stunning ❤
@hctim963 ай бұрын
Man what a HUGE aircraft for one guy!!
@edwardloomis8873 ай бұрын
One guy, but oh so much ordnance. Gotta love a plane where the pilot's frontal protection is one big honking engine.
@rpurdey2 ай бұрын
The name "Razorback" was originally coined for this model of P-47. Somehow, much later, it became a generic term for highback versions of aircraft later given bubble canopies. So if you said "hey, a razorback" back in 1945 people would look for a P-47. This is a fantastic aircraft, by the way. I'm working on a D-40 at the moment and the Jug never fails to impress.
@e.d.48243 ай бұрын
Superb ! Great video, a real pleasure to watch those wonderful precious images and listen to the explanations ! Thxx 👌👏
@hadtopicausername3 ай бұрын
I remember building a P-47 Razorback model when I was a kid, and I was thinking: "Wow, this thing is huge." A Bf 109 looked tiny in comparison. It was fun to learn as an adult that the entire plane has basically been built around that massive engine and turbo supercharger system.
@David-wy9jl3 ай бұрын
That photograph makes for a nice copilot. Nice touch!
@GabaranRickshaw3 ай бұрын
my favorite by far! Thank you!
@briancooper21123 ай бұрын
Great video sir!
@johnspizziriАй бұрын
this tour is outstanding
@Trump9853 ай бұрын
If I had to fly a fighter in WWII and I could pick any aircraft from any country I’d have to go with the P47. I think your going to have a much better chance of surviving the war in a P47 then any other aircraft of the time.
@ashwb13 ай бұрын
That is a glorious resto of that P-47..the Jug is a beast!
@EstorilEm3 ай бұрын
You pointed out that oil cooler outlet then instantly moved on and skipped over the turbocharger waste gate like an inch away - that was one of the defining features of the ‘bolt! Anyways - yeah that waste gate was (very wisely) installed as close to the engine as possible, so as to minimize the need for stronger materials being constantly subjected to boost ahead of the turbo. In this way - the waste gate would only close to develop boost when needed, otherwise it would open and a large portion of the engine exhaust would exit up front like a normal R-2800, leaving the rear portions of the turbo at minimal boost remaining nice and cool. Just a very cool component worth pointing out in my opinion, you’ll never see it on any other R-2800 fighter. PS - very cool that they took the intercooler / maintenance access panel off in the back. I’d probably have my head stuck in there looking around for half the day lol. This restoration is museum-quality, we have a lot of pride in our Avenger, but keeping a large warbird flight worthy AND immaculate are two totally different things. The amount of times panels and parts get removed for inspections and repairs, etc… it’s just a constant process. Probably 100ish man-hours per hour the plane is actually in the air once you factor in all the volunteers, and that’s just routine maintenance, not unforeseen items. Lots of wear and tear lol. This thing is just gorgeous. The polish job and sheet metal work is exquisite. 👌 There are SO few of these left flying around (I don’t get it!) I’d have gone to Oshkosh just to see this thing alone.
@mattgbarr3 ай бұрын
Sorry to bother you, but what build number Avenger do you work with? 53857 is local to me and flies over my house frequently. What a glorious sound!
@bonnerapplegate48243 ай бұрын
It is one of the greatest and such a beautiful prop, especially the Razorback P47s!
@whatsoperadoc70503 ай бұрын
My god what a beautiful plane.
@enscroggs3 ай бұрын
"Bonnie's" dazzling, high-polish airframe is really spectacular! But how realistic is it? At some point in late 1943 or 1944, the USAAF discontinued factory-applied paint schemes. There were several reasons -- bare-metal planes could be completed more quickly, the saved weight of paint not applied could increase the aircraft's performance, and at high altitudes, the more reflective aluminum could contribute to decreased visibility to enemy pilots and gunners better than a dark, painted finish. (Interior paint applications continued, such as the anti-corrosive chromate yellow as seen inside "Bonnie's" landing gear wells, and various colors applied inside the cockpit.) There were some planes that didn't benefit from the weight savings, most notably the Boeing B-17. As a 1930s design, the Flying Fortress used a non-stressed rivetted skin typical for its time with longitudinal and circumferential lap joints between individual skin sections. The saved weight should have given the aircraft a bit more endurance, unfortunately, that expected benefit was more than canceled out by increased drag. Paint helped to fill small gaps around heads rivets and seams, improving aerodynamics and reducing drag. I haven't seen any discussion of the benefits of a bare-metal finish to semi-monocoque stressed-skin designs like the P-47 and the P-51. However, attitudes against painted exteriors persisted in the USAF into the 1960s. The USN never abandoned factory-applied paint jobs. At the same time, the Army was adopting the bare-metal look the Navy was transitioning from the medium "tropical blue" adopted shortly before America entered into the war to a deep, glossy blue that was more or less universal for all carrier and land-based USN aircraft through to the end of the Korean War. The dark blue finish may have helped disguise planes from above against the background of the ocean, but the real reason was probably tradition and a bit of chest-thumping. "We're the Navy; our planes are navy blue!" When the likely enemy became Soviet attack aircraft and bombers flying at high altitudes, the Navy finally responded with practical low-observable paint schemes in the mid-1950s, beginning with FJ-3 Fury, which was typically painted with very light gray upper surfaces and flat-white undersides. The supersonic Grumman F-11 Tiger introduced the faintly blueish "haze gray" that came to dominate American fighter aircraft paint schemes until the "age of stealth" and "beyond visual range" combat doctrines.
