Can I thank my mother and those with wives n girlfriends who have been dragged around Aviation museums to suffer the enjoyment of aeroplanes and thank you Jimmy & co for giving us the opportunity of being able to watch this again and again. Thank you all
Jimmy, as someone who’s been in the aviation world since 1979, I would like to say thank you for educating the folks who don’t get to see how aircraft operate or any of the history behind them exists. There’s so much that goes into aviation that is unknown to the average person that climbs onto an airliner and this content goes a long ways towards explaining that history. Thank you!
I was wounded at the end of my 2nd tour in Vietnam. After 2 months in the Great Lake's Naval Hospital I got to go home. I caught a military "hop" from Waukegan, Illinois to Monroe Louisiana. That hop was a DC-3. We stopped twice on small town grass airfields to let people off. Later on I flew on a Trans Texas DC-3 from Monroe to Dallas/Ft. Worth before changing to a larger aircraft to continue on to California. Great memories. Tom Boyte GySgt. USMC, retired Vietnam 1965-66/1970-71 0331,Infantry Machine Guns
Seeing the Fairchild 24 was a pleasant surprise. My father and a friend restored one in the late 50's early 60's. The original engine from the plane , the inverted 6, is currently on static display at the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Schenectady, NY. My father also co-owned a Culver Dart GW model there were very few made less than 10 if I recall. Thanks for the Lone Star tour!!
In the spring of 1999, I had the privilege of visiting the hangar in Middlesboro, KY while Glacier Girl was being restored. It was in a hangar just large enough to accommodate the plane comfortably. The hanger was only for expert restoration and not a museum, I was able to walk right in, view Glacier Girl without restrictions as well as photograph some really good "before & after" examples of the toll the extreme environment and incredible pressures took during its 50 years under the ice. Of course, forty-three thousand (43,000) pounds of pressure per square inch affects the wide variety of materials used in many different ways -- glass breaks, rubber tires are squeezed until they explode and metals bend or snap. One of the volunteers working on Glacier Girl explained that original parts from the plane are often unusable, except for hammering back out flat to use as a pattern to recreate the original. Very nice people who took time away from restoration work to talk to my 5 year old son. I'm hoping for an opportunity to see her fly someday.
The creation museum in Kentucky has a scale display of the recovery of this aircraft! *Fascinating!* Lots of minute details! Well worth the trip! While you're in the area, check out the Ark exhibit!
I was a passenger in a DC2 or a DC3 in 1965. It was Central Air lines and it left Kansas City and stopped at Topeka then to Manhaten Kansas. Never will forget that flight. They dropped the mail bag in Topeka then left for Manhatten. They gave me a blanket to stay warm and had one one male sturadess for the flight.
I love that they fly the darn things.. They were meant to be flown, a flight here and there would be better for an engine than leaving it sitting doing zero for the next 20 years.. Awesome Museum..
Taping over gun ports was common, mostly to protect gun barrel from debris during ground rolls and take-offs from unpaved runways and also against moisture.
Was gonna say the same thing, also to prevent Icing issues in inclement weather, but you'd think someone in a Museum would know that I suppose it's an Obvious thing tho? if the tape was unbroken, they hadn't fired their Guns?
My brother in law just paid for a T6 ride there about 2 months ago. Very enjoyable. When this museum was located in Galveston at Shoals Field we went there a few times. It was great. Had lots of memorabilia that was destroyed by a hurricane a few years back, hence, moving to Ellington Field. Thanks for sharing.
Colorado springs has several awesome aircraft museums. One is ran by certified mechanics and every plane in there is still airworthy and flys. They even do an airshow every year in the summer. I hope you have the chance to check them out some time!
in 1966, I flew from Friendly Airport in Baltimore to Norfolk VA on a Piedmont Airlines DC-3 that had been retrofitted with Rolls Royce turbine engines. I was 18 years old at the time. I remember it well.
This video brought back so many fun memories for me Jimmy. My wife and I rented a ride in a 29 Steerman at the Seattle Airport/ Boeing Museum several years ago. Our flight went over Peugeot Sound. What a blast! We also caught a ride in a C 47 out of the Fort Worth Mecham Airport a few years back. ( before cancer) An experience I will always cherish. We did a lap around the city of Fort Worth at about 1500 ft. They even let the passengers get up and move around the aircraft while in flight. I have some cool pictures of the cockpit from right over the pilots shoulders literally! And back then, cell phones were smaller so I got to stick my phone/ camera out the C47s gun porthole and shoot pictures down the side of the aircraft while in flight. They also rent rides in the OV10 Broncos that I hope to do soon. I have the New Fairview Airport in my back yard (70T) if you're ever passing through and want to grab some lunch. I'm retired so I'll be here most of the time in my hanger sized shop just off the airport. I'm buying because I've really enjoyed your channel. We still find ourselves making an annual pilgrimage to MD Anderson and have planned to visit the Lone Star Museum one of these trips!
I'm old enough. My first plane ride was a 1955 DC-3 trip from KIPT to KPHL. That is all it took to get me hooked, so I spent 42 years fixing planes. But I have always liked looking down on people. 😀
49:59 I remember seeing commercials on TV when airlines were trying to sell their fleet of surplus DC3's. "Be the first on your block to own a DC 3". Man walking up behind a DC 3 on a residential street holding onto his hat with his tie whipping in the wind. One of the regional airlines sponsored the ads.
