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  • @waterheaterservices
    @waterheaterservices 3 роки тому +5

    Frontier Airlines was still flying these out of Denver in 1967 or 68. My father worked for Frontier in the avionics department and took us on a flight to Cheyenne just for fun. Great memories

  • @breeroberts1777
    @breeroberts1777 5 років тому +18

    My grandfather was a mechanic on these in Burma. Such a classic bird!

    • @wrightflyer7855
      @wrightflyer7855 5 років тому +2

      It must have been rough for your grandfather in the CBI theater. Heat, humidity, insects and of course the uncertainty of WWII. My late father served 39 months in the Pacific during the war, island hopping and just wanting to survive. We thank our ancestors for their dedication to duty! Wright Flyer, USAF (1968-1972).

  • @exohauler
    @exohauler 4 роки тому +5

    That little door is called a Hamburger Door because that's what you would become if you decide to bail. Originally it was used as an Airmail door during it's time as a commercial liner. Just like today's airliners carry mail, cargo and baggage on each flight. Thanks for the great content! AlohA

  • @mjjohnson6302
    @mjjohnson6302 6 років тому +8

    My first flight was in a DC3 from Salt Lake to Denver when I was 10 years old. Later I flew several times in the C47 version. This is still one of my favorite planes. One of the biggest workhorses ever built.

  • @nope5708
    @nope5708 5 років тому +15

    I was at oshkosh last year with Civil air patrol. I remember watching quite a few c-47's all lined up pretty. I remember noticing this one parked near the ultralight runway. Though I've gotta say my favorite C-47 there was the spooky gunship.

  • @deputydepression6089
    @deputydepression6089 5 років тому +9

    Nothing better than being drunk binge watching ur guys videos man I love you guys so much

  • @prof2yousmithe444
    @prof2yousmithe444 5 років тому +1

    My father flew in the C-47 version of this coming from Seoul, SK, to Toyoko, Japan. They hit a hurricane and were literally moments from bailing out. Dad said, the in 30 seconds, the skies went from dark black to a light blue and they flew right out of it. He said that the plane was being buffeted around a great deal but the pilot had no concern for the aircraft. It was the storm he was worried about. Dad at that time, was a courier from Seoul, South Korea to allied headquarters in Tokyo. The briefcase was literally handcuffed to his wrist. He said he though for quite a while how to get rid of that but knew he better not lose it! He credits him and his crew surviving to the C-47!
    Thank you very much for posting this!!!!

  • @victormanuelpolanco922
    @victormanuelpolanco922 5 років тому +2

    That lady was awesome. Once again, the fresh presentations of each and every airplane are ravishing!!!!.

  • @didntpassthevibecheck3957
    @didntpassthevibecheck3957 6 років тому +16

    Dc-3 the prettiest prop plane to take to the sky.

    • @neovo903
      @neovo903 5 років тому

      spitfire anyone?

  • @stephendavidbailey2743
    @stephendavidbailey2743 2 роки тому

    One of my earliest memories is flying on a C47 in the Philippines. It still had the metal paratrooper bucket seats along the sides, the rifle openings in the windows, and the plane used a Marston Mat metal runway. I was not quite 4.

  • @topturretgunner
    @topturretgunner 2 роки тому

    3 years later. Hello Matthew. I have a bit of a personal connection with the DC-3/C-47. I’m a bit North of 70 years and spent a few years of my younger days living across the street from Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton OH. At that time the C-47 and her radial engine powered cousins were pretty much in the twilight of their service with Military Air Transport Service ( MATS) I remember watching ground crews move these airplanes about on the parking ramps at Wright-Pat the engine run ups with the ever present gout of blue white smoke from those radials and if the wind direction was just right the faint smell of burned engine oil would drift across to where I stood outside the chain link fence watching in mesmerized fascination. Years later in Tampa FL. Yep the family moved when dad retired from General Motors in Dayton. One day at Tampa International Airport early 1976 and my very first flight to Marathon in the Florida Keys. A regional operator called Air Sunshine owned at the time by Providence Boston Airways (PBA) anybody remember them? I flew round trip on … wait for it… on…wait for it…… A DC-3. How deliciously strange it felt walking uphill to my window seat aft of the wings trailing edge. The whine of the starter as the propeller reluctantly at first started to rotate. The cough, sputter and shudder as that Pratt&Whitney “woke up” and with that same gout of blue white smoke that I’d seen as a child the engine rumbled to life and settled into idle. Shortly after the engines warmed we taxied out swung around and, the flight crew performed the engine run up as they cycled those wonderful Hamilton Standard props. I sat and marveled at the blur of the blades in their circular saber dance. Soon we were rolling down the runway, gaining speed as the tail lifted and for a brief moment I was no longer looking uphill. The rumble of tires on runway became faint and then ceased as that grand old lady “slipped the surly bonds of earth” and began her climb to cruise altitude. That flight was the fulfillment of a childhood dream birthed many years before as a young boy stood transfixed watching Air Force ground crews go about their duty’s. My very first flight in a DC-3. Memories that I’ll cherish to my last days.

  • @miguelarguelles2704
    @miguelarguelles2704 6 років тому +2

    One of my favourite planes and a true beauty to see in flight

  • @daviddee6877
    @daviddee6877 5 років тому +1

    Good to see her up close. This plane used to live in Milwaukee and was owned by Kearney and Trecker at the time.

