USS Intrepid Air Museum tour NYC!

[@mikeizzano172]

Good show…….I worked the flight deck ( brown shirt) with HS- 5 helicopter squadron,I was a plane captain and did preflight sand daily inspections this was 1970 and 1972. It was controlled chaos when we were flying .many good memories for a young kid at the time !thanks Juan……..

[@whitefields5595]

Yes I flew Concorde once. British Airways was struggling to fill the seats so offered a one-way upgrade for £50 to anyone with a Club Class ticket. As an Avnerd I loved the apparent stall as they turned the wick down for noise abatement .... to be followed by a 'second take off' as the afterburners were lit over the Bristol Channel. The heating of the external skin was apparent in the window seat. Inky black sky at 58,000 feet where slight earth curvature was apparent. Food was great, the cabin was really cramped. Got all the freebies, and of course the video!

[@kitcarbp777]

Great Tour JB, thank you for reminding all of us of the sacrifices and the history of the the Intrepid. My family had an unforgettable experience on the Intrepid bridge about 6 years ago with a volunteer docent who fought the fires on the Intrepid and lived to tell about it ! My family was in awe as we chatted with this retired sailor who was answering questions about the Intrepid that he served on as a teenager. We will never forgot that tour and chat on a typical mid-summers day tour.

[@_Boz]

Worked at Douglas Aircraft Long Beach, Ca. on the A-4 Skyhawk ('Scooter') line delivering parts. prior to enlisting in the Marine Corps in 1965. We loved the 'Navy and Marine Corps Scooters and Phantoms providing us 'Grunts' with CAS dropping 500lb'ers and 'Nape'! My first insertion to my rifle company was on a CH-34D. It would shake your 'teeth out' attempting to lift off. Was also used for Medavac's. and resupply. Thanks for the great tour of the Intrepid! 0311 G/2/5 An Hoa/Arizona Territory Quang Nam Province 68-69.

[@carbonking53]

My late grandfather served on the USS Saginaw Bay CVE-82. He joined the navy at age 17 in 1940 to escape the poverty of his rural Appalachia upbringing. He was one of the youngest sailors ever to be to be given the responsibility of maintenance crew chief for a squadron of P-47 Thunderbolts aboard a carrier. His quarters were below the waterline so he often slept on a cot on the hangar deck for fear of being torpedoed. After the big war he went on to serve in the newly formed US Air Force and became a career military man. During the Cold War he was a Cheif Master Sargent in charge of the maintenance wing for nuclear armed B-52 bombers. He told me many times about the tense alerts they were on during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the incredible stress of knowing the game they were a part of could end humanity. He is the greatest man I've ever known. I keep a photo of him next to my desk to remind me thay my stressful and hard times in life are nothing compared to what he and his generation endured.

[@awuma]

Very interesting story, especially since we are likely moving toward another war or a Cuban Missiles-like crisis in the coming months. But will our leaders today have the ultimate humanity and leadership of JFK/RFK and Khruschev/Dobrynin, who recognised the folly of where things were going and settled on peaceful compromise.

[@bradrobinhancock8491]

P-47 Thunderbolt (Jug) aboard a carrier? Is that accurate? Maybe F4F or F6F?

[@steverusk4514]

@@bradrobinhancock8491 P-47 was an Army-Air Corp bird.

[@carbonking53]

@@bradrobinhancock8491 I could be mistaken on that aircraft. We have a audio tape interview we did with him later in life where he recounted his life from his childhood through his military career. I have a photo of him on a ladder next to a P-47. I remember a story about his ship or others in his group ferrying some planes to Pacific Islands. Perhaps that is where the P-47 came in. His last station was Blytheville AFB which was a SAC base for B-52s.

[@bradrobinhancock8491]

@@carbonking53 I don't think that the P-47 could be launched from an aircraft carrier, but I could be wrong. Most of the aircraft being delivered by ship were partially disassembled and dropped off at an airbase far enough behind the front lines to allow reassembly and then were flown to the forward air bases. ETA - I did happen to come across some photos of smaller escort carriers whose flight decks were loaded with P-47's being ferried, so I retract my question. I still can't imagine one of those beasts being able to take off from a short deck. Those planes were huge. Of course they launched one flight of B-25's from a carrier. Once.

