Planes of Fame 2018 "Pacific Theater flight"

The 2018 Planes of Fame airshow had a nice variety of warbirds represented during the pacific theater flight demo!! Jason Somes flying the CAF's F8F Bearcat dropped in on Sunday on his way home from another airshow, joined the group and went on to put down some high power passes, as well as some nice acro to round off an amazing weekend.

[@sgtmajtrapp3391]

My favorite aircraft have always been those used in the Pacific by our Navy, Marine Corps and Army Air Corps during WW2. Just wonderful seeing them in the air and hearing those engines. Thanks for posting.

[@daveshaw9344]

What a treat seeing two p38's flying together ! Flying examples must be incredibly rare In the entire world there's probably only a handful

[@lloydhlavac6807]

Great to see these planes still flying, and not just sitting in a museum somewhere. I come from a Grumman family (my dad worked for them), but damn, P-51s and P-38s are beautiful planes.

[@cbrvo8440]

THANK YOU! This has GREAT audio of those engines. Sounds like the BEST of any I've heard. Great video!

[@anthonypropst1818]

We are blessed that so many people have dedicated a part of themselves so. They brought this into being so we can experience history. Beautiful .

[@ront7207]

Very nice camera work, no music, no commentary, just beautiful engine sounds ..... fantastic ! Thank you.

[@rayivie4880]

Fantastic video of our historic warbirds. Amazing that they are maintained and keep flying. Much thanks to all that keep them flying for all to see. Such beautiful pieces of history. Thanks for the video.

[@derekstocker6661]

Classic aircraft, classic flying and superb filming, what else can we ask for, this is just so great, thanks for sharing with all the fans out here, whether armchair or real pilots!

[@pauldasen5868]

OMG! Never in my wildest dreams would I have expected to see these planes flying again and well captured on film. Thank You.

[@powerstriker5552]

Paul Dasen there is a spitfire and bf 109 at planes of fame if you would like to see it

[@camcoulter5993]

I do believe I have died and gone to Heaven (tho I am sure it is a temporary placement). Great video, great sound, so many great planes. I know today's performers leave all of these in the dust, but the sight and sound is incomparable. Thanks so much.

[@truereaper4572]

The P38s sound so smooth

[@Bulldog1653]

I would love the chance to fly ANY of these planes. The P-38 has one HELL of a cool sound to it at 7:10 and so do the other planes.

[@tempest957]

THANK GOD! For a perfect video. No music No commentator with an awful voice! Thankyou SO much! Just great planes and there voices!!

[@philpryor7524]

What a beautiful display of so many fine planes of W W 2, many types and varieties. They sound and look so good, noble, striking, quite lovely on the wing, free and full of purpose.

[@TrainLordJC]

Absolutely wonderful! Great capture! Awesome sounds! Don't need music, the engines provide all that. Thanks for posting.

[@rickcornell2841]

Thanks to the men and women who put these planes in the air to keep both the planes and the men who flew them forever in our minds. Thank You All!

[@privateer177666]

All of those beautiful aircraft bring tears to my eyes.

[@nouzhametz5867]

W0 nonunoz

[@dustintravis8791]

So much history in one perfectly condensed video - thank you!

[@unclemikeb]

That was an awesome video. Thank God there are people willing (and able) to preserve these old beauties. that is a big and expensive undertaking.

[@danielblythe5337]

Awesome, especially the F6F Hellcat! From it's best views, the Hellcat is one of the best looking WWII Airplanes! Combat proven, safe flying!

[@thetexmaster]

Fantastic! Love to see the old P38s!

[@MartinSage]

The P-38 has to be the best looking plane in the bunch. Also flew like a dream 😁

[@formallyknownasj.a.2074]

Great video, The Planes of Fame airshow in Chino is such a great show. I haven’t missed one in 12 years, and I think you captured it perfectly. Thank you

[@fanofmarilan9076]

I was at Chino '86. Got to meet Greg Boyington and George Gay.

