P-51, B-24, B-17, B-29 takeoff Washington DC Flyover, May 8, 2015, landing

[@BEAR-lw6mh]

I remember that my mom let me skip school that day so we could go see the flyover instead of being stuck at school and hearing about it on the news. I still clearly remember how that day was like, and I guess that's one advantage of having an ex-AF mom that loves aircraft!

[@carlchristison6969]

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[@lanebaillio8326]

She is not as big or as fast3 b NJ by doing 8th4 for I y⁰6th July

[@Gadget0343]

This is so cool. I was on the ground on the Mall looking up as these planes flew over. The next day I flew on B-29 FiFi, the day after, B-17 Aluminum Overcast and the B-24. Very honored to being able to do that and grateful to those people that work so hard to keep these planes flying and the history alive!!

[@georgepih6968]

Greetings from Russia! You are very good fellows for keeping so many planes in working order! We have almost no flying planes of those years left!

[@manuwilson4695]

Very sad, because there were many good Russian aircraft at that time.

[@lenjan5111]

@@manuwilson4695 🧢

[@lenjan5111]

@Malik Fachrizal and another uneducated person.

[@Aladdin_TV]

I built a B-29 AIRFIX model when I was a wee lad, even the model was huge comparing to the other AIRFIX models I had hanging from the ceiling. Great to see these planes still flying. And what an important role they have played in the history. GREAT VIDEO!

[@tristencalvert-shellac1678]

Rest in Peace, Texas Raider and all crew aboard.

[@stevenvicino8687]

1978. I'm 18. I'm working in a house in rural Missouri. I hear a rumble and look up. A B-17 right over my head. I've been in love ever since.

[@mikesmithey1892]

Every year at the drag races in Bakersfield California a P-51 would come down the drag strip at 500 miles an hour to start the race. To see something that close and loaded the ground going 500 miles an hour is a real treat.

[@solola11]

All I can say is what an incredible event to have been able to attend.

[@demef758]

I've never been able to conclude which bird is more beautiful, the B-29 or the P-51. What magnificent planes they were!!!!

[@jambocoo]

Love hearing those big engines purr, thanks for sharing !.

[@46619TAB]

IMO, the P-51 and B-29 were the two most beautiful planes of the WWII era!

[@astor1958]

you forgot the ME 262

[@mandred2]

you forgot the p47 kid. the me262 was shitty because they weren't sufficient enough to battle the p51.

[@jakeschmale4679]

+Nate Its his opinion

[@mandred2]

+Jake Schmale true, and I have the facts.

[@astor1958]

+Nate the ME 262 was the beginning of a new era, an the B 29-29 and the P-51 was the end of a era.But they where all beautiful planes...

[@hayd3n999]

Thank you, this footage is amazing don't let these other people stop you, from making amazing footage again keep up the good work!

[@geraldinehill711]

I want to say love and respect to the American 8th Air Force. I am English and I was brought up with images like this my dad was in the RAF and he loved you boys

[@hansvandijk1487]

Perfect footage, beautiful sound! Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱.

[@wanderer6456]

The sounds of 1940's and 50's era amazing to hear it back again.. Overwhelming

[@danworthington4789]

I was a crew member on B17 s when I was in the Air Force in New Mexico in the 3225th drone Squadron. They were equipped to fly by remote control and used as missile targets. For faster targets, they used old F80s with T33's as the mother ship. The nearest city was Alamogordo, New Mexico.

[@PUFCKG]

Fantastic to see. I love watching the WW2 survivors flying. We have the Lancaster Spitfire and Hurricane doing fly bys in the UK. I live 3 miles from Polebrook UK where the 351st bomb group were based and I can imagine the sky full of B17s going to and from missions. I still visit the old airfield site and the memorial.

[@onestepbeyond7240]

On this Memorial Day 2019 Thank You to the Men & Women of the U.S Military who fought & still fight , to keep America free, safe & great.. We can never repay you entirely for your devotion & sacrifice. THANK YOU !

[@jeromeclements6532]

Well said. History will judge those that designed, built and flew these gorgeous machines as part of the greatest generation this country ever produced. They survived the Depression, worked and fought like demons to ensure the survival of their country. ,

[@audioentertainment]

Thanks for this - great aircraft - 1 of only 2 airworthy B-24's in the world, and the only airworthy B-29 at the time. Truly remarkable video and gathering of some great aircraft!!

