FHC Hellcat First Flight

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  • Опубліковано 29 жов 2024

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  • @danielblythe5337
    @danielblythe5337 2 роки тому +5

    I love the looks of the F6F Hellcat! Those lines, the certain viewing angles, ranks amongst the very top with me. Tell Steve H. we thank him for flying these planes, and that many of us believe the Hellcat should always be "counted amongst the more Glamorous and Nostalgic Fighters of the 1940's"!

    • @jackdaniel7465
      @jackdaniel7465 9 місяців тому +1

      Same here, love the hellcat, along with the Corsair, two beautiful Aircraft!!!

  • @rkygriz
    @rkygriz 9 років тому +11

    You did a great job of restoring this beauty. Easily my favorite U.S. Navy fighter of all times. Congrats on a great job!

    • @GIGroundNPound
      @GIGroundNPound 3 роки тому +1

      SAME!! Something to be said for those Navy Warbirds for sure! Love all of them, but the US Naval planes of WWII have always had a special place in my heart!

  • @jgonzalez101
    @jgonzalez101 Рік тому +3

    Really great to see this Hellcat fly. Beautiful!

  • @greenseaships
    @greenseaships 10 років тому +6

    As a lifetime Hellcat lover, this makes me proud to see! Keep her flying!!

  • @KSPilo
    @KSPilo 9 років тому +1

    I'm in love with the sounds radial engines make. Pratt & Whitney ftw, baby!

  • @clearjet
    @clearjet Рік тому +1

    Beautiful music to my ears...

  • @RandomActivities
    @RandomActivities 7 років тому +2

    This is a magnificent plane! I love watching historic aircraft fly and hearing their engines!

  • @jetvalmonte4742
    @jetvalmonte4742 11 років тому +1

    Gorgeous warbird. I've been going to the museum since last year, hoping to see this Hellcat. I will get to finally see it at the FHC Hangar 2 inauguration on April 11. Thanks for posting.

  • @myksanchez1222
    @myksanchez1222 9 років тому +1

    This video brought tears of joy to my eyes...

  • @ricka.4758
    @ricka.4758 3 роки тому +2

    We lost Dad after a full rich life at 95
    years-old last May. His spirit and
    kindness and sacrifice is responsible for the best parts of me. As for me, well, I’ll go to my final reward
    hoping that my children and grandchildren will know that when they spot those
    white tail stripes in some old movie or news reel, that that was the Randolph, CV-15,
    a proud fleet carrier and “Papa Fred’s” ship.
    I pray that Dad’s legacy and that of thousands like him, will live on in
    memory for generations to come.

  • @MsKateeD
    @MsKateeD 11 років тому +2

    OhmyGOSSSSHHHHHH! Love that plane. Great video!!

  • @DaveyCarmack
    @DaveyCarmack 11 років тому +1

    Thanks for the video, cannot wait to hear her for real though!!

  • @davidstumer3360
    @davidstumer3360 Рік тому +1

    Sweet music to my ears

  • @ricka.4758
    @ricka.4758 3 роки тому

    My Dad was a plank owner on the Randolph. The chosen livery made my day!!

  • @DocDOS13
    @DocDOS13 11 років тому +1

    Whoa!! ..... a real Hellcat... what a sound, at the fly-bys you can hear the turbo chargers whisteling, nice footage... many thx 4 uploading :-)

  • @KeeneFx
    @KeeneFx 9 років тому +1

    great to see these fly again

  • @Blaydrnnnr
    @Blaydrnnnr 7 років тому +1

    Damn thats a beautiful sound....gorgeous plane.

  • @RK-yc9ys
    @RK-yc9ys 2 роки тому +2

    主翼を出来るだけコンパクトに折り畳む為に、主脚は前から後ろに90度ひねりながら収納という複雑な作動をしているのですね。主脚の作動はP-40ウォー・ホークも同じですね。
    主翼の展張、畳んだ面積が大きいので迫力がありますね。

  • @acedrumminman
    @acedrumminman 5 років тому +1

    Man, if I'm taking battle damage this is the air frame for me...that Pratt and Whitney Double Wasp with the Iron Works fuselage...shoot a couple of cylinders out and she still brings you home...

