Plane Crash Stopped by Mechanic
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- Опубліковано 9 гру 2023
- I have seen a lot of courageous moves but climbing from one plane to the next to save it is a crazy one for me.
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The lady was Gladys Ingle of the 13 Black Cats. The fourth woman to earn a pilot license (according to Wiki).
Ohhhh, thank you for the information. I first thought that this is Bessie Coleman.
Very interesting,
With all the camera angles I am guessing it was staged.
Even so, that was some amazing flying and one Brave woman.
Defines bravery.
Makes sense that she's a pilot. She was very careful of her weight shift going from the first plane to the second. Takes someone who actually understands how a plane flies to do this "safely."
even if it's staged it still happened without any less danger than if it weren't @@sailorstu
Gladys Ingle was the female pilot/ wing walker that changed out this tire. She was a member of the 13 Black Cats stunt team. Also, she was the 4th woman in America to certify as an aviator.
Thank you.
That's teriffic. Thanks for the information!
What a boss.
She was Amazing
Yeah, I was thinking that was a woman...
Great stuff! Two points of not much significance: 1) She was not wearing a parachute. 2) I actually met her. She was a friend of my grandmother. GI visited grandma in Tujunga, CA and a few times I was there when she came by.
My Dad used to own and fly a Tiger Moth.. it is owned by an aircraft museum now.. I got to fly in it just after he passed away in 2007 .. it was an honour and a privilege.. the most elegant aircraft ever .. R.I.P. Dad 💜🙏🏼
Hi there , as a youngster in the then Rhodesia I was a learner glider pilot in a town called Bindura at the Bindura Gliding Club and our tow plane was a Tiger Moth , I flew in that more than a few times with our Tow Pilot Ray Smith and was lucky to do some aerobatics with him in that plane ... amazing times ...
The old time wingwalkers were absolutely insane.
Don't mention that to Tom Cruise. He'll want to do it on a Tomcat.
Kinda makes fighter pilots doing probe-and-drogue refueling look like amateurs
No safety standards back then. They made the Empire State building with no harnesses. I wonder how many workers fell hundreds of feet to their death.
For sure. Still, some weird part of me misses all the craziness from pioneering days, when people tried to figure out where the limits are. I dont mean the lack of safety aspect, but the inventiveness and just pure curiosity.
Eh... The maximum speed of the JN4D Jenny (as pictured) was only 75 mph under ideal conditions (and having a big 'ol draggy person standing on your wing is far from ideal).
Moving around on the wing or attaching the wheel isn't _too_ much more difficult than doing the same in the back of a pickup truck (which isn't _that_ difficult - the big difference is that the consequences for, say, dropping the wheel, are a lot more significant.
Gladys performed this stunt regularly as part of a show in the 1920s and 30s. It’s a pretty good bet that the other pilots in this stunt group were WWI veterans with thousands of hours of flight time.
That stunt person was also *really* gentle about shifting weight from one plane to the other. That took loads of skill on top of everything else they were dealing with.
Yeah, I think there was a special move that she did with her left leg to keep the plane's wings from banging together until her weight was totally on the second plane.
Agreed. It looks like she is sort of tying the 2 planes together while at the same time operating a smooth and progressive weight transfer. I am thinking that back when wing walking was a thing, they had perfected the techniques for these kind of stunts.
Kelsey, I can answer one thing question you posed about the wing-walking stunt to put a wheel back on a plane. In the days of the biplanes, there were aerobatics circuses that used to travel around the country. And with barn storming and other stunt flying, you'd see wing walkers. These were usually young ladies who'd climb out on the lower wings and do crazy things while the plane was flying. So it was a common enough thing that, yeah, the pilot probably had lots of hours practicing. I don't know how much they practiced for this film, but it would be something everyone involved would have had time under their belt doing.
The fact that it’s on video is why this is clearly a stunt. You know that cameras back then weren’t just on every airplane. It’s a stunt not a real mechanical problem.
@@Catpanl yeah, video and four planes in formation.
@@flysport_tedder not just video. film. film wasn't cheap. these days we forget that it used to cost hundreds of dollars per minute, inflation adjusted to make moving pictures
@@GigsVT And the cameras were large, heavy, highly specialized devices that only specialists could operate.
I figured it was a stunt when she did not climb into the rear cockpit prior to landing and just stood on the wing.
Pilots: "How brave are you?"
Lady Mechanic: "Yes."
