Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Razorback Start Up Taxi & Takeoff

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Razorback Start Up Taxi & Takeoff From The Hayward Executive Airport in Hayward California HWD
Oh ya... There was a P-51 Mustang as a chase plane.
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was a World War II era fighter aircraft produced by the United States from 1941 through 1945. Its primary armament was eight .50-caliber machine guns and in the fighter-bomber ground-attack role it could carry five-inch rockets or a bomb load of 2,500 pounds (1,103 kg). When fully loaded the P-47 weighed up to eight tons (tonnes) making it one of the heaviest fighters of the war. The P-47 was designed around the powerful Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp engine which was also used by two U.S. Navy fighters, the Grumman F6F Hellcat and the Vought F4U Corsair. 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 World War II European and Pacific theaters.
The P-47 was one of the main United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) fighters of World War II, and served with Allied air forces including France, Britain, and Russia. Mexican and Brazilian squadrons fighting alongside the U.S. also flew the P-47.
The armored cockpit was relatively roomy and comfortable, the bubble canopy introduced on the P-47D in particular offering good visibility. A present-day U.S. ground-attack aircraft, the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, takes its name from the P-47.

[@charleslamb4999]

Love the Bearcats, Corsair Hellcat too BUT nothing compares to a P47. The one comment is spot on War Horse

[@danielthompson6207]

My God, what a beautiful bird.

[@toddrichardson5184]

MY FATHER WAS A CREW CHIEF IN WW2. WORKED ON P 47S IN THE 9TH A. F. CAN'T IMAGINE SEEING THIS EVERY DAY!!! AWESOME !!!!

[@jaredbailey8237]

An awesome aircraft. One that was designed around the huge Pratt and Whitney radial engine. It's unfortunate that the other plane started its engine shortly before the P47 started its engine. Still a good video. Thank you for this.

[@robh4671]

T Razor Back P47 My Favourite version.

[@TheGeezzer]

Her eight .50 cal machine guns gave the plane some real presence over the enemy, I bet the P-47 used to shred Me109's into confetti.

[@richardlahan7068]

My favorite WWII fighter.

[@tonyk1amt806]

Nothing sounds quite like a radial engine, gets the heart going! Love it!

[@Voinar010]

Like in 1944 - Thunderbolt is clearing the path for Mustang. BTW - P-51 looks here a bit like a fancy groopie for a heavy weight boxer. ;)

[@chrismcearl1363]

The Thunderbolt is awesome, but you gotta love the design on the P51 Mustang!

[@hfisch65]

Great Video I love the P-47

[@bumblebob5979]

The amazing torque xD At low idling with lots of missfire he forget to max the brake pedal and she instantly moves forward. The sound is really cool, what a beast it is! :D

[@NicholasGeorge-cg3cf]

What a beauty , great aircraft.

[@idealistas3361]

A truly Prat&Witney symphony

[@santiagocantuborjas9060]

Awesome

[@sigma804]

damn the sheer size is scary.

[@CalebNorthNorman]

Wow the Pratt and Whitney sound is polluted by the obnoxious start up of some random local puddle jumper

[@wcolby]

Caleb Gilbert That puddle jumper was a glassair 503 chase plane for the P 47. I told him not to start but you know these guys are... always turning on their engines at an airport.

[@CalebNorthNorman]

@@wcolby Lol. I figured it was a Chase plane. It's funny but its like the 503 guy turned it up extra loud " I m a big boy too!" 😂😂

[@pedrowhack-a-mole6786]

Whoopass being drowned out by some pansy "me too"

[@raingoat271]

The p51 sounds like a moped compared to the p47

[@timclaus8313]

And 4 of those big bastards on a B29 or Constellation.

[@brianperry]

Some Moped!!

[@viking90706]

Good Lord the P-51, which was my Dads favorite, looks puny, compared to the JUG!

[@TheAttacker732]

Well, the Jug was almost half again as heavy as the Mustang... 10,000lbs empty/17,500lbs max takeoff vs 7,635lbs empty/12,100lbs max takeoff. Plus, the Jug is *still* big compared to most single-piston-engine aircraft.

[@shanefrance7446]

Awesome sound

[@shanefrance5071]

Thunderbolt packed a powerful punch upon its enemies.....

[@jorgenelsonfelix52]

Excellent spectacular

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

there was only 1 Jug...Bobby Johnson said there was not a fighter plane in the entire ETO inventory that could hang with his Thunderbolts paddleblade propeller in a zoom climb including even the legendary Spitfire, oh and a great view of the rear exhaust of the 51s jetlike radiator system that added 40-mph to its top speed.

[@bt_the_yank6234]

It's called the law of inertia 😁 love zoom climbing in this thing in war thunder

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

@@bt_the_yank6234 far out....

[@keithallver2450]

There are those who love the sound of the Pakard-Merlin but I prefer the beautiful music produced by the Pratt and Whitney Double Wasp.

[@pickledblowfish6178]

Race horse War horse

[@acme_tnt8741]

A big corn fed Indiana girl with perfect proportions. They could be painted any color and anyone who looked at her knows she is American. She even sounds American. Potato Potato Potato, instantantly identifiable as American as a Harley-Davidson or a Cadillac Eldorado.

[@patrickcannady2066]

56th FG 61st Sqdn colors?

[@p47grossobrkm67]

LIKE

[@wcolby]

Obviously!

[@viking90706]

Question Men: Is that an aux combustion starter, prior to main start?

[@davidduganne5939]

No, you're hearing another aircraft starting up--it's the red nose P-51 taxiing out after the Jug.

[@danraymond1253]

@@davidduganne5939 it's not the P-51 starting up in the beginning, it's another radial. The Merlin engine has a very distinct "putt-putt" sound, the sound of the first engine starting up was much more airy and hefty sounding, like a radial. It was likely another R-2800.

[@georgehall5478]

The flyover path got altered flying in northwest towards Cypress over Hwy 249. 100's of viewers were disappointed. We expected the flyover to cross from the southeast over 249 @ Cypresswood. Instead we could barely see them as they flew from the south far west of us. Then we saw the reason why. I commercial airline A380 approached from the north for landing at Bush. How come the pilots did not know this ahead of time ?

[@wcolby]

What flyover are you referring to?

[@coloradofotomatt]

Hahahaaha...cue the Mustang!

[@fieldlab4]

Which P-47 is this? Do they all have the turbocharging systems disconnected?

[@aquablue6301]

@Johan I believe it's a C model, a razorback. The D models had a bubble canopy and cut- down fuselage aft of the cockpit. There's no smoke from the rear tailpipe under the plane, so its not likely that the turbo supercharging system is intact.

[@sigma804]

yes they all have superchargers and its the thunderbolt. although that it was its callsign its a original thunderbolt that went to war, this was the first actualy manufactured model

[@bt_the_yank6234]

@@aquablue6301 the early D models had razorback canopy's too. I think this a d-22 because it seems to have the pattle prop

[@railace3815]

This P-47, owned by Planes of Fame, is a P-47G. It was an early P-47D license built by Curtiss.

[@jet-junkie]

okay war thunder

[@ThePower1037]

No inertia starter :(

[@dncook1955]

Did camera guy not hear the volkswagon startup....Jesus...

[@wcolby]

David Cook Did some guy on KZbin just insult the cameraman?