  • @okrajoe
    @okrajoe 9 років тому

    Looks like a beautiful restoration. Congrats on a great job.

  • @davidstumer3360
    @davidstumer3360 Рік тому

    Best fighter ever. Protection around the pilot titanium shield.

  • @trilingual
    @trilingual 8 років тому +2

    Very cool! Thanks!

  • @CalisCool
    @CalisCool 11 років тому +1

    Gorgeous Plane!

  • @Goatpimp
    @Goatpimp 11 років тому +1

    nice work.

  • @peterw3265
    @peterw3265 9 років тому +1

    Beautiful

  • @Gromit801
    @Gromit801 9 років тому +3

    Wonder why Grumman didn't put a four bladed prop on the F6F, like just about every other plane with the R2800 had?

    • @sultros
      @sultros 8 років тому

      Mainly because of engine config. The corsair started with a 3 and ended up with a 4 in later more powerful models. The cat didn't need it until the bearcat was built. It started with a 4.

  • @markusschmidt2687
    @markusschmidt2687 9 років тому +1

    Die Fw 190 mit dem Original BMW 801 er Motor sieht nicht nur super aus, sondern hört sich auch sehr schön an. Das gleiche gilt auch für die Messerschmidt 109 Emil.

  • @DickieDelouise
    @DickieDelouise 6 років тому +1

    Love that cantankerous R-2800!😀

  • @joed9491
    @joed9491 5 років тому +2

    I can only imagine the astonishment of the Japanese pilots when these planes first flew in combat, thinking they were an F4F and would be an easy kill and learning the hard way, they weren't.

  • @billdowning1047
    @billdowning1047 11 років тому

    Clever use of an existing ramp tie down ring and the tailhook!

  • @ivanchristopher1303
    @ivanchristopher1303 9 років тому +1

    This sound is amazing - They added this Skin in warthunder... if only the engine sounded like that and the 50 cal API would do as much damage as the german armaments

  • @wanyelewis9667
    @wanyelewis9667 3 роки тому

    Beautiful plane.

  • @chrismoyers4382
    @chrismoyers4382 Рік тому +1

    Badass..the zero killer.

  • @malacuea5963
    @malacuea5963 8 років тому +1

    Very nice video!!! It need a cockpit camera. Thanks.

  • @zeogiannes
    @zeogiannes 9 років тому

    Great aircraft, great design. Listen to that engine purr. Perfect landing. I fly an RC scale version and it flies like a dream. Thank you for the video! I hope to see the real thing up close?

  • @港-e6r
    @港-e6r 3 роки тому +1

    very nice!

  • @GTX1123
    @GTX1123 2 роки тому

    The Hellcat was just the right fighter at just the right time for the U.S. Navy in the Pacific. While the F4U Corsair was way faster, it took some time for the Navy to sort out some of its issues for carrier op's. The F6F was PERFECT for carrier op's. Faster than the Wildcat but much easier to handle than the F4U, it was well suited to green rookie pilots. It had a shorter nose than the F4U with a slight slope giving the pilot far better visibility and also had a much slower stall speed than the Corsair. Those two factors alone made it way easier to manage for carrier landings than the F4U. It was more than a match for the much vaunted A6M Zero as reflected in its kill ratio and why it is commony called the "Zero Killer". Near the end of the war, the F4U came into its own for carrier op's because by then the Navy had figured out how to train pilots to manage its quirky issues for carrier landings. By then, the Corsair's superior speed and rate of climb made it a better option than the F6F to extend the zone of protection around the fleet from the kamakaze threat.

    • @forgottenhistory2562
      @forgottenhistory2562 Рік тому

      Dont forget that the Hellcat was alot less vulnerable to enemy fire than the F4U, due to the Corsair's oil cooler placement.

