My absolute favorite prop plane! Highlight of the year maybe! It's remarkable that despite being the most produced American fighter, so so few of them survived especially compared to Mustangs and Spitfires. What a beautiful example of the birdcage types, I'm so glad they kept the gunsight mounted. Many airworthy restorations don't, AirCorps did a superb job and their mission of not just restoring the plane but being a resource for flight manuals is very telling to their passion for aviation history.
Even in the closeup shots it is just immaculate. What a beautiful airplane, and so cool that they were able to restore one with such a rich history as well.
I happened upon the P-47 while Chris was filming and got to say hi when he was done with his take back in '23. It was great meeting him, and this video was great, though I'm sad he didn't use any of the takes of me in the background looking at the tail before I realized Chris was there.
What a beast! The P-47 is my favorite WW2 fighter. The cockpit layout seems quite reasonable for the time; it's much more accessible than the P-38's. Thank you so much, and thank you for mentioning "Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles." History is perishable, and we need all of you guys.
I LOVE the Jug! As a Brit I think the Spit and Mossie somehow reflect the British mentality towards aircraft. The P-47 is exactly the same for the US. It’s SOOOO damn American! Like a ‘50s Chevy it oozes everything that people like about the USA - big, brash over the top and totally brilliant! YEEE HAAA! 👍👍
The P-38 and P-51 beg to differ (remember, the lightning was the only fighter developed pre-war that was still in production after - was the “OG” WWII fighter lol.)
@@EstorilEmWell, P-51 was made to British specifications, so there is that British DNA: Elegant and economical. It's not a Chevelle like the Jug, it's a Corvette, to keep that Chevy analogy.
But you forget THE 2 MOST AMERICAN Fighter of WW2... And they were British, funny enough. Typhoon and Tempest. My whole youth I thought that those two were US produced Fighters because of their "Muscle Car" like look.
@@Jbroker404Four part series on the Nakajima Ki84 and a 2 part series on the Ki61. That is only 3 of the comprehensive series he has. Chris also has a great WW2 history informative channel. Subscribed to both.
The most pristine WW2 warbird I have ever seen! It looks factory new - nay, not from a factory in 1943, but from a factory last week. Incredible. I would feel quite self-conscious just putting my feet into the cockpit.
Don't forget the mini fridge for those very long ferry flights. That is certainly a clean aircraft. I noted the use of a 12 foot ladder necessary for entrance. Fantastic!
I love videos like this. Not only is it getting hands-on with a piece of history, but it also goes to show the know-how that went into building as well as operating these machines.
Beautiful Restoration and great tour of the aircraft! Some of the P-47's had the outer 2 .50 switchable and I think, but not sure, the night fighter version may have had a small screen with the o-scope in the center of the dash. The rockets you mentioned were the 5 inch naval rockets and could take out a submarine or small ship. On tanks they were deadly, if they hit. A close impact could even disable a tank or locomotive. It was a true beast in the air. The A-10 is a fitting successor to the P-47 legacy! I watched them in action in Desert Storm and it was quite impressive. Videos do not do it justice. Thank you so much, Chris, for this video, and thanks to Aircorps Aviation for sharing and restoring this magnificent machine.
WOW. The P-47 Razorback is my favorite WWII aircraft! It's also the reason I am into DCS since they have a P-47D Module. Thanks to DCS, i could, for once, follow along and knew what majority of the dials and switches were! (A surreal feeling) Thank you for showing off this magnificent warbird, and thank you to the people who restored and maintain this piece of history!
I always get excited when the notification pops up that you posted a video. Makes my day every time. Hearing that Warthog fire up while you're talking about the Jug is just a sign from the universe!
Great presentation and very clear description of the cockpit furniture. I appreciate the cartoon tracing graphic as you described each item. This is a stunning restoration of a day one (fresh off the line) fighter. If it were mine (dreaming!), I would have left more of an aluminum patina/natural finish/acid etch rather than polishing to a high gloss on some of the surfaces (as KW talks about at the 3:00 mark in his Douglas A-26B Invader - Project Visit - June 2024). It is possible that some of the aluminum came out of the factory polished like that (the fact that many of the panel lines here are puttied is another thing you rarely see on restored fighters) and I would not think of questioning the guys that spend thousands of hours on this airplane restoring it to what you see here. But (again for me personally), the mirror polish seems out of place on what was a mass produced fighter riveted by newly hired, home-front labor then shipped to Europe in crates and assembled in the field by young men. However- if you want to send it my way for a test flight, I'd be happy to take it off your hands ;).
