Introduction to a Beech 18 D18S Twin Beech
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Sorry for all the initial talking but was trying to introduce those that don't know much about a Twin Beech to some of the differences between it and other planes and some of the things that make it.. well, just cool.
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Other than the music, that was awesome. Engine noise is All you need.
Beautiful airplane, beautiful airpark.
I was a crew chief for a guy in Chino (KCNO) twin Beach D18S N121SC. I had the same oil recovery system as you. I didn't notice if you had the electric fuel pump or not, ours was the hand pump style. I worked on every thing on that plane fun to fly. Thanks for sharing.
BEAUTIFUL BIRD...CONGRATULATIONS ON OWNING IT...
Very nice. I worked as a lineman at KMQJ back in the 1980's and there was at least 1 Beech 18 housed there which was used for courier services. I remember having to fuel those big beautiful airplanes as well as having the ability to get up close and personal with everything. And I recall having a Turbo Commander there a few times, too. Thanks for helping me remember the fun times at the airport. Cheers!
Have always loved this airplane and LOVE the sound of the engines (any radial engine). Every thing about this video was very well done and was patiently waiting for ignition but instead a noise that caused me to CRASH LAND! The bigger the radial, the sweeter the pulsing sound of life.....
Interesting video. Beautiful plane. Greetings from La Paz BCS Mexico.
Absolutely beautiful bird. Thank you for the tour.
I worked on these girls used for mail and freight in the 1970’s. Love them still. Best job I’ve ever had!
WOW , what an amazing and clean Beech ! awesome !
Anybody remember the movie “it’s a mad mad mad world” back in the early 60’s. Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett and Jim Backus flu the twin beach in that hilarious scene where it buzzed the control tower and flew through a billboard. Classic comedy movie and a Classic airplane. My late father-in-law flew one and spoke highly of it.
Back in 1974 I had just had a hernia repaired and was sharing a room with another guy just out of abdominal surgery and what comes on but It’s a Mad Mad Mad World. We both would laugh so hard then yell in agony. The nurse wanted us to turn off the movie but it was too funny. We damn near ripped our stitches out at that movie. One of the funniest movies of all time! 😂😂
Over 40 years ago I acquired a couple of hundred hours in the B-18! It was good to be reminded of the fine points! I had forgotten about pulling the props through! One thing about that airplane anyone with any time in it will tell you is: "There are two kinds of B-18 pilots! Those that have ground looped one, and those that haven't, YET!" Fellow who checked me out in the type had over 5,000 hours in them. About a week after he signed me off he ground looped one at Denver Stapleton. No damage, but very embarrassing! I came close once. Only reason I am in the latter list is I didn't fly it that long.
Nicest twin Beech I have ever seen, and I have been around for a while. My A&P school had one back in the 80's
Great video, thanks. FYI would rather hear the radials start up, than the music. Radial start up IS the music.
Thanks for posting. One of my bucket list airplanes for a while now.
Love it. She is a real beauty with a very bossy voice , Lol. Thank you for sharing this with us.
The paint is beautiful!!
Thank you for this introduction! What a gorgeous and sexy aircraft. Enjoy!
I thought everyone was being a little petty with all the complaints about the music but I was wrong. Who picks music like this for this type of video? More importantly, who makes music like this? Thanks for the comments as I went right to the music part, watched for about 10 seconds and moved on. Sad because it is a beautiful aircraft.
Quite a few jumps out of a Beech 18 at the Arthur DZ back in mid 70's, especially when Gunther did an 8 point roll.
I use to fly in these in Hawaii when I was a kid in 70s. My father owned a tour service call Panorama air tours and they had several Twin beech planes. It was a awesome experience flying all around Hawaii and up around the volcanos in these airplanes. Awesome memory, awesome airplane. 👍
that sounds absolutely awesome
I really enjoyed rebuilding the R985 engine in my A&P college. Beautiful airplane!