  • @marciefree
    @marciefree 6 років тому +1

    When they fly overhead why do they emit a whistle like sound? Was that an intentional design to make them sound more menacing? More cool sounding?? 😊😊❤️❤️

    • @fight2flyphoto
      @fight2flyphoto  6 років тому

      marciefree That sound is the whine of the supercharger. Purely for function. :-)

  • @Laura-id4df
    @Laura-id4df 7 років тому +3

    That's the American muscle baby

  • @Bull53
    @Bull53 5 місяців тому

    Powerful rotary engine.

  • @tripacer8259
    @tripacer8259 3 роки тому

    There's nothing "automatic" on those old workhorses, spark advance, engine cooling all has to be done by the pilot. You would have to be pretty good to fly one of these bad boys!

  • @donaldhill2972
    @donaldhill2972 5 років тому +1

    Sounds like a might cat!

  • @GTX1123
    @GTX1123 3 роки тому +4

    Zero pilots got a rude awakening when the Hellcat showed up. No doubt, many of them thought they were Wildcats and that the pilots were green newbies who didn't know any better than to follow them up into a steep climb. But it didn't end well for the Zero pilots. Instead lining up an easy kill on a stalled Wildcat fluttering like a duck, the last thing they saw before they were vaporized was the flash of the Hellcat's 50 cal's, courtesy of its 2,000 HP double wasp engine.

    • @eljamo93
      @eljamo93 3 роки тому +1

      Hell yeah

    • @thecircusfreak5364
      @thecircusfreak5364 2 роки тому

      Vaporized? Lol

    • @GTX1123
      @GTX1123 2 роки тому +1

      @@thecircusfreak5364 That is the EXACT word used by MANY WW2 U.S. fighter pilots to describe what one or two rounds would do to Japanese aircraft. In order to give their fighters more range and maneuverability, Japan scrimped on armor plating and passed on self sealing fuel tanks. The consequences were disastrous. One well placed machine gun burst and just about any Japanese fighter would explode. That was not the case with Allied fighters nor with German fighters either. They had better armor plating.

  • @BasicModelling
    @BasicModelling 11 років тому

    Brilliant.. :)

  • @maxim9939
    @maxim9939 11 років тому

    Awesome

  • @seaveyc1
    @seaveyc1 11 років тому

    Great sound, even through crummy computer speakers!

  • @MrAshlandVideos
    @MrAshlandVideos 11 років тому

    Turn up that Volume!

  • @cplrey
    @cplrey 5 років тому

    Is this the plane that was recovered from Lake Michigan?

    • @fight2flyphoto
      @fight2flyphoto  5 років тому

      No, this one was actually an unmanned target drone.

  • @3ducs
    @3ducs 8 років тому +14

    My Dad flew these in the Pacific, he said they were a very stable gun platform. Grumman Ironworks! He flew them off small aircraft carriers, not the big ones, bobbing corks on the water, not easy to put a plane down on one of those. In my family the Bombs on Japan were a good thing, not something to apologize for as Obama just did.
    To go to Japan this close to Memorial Day was a disgrace! Those people were sadistic butchers and deserved all they got in return.

    • @machanicalgu
      @machanicalgu 7 років тому +4

      You are referring to the Japanese people of that period and not the ones today, right? If so, I totally agree. The Japanese back then were psychotic and completely different from today's Japanese.

    • @RandomActivities
      @RandomActivities 7 років тому

      The deliberate bombing of civilians and certain protected cultural landmarks is explicitly forbidden by internatrional law, including laws that existed during WWII. The United States sponsored draft rules for aerial warfare in the 1930's that explicitly forbade the bombing of civilians or basically anything that is not crucial to the war effort. When the Germans bombed English cities, it was condemned by the Americans as a savage act, but the Americans and British turned around did the same. A surrender from Germany or Japan could have been much more easily obtained if the Allies had not made such unreasonable demands and been unwilling to negociate.
      What has basically been created is a two tier system. The rules are just another weapon to be used against the enemy. If America ever picks a fight with someone who can fight back, and bombs (or missiles) rain on American cities, all the people who talk about how justifiable it was to bomb Japanese and German cities will be the ones citing international law, verbatim, and calling it a crime against humanity. I hope that never happens, but with how the crazies in power are constantly agitating for war, only God can restrain them!