Jimmy, next time you're in this area, come by Texas A&M for a tour of the Wind Tunnel Facilities. You mentioned helicopter blades changing pitch every rotation, we tested that, specifically the supersonic shock wave that can form when transitioning from high pitch (downwind) to low pitch (upwind). Among other things.
As a kid, I accompanied my father on a flight in a Piedmont DC-3 and later when overseas I flew in a KLM DC-2 (Uvier) which was re-enacting the McRobinson Trophy Race to Australia. Both flights were amazing!
The Air Corps ceased to have an administrative structure after 9 March 1942, but as "the permanent statutory organization of the air arm, and the principal component of the Army Air Forces," the overwhelming majority of personnel assigned to the AAF were members of the Air Corps. Father's uni says U.S. Army Air Corps. The above is just a bit of trivia for you (that you probably already knew),,,,but i'd be interested to know what your father's issued uniform (dress uni) said on it.
Just last night I was planning on going to The Lone Star Flight Museum for the first time. It's about 25 minutes from my house and I have never been there. Now I won't have to go because Jimmy gave me the VIP tour.
Jimmy , thank you for taking me back to when I was 6 and moved from grand Bahamas to miami on Mackey air lines dc3 , I sat in the pilots lap while flying , it got me to love flying , I'm 67 now !
Jimmy if you ever have the chance to come to Canada and specifically Hamilton, Ontario you should look into going to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum they sell rides in one of the last flying Lancaster bombers on a regular basis along with quite a few other WW2 aircraft as well it is something that an aviation person like yourself should do if you have the chance. i know it would be a very long trip for you from Florida but it is also not something that you will ever have the chance of doing anywhere else in the world. Since there are only 2 flying Lancaster's left in the world one in the U.K. the other is here in Hamilton and the one here is the only one that they offer flights to the public on so it is something that I would highly recomend to you if you want to have the opportunity to touch and fly in a vintage WW2 bomber that I am pretty sure saw action during the war. It is something that has no way to actually describe it is a once in a lifetime opportunity to be able to do I think the flight is like an hour long or so I could be wrong but i know it ios not just up and down it is a fairly good flight and you can actually go into the plane before hand in the museum and be able to touch it and get as close as you can to actual flying WW2 bomber closer than any of the pother museums you have been to without having a guided tour by a curator you can just get close to all the aircrafty and theyhave some displays that show the restoration process. hopefully you will be able to make it hereone day and getthe chance to take a flight on the Lancaster as I am sure thiat this would be something you would truly enjoy and also something that you will never forget and be able to share with your audience as well. If you do read this thank you for taking the time to read this msg and hopefully I have convinced you to start making some plans to come ere and book a ride on this aircraft.
Jimmy love your You tube Lone Star museum brought back memories of My Dad Tom Hines flew for TTA then For Texas International. We actually went to 6 flags over Texas in a DC 3 from TTA our family and Dave Devines family. Both pilots were working for TTA and later Texas International. Don't remember if they rented or how they got the airplane but it was a great ride. My dad also flew crop dusters in Katy Texas for Scrogens dusting not sure if they are still in business. Unfortunately he was killed in motorcycle accident when I was 12 years old i'm 63 now. Brother was a pilot as well lost him to cancer about 6 years ago. Watching your channel makes me want to get back into flight I have 29 hrs. of instructed flight. will be working out of town in North Dakota for 6 0r so month going to go back to flying. would love to come down some time and look at the Elvis Jet you see I'm a bit of creator my self but low budget from trucks to motorcycles to boats. Nothing normal. I used to own a Tri pacer 22 but plumbing business went to the scrap pile back when we had the bad inflation. couldn't get my head back in the clouds. but am ready again to start. just wanted to thank you for your you tube channel. Hope to visit your sites to see your airplanes in person aviation is in my blood. Thanks, Denny Hines
Jimmy I actually got a ride in the B-25 depicted in the video back when the museum was located in Galveston. My dad flew them in WWII and I always wanted to go up in one. My wife and kids arranged the ride on Veterans Day prior to the hurricane that forced the museum to relocate. Such a great experience!
Reminds me of my grandfathers converted crop-dusting aircraft. He had a air tractor but before regulations you could make a powder duster out of these type old aircraft. Dust hopper was front passenger seat area. Ive got pictures if i find them them they're yours buddy.😊 He'd land with bean and cucumber runners all over the landing gear😂 he got low Farmer got their moneys worth. No wasted poison.
I liked seeing the L19 and T41, both of which I use to fly back in El Paso days in the Army. Thay could be rented at the flying club. I flue the T41 cross country to Kansas city to visit my family in 1978. There is not much noise damping in them. But I regained my hearing in a day or so, LOL.
Thank you Jimmy once again for showing not one but two Corsair fighters! Just awesome 👍 I also wanted to add that it's just crazy how I commented on an earlier video of you showing the Corsair ...I mentioned that my grandpa used to take me to see one and grab a burger and stuff what are the odds of that.....that you flew over where I grew up near the same place my grandfather used to take me to see the Corsair what are the odds ha ha! who knows could have been the same exact one! Thanks Jimmy for all that you do just incredible!
While you were in the DC-3 I was having flasbacks of my Air Force days. I was an Air Freight Spc. at Luke AFB in in Arizona in 63 to late 66. For about 2 years the aircract was a C-46. You not only had to walk uphill you had to load freight uphill. Cargo loaded in the large door with forklift and put in place using 3-4 men and J-bars. What fun!!!!
