Tiny Airplane Only Flown 1 Time… 27 Years Ago Will It Run Today?

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[@Jim.Thunda]

I own and regularly fly a Super Baby Great Lakes. It's more agile than a Pitts S1 with only single aileron on the lower wing. This is the best possible bang for bucks aircraft apart from the Vans RV 3 or 4. If it's got a tail wheel it's a real aircraft, the rest don't count.

[@KyleCowden]

As my dad used to say, "You can learn a lot about flying from a tail dragger."

[@johnlucas2037]

Hi Jim I’m flying a 912 powered Murphy renegade. I also have a little toot but it’s not flying. The Murphy gets off in about 200’ and stalls about less than 30 mph. Hope I can check out a baby Great Lakes someday.

[@LoganJohnson-lm2bh]

Now that looks like some good old fashion fun .That little airplane must be a 100 percent adrenaline rush to fly .I hope it finds a good person and a good home .

[@BigMouth380cal]

My father was on the Bunker Hill manning one of the 5" guns when it was attacked and hit by 2 Japanese kamikazees. Nearly 400 sailors and flight crew were lost during that attack. The ship did survive the strike and limped back to Hawaii and then to Bremerton, WA for repairs. All told CV-17 was involved in numerous South Pacific battles all around the Phillipines and off the coast of Japan. My dad was a plank owner and boarded her right out of Boston on Dec. 7, 1942, exactly 1 year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. I am thrilled to see her bell on display at the museum.

[@Poober4357]

u old ngl

[@michaellevesque8084]

Hey, blessings to you and big thanks to your father, my dad was also on the Bunker Hill, when that happened. He passed away last fall. And proudly wore his CV17 baseball cap daily.

[@chaswarren886]

Love what you do Jimmy. At the tender age of 66, I should be ready for my first solo soon. Life long dreams can come true.

[@donniegaskill1836]

Jimmy, I was in the Navy on active duty from 1969 to 1973 and was aboard the USS Vulcan AR5, Norfolk, Va. While doing maintainance in a forward hold, I found a case of 1944 C-rations and water. My shipmates took them back to my shop and decided to chow down. The taste wasn't too bad but the next few days we paid for our dining BIG TIME!!!!!! Not something I would like to repeat.....And, I haven't eaten any kind of C-rats, MRE's or any field rations. I also did 16 yrs in the Navy Reserve. HT1(ret). (HullTechnician Petty Officer First Class or E6).

[@crystalclearwindowcleaning3458]

Not only could that airplane fly again it should fly again! It's too nice of an airplane to just sit on the ground.

[@NotAsTraceable]

I can't believe how small it is but mostly I can't believe it's been 24 years since 1999.

[@therealjimmysworld]

Yeah… that one hurt… lol #oldasdirt

[@crashalexander7232]

CAN'T BELIEVE IM STILL PARTYING LIKE ITS 1999 ........

[@sccarguy8242]

If Doc and Marty had a time machine today, they would be traveling back to …..1993…..🤯

[@joyliedtke5551]

Especially to me because that's the year my baby graduated from high school.

[@johnnunn8688]

@@crashalexander7232rubbish song by rubbish singer.

[@alwatt9367]

Jimmy followed your channel for a year or two.. Don't take this the wrong way. But be very careful with these old aircraft...You have a lovely family and I would hate to see you have an accident with any of these, as you might push yourself too far... Love your channel.

[@RelativeWind]

The mechanics up his sleeve won't let him fly something without their sign off. Dr Phil knows his stuff and I'm sure Jimmy has him look over just about everything he flies.

[@gozbil]

You can also cross the street and get hit by a bus, live a little mate

[@rasmussnesset]

I actually bought a basket case one in 2001. It was shipped from the seller in Texas Just a few days before 9.11 and in som freigt chaos that occurred it actually got lost in shipping. With no insurance it was a lost case for me, the dream was over. Many People lost so much Moore those days, so I couldnt really get myself to whine about losing som old airplane junk. About a year later the plans and some gussets and other smaller parts actually found their way over the Atlantic and to my mailbox, but the rest has not been seen since. The plans today decorates on my office wall, and are a reminder of a dream that has yet to come true. Love your show. If I had the oppirtunity I would but this airplane in a hartbeat. Thanx for showing it to us.