The mods were Kits designed and Mfg by Aerospace Products. Lee Cameron Prop. Speed gains, added gross weight the main goals.The nose is fiberglass with taxi light built in. Leading edge landing lights replaced the 8 inch retracts. This was done on all Volpar conversions to create a wet wing the Turbines were gas hogs. The Cowl vents added to increase cooling also depressurize them which improved R.O.C. Cowl flaps are original, oddly, as there was a 1 pc replacement kit available? The fiberglass wing tips supposedly added a little airspeed. Landing gear doors are basically stock Super 18 doors that wrap around behind the tires to ad some A.S. The wrap around windshield opened up your view a bit and added hinged "storm" windows on either side. The down side was a noisier cockpit. Cabin windows were added as the cabins were usually extended by removing the aft bulkhead (potty door) allowing 2 more cabin Pax seats. The Air Stair door was added to make boarding easier, and to accommodate an extended tail wheel truss that raised the tail on the ground to improve cockpit vis. Oh and the angle of incidence change on the horizontal tail did not make it harder to land. It made it a bit faster. Metal covered flaps/ailerons'rudders were also an upgrade. Also a 2nd rudder trim tab was added. Stories of these being ground loop trainers is a myth created by unskilled pilots to excuse ham fisted handling. Yes, the airplane does NOT like engine outs at VMC. The ONLY move then is power OFF on the good engine or it will speed you to the scene of the crash. This owner claims 155 kts cruise which seems slow to me in light of these "speed" mods. I flew my 18's for 30+ years and were always a delight to handle. Pulling the props through becomes unnecessary if you install "snot box" (sump) drains. Draining the sumps while parked into a can and recycling it. As oil drains down from the upper cyls, the sump OVER fills and runs into the lower cylinders causing a liquid lock. A little carelessness here can get VERY expensive. We specialized in Beech 18 parts from 1968-2018. I worked for Aerospace in 66-68 before starting our own company.
I really miss your videos Glenn. Please think about resuming, we love em'
Thanks, I was doing some for a while but was posting over on odyssey and rumble. Same channel name just different platform. I'm not going to reward Google for censoring me.
Thank you for posting. I really enjoyed the details. Always liked the 18.
Would have preferred hearing the engines than the music.
Mike Watson ua-cam.com/video/XE2pIq3oFRg/v-deo.html
I agree, that just ruined the whole video.
UA-cam videos and the music (annoying noise) problem.
That was my sentiment as well.
@@nizexlizzy just had to correct you on one thing there, it's not the longest-running production or the most widely produced aircraft... It's the longest-running and most widely produced TWIN-engine aircraft. ;)
The Cessna and WWII Soviet IL-2 hold those records. :)
Nice video, nicer if we could hear engines starting and running!
TheGonzo722 i have others.
Enjoyed the video. Lovely aircraft and owner showcased it features very well. My first flight was in a small Piper Cherokee out of Dublin in 1970s. Have loved flying in light aircraft ever since. Sadly never had time or money to pursue a PPL. Have flown in some weird aircraft and would love to fly in this one. These is real aviation. MBE st of luck to owner with his beautiful Beech.
"The engines have a very unique sound when you start them up and you will be able to hear that when we do the pre-flight"... WELL, YOU COULD... HAD I NOT DECIDED TO BECOME OLIVER STONE AND OVER POWER YOU WITH MUSIC WHILE I WAS DOING SO.
Good video good aircraft
This is one of the most beautiful aircraft from paint scream to engine. It's a museum piece and not for every day use. You most certainly have another aircraft for practical use. I hope. Or maybe just financially able to do what ever you want. I glad to see someone in America has a decent life.
You must be joking. Someone in America with a decent life? I'm not rich and MOST people here have no idea how great they have it. Too many people just sit around and bitch about what everyone else has instead of working hard to get it themselves. But thanks
O the beautiful sound of an R985 starting up just to be drowned out by terrible music. I wasted 15 minutes to hear those engines start and then came the music, I feel gyped.
The A&P school I went to in the early 80s had two of these, all original. They weren't airworthy, but they were complete and we could do everything but fly it. Those R-985s are jewels of an engine.
