1700hp P-51D Mustang Onboard - PURE SOUND!!!
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- Onboard aerobatic flight with P-51D Mustang "Frances Dell". Powered by a 12 cylinder V-Motor Packard-Merlin V-1650-7, 1649 HP (1.671 PS (ca. 1.230 kW))
Pilots: Georg Raab & Florian Hose
All filmed at Siegerland Airport
More info at: www.flying-legends.eu/frances...
00:00 Startup
00:30 taxiing
01:04 Runup
01:45 Takeoff
02:42 Aerobatics
10:03 Landing
12:02 Cutoff - Авто та транспорт
My Documentary about this exact P-51D here >>> ua-cam.com/video/PIkpIE25liY/v-deo.html
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Very nice video ! I love old sound of piston engine of those old planes ! Try to imagine of this during Second World War !
Nice video,love that sound
@@pimuce Imagine the sound of 800 4-engine bombers and 200 fighter escorts in the air at one time.
Boy did I enjoy this
Wow that's awesome video thanks 😊☺️🇬🇧🇺🇸
Almost 80 years later it’s still one of the most beautiful airplanes ever made.
Only beat out by the P-38 in my opinion. Forked Tailed Devil will always be my favorite.
@@biglew1161 nothing beats the DH Mosquito and Spitfire for Beauty
This is all subjective so I'd have to disagree, Russian planes have always been the most beautiful to me, MiG 3 is one of my faves from WW2 era
By chance a Detroit Company called .. (Packard) took that Contract after Mr.FORD not his Son decided the British can waste away. The 12 Cylinder Merlin Mk.V was the best at over 35 thousand feet.
Agreed! Many people say Spitfire, but imo that was way too clean looking. The Spitfire could just as well have been electric :)
No irritating announcer….no even MORE irritating music…just the aircraft. Wonderful! Thank you!
Absolutely the greatest sound track the merlin
Yay
THANK YOU!
The Merlin is the music
Laminar airflow wings and the Rolls-Royce Royce merlin engine are the two components components that made this plane so successful
Imagine being 20 years old, given a mustang fully armed, and then told; ok, now go fly around France and Germany and blow stuff up.
That’s why we are all crybabies nowadays
As a kid in the 70s I imagined that every day.
Sometimes it was a Corsair, sometimes a P-38, and of course a Mustang.
Different generation. The globalists have done their deed on the USA.
@@billd.6684 same here we used to draw them on our school books I was born in 64 right time to be a kid
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This was a real gun fighter. I’ve flown with a veteran who flew P51 during WWII in the early 1990s out of KCRQ. He was one of the first American pilot to shoot down 5 Me109s. He was still teaching aerobatics and he taught me Snap rolls, Cuban 8s, Loops, Point Rolls etc. he was definitely one of the best and I am lucky to have learned from him before he died years later. RIP Lowell, Fair winds and Blue skies forever.
In your 2nd sentence the word order is wrong. It reads like WW2 occurred in the 1990s. "In the early 1990s I flew out of KCRQ with a vet who flew the P-51 in WW2."
@@dareisnogod5711Fr I had to read that one twice.
@@dareisnogod5711 I clearly understood what he meant when I read it, no need to criticize...... so... wot's the deal??
@@HarvestTexas same lmao English must be their second language
Erich Hartmann schoß innerhalb von dreieinhalb
Minuten 4 P51 mit seiner
Me 109 G10 ab.Das größte
Fliegerass der Welt.
Hans Joachim Marseille
schoß bei drei Einsätzen in
Nord Afrika 17 Britische Flugzeuge mit seiner Me 109 G2 an nur einem Tag ab.
Spitfire, Hurricane und P40.
Bei uns deutschen war ein
Brite oder Ami mit 5 Luftsiegen noch lange kein
Ass.Bei der deutschen Luftwaffe galten viel höhere
Maßstäbe.
I cannot express how happy it makes me that people are still restoring, caring for, and flying these legendary beasts. Phenomenal sound in this video, well done.
Some men are still being born today with the right stuff
Reno NV air races my first time witnessing them April 83 most beautiful up close , my models were nice , but in person, magnificent to behold...😸🕊️💎👍☝️💪😎
F-35 could shoot it down.
@@brandonbp122 A bird can take them all down and it's oldest flying machine. Your point is moot.
dude theres a restoration hangar at march air force base of the P-38 i wish i could get in and see it
The sound of a Merlin passing by is like a lion roar. It's timeless.
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Packard Merlin
Yes the sound of that going by is like no other sound..... I can only imagine what it was like to the allied and german people in 1944 & 1945 to hear that zip buy close.... like no other sound of freedom close that any other will ever hear.. amazing
@@Demogrunt "sound of freedom"... LOL
Freedom of what?
Freedom and legitimation for greed, government terrorism and oppression?
I saw a P-51 in action at a local air show, there is NOTHING like the sound of that RR engine as it buzzes the crowd. Imagine being a 20-year-old mixing it up with 109s and 190s while defending a bomber formation. So sad that most of these veteran pilots and their stories are now gone. Beautiful video!