[@scottfrank726]

Jimmy I had that same continental engine in an 1946 Aronica chief. The red knob is the mixture. Pulling it back slows the flow and leans it out. Pushing in is full rich.

[@markmark1osufan35]

I appreciated you saying grace before eating that stuff. That was a nice surprise and an encouragement to start doing the same again. I haven’t prayed over s meal for quite some time. Not sure why I ever stopped. I gotta start being more grateful. Thanks.

[@user-ny1wr4ng6r]

get a life lol

[@fivezeroida34]

You should have left the blue grounding wire lead on the mags and disconnected it from ground. Then you could have just grounded the lead to stop the mags. Work smarter not harder.

[@thomasaltruda]

I used to have one! N36RB.. I even flew from NY to Las Vegas with it! Let me know if you want me to fly this one!

[@kevintaylor791]

Jimmy, I love your videos, may I humbly suggest an addition to your tool kit? Spiral stakes with fixed tabs. Like the ones for dogs, but instead of a swivel at the top, a fixed welded tab, I forget the correct orientation, it's been a while, but you screw it in the dirt, point the tab in the direction of thrust, and it just stick there, it won't spiral out because you use a short rope tied off at 2 points to a fixed tab, if it comes out, the dirt let go. They don't go in far enough that utilizes are a concern. If the tab, spiral, and plane are all aligned correct, you get a pretty good tie off point, not perfect, but amazing in a pinch. With the video evidence, you'll look like a safety GOD to your insurance company (The actual aviation gods, or at least the one you're most likely to answer to with the most consequence)

[@Howie-wd5oc]

No MREs in my day. All we had was C-rations (C-rats). The best was spaghetti in tomato sauce (always a fight to get that one). A pack of 4 Winstons. I don't remember what else was in the box, it's been awhile. Oh, and we didn't call it a P38. we referred to it as a "John Wayne." I still have one around here, somewhere.

[@billbrock5486]

The Bunker Hill sat in San Diego Bay for years while they removed things from it. One of the Janitors donated bags of line for our Sea Scout group to use for knot tying practice.

[@eolle43]

Another super cool video. Enjoyed the guest appearance. I have always been amazed by the U2 program after reading "Mayday" by Beschloss in the late 80's. Amazing pilots in a plane that pushed the limits of "slide-rule" engineering.

[@adventureswithducky4088]

This was one of your coolest videos. So ....... the spark cutoff for the mags. Leave the blue wire joined to both mags (for testing purposes). Disconnect that wire from the firewall. You may want to add a length of wire to it and find a place somewhere on the plane farther to the rear that will provide a ground. When the engine is running touch the bared end of the wire to the ground and the spark will be killed. Hopefully this helps you ....... not for this one, but perhaps for one in the future.

[@ianburit3705]

Exactly my thoughts my friend. A sort of hot wiring in reverse.. Ian. England.

[@hinton.motorsports3476]

Nailed it.. a few sets of assorted jumper leads with alligator clips can be your best friend for instances like this.

[@dianastewart2850]

or you could put a toggle switch in line, would also help prevent theft.