Boss has a Bellanca Ch-400 with the same motor. Familiar with the oil "drain" hook up. Very nice.
Awesome plane. Always nice to see the Aero Commander in the background
This was going great until the music started, then it went to crap. I was looking forward to the distinctive sound of the engines on start-up that he promised and it never happened.
discerningmind i have done other videos with no music
Thanks, I'll check those out. You were very good.
discerningmind , I was so disappointed! I had a bad feeling that that stupid song was never going to end! Ruined the whole video for me.
@@nizexlizzy the other videos arent the one the algorithm presented to us.
@@nizexlizzy The only correct answer is, "I was wro0ng and I'll never do it again."
I saw 1 of this model on base to land today. Unmistakable sound of those engines, went outside and there it was a Beech 18.
She's a beauty...
Great intro, lots of interesting details. The music is unnecessary.
Who in Gawds name put in the music !!!! "You will hear the sound when we fire up the engines" nope some Boy George tune.
Sound editing of the engines during the fly overs was 'oh yeah, turn on the mic !!! '
The B18s are such a great machine!
Thanks Glenn . I derived a lot of pleasure and a bit more knowledge from your video . You very much included some interesting points on the Beech 18 . One of my favorite classic airplanes . Yours is a beauty and very well maintained . Would like to see a follow up with interior views if the chance arises . " Real airplanes have round engines " from a bumper sticker that a friend had .
There is another video I did work interior up already
GREAT Oratory... Thank You! ';-)
Thank for the video.
It is my bucket list to try to fly in one of these (☝️but not pilot it though) one day… unfortunately my bucket is leaking and it needs to be topped every once in a while.😉…like the Beechcraft.
Sailing meanwhile if that counts as a vertical 1 winged craft.😎
Was that a Britten-Norman Islander parked next to the hanger? I went to school in Bembridge on the Isle of Wight where they made. Everyday they’d fly in & out and we’re a great distraction from lessons. They’ve moved manufacturing to France now I believe.
no it was a twin commander 680FP
I had a Beech 18 on floats buzz me while I was fishing in AK. Very cool aircraft.
Awesome video, thank you very much!
Greetings from Germany
Beautiful aircraft. The music hurts my ears. Your son's band?
Lol. . . nicely put. Stopped watching when the music continued at engine start.
I Noticed In The Comments About The Crappy Music So I Stopped About A Minute In. Why Are So Many Aviation Videos Ruined By That!?!
I'm not a socialist or communist. I appreciate your progress in life. We thank you and love you;
People get overly offended these days about everything (ie music). Great video and thanks for sharing!!!
>^..^< Nice ten cent tour Glenn, thank you....... AND, nice drone camera work too..........
In the late 1970s-early 80s I noticed there was a small fleet of 18s in Hawaii that would caravan a flight seeing tour of the major islands all in one day that had this type of windows. Wonder if your bird is one of them?
As a High School student, my last 2.5 years in school were as a line boy after school and weekends at an small airport that was a feeder to JFK n EWR from N.E. Pa. One of their two aircraft was a stock 18. I got some great stories to tell about my expereinces with this 18 BUT best not in public actually. AnyWay, lotsO good memories and one near lethal story to tell about pushing it out of the hangar manualy early one morning with only two guys....
Ps, We share the same first name too and as you probably also realize, not many of us on Space Ship Earth either......
A thing of beauty!!!
thanks for the intro. would love to see the interior.
See ua-cam.com/video/5WpV5yX1Xvs/v-deo.html
Music killed this otherwise excellent clip. I would like to see this redone - without the music, please.
Yeah, I wanted to hear the engines start up!
@@aolson8283 this is all shot with a drone. Drones don't have sound.
@@bobuboi4643 that's true...
I'm sure he'll get right on that...
Why do people think we want to hear music? No shots of the inside of the plane. No startup sounds.
better question: Why do people think anyone cares about their opinion about music? If you don't like don't watch. I have other videos of inside of plane and engines running and this video already ended up longer than I meant for it to be.