I think any 20-year-old mixing it up with 109s and 190s were shitting themselves when they engaged for the first time though. But yeah the sound is soo good but it would be even better if these planes could shoot training bullets. The merlin engine + the browning of these mustangs makes such a great sound all together
A 20 year old back then had the maturity level of a 40 old year now.
@@cr1424A true statement
@@cr1424 nah they were just kids
@@ahouais5620 Definitely have to agree, but I'd guess that the woke liberal socially-sensitives of today would frown upon the idea. We really shouldn't give our youngsters a taste for conflict, right ?
Beautiful silver bird. The Mustang and the Spitfire, two of the most beautiful flying machines ever created, both powered by one of the greatest aero engines ever created. The mighty Merlin!
I think the German fighters of that era were good too. And the zero Japanese. A great era of design
The nice thing about the P-51D is that you can make it a two-seater without spoiling its appearance
Yes, that's likely the reason why so many of today's flying P-51`s are two seaters. Also has great range, especially with additional internal wing tanks.
@@PaddyPatrone do you know the early history of your airplane? Were it was stationed out of and missions it participated in?
Same with Sukoi su-27, they look magnificent
@@snydedon9636 There is a link in the description for the aircrafts history and the website of the Museum that owns it.
A bit like the wife…
My grandfather Royal Short Swing did 50 missions for the 31st Fire Group, 309th Fighter Squadron; there-and-backs starting in ‘42 with this plane without a scratch. He earned five Air Medals during his service. I wouldn’t be alive today if it panned out otherwise. After the war, he lived one of the most peaceful lives in Charlottesville, VA with Louise Swing and their five children. One of which made myself and my brother. RIP Grandpa, you have no idea how much I think about you.
Thank you for sharing that. Must've been a special man.
A WW2 fighter pilot with a name that is impossibly cool, raising a fine family and living an exemplary life. And you got to call him Grandpa. Easy to see why you think of him often. Thank you for sharing.
👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸💪🇺🇸
Oh he knows Jake... he most certainly knows. He's probably near you far more often than you realize.
Thank you to all the young Americans who fought to restore freedom to Europe
Two of some of the best sounds ever: the flight of a P-51 Mustang, and the “ping” of an M1 Garand :)
And a cold start ZL1 Camaro!
@@jeffheupel9173 and a two stroke 250 dirt bike rippin around a track
And a V12 Formula 1 passing by
A10,prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Lol it’s been years since I’ve thought about the ping sound but it is distinctive
The sound of that plane flying by gives me goosebumps. Absolutely magical.
That Rolls Royce still sounds sweet. That is the sound many a soldier, sailor or often even airman prayed and cheered for! The sound of air support and superiority that could often mean the difference of win or lose, life or death. As a young man that sound would always send a shiver down my spine but now as a crippled and broken ol war dog .... it still sends a shiver as far down as I can feel my spine! I hope this old girl stays flying as long as possible and even when the day comes that she fly no more.... roll her out into the sun light to see the skies and maybe just bark for a while. Generations to come should see hear and feel her power and grace.
Couldn’t have been said better, thank you for your sacrifice and service sir
You have a keen eye. May I ask where you aquied it?
@@jameswahnee435 All over the world but mostly Europe.
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"Packard Merlin" i believe.
Keep on people...
There is nothing on this earth that sounds like a RR Merlin engine. Brings back memories of watching air shows as a kid when there were far more prop WW2 planes than jets. Two of the most beautiful and graceful planes are
the Mustang and the Spitfire.
Agreed 💯 %👍
without the Merlin, the Mustang would've never become legendary.
I couldn't agree more. The only plane I'd care to learn to fly,is this one. It just way,way to cool.
How about a Packard Merlin!
@@garybulwinkle82 it was a Merlin built under licences yes that made some changes but it was still a RR Merlin but so did the RAF to the P-51 Mustang
The wind going over the 50cal ports making that distinct whistling sound
Years ago at Sebring my boys and I were walking through the pits after the 12 hour race on Sunday. All of a sudden we heard a sound I've never heard before. Coming in from our backs and maybe a couple of hundred feet above us was this P51. It made those race cars we've been watching for the past few days sound like a bunch of VW. It came over us and then went vertical. I'll never forget that. It was awesome!
My God, the landing was perfect
@@Scott-gc4pt actually, these are designed, like most other fighter planes of that era, to come down on the 2 front wheels first, then slowly drop down onto the back wheel as they wash off speed. unless they're landing on an aircraft carrier, which is an entirely different scenario and style of landing.
@@catey62 carrier landing = thump & pray 😅
@@codyj1162 😂
@@codyj1162 😂😂
@@codyj1162 you mean
Carrier landing=mission completed
One of the most beautiful aircraft ever built.
I know it wasn't the best plane, but I was always in love with the Stuka.
When things are well made, I don’t know why they don’t just keep making them. Quality never goes out of style.