[@stewartsmith1947]

My Father was a mechanic at a strip in the Philippines when the Intrepid was hit . There were A/C out flying and couldn't come in and land so they were sent to the strip where my Father was . The strip was not the smoothest and the carrier planes were all low on fuel . Since the strip was rough , many of them broke a landing gear. My Father and others would get the pilot out and scrape the plane out of the way for the next one coming in . He said only on made it in with out a gear failure . He never said or I don't remember how many planes there were .

[@blancolirio]

Wow! Great story!

[@davidvik1451]

Intrepid had 150,000 total HP, 37,500 per shaft. 8 boilers fired with heavy bunker oil, and may have in its' later year, been navy distillate. I was a boilerman on a Fletcher class, and a brand new Knox class destroyer. I hear it often that ships could only go at top speed for short bursts to avoid damage to the engines, which frankly is BS. The old Fletcher did 35 Knots for a couple of hours the day before I left her. As part of the "Tonkin Bay Yacht Club, on the Knox class running plane guard during flight Ops, we'd be grabbing at 30 Knots (design 27) to keep up with the back end of the carrier for several hours.. Yes you could feel the plant straining to squeeze out that little bit more on a machine putting out 35,000 shaft HP. A real adrenaline rush. This ship had a service life of 30 years (7 yrs. in Turkey). As you can tell by now I have a bit of a problem with docents that go of script, making statements that are lacking in fact. Keep up the good work. If I ever make it to NY I'll make it a point to visit the museum. Davd Vik Bt2

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

During the second night of the naval Battle of Guadalcanal, USS Massachusetts exceeded her design speed long enough to melt the bricks around burners for the boilers! It is a wonder that she didn't blow a boiler.

[@KutWrite]

@@JohnRodriguesPhotographer Sorry, I'm skeptical about melting the bricks. That would take over 3000F. The steel burner tips and boiler tubes would melt before that, at about 2500F... plus what would happen to the men inside the boiler room when those melted bricks poured onto the deck and hot boiler gases and fuel spray flooded the compartment.

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

@@KutWrite The engineers had to rebrick after the battle. It is in the book "Battleship Commander". Remember the ships of WWII used the heavier bunker oil on the lighter distillates of mid to late 50, and the jet fuel used today.

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

@@KutWrite They may not have fully liquefied but started slag off. The burners would be cooled by the incoming fuel and the forced draught. you are thinking in terms of the complete structure melting as opposed to the interior surfaces.

[@curtgomes]

Thank you for this nostalgic visit to the USS Intrepid. I joined the Naval Air Reserve back in 1963 and did my training at NATTC Memphis. When I got back to my squadron at NAS Alameda I found that there were lots of old salts who had some great sea stories about WWII. Two of them had even been at Pearl Harbor in Dec 7, 1941! I was only 19 years old and it was quite an experience. While in this squadron I flew many hours with our CO & Exec. on board the S2F. The original version of course. I enjoyed seeing the one you showed on the deck of the Intrepid. It brings back so many memories. I have some wonderful memories of that airplane and especially the men I had the privilege serving with.

[@geoffreybradford]

Fascinating! My father flew the A4 Skyhawk during two carrier deployments ending in Jan 1966, Kitty Hawk and Forrestal. I was also a passenger on Concorde four times, 3 British Airways, 1 Air France. These were charters for passengers of Cunard (QE2) to take the ship one way and fly back home on Concorde. A wonderful experience I'm glad I had when I did.

[@daveroche6522]

Thank you Juan - very informative and interesting, as per. I was lucky enough to do the Intrepid tour years ago and would love to return. Maybe someday.

[@hankharty9673]

So glad you had a day layover in NYC, so you could give us a great tour of the USS Intrepid!

[@natural-born_pilot]

Thanks Juan for providing yet again another great tour of a listed item on my bucket list. Also enjoyed your interesting comments on its history.