During the "roll-out" from the hanger?
WHAT WAS THAT HORRIBLE MUSIC ?
Makes a distinctive sound , you'll hear it on start up ??? All I heard was sick making music :(
What a monumental disappointment! How sadistic to have that stupid music, it made my ears bleed.
Talks about unique sound of engine start: covers it up with lousy music..
Nice music. I'm glad you put that in to cover up the sound of those old stupid unique radial engines.
You were doing good and then killed it with the music, WTF OVER
It makes one wonder why the newer baron is so popular. If you can afford a newer B-58 for 500-900k, why wouldn’t you get a nice beech 18 instead.
What a beauty! It is obvious that a tremendous amount of work and love goes into that Beech. As for your flight there, it looked as though you took off with a quartering tail wind.
Was that the case? Cheers.
The music is the sound of the radial. Not whatever was playing.
You Tubers don't take kindly to video's of R-985's starting up with a music accompaniment. But otherwise, thanks for posting, some good information there. I didn't know these were supercharged, but would love to see more video descriptions of that, and some of the other systems.
Beautiful airplane and great explanation. Ditto on the music. Instead you could have done a voice over explaining that neat little tow tractor or the challenges of taking off a twin tailwheel on a grass strip.
The beach 18 is truly one of the most beautiful airplanes ever built I am with the rest of the people the music sucked those
R985's would have been much sweeter music.
Old 18 freight doggie here. Emery Air Freight. 70s & 80s. All weather & other things. Over & Back, Wild Bill Callahan, on Amazon. Learn how to land a Beech 18 on snow & ice with mountains of snow on each side of you (Midway).....with one brake zero pressure. Since nobody liked his music, I thought what the heck, might as well add my book.
Cool !!
i wrote a month ago and told how much i like what ypur doing on u tube and its neen a dream of mine to get my pilots License well i signed up for Lessons thank you for the Encouragement when you wrote me back
Any time and glad to hear you’re taking the leap. Good luck and don’t quit. There is nothing like it.
@@nizexlizzy thank you sir
I agree with all the "stupid place for music" comments. Ruined the vid ... moved on with irritation I would not have if I had passed by this vid! Advise: re-edit-re-upload ... for the good of mankind!
WHY DO PEOPLE INSIST ON PUTTING THEIR FAVORITE MUSIC ON EVERY VIDEO MADE, INCLUDING MOVIES IN THEATERS DROWNING OUT EVERY POSSIBLE GOOD THING. IF ITS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO WATCH WITHOUT ALL THAT CRAP, DON'T MAKE IT.
Read other comments. 1) this is one of very few of my videos that has music. 2). Drones don’t have sound so ALL of where you here it would instead be no sound at all and i am more than certain you would be bitching about that too. So deal with it
Looking great with that livery. Very nice. Music is terrible & not necessary.
Nice video. Beautiful aircraft. Which remote control tug is that?
Fantastic!
Would prefer to listen to the airplane instead of the music...
Wow. What a beautiful video of a sublime airplane! The music, your choice, is just fine
I've some small history with Beech 18s; the one you portray is from the year of my birth. So I am biased.
In the late 1970s I was privileged to sit right seat as Carol Faisd was dropping fingerlings into Desolation Wilderness lakes with a California DFG Beech 18 that had been converted to turboprop. It was sort of scary how, as we were pulling up out of a tight lake basin, he would point and show the 60 degree mountain slope he would use for an engine-out situation.
I totally loved being in that cockpit with such a cool dude running things.
REALLY wanted to hear the engines crank over and spin up rather than that damn "music".
As others have said and I agree, hearing the engines would have been much than the ridiculous tune one of your “friends “ picked out. You must know by now that most of your viewers are pilots..... just a thought, my friend. Dave in Phoenix Arizona USA
there was a time when air cooled engines either leaked a bit.. or it was out of oil
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Nice video!