[@WarblesOnALot]

​@@dianastewart2850 G'day, Ummm, And, When...; Precisely, exactly, and Prezactically..., Did you last hear of Anybody's Homebuilt Baby Great Lakes Biplane Having Bin-STOLEN...? Nobody who wanted to Steal one, Would have the tiniest faintest foggiest CLUE Of what to do If they were ever to be sitting in the thing if it were Started... Fact... Therefore, thus, and because, Your Projected Paranoid Persecution Fantasies should, perhaps, be Reigned-in, somewhat, Before next you're permitted to Wander around without a Keeper..., To prevent you from thus advertising all your own Projected Self-hatred. You only expect Everybody else on Earth to be Constantly Aspiring and planning to steal Whatever's not nailed-down.. BECAUSE.., You consider yourself to be "Normal", And also Apparently..., You spend much of your time Fantasising about whatever you can see Which might be Possible to "easily" Steal... Therefore, Thus, & Because... You posted your Asinine Comment.... Expecting EVERYBODY To Agree with your Point of view... Begone, THIEF...! Such is life... Have a good one... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !

[@Tgghj_vr]

I just started watching your videos, I’m hooked now ! I love that you keep it very family friendly! Thank you brother for your videos, love em!!!

[@diysecuritygear9594]

I'm only 1:26 in. I'm loving the enthusiasm. It only took him 27 years to build. It took me all Friday to fix kitchen sink! Sure, there's 4 trips to homey depot, a 30' snake, a shovel, tools unseen by daylight since Bush was in office and a portion of my soul needed. Only stubbornness powered forward. No help needed! I conquered the demon!

[@stevenkerby9381]

Army guy here. Get the beef stew but since it comes with hot sauce. It’s common law that the hot sauce must be added to the main course. One of my go to’s

[@paulendicott9151]

I am from the age of the P38, still have one on my key Chan. I love the little plane but would never fly it. It takes skill and youth to fly that one. Love the videos.

[@duskintheforest584]

My fascination with aircraft started on the farm watching the daredevil crop dusters. I watched from upwind with binoculars as they snapped those control surfaces for instant response up and over the power lines

[@davids.682]

Jimmy, I love your excitement, but it bothered me to see this engine run with no oil pressure and no way to stop it. This may have damaged the bearings and other internal parts. These small Continentals are notorious for the oil pump to dry out and lose prime if they sit for a few months. On future "will it run" episodes, I suggest removing the line to the oil pressure gauge at the engine and squirting some oil directly into the pump gears (and all the bearings) thru this port prior to starting. I suggest checking the bolt torque on the wooden prop too. Wooden props loose the bolt torque due to humidity changes and can be damaged very quickly if run loose.

[@davidrhoads3023]

Those concerns were overridden by the fact that there was an MRE that demanded attention.

[@lindseypenn107]

I just dropped in here ... Please...tell me he didn't start it with that old crappy oil in it...

[@roytorgerson4468]

Periodically, usually in the Spring, I had to prime the oil pump on my 85 HP Champ.

[@bradley7723]

As a kid in the70s my dad would give me the canned rations for camping. My favorite was stew, pork&beans and the canned bread roll. Had to heat everything up with the campfire. My dad told me when he was in the military during Korea, they would put the cans on the engine manifolds to heat them up. On another not that bi-plane looks like a toy when your standing beside it. Bet it would definitely get the adrenaline flowing when flying it. Thank you for the video, 😃👍

[@MonteD1]

I would have so much fun flying that right to the scene of the crash.

[@mizzprettyhuston]

Omg it's the cutest little airplane I've ever seen 😂❤ My son would not fit in there (he's 6ft 4in tall), so Jimmy I'm sure it's difficult for you 😂

[@kbentch]

I love that plane! What a fun video. And maybe just maybe one of my favorite parts is watching you eat all the parts of that MRE. Lol that was great. Love your videos. Thanks for sharing.

[@Drmcclung]

I actually could smell the oil through my TV as soon as you showed the consistency and bright gold color; old school, old fashioned dino oil that got run ONCE and put away for a couple of decades 😂 They should make a cologne out of that!

[@feman43]

That little Baby Lakes is an awesome bird. If it needs a new home, I'd be interested. I done the test flying on one and really liked it.