"All of it"
Mechanic: "Can you even change a tire?" 🙄
Was that actually a female? 🤔
@@NikolaiUAYes, she is a female. She is part of the Black Cats that did this stunt dozens if not hundreds of times. The original tire intentionally fell off and they rehearse having her wing walk over and install the tire. It was all part of the airshow they put on. She was an amazing wing walker.
Pilot: How confident are you that the wheel will stay on?
Mechanic: I will stand on the wing, behind the wheel, as you land.
Hi Kelsey, I hope all is well. I just wanted to let you know I have appreciated your content over the last 12 months. I know last year you let us know it was a struggle pushing content, in addition to your job. I hope all is okay on that end, but I certainly wanted to take a moment and thank you for producing the content you do. It is much appreciated!
Yeah what they said. I appreciate you also.
I didn't know that. Thanks. Good stuff.
Awesome film! My mother was a "great stick and rudder" pilot, working for an FBO as a commercial pilot, taught by a WW2 pilot. She soloed in 1963, and I found out from the local newspaper! My first flight was in the luggage compartment of a Cessna 150...lol...
Kelsey! The graphics in the video are top-notch! Not just the quality of the work, but the thought that went into their creation and placement was just so well done! I am so impressed- have been watching you for a long time and always pretty well understood the things you were describing, but this makes everything so clear now. Glad to see the channel continuing to improve …
"we are out of snacks sir"
Kelsy - "get me a sack and pull up next to that plane, Im going out on the wing"
No snacks! Pull the ejection seat!
Biplanes are designed different so the center of gravity has more stability in counter balance. I remember growing up and flying in my dad's Waco cabin series biplane, that old thing was a beast, and yet agile, and the stability was mind blowing especially for the years they built them
Yeah the reason biplanes got phased out was because of lighter materials so the extra wing wasn't needed. Biplanes are generally really heavy so it's likely this very petite woman wouldn't move the wings very much.
I was wondering about that.
I remember seeing one at an airshow with a landing gear mounted on the top.
The pilot landed upside down, parked it and walked away.
I wonder how he got back in.
@@sailorstu He probably would have called the mechanic woman
Yeah was gonna chime in that a biplane has superior roll stability.
@@sailorstu My thoughts too. The two wings increase stability making them less susceptible to dipping.
The plane spotter, Jerry, is very animated during his streaming most of the time, and there are many things that 'are crazy' to him. He's fun to listen to. lol
BOSH! 😂🎉
"Steady there lad!" I can only handle about 15 minutes of Jerry at a time; he's a little too loud for me. But he is enthusiastic!
I remember that clip. I watched it live. And while Jerry is a bit excitable we all knew how unusual it was in chat. We were a little concerned about the Malaysian aircraft. We wondered if the jetblast could introduce FOD, heat or damage to the wings or flaps. We were happy to see it takeoff safely a few minutes later.
@@maryeckel9682 Yeah, small doses. "Eaaasy" - could do with some presenting training!
I love the way she just stood coming into land. No crouching or anything. Total trust in the ability of the pilot.
It is possible that position was actually the best because her weight would be spread out over a larger area and she might have better things to hold on to.
She's holding on to the flying wires.
AAA used to provide the very best service! And let's not gloss over the fact that the Stunt Mechanic was a Woman with balls of Steel.
No parachute and not even a rope to somehow tie off with. There was no backup protection. Perhaps that concept had not evolved back then.
Surprised the planes could carry balls this heavy. lmao.
I think you would say lips of steel
"Airside" assistance is the higher tier of their roadside assistance plan!
@@larrybe2900Tbh most mechanics on their regular jobs forgo safety measures, that is why so many injuries happen, it checks out.
As a skydiver, I've climbed all over the wings and fuselage of various airplanes... For fun. Of course, I had a fully functional and checked sport skydiving rig on my back the whole time and I never landed with the airplane. What this person did, putting a tire on a plane in flight is well beyond anything I can do.
Jumped a few times.... the tools need to do this on a modern aircraft???? Yeah. No. 😂😂
Yes, she had a lot of practice. I think she transfered between aircraft at least 300 times in her wing walking career. The Black Cats performed this exact stunt at dozens of air shows across the country. Well rehearsed and practiced. Wish I could have seen it.
@@crissd8283 So it was a planned stunt, they had a setup to jettison the wheel?
@@murdo_mck Yes, the original wheel was designed to fall off for the show.
Have you ever sky dived directly into intercourse?