[@gzk6nk]

My wife and I flew on that very Concorde, G-BOAD, back in August 1999 as a 50th birthday present. We flew Manchester to Paris via the Bay of Biscay for Mach 2 and 60,000 feet and it changed my life! How? Well I managed to get the cockpit jump seat for the entire flight and sat next one of those those big cockpit side windows and with a view out the front as well past the captain, who I was sitting behind (the FE's seat slid out sideways behind my seat - when you're in, you're in)! I wrote up the experience as an article for the UK GA magazine 'Pilot' and to ensure I got my facts right I read everything ever written about this amazing aeroplane. In 2003 the fleet was grounded and G-BOAC came to my local airport at Manchester as a museum exhibit and I, with all my Concorde knowledge, applied for became a tour guide on it at weekends, then after I retired from the real job I was spending several days a week on Alpha Charlie. Over the decades I met many ex-Concorde flight crew and engineers some of whom I got to know quite well, and from whom I learned a whole lot more about just how amazing this thing was! The 3 super=powers of the 1960s (USA, Europe, and USSR) all tried to produce a practical supersonic airliner; this was the only one that worked, and it was in service for 27 glorious years.

[@Don.Challenger]

At 11:51, "The NAVY F14 Tomcat, another great strong Grumman design" the pigeon certainly agrees, it's a favorite.

[@skycop56]

Juan, great guided tour. Trivia for ya, the S2F was given a huge radome and became known as “The stoof with a roof”.

[@Henry-vb4hq]

I visited the ship a couple years ago and had to pet the Enterprise. I was one of the engineers who worked on the 747-SCA mod, flew on the delivery flight to NASA, and was at Edwards monitoring loads on the 747 in flight for all the launches. One of the more memorable projects in which I was involved!

[@jimgrazulis3542]

An interesting note on the SR-71 Starting GPU @ 13:50. The power plant in that unit is the famous Buick Wildcat "Nailhead" used in Buick cars from '53 thru '66. I own a '63 with that same engine.

[@captbad9313]

Since I'm fairly certain I will never visit California or anywhere else for that matter by flying commercially. This was a real treat to watch and see with you. Thank You Juan.

[@CUSTODIAN70]

Thank you for this great tour.I enjoy it very much and I learned some things.Keep up the great work!

[@kb9liq]

Thank you for the tour. Never going to make it out to New York so it is nice to see your videos of the things like this.

[@bobclarie]

Thanks for the tour Juan . . . and thanks for Your Service . . . Bob

[@chick7328]

Great channel. For all us people that appreciate aviation and commercial pilots yet don’t fly. Thanks for your service

[@tonytheantony]

Really enjoyed your visit to the Intrepid! Thanks for this Juan! On my bucket list is New York, including the Intrepid and the Kennedy Space Visitors Center!🚀🙂👍🇬🇧

[@thestardusters7640]

I rode The Concorde home after I retired from Saudi Arabian Airlines in 1998. I also flew the Stoof from the Intrepid in 1964.

[@charlesglandon7840]

Thank you for showing us around this Great Aircraft carrier.....Thank you for your service and thank all the service men and women that have served and that are serving.

[@keithwalter1241]

Juan, Thanks for the awesome tour of the Intrepid. I enjoy all of you videos that you put out. Your love and knowledge of most things aviation is fun to learn from. I am a private pilot and have loved aviation since I was a teenager in high school. Thanks again for the great work and videos!!!!!!

[@jamesrea8454]

I was aboard the Fighting I as part of the airwing for her next to last West Pac cruise (1968-1969). Being a recently graduated Mechanical Engineer I became well acquainted with the chief engineer. Not being part of ship's company, I was asked to officially observe a high-speed run then a simulated turbine shutdown due to low lube oil pressure in the reduction gear. I also got personal tours of other engineering spaces from after steering to the forward diesel generator space. My aircraft was the E1-B but not the one on display now. That Bureau number was not in our squadron at the time. While in the Gulf I also begged a ride in the A-1 for launch cycle (the E1-B usually stayed up for a double cycle). A few facts that should be pointed out is that the hangar deck is the armor deck on the Intrepid so you are right is saying the flight deck was wood over a thin steel plate easily penetrated by a bomb or kamikaze. I believe modern carriers have armored flight decks for obvious reasons. The boilers were generally fired with bunker C oil as stated in another comment, but I know that on our return trip to Norfolk on the long run from NZ across the southern Pacific, around the Horn and up the east coast of South America the boilers were fired with jet fuel part of the time because we had no access to a fleet oiler. Of course I'm a life member of the museum and visit whenever in the Big Apple. I can tell more sea stories if anyone wants to hear them.