[@okrajoe]

Some beautiful warbirds!

[@Rick-hc3gi]

I wish I were there. What a GREAT display!!

[@Trojan0304]

Super video & great audio. Thank s to all who worked in getting these warbirds in the air

[@HiVoltish]

It is GREAT to see all these old birds flying! Thanks for the post!

[@arttafil6792]

My uncle flew P-38’s in the pacific theater in WWII. He was the inspiration for me being a Marine Corps F4 pilot in Vietnam. Just think of the massive firepower of a P38, 4 .50 Carl’s with a 20mm in the center. The great thing was that those guns were not aimed tor 600 feet like most

[@santiagocantuborjas9060]

To see these aircraft still fly is so beautiful 😍❤️

[@thepirate5955]

Brilliant! Engines provide all the needed music; thanks for letting us hear it. Good stuff.

[@kystars]

This is pretty cool. Although there are some planes missing, such as the CORSAIR. I actually saw one at a airshow, beautiful plane. Also I believe the P47 Thunderbolt was eventually in the Pacific.

[@Bb4r]

I'm digging that Bearcat...sharp looking, and it hustles.

[@tloco28]

Great video. Would have like to have seen a Corsair in there. In my opinion the best looking warbird in the Pacific theater.

[@NearlyNativeNursery]

Very nice. Thanks for posting. That Bearcat can growl and scream through the sky.

[@Red-rl1xx]

Man! These planes are so awesome! I'm going to try to be at all these shows!

[@mauriziodaprile3492]

P 38 aircraft model! A very good war machine! I 'd be proud to pilot one of them!

[@dutchman7216]

That was awesome thank you to the planes of Fame Museum!

[@anukperera8212]

I felt like that I am watching the airshow at home.Beautiful warplanes.

[@sofianlouisepiadora7997]

The North American P-51D Mustang is a Tuskegee aircraft as you can see the tail color is red

[@BarretAlexander]

This is a suberb footage, both visual and sound. Thank you for that! Wish I could fly one of those one day.

[@mcgama88]

My father sometimes spoke of the air support missions overhead as a certain sound. I didn't always understand...but upon hearing these well tuned air frames, i think I gather what he was speaking of.

[@rodmauldin]

That Bearcat is just plain Badass!

[@SaffyMirza]

Excellent video and sound!

[@maverick1685]

So sweet to see & hear. Thanks for this - Nice Video.

[@spreadeagled5654]

Wow, that’s the first time I saw a Red Tail Tuskegee Airmen livery on a P-51D. I’ve previously seen a Red Tail P-51B before.

[@rcs3030]

I love this kind of music. Music to my ears!!!

[@denislemelin7653]

That was great camera work !

[@wolfgangscorset2855]

One Mustang was a Red Tail. He was in Italy not in the Pacific Theater.

[@salvarsaani]

The F8F Bearcat sounds almost like the Brittish Hawker Sea Fury. But if I'm not mistaking, it never saw combat during the WW2. The production started at 1944, when the war ended in 1945 and only little over 1200 was ever made.

[@Voodoo1650]

sanakassara You are correct, the Bearcat never saw combat in WW2, there was a carrier full of them steaming towards Japan to fight but Japan surrendered so that ended their WW2 debut. They did see some combat in the French Indochina war though.

[@grandmab9361]

All beautiful aircraft. Been to many air shows on the East Coast and never see the P-38 my husband's favorite. Perhaps someday we can get to an air show in Chino, CA.

[@antonbruce1241]

Ah...Chino airport!!! I LOVE IT THERE!!! And...if anyone old enough to remember the TV show "12 O'Clock High"...they filmed it there, and the sets are STILL THERE!!!!

[@MrTwister50]

I remember that show. My dad and I loved to watch it together. Love you daddy.

[@doublediamondrailroad5949]

Great Show!

[@danodamano2581]

Beautiful beautiful beautiful!