[@michaelcorbeil9719]

Two B-24's, you forgot Witchcraft and Lil Diamond

[@nostrilnick]

The noise these great beasts make just must be experienced in person. Nothing like it. Spine tingling.

[@Romans--bo7br]

+nostrilnick I agree.... and the real shame of this (otherwise good) video (besides all the uninformed plane "identification" going on) was the "non - radial" camera operator.... cutting and splicing the videoing of each takeoff... just when the sound of that deep throbbing radial power was about to peak !!! What a shame ! : (

[@jpteknoman]

you just cant appreciate the sound if you are not there to feel the soundwaves vibrate your entire body

[@chokonma9951]

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[@noygdbizyness800]

Absolutely awe inspiring; Especially when you know the history of these exceptional aircraft and the hero's who flew them in combat 70+ years ago. God Bless Their Souls and may succeeding generations be forever cursed if they EVER forget.

[@Romans--bo7br]

+Noygd Bizyness.... "if they EVER forget" !!??! Heck, most of them (today) don't even have enough sense to even care !!

[@vintagegirl1961]

iN MEMORY OF NINE-0-NINE..RIP :'(

[@cgee2224]

Thank you for posting that.

[@chandrachacha4964]

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[@mikeyaudio]

@@chandrachacha4964 The Collings Foundation's B-17G "Nine-O-Nine" crashed in October of last year, killing the crew, passengers, and one person on the ground

[@vintagegirl1961]

RIP B-17 Texas Raiders! My heart is totally broken. I still can't get over Nine-O-Nine and now another beautiful B-17 gone too

[@paulcole3847]

I can’t even imagine what it must have been like to be in the war and not have your friends in other B-17’s not return. I’ve been fortunate to have flown in Nine-O-Nine so very many times. The day it crashed I was to be on that aircraft, along with my two brothers. My flight from Phoenix to Bradley was so very late and we never flew. It was devastating to me not just for the horrible loss of life but for the Nine-O-Nine. I was so glad to have been one of the sponsors with my name right under the co-pilot’s window. RIP to those aboard that day in October and RIP to my friend the Nine-O-Nine.

[@joshjosh6526]

Thanks for sharing. I had constant goosebumps hearing those awesome girls fire up and take to the skies. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing the b24 at the CAF Dixie Wing in GA a few years ago and saw FiFi land at Bullhead City, AZ Airport a few years ago as well. One day imma fly one.

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

I just LOVE these old war-birds! Thanks for sharing, and greets from the Netherlands!

[@jeffjoseph]

Fantastic video . This old Airman thanks you.

[@goropeza101]

I love the sound of vintage piston power!

[@13131926]

Skubedo

[@richardgouldin4638]

this is what old planes can do to your soul perfect sound and perfect old ladies protecting the sky god bless each and every airman in world war 2 who flew them

[@clydesuckfinger7097]

Really neat. Thank you. My dad flew 35 combat missions over Europe.

[@johnprice7303]

What a truly great video! I salute the poster unequivocally! As I live in the UK, I can only dream about watching a display like this "in the flesh" My favourite Aircraft is the B24... A truely unglamorous work horse That never received the acclaim that it deserved..A bit like the British Vickers Wellington.

[@Scoobz187]

He never said there were british aircraft XDD

[@Jpriest13]

Soaring is unapologetic about his American bragging, and unapologetically obtrusive, divisive, rude, non-topical, off his meds, off his rocker, out to lunch, passed over, passed tense, passed the point of no return, and very, very, very lonely. His pets even ran away.

[@TS-ev1bl]

My father in law flew B-24s in WW2 when he was in his early 20s. He said it was like flying a dump truck. He said B-24s were a handful and notorious for wanting to wallowing all over the sky, especially when they were loaded and in up in thin air. He said the scariest part was simply trying to stay in formation and not run into the planes around them that were also struggling to stay in formation. Like most WW2 vets, he's gone now, passed away in the '90s.

[@moserr11]

Wow..Ab-17 overflew my house yesterday. It was epic. They had no idea they were doing this, but they flew RIGHT OVER MY HO USE. On the way to an airshow. What I felt (and I felt those Pratt and Whitney 750 HP engines) was AWESOME. You don't get a flyover every day!!

[@moserr11]

AWESOME

[@edwardhadland1534]

That is not something you see everyday. FANTASTIC.....