[@markbowles2382]

When i hear mr.b say, "see you here", I can hear that plucky base rif plain as day, thanks for sharing mr. Juan, that is a part of NY worth seeing, I had no idea it had become such a magnificent museaum with all the aircraft, again, thank you so much!

[@FlywithMagnar]

"Giving enough thrust, any aerodynamic design will fly." A chief designer at the Bristol Aeroplane Company stated that even a kitchen table can fly if it has a big enough engine. The fastest kitchen table he designed was the Bristol Beaufighter, which was first flown in 1939.

[@awuma]

I guess we know who doesn't admire the F-4 ;-)

[@REDMAN298]

@@awuma VMFA 235 Ride Nunc F 4 squadron KMCAS Kaneohe Bay Hawaii Semper Fi

[@donc9751]

Great tour Juan thank you!!! I live a few miles from the Evergreen Air Museum! Enjoyed that tour as well! Of course I've been there a number of times with my cousins and their dad, my Uncle who I always credited with my love for aviation since a very young age! We'd go to all the air shows with him while he was alive. He was a crew mechanic just after WW2 ended, starting around 1947 or s I believe.

[@ThatOtherTom]

If you ever get the chance, the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Long Island is also worth a visit. They have a lot of 20th century aircraft from all eras, and the actual lunar landing module that would have been used if the Apollo program had gone on for one more mission. The lunar modules were all made on Long Island 😊

[@KD2HJP]

The Museum of American Armor is also on Long Island (Old Bethpage, NY) if you like military things that don't fly!

[@MegaBakerdude]

Nice coverage for us people sitting on our couches! Thanks, Juan.

[@azjoe_6310]

Thanks for the tour Juan.

[@jhmcglynn]

I arranged around 1975 an Intrepid visit for my son’s Cub Scout pack and family out of Albertsons LI, NY. Kids had a great time.

[@richardburguillos3118]

Thanks for taking us along. Always enjoy your thoughts and narration along the way…

[@philiproseel3506]

That was a cool video. I'm glad I watched, because of the great tour, but also because you reminded me of the aviation museum in Oregon. I still need to go see that one, soon, as I live in Oregon. Easierly??? LOL. Thank you for your service, Juan!

[@martharetallick204]

In the late 1990s, a friend and I got up extra early so we could drive down to KTUS and watch the Concorde take off. It had been visiting Tucson. That plane was LOUD!

[@daleyingling4868]

Awesome job Juan... Thanks for the tour! 👍

[@movingpicutres99]

You are so impressive! So many great talents! Much appreciated.

[@scm4u]

Thanks for the great tour.

[@donaldjones3580]

A group of us from work took a bus trip up to NYC to see the Intrepid. The Space Shuttle pavilion was in the process of being built around the shuttle. there was also an F-3B Demon in the restoration area on deck. I worked on the A-4L/M versions and some experience with the H-19 and an orange QF-4M Drone, The Great Pumpkin. My favorite Navy aircraft was the RA-5C, the only ANG plane I worked on was the F-106.

[@pking147king6]

Thanks for your wonderful coverage of Intrepid. The hanger deck has much more on it since I was there last. By the way, at 12:55 & 14:34 notice the plaque says,“LOCKHEED A-12.” That’s because this is not an SR-71. A-12 was a single seat version flown by the CIA. SR-71 was Air Force and a two seat’r. Your excellent description (inlets, engines, etc.) applies to both aircraft. SR-71 was a tad bigger/slower/ more “mission capable,” so the A-12s were retired. The A-12 on Intrepid is still potentially flyable! When assigned to the museum, the curator had the wings unbolted, rather than sawn off. Then they were reassembled on site, rather than welded on. Of course, this one will likely never fly again. But I tip my hat to the one who had such respect for this lovely machine, and national asset, that he would preserve its integrity/dignity.