  • @DarrenBates
    @DarrenBates 5 років тому +1

    Anyone else only get this recommended now? What a great video

  • @ajfogertyfan8245
    @ajfogertyfan8245 Рік тому

    Flew a lot in chartered DC-3s out of South Florida in the 90s and early 90s. One of them had a plaque in the starboard rear corner of the passenger compartment stating that the plane was once the team
    plane of the Detroit Pistons basketball team, the first professional sports team to have their own team plane in the 1950s. The plaque also said that at the time I flew in it, it had the highest number of flight hours of any DC-3 still in active service. Wonder it that plane is still around…..would not be surprised if it is!

  • @ronrico4741
    @ronrico4741 6 років тому +2

    Great video. My grandfather flew the B-24 in WW2 and after his return was hired by Continental, started on the DC3 in Denver.

  • @briandenison2325
    @briandenison2325 5 років тому

    That interior is beautiful.

  • @goshnodo
    @goshnodo 5 років тому +1

    I am so glad I found this channel, you guys rocking these videos are fantastic. Keep them coming. I'm planning a trip down to the museum with my wife because I found this channel recently. Cheers from Alaska.

  • @dmrcoyle1975
    @dmrcoyle1975 6 років тому +3

    Went and saw that beautiful plane in September. I was so amazed on the angle and how high the cockpit was. I can only imagine what it’s like to taxi her around. To ride in a plane like that is definitely on my bucket list. Do you know when she will fly again so I could and watch her take off

  • @matthewbrooder9414
    @matthewbrooder9414 6 років тому +13

    I love watching his hair get crazier and crazier over the course of this

  • @adixsharma
    @adixsharma 2 роки тому

    4:35 well this C47 reminds me of a C47 (VT-CYT) which was owned by Birla family in India and it also has the same panoramic window as this plane have. that plane is now on display at Birla Museum, Pilani

  • @eagleeye3195
    @eagleeye3195 6 років тому +2

    You guys really need more attention, y’’all deserve it

    • @Wings_Museum
      @Wings_Museum  6 років тому

      Agreed! Tell your friends/family to check out Behind the Wings!

  • @danielpurcell7395
    @danielpurcell7395 5 років тому

    Have to spread the word around about this channel. People that love flight and aircraft are missing the boat. This guy does a great job to.

  • @manlaw77
    @manlaw77 Рік тому

    What a beautiful aircraft

  • @lowtech5380
    @lowtech5380 6 років тому +2

    Beautiful plane!

  • @peterhoward492
    @peterhoward492 5 років тому +1

    Fabulous

  • @elijahpiche4575
    @elijahpiche4575 5 років тому

    Thanks for the history about this plane

  • @albertvonschultz9137
    @albertvonschultz9137 3 роки тому +2

    I would love to buy a plane like that. Back in the late 80s there was one like that for sale at the Lodi airport for $3,000. I told my dad years later about I wish I had the money at the time when I was in high school buy that airplane and he wish he would have known it because he would have bought the plane for me.

  • @ConversationStartersVideo
    @ConversationStartersVideo 6 років тому +1

    Flew aboard a Transair Version as a kid in Canada between Winnipeg and Dauphin Manitoba. Later had a flight aboard Continental's "Flying Museum" in the 90's. When travel was civilized!

  • @Tuetensuppenkasper
    @Tuetensuppenkasper 5 років тому

    That's funny. At 1:57 some of the DC 3 are parked at the old airport Berlin Tempelhof. The airport has been decommissioned for several years and today a very nice park for cycling, skating, barbecue. Was just like almost every day in the summer there, and now I suddenly see that on UA-cam.
    Thanks for the interesting video.

  • @Wheeler590
    @Wheeler590 5 років тому

    Great episode!

  • @billolgaau
    @billolgaau 5 років тому +5

    They never looked like that when I flew them for five years, particularly the sound proofing. (Keeping in mind the Airline bought the Wright Cyclones R-1200's that we had for $20 after the war! - 1.5 to 2 Gallons of oil per hour EACH!)
    There like flying a heavy Cessna, very forgiving, BUT, on the ground it's another story taxing, it was an art form.

  • @giocosoaustralia5286
    @giocosoaustralia5286 5 років тому

    Nicknamed a Dakdak over here in Oz. After the engine noise they make. Beautiful plane. Several flying still here with historical clubs

  • @haroldellis9721
    @haroldellis9721 6 років тому +6

    I have got to get to Denver.

  • @skyhawkn734tp
    @skyhawkn734tp 4 роки тому

    The DC-3/C-47 I love this aircraft and I call it "THE FIRST OF THE HEAVYS"

  • @geneard639
    @geneard639 6 місяців тому

    The Douglas DC-3 the very King of all aircraft that only close contender in the US is the DC-9. Both were affordable for the market, carried a very comfortable payload, many were made making them very common aircraft in the world, both are considered more rugged than all competitors and both have competitor aircraft designed using those two airframes, look like those two airframes but fail to touch both aircrafts capabilities. Add to that ease of maintenance and affordable maintenance. Also, BOTH are being redeveloped for re-launch because both fit their niche perfectly.

  • @nilsjohansson9739
    @nilsjohansson9739 5 років тому

    I will be in Oshkosh next month. I hope to see this plane there!!!

  • @raysmith7543
    @raysmith7543 4 роки тому

    I've always been a huge fan of the Goony Bird!!!

  • @reaper2345
    @reaper2345 5 років тому

    Beautiful aircraft

  • @antr7493
    @antr7493 5 років тому

    learning all types of things

  • @ricksadler797