My grandfather flew for united. He retired as a 747 captain in 1995. I think he mostly flew 747 100 and 200 series crafts. I talked to him a couple years ago about his experience learning to fly in the Navy in the 60s and then working as a pilot. I got the impression that loading any kind of autopilot on to those airplanes was pretty complex because he said he really just preferred to fly by hand, especially if it was a short flight. He flew all around, but said he particularly used to like to fly to Japan and Seoul.
Love that you make time to post regularly,
My family farm was 5miles at the end of an operational runway training pilots then it became the race track the Gimli Glider "landed" on. I saw it (empty) after work. My brother flies a biplane ,he's certified on multiple engines as a mechanic/ engineer . We are truly addicted :) And i love your channel and this stunt ,& woman, is just mind blowing . So glad you chose it .
Yeah, that video was made by professional stunt performances, both the "mechanic" and the pilots.
That's the reason why you don't see the weight affecting the wings a lot, they did dozens of try runs before they filmed the stunt ;-)
Sadly I lost the source, but I read an whole article about this one including the name of the stunt performer and interview with the pilot just a few years back. Maybe someone can dig it up 🙂
@wfemp_4730
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The lady was Gladys Ingle of the 13 Black Cats. The fourth woman to earn a pilot license (according to Wiki).
Airshows were different back then. These pilots would have been very experienced with people getting on/off the wing and moving around on it. Looking at these planes, It's strikes me how fast airplane technology advanced. Charles Lindberg lived to seem men on the moon, and 747s flying. A decade after the Wright brothers' first flight, the first bomber was built. 11 years after the first flight, the first scheduled airline was founded. About 15 years after the US started airmail service, and at about 35 years, the first jet was built. Crazy pace.
Aliens bro 👽
The first powered flight was shorter than the wingspan of a 747
Back in the 80's, I was a ground controller at RAF Wildernrath, and we needed to jump-start a C130 from another. We pulled the dead C130 out behind a fully serviceable aircraft. Unhooked and watched while the front pilot gave it full beans meanwhile, the rear windmilled until they had enough speed to fire the turbine. Worked a treat, they both taxied down for a close pair take off back to the UK.
What you said is true, imagine being a person that has lived long enough to see the evolution of flight. It is hard to fathom that it’s only 100 years. Great footage
A friend of mine recently retired from flying A320s out of Hong Kong and was telling me about getting his private pilots licence. I laughed at him and questioned why. He just looked at me and told me that there is 'more stick and rudder' with the small planes. I thought back then it was a weird phrase. Now I know.
(My mate is now having a ball flying gliders of all things and is learning more about thermals and updrafts, all the stuff he avoided during his commercial piloting.)
One of the pilots at our microlight (Light-Sport) club turned up with his son-in-law a few weeks ago.The son-in-law was a 747 jockey.He was persuaded to fly a few circuits from the right seat. He flew the circuits ok, managed trim & flaps but couldn't (or wouldn't) land.
A professional wing walker knows how to use their body to help control the aircraft
She used the turbulence from her body to slowly reduce the lift on the other planes wing, giving the other pilot time to react, then when she grabbed the spar she manually held the wings in position until she very slowly transferred her weight.
And when they landed , she leaned her body forward like an Olympic ski jumper to help provide some lift.
If you rewatch the video you'll see that at one point she is the "lead pilot" of both aircraft for a few seconds.
So in effect she’s being like a racing sidecar passenger - interesting side note: search IOM TT sidecar
@glennchartrand5411 - thanks for explaining in detail how the wing-walker, 13 Black Cat Pilot, Gladys Ingle was able to do this feat by what she could control with her body, aiding in accomplishing this safely for both planes, both pilots and herself.
@@regularguy3665 Another good analogy is she's doing the same things a sky diver does .
She's the one maneuvering the wing she is on and she also uses the turbulence from her body to maneuver the other wing down to her.
It's THREE pilots working together.