One of my grandfathers was in Europe in the US Army during WWII and he told me that the Jug was his favorite plane. If they were taking fire and some 47’s came overhead he knew the fire was going to stop quickly.
So I was waiting at the stoplight at Bonnie's birthplace 20 minutes ago on my way home from work. Technically St. George at Highway 41 cuts through the original fitting out yard where they'd do upgrades to the finished planes that hadn't been implemented on the assembly line yet. My Grandmother was a riveter on the underside of the aircraft.
Excellent presentation and recording, Christoph. I was aware of the restoration by AirCorps Aviation for several years and recently completed a 1/24 scale in flight model of Bonnie using DrawDecals for markings. It took two years to build for all the added details, upgrades and unique modification features of this airplane to reproduce in a scale model. It even has a black and white photo of Bonnie on the instrument panel. I would have had an easier build if this video was done last year. If interested there are three video posts of the model on my channel. Thanks for posting.
I'm digging the animated white outlines for easy identification of the instruments and knobs in the cockpit. This plane looks like it just rolled off the assembly line except for the polished aluminum skin. Great vid!
The skins are not polished. They are clad material with careful attention paid to not scratching during the restoration process. They will oxidize with time and the shininess will slowly fade away.
I started Navy primary flight training in 1984, a T-34C. Not too long before they had advanced from the T-28, which was similar in size to the P-47. It was a MONSTER, and I doubt I could have handled such a beast.
Thank you for posting your excellent video of the P-47D Thunderbolt "Bonnie" as she is something else! Thank you for both showing and describing inside the cockpit area and also for walking around and describing the outside of "Bonnie" too!
Thank you so much for the tour, and for Aircorps Aviation for letting us all have a look. The P-47 is one of my favourite warbirds, especially the Razorback variants.
if i had to make an uninformed guess as to why the main instruments were all seperate, it was because of standardized production so the same indicators could be more easily installed on totally different types of aircraft without having to have all the wiring go through the same space in the airplane and/or allowing different configurations.
That's awesome. I have a large rc model done up as this exact aircraft and it is one of my favourites to fly! I'd love to see this at a real airshow some day....
Having flown many types of planes but mostly fighters, I too find the cockpit instrument layout weird. There is a standard now of course, where the flight instruments are grouped into a tight group to make instrument flying easier and it standardizes the placement of the gauges from one plane to the next. Engine and pressure gauges are now placed together so that one glance tells the pilot if anything is amiss. Weapon stations and switches are likewise placed in a small group. It is easy to overlook how much room the T-Bird had compared to other fighters like the ME109 or Spitfire. What a great restoration!
My wife’s uncle Gene Baker 495th Fighter/Bomber Sqn 48th Air Wing flew from Apr ‘44 to summer of ‘44 in a P47 getting his wings as a 19 year old. He did 25 missions from Ibsley and 25 more from A-4 off Omaha Beach which was operational a couple of weeks after D-day. 1st mission in April was the entire wing, 50+ aircraft including wing commander and spares, flew to Paris. Such was Allied air superiority that he never saw a German fighter his entire time in combat. Pre-June 6 a typical mission was a group of a/c would dive bomb a bridge from 10,000 ft. then off to follow a railroad track hunting for a wooden water tank to shoot up. The splinters would fly off the tank then explode in a 50 ft. geyser. From A-4 usually a flt of 4 a/c were assigned a hedge row marked by infantry using a white sheet pointing at the enemy. They would line up one behind the other and strafe the dug in Germans. He said with an ammunition load of over 3000 50 cal. bullets times 4 P47s nothing could survive that. During training they would strafe sheets on the ground and later walk their targets. The ground was rototilled 2 ft. deep. The hedge rows were a built up berm 4 ft. high with 20 ft tall hedges that surrounded farm fields. He spotted a German motorcycle rider between them and when he hit him man, message, and machine cleared the hedges. Such was the power of 8 50 cal. machine guns. He had state side leave, was returning to his squadron, but had to take a physical first. He had been hiding a hernia even before combat. It was during a physical before his return to combat that he was found out and was taken off combat status. He spent the rest of the war as a P51 trainer at Newburgh Field, West Point, NY. Ironically he had more seat time in a P51 than a P47. At his granddaughter’s wedding in 2003 he was reminiscing about his squadron and wanted to reconnect. I was able to contact them and he and his extended family went. Returning, he said he it was a thrill to reconnect and he wanted to just sit in a P47 one more time. He was living north of Houston and I contacted the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston. They said they have those kinds of requests all the time and would gladly do it. While talking with the staff he backed up to the airplane and unconsciously petted like it was his first puppy. It is a great museum and thoughtful staff.