@oxcart41723 ай бұрын
I followed the restoration of that plane on KZbin. It was fascinating!
@nmflyerrobbin54133 ай бұрын
many years ago talked to a WW2 P38 pilot who said the cockpit was so cramped it caused fatique flying long distances, he said the in P47 if you got tired the cockpit was so spacious you could get up and walk around inside WW2 pilot joke
@edwardloomis8873 ай бұрын
Heard a similar joke that in a dogfight a P-47 pilot avoided enemy fire by running around the cockpit.
@av8tore713 ай бұрын
The trigger & bomb release switches are actually wire in from factory! I have flown warbirds when the trigger switch was a push to talk button for the radios
@neilbone94903 ай бұрын
Another excellent and informative video Chris 👍
@TC-Guitar3 ай бұрын
Cockpit is huge, cool vid 😎
@ericsorbara53863 ай бұрын
Perfect vidéo
@bassplayersayer3 ай бұрын
Great video Biz!!!!!!! Rock on !!!!
@brealistic35423 ай бұрын
German WW2 ace, Adolf Galland, flew a captured P47 on a test fight and commented that the cockpit was so Huge one could run around the cockpit to avoid bullets ! 😅
@JoseJimenez-sh1yi3 ай бұрын
Finnaly my favorite WW2 figther
@PeaLoop3 ай бұрын
Beautiful aircraft!
@davidmicheletti62923 ай бұрын
I had a great week at the EAA this summer
@seanquigley36053 ай бұрын
Really excellent video!!! Nice to see the shout out to Greg's channel. Can't wait to hop on IL-2 and get some sim flying on the Jug now.
@IR_IE_ID3 ай бұрын
pacific livery looking amazing
@RCUKScaleModels3 ай бұрын
awesome videos I love the p-47 Razorback aircraft Razorback aircraft in my opinion are the best looking
@CthulhuInc3 ай бұрын
read robert johnson's account of him NOT being shot down by a fw190 - amazing
@waynemathias80743 ай бұрын
Great review of a beautiful plane, thanks. Did they not let you sit inside? It looks roomy compared to other fighters, for sure!
@BunialskiTrip3 ай бұрын
Great episode with great Warbird.
@tracyfriend34543 ай бұрын
Love the P-47 one of my favorite planes. You do a great job in all of your videos. Just curious, what are your top 5 favorite ww2 aircraft?
@texasnutmegger32963 ай бұрын
The P-47 doesn't get the glory that the P-51 gets, but it was instrumental in breaking the back of the Luftwaffe.
@thedeathwobblechannel6539Ай бұрын
Gilles Mercier. Of our own devices has an excellent 👍 vid on reflector gun sights.
@rtwpsom23 ай бұрын
You neglected to mention the Christmas Tree tank behind the pilot. 42-22706 is notable in that it took part in the experiments of the 5th AF to extend the range of the P-47. This one has another auxiliary fuel tank mounted behind the pilot where the radios normally sat. The radios were moved to be on top of the intercooler. The tank was a gravity feed system, the pilot would take off and cruise using the smaller main fuel tank, then once it was empty, he would open a valve on his right hand side near the rear of the cockpit and allow the fuel in the Christmas Tree tank to drain into the smaller main tank. The problem that arose was that it raised the center of gravity and made the plane unstable until it could be drained, so they never implemented it. We discovered the tank when we disassembled the airframe and did a bit of research on it.