Heya Kelsey, the plane spotter you refer to in your 2nd clip is a UK You Tuber who live streams aviation and is a regular observer at Heathrow. His name is Jerry and his channel is "BigJetTv" and has a huge following. I was watching his channel yesterday (10 Dec 23) and at midday to 1pm local time he had around 6000 viewers and while live streaming there were 2 separate emergency incidents that happened at Heathrow on 27R. His knowledge of aviation is great as are his followers and he makes the stream enjoyable to watch with his 1 liner quirky comments like "Go on Son, get it down". Do check him out, but the clip you've highlighted is a few months old I think. I love the way you explain things too and wish you well with your content which I do enjoy watching too (and yes I've hit the like and subscribe too!😉). Keep smiling and the blue side up 👍🏼
BIG JET TV has some fun content and part of that is Jerry is very excitable. Often over playing the drama of a situation
@@Pooneil1984 absolutely agree with you on that one 👍🏼👍🏼 He's a great guy with sense of humour for good measure. Well worth the watch.😉
Enjoyable clearly wouldn’t be the word I’d use to describe this guy 😅
Think others have caught it but I also want to add that the wing walker video really was a deliberate stunt, they did this on purpose, it was not responding to an accident or someone 'happening' to loose a wheel. Think about how many camera angles there are and how hard those were to set up at that point in history. This was something that was rehearsed and practised, and the woman doing it, Gladys Ingle, was one of the most legendary wing walkers of all time This was a performance, and a damn good one, even if it's kind of insane, but it was still something that they planned for and which they did as an act so it was a very controlled set of circumstances
"Just mechanics doing mechanic stuff."
Signed A Mechanic
Sure bud.
“Stunt woman”
Ya, she was a wing walker and made her living performing stunts for crowds. She performed this exact same stunt dozens of times across the country. Wish I could have seen it.
"Rosie the riveter...the early years. " I love the history aviation videos!
BTW, bi-planes are amazingly controllable planes. I've photographed bi-plane stunt pilots in the past, and they can do incredible things. I photographed while a guy stalled the plane, did a freefall for hundreds of feet, and recover like it was no big deal. The pilot told me it is because of the ratio of wing surface area to weight of the plane.
After WWI a lot of the pilots used old warplanes and did stunt shows. They had to increase the risk and do more dangerous stunts to keep attention up. Walking the wing and switching planes was part of this. This was of course a prepared and well trained situation, staged for the cameras but it was still extreme dangerous.
"The Great Waldo Pepper" is a movie with Robert Redford about this time.
Today we have people take such risks for TikTok or Red Bull advertising. People who fly wing-suits close to mountains or thru holes and such.
Sounds like TV Evangelism. "Increase the crazy", to keep "attention up".
Not only is "The Great Waldo Pepper" a film about the barnstorming era - the aerial stunts in it, including air-to-air transfer, crashes, etc were all done live (just like this old film) and without 'modern' safety equipment (e.g. parachutes, ...) and many of the stunts were also done by the main cast. Well worth a watch.
@@markg.4246 You don't even need look that far. Ordinary TV "news" and weather will show you enough drummed up emotion to see or experience for a lifetime.
Only that the stuff on TikTok arent well prepared and trained situations, thats more like "I have very stupid idea, start recording"
RIP KingOfRandom
Good morning Kelsey! Thanks for the mini physics lesson with the first video. That was wild. And they changed the tire so effortlessly.
I've seen bi-planes and tri-planes do amazing things. I believe it was Sean Tucker who once "walked" a tri-plane nearly vertically from one end of the runway to the other. He would pick it up with that massive engine and put the tail down, nearly touching, before pulling it up and doing it repeatedly until he passed the whole grandstand in Reno. The plane acted like it was built to do that. They are amazingly stable and the fact that the man stood on the wing to land, even though there was a perfectly empty seat behind him, says a lot about how amazing they are.
What’s really amazing about aviation is how little it’s changed in the last 50 years…. It’s actually sad. I love flying and hope we start to see more innovation and get back to the days where people were excited to fly.
Hasn't changed in 50 years? We went from bi planes that only fly for a min or two to massive jets holding 300+ passengers that can fly anywhere in the world not to mention drones and stealth technology autoflight ect only in 120 years
You wanna keep your skills sharp Kelsey?
Keep flying general aviation planes in your free time.
And do a basic aerobatics course too.
Love your channel.
A great stunt! There were at least 4 planes involved. The one missing a wheel; the one ferrying the mechanic; a third plane that can be partially seen [screen left] in from of and slight to the right of the "missing wheel" plane plus the plane from which this was being filmed.
Also, the landing was not a random dirt strip, there was a camera crew there ready to film it.
A "random dirt strip" is what was the runaway 100 years ago. Just leveled patch of ground, planes of a time could land almost anywhere, including battleship turret (with landing/take off strip).
Omg, the feeling of riding on the wing of a biplane must've been amazing. Go Gladys! I can't believe I've never seen this before!
As I understand it, lift passes dead center between biplane wings. The center of gravity would also have to be dead center between the two wings, not on one wing more than the other. That would explain why she's on her knees, and crawling along the very edge, and only standing close to the cabin. She's staying below the center of gravity, or staying below where the lift current is strongest. She's not interrupting lift, so the plane stays in the air and remains level. Maybe the pilot had to adjust slightly for her weight too, but I'm not sure on that.