The trigger & bomb release switches are actually wire in from factory! I have flown warbirds when the trigger switch was a push to talk button for the radios
The name "Razorback" was originally coined for this model of P-47. Somehow, much later, it became a generic term for highback versions of aircraft later given bubble canopies. So if you said "hey, a razorback" back in 1945 people would look for a P-47. This is a fantastic aircraft, by the way. I'm working on a D-40 at the moment and the Jug never fails to impress.
I used to play an air combat game that used 1/72ed scale models. When did the P-47 and the F6F I was quite surprised when I put the models from the same manufacture side by side they are the same size. That makes sense because both use the same engine.
I think every time I look at the P-47 instrument layout is surprised that it is not set up a little better. That applies to all iteration of the P-47. As a note I can't include the "N" as I have not looked at its panel and it may be better, but I am not sure.
I remember building a P-47 Razorback model when I was a kid, and I was thinking: "Wow, this thing is huge." A Bf 109 looked tiny in comparison. It was fun to learn as an adult that the entire plane has basically been built around that massive engine and turbo supercharger system.
You pointed out that oil cooler outlet then instantly moved on and skipped over the turbocharger waste gate like an inch away - that was one of the defining features of the ‘bolt! Anyways - yeah that waste gate was (very wisely) installed as close to the engine as possible, so as to minimize the need for stronger materials being constantly subjected to boost ahead of the turbo. In this way - the waste gate would only close to develop boost when needed, otherwise it would open and a large portion of the engine exhaust would exit up front like a normal R-2800, leaving the rear portions of the turbo at minimal boost remaining nice and cool. Just a very cool component worth pointing out in my opinion, you’ll never see it on any other R-2800 fighter. PS - very cool that they took the intercooler / maintenance access panel off in the back. I’d probably have my head stuck in there looking around for half the day lol. This restoration is museum-quality, we have a lot of pride in our Avenger, but keeping a large warbird flight worthy AND immaculate are two totally different things. The amount of times panels and parts get removed for inspections and repairs, etc… it’s just a constant process. Probably 100ish man-hours per hour the plane is actually in the air once you factor in all the volunteers, and that’s just routine maintenance, not unforeseen items. Lots of wear and tear lol. This thing is just gorgeous. The polish job and sheet metal work is exquisite. 👌 There are SO few of these left flying around (I don’t get it!) I’d have gone to Oshkosh just to see this thing alone.
I envy you, getting to be that close to one of those. It reminds me that I have some pictures from a relative, who was in the USAF during Vietnam, of aircraft that he helped turn over to Libya and Dominican Republic. I could make out the P-51s and A-26s. The rest get blurry though. I wonder if some P-47s had the same fate.
If I had to fly a fighter in WWII and I could pick any aircraft from any country I’d have to go with the P47. I think your going to have a much better chance of surviving the war in a P47 then any other aircraft of the time.
Thanks so much for mentioning me. I really appreciate it. Great video as well, I enjoyed it.
My absolute favorite prop plane! Highlight of the year maybe! It's remarkable that despite being the most produced American fighter, so so few of them survived especially compared to Mustangs and Spitfires. What a beautiful example of the birdcage types, I'm so glad they kept the gunsight mounted. Many airworthy restorations don't, AirCorps did a superb job and their mission of not just restoring the plane but being a resource for flight manuals is very telling to their passion for aviation history.
I see you are a person of taste
I'm sorry but the P47 is only 3rd on my list of favorite planes.
Few survived because many were sold to foreign air forces and subsequently went to the scrap yard.
Not 1st but top 5 easy. FW190 no1 for me looks menacing. Then most likely this or a hurricane.
What an amazing specimen of a P-47, look at that thing, it's in absolutely mint/ better than new condition. What a great way of keeping history alive.