[@adamchancellor9011]

The p-38 Lightning and all the fighters of world war 2 are my favorite planes

[@gregedwards1087]

So that includes the Hurricane, Mosquito, Spitfire, Boomerang, i-16, La-9, Beaufighter, or just that American crap?

[@rickhunter6513]

Forked tail devil 😈

[@ammo8713]

MY FAVES TOO ! BEAUTIFUL BIRDS OF FLIGHT.

[@matthiasglaschke5946]

Everybody wanna see the 109

[@johnr7279]

Lots of PW-powered birds in the Pacific Theater! They sound beautiful.

[@spreadeagled5654]

I love the sound of those reciprocating piston engines! It’s nostalgic! 🇺🇸👍. The P-38’s Allison engines sound quieter.

[@Thorsten_Kueppers]

Flak Jack Ed Same Engine as the P-40 but in the P-38 it was combined with turbochargers. Thus, the exhaust noise is much quieter.

[@spreadeagled5654]

Thorsten_Küppers , I get it now. Thanks! 👍

[@danielblythe5337]

Great video, great Planes Of Fame Team I mean that!

[@grndiesel]

I kept reading and hearing that the lightnings were quieter due to the turbo-superchargers, but this video really puts it into prospective. You can really hear those turbos sing though!

[@wilburfinnigan5627]

NICE VIDEO !!!!! One of if not the best video on You Tube of an airshow !!! The type and sub types labels are a really nice touch !!! Good job !!!

[@stephanmoore9234]

I love the sound of inline engines! The mustangs, p-40’s and the p-38’s sound amazing!

[@GrenadierV]

Respectfully .... Mustangs, P-40 and P-38 were NOT equipped with *INLINE* engines, Their engines were V-12 as in Vee

[@stephanmoore9234]

Patria Nostra My mistake I thought that all engines that were not radials were inlines. Non the less the “v-12” engines from that era sounded the best! The design with the enclosed engine and nose cone makes them look a lot faster than the open cowling design. For example the only plane in the Luftwaffe with an open cowling radial engine was the Focke Wolfe 190, and Japan’s airforce consisted of all radial engine engine fighters and bombers.

[@victorgonzalez7248]

Quality video ~ great job all-around! Thanks for sharing!

[@Statek63]

Amazing sight! ...and sound!!

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing, and greets from the Netherlands!

[@mykecollins3255]

Outstanding video!! Thank you for sharing. Take care.

[@PaddyPatrone]

oh man, i love the bearcat

[@raydooley304]

Craigslist model A Ford cars

[@mikeflores6201]

P40 warhawk

[@kennethfink7060]

Right.. Japan had no chance.

[@ccmyart]

It's like a Sports Car for the air.

[@stephanmoore9234]

Japan messed with the bull and they got the horns!

[@eddieforce2341]

Beautiful music to my ears.

[@j.settle6448]

Dang love those P-38's!!!

[@punisher8319]

Beautiful planes

[@arapaima9247]

that hellcat and the lightning had a lot of kills

[@CBGSpotter]

Question, in US shows are aerobatic routines banned or solos from types? As good as seeing aircraft flypast I do feel these shows are a bit sad compared to European shows where the planes really get shown off. That said a fine collection of types and nice to see the Bearcat being flown at the end as it should be.

[@patriciamontague694]

Love Love, Love Warbirds.

[@lornawest5616]

Great aircraft - thank you for letting us see this- wonderful sounds !

[@LEMMYLEMON]

Radial engine warplanes got to be my favourite

[@jerryq1000]

If P-51's aren't the most badass thing to ever fly... Saw plenty of A-1's strafing in Vietnam, but nothing beats the P-51

[@MrInTheWind]

Love the sound of radial engine,,,don't get me wrong love the lighting,,and mustang also

[@dutchman7216]

To all those who love WW 2 aircraft. I just got home from Colorado Springs WW 2 Air museum. It was fantastic the people there were awesome and the aircraft were well taken care of . Go to if the Opportunity comes to you.