I am old enough to have flown in a DC -3. My home was western Nebraska and I was returning from PHX on a Western Airlines Boeing 707 into Denver. I had to switch to Frontier to get to Scottsbluff, which was an easy thing to do at that time. (Yes I had on my Sunday goin to church suit). Anyway, the flight to Nebraska was supposed to be in a Convair 580, but that particular aircraft had a mechanical problem. From, I suspect the back of the hanger, they found a DC-3. It was a cold winter night, and I remember how cold it was as I boarded and walked uphill to my seat. The cough of the engines and the blue smoke were the highlight for me. It was a clear starlit night and too short a flight. I couldn’t wait to tell my father about the trip, as he was a B-25 pilot in WWII, but also a significant number of hours in C-47’s (DC-3’s). Great airplanes.
That was a super interesting video. The enthusiasm of the museum employee was just great and he crowned it with that landing. Thx for taking us along. Greetings from Germany
I remember flying TTA, Tree Top Airlines. Seems to me they had two seats on one side and one on the other. Once leaving Fort Polk, the stewardess was so fat that she ha a hard time squeezing up and down the aisle. The pilot had to retrim when she went from front to back. She sat in two seats in back and we commented that she couldn't sit in a single seat on the other side. Just another DC3 TTA memory.
I know this is a late post, but as a fellow who flew a Stearman for over 30 years (N48193), they are extremely easy to fly and very forgiving. They tend to float on landing and land below 50 mph. The gear track width isn't a problem. They have plenty of rudder, and don't ground loop. The original Stearmans had a triangular piece of wood added to their leading edge to make them spin faster and make the stall abrupt per Army Air Corp request. Without this strip they are very docile. My aircraft was in the movie: "The Tuskegee Airman" and now is in a flying museum in Madrid.
Jimmy looks like an Astronaut. If you told me he were a Lieutenant commander with USN and fighter pilot and Nasa STS payload Commander. Also having spent time aboard ISS. Also having many awards and honors and even making the Commandants list and Commodores lists with distinction...Id believe it. 😂 He does have the right height 5'11 and weight. Just go with it Jimmy its not stolen valor to dream. 😂🚀🛫✈️😂
My first flight was in a Waco UPF-7 with Paul Lantz in Orange County at the Santa Ana (John Wayne) airport. I never came back from that flight wanting to do anything else!
Doolittle's raiders trained through out South Carolina. Some of the airports still have the markings in memorial to show that airport was one of the secret airports. I did my first cross country solo to three of those airports. Jim in Chile
WOW getting in the shuttle trainer brought back memories. My wife and I had a private tour one Saturday at NASA. We passed our security clearances and was in for a tour of a lifetime. We got to go into places that no one else got to go We went into including the Space Shuttle trainer from the bottom hatch. At that time I really did not know where we were going until I was told to climb the ladder to the flight deck and look back at that huge cargo bay of the space shuttle. We were told where we could grab the hand holds and step into the left hand seat and my wife into the right hand seat. I never seen so many toggle switches and gauges in my life. Our host pointed out the panel that his company was involved in. Looking at this video was really fascinating.
Jimmy you should meet Dan Gryder if you don t know him. He owns and flys a DC 3 and trains pilots with it.. That would be your best chance to get to fly one.
Jimmy, We all love airplanes and flying but you need to do more flying. Museum visits are nice but, start flying them. Had 12 airplanes, including a 3 Pitts Specials, a Stearman, AT-6 . Checked myself out in those and others. Fly'em Man!
A pilot for Provincetown Boston Airways said: "The difference between a DC-3 and a modern jet Liner is, in a jetliner you might recognize a stadium as you flew over. In a DC-3 you could watch a play.
The last time I saw that Dauntless it was going down off-airport.....pilot Ralph Royce did a great job on a low altitude formation emergency while blinded with gas in his face. I had rigged it for cameras and was watching from the nose of the B25. Glad to see it back together.
An old friend (now deceased) flew B-25's during WWII. After the war, he bought a surplus Stearman for $75. He eventually became Chief pilot for Japan Air Lines and flew 747's.
My hometown Air Museum.. so much of Houston's Aviation and Space History gets overlooked.. Ellington is rich with history.. i'm still mad we didn't get an orbiter.. new york could have easily been given the mockup.. they have nothing to do with manned spaceflight.. we had everything to do with it.. Saw the R/C flying field at JSC from the flight too.. it's so easy to spot from the air.. Good tour of the clear lake area.. La Porte airport.. great video Jimmy... Thanks to Lone Star as well..
The first aircraft I ever flew in was a Stearman. For my birthday, my parents said we were 'going for a drive'. We ended up at a small airport and my gift, a flight on the Stearman, was revealed. One of the best memories of my life.
Hi Jimmy, happy new year! Great video - love the expose of the bathroom facilities on the spacecraft. You have a wonderfully hilarious way of asking questions which usually only children ask! Keep up the good work, withe your ability to humour into most situations. Best wishes from the UK side of the pond.
Incredible museum. Aviation museums are always my hideout in whatever town my wife forces me to go visit family. They never disappoint. You can almost always find something you didn't know about.😁
My dad was a cropduster and had a stearman for years. Then he parked it the hanger and he would fly it once a year. He wanted to convert it back to a two place but ended up selling it in the 80s and it ended up going somewhere in California. He always regretted selling it.
Amazing example of aircraft and history of flying and pilots as well as crews. A wonderful place to bring my great grandkids as well as my grandkids and even our own kids for education about Aviation. Wow! You are a lucky man! Great program!