@@foedspaghetti3290 same reason no-one fights a war with a bow and arrow on horseback. Is all armored infantry and drones now.
@@AntilleanConfederation, I did not mean for any form of active service, but as a limited edition for private pilots.
@@foedspaghetti3290 some companies do make old birds out of scratch
Dieses Video ist nicht zu übertreffen! Der Flug vom Flugzeug UND vom Boden dargestellt! Das ist einzigartig!
Außerdem eine ganz tolle Vorführung! Wow!
Vielen Dank!
👍😎🇦🇹
Das Dankeschön geht an den Piloten 😉👍🏻
I met one of the original Tuskegee airmen at a convention who flew these planes in the war he was in his 90s I got goosebumps as he demonstrated with his hand, the air maneuvers they did in the air ✈️
Beautiful! And no PA announcer or goofy music! 👍
My thoughts exactly!!! Just pure power!
No Kenny Loggins fans here? 😆
The way a UA-cam video should be
And NO commercial interruptions!
@@mikerotch4597 So true man
The whistling as it comes screaming out of a dive gives me goosebumps.
6 50 cal machine guns open up their own tune would cause more than goosebumps
you know who else got goos bumps
I’m guessing that’s the supercharger whine?
That is the gun barrels! Sounds sweet!
Ya that whine is just bad ass !!!
The sound of victory right there. This is incredible! 🇺🇸
Listening to her idle up and then go on throttle for take off is just magical
This is how a flying video is made right, just pure sound
Love the sound of the P-51 during a dive run. That sound is enough to scare the bejesus out of anyone!!
Scaring victims with sound is a monopoly of rhe Stuka
Sounds better here, without that whine, which I think is from empty gun ports.
@@08jag81 Stukas has propeller driven sirens on them intentionally
@@tanamly I prefer my sound with some P-51
@@08jag81 It's the supercharger whine
I love to watch videos like this , my Pop was WWII pilot in the Pacific. He flew a P51 with 4th fighter squadron out of San Diego. His story's are amazing!
Get him to do an interview with that youtube channel Memoirs of ww2 I believe it's called. Something like that
@@northeastrailway.Thank you , Pops passed last year at 96 years old he had bouts of Alzheimer's but i could always bring him back by showing him picture of a mustang. He would talk like he was flying again. He was the Bravest man I ever knew .
The whistling sound in the dive is magical, all us old timers feel the hair on the back of the neck bristle.....
Love that Merlin sound. Where I live in S. California I occasionally hear a locally owned P-51 pass overhead. I try to run outside to catch a glimpse.
It’s Packard merlin .. a bit different
@@MonkPetite still a Merlin, cope.
@@MonkPetite Same thing...just a licensed version.
@@dotdashdotdash Yup still a British engine no matter where its made..:)
100% agree. I live near the Nut Tree Airport, there's 2 P-51s, a P-47 and what I believe is a Mitsubishi A6M? or other radial type Japanese plane that fly out of there. I know which ones they are by sound and when I hear them, I always head to a window or outside to view them. Never gets old!
Wow what a great ride. Loved the music/engine only. The integration of outside-inside views was outstanding. I tried to get a ride in the Collings Foundation P-51C when it was in CT in 2015 but at 6'6" couldn't even hope to get in. Went with B-17 909 (RIP) as consolation. This is the closest I'll ever get at 78 yo, so thanks again for the ride.
Is there actually a height limit? Or would it just be very uncomfortable? To fly in a P-51 has always been on my bucket list since I was little. But I am 6’6” as well
@@mattliptak3747 Hi, there was no limit at that time, but it was an impossible squeeze for me and mgmt didn't think it was a good idea in the event of an emergency. Turns out they were right as in the case of 909. RIP.
That P-51C flew up my wooded canyon in NorCal a few years ago. I heard it coming and dashed out to the roof deck and watched it quickly approach. It was probably 500 feet from me. The pilot later told me that he buzzed the home of one of their sponsors. It was an awesome pass.
In November 1982 I got 2 rides in a day from Bob Love in his P-51D. At 6 foot 2 I barely fit. When we left Stockton Airport, he headed directly at a hangar full of Warbird people, pulled up and wrapped the plane around the checkerboard water tower and climbed straight up. I couldn't believe how quickly the tower got small. From inside the plane, the engine sounded like a Ford flathead V-8 cruising with straight pipes on. The sound was completely different from what everyone hears on the ground. There was a cloud base and he put the canopy about 10 feet below the clouds. It looked like Star Wars with the clouds above passing at insane speed. I could see us heading at 250 mph toward a low hanging cloud and braced for impact. Nothing! The gray covered us and the temperature dropped 15 degrees in an instant. 2 seconds later we were under the clouds again back to normal temperature. What a lucky day for me.
You said it pal!
@@kimmer6 Your description of that day just made my day, thanks.
That sound is right up there with THE most beautiful sounds man has ever created!!!
The P-51 was the F-15 fighter of its time, incredibly agile, fast and deadly. It's also many of us consider the most beautiful aircraft ever made. The tremendously successful series of Ran's kit planes, over 10,000 flying, is largely based upon its gorgeous design.
