Twin Beech 18 | McConnell AFB 2022

A beautifully performed demonstration of the capabilities of the Twin Beech 18, piloted by the skilled Matt Younkin at the Frontiers in Flight airshow at McConnell Air Force Base on September 24, 2022.
Matt's website: younkinair.com/

[@doncollins786]

Routine flown by the great Buddy Hackett.. :)

[@MTStingray]

This was flown by Matt Younkin.

[@doncollins786]

It was a joke, I was referring to the Beech 18 in It's a Mad,Mad,Mad, Mad world flown by the great Paul Mantz, or his partner, I forget which actually flew that shot.
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@@doncollins786 ah, Im not familiar with that.

[@doncollins786]

Dude, rent it! One of the greatest Comedies ever filmed, with all the greats, non-stop action. I read that they left 12 hours of classic fil on the floor when they edited it. Some very, very cool flying scenes with a Beech 18. There are clips on YT. The Beech 18 flying through a billboard scene nearly ended in tragedy. In the movie, Mickey Rooney and Buddy Hackett are flying the plane when the Pilot, Thurston Howell the 3rd, passes out from too many cocktails.
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[@doncollins786]

Actually, the great Frank Tallman flew that scene, not Paul Mantz. Mantz was killed that year filming The Flight of The Phoenix.@@MTStingray