I had the pleasure of meeting Lt Col Dick Cole, Doolittle’s copilot, several times. He flew the CAF B25 up until he was in his 90s. Fascinating story teller. Especially liked his story of being kidnapped by Chinese bandits after bailing out over the coast of China. They were rescued by the Chinese military shortly after their kidnapping.
Man what a treat this video was! Thank you. We have the New England air museum about 30 min from me . They have a TOMCAT!! Which is so cool to see in person. I’ve seen a lot of fighter jets but the f-14 is enormous, they also have some really cool older planes and ordinance.
Debby Rihn-Harvey was a National aerobatic champion. Her Husband Eoin "Doc" Harvey gave everyone their annual flight medical, he was known to be somewhat lenient and easy to work with. The school your pilot friend there was training at was their school in La Port TX. I hope I remember all of this correctly it's been a minute. There is a good chance I know your PT pilot but I don't think I heard his name ?...
In the early 70's I was introduced to private aviation by a friend with an Erocoup. His friend had just finished a beautiful restoration of a 1924 Fairchild 24-E. The E meaning a Ranger engine. The only example flying. The flaps on that airplane were about 6 feet wide and 18" cord on each wing. They were huge. On one occasion Bill could not see in the early evening and suddenly realized, while turning base, that he was landing behind an 1925 Fleet. He grabbed the flap handle and immediately lowered the flaps a full 90 degrees in the middle of the turning bank. I have asked many flight instructors since what happens if you put the flaps on too fast. None has ever been able to tell me. Some speculated the flap might break loose and fall off. Maybe. The airplane quit flying and began to hurtle sideways with the tail starting to spin out to the right. Have you any idea how hard it is to sit there and not grab the stick between your legs? I picked out my tree and waited for impact. Bill applied full power to that large propeller and full right pedal to that huge rudder. Eventually the plane stopped spinning and the wings regained control of the air over their surface and the airplane started to fly again. I let out a long low whistle and the guy in the back seat, who had never flown before asked why I whistled. He gave the plane to me and I flew it around the pattern again until Bill could see the runway and land the plane because I had never landed a tail dragger. I went out shortly after and learned.
Loved this video. Your host was awesome. I really enjoyed seeing everything the museum had from NASA and WWll. My grandfather was a tail gunner. Ive been planning on going for a flight in a bomber for awhile. Keep up the great work. I personally love the mix of videos.
Jimmy this was so interesting and informative. Living in South Africa I would never be able to see the museum so experiencing it with you is second best. Thanks so much!
I was fortunate enough to get some flight time in the military version of the DC3, the C-47 in Vietnam. Our USAF psyops unit had two of them at Bien Hoa AB that flew night missions to drop leaflets and play propaganda tapes over a loud speaker system. Ours had the double cargo doors on the left tail section removed with a cargo net stretched across the opening. We would sit with our legs through the net out in the slip stream and toss leaflets out. It was not uncommon to see red and green tracers on the ground where night combat was happening. Red for American/South Vietnamese forces and green for the NVA/Vietcong. Heady times for adventurous young men!
Can I thank my mother and those with wives n girlfriends who have been dragged around Aviation museums to suffer the enjoyment
of aeroplanes and thank you Jimmy
& co for giving us the opportunity of being able to watch this again and again.
Thank you all
Glad you liked the space shuttle, but, a word of advice, don't try hand starting an RS-25 engine.
Jimmy, as someone who’s been in the aviation world since 1979, I would like to say thank you for educating the folks who don’t get to see how aircraft operate or any of the history behind them exists. There’s so much that goes into aviation that is unknown to the average person that climbs onto an airliner and this content goes a long ways towards explaining that history. Thank you!
Thank you for the visit to my kind of a geat musium. Fascinating, to the N'th degree!
Just loving these hour & a half episodes - a person can really sink their teeth into each show.
I was wounded at the end of my 2nd tour in Vietnam. After 2 months in the Great Lake's Naval Hospital I got to go home. I caught a military "hop" from Waukegan, Illinois to Monroe Louisiana. That hop was a DC-3. We stopped twice on small town grass airfields to let people off. Later on I flew on a Trans Texas DC-3 from Monroe to Dallas/Ft. Worth before changing to a larger aircraft to continue on to California. Great memories.
Tom Boyte
GySgt. USMC, retired
Vietnam 1965-66/1970-71
0331,Infantry Machine Guns
I flew that PHI S-76A++ offshore many times until it was retired. Glad to see it was not sold off or scrapped.
Seeing the Fairchild 24 was a pleasant surprise. My father and a friend restored one in the late 50's early 60's. The original engine from the plane , the inverted 6, is currently on static display at the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Schenectady, NY. My father also co-owned a Culver Dart GW model there were very few made less than 10 if I recall. Thanks for the Lone Star tour!!
In the spring of 1999, I had the privilege of visiting the hangar in Middlesboro, KY while Glacier Girl was being restored. It was in a hangar just large enough to accommodate the plane comfortably. The hanger was only for expert restoration and not a museum, I was able to walk right in, view Glacier Girl without restrictions as well as photograph some really good "before & after" examples of the toll the extreme environment and incredible pressures took during its 50 years under the ice. Of course, forty-three thousand (43,000) pounds of pressure per square inch affects the wide variety of materials used in many different ways -- glass breaks, rubber tires are squeezed until they explode and metals bend or snap. One of the volunteers working on Glacier Girl explained that original parts from the plane are often unusable, except for hammering back out flat to use as a pattern to recreate the original. Very nice people who took time away from restoration work to talk to my 5 year old son. I'm hoping for an opportunity to see her fly someday.