The F4U Corsair was another one that was and still is a favorite.
Agreed, agreed and agreed. I was lucky enough to see a dozen or so at Mecca, aka the EAA incredible show every July, both parked and lined up facing the crowd and starting those beautiful Merlin engines.
An amazing offshoot of the P-51 is the Lancair IV-P, a 2-seater home built that can fly 300 MPH at 20,000 feet. It's very much inspired by the P-51. I "flew" one around the world in Flight Simulator. Like the real thing it was tricky to fly but amazingly capable.
I’ve never heard such a beautiful sound in my life.
doesn't seem to sound all that good from cockpit though, i bet it would drive many crazy on long flights lol
Outside she screams ever so beautifully earplugs for the pilot... 🤔👍💎✌️🙏
It's the sound of pure testosterone. What this guy wouldn't give to strafe one Nazi supply train.
What an absolutely immaculate looking plane, it looks like it could have come straight off the factory floor! And then there's the sound...like an aeronautical symphony
They never looked that good off the factory floor. There was a lot of love put into that plane to make it look that way.
@@michaeldose2041 Probably should have said "Sales Room' floor.
@@michaeldose2041
I wouldn't agree with that. The original D and after models with the bubble canopy looked every bit this good and better.
This plane here is a two-seater with a longer, more awkward looking cockpit. Wartime models didn't have this and looked more lean. This one is very sharp. Make no mistake.
I'm just opposing that they didn't look "that good" from the factory as well. This one has the royal treatment.
@@c2jones What I was referring too was polishing the skin to a mirror finish, the nose paint and the mat black anti glare cowling paint. A lot of time and detail work went into making it a work of art rather than what it looked like when it was new. Yeah, he added a seat. Might as well, it's not like you're going to be loading it up with 9yards of 50cal. You remind me of the classic car guys that fuss and fume over ''everything'' original. The problem is, when it's all said and done the paint never looked that flawless, ''originally'' every knob and button wasn't polished to a mirror finish etc. In other words it looks better than it did new, yet someone will still say yeah but that's not the original water pump. I prefer to look at a piece of art for the thing of beauty that it is. Not the ''commuter'' car that it was when it rolled out of the factory. Many of them are trailered to the ''show''. At least this one still gets flown. It's just a show toy now, and he can bring his friend, what else is it good for?
@@michaeldose2041
With respect, you've made many hasty assessments to go along with your hasty presentation.
Firstly, fresh from the factory, these planes had plenty of shine. Some of us may prefer less shine (having nothing to do with that "original" thing at all) just as some do on cars and boats.
And, no, regardless the original thing, I prefer the leaner, less elongated profile. The K models were even more aesthetically pleasing to me that the D models.
In restored classic cars, I often prefer modifications as it enhances performance, safety, practicality, etc., with little regard for originality.
You've made a list of faulty assessments based upon your own experiences. But off the mark here.
Is it just me or does the sound of the engine just put you at ease? Like you can just fall asleep peacefully to it? I grew up next to an airport so the constant sound of aircraft in the background always had a calming effect. But the WW2 warbirds in particular, especially the P-51...
It will be a sad day, when far in the future, the last of these will have been scrapped due to some debtor BS or an accident. These warbirds absolutely NEED to be preserved.
Yep! The P51 mustang and the F86 Sabre. Two of the best looking planes ever.
North American sure made some handsome airplanes.
.... und beide Flugzeuge hatten
einen und denselben Entwickler :Edgar Schmued.
In Deutschland geboren und
Studiert, wanderte er kurz vor
dem Krieg nach Amerika aus,
und bekam eine Anstellung bei
dem Flugzeug Hersteller NAA.
Dort entwickelte er mit dem
Deutsch Amerikaner, ein gewisser Herr Kindelberger die
P51 bzw die F86.
Thank you for the video. I was raised by Albert Henry Ligons as a child. He was a Tuskegee Airman he protected B-17's heading into Germany. As I recall they never lost a B-17. He told me stories of seeing his friends die and remembered seeing their planes roll for the last time. The last time I saw him went skiing together in Steam Boat Springs in 1991. He is gone now.
May he R.I.P. They don't make Patriots like him anymore!
Not saying that what you say isn’t true, however, there is no listing of an Albert Henry Ligons among the ranks of the Tuskegee Airman. Moreover, the obituary listed on Legacy for the same name (Albert H. Ligons Steamboat Springs, CO 88) from March 2010, has no reference to the Tuskegee Airman, nor military service of any kind.