[@djnorm98]

I remember reading that it was retired because its camera could only shoot straight down, and a treaty was signed for no more direct overflights. They couldn't re-engineer for cameras that pointed to the side, so the program was scrapped. It's been a long time, so I might be remembering parts wrong, but it sure is a beautiful thing to behold.

[@Mishn0]

@@djnorm98 That might have been because of the A-12's forward fuselage being "pointier". It wasn't as deep, top to bottom as the SR-71's. It also made the A-12s the fastest of the family.

[@joeblow5037]

9:35 VMFA-333 here. We flew F-4J's off of the first Nimitz's cruise (a 1976 Med). Great time to be a 19 year old kid. I maintained the AWG-10 fire control radar. The Phantom helped win the cold war. We had some fun with the Russian Bears back in the day. Thanks, Juan 👍

[@niksinclair4750]

A BIT OFF TARGET .....BUT.... Grandfather(German dept.) was a flying freind of Von Rightoven(we have a picture of them both sitting on the wing of an Albatross) manufactured propellers from day 1. Pop was a Luftwaffe pilot in WW2 ...flew the ME323 "Flying Coffin" (biggest plane in WW2 6 engine transporter)and 109's for his sins...survived 2 shoot downs escaped being a POW camper twice, Mum a UK nurse/angel.....flying is ....in my blood...but i refuse to wear a uniform ...so I only fly for fun....You're a top man and I admire your joy and knowledge of aviation ...fantastic presentations...well done and keep it up please. BTW. the Concorde at Heathrow "drive in" is appx a half scale model. ...And word has it that the Brit Concordes had sheild/guards behind the wheels to prevent the event that the French presumably did not think it was worth spending their Francs on.....maybe you can verify that. Happy Landings good Sir. ;)

[@richardmartin6533]

Juan, I hate to do this to you but... That was NOT an SR-71!! That was the older, smaller, and faster C.I.A.'s version, the A-12! Take a second look and you'll notice the back seaters windows (RSO's) are missing along with the second canopy... later on in the program, the Air Force's requirement was for a crew of 2.

[@blancolirio]

Good catch!

[@murphsmodels8853]

My dad worked on the Astral Navigation system on the SR-71 back in the 60s. The stories he told were cool, except for the "That part is still classified, so I can't tell you."

[@TheHsan22]

Yep an A12, the sign says so as well;) Visiting from Australia in Nov 2009, I went over Intrepid and the USS New York tied up nearby when Hillary Clinton named the then new ship. I was on the way to Florida to see one of the last Shuttle launches SRS129. Great trip.

[@flybyairplane3528]

@@murphsmodels8853 hello, years ago, say 60s there was an AOPA ISSUE, which listed aircraft, but THERE WAS A P, or F 51MUSTANG Which could fly LAX,to EAST COAST& back, without REFUELLING, however ALL FIGURES for AIRCRAFT were STIL CLASSIFIED ! Imagine that, that was indeed a very special aircraft, so until I saw that, I HAD NO IDEA SUCH A PLANE existed !🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@murphsmodels8853]

@@flybyairplane3528 I never read the article, but that kinda sounds like the F-82 Twin Mustang. It still holds the record for the longest flight made by a propellor driven fighter.

[@Paul1958R]

Juan, Thank you for this. It brings back memories of visiting the Intrepid museum 30 years ago! Paul (in MA)

[@stevesowders1844]

Great Video! The SR71 at Evergreen was an amazing display to see. Thanks for sharing!

[@nancychace8619]

Appreciate the tour! Lots of history - certainly gives me pause. You had a great day. Thanks for sharing.

[@johnmarlin4661]

Great video Juan ! I was helio'd off the Forrestal (fire) 29 Jan 1967 to the Intrepid and then to the Kearsarge where I experienced a hydrolic cat shot ! Wow!! Was an NFO with VAW-13 flying rightseat in EA1F's ( Skyraider).

