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Last Flight of N34
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- Опубліковано 14 лют 2014
- Last flight of N34, a DC-3 Flight Inspection aircraft. It is leaving its home at the FAA Aeronautical Center at Will Rogers Airport in Oklahoma City on its way to a museum in Amarillo. It's being flown by Mike Ahern and Dean Alexander.
Completed in 1945 near the end of World War II, the Navy used the Douglas DC-3, N34 at various worldwide locations as a transport airplane. Among the assignments were London, Rome, Naples, Paris, Algiers, Frankfort, Brussels, Oslo, Stockholm, Dublin, Cairo, Kuwait and Baghdad. Later converted to a R4D-6, it was assigned to the U.S. Navy Utility Transport Squadron Four (VRU-Four) from February 26, 1947 until March 1949 when it was detached from the squadron and returned to the U.S. On April 8, 1947, N34 nosed over in the mud while being taxied out of the only parking area available in London, and both engines had to be changed. While not officially assigned to the Berlin Airlift (1948-1949), it is highly probable that N34 flew into Berlin in support of Operation VITTLES, as most airplanes in the area during that time were pressed into support of the airlift operation. Sometime prior to 1956 the airplane was put into storage by the Navy.
The Navy loaned the airplane, along with four other DC-3s, to the Civil Aviation Administration (CAA), later the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The initial FAA assignment as a flight inspection airplane was to the Southwest Region in Fort Worth, Texas, and later to various other FAA regions. This airplane was operational and photographed with its first CAA livery paint scheme on the ramp at Oakland in August 1958. (text from National Park Service web site: nps.gov/NR/travel/aviation/)
DC-3 can do anything. Put it in a museum, it looks great and has loads of history. Keep flying it; it'll go forever !
DC3 / C47 / R4D family of aircraft, it has to be said are some of the nicest looking planes ever to grace the skies.
My very flight was on board a Southern Airways DC-3 and I have loved these old planes ever since.
Prachtig. Toen vliegen nog echt avontuur was
That's amazing, I had the privilege of touring this exact DC3 at the Texas Air and Space museum last week.
Don't tuck N34 away in a museum, keep it in the air. There are plenty of air shows & events for N34 to be flown to & displayed. Douglas Aircraft designed that plane so well that many DC-3's still fly & are used daily in Alaska & other remote areas of the world. To still be air worthy 75+ years later, says a lot about the DC-3's design & assembly at Douglas. The design, the workmanship & the attention to detail that went into the aircraft, are remarkable & made their longevity possible 75+ years later. N34 deserves to be flown occasionally just to keep her properly maintained & air worthy.
Give it to Buffalo joe he'll look after it and keep it flying
I volunteer at the Texas Air and Space Museum in Amarillo, and give tours through this beautiful aircraft most days. It is my privilege to share the history of N34 with WW2 veterans through school children. We will take good care of her.
I used to live in amarillo and went through the museum a couple of times, this plane was defiantly my favorite.
Ken have i met you i think you gave me a tour on February 30 this year i was with my dad and my uncle his name is ken
@@natesvlogs192 Thanks for coming to our museum. We are presently closed because of the Coronavirus, but hope to resume operation as soon as possible. It is my privilege and passion to show N34 and the rest of our small fleet to people from 55 countries (so far) as well as every state in the US. We also work with Window on a Wider World as a learning opportunity for school children, and have had thousands of them in our little museum. Please come see us again, and do tell everyone about us...Ken
Ya i remember when i went it was the best museum iv ever went to
Is there a Guppy there?
Mike Hampson
Never tire of hearing those big round engines running.
My oldest brother(Frank Havens) worked on this gooney and the rest of the FAA fleet at the tech center Atlantic City. Aircraft mechanic there from 1960 to about 1985. We talk about this time almost every other day over coffee.
When I was in knee pants I played with DC-3 models. I thought they were the most beautiful plane ever built...still do.
I live close to two airworthy Dakotas. They seem to take much less work to keep flying than some of the other WW2 aircraft around here.
Most beautiful plane ever built. Perfection.
Should not be in a museum.These hard working planes should still be in the skys for tourists.
Hey Captain, do you want to take the mixture lever out of the cut-off position ........The engine will catch on the primer but won't stay running.
I wonder if that starter on the RH engine cooled off by the time he got the plane down to Amarillo.
Who else thought the big guy in red was about to walk into the prop lol
DC 3 The most beautiful art - deco plane in the world.
My Last flight with a DC 3 was in 2014 in Berlin Tempelhof. Was a Great Event …
In the 70s in Libya there were DC3 flying cargo ,piloted by former PanGrace Captains.