[@tubylecnumer1]

Excellent, radial feast! Thank you.

[@bobcampbell7596]

The best engine though was the incomparable British Rolls Royce Merlin engine

[@davidbarbour9929]

Great video, exceptionally done

[@mwmcbroom]

Those P-38s illustrate very nicely how effective a turbocharger is in chopping up an exhaust note. They're noticeably quieter than the other warbirds, this despite they're having two engines versus all the others with one.

[@stephanmoore9234]

The p-38, p-40, and p-51 really made their names in Europe as well.

[@jacktattis143]

Stephan; The P40 was a second stringer not a main player in Europe

[@JackFlemingFan1]

Excellent video and thank you for posting it!

[@BLACKMONGOOSE13]

So great to see P-38 453186 in the air. I used to go see it at Evergreen regularly which was such a shame because it was completely restored to airworthy condition and never flew even though the museum was next to an air field. Plane was better than new.

[@jmjaxson]

Damn do I love those Bearcats!

[@blank557]

They are a speedy beast, no?

[@onlyforwatchingvids2086]

what a beautiful shots

[@Draxindustries1]

P38 lightning, just perfect

[@drbichat5229]

Nice video. Beautiful warbirds. To think that back in the day they were lethal weapons piloted by brave men

[@sofalugger]

Brilliant!! I,m Not American. . .BUT GOD BLESS AMERICA!!! . . Some tremendous `Nuts n Bolts there!!

[@charliemarkovic4301]

Magnificent symphony of pistons, superchargers and propellers!

[@MrLuvOldies]

Thanks. Great Video and Planes.

[@mikebtrfld1705]

My uncle flew one in WW2. Before Pearl Harbor he was in Burma with the Flying Tigers. A captain at 19 years old. After the war he flew in the Berlin Airlift. No airline would hire him when he left the Army, no highschool diploma. He joined up in 1938, 16 years old.

[@thomasmfrisk]

What a shame..sorry to hear that.. he survived wartime lucky him. Thomas, Denmark

[@simonsun8988]

Mike Btrfld flying tigers are all heroes!

[@bryanfryejr2999]

My great uncle flew with the flying tigers!!!!

[@McRocket]

GREAT video. Thank you.

[@tugs53]

Great video. Thank you so much for sharing it .. :)

[@tedrobinson5743]

Ever since they moved "The Planes of Fame" from Static display to Chino AWESOME! CALI native I miss Mothers day at Chino! Been up in the B25 Bombed Elsinore!Took off tail gunner landed Bombider!!!!Thanks Boy's for buzzing runaway flat out gear up!

[@stephenspilker9334]

the p-38 to me was the best piston fighter ever built. if only they had the rolls royce merlin. it's amazing how so many of these 70year old planes are still flying.

[@AlanRoehrich9651]

Lockheed studied the Merlin. It's larger, heavier, and makes less horsepower. It would have reduced speed, rate of climb, range, critical altitude, and operational ceiling. The turbocharged and supercharged Allison was the correct engine.

[@LockheedBlackbird]

Brings back memories

[@ManganeseMan]

hell ya! great vid!!! awesome birds!

[@tbwpiper189]

Stunningly beautiful

[@sly2392]

god bless america. stand beside her and guide her.

[@jacktattis1190]

Curt Stand beside you better than in front of you. You have a tendency to stab friends in the Back Vietnam comes to mind

[@sly2392]

what?

[@heinzdauer9487]

An eye and ear delight for all aircraft fans ****

[@avenegas0691]

Just one word: AWESOME!!!

[@leonardkrauss3499]

Beautiful flight management with the sound of pistons! Just missed seeing a p47 thunderbolt with the crowd.

[@chrisclark5204]

If my history memory serves me correctly, the P47 Thunderbolt did not serve in the Pacific Theater only the European Theater. The P51 didn't serve in the Pacific till late in the war.