I do not mean to be rude but it needs to be pointed out that no person with that name appears on the roll of the Tuskegee Airmen. Also, they story that they never lost a B-17 is wrong (though often referenced). That was a story of dubious veracity printed in a newspaper during the war; when the news was censored anyway. Actually, a number of bombers were shot down by enemy fighters while being escorted by the Tuskegee airmen. One can view the records and verify that. The T. airmen were good and that is why their story still resonates today. It had been thought before WWII that these people (blacks) were "inferior" and not able to be effective pilots (I hate writing that last sentence, but such is history). In the war, they were as good as any other American pilot and that was enough to vindicate them. Though the Luftwaffe was seriously weakened by the time the Tuskegee Airmen started escort duty they (Luftwaffe) still had some incredible pilots (Gallant, Hartman, Steinhof, etc) and, with the ME-262s, they (Luftwaffe) were triumphant in their individual actions. Such was the speed of the ME-262s that the Mustangs, such as the one pictured here. No way for some bombers under escort not to be shot down.
THE most beautiful piece of machinery ever built by man!
This is not a Spitfire tho.
UA-cam randomly showed me this video. When he took off I was surprised that this in our village (Burbach, Germany ). I’ve heard this airplane often times. That thing is loud but I love the sound.
Cool thing is to get always an air show for free.
With enough muscle to go well over 400 MPH, and yet so graceful in flight, a work of art, and formidable foe.
Definitely living the dream>flying the P-51. Great video. Thanks very much for No music, No talking, and most of all, Not chopping the complete maneuvers.
What a beautiful machine. Thanks to all those who keep it alive and make it fly. It's a treat to virtually put yourself in the seat. 💙 from France.
The most beautiful mechanical art I've ever seen.
As an aviation aficionado, the P-51 is my all time favorite. Had the opportunity to see one up close and see it fly at a local airshow a few years back. Beautiful aircraft. And that sound...
The P-51D Mustang was one of the most beautiful aircraft ever made, and the most effective fighter of WWII. It was so good it was even used in Korea, after jet fighters were fairly common.
It wasn't the most effective. It was surely one of the best aircrafts during WW2, but the most effective (by real numbers) were the Messerschmitt Bf 109.
Sadly the US Airforce mothballed all the P-47s. Once the jet aged commenced I wonder how many US Airforce pilots would have lived had they been conducting ground support in the P-47 instead of the liquid cooled P-51. There is a reason the Corsair stayed in service so long, the radial engine and survivability.
@@OPFlyFisher304 The P47 and Corsair were more prone to battle damage than the P-51D, but the P-51D was lighter, faster, could fly at higher altitudes, and was more maneuverable, more than negating that disadvantage IMO. Even today P-51Ds are commonly used in air races.
@@geraldscott4302 Ground support missions require one to support the guy on the ground, thus operating at a lower elevation level and thus being more prone to ground fire. ALL prop planes were inferior in Korea. Furthermore the P-47 was more responsible to Air-Superiority in WW2 than the Mustang was. It is a myth the P-47 could not go to Berlin and back, it did. the 56th FG (highest kills of all 8th AF FGs)opted to keep P-47s instead of converting to Packard powered P-51s.
@@mekwall P-47s cleared the skies of Western Europe. Rall from the Famous JG 52 didn't last too long on the Western Front when he met US pilots flying P-47s. He was certainly welcomed to Thunder Dome in a hurry. He actually credits this wounding and shoot down to saving his life.
The look of the plane, the sound it produces, cuts through the air effortlessly... just amazing.
The sound of Freedom …nothing like the sound of the Merlin .wether it be in the mustang or the spitfire ,it still brings a lump to the throat and a tear to the eye by what these fighters stood for .❤❤❤
The P-51 sounds so good! One of the best sounding planes ever made. The noise is unmistakable, you know it's a P-51 when you hear it! it's also a good looking plane one of the best!
The steering and throttle controls were all push pull design originally designed by Teleflex which was owned by my grandfather Sandy Chisholm. This aircraft played a significant roll in keeping the Germans at bay during World War II along with the Spitfire in the air battle over England. Both are beautiful aircraft.
Very professional flight and wonderful sound track! And landings don't get any better than that!
Thank You for the ride today, MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!.
To my eyes and esthetic sensibilities, this is the most beautiful aircraft ever produced.
Dude I can’t believe they got a color video with this much quality in the 1940’s great job 👍
Nice photography and editing. Combination of the two POV's is perfect. Felt like I was there.
Synergy between pilot and machine! Truly an aerial ballet! Thank you.
Awesome. That engine whistle when diving is great.
Believe it or not its not actually the engine whistle, everyone thinks its the supercharger its in fact the air flowing through the gun ports on the wings! Crazy
There are few words to truly describe how beautiful these beasts are.
The P51 and the Spitfire are the two most beautiful aircraft ever made in my humble opinion. Their sound and beautiful looks just go together perfectly! Really nice flying here too...smooth and flowing. Thanks for putting this up!
F-35 could shoot them down.
Don't be humble. Its true.
No irritating music just the music of the beautiful engine
Beautiful flight with a competent PIC in a lovely lady beast! I love the unforgettable 12:33 sounding of a P-51's low pass roar.
Thanks for putting this together!
I got to fly in the back of one about 30 years ago in Fresno. This brought it all back. The feel of power and the sound especially during takeoff has to be experienced.
I think Hemingway once said “ deep sea fishing is worth what ever you have to pay to do it”. I think you could say the same about flying in a P-51. Do what you need to do.