[@okrajoe]

So many beautiful planes.

[@firefalcon9368]

thank you, thank you, thank you, for not putting some God awful music in this video and drowning out the rich sound of those engines!

[@vickiepeterson2835]

My son Dennis sent this to me. He knows I love warbirds. What a beautiful sight to see. It was so great to see them flying. I love these beauties 💞💞 Thank you Dennis and thank you for this video. I have subscribed so now I can watch and enjoy. Thank you.

[@MrSilverfish12]

Damn love me some rolling thunder. Incredible sounds and incredible planes!

[@MustangSam]

Excellent video! I get so danged emotional seeing these planes.So great to hear them also , not spoiled by music. Fifi really tops it off at the ending!

[@neilwemyss4616]

Awesome these old war horses each have lives of their own their not just machines they are so much more. They are an extension of the men who flew in combat in world war 2 they are like family to those brave men and pieces of history that should never be forgotten and given respect because they've earned it and then some.

[@SouRwy4501Productions]

I got to see/get inside of both a b24 liberator and a b29 superfortress back in 2019. The experience was quite amazing. They also had a p51d mustang and a Boeing Pt-17 stearman trainer biplane there.

[@fracharron]

C'est magnifique, merci pour le partage

[@laurin4405]

Nice... Like a CAF Greatest Hits show :}🛩️

[@still_guns]

You kept skipping the best takeoff parts, when the aircraft passes the camera.

[@vriesvak9094]

+BMWM3GTRLOVER If there's one way to annoy me, it's passing that part...

[@donmain9425]

control line pattern

[@plunmeister1093]

DELIBERATE.

[@gunnarlettevall5]

Madeira

[@jw8687]

He must not have been thinking all about -you-

[@drcgeorge1]

What engines does the B-24 carry? They do not have the air intakes on the sides, which give the gondolas an oval shape.

[@555house1]

thanks for the video...awesome war planes...

[@HonoredGeneral]

Thank You for this!

[@tylersharpeboi8748]

Excellent quality 👌

[@boostedsaleen6146]

Old Radial engine planes have a sole something modern planes will never replicate .

[@MisteriosGloriosos922]

Thanks for posting this Video!!

[@hannahprents236]

Epic. The best of the best

[@workonesabs]

Love it, wish I was there.The B-17 and B-29, as well as the P-51 are my favourite aircraft.

[@GamePlayWithNolan]

+Paul Marsh Mine too. I love old warbirds, I like them better than newer aircraft.

[@carlosperaro1605]

God damnit! What a sound! I had to put on my stereo headset and listen to it on maximum volume. Ok, I'm a little deaf right now, but I'll be ok until noon. Nah, I'll watch it one more time...

[@flllooofie]

Great camera work thanks !

[@Moshavnik7272]

Great video!

[@Maximilian7992]

Would love to see a B-36D Peacemaker flying

[@ShirtStacker]

Sadly all b36's were scrapped shortly after the retirement in 1956

[@mrtuvok5578]

@@ShirtStacker 65*

[@lukewashburn9639]

@@ShirtStacker Not all, there are still a few around, just not airworthy

[@ryanbowers1502]

there are 2 still around in museums, one at The National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton Ohio and the second at Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson Arizona.

[@AirborneRenegade]

@@ryanbowers1502 I think Oklahoma City’s museum has one as well.

[@jadeng1147]

WHY THE HELL WOULD HE NOT RECORD THE DAMN ENGINE SOUND WHEN THEY WERE OVERHEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Romans--bo7br]

+Jaden Gitlow Possibly..... he was just a "non - radial" guy.... or even (perhaps), just a Non "gearhead" in general.... clueless of the goosebumps created in a certain percentage of the population upon hearing sounds emulated from such mechanical "wonders" as high output, wartime radial engines.... or, even Much MORE SO... at the "hit" of a Top Fuel engine in Drag racing...... Now THAT, is the sound of Power you can FEEL !!.... 8,000hp+/- in F/C... and 9,500 - 10,000+ in T/F.

[@leonardchapman8373]

Love those radial's. Worked on the R-4360's at HIckam AFB...1957-60.

[@leonardchapman8373]

Yes..I know, because I worked on the C-97's and C-121's

[@Romans--bo7br]

EpiDemic117..... Thank you, sir.... I appreciate your "come back".