The creation museum in Kentucky has a scale display of the recovery of this aircraft! *Fascinating!* Lots of minute details! Well worth the trip!
While you're in the area, check out the Ark exhibit!
I feel like Jimmy is more excited to see this stuff than most kids I love it!
I was a passenger in a DC2 or a DC3 in 1965. It was Central Air lines and it left Kansas City and stopped at Topeka then to Manhaten Kansas. Never will forget that flight. They dropped the mail bag in Topeka then left for Manhatten. They gave me a blanket to stay warm and had one one male sturadess for the flight.
I love that they fly the darn things.. They were meant to be flown, a flight here and there would be better for an engine than leaving it sitting doing zero for the next 20 years.. Awesome Museum..
Taping over gun ports was common, mostly to protect gun barrel from debris during ground rolls and take-offs from unpaved runways and also against moisture.
Also protect against mud daubers.
The applied fabric also helped prevent the gun icing at altitude.
Was gonna say the same thing, also to prevent Icing issues in inclement weather, but you'd think someone in a Museum would know that
I suppose it's an Obvious thing tho? if the tape was unbroken, they hadn't fired their Guns?
Your son does a very good job filming
My brother in law just paid for a T6 ride there about 2 months ago. Very enjoyable. When this museum was located in Galveston at Shoals Field we went there a few times. It was great. Had lots of memorabilia that was destroyed by a hurricane a few years back, hence, moving to Ellington Field. Thanks for sharing.
Colorado springs has several awesome aircraft museums. One is ran by certified mechanics and every plane in there is still airworthy and flys. They even do an airshow every year in the summer. I hope you have the chance to check them out some time!
in 1966, I flew from Friendly Airport in Baltimore to Norfolk VA on a Piedmont Airlines DC-3 that had been retrofitted with Rolls Royce turbine engines. I was 18 years old at the time. I remember it well.
2:22 I got to meet (and talk to, for about ten minutes) Hoot Gibson at OSH in 1998. What a fantastic, just all-around nice guy.
This video brought back so many fun memories for me Jimmy.
My wife and I rented a ride in a 29 Steerman at the Seattle Airport/ Boeing Museum several years ago. Our flight went over Peugeot Sound. What a blast!
We also caught a ride in a C 47 out of the Fort Worth Mecham Airport a few years back. ( before cancer) An experience I will always cherish. We did a lap around the city of Fort Worth at about 1500 ft. They even let the passengers get up and move around the aircraft while in flight. I have some cool pictures of the cockpit from right over the pilots shoulders literally! And back then, cell phones were smaller so I got to stick my phone/ camera out the C47s gun porthole and shoot pictures down the side of the aircraft while in flight. They also rent rides in the OV10 Broncos that I hope to do soon.
I have the New Fairview Airport in my back yard (70T) if you're ever passing through and want to grab some lunch.
I'm retired so I'll be here most of the time in my hanger sized shop just off the airport. I'm buying because I've really enjoyed your channel.
We still find ourselves making an annual pilgrimage to MD Anderson and have planned to visit the Lone Star Museum one of these trips!
You can tell this man really enjoys his job ,by the sound of his enthusiasm.....😊
I'm old enough. My first plane ride was a 1955 DC-3 trip from KIPT to KPHL. That is all it took to get me hooked, so I spent 42 years fixing planes. But I have always liked looking down on people. 😀
49:59 I remember seeing commercials on TV when airlines were trying to sell their fleet of surplus DC3's. "Be the first on your block to own a DC 3". Man walking up behind a DC 3 on a residential street holding onto his hat with his tie whipping in the wind. One of the regional airlines sponsored the ads.
Love that place. My office is just down the road on post.
Jimmy. Get in touch with Dan Gryder and for a charge you can fly his DC3
Jimmy, next time you're in this area, come by Texas A&M for a tour of the Wind Tunnel Facilities. You mentioned helicopter blades changing pitch every rotation, we tested that, specifically the supersonic shock wave that can form when transitioning from high pitch (downwind) to low pitch (upwind). Among other things.
Now THAT sounds like a fun tour!! If Jimmy is too busy, I'm sure Destin with Smarter Everyday would take you up on your offer! :)
Do you work at the Nicks Memorial tunnel?
I miss the videos we're you worked on the airplane and you flew them 😮
@@mars4508 i miss these too.
I'm just wondering if he is also a victim of the FAA.
@@mars4508 yeah.. not that into the museums either. Jimmy’s world has kinda gotten boring.
can you please thank the Museum guy for his entertaining knowledge and dedication he needs his own channel
As a kid, I accompanied my father on a flight in a Piedmont DC-3 and later when overseas I flew in a KLM DC-2 (Uvier) which was re-enacting the McRobinson Trophy Race to Australia. Both flights were amazing!
Lakenheath has never recovered from Uvier visit 😊
My father in 1942 learned to fly in one of these aircraft for the USAAF. I flew vicariously with you guys today. Thank you!😊
The Air Corps ceased to have an administrative structure after 9 March 1942, but as "the permanent statutory organization of the air arm, and the principal component of the Army Air Forces," the overwhelming majority of personnel assigned to the AAF were members of the Air Corps. Father's uni says U.S. Army Air Corps. The above is just a bit of trivia for you (that you probably already knew),,,,but i'd be interested to know what your father's issued uniform (dress uni) said on it.