So we missed the unique start up sound.... thumbs down for stupid music
Stupid everything, wasting time opening the damn hangar doors just made lose interest immediately
@@tropicthndr @Alexis Maldonado do you two bitches want your money back?
MUSIC?!?!?!
The nose looks a little more streamlined than I remember on D models; or is that my imagination? Would love to see the panel and the interior,
William Eudy look at my other videos as i have interior on those. This has the stc super 18 nose which is why it looks different (better ;-)
You mean longest produced at the time they quit manufacturing? Not quite following what you were saying? They were built from 1937 to 1969/70.
Yeah, well a few things are in order I guess. 1) I was told this fact by multiple other people but thinking I might should have added twin engine to the statement. 2) Yes, some aircraft such as the 172. and 182 have surpassed it now but they are not twin engine. 3) I have not spent a ton of time verifying the statements so I could have the facts wrong (ie: I remember it wrong or they were told wrong.)
The fact is though there were over 9000 of them built and it was arguably a very popular plane for all sorts of missions. I’ll retract my overall statement about this though as I honestly have not spent a ton of time researching that aspect. Sorry if I mistated anything and perhaps someone else can step up and offer more accurate facts.
@@nizexlizzy No need for any type of apology. Beautiful aircraft, that flies even better. Friend of the local aviation circle where I grew up restored one and painted it in the orange and white navy scheme. It was beautiful, and you could eat a meal on any square inch of it, it was so clean.
Agree music distracts from good clip
Turf runway, What takeoff and landing min. do you go by? Sea level or close.
Not really sure what you're asking me. If you're asking the minimum length runway I'll land on then 2500 is the shortest I've done. It takes off and lands in about 1700' comfortably.
@@nizexlizzy That's exactly what I was asking. Thanks. My business partner and I owned a Beech 18 for doing FAA airport work over 30 years ago. We could pack everything we needed for short maintenance trips and even slept in it a few times. However, all our work was out of paved airports with plenty of runway. Didn't know how turf effected the figures I asked about. Regret getting rid of it. Normal maintenance actually was fun.
Bob Bradley Yeah, it is the primary reason I fly slower planes on all my trips. I’d rather fly something simple that I can work on than get something faster that I have to constantly take to the shop. No matter how much they cost they all still have to get worked on the same amount. Just different price tags when the work is finished. :-)
Oil recovery system?? A hills brothers coffee can with coathanger wire .
Russell E Simonetta watch video on replacing cylinder. I think i explain it there
Actually I did you one better. Here is a video I just did to show it in more detail. ua-cam.com/video/C6RigkL4eDM/v-deo.html
That's a cool little airport. Where is it?
georgia
Poo on all those naysayers . Thank you for taking the time to make these videos.
Recycled oil been open to the dust in the hanger, serious, I have worked on these and other radials, dc3,dc4.north American Harvard. I think I spotted an Aero commander in the background
Yes, it is a 680FP Commander and the oil is not open to dust in hanger or otherwise. It drains into closed oil containers and then poured directly back into the engine.
oil leaks from the engines get contaminated from the engine case and cowling and oil should never ever be put back in the engines
Look up in the air it's sky, king. Traded his in for a Cessna.
Who mows your landing strip?
We have a girl with a landscape company that takes care of it.
@@nizexlizzy you've got a beautiful location.
The hanger doors open easily
Bad to play music over a round engine
I wonder how they pull the props through on, oh, the Martin Mars? Anyone?
Why oh why oh why do people think they need to use music in these videos???
Glenn, what type of RC tug are you using. Just bought a Beech 18 and am considering a remote control tug. Just started my research ,so any info would be greatly appreciated. Rich
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I already had the 6k version for my Twin Commander but if I had to buy just for 18 I'd probably recommend getting the next larger version. Mine has zero problem pulling my 18 around but it is close to max capacity.
Phantastic engine sound, wonder what all the yelling is about.
Hah, oil leaks from radial engines..? I've heard it said that they're not just leaking, they're marking their territory....;).
Great video until you added the ear piercing music