[@lesb3481]

The strange looking engine oil in the crankcase is likely still the old straight 50 weight, mineral break-in oil that was put in when the engine was overhauled. With only 6 hours since re-build, it never made it to the first oil change when normal oil would have been put in. Thanks for the video Jimmy!👍

[@Techie1224]

can you explain more ?? why it have so bad life ,,you mean they never change the break in oil and thats why its broke?? and whats normal oil weight it use ?

[@JayWelchy]

Kinda surreal watching Jimmy at my local museum playing with the planes I have payed to see so many times. The museum actually showed interest in buying a plane I built years ago .. pretty cool I thought.

[@Bob-pz3dc]

The Bunker Hill sat at North Island, in San Diego, for years. It was used as a testing platform for a new navy communications system. There was a large yagi antenna on top of it. I was on the USS Ute (ATF-76) and went onboard the Bunker Hill doing an inspection before we towed it out of the harbor for some explosive tests. We started the tow in the late afternoon and got just past Pt Loma, the next morning we had made about a half mile. A second ocean tug was called in to help move it to the test area.

[@mikeratcliff1446]

Looks like fun Jimmy. A great little plane.

[@terrybartlett5539]

I click like before I watch your videos just to get it out of the way. Another great one you never disappoint!

[@aiyura]

I keep looking in the sky over KMMV whenever I hear an odd sounding plane. Alas, no Jimmy. 😊 Yet..

[@yurimig253]

Jimmy you are some sort of pilot hero... definitely define laws of physics for our enjoyment... And you haven't even left to the ground yet.. stay safe....👍🙏💪 They should call it. Jimmy's mechanical aerobatics....

[@jamesbrown3358]

Something about a float fuel gauge on an acrobatic plane that can fly upside down sounds like gas in my face.

[@pierre.a.larsen]

I would really enjoy taking this beautiful little airplane up for some aerobatics. It must be awesome with amazingly fast reactions to the controls. Finding more fun than that is difficult.

[@kellyradcliff1989]

Chuck from OH. Just started watching. Lol couple of times you had me laughing my but off . I'm subscribed and hit the like button. I wanted to see that little plane you got running fly again . Thanks . I'm watching.

[@stuartrouse7851]

Bunker Hill was an Essex class fleet carrier that was severely damaged by kamikazi attacks in early 1945. She sustained strike category damage and should have sunk, but her crew did an amazing job of damage control , and she limped home to be repaired and returned to service!? The damage was total, and the war ended before she could be repaired and she was scrapped. the same fate befell the Intrepid and the Randolph, but no where near as severe as Bunker Hill. Brave young men sailing in a state of the art, well designed and built ships. They all three survived.

[@user-bv3cl2cl8b]

Would be a great conversion to an oversized RC plane.😊

[@somenamelessdude8095]

Good luck with the FAA cert. Even for RC the man gets a say so now

[@mrtrusty101]

Another awesome vid Jimmy, the old girl fired a lot easier than I thought it would, nice little plane. ❤

[@ferebeefamily]

Thank you for the video Jimmy.

[@P-J-W-777]

That stearman model 75 looks amazing. Would love to fly that one.

[@Nitrohog2006]

Will it run out of gas or seize from not having oil pressure first? It's common that you have to prime the oil pump on the small continentals after sitting that long.

[@markb5803]

Sounds good for an engine with no oil pressure.

[@richarddunwoody9412]

Hi Jimmy. Many thanks for a great site. I had for a short time a MONG biplane designed by Frank Mong as a pylon racer. I bought it in the early 90s. It had a 65hp engine, single ailerons. A very slippery little plane. Reg G-BOTA .Great fun. No longer flying cant find it on the CAA registry. Regards Graham

[@ghettosled1976]

Your voice sounds like Owen Wilson and Steve Zahn had a voice baby. And I can’t get it out of my head listening to your videos while I work. It’s mostly Steve Zahn.

[@bryankast6509]

I just came across a photo of my wife next to that airplane in the museum 18 years ago.