Just catching up with this video after watching your most recent one and I wanted to congratulate you on getting your fourth stripe.
Congratulations, Captain!
Another interesting, informative video. I always look forward to seeing your analysis of all types of flight. Thanks Kelsey. KTBSU
That was no ordinary plane spotter, that’s Big Jet TV, one of the best on UA-cam. I’m continually impressed by your videos. Thank you for keeping us thoroughly informed and entertained.
Yes, I was introduced to aviation by BigJet TV.
You misspelled "one of the most annoying and doesn't know when to shut up and let us focus on the actual planes"
Seriously. He just yells all the time.
@@chrisjfinlay Different tastes I guess. I find him quite entertaining.
Kelsey, your description of airplane design and aviation safety motivated me to go take flying lessons!
Thank You very much for making this video 74 Gear. It's an honor to see your video and it's very interesting. Would it be ok for you to make another pilot vlog videos?
I had to watch this first part of the video 2 times so I could watch your face, Kelsey, and the other to watch what was going on on the plane😂 obviously I love the expressions on your face❤
Bravo! 👏 👏 Courageous lady
Interesting - and beautifully edited as always. Thank you for continuing to make videos
anybody else get mad goosebumps from seeing a klm 747 unexpectedly ? Kelsey love your content you are awesome, i really enjoy your stuff.
Always enjoy your videos!
From a fellow Kelsey, with far less aviation skills.
Good Sunday morning to you from Chicago Kelsey. I hope this day finds you well and happy, BROTHER !
KEEP THE BLUE SIDE UP 🛩🫡
Most awesome video yet Kelsey!
Hi Kelsey, great video, wow. As a young guy in the early 70's, I worked for Anchorage Paving & Asphalt, we got the job of repaving the airport in Cold Bay Alaska, and the Flying Tigers DC Stretch 8's would land there overnight, in the morning at the end of the runway, doing runups they'd blow the fresh pavement right off the end of the runway, so we had to repave every day. Cold and foggy most of the time, I remember being out in the middle of the runway when a truck came speeding out and told us to get off the runway, a Reeves Aleutian Airlines was landing in near zero vis (which was normal for them), they came down, lifted right over us and continued their landing. Same exact thing happened when an AF C141 Starlifter came in, we got out of the way in time, but it was foggy as all heck, yet he was able to hop over the paver and land. Crazy aviation out there. Out of the whole summer working we had two days of sunshine, that's it, all weather comes from this area I swear. Moral of the story, jet wash is real and I knew to respect it after seeing how powerful it is. 71 and safely in Iowa now.
My thought is that such a line up is at least a bit dangerous. "Sandblasted" is fairly accurate imo, there's considerable risk of damaging some of the smaller stuff on the MY A350, for instance all the data probes exposed to the air etc, could take a grain of sand or other FOD by sheer dumb luck and get themselves into trouble. Also damaging the paint is possible, which would cost a lot of money to fix (if not causing danger as such). I imagine maintenance and execs were both very displeased to see that footage
I can just imagine if there had been a change in wind direction and the runway had just opened up. There may have been maintenance vehicles depositing debris on the runway. However, on a regularly used runway at Heathrow, I doubt there would be much sand and a single grain of sand probably wouldn't affect the pitot/static system. Pitot/static sensors usually have places to catch water and other small contaminants, if they hadn't already fallen through the drain holes in the probes themselves.
I don't think the passengers would be happy though, with the buffeting and also with the jet fumes being sucked into the cabin.
I expect they were practising at the time and filming so they could send out a bit of footage with information on when the air show would be in such and such a town The movie theater would love to run promos with good footage. Usually they just had a static billboard type ad saying buy bleach x for cleaner whiter clothes. In the old days they did not run previews, they ran ads before the movie. I think whoever put the wheel on that fell off was unhappy, but the execs were thrilled.
I was thinking that the heat from the engineblast could damage the cockpitwindows, like melting glue or composites.
@@Dirk-van-den-Berg at that distance, there would be no heat worth mentioning. Even at half the distance. Most of the air volume coming out of the engine ist cold air mixed into the exhaust of the combustion stage anyway.
@@Dirk-van-den-Berg With high bypass engines, you have a lot of cold air coming from the "fan" mixing with the heat from the engine core. I doubt there would be much heat at that range. Even on an older GE CF6-powered aircraft you have a cold/hot mix of 5 :1
Congrats on being upped to captain 🎉🎉🎉🎉 super proud of you man!!!!
