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.

[@truereaper4572]

The P38s sound so smooth

[@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

[@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.

[@UAL012]

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

[@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.

[@dustintravis8791]

So much history in one perfectly condensed video - 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.

[@okrajoe]

Some beautiful warbirds!

[@MartinSage]

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

[@thetexmaster]

Fantastic! Love to see the old P38s!

[@privateer177666]

All of those beautiful aircraft bring tears to my eyes.

[@nouzhametz5867]

W0 nonunoz

[@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!

[@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 .

[@TrainLordJC]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 !!!

[@BarretAlexander]

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

[@mykecollins3255]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@Bb4r]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@rodmauldin]

That Bearcat is just plain Badass!

[@tloco28]

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

[@cbrvo8440]

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

[@danodamano2581]

Beautiful beautiful beautiful!

[@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!

[@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!

[@Rick-hc3gi]

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

[@victorgonzalez7248]

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

[@ront7207]

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

[@rcs3030]

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

[@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!

[@j.settle6448]

Dang love those P-38's!!!

[@eddieforce2341]

Beautiful music to my ears.

[@SaffyMirza]

Excellent video and sound!

[@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.

[@patriciamontague694]

Love Love, Love Warbirds.

[@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.

[@HiVoltish]

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

[@lornawest5616]

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

[@punisher8319]

Beautiful planes

[@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

[@maverick1685]

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

[@mauriziodaprile3492]

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

[@sanakassara]

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.

[@jmjaxson]

Damn do I love those Bearcats!

[@blank557]

They are a speedy beast, no?

[@tubylecnumer1]

Excellent, radial feast! Thank you.

[@bobcampbell7596]

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

[@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.

[@maxiei]

OMG what a collection!

[@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

[@thepirate5955]

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

[@denislemelin7653]

That was great camera work !

[@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!

[@Statek63]

Amazing sight! ...and sound!!

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

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

[@stevensarabia3221]

Nice plane must be at the Chino Air Show! I been there only once it was great to see them fly!

[@tempest957]

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

[@pushrod3022]

Perfect! Thanks for sharing!

[@johnr7279]

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

[@Trojan0304]

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

[@Draxindustries1]

P38 lightning, just perfect

[@icewaterslim7260]

That Bearcat was our answer in compact design to the Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki (Tojo) except it was a carrier plane . . . and a lot better.

[@rohambo1252]

Awesome! Great to see history in the air!

[@tbwpiper189]

Stunningly beautiful

[@MrLuvOldies]

Thanks. Great Video and Planes.

[@hunterwade3678]

would have been cool to see them all in a formation the roar always gives me bumps thx for posting

[@powerstriker5552]

They were in formation during the show

[@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!

[@wladmirmonteiro9197]

ow my God! i love this

[@avenegas0691]

Just one word: AWESOME!!!

[@mormongunnut5128]

Love the Tuskegee job on the 51🤘😎🤘

[@teddytorrance3269]

Great paint. Except Tuskegee airmen didn't serve in the pacific.

[@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

[@davidbarbour9929]

Great video, exceptionally done

[@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! 👍

[@charlesbecker9617]

Beautiful!

[@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.

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

"unplugged" version on pristine examples of the legends....like something out of a dream.

[@McRocket]

GREAT video. Thank you.

[@tomast9034]

those lightnings are so quiet compared to the other planes

[@danielblythe5337]

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

[@LockheedBlackbird]

Brings back memories

[@pauljohansson7697]

What beautiful aircraft.

[@tugs53]

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

[@billace90]

Splendid. What a visual feast.

[@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?

[@marchindy]

Awesome, no music just just piston engines converting AVgas to noise.

[@kittmurphy7778]

Ya mean converting avgas to music, right?

[@1963ramoon]

Cuando un sonido te gusta es agradable eso es como música especialmente cuando a un soldado venían en su ayuda

[@VeganWithAraygun]

Exactly. And this, my opinion, comes from a full time professional musician and composer who has scored for film. (myself) The sight & sound of propeller aircraft IS the music. No need to accompany it with the usual sentimental crap or electronic syntho crap. I wish more videos like this would leave out music & let the intrinsic value of the subject matter shine on it's own. I believe it was Gandhi who said "Truth needs no salesman other than itself" Like beautiful women and bulbous automobiles from the 1940s & 50s, propeller aircraft from same era are stunning works of art. This video makes me weep tears of joy.

[@chrisbaker2903]

@@VeganWithAraygun I have to agree. I watched an air show up in Santa Maria a few decades ago when Lefty Gardner (or was it Lucky?) performed at his home air field and the announcer wouldn't shut up. To make it even worse, he didn't know what the heck he was talking about. One of the crew finally ran down there and told him to shut up because he was making an ass of himself and ruining the show for the spectators. I was trying to record the passes with a stereo cassette recorder. I got nothing worth saving.

[@anitadolan6417]

AV gas to music!!

[@ManganeseMan]

hell ya! great vid!!! awesome birds!

[@johnbouley4514]

Way too cool! thank you

[@onlyforwatchingvids2086]

what a beautiful shots

[@Back2RLife]

The P-38 is so quiet compared to the F8F... Thanks for sharing!

[@wilburfinnigan5627]

Back2RL that is what the TURBO does, acts like a muffler !!!

[@petionville9359]

Whistling death

[@robertdeland5464]

F85

[@jacktattis1190]

@@petionville9359 Corsair

[@panzerlieb]

jack tattis that’s right but their whistling didn’t come from turbochargers

[@hoatattis7283]

P38 was a good plane for the Pacific

[@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.