@@dabneyoffermein595 The patch on his dress uniform was blue field, yellow/gold AAC propeller through the Wing insignia. Ty for the historical info.
Great tour--thanks Jimmy !!!
Just last night I was planning on going to The Lone Star Flight Museum for the first time. It's about 25 minutes from my house and I have never been there.
Now I won't have to go because Jimmy gave me the VIP tour.
Jimmy , thank you for taking me back to when I was 6 and moved from grand Bahamas to miami on Mackey air lines dc3 , I sat in the pilots lap while flying , it got me to love flying , I'm 67 now !
what a great excursion from this museum. I'll never get there, but I appreciate this UA-cam report! thanks, greetings from the Netherlands 😎👍🏻
And a happy new year too
Thanks for bringing us along to the museum. Always interesting
Just watched Ward Carrol’s interview of a 100 year old B-17 pilot who deployed in 1943. Amazing!
Jimmy if you ever have the chance to come to Canada and specifically Hamilton, Ontario you should look into going to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum they sell rides in one of the last flying Lancaster bombers on a regular basis along with quite a few other WW2 aircraft as well it is something that an aviation person like yourself should do if you have the chance. i know it would be a very long trip for you from Florida but it is also not something that you will ever have the chance of doing anywhere else in the world. Since there are only 2 flying Lancaster's left in the world one in the U.K. the other is here in Hamilton and the one here is the only one that they offer flights to the public on so it is something that I would highly recomend to you if you want to have the opportunity to touch and fly in a vintage WW2 bomber that I am pretty sure saw action during the war. It is something that has no way to actually describe it is a once in a lifetime opportunity to be able to do I think the flight is like an hour long or so I could be wrong but i know it ios not just up and down it is a fairly good flight and you can actually go into the plane before hand in the museum and be able to touch it and get as close as you can to actual flying WW2 bomber closer than any of the pother museums you have been to without having a guided tour by a curator you can just get close to all the aircrafty and theyhave some displays that show the restoration process. hopefully you will be able to make it hereone day and getthe chance to take a flight on the Lancaster as I am sure thiat this would be something you would truly enjoy and also something that you will never forget and be able to share with your audience as well. If you do read this thank you for taking the time to read this msg and hopefully I have convinced you to start making some plans to come ere and book a ride on this aircraft.
Jimmy love your You tube
Lone Star museum brought back memories of My Dad Tom Hines flew for TTA then For Texas International. We actually went to 6 flags over Texas in a DC 3 from TTA our family and Dave Devines family. Both pilots were working for TTA and later Texas International. Don't remember if they rented or how they got the airplane but it was a great ride. My dad also flew crop dusters in Katy Texas for Scrogens dusting not sure if they are still in business. Unfortunately he was killed in motorcycle accident when I was 12 years old i'm 63 now. Brother was a pilot as well lost him to cancer about 6 years ago.
Watching your channel makes me want to get back into flight I have 29 hrs. of instructed flight. will be working out of town in North Dakota for 6 0r so month going to go back to flying. would love to come down some time and look at the Elvis Jet you see I'm a bit of creator my self but low budget from trucks to motorcycles to boats. Nothing normal. I used to own a Tri pacer 22 but plumbing business went to the scrap pile back when we had the bad inflation. couldn't get my head back in the clouds. but am ready again to start. just wanted to thank you for your you tube channel. Hope to visit your sites to see your airplanes in person aviation is in my blood.
Thanks,
Denny Hines
Jimmy I actually got a ride in the B-25 depicted in the video back when the museum was located in Galveston. My dad flew them in WWII and I always wanted to go up in one. My wife and kids arranged the ride on Veterans Day prior to the hurricane that forced the museum to relocate. Such a great experience!
Reminds me of my grandfathers converted crop-dusting aircraft. He had a air tractor but before regulations you could make a powder duster out of these type old aircraft. Dust hopper was front passenger seat area. Ive got pictures if i find them them they're yours buddy.😊 He'd land with bean and cucumber runners all over the landing gear😂 he got low Farmer got their moneys worth. No wasted poison.
I liked seeing the L19 and T41, both of which I use to fly back in El Paso days in the Army. Thay could be rented at the flying club. I flue the T41 cross country to Kansas city to visit my family in 1978. There is not much noise damping in them. But I regained my hearing in a day or so, LOL.
Thank you Jimmy once again for showing not one but two Corsair fighters! Just awesome 👍 I also wanted to add that it's just crazy how I commented on an earlier video of you showing the Corsair ...I mentioned that my grandpa used to take me to see one and grab a burger and stuff what are the odds of that.....that you flew over where I grew up near the same place my grandfather used to take me to see the Corsair what are the odds ha ha! who knows could have been the same exact one! Thanks Jimmy for all that you do just incredible!
While you were in the DC-3 I was having flasbacks of my Air Force days. I was an Air Freight Spc. at Luke AFB in in Arizona in 63 to late 66. For about 2 years the aircract was a C-46. You not only had to walk uphill you had to load freight uphill. Cargo loaded in the large door with forklift and put in place using 3-4 men and J-bars. What fun!!!!