[@bigstuff52]

Soaring...I'll be honest with ya buddy...if I was Leonard I'd tell yah to go fu*k yourself...But then again that's just me...

[@glenn5903]

Absolutely awesome! Fly baby fly!

[@johnadams2313]

FANTASTIC!

[@patrickbrennan1317]

John Adams good to see it in color now Fifi has a wing mate Fifi and Doc together again

[@wfdix1]

My dad was a member of a group called the Confederate Air Force before he passed. He was in a B-17 crew in Galveston, TX.

[@motorTranz]

Excellent video 👏 Thanks 👍

[@MikMoen]

7:46 "This looks like a cargo ship." Please excuse me I think I need a q-tip for the cringe in my ears.

[@InitiateDee]

Even I could tell it's a Catalina, smh

[@ArtisticAstro]

Mik Moen, it’s time to open the bomb bay doors.

[@jacksons1010]

G-Vloggers PBY, not PBJ. PBJ was the USN/USMC version of the B-25 Mitchell.

[@agfilms9888]

She even had the AUDACITY to say it had a damn R A D A R

[@to_WAVY]

Yeah as soon as I got the Catalina in war thunder I made sure not to use it......I hate that plane

[@JohnBuckWhittenSr]

Just fantastic. What an awesome sight.

[@hagfelsh]

why did you cut the middle 2 seconds of takeoff out of each plane?

[@FzZach]

I got to ride Fifi in Jacksonville. It was so awesome.

[@manuwilson4695]

...The B29...without any doubt at all the most sophisticated and powerful bomber of WW11.

[@brucelamberton8819]

Or perhaps Germany's jet-powered Arado Ar234

[@manuwilson4695]

@@brucelamberton8819 Yeah right, with short range, small bomb load and unreliable, short lived engines!🙄

[@quandaledingle8858]

@@manuwilson4695 when did the other 9 world wars happen

[@manuwilson4695]

@@quandaledingle8858 They happened during the pandemic.

[@rogermetzger7335]

I'm 75 so I'm not part of the "can do" generation but it would be difficult to overstate my admiration of my parents and other people of their generation who designed and build things - including machines to do things that had never been done before -without the use of computers or even electronic calculators. I fear that people who have grown up with those mental crutches will never have the mental acuity of the can do generation.

[@rogermetzger7335]

@@heck5019 If you think you are more capable than I have, that's OK. You may even be right about that. But do you think you have a much ability in as many different areas of human endeavour as your grandparent did - or do?

[@rawhidelamp]

@@rogermetzger7335 dont worry about that fool, hes just being stupid, keep on keepin on

[@imanidiot7709]

@@heck5019 fuck off

[@jeanrodriguez2078]

Wow! Fascinating!

[@mrhearse777]

How can 190 people NOT like this ? I can't understand it ! Brave men fought and died in W.W.2. for the right to dislike . You insult their memory . Shame on you . RESPECT.

[@geraldozambrinjunior4667]

Olha o charme dos motores soltando fumaça nos primeiros giros!!👍💯🇧🇷😃

[@shawnfox8002]

Beautiful planes of our past oh the stories they could tell I sure wish my great uncle was still here to tell his stories he saw did an encounter.

[@wayneyadams]

What a great event. The difference between the B-29 and the other bombers is like night and day, it dosen't look like it even belongs in the same war. It is my absolute favorite bomber from WWII.

[@michelledauvergne6830]

Great video !! I love !

[@jakespeed63]

Amazing Thanks for sharing 😎🏆🇺🇸

[@miked-se6ti]

She didn't get one airplane right.

[@williamedmonds9581]

Was cool seeing all the planes. They were just missing the O-2’s.

[@denniscouturier378]

This was such a great day. I stopped in Culpeper on my way to DC, and clung to the perimeter fence of the airport like a little kid.

[@davidstumer3360]

So wonderful to see Texas Raiders flying in this.😇😇😇😇😇😇

[@aglaraandune6602]

just listening to all the people trying to figure out what the planes are is kinda funny

[@blye4181]

yeah lmao

[@bc733]

9 oil

[@bc733]

Po 9

[@bc733]

@@blye4181 ⁷it's 9⁹

[@craigpennington1251]

All that money we put into schooling.

[@jonatannoda1492]

What a nice Job to rebuild a flying legend....Cool

[@shootybaking]

This is beautiful.

[@monroetoolman]

Outstanding. That's a really early model B-24. Like a B or a C. Super rare these days.