Even in the closeup shots it is just immaculate. What a beautiful airplane, and so cool that they were able to restore one with such a rich history as well.
I happened upon the P-47 while Chris was filming and got to say hi when he was done with his take back in '23. It was great meeting him, and this video was great, though I'm sad he didn't use any of the takes of me in the background looking at the tail before I realized Chris was there.
What a beast! The P-47 is my favorite WW2 fighter. The cockpit layout seems quite reasonable for the time; it's much more accessible than the P-38's. Thank you so much, and thank you for mentioning "Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles." History is perishable, and we need all of you guys.
Thank you, Aircorps Aviation for accommodating our man Chris!
Yup, people don't always realize they don't HAVE to do this.
I LOVE the Jug! As a Brit I think the Spit and Mossie somehow reflect the British mentality towards aircraft.
The P-47 is exactly the same for the US. It’s SOOOO damn American! Like a ‘50s Chevy it oozes everything that people like about the USA - big, brash over the top and totally brilliant! YEEE HAAA! 👍👍
And don't forget the excessive number of big guns!
The P-38 and P-51 beg to differ (remember, the lightning was the only fighter developed pre-war that was still in production after - was the “OG” WWII fighter lol.)
@@EstorilEmWell, P-51 was made to British specifications, so there is that British DNA: Elegant and economical. It's not a Chevelle like the Jug, it's a Corvette, to keep that Chevy analogy.
But you forget THE 2 MOST AMERICAN Fighter of WW2...
And they were British, funny enough.
Typhoon and Tempest.
My whole youth I thought that those two were US produced Fighters because of their "Muscle Car" like look.
@@papaaaaaaa2625you forgot the Hellcat and Corsair too!!!
@ Greg's Airplanes And Automobiles really does have a fantastic series on P-47s! Greg and Chris both have wonderful and complementary channels.
If you're in love with a certain plane, there's nothing better than Greg doing a 7 part series on it!
@@Jbroker404Four part series on the Nakajima Ki84 and a 2 part series on the Ki61. That is only 3 of the comprehensive series he has. Chris also has a great WW2 history informative channel. Subscribed to both.
Nice inside the cockpit. What a beautifully restored airplane.
I was at the EAA this year, my first time, and got to see this P-47. Its the first one I've seen in person. It was in immaculate condition.
The most pristine WW2 warbird I have ever seen! It looks factory new - nay, not from a factory in 1943, but from a factory last week. Incredible. I would feel quite self-conscious just putting my feet into the cockpit.
Perfect for model builders! In 15 minutes I saw everything I needed and saved myself a lot of research. Thank you for sharing this beautiful aircraft!
I saw this airplane right after it was salvaged and brought to Bemidji, MN. Aircorps Aviation is meticulous and it shows! Beautiful airplane!
Don't forget the mini fridge for those very long ferry flights. That is certainly a clean aircraft. I noted the use of a 12 foot ladder necessary for entrance. Fantastic!
I love videos like this. Not only is it getting hands-on with a piece of history, but it also goes to show the know-how that went into building as well as operating these machines.
But how did you find the way out of the P-47 and didnt get lost?
Beautiful Restoration and great tour of the aircraft!
Some of the P-47's had the outer 2 .50 switchable and I think, but not sure, the night fighter version may have had a small screen with the o-scope in the center of the dash. The rockets you mentioned were the 5 inch naval rockets and could take out a submarine or small ship. On tanks they were deadly, if they hit. A close impact could even disable a tank or locomotive. It was a true beast in the air.
The A-10 is a fitting successor to the P-47 legacy!
I watched them in action in Desert Storm and it was quite impressive. Videos do not do it justice.
Thank you so much, Chris, for this video, and thanks to Aircorps Aviation for sharing and restoring this magnificent machine.
WOW. The P-47 Razorback is my favorite WWII aircraft! It's also the reason I am into DCS since they have a P-47D Module. Thanks to DCS, i could, for once, follow along and knew what majority of the dials and switches were! (A surreal feeling) Thank you for showing off this magnificent warbird, and thank you to the people who restored and maintain this piece of history!
What a privilege to get a close-up view of such a beautiful and historic machine. Thanks for taking us along with you, Chris.
I always get excited when the notification pops up that you posted a video.
Makes my day every time.
Hearing that Warthog fire up while you're talking about the Jug is just a sign from the universe!