I am old enough to have flown in a DC -3. My home was western Nebraska and I was returning from PHX on a Western Airlines Boeing 707 into Denver. I had to switch to Frontier to get to Scottsbluff, which was an easy thing to do at that time. (Yes I had on my Sunday goin to church suit). Anyway, the flight to Nebraska was supposed to be in a Convair 580, but that particular aircraft had a mechanical problem. From, I suspect the back of the hanger, they found a DC-3. It was a cold winter night, and I remember how cold it was as I boarded and walked uphill to my seat. The cough of the engines and the blue smoke were the highlight for me. It was a clear starlit night and too short a flight. I couldn’t wait to tell my father about the trip, as he was a B-25 pilot in WWII, but also a significant number of hours in C-47’s (DC-3’s). Great airplanes.
Incredible museum and beautiful plane, Jimmy. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Argentina.
love your channel jimmy! you have the same passion for aviation as i do but your lucky enough to be a pilot!
Always look forward to your next video.
That was a super interesting video. The enthusiasm of the museum employee was just great and he crowned it with that landing. Thx for taking us along. Greetings from Germany
I remember flying TTA, Tree Top Airlines. Seems to me they had two seats on one side and one on the other. Once leaving Fort Polk, the stewardess was so fat that she ha a hard time squeezing up and down the aisle. The pilot had to retrim when she went from front to back. She sat in two seats in back and we commented that she couldn't sit in a single seat on the other side. Just another DC3 TTA memory.
Thank you so much to your tour guide for the time he took for your tour.
I know this is a late post, but as a fellow who flew a Stearman for over 30 years (N48193), they are extremely easy to fly and very forgiving. They tend to float on landing and land below 50 mph. The gear track width isn't a problem. They have plenty of rudder, and don't ground loop. The original Stearmans had a triangular piece of wood added to their leading edge to make them spin faster and make the stall abrupt per Army Air Corp request. Without this strip they are very docile. My aircraft was in the movie: "The Tuskegee Airman" and now is in a flying museum in Madrid.
Jimmy is following in John Denver's footsteps.. lol.
Nice been knowing U, Jimmy!!!!
Jimmy looks like an Astronaut. If you told me he were a Lieutenant commander with USN and fighter pilot and Nasa STS payload Commander. Also having spent time aboard ISS. Also having many awards and honors and even making the Commandants list and Commodores lists with distinction...Id believe it. 😂 He does have the right height 5'11 and weight. Just go with it Jimmy its not stolen valor to dream. 😂🚀🛫✈️😂
What a fascinating tour. Thanks to you Jimmy and your guide too.
Very nice and patient the gentleman that guides Jimmy tru the museum 👍🏻
I love these museums, so awesome. Thanks for the show Mr. Clear Prop
Great tour! Loved this! Thank you Jerry Scott for taking the time out of your schedule to give Jimmy really good content!
My first flight was in a Waco UPF-7 with Paul Lantz in Orange County at the Santa Ana (John Wayne) airport. I never came back from that flight wanting to do anything else!
Doolittle's raiders trained through out South Carolina. Some of the airports still have the markings in memorial to show that airport was one of the secret airports. I did my first cross country solo to three of those airports. Jim in Chile
WOW getting in the shuttle trainer brought back memories. My wife and I had a private tour one Saturday at NASA. We passed our security clearances and was in for a tour of a lifetime. We got to go into places that no one else got to go We went into including the Space Shuttle trainer from the bottom hatch. At that time I really did not know where we were going until I was told to climb the ladder to the flight deck and look back at that huge cargo bay of the space shuttle.
We were told where we could grab the hand holds and step into the left hand seat and my wife into the right hand seat.
I never seen so many toggle switches and gauges in my life. Our host pointed out the panel that his company was involved in.
Looking at this video was really fascinating.
Jimmy you should meet Dan Gryder if you don t know him. He owns and flys a DC 3 and trains pilots with it.. That would be your best chance to get to fly one.
Jimmy, We all love airplanes and flying but you need to do more flying. Museum visits are nice but, start flying them. Had 12 airplanes, including a 3 Pitts Specials, a Stearman, AT-6 . Checked myself out in those and others. Fly'em Man!
A pilot for Provincetown Boston Airways said: "The difference between a DC-3 and a modern jet Liner is, in a jetliner you might recognize a stadium as you flew over. In a DC-3 you could watch a play.
Love the back of the shirt Jimmy!
Corsair is my favorite WWII era airframe.
Mine also!
Ba Ba Black Sheep!
Your tour guide was so knowledgeable it's incredible.
The last time I saw that Dauntless it was going down off-airport.....pilot Ralph Royce did a great job on a low altitude formation emergency while blinded with gas in his face.
I had rigged it for cameras and was watching from the nose of the B25.
Glad to see it back together.
An old friend (now deceased) flew B-25's during WWII. After the war, he bought a surplus Stearman for $75. He eventually became Chief pilot for Japan Air Lines and flew 747's.
An hour and a half! That's too long... or so I thought. What a lucky man. Making it happen James.
My hometown Air Museum.. so much of Houston's Aviation and Space History gets overlooked.. Ellington is rich with history.. i'm still mad we didn't get an orbiter.. new york could have easily been given the mockup.. they have nothing to do with manned spaceflight.. we had everything to do with it.. Saw the R/C flying field at JSC from the flight too.. it's so easy to spot from the air.. Good tour of the clear lake area.. La Porte airport.. great video Jimmy... Thanks to Lone Star as well..
Happy Friday we got a jimmy’s world video
The first aircraft I ever flew in was a Stearman. For my birthday, my parents said we were 'going for a drive'. We ended up at a small airport and my gift, a flight on the Stearman, was revealed. One of the best memories of my life.