[@donaldparlett7708]

When I was an active EAAer back in the day I remember Burt Rutan introing his fiberglass creations and we were from the old school like the Baby Lake of fabric and wire. Jimmy you need this bird just for pure fun of punching holes in the sky.

[@BruceParmele]

Love to see this fly again!

[@SSgt-]

Definitely want to see this one fly!

[@curtisjones4017]

Take the ignition switch out, go to a locksmith or have one come to the plane to make a key.

[@speedygonzales9090]

GOOOOOOOOOOOD ONE JIMMY !!!

[@jimnjele.bean-dayone3505]

Damm Jimmy, love your videos...how much will the want for the tiny plane? Then how much to get it ready to fly ? I'd love to see a will it start where the airplane can actually be flown and you take off in it. Great work sir thank you

[@GSG-lc5zm]

I've been waiting for this one 😁

[@drshepherd1969]

That's the newer style of MRE's. During the gulf war we had not as good meals as those are. We had 6 choices of meals if I recall. I only found like 2 of them good. I don't really recall all of the choices but I do recall I only liked 2 of them. It had some sort of noodles, but not like cup of noodles type. It always had crackers that were so dry that you would drink a bottle of water just to get them down. They also didn't have heaters. We had to eat the MRI cold. It also came with peanut butter which was just as dry. Then there was always tobasco sauce in the packet with utensils and a water mix. The tobasco sauce was a hot commodity cause you always used it with the meal just in order to give it flavor to eat. The newer MRI are much better. Thanks for your vlogs Jimmy, as an A&P, and a retired Air Force aircraft mechanic, I love your adventures!

[@TheAverageDutchman]

When I saw that thing in real life, sitting under the wing of the Spruce Goose (iirc right next to an FW-190 which impressed me by how big that thing is in real life) I had a hard time believing just how tiny it is. I'd love to see it fly again. I think it would be a blast and a half.

[@peterh4761]

Youve got to get this one flying and keep it. :) way too awesome to part out or flick on

[@reamrkj1125]

Jimmy sometimes Im amazed your videos are not part of FAA accident investigations. Well done sir. At least you try dangerous stuff safely.

[@barrywood5357]

with MRI and you you guerenteed to get the beast rolling. GOOD ONE SIR

[@classicsrule8651]

new subscriber. this is the most best channel on you tube. i will watch all the episodes

[@miked2662]

Chili mac was my go-to. Good stuff man.

[@Woggerdogg]

You make this grumpy old man belly laugh! It isnt easy to do either!

[@michaelmcdowell6868]

Thanks Jimmy. Enjoyed the show.

[@twistedyogert]

What a cutie. If she was kept indoors then I doubt she'd have many issues and she's practically brand spanking new.

[@ahashdahnagila6884]

You ought to buy that little biplane, Jimmy! (Unless they want too much, for it.) It is such a solid aircraft! And, +9/-9 g's... a real aerobat.

[@briank1671]

Glad you're making some $$$$$ on this video, hope you spread the love of aviation

[@ziggnutt1]

When I went to boot camp in San Diego and while in Sonar School I could see the Bunker Hill tied up at North Island and it served as an electronics test lab. It was scrapped some time in the late 70's.

[@James_Grady]

Favorite MRE has to be Chili Mac with the little Tabasco bottle. Love the content! keep it up Jimmy!

[@jdd1979]

Oh I have to see you fly that.

[@steveyork1664]

My favorite was the spaghetti meal. Always carried a small bottle of Tabasco. 😎😎

[@s70glt100]

I want your job so bad! I love working on things, you've got to be the coolest guy ever!

[@patrickheavirland3599]

Hello from Minnesota! Great little airplane!

[@garymessina1609]

Great video thanks Jimmy

[@safetymikeengland]

the 27 years to build it makes sense; if the manufacturer says it takes 1600 hours, and fulltime employment is 2000 hours per year, that's 8 years. 8 years full time - so 27 years spread out when you are working and raising kids and stuff. makes perfect sense to me.