Great Pilots and fine people!
I remember, from 1969 Buckley ANG Base, Colorado, while working in the GCA, the service evaluation aircraft was N58, flown by a retired Air Force Major.
Airplanes don't belong in a museum they belong in the sky.
I agree, but at some point there would only be pictures and maybe some videos. But a museum will keep it as it is as it was in those days!
If not for museums, they would all end up in the scrap heap, as so many before.
Fuel and parts are getting too expensive for these things.
@@nightlightabcd Well said.
Ich bin verliebt in alte Flugzeuge 🌹❤️🌹
Let's hope that because it is going to a museum it will one day be restored and fly again. Let's hope this is NOT its last flight but just a rest for a few years!
Marshall Bob it is registered to the FAA so I know for a fact they will not sell it and will not restore it to fly so it'll sit. Sad to say!
@@av8tore71, whoever condemned that plane to that fate should be taken out and horse whipped! The DC-3's are some of the most graceful and beautiful aircraft ever made. They basically won WWII for us!
Nervous passenger during startup sequence: “Let me off this old crate. I’m going to take the bus.”
Interesting camera flicker as the props turn. This is how "ghosts" and ufo's show up in videos
I believe I serviced this airplane backin the 60's when FAA was checking out a new VOR approach for our airport.
Where ever she is now I hope she's well taken care of...
She must certainly be a trustworthy bird. They raised the landing gear and it’s not a long flight. Hope to see her someday…Mac
Fire the sound guy.
Um DC 3 desse faz com 5 horas entre São Paulo a Cuiabá MT.
Que gran problema la partida de los motores !!
Beautiful airplane. What camera was used? There was noticeable vertical banding in the video that was aligned with highlight clipping.
Lousy filming and great if you like listening to wind sound
Only two ever crashed. One in the film the lost horizon and the other being the one Rick Nelson was on allegedly. Rog.
it know it was going to be put down and did not want to start and move lol
Rest well, n34, you deserve it!
I miss the sound of that bird flying over my house! My grandmother worked @ Douglas when this plane was being built. So there's an outside chance she worked on it.
DirkDiggler6903 uteelellyt
We need the propeller planes back into the sky the jet engines are using to much fuel
That ground & cockpit crew need a little bit more training to properly understand each other. It looks like.
Gimme a call when you finally get it started!
Last flight because no one knows how to start the engines?
To Mike Ahern, if he could start it, he could fly it! Helluva pilot!
May out of gas ⛽️
They were praying for a fire so they wouldn't have to walk back from Amarillo.
Gas pouring out of the bottom of the cowling's, and not an fire-extinguisher in sight.
Pure unadulterated dumbassery.
They have to turn over the engine to get the oil pumping throughout the engine and build up the oil pressure and the fuel pumps going before ignition!
@@nightlightabcd Cranking a radial engine with the ignition off clears the lower cylinders of oil, preventing hydraulic lock, which could lead to a blown cylinder head or bent rod.
Nice video
All that wind noise ruined the video .
Someone is afraid to give it some more juice.
Do they normally have fuel pouring from the engine cowling while cranking over?
Ray
I'm hoping they will continue to keep this old girl airworthy. It is such a crime to see them parked and just left to dry rot and decay.
Both pilots and ground crew seemed to be out of sync. Embarrassing for the FAA
The clutch was slipping pretty badly. XD
thought this would be a crash vid.
The cockpit is made for 5 feet tall man Haa. I’m 6.3. No room for me. Crowded.
They really dont know how to start a dak
looks like they made it mad and it didn't want to go.
What a pity...!
Why last fligh?
Purdy!
You must ck on that fuel pump. To many turns hmm
... Solo che quelli che volano sono HISPANO SUIZA , NON BF 109.....!!!!
Buffalo Joe yep 👌
Amazing but those engines sure need over hauling. Great sound once they got going . Should have retro fitted a couple of RR Dart turboprops 😛
Why do people with video cameras take pictures of things like aircraft at usually windy airports & have no bloody wind deflector or anti wind device on their bloody camera microphone. I know nothing about video cameras but do know that in windy situations you do need some sort of anti-wind device or shield installed over your microphone. Even with my zilch knowledge of video cameras I'm very much aware of the necessity for the requirement of
a cheap anti wind device. Anything else you want to know about video cameras, just ask me!!
(yeah right) Half of these dorks wouldn't have a bloody clue!!
How bought a camera that isnt affected by the emf of the engines firing over as well....fucking potato cameras
That’s four minutes of my life I won’t get back....