Sell one of your kids!
Mortgage the wife!
Do what you have to do,
to fly in a P-51 Mustang!
I got 2 rides in Bob Love's P-51D out of Livermore, Calif. That was in November of 1982. I can still smell that exhaust when he started it up. The engine sounded like a Ford flathead V-8 with straight pipes on it from inside the cockpit. It didn't sound like it was running very fast and sounded lightly loaded. It sounded absolutely nothing like what you hear from the ground. That was a day in my life ranked in the top 5 awesome events in my 70+ years.
There is NOTHING like the sound of a P51 whistling while it works! ...Sends chills down my spine every time I hear one! .....Beautiful !...Just sayin'!
What a joy that must be. After watching pilots in newer plans with all the bells and whistles, buzzers, and alarm systems, that P-51 was a sweet pure ride. Thank you for sharing.
P-51 had a bell and alarm too... :)
This was wonderful. Super pilot showing great skills while putting this plane through its paces. Love the doppler sound effect as the plane passes the recording station.
The sound of a Rolls-Royce engine is just amazing
A Packard engine 😉 The Packard Merlin engine was different from the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine.
The P-51 and F-4U are the finest pieces of engineering ever developed. They truly are a timeless classic.
The B-29 was the most advanced aircraft of its time, and the most expensive project of the war, even more than the Manhattan Project.
My Father was a Flyboy and instructor in WWII. This was the kind of plane he flew. ❤
What a perfectly done video, no unnecessary talking, no music except for the music from that beautiful airplane and engine. Thank you doing this and posting it. I watched it and listened to it through my 1K watt 5.2 Home theatre system....what a treat
Arguably the most beautiful bird ever made- can you imagine one of these coming after you with 6 browning 50 cals dropping in on you at about 400 mph?
Mustangs and Catalinas
Agreed. The P-51 is such a good looking plane as is the P-40 Warhawk and the Corsair. 3 of my favorite Fighters.
Nah. DH Mosquito. Two Merlins for the price of one!
The skeeter is an amazing plane no doubt, just sayin the p51 is a beautiful bird imho- there’s a long list for sure
@@stephensmith799 In 1958 my dad gave me a government surplus auction magazine. The aviation section was of great interest to me as they listed P-51D's for sale and the prices that they fetched at auction. $1200-$1500 got you a Mustang with 50 to 150 hours on it. I begged my dad to buy one.... He pointed out the PBY Catalina which sold for $5000. There was a company in Florida buying the Mustangs and converting them into sport planes for Executives. My favorite aircraft of all time was the P-51, even as a little kid. Somebody's PBY used to fly by every few months. It always looked to be flying slowly. We were over the mountain from Burbank Airport and Lockheed and a lot of unusual aircraft flew over our town. I might add that we heard lots of sonic booms in those days coming from Edwards AFB testing. Sonic booms are no longer allowed.
Once saw a P51 and an F4u perform together at an airshow in Victoria TX about 30 years ago. One of the top 10 amazing things I have ever seen I'm my life.
The Corsair is one of my all time favorites!
The iconic Mustang and the F-22 Raptor are my favorites of all time. Two amazing planes from different eras.
I was one of a few very fortunate people to ride in a P51 mustang. I have to say it was one of the highlites of my life. It was the famous stunt pilot Bob Hoovers yellow P51 that a friend of his bought that lived in Rexburg Idaho. This guy was wealthy and owned a small air museum. I held an event there and he gave me a ride in his P51. He asked me what I thought my stomach could take and I said anything you are capable of do it! We did dives, rolls twists and flew upside down a bunch....it was unreal!!
Awesome. Pure sound and no bullshit music
This brings back memories I have from a back seat ride in the 80s in Double Trouble II. I've been able to fly or fly in a lot of different aircraft, but the P-51D ride was the best aviation experience I've ever had.
Wow and wow! The outside whine and inside a hum. Not even starting on how the engine thumps. Beautiful.
Simply beautiful! Thank you for sharing such a precious footage.
The sound of the Packard-Merlin gives me an eargasm.
The sound of an incredible piece of British engineering.
@@julianneale6128 "This combined system reduced the charge temperature to suitable levels. The throttle
valves in the updraft carburetor throat were controlled by an automatic boost control
through the pilot's linkage to maintain the selected manifold pressure during changes in
altitude. These valves were only partially open during ground and low level operation to
prevent overboosting of the engine. As air density decreased with an increase in altitude,
the throttle valves were moved to an open position by boost pressure corresponding to
aircraft altitude. This system provided full power within engine boost limitations up to
the critical altitude of 26,000 feet. This was the improvement Packard brought to the
Merlin.