Did I miss something? He’s not wearing captains stripes (4)….first officers wear 3 stripes and that’s what he wears
@@Pointlesschan I just know people man that’s why he hasn’t uploaded in a while
Great video. I started flight training many decades ago, our instructor pushed control training.
you gonna make me emotional here man....wow thats courage
What I find crazy, but very grateful for is, there were people willing to take machines hundreds of feet up to see if flying was even possible.
I am pretty sure her name is Gladys Ingle.
Yes! She lived to 82 years! She was a member of the 13 Black Cats areal stunt team!
A few years ago, I had a 'flight experience' day in a Tiger Moth. One thing that really stood out was the effect of wind and difficulty of keeping level flight with constant adjustment. It was real seat of the pants stuff.
You can watch the ailerons deflect and adjust on the upper plane when the stuntwoman steps from one wing to the other. It was just good, practiced piloting that kept the wings level.
Obviously a planned stunt. They didn't have GoPros lying around to just willy nilly mount to aircraft with the perfect angle. And they obviously planned and trained for the weight shift during the transfer, compensating it perfectly timed. Nonetheless: what a bad ass move by a brave woman. Excellent pilotage too.
Her transference of weight is meticulous. Hence very little movement of the roll axis of each aircraft. She's a real pro.
Hi Kelsey.
Amazing!!
For UK watchers, we are seeing a wheel + tyre being fitted here, as opposed to just a tyre (the rubber bit).
Also, might think of doing another vid on the difference between how much pressure or force it takes for the pilot to fly an old stick & rudder compares to todays fky by wire versions.....just one more big reason thats makes that 1930s clip such a task to perform.
Lots of great videos on this Chanel 👌
That's amazing that only 100 years ago , those planes were cutting edge progress.
Today, people complain that the seat doesn't go back enough.
That's the downside of having the general public involved in anything at all. They don't understand (because they choose not to) just how much goes into building a plane and how much goes into making sure it's fit for passenger services. The seat not going back enough is also a, possibly intentional but probably unintentional, way that the engineers force people to be a bit considerate to the person behind them.
I got a ride in a WWII biplane a number of years ago, and the pilot (who was an Air Canada pilot that did this for fun) let me take the stick for a minute or two (I’m 100% sure his hand was a millimetre away at all times haha). The thing felt super responsive and turned on a dime. We flew around a hilly escarpment area in the fall and it was slow and gorgeous. I’ll never forget it. Thankfully, we landed with all the parts we took off with.
At Rockcliffe?
@@dewiz9596 No, Edenvale. :)
Yes, that was the first thing I noticed myself....great stick and rudder.....I am a fairly good "stick and rudder" guy myself and it really impressed me. As you said, the hours of the pilots was probably lower than what we think.
Thank you for the video and comments...please be safe...keep the shinning side up
You and your channel really helped me with my anxiety of flying. Such professionalism and expertise is apparent in your videos when you talk about flying.
This is fun. I appreciate the daring during that era of pioneering technology, on many fronts. I also love watching the gear come up at 7:22 to 7:25 - the beauty of the engineering. Geeking out. Thanks!
THIS one is giving me the willies!
Kelsey some of those barnstormers who flew their air shows from one town to the other had thousands of hours of airtime, if not more. Many were former WWI pilots who still loved flying and made a living doing air hsows.
Those Jennys they flew in that vvideo were surplus trainers and the government sold them off for a dime on the dollar. They were no longer needed and obsolete, cheap to maintain and easy to fly.
Many were sold the military pilots who flew them.
My maternal grandfather was one of those guys, not a pilot but a mechanic for the famed 94th Aero Squadron in WWI (Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker's squadron) and made a living for a while with a flying circus until the Great Depression.
I have a picture taken of my grandparents with my mother being held by Capt. Rickenbacker when he was one of his visits to Cleveland for the National Air Races. it was taken in 1934 if I remember correctly when she was five years old.
What a cool family story!
Well I knew they were surplus Jennys.. Jimmy Stewart told me. In case the joke needs explaining see "The Spirit of Saint Louis" (1957). I could be wrong but it is my recollection near the beginning of the film Stewart as Charles Lindburg purchased a surplus Jenny.
the control by both pilots proves it was a stunt by experienced PROFESSIONALS
Another great video Kelsey. The Heathrow commentator (Jerry Dyer) from Big Jet TV, is very entertaining. If you ever get to see his "best of" video, the comments are so funny and interesting to watch. Good Flying Mate. 🙂
My concern would not be that my A350 would be tipped over by the A320. My concern and why I find this "strange behavior" from the Malaysian crew is possible FOD that could be thrown towards my aircraft
Came here to write exactly this. The fod shower behind the BA spooling up would be my main concern.
