P-47 Thunderbolt | How To Fly It | Original Training Video Upscaled

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt original upscaled training video. All 3 parts.
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American aerospace company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945. Its primary armament was eight .50-caliber machine guns, and in the fighter-bomber ground-attack role it could carry 5-inch rockets or a bomb load of 2,500 lb (1,100 kg). When fully loaded, the P-47 weighed up to 8 tons, making it one of the heaviest fighters of the war.
The Thunderbolt was effective as a short-to medium-range escort fighter in high-altitude air-to-air combat and ground attack in both the European and Pacific theaters. The P-47 was designed around the powerful Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp 18-cylinder radial engine, which also powered two U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps fighters, the Grumman F6F Hellcat and the Vought F4U Corsair. An advanced turbosupercharger system ensured the aircraft's eventual dominance at high altitude, while also influencing its size and design.
The P-47 was one of the main United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) fighters of World War II, and also served with other Allied air forces, including those of France, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. Mexican and Brazilian squadrons fighting alongside the USAAF also flew the P-47.
The armored cockpit was relatively roomy and comfortable and the bubble canopy introduced on the P-47D offered good visibility. Nicknamed the "Jug" owing to its appearance if stood on its nose, the P-47 was noted for its firepower, as well as its ability to resist battle damage and remain airworthy. A present-day U.S. ground-attack aircraft, the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, takes its name from the P-47.
By the end of 1942, P-47Cs were sent to England for combat operations. The initial Thunderbolt flyers, 56th Fighter Group, was sent overseas to join the 8th Air Force. As the P-47 Thunderbolt worked up to operational status, it gained a nickname: "Jug" (because its profile was similar to that of a common milk jug of the time). Two fighter groups (FGs) already stationed in England began introducing the Jugs in January 1943 - the Spitfire-flying 4th Fighter Group, a unit built around a core of experienced American pilots who had flown in the RAF Eagle Squadrons prior to the US entry in the war; and the 78th Fighter Group, formerly flying P-38 Lightnings.
P-47 pilot Lt Col Francis S. "Gabby" Gabreski, 56th Fighter Group, leading ace of the 8th Air Force
Beginning in January 1943, Thunderbolt fighters were sent to the joint Army Air Forces - civilian Millville Airport in Millville, New Jersey, to train civilian and military pilots.
The first P-47 combat mission took place 10 March 1943 when the 4th FG took their aircraft on a fighter sweep over France. The mission was a failure due to radio malfunctions. All P-47s were refitted with British radios, and missions resumed 8 April. The first P-47 air combat took place 15 April with Major Don Blakeslee of the 4th FG scoring the Thunderbolt's first air victory (against a Focke-Wulf Fw 190).
General characteristics
* Crew: 1
* Length: 36 ft 1.75 in (11.0173 m)
* Wingspan: 40 ft 9+5⁄16 in (12.429 m)
* Height: 14 ft 8+1⁄16 in (4.472 m)
* Airfoil: Seversky S-3
* Empty weight: 10,000 lb (4,536 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 17,500 lb (7,938 kg)
* Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800-59 18-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 2,000 hp (1,500 kW)
* Propellers: 4-bladed Curtiss Electric C542S constant-speed propeller, 13 ft 0 in (3.96 m) diameter
Performance
* Maximum speed: 426 mph (686 km/h, 370 kn) at 30,000 ft (9,100 m)
* Range: 1,030 mi (1,660 km, 900 nmi)
* Service ceiling: 42,000 ft (13,000 m)
Armament
* Eight .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns (3400 rounds)
* Up to 2,500 lb (1,100 kg) of bombs
* Ten 5 in (127 mm) HVAR unguided rockets
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[@sw653j]

Leaves no doubt, why the Hot Rod Industry took off when these boys came home. 18-cylinder, 2,000 HP, turbo charged, water injection, 426 MPH...Awesome

[@Dronescapes]

🙂👍🙂

[@Devil-mn3dc]

Great video for those of us pretending to be Thunderbolt pilots in DCS World. Love these old films!

[@Dronescapes]

🙂😉👍

[@hans_du_plessis]

Maybe you're pretending. I took a heroic dose and became the pilot myself, for real.

[@Rokaize]

@@hans_du_plessisNot flying p47s. You’re a real hero in your Cessna. Suck yourself off some more, chump.

[@SPANKA.]

Haha shut it. I love my P-47

[@BunialskiTrip]

Exactly.

[@rustysphotography]

33:33 i loved the P47d already and had no idea a handbreak turn was possible :) what a beast of a Warbird

[@Forzaplayer]

The more i research about the P47, the better i get in DCS while flying it. The plane requires a lot of specific engine settings to keep going at its peak power in an engagement.

[@tklube308]

Love these old tng films

[@Dronescapes]

👍🙏

[@Kiromos]

This is an awesome upload. Thanks for putting this together and sharing!

[@franzferdinand17]

Just to think my grandpa had to watch this! 😂

[@ryanashby2459]

Sweet! Now I can fly a P-47

[@raymondkurtyka754]

One of the best fighters of ww2 we kicked the he'll out of Luftwaffe

[@Dronescapes]

👍👍👍🇺🇸

[@jedibusiness789]

The Jug was responsible for destroying Luftwaffe not the P51.

[@Dronescapes]

@@jedibusiness789 :)

[@steveandrushko75]

The cost of that plane in 1943 as he said was "a hundred thousand bucks" In in todays money that was the equivalent of $1,720,872.83

[@brockmiller574]

And that would be a damn steal compared to what we pay for a fighter today.

[@fauxbro1983]

Lol a cessna with some floats cost like $400,000

[@Kiromos]

​​@@fauxbro1983I bet a Cessna doesn't put out 2000 hp and fly 400+ mph with 8ea 50 cals 😅

[@alansmith8837]

Great vid imagine in hd wow

[@barriewright2857]

Just imagine what a flight simulation would have done for pilot training back then. But they would have moved on to jets by then.

[@joeh5483]

...you use the reserve tank first...

[@jimmydesouza4375]

What do you mean?

[@10_points]

Reserve tanks were simply the smallest back then. It was a naming system nothing more really

[@andrewterry9577]

Any one else here cause of warthunder.

[@Dronescapes]

😉👍

[@jimmydesouza4375]

Look up DCS or IL2:Battle of Stalingrad. Both are almost immeasurably better than Warthunder.

[@jackriley3340]

@@jimmydesouza4375 as a dcs player dcs is the most expensive and tempermental dogshit ive ever played, thousands spent just to stutter like crazy for no reason

[@jimmydesouza4375]

@@jackriley3340 DCS performs fine on ancient hardware in multiplayer. If youre the kind of simpleton that ramps every setting to max and then wonders why your potato is suffering that is more of a you problem.

[@yungcaco1443]

@@jackriley3340DCS is amazing. Best flight sim on the market. You clearly just don’t know what your doing with it or how to run it properly. It’s not WarThunder lol.