[@patchmack4469]

i was going to say that little puppy resembled a Pitt Special, and then you go look at one, a plane a loved very much as a kid watching mad aerobatics - i later joined the ATC a junior youth RAF if you like, and did my own aerobatics in a De Haviland Chipmonk, not as quick but still pretty awesome fun, no incidents but giggled like a little girl and never been the same since - a bit like Jimmy hey that little pup, you'd never fit in it, maybe the little mini me, i mean mini you should fly it see Jimmy, size is everything, even when dinky small

[@tztz1949]

Well, fly it. We need to see your bravery in test pilot mode

[@jayrichmond2325]

Thus is DEFINITELY my favorite airplane I have seen on your channel after 3 years of watching. I would be able to take off and land on the gravel roads in front of my rural hme!

[@realone4341]

Started my day off with a jigger of jimmy! I am a sponge when it comes to these clips, and I just think it would be "so cool" to turn a few wrenches. Can I come to Florida and work for you for a week free of charge? Wow, would that be cool.

[@xjmd09]

I truly love you like a brother and find that you’re one of the most entertaining channels that I watch on KZbin! I have to say though I’m very disappointed that you didn’t instantly consider changing that product in that engine is no longer engine oil and hasn’t been for some 22 years now! This made me very sad to watch. Engine oil has a clock starts counting down from the very moment it leaves the container it’s in just food for thought.❤

[@gregnilsen5851]

My wife’s uncle was on the USSBunker Hill when it was hit by two kamikazes in May 1945. He told stories of fires and hundreds of men killed and buried at sea. All the pilots were in the ready room and were killed in the attack.

[@fester73666]

AWESOME will it start on that little airplane Jimmy 👍👍

[@alainn.3556]

Great video as always. 👍🇫🇷

[@michaelheiser861]

LETS FLY THESE THINGS , THATS WHY I'M HERE

[@Flysimware]

The Lanceair Legacy is still my fav for the one u purchased here at the Evergreen Museum but this bird is cool based on what you shared. Works out to be 6 pounds per horsepower. 😂

[@donaldsimonds7513]

Once again, just crazy Jimmy. 🤪

[@brentmcmahon8188]

That Glassair looks awesome love the Glassair III is a 300 mph plane at 10 gals a hour and som oxygen and go fast and high !!!

[@se9819]

Don‘t know who Jim is but I like him💪🏻

[@rsz2001]

Let's get this out onto a tray. Nice.

[@1975427bronco]

You should put some 2 stroke oil down the cylinders before spinning over

[@Jonathan_Bryant]

That marble pound cake is one of the best desserts

[@matthewherard3297]

I would love to see that that's one of my favorites

[@Rasta8889]

It would be so awesome if you could get Burt Rutan to do an interview about that Quickie. Big fan of his work. I'll be making my glider license next year and after that maybe my PPL. I'm toying around with the idea of buying a Long EZ and doing my license on that.

[@buckmurdock2500]

Can't train in a LongEZ unless it has dual controls. Not aware of any EZ's with rear seat rudder pedals or throttle. Side stick only.

[@Rasta8889]

@@buckmurdock2500 Damn

[@douglasarneson6845]

Jimmy - I went to basic training at Fort Leonard Wood in 1976. My first taste was C-Rats with a date stamp on the box of 1948. Yum-Yum.

[@87bones87]

You should build an ignition key box of some kind that you bring with to wire up to the mags. Maybe with wires long enough to reach the pilot.

[@georgecothran4760]

when you run into that situation of not being able to kill the mags, why not hook a wire to the double mag Hot terminals, and you could either put an inline switch to it then to ground, ot just have the bare wire end you could touch to ground?

[@tonyjones6904]

I love that little airplane I think you're crazy if you don't buy it that thing is cool and so simple and you got to figure out the guy took 27 years to build it and it only flew one time it's like a brand new plane

[@talkingfrank]

When are you going to do a "will it start" on the beech starship?