[@mutantryeff]

I grew up on the north part of Alameda during the late 60s early 70s. Constantly having F4s and related planes flying over our elementary school. Wonderful time as a kid, as my friends dads would give us tours of ships like the Enterprise

[@moesky5246]

I was on the Enterprise too!!! I worked at Newport News Shipyard in early 80's before moving to AZ and got to see the inside gutted, amazing. Huge. USA!!! It was an honor also. My Dad was in Air Force for 24 years and I loved being an Air Force Brat an am still proud of my Dad! God Bless. Mrs. Moesky :o)

[@56Spookdog]

Growing up on the other side of the bay I enjoyed seeing the occasional fly overs now we get the occasional helicopter formation fly overs.

[@christinetoevs6641]

That supersonic Blackbird is an amazing aircraft! ...we have one here in entry at Cosmosphere in Hutchinson KS ... never ceases to impress & amaze!

[@KD2HJP]

I was the US Customs Service inspector who took possession/ entered into the US commerce stream of the BA Concord on board as she landed for the last time at JFK Airport. Name is on the door frame.. Look for the Captain's hat in the expansion joint

[@louGriggs1944]

Very interesting video. Thanks. As a resident of St. Louis County, and living out in the vicinity of then McDonnell Douglas, now Boeing, it was a common thing to see F-4's then F-15s and then F-18s take off and land. The Missouri Air National Guard was then located in part of the St. Louis airport complex and flew F-4's long past the time they had been retired from military service. McDonnell Douglas/Boeing is located on the north side of the runways of the St. Louis International Airport. The airport itself is located on the south side of the runways. Back in the day, there was a great viewing area on the west side of the airport where people could park and watch take-offs and landings. My kids loved going there and taking them out there is what inspired one of the boys to pursue a 22 year career in the USAF. Love your channel. Thank you.

[@petewilson5094]

Hi Iain. I rember the Intrepid's many visits here to Bermuda in the 1960s as an ASW carrier,with A-4s,and Sea-King helicopters.

[@hoopsheavenpa]

The SR-71 alone would be worth the trip to me! Awesome video, Juan!

[@TexasKid747]

Thanks Juan. I saw the Intrepid museum from shore in 1984 and was unable to interest my traveling companions to visit. You completed my trip!

[@markmidwest7092]

13:54 I think they called it an un-start when the engines rolled back like you describe.

[@blancolirio]

Yes, that’s the term!

[@artnickel1664]

That thing that talks to the Engine Rooms is called the Engine Order Telegraph and includes the Shaft RPM below it for finer adjustments to speed.

[@aaronlopez3585]

Getting an aircraft carrier back in working order in three months after sustaining such catastrophic damage in three months is more than just remarkable. Another reason they were called the greatest generation. Thank you Juan.

[@lizj5740]

Here's part 1 of Drachinifel's 3-part series on the rebuilding of both Pearl Harbor and the ships that were there on 7 December 1941: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHOQh2yZeLh2btE. That was fairly speedy, too.

[@petertarantelli]

Been some time now that I went to the Intrepid. I live just 150 miles north. The Concord was open to walk through if I remember correctly. The F4 is one of my favorites. I remember reading about it in Jane’s pocket book of world’s military aircraft.

[@ARWest-bp4yb]

We saw the Concorde at the Smithsonian and were surprised at how small it was. We also saw shuttle Discovery which was amazing! Endeavour is in LA, you have to check it out. Thanks for the tour! 👍👍

[@bearcat729]

Great podcast! Thank you

[@dougpoulton5544]

Initially, the A-4D didn't have nose gear steering so the deck crew had to put them on the catapult with a tow bar. They were real hot rods and I loved to watch the launch and recovery when I was on the Kitty Hawk in 1967.