Great presentation and very clear description of the cockpit furniture. I appreciate the cartoon tracing graphic as you described each item. This is a stunning restoration of a day one (fresh off the line) fighter. If it were mine (dreaming!), I would have left more of an aluminum patina/natural finish/acid etch rather than polishing to a high gloss on some of the surfaces (as KW talks about at the 3:00 mark in his Douglas A-26B Invader - Project Visit - June 2024). It is possible that some of the aluminum came out of the factory polished like that (the fact that many of the panel lines here are puttied is another thing you rarely see on restored fighters) and I would not think of questioning the guys that spend thousands of hours on this airplane restoring it to what you see here. But (again for me personally), the mirror polish seems out of place on what was a mass produced fighter riveted by newly hired, home-front labor then shipped to Europe in crates and assembled in the field by young men. However- if you want to send it my way for a test flight, I'd be happy to take it off your hands ;).
One of my grandfathers was in Europe in the US Army during WWII and he told me that the Jug was his favorite plane. If they were taking fire and some 47’s came overhead he knew the fire was going to stop quickly.
So I was waiting at the stoplight at Bonnie's birthplace 20 minutes ago on my way home from work.
Technically St. George at Highway 41 cuts through the original fitting out yard where they'd do upgrades to the finished planes that hadn't been implemented on the assembly line yet.
My Grandmother was a riveter on the underside of the aircraft.
Another great one by One-Take-Walkaround Chris! Thanks!
Beautiful restoration and a great walk around. Thank you
What an amazing beast, along with the Corsair, both are my favorite WWII Warbirds.
That's because you have immaculate taste, sir.
The whole airacraft is just beautiful. An absolute work of art.
Thank you so much for allowing us to see her.
thank you very much to enable the outlines for each lever in the cockpit. Makes it easy to know which lever you are talking about..
Great video and a gorgeous old bird. Grateful that there are people that put in the unimaginable effort to bring that machine back to life . Thank You
Incredibly beautiful plane. Great coverage, very well explained.
Gorgeous aircraft. The P47 is just massive.
Excellent presentation and recording, Christoph.
I was aware of the restoration by AirCorps Aviation for several years and recently completed a 1/24 scale in flight model of Bonnie using DrawDecals for markings.
It took two years to build for all the added details, upgrades and unique modification features of this airplane to reproduce in a scale model.
It even has a black and white photo of Bonnie on the instrument panel. I would have had an easier build if this video was done last year. If interested there are three video posts of the model on my channel.
Thanks for posting.
I'm digging the animated white outlines for easy identification of the instruments and knobs in the cockpit. This plane looks like it just rolled off the assembly line except for the polished aluminum skin. Great vid!
In clostermans book, “the big show” he describes seeing P47s for the first time in England with polished skins
The skins are not polished. They are clad material with careful attention paid to not scratching during the restoration process. They will oxidize with time and the shininess will slowly fade away.
Nice tour! And yes, Greg’s series on the P-47 is amazing!👍
Impressive machine and beautiful restoration. Thank you to Air Corps Aviation for their support.
Thank you for sharing one great fighter that was rally fast and had lots of fire power. Wow that was wonderful to see.
Building a 1/48 Tamiya P-47. Thanks for the color references.!
Awesome, enjoy the build! Thank you
Awesome, my all time favorite plane!!
I love P-47, this one was really beautiful, and your tour was fantastic! Thanks for the video.
I started Navy primary flight training in 1984, a T-34C. Not too long before they had advanced from the T-28, which was similar in size to the P-47. It was a MONSTER, and I doubt I could have handled such a beast.
Thank you for posting your excellent video of the P-47D Thunderbolt "Bonnie" as she is something else! Thank you for both showing and describing inside the cockpit area and also for walking around and describing the outside of "Bonnie" too!
My favourite fighter aircraft!
Me too, Strong, Safe, and Brutal!
These planes are massive and they still flew pretty agile
The JUG!!! Not my favorite plane of the war, but still a beauty! It's just such a beast.
Thank you so much for the tour, and for Aircorps Aviation for letting us all have a look. The P-47 is one of my favourite warbirds, especially the Razorback variants.
One of my favorite warbirds .
What fantastically kept aircraft. Great rundown on the all the cockpit controls and dials.
Superb !
Great video, a real pleasure to watch those wonderful precious images and listen to the explanations !