How much FOD could there really be with plane after plane taking off?
@@markgallagher1376 You don't need a lot, remember that velocity of the FOD could be significant, and in managing risk that is a question you don't want to test out sitting on the start of a 10+ hour flight. Leave that to either engineers, or better yet, a YT comment stream.
@@markgallagher1376 Probably a very low risk unless the previous aircraft lost a part or threw FOD onto the runway during takeoff. But there is no reason to take this risk.
@@ahooogerhuis don’t judge. You are also part of the YT comment stream.
To me it looked like that guy wasn't just stepping from one plane to the other at once. Instead he was gradually moving his weight from one plane to the other first by pulling himself up with his arms and later by pushing himself up with his knee. I think that helped a lot for the pilots to keep their wings level.
*She, *her, It was a lady doing the stunt.
Kesley. last week in GRU we had a similar setup as the history you said in this video about the a A380 and your 17 seat turboprop.
The EK A380 had just landed in 10R and was followed by an Passaredo ATR-72, both cleared the runway at CC and the controller cleared both to cross 10L into parking.
The ATR pilot response (in portuguese) was something like: "We're gonna wait for a little bit, if the big guy accelerate we'll be back airborn in no time"
Editor: nice graphics
Kelsey: great content (as usual!).
BRING BACK 74BURGER!!!!
I agree!! Such a fun series!!
When I worked at the airport in Anchorage, Alaska the JAL cargo pilots used to race each other to their berths, they'd taxi a lot closer behind each other than that. First time I saw it I was surprised, then I got used to it lol
I worked at YYZ for almost 5 years and I was marshalling in a A330-200 Air Transit and this guy came in so fast down the lead in line he almost blew past his stop marker I had the VDGS on and just I'm about to point to it the nose well is 13 feet in front of me usually they are supposed to come in at 3 knots not 10😂
great content, as always 😊
Another interesting video..... thank you Kelsey... Roger... Pembrokeshire UK
I mean, PLENTY of people would volunteer to do this. It's just so regulated, every pilot involved would have their licence revoked. I'd love to go skydiving but they make you get certified first. I've been scuba diving in foreign countries that didn't require certification (with a ten minute gear orientation in the surf), but at home no one would let me go without proving I'm certified.
We used to be able to make our own decisions on acceptable risk, but then families of the injured/deceased started suing the people who enabled them, and now we can't breathe without getting the government to certify we know how to breathe safely first.
I dunno how many people would volunteer to wing walk without a parachute. As for parachuting there are many options without the need to be certified. You can tandem jump. You'll experience free fall as you're harnessed in a double harness to an experienced parachutist typically an instructor. Very little training involved, maybe 30 min?. Want to jump in your own rig? Accelerate free fall training means typically on the same day you'll make a jump independently exiting a perfectly good aircraft.
As for SCUBA, there used to be resort courses. Half hour film / video and then you get wet to a depth of ~30 feet. Why wouldn't you want to avail yourself of other's knowledge? Whether jumping or diving, training was fun and wasn't expensive. Either pursuit can get you seriously hurt or dead real quick. I couldn't imagine doing either without some instruction. I can remember watching a film where an uninstructed individual jumped and froze. They died about 13 seconds after leaving the aircraft with a perfectly serviceable unused parachute.
As a SCUBA instructor I can tell you my share of stories of students that had "golf ball eyes" and a sudden desire to escape to the surface. Instruction reduces risk.
Kelsy you are correct in your physics and comments, except you are too young to remember barnstommers who flew in a group of 4-6 planes and put on stunt bi wing air shows in the 30's and 40's full time for a living. They went from town to town, It was like going to the circus, the high wire acts and trapese were unbelievable. My grandfather became a pilot in the late 1920's. In the early 1950's he took me to one of the last old time air shows, in Chicago. I was 8 or 9 yrs old but I remember, They had a plane with 6 girls 3 near the cockpit on each side when it took off they were trained acrobats. then all 6 of them were at the outer end of lower wing. Their show ended with all 6 of the girls in the center of top wing and side by side with each one with an arm around the next girl, they then did a dance where you all together stand on one leg and swing the other straight out and then switch legs. The other act I remember most is they had 5 planes side by side and a guy in end plane got out of second seat and walked all the way across all 5 planes. When I asked gramps if he could do that he said no. He had a modern plane with single wings made out of metal. The old planes were wood and for a stunt plane it had extra wood in certain places where the circus people would do their tricks, then the wings were covered in a special strong cloth that did not strech and for trick planes they put sand or something in the paint so it was not slippery and the circus people had special rubber on their shoe or boot bottoms. He then said but the bi-wing planes could fly very very slow which new ones could not. He then let me turn the ingition on and he spun the prop by hand to start it and he took me for a ride to look down at all of Chicago, in his modern 1952 whatever. I think the reason these planes could maneuver like that is the double amount of wing surface and they were usually flying less than 30mph. Thank you for the memories.