[@jimpalmer1969]

Just a note from an A-6 Jet mech (ADJ) from the USS Kitty Hawk, VA-52 (Nov 73 to Feb '77). The green shirts were the squadron maintenance crew. I wore a green shirt. The A-6 on the Intrepid was one of the A-6F prototypes Grumman had contracted to build. This makes it one of the last A-6 airframes new from the factory. The Navy chose to go with various versions of the F-18 to fill the A-6, A-7 and ultimately the F-14 missions. My older brother was a Fire Control Tech (AQ) in VA-165 USS Constellation and my second younger brother was a A-6 Pilot in VMA-533 on the USS America.

[@thurin84]

i remember watching a show about those heat tiles back when the shuttle 1st came out. it was pretty amazing. they were demonstrating how well they dissipated heat. they heated one up with a blowtorch to glowing red. and as soon as they put it down with the tongs the host picked it up with bare hands!!!! it was still glowing red on the inside, but the outside edges had cooled enough to touch with a bare hand!!! amazing!

[@danielpearson6306]

I was work at Delt airlines at DFW and the Delta was being the airline did the gate duties. The Concorde would be at the Delta maintenance on lay over and few of us were given a tour in side. It so narrow inside.

[@wardsellars8805]

I once flew on Concorde from jfk to Lhr. Amazing experience at Mach 2. My seat mate was the governor of the Bank of England and at the time his name was on all pound notes.

[@johnfry9010]

My wife and I toured the Intrepid in the very early 80"s before it was restored , you could only walk on the main flight deck and She was is pretty rough shape . Nice to see the beautiful job they have done restoring Her to a museum quality attraction . I also have pictures of my Wife and i on top of the World Trade Center from that same trip , It was awesome !

[@gordontarling8789]

I worked on Concorde as an engineer for around 25 years and flew on it several times, including out of JFK. Don't think I've ever heard anyone describe the climb-out performance as 'staggering through the sky'! It was a real rocket ship and fully deserved all the accolades that were thrown at it - you had to experience it to know.

[@hodgeheg480]

Perhaps that impression was due to the noise abatement procedure? I understand the rate of climb was slow after the power was cut back at those heavier weights.

[@ronalds2080]

Really enjoyed the tour Juan. Loved seeing the F4 phantom as it was the aircraft we had during my initial aircraft electricians training at my "A" school in Millington TN. Take care.

[@GringoLoco1]

One of my dad's best friends was the F4's McDonnell Douglas manufacturer's rep to the USN in Sandy Eggo. Highlight of every year was going to Blue Angels training in El Centro. Thanks for the tour!

[@turbofanlover]

Great tour, Juan. Loved it. Thanks!

[@NMWanderings]

War Eagles Air Museum in Santa Teresa NM (right next to El Paso TX) is very good. They have a beautiful P-38, and lots more, including vintage cars and motorcycles. I got to see the Concorde up close when I worked at LAX, was driving on a service road and it was parked off to the side. I got out and walked around and under it. Beautiful, but smaller than I imagined.

[@insolentstickleback3266]

My brother was a green shirt on CV 43 USS Corral Sea, in the mid 80’s. Thanks for the tour Juan!

[@CommomsenseSmith]

Love the Blackbird when I was a kid I had a huge poster of it on my wall. As an adult I had the privilege of personally knowing one of the chief engineers who developed the film used for the U2 and Blackbird.

[@theflyingfrog]

One of the best parts of my trip to NYC with my then 13 year-old son, 3 years ago. A fantastic museum!

[@gwiyomikim5988]

Juan Brown in retirement : Aviation Museum Tour Guide?? 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@BobDenny]

Outstanding report. Every time I see you I learn how deeply into aviation you have been all of your LIFE!!

[@finelinerichardhoughton5715]

My brother and I went on a Concorde ride in the early 80's out of Oakland,Ca. The digital sign in front of us said Mach 2.

[@robertlafnear4865]

And I thought my tour of the Evergreen Museum in McMinnville, OR. last week was cool......... This is a whole step up Juan, .. your tour of this museum has me thinkin' about a run to N.Y. just to see this in person ! THANK YOU for sharing this .😁

[@gneisenau89]

I was on this ship a few years ago. Thanks very much for the personal tour. It really adds to my understanding of that exhibit. I know it takes millions of dollars to restore and maintain these ships but I think it's so important for the understanding of our country's history.