Thxx 👌👏
if i had to make an uninformed guess as to why the main instruments were all seperate, it was because of standardized production so the same indicators could be more easily installed on totally different types of aircraft without having to have all the wiring go through the same space in the airplane and/or allowing different configurations.
That is the most immaculate warbird I have ever seen.
Got up close and took a bunch of pics of Bonnie last year at Reno, such a beautiful airplane. Thanks for the cockpit tour!
Very good videography - praise the camera person!
Also, I would be so happy if you would upload in 4K instead of 1080p. Thanks!
Thanks very much for the inside look of this aircraft, Cowboy Chris!
I know that this is because it basically is brand new, but I love how the plane looks like it just came out of the factory.
Such a bonkers beauty
Enjoyed the tour and you touched on all the appropriate items. Maybe slow down a little so we can digest all the excellent info. Thanks again!
Nice video! The cockpit appears to me to be pretty spacious as opposed to other aircraft....😊
Easily my favorite WWII aircraft! Love the Jug!
That's awesome. I have a large rc model done up as this exact aircraft and it is one of my favourites to fly! I'd love to see this at a real airshow some day....
Really excellent video!!! Nice to see the shout out to Greg's channel. Can't wait to hop on IL-2 and get some sim flying on the Jug now.
Having flown many types of planes but mostly fighters, I too find the cockpit instrument layout weird. There is a standard now of course, where the flight instruments are grouped into a tight group to make instrument flying easier and it standardizes the placement of the gauges from one plane to the next. Engine and pressure gauges are now placed together so that one glance tells the pilot if anything is amiss. Weapon stations and switches are likewise placed in a small group. It is easy to overlook how much room the T-Bird had compared to other fighters like the ME109 or Spitfire. What a great restoration!
Thanks for the tour. I got to see Bonnie in Reno in 2023. What a beautiful, impressive aircraft.
my favorite by far! Thank you!
this tour is outstanding
That photograph makes for a nice copilot. Nice touch!
An absolute beast of a fighter plane,one of my favourite 👌👍, stunning ❤
Great video sir!
What a Beautiful Monster.
The P-47 doesn't get the glory that the P-51 gets, but it was instrumental in breaking the back of the Luftwaffe.
An impressive and beautifully restored machine. Epitomizes American brute yet elegant power.
My wife’s uncle Gene Baker 495th Fighter/Bomber Sqn 48th Air Wing flew from Apr ‘44 to summer of ‘44 in a P47 getting his wings as a 19 year old. He did 25 missions from Ibsley and 25 more from A-4 off Omaha Beach which was operational a couple of weeks after D-day. 1st mission in April was the entire wing, 50+ aircraft including wing commander and spares, flew to Paris. Such was Allied air superiority that he never saw a German fighter his entire time in combat. Pre-June 6 a typical mission was a group of a/c would dive bomb a bridge from 10,000 ft. then off to follow a railroad track hunting for a wooden water tank to shoot up. The splinters would fly off the tank then explode in a 50 ft. geyser. From A-4 usually a flt of 4 a/c were assigned a hedge row marked by infantry using a white sheet pointing at the enemy. They would line up one behind the other and strafe the dug in Germans. He said with an ammunition load of over 3000 50 cal. bullets times 4 P47s nothing could survive that. During training they would strafe sheets on the ground and later walk their targets. The ground was rototilled 2 ft. deep. The hedge rows were a built up berm 4 ft. high with 20 ft tall hedges that surrounded farm fields. He spotted a German motorcycle rider between them and when he hit him man, message, and machine cleared the hedges. Such was the power of 8 50 cal. machine guns. He had state side leave, was returning to his squadron, but had to take a physical first. He had been hiding a hernia even before combat. It was during a physical before his return to combat that he was found out and was taken off combat status. He spent the rest of the war as a P51 trainer at Newburgh Field, West Point, NY. Ironically he had more seat time in a P51 than a P47.
At his granddaughter’s wedding in 2003 he was reminiscing about his squadron and wanted to reconnect. I was able to contact them and he and his extended family went. Returning, he said he it was a thrill to reconnect and he wanted to just sit in a P47 one more time. He was living north of Houston and I contacted the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston. They said they have those kinds of requests all the time and would gladly do it. While talking with the staff he backed up to the airplane and unconsciously petted like it was his first puppy. It is a great museum and thoughtful staff.