[@tomlowe8563]

Love the sound of these aeroplanes

[@MultiSlotcar]

The B-17 just leaves me speechless, such a beautiful airplane.

[@longliveharambe8415]

My grandfather fought in world war 2. He was the the belly gunner on a b-17.

[@TS-ev1bl]

I agree. B-17s were my favorite aircraft (especially the G) as a kid in the '60s, due to seeing them in movies and TV shows like "12 O'clock High". Also the fact my parents and my friends' parents were all of the WW2 generation, many of them veterans of the war, hearing them talk and tell their stories of those days was a big influence in my formative years. I'm sure it had a lot to do with why I ended up in the USAF on various jets including B-52s in the '70s and '80s.

[@deerhunter163]

Once you hear a thundering radial come to life, you never forget it!!!

[@bigroy38]

Not now and never will apologize for these beautiful ladies.

[@roldancbu]

that B24 has different engine cowl. different engine?

[@duenodelustucru]

Why you cut the video like that? I wanted to enjoy the Doppler effect

[@Jaidencharlotte]

I don’t know a thing about planes I just really like the look of the P-51

[@johnnydeville5701]

Where's this B24 now? Collings Foundation says their B24 is only flight worthy B24. I'm curious is this B24 the one that's engines are out of hours now and can't be FAA certified?

[@daldoc76]

That B-24 is Diamond Lil, part of a CAF squadron out of the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. She winters at Meacham in Ft. Worth, then tours all summer. She's the 25th B-24 off the line out of 18,482 built. A crash during training flights early in her career saw her converted to transport duty rather than as a bomber. Collins claims to have the only B-24 BOMBER flying, which is how their B-24 is configured. Lil has been down for over two years, but has three new engines and has been flying since November, 2018. She has a busy tour schedule set for 2019. You can read more here: commemorativeairforce.org/aircraft/3

[@r.r-vr4684]

SWEET OLD.BOMBER PLANES😢😢😢😍😍😍

[@brucelamberton8819]

Man the engines on the Superfort sounded powerful!

[@brads5600]

Why did you edit every fly-by so it cuts out right as they fly by? kinda disappointing but still a nice video

[@Code3GamingOfficial]

7:40 PBY Catalina 7:29 P-40E-1 9:15 Vought F4U Corsair

Why the B-29 turns off the engines 1 and 4 at 2:23?

[@frellebay7569]

Just a guess, but possibly to conserve fuel and wear and tear on the engines while waiting to take off. They were probably warmed up to operating temp and weren't needed to taxi around.

Okay, thanks for the information.

[@frellebay7569]

Soaring, if you bothered watching the video you would have seen them being shut down while the plane is on the move before take off. Also, towards the end of the video (around the 15 min mark) you'll see them do it again after landing.

[@Romans--bo7br]

soaringtractor.... he also shut them down after initial roll out from the parked position, right at the 2:22 mark, as well as taxiing in from landing, as you rightly observed.

[@daldoc76]

Actually, we often shut off the outboard engines on FIFI because when she taxis at smaller airports, the outboard props can break the lights along the taxiways. This is especially true at airports in the north where the lights are taller to account for snow. She broke one in New Orleans last year, I believe, when those engines weren't shut down.

[@silika66]

One of the b-17's was the Texas Raiders which recently crashed.

[@jeffgrove4443]

Loved the sound of them engines

[@robertbesemer1847]

Those engines

[@johnosbourn4312]

Very nice video!!!!!!!😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@omegacouchpotatoe5998]

those talking people got several planes wrong by name so I just had another beer

[@hattrick1972]

If that's the same B-29 "FiFi," that I saw at an Amarillo Air Show, Amarillo, TX (late 80's early '90's) as part of the Confederate Air Force, she's held up well. I was left in awe as to how big it really is.

[@joewilson9744]

hattrick1972 She went through a total overhaul about 10 years ago. They found a name, from one of the "Rosies" who originally built her, under one of the wing oil tanks. The lady, though old and frail, was reunited with the 29 before it started flying again.

[@BlueEyedAviation]

It looks awsome!

[@jim4603]

Where is that Airport looks better than some of the private ones. I wonder if that is the one by Bull Run.

[@youreale]

If you love aviation, this is an gold story.

[@hayypapi4281]

Beautiful planes one of my best planes I like in this modern