When the first of the Packard-built Merlins arrived in Britain, the engineers at RollsRoyce stripped it down and were amazed to find the production-line built Packard engine,
far from being as bad as they expected it to be for component tolerances, was actually
better. Up until then, Rolls-Royce Merlins were hand built, every face being finished off
by hand, and this time-consuming process placed great strain on the production capability
of the skilled workforce involved in the manufacture of these engines. The Packard
engine changed many minds, although there were still some at Rolls-Royce who
remained unconvinced of the quality of the American engine, produced as it was by a
largely unskilled and semi-skilled female workforce. In the end, the engine's performance
removed any doubts about its quality and workmanship." www.combatairmuseum.org/
That last factory began churning out engines in mid-1941, but not before Ford, like Packard, overcame a few hurdles. Stanley Hooker's autobiography, Not Much of an Engineer, deals mostly with his work on Rolls-Royce jet engines. But its section on Merlin development, the superchargers of which Hooker played a role in developing, is illuminating:
"In my enthusiasm, I considered that Rolls-Royce designs were the ne plus ultra, until the Ford Motor Co. in Britain was invited to manufacture the Merlin in the early days of the War. A number of Ford engineers arrived in Derby, and spent some months examining and familiarizing themselves with the drawings and manufacturing methods. One day their Chief Engineer appeared in (Merlin development head Cyril Lovesey's) office, which I was then sharing, and said, 'You know, we can't make the Merlin to these drawings.'
"I replied loftily, 'I suppose that is because the drawing tolerances are too difficult for you, and you can't achieve the accuracy.'
"'On the contrary,' he replied, 'the tolerances are far too wide for us. We make motor cars far more accurately than this. Every part on our car engines has to be interchangeable with the same part on any other engine, and hence all parts have to be made with extreme accuracy, far closer than you use. That is the only way we can achieve mass production.'"
www.autoweek.com
Don't mean to burst your bubble, we appreciate you guys holding them off those first years alone. Besides the P-47 is the plane most responsible for Air superiority over Western Europe, so it s a mute point.
@@OPFlyFisher304 oh I know about the engineering and the history of the engine and about how the Merlin was built. Rolls-Royce were used to hand building engines in 10s by skilled apprenticed people, rather than mass producing them. Yes, under R-R's supervision Packard modified the blueprints for their mass production techniques, but It doesn't stop every Merlin made being a Rolls-Royce.
My dad coincidently used design cars for GM in some of the old Packard workshops in Detroit back in the 1980s.
The P47 I like a lot. I know the Germans found it not quite as easy to shoot down than the P38. Neither were dogfighters but if used strategically could do pretty well.
@@julianneale6128 I disagree with your "dogfighter" classification. Speed kills period. The top 10 US Aces of WW2 flew the following planes (order from most kills to 10th) 1. P-38
2. P-38 3. F-6F Hellcat 4. P-47 5.P-47 6. P-38 7. P-51 8.F-4U Corsair 9. F-4F Wildcat 10. F-4U Corsair.
Furthermore, the Soviets absolutely hated the Spitfire and requested no more. The Soviets loved the P-39 and P-63, as I am sure your aware of, where as the US and particularly the Brit hated it and requested no more. As many as 10 Soviet Aces racked up 27 or more kills claimed in the fighter which would rank them all tied with or higher than the P-47s on the US ace list and in front of the sole P-51 ace. Different tools for different jobs and different tools and be implemented differently by different people to get the same results.
@@julianneale6128 Every Merlin was not a Rolls Royce, rather the opposite. The Majority were US Packard built and UK Ford built.
people forget these airplanes were thoroughbred high performance machines that were not easy to fly and pushed the envelope of their capabilities.
Very true indeed! The higher the performance level, the further you have to stay ahead of it!
After they put in the British motor!
...and that all those aerobatics abilities were made for a single purpose: dogfighting
@@tomasgutierrez6954 exactly
@@darylhoskins5696 the rose royst engine
My favorite plane of all time. The look the sound the speed. The cool factor.❤
OMG. This just brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for this. The P-51 is the greatest fighter in history, jet or prop, and is also my favorite aircraft of all time. ❤❤❤
Gorgeous piece of airmanship. Well done!
I was lucky enough to see one in California flying. Found it to be one of the most festinating planes. After hearing it fly around, I knew they never snuck up on an enemy. I was in wonder of how an entire group would sound. It brought a great memory and pride in American engineering. Thankful for all who have served and will server to protect this great nation.
Where at?? I’m pretty sure there’s one in my area on the central coast but I’ve heard there’s only like 2 in California
@@elicarter1356 Yea it has been many years now. I think it was around Fresno California area. Hopefully it still in one piece and enjoyed by many. I thought the air force had one in their inventory still. I think there was a story on the plane. I could be wrong. I enjoyed my time traveling to new areas. I will always remember that day in particular.
Umm, the engine is a Rolls Royce Merlin
@@Paulwhittingham yeah we know. What does that have to do with anything?
@@Paulwhittingham It's a packard merlin
Brilliant to get a feel both inside and out of this beautiful plane.
Absolutely beautiful. Shows how much pride was in the American factories building these for the military and the young pilots who flew the, both men and women.
We have an annual airshow this weekend near me. I am constantly running outside to catch a glimpse of the unmistakable sounds that the old warbirds make as they fly in or practice their routines they will perform. I usually get to see almost as much as if I was there.