Love those vintage recordings. Old timey pilots were pioneers of aviation. They knew their airframe.
Dear Kelsey
" Barnstormers " ...we owe them So Much !
I'm Italian / Chilean ...but since a little boy I was Crazy for Airplanes , plus being in an American / Irish High school introduced me to American history.
Hey Kelsey, I was wondering... I assume that you watch a lot of videos. When you're in the air with another pilot, are you like _"Hey, have you seen that video...?"_ and, the pilots that know you, are they expecting you to tell them about some video you saw?
Imagine dropping the tire
Kelsey, great video as usual! Please bring back your old intro theme with the music and, “Hello 74 crew! I,m Kelsey…”
Gladys Ingle, and this was not an "accident". This was a standard part of their traveling show, the plane "accidentally" lost a tire every time they went up! The big clue is the multiple camera angles -- there were no cell phones in the 1920's and film cameras were huge. The high quality multi-angle footage is almost as impressive as the wing walking. There are several articles about her online, a true pioneer! I recommend going to a stunt show like the Flying Circus Air Show in Bealton VA. They do a lot of the old stunts, but I've never seen them replace a wheel. When do we get to see Kelsey wing walking on his 747?
Amazing…..wether it was a stunt or not, it’s a wonderful piece of history….I think the lack of movement in weight transfer, is due to those bi-planes having a massive amount of lift , in comparison to the overall weight of the aircraft….that’s my thoughts , plus she was probably 65 to 70 kg even with the spare wheel.👍🇮🇲👌
I remember when they would pump your gas and wash your windows. Service was just so much better back in the day,
Well for a long time you had the choice of self-service or full-service, and the market clearly spoke since most people chose to save the 20 cents per gallon and pump it themselves.
The main reason why full-service used to be common was because back in the days, oil needed to be changed more often, and often topped up. So the full service included checking the oil, since that was critical vehicle monitoring. As cars and oil filters got better, the need to check oil frequently disappeared.
In Thailand, due to safety regulations, they "pump the gas" at every filling station.
@@maifantasia3650 That’s how it was in a handful of US states until very recently. When I was at university, I remember us all (lovingly) making fun of our fellow student from New Jersey, because he didn’t know how to pump gas! (Since New Jersey was one of those states that mandated full service.)
The barnstormers flew by the seat of their pants. The Power to Weight Ratio back then was really lousy, but they had plenty of lift in those bi-planes. And you can see the control surface corrections when she moves from one plane to the other, 74 Gear. It's really a smooth piece of flying. But, like I said, they had the advantage of plenty of lift. I had never seen this stunt clip before. It was MAGNIFICENT! Thanks for sharing! 👍
Congratulations Kelsey on making Captain!! About time!!
Boeing 747 forever
That person must have quite a lot of endurance and strength. That was impressive!
That 2nd incident was BigJetTV !!!! LOVE HIM - he's hilarious and so entertaining to watch! You made a very good point with the weight transfer there - you can see both pilots sort of adjust their plane an anticipation of the transfer. It was very subtle but enough that the transfer didn't result in any big reactions. :) Stunt person was totally crazy!!!
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100 years ago, it's hard to believe, old Jennys. Wow. Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.
If you find yourself near Dulles Airport between May and October, there's a Flying Circus aerodrome at Bealton, VA. Wing Walking is just one of the events. You can also get rides in a Piper Cub, or one of the half-dozen or so biplanes. Aerobatic rides are also available; IIRC we did a Barrel Roll, a Loop, a pair of Snap Rolls, a Cuban 8 and a Split "S."
That girl had some balls! Pilots were good too!
I still own a Pitts S1-S, but haven’t flown it in years.
Props.... to the drone pilot in the first clip for perfectly framing the video so we could watch all these years later
Great graphics and editing!