Hi Jimmy, happy new year! Great video - love the expose of the bathroom facilities on the spacecraft. You have a wonderfully hilarious way of asking questions which usually only children ask! Keep up the good work, withe your ability to humour into most situations. Best wishes from the UK side of the pond.
Incredible museum. Aviation museums are always my hideout in whatever town my wife forces me to go visit family. They never disappoint. You can almost always find something you didn't know about.😁
Thanks for sharing the Lone Star Flight Museum link, I hadn’t heard about it before.
My dad was a cropduster and had a stearman for years. Then he parked it the hanger and he would fly it once a year. He wanted to convert it back to a two place but ended up selling it in the 80s and it ended up going somewhere in California. He always regretted selling it.
I loved Jim's commode control face. Instead of dropping your friends off at the pool, you would have your friends sucked into space!
Amazing example of aircraft and history of flying and pilots as well as crews. A wonderful place to bring my great grandkids as well as my grandkids and even our own kids for education about Aviation. Wow! You are a lucky man! Great program!
I had the pleasure of meeting Lt Col Dick Cole, Doolittle’s copilot, several times. He flew the CAF B25 up until he was in his 90s. Fascinating story teller. Especially liked his story of being kidnapped by Chinese bandits after bailing out over the coast of China. They were rescued by the Chinese military shortly after their kidnapping.
FYI Jimmy...those are called "Split flaps"... Love your content!!
Great video... wow I learned a bunch
Man what a treat this video was! Thank you. We have the New England air museum about 30 min from me . They have a TOMCAT!! Which is so cool to see in person. I’ve seen a lot of fighter jets but the f-14 is enormous, they also have some really cool older planes and ordinance.
My son actually flew the PHI S-76 helicopter thats on display when it was still in service
Debby Rihn-Harvey was a National aerobatic champion. Her Husband Eoin "Doc" Harvey gave everyone their annual flight medical, he was known to be somewhat lenient and easy to work with. The school your pilot friend there was training at was their school in La Port TX. I hope I remember all of this correctly it's been a minute. There is a good chance I know your PT pilot but I don't think I heard his name ?...
Thank you Jimmy for the education of theses beautiful planes....love it...and happy new year Jimmy and family
I'm looking forward to seeing the "83 year old pilot flies again'' video.
In the early 70's I was introduced to private aviation by a friend with an Erocoup. His friend had just finished a beautiful restoration of a 1924 Fairchild 24-E. The E meaning a Ranger engine. The only example flying. The flaps on that airplane were about 6 feet wide and 18" cord on each wing. They were huge. On one occasion Bill could not see in the early evening and suddenly realized, while turning base, that he was landing behind an 1925 Fleet. He grabbed the flap handle and immediately lowered the flaps a full 90 degrees in the middle of the turning bank. I have asked many flight instructors since what happens if you put the flaps on too fast. None has ever been able to tell me. Some speculated the flap might break loose and fall off. Maybe. The airplane quit flying and began to hurtle sideways with the tail starting to spin out to the right. Have you any idea how hard it is to sit there and not grab the stick between your legs? I picked out my tree and waited for impact. Bill applied full power to that large propeller and full right pedal to that huge rudder. Eventually the plane stopped spinning and the wings regained control of the air over their surface and the airplane started to fly again. I let out a long low whistle and the guy in the back seat, who had never flown before asked why I whistled. He gave the plane to me and I flew it around the pattern again until Bill could see the runway and land the plane because I had never landed a tail dragger. I went out shortly after and learned.
Loved this video. Your host was awesome. I really enjoyed seeing everything the museum had from NASA and WWll. My grandfather was a tail gunner. Ive been planning on going for a flight in a bomber for awhile. Keep up the great work. I personally love the mix of videos.
Great tour Jimmy. Jerry does an awesome walk around tour. Flight at the end was the topping on the cake! Happy New Year!!
My father restored a PT-17 after the war, but couldn't afford to fuel it. It still flies today near Ft. Worth.
Feeling pretty good about today 🙂
Amazing tour! That Howard 250 is stunning! I'm going to have to look up more about the Glacier Girl P38. The flight footage was breathtaking.
I actually won a ride in an army Stearman a few years back. It was an absolute blast. One of the highlights of my life.
Both of you Jimmy & cap. Offered amazing show .even l was in this hunger 1988 bur today you 've taken me to 35years ago..thank you both.
The museums and the Elvis jet are interesting, but I prefer the repair and flying of your planes.
The Corsair Skull and crossbones, they’re cool. 😊
I am so jealous of you flying in that Steerman! If I had one last request on this earth.........🆒😎👍!
Good stuff Jimmy!
Jimmie I may have flown on that plane from Fort Hood Texas to Pittsburg PA all military going on leave before going to Korea 1953
Jimmy this was so interesting and informative. Living in South Africa I would never be able to see the museum so experiencing it with you is second best. Thanks so much!
Love your museum videos wherever you’re at, they are very intriguing❤
I was fortunate enough to get some flight time in the military version of the DC3, the C-47 in Vietnam. Our USAF psyops unit had two of them at Bien Hoa AB that flew night missions to drop leaflets and play propaganda tapes over a loud speaker system. Ours had the double cargo doors on the left tail section removed with a cargo net stretched across the opening. We would sit with our legs through the net out in the slip stream and toss leaflets out. It was not uncommon to see red and green tracers on the ground where night combat was happening. Red for American/South Vietnamese forces and green for the NVA/Vietcong. Heady times for adventurous young men!
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Great video Jimmy, that looks like a must visit museum. How cool is it that they open up the exhibit for you.👍🏻