[@justicesaint7817]

Welcome to NYC! Been following your videos for a while, I was working on avaiation accident/incident report data from NYSB for data analysis and actually thought about you, learned a lot from you, things like events and conditions, IMC vs VMC, I was like 'hey I know them', keep up the good work and thanks for all the great videos! Very educational!

[@kcsthebetterway]

Good to see a respectable crowd for this time of year!!

[@johndoudna7055]

Yes, you can talk and fly at the same time! Thanks for a great video.

[@LouT1501]

The flight museum in Tillamook moved over to Madras in Central Oregon some time ago. There were a couple aircraft in Tillamook but the blimp hanger is used by the local railroad to store equipment (yeah, steam locomotives). Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad

[@johnfitzpatrick2469]

Absolutely fantastic tour of the military and space aircraft from the past. 🎆🎄

[@timw6596]

20+years in the Navy and got to work on a few of the planes on the Intrepid....A4,A6, F9, F4, F14, C1 and S2 !

[@jmp.t28b99]

J-85.... Great video Juan.

[@jerseyshoredroneservices225]

Thanks for the tour. That was great! I went to the Intrepid one time. As I was about to go up to the flight deck 30 minutes before closing time, they informed me that they were closing early and the flight deck was closed :-(

[@mcooper7542]

Thanks Juan! Honoring pilots like my Marine F4 Vietnam pilot uncle Paul V. Graves 3 tours graduate of Annapolis.

[@billsilva7932]

My Dad worked/retired from Lockheed ,on one open house way long ago (I think 1970)? We were able to go in the building where they milled out the tiles for the shuttle .They had some demonstrations on how they dissipated heat.It was all quite interesting since my dad was friends with the guys,It was a very small building the size of a garage the tiles were stored elseware. There was only one or 2 guys making the tiles. The part numbers you pointed out looked very familiar.Another great video thanks!

[@rainy724]

If you ever layover at KIAD, definitely go to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (the Smithsonian Air & Space museum near the airport). It's absolutely stunning.

[@murphsmodels8853]

I've got a friend who works in the restoration area there. It is an awesome place.

[@rainy724]

​@@murphsmodels8853 That's awesome! The restoration workshop looks amazing from the overlook windows. Working there must be both fun & extremely rewarding!

[@LeftyWriterTx]

Yes, ABSOLUTELY! It's a fantastic museum.

[@tysimpson1035]

From Canada Thanks so much that was awsome.

[@47fireguy16]

I visited the Intrepid museum a few years ago and wanted to tour the Concorde. By chance, I was the only one that got a ticket for that time slot so I got a more personal, extended tour. I wish todays aircraft had those wide seats and legroom. Very nice. The cockpit was very interesting and loaded with equipment. It shows how much technology has changed, from that time period.

[@davehead4523]

Nice video Juan. Brings back a lot of memories from the Viet Nam era. I was on the USS Enterprise (CVAN65) {the first nuclear aircraft carrier} when it had the fire, January 14, 1969. We were doing carrier qualifications near Hawaii when the fire started. Never been so scared in my life! We had a steel flight deck and there was still some pretty big holes punched in it.

[@davehead4523]

Here’s a short video of the fire kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGSqq5pjpsSAgKM just to give you an idea of how intense it was.

[@blancolirio]

Wow!!

[@goodo5691]

cool brings back memories, went there from OZ 2014 for my 60th...New York was a bucket list

[@notyhbynorthwest]

That was fascinating listening to your perspectives about many of the aircraft onboard. Learned a lot. Like having your own personal guide!!!

[@PavlosPapageorgiou]

Cool, I visited a few years ago. I see they painted the F16 canopy that had already started to fog. When I arrived the Enterprise tent was there but the exhibit wasn't open yet.

[@geoffburns2841]

Exellent as always, great tour. Thanks for taking us along..

[@vvogt4252]

Thanks Juan for Your Service! Great Tour of this Mighty Ship. Go Navy! Aim High Air Force.