That is a glorious resto of that P-47..the Jug is a beast!
The trigger & bomb release switches are actually wire in from factory! I have flown warbirds when the trigger switch was a push to talk button for the radios
Great episode with great Warbird.
Great video Biz!!!!!!! Rock on !!!!
I followed the restoration of that plane on UA-cam. It was fascinating!
Fagen's museum, great place. Carve out an afternoon.
Another excellent and informative video Chris 👍
The name "Razorback" was originally coined for this model of P-47. Somehow, much later, it became a generic term for highback versions of aircraft later given bubble canopies. So if you said "hey, a razorback" back in 1945 people would look for a P-47. This is a fantastic aircraft, by the way. I'm working on a D-40 at the moment and the Jug never fails to impress.
Cockpit is huge, cool vid 😎
You could have a party inside that huge cockpit!! 😂😮😮😂
Beautiful aircraft!
It is one of the greatest and such a beautiful prop, especially the Razorback P47s!
I used to play an air combat game that used 1/72ed scale models. When did the P-47 and the F6F I was quite surprised when I put the models from the same manufacture side by side they are the same size. That makes sense because both use the same engine.
I think every time I look at the P-47 instrument layout is surprised that it is not set up a little better. That applies to all iteration of the P-47. As a note I can't include the "N" as I have not looked at its panel and it may be better, but I am not sure.
Very cool.
Man what a HUGE aircraft for one guy!!
One guy, but oh so much ordnance. Gotta love a plane where the pilot's frontal protection is one big honking engine.
My god what a beautiful plane.
Great bird…
Great vid!Thanks!
I remember building a P-47 Razorback model when I was a kid, and I was thinking: "Wow, this thing is huge." A Bf 109 looked tiny in comparison. It was fun to learn as an adult that the entire plane has basically been built around that massive engine and turbo supercharger system.
Finnaly my favorite WW2 figther
You pointed out that oil cooler outlet then instantly moved on and skipped over the turbocharger waste gate like an inch away - that was one of the defining features of the ‘bolt!
Anyways - yeah that waste gate was (very wisely) installed as close to the engine as possible, so as to minimize the need for stronger materials being constantly subjected to boost ahead of the turbo. In this way - the waste gate would only close to develop boost when needed, otherwise it would open and a large portion of the engine exhaust would exit up front like a normal R-2800, leaving the rear portions of the turbo at minimal boost remaining nice and cool.
Just a very cool component worth pointing out in my opinion, you’ll never see it on any other R-2800 fighter.
PS - very cool that they took the intercooler / maintenance access panel off in the back. I’d probably have my head stuck in there looking around for half the day lol. This restoration is museum-quality, we have a lot of pride in our Avenger, but keeping a large warbird flight worthy AND immaculate are two totally different things. The amount of times panels and parts get removed for inspections and repairs, etc… it’s just a constant process. Probably 100ish man-hours per hour the plane is actually in the air once you factor in all the volunteers, and that’s just routine maintenance, not unforeseen items. Lots of wear and tear lol.
This thing is just gorgeous. The polish job and sheet metal work is exquisite. 👌 There are SO few of these left flying around (I don’t get it!) I’d have gone to Oshkosh just to see this thing alone.
Sorry to bother you, but what build number Avenger do you work with? 53857 is local to me and flies over my house frequently. What a glorious sound!
I envy you, getting to be that close to one of those. It reminds me that I have some pictures from a relative, who was in the USAF during Vietnam, of aircraft that he helped turn over to Libya and Dominican Republic. I could make out the P-51s and A-26s. The rest get blurry though. I wonder if some P-47s had the same fate.
Perfect vidéo
awesome videos I love the p-47 Razorback aircraft Razorback aircraft in my opinion are the best looking
Gilles Mercier. Of our own devices has an excellent 👍 vid on reflector gun sights.
Aaah The P-47 , a thing of beauty
2:13 1600rpm/42" ? Did I hear that right? Just sounds like a low rpm for that much manifold pressure.
I have always loved that plane! To me it is as beautiful as a Spitfire or Mustang ... Hope to se one in the sky one day over Sweden!
If I had to fly a fighter in WWII and I could pick any aircraft from any country I’d have to go with the P47. I think your going to have a much better chance of surviving the war in a P47 then any other aircraft of the time.