Had the pleasure of being in the back seat with Frank in 2007 at the Bundaberg airshow it was a dream come true and we did all this and more. Thanks Frank I'll never forget the simulated ground attack on the lady hanging out her washing. She was toast.
I saw a Mustang heading up a valley near Sonoma, Calif going toward Santa Rosa. We were in my Geo Metro convertible on a back road and stopped, got out quickly to the middle of the road and made like I was firing a machine gun. He clearly saw me and dove on me in a gun run and passed maybe 200 feet above me. My girlfriend was thoroughly impressed. She was an AA Flight Attendant whose dad owned a crop dusting service in the Valley. She flew in his Stearman many times and knew more about the Mustang than I did. Whomever was flying that Mustang made my day!
What a Beauty! Kudos to the Crew who maintain her and polish that clear aluminium. ❤...
One of the most beautiful aircraft ever built. What a sweet sound. Thanks for the video.
Magical sight and sound👌Used to see these a lot in the UK having lived at Biggin Hill for 21 years before moving to sunnier climes. The Battle of Britain airshow at Biggin was just one awesome clollection of warbirds....and if that wasn't enough, North Weald and Duxford were a relatively short drive away with the occasional jaunt to Mildenhall for the more modern stuff. Magic days back then. Sure don't see the old warbirds out here in Malaysia🇲🇾. Thanks for sharing this excellent on board footage 👌
The expat life has its bittersweet side to be sure. I've been living 8000km from where I was born for most of the last decade, and most of the time it's a happy thing, but there are moments...
That landing was beautiful.
Fantastic, wonderful to share with us this flight with this legendary plane with the sound of the unforgettable merlin
What a Pilot, what a flight, what a landing, what a plane!!!
This thing is going to clock a century in not Soo long... Can't imagine the care, skills and dedication it demands to keep it flying like this....
The landing bounced less than my car on the road. Perfect!
Thank you so much. As an old "motor head" as well a war bird fan and an original unlimited hydro fan this video was pure music, You rock.
P-52s The pride of America 🇺🇸 and the boys who flew them with their hearts and not for a paycheck.
Einfach nur geil! Kopfhörer auf, voll aufdrehen und genießen.
Ich würde gern mal, bei einer Flugschau live dabei sein. Der Sound in Real muss der Hammer sein.
Lieben Gruß
Der Sound ist der Vorschlaghammer!
Das infernalische Brüllen und Pfeifen bei Topspeed und 30 Meter direkter Überflug (ist heute leider nicht mehr erlaubt) ergibt minutenlange Gänsehaut, die Haare stehen einem im Nacken und es läuft einem eiskalt den Rücken runter.
Die Vorstellung, dass eine ganze Staffel einen Tiefangriff fliegt, lässt einem sprichwörtlich fast das Blut gefrieren.
Ist zwar schon ein paar Jahre her, aber manches vergisst man sein Leben lang nicht mehr!
@@muste1351 Naja der LowPass geht schon noch. Ist dann halt ein low approach, ist halt dann kein offizieller Teil der Vorführung in diesem Sinne. ;)
Kannst du ja, wenn die Events wieder starten. Das größte in Deutschland ist es das Oldtimer-Fliegertreffen Hahnweide, möglicherweise gibts 2023 wieder eins. Ansonsten Flying Legends in England, wenn man auf historische Propellerflugzeuge steht. Oder auch Ausschau nach Flugtagen in deiner Region halten, da gibts dann auch öfter das ein oder andere historische Flugzeug mal zu sehen.
@@Kosty19
Auf der Hahnweide waren wir schon, toller Event mit großem Teilnehmerfeld.
Aber diese spezielle Erfahrung bietet auch eine Hahnweide nicht mehr!
Damals ist die Mustang im seitlichen Kurvensinkflug frontal über die Köpfe gedonnert.
Auch eine Spit und eine Kittyhawk waren dabei. Aber die P-51 war unglaublich!
Auf den heutigen Flugshows gibt’s aus Sicherheitsgründen nur noch Flyby‘s.
Damals kam es wegen diesen Tiefflügen auf der nahegelegenen Straße zu einem Unfall mit Verletzten, weshalb diese Vorführungen für die Zukunft untersagt wurden.
@@muste1351 Ok. Ja, mit der Zeit wurden die behördlichen Auflagen immer strikter und auch auf die gegenüberliegende Waldseite durfte man zuletzt nicht mehr, echt schade.
Thanks for sharing that awesome sound! My neighbours now think there is a P-51D in the area! :)
My grandfather survived landing at Pointe Du Hoc and saw the war though it’s end…didn’t say much about it.
At an air show in the late 80’s a P-51 came in low and fast. It was the most incredible thing I had ever heard.
I looked up at my grandfather to share the moment of excitement and all I saw was a terrified man who in that moment was reliving the horror he witnessed in the European theatre.
The men who fought in WW2 were the toughest the world has ever known, unbreakable.
God bless