    • @machanicalgu
      @machanicalgu 7 років тому +1

      RandomActivities I don't think you understand. Once the military facilities were destroyed and Japan didn't surrender, we had to take it to the next level to end the war. If we just stopped and let them rebuild, the war would carry on and more people would die

    • @RandomActivities
      @RandomActivities 7 років тому

      Didn't more men die from Malaria than from enemy fire?

    • @scootergeorge9576
      @scootergeorge9576 6 років тому

      No, I don't believe so. There were many American casualties due to malaria but most were successfully treated.

  • @joeblow5037
    @joeblow5037 5 місяців тому

    A Zero's worst nightmare.

  • @TheMeridian808
    @TheMeridian808 11 років тому +1

    how fuckin' great is that?

  • @Mr.McWatson
    @Mr.McWatson 10 років тому +1

    Is FHC also a museum?

    • @fight2flyphoto
      @fight2flyphoto  10 років тому +1

      ralroost einsnulldrei yes, it is. Check out flyingheritage.com

  • @ShizaP
    @ShizaP 8 років тому +3

    if my ears hurt by hearing this video imagine in real life

    • @GIGroundNPound
      @GIGroundNPound 3 роки тому

      I was lucky enough to see one with my fiance in 2018 in Dallas Texas! HOLY COW was it LOUD!!! even 30 yards away your chest rumbles!!

  • @ccmyart
    @ccmyart 6 років тому +2

    An aircraft is like a woman. she needs flaws to be truly beautiful. That is why the Bearcat is not as popular. It is too beautiful. It is perfect. The Hellcat and the Corsair, on the other hand, are flawed and loved.

  • @Ghurpe
    @Ghurpe 9 років тому +1

    wings of fury

  • @richanddebshawaiiadventure4340
    @richanddebshawaiiadventure4340 4 місяці тому

    it's the one that says bad mutha fckah

  • @IntelligentHorseworldofrandom
    @IntelligentHorseworldofrandom 8 років тому +1

    Dodge Challenger hellcat. This plane is fucking great, I love it!

    • @nathaaab
      @nathaaab 7 років тому +2

      ? lol Dodge Challenger is car.. tell me you already know that... The plane is a F6F Hellcat by Grumman

  • @jacobschwertfeger4435
    @jacobschwertfeger4435 6 років тому

    hmm I thought the wings where hydraulic

  • @RufatNuriev
    @RufatNuriev 11 років тому

    A
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  • @thermalascension
    @thermalascension 3 роки тому

    🌪️

  • @deruberschwarze3943
    @deruberschwarze3943 Рік тому

    Cartridge start!

  • @azilondeandeang3764
    @azilondeandeang3764 7 років тому

    I Love The Jpanaese Zeros

  • @majiyo1
    @majiyo1 6 років тому +1

    後方視界悪そうなのに;弾丸当たっても簡単に落ちないんだろうな~

    • @firepower7017
      @firepower7017 6 років тому

      majiyo 1 It is the sound of which your planes aren't gonna live any longer

  • @leftcoaster67
    @leftcoaster67 10 років тому +2

    Corsairs are more sexy. But still beautiful.

  • @angelvallelado7272
    @angelvallelado7272 10 років тому +1

    Aeromodelism

  • @maxim9939
    @maxim9939 11 років тому

    I dont know any other country that made better aircrafts then the US in WW2

  • @xfire7
    @xfire7 Рік тому

    Misfireing wasn`t it ?

    • @deruberschwarze3943
      @deruberschwarze3943 Рік тому

      Cartridge start. Shotgun blast fired through the engine to clear the cylinders.

  • @scootergeorge9576
    @scootergeorge9576 6 років тому +2

    Not a popular aircraft with Japanese pilots!

  • @richanddebshawaiiadventure4340
    @richanddebshawaiiadventure4340 4 місяці тому

    god damn that is some good ole fashioned american horsepower

  • @Kazz-Kargonus
    @Kazz-Kargonus 5 років тому +2

    Would I be wrong if I called This Plane the zeros Bane

  • @Kazz-Kargonus
    @Kazz-Kargonus 5 років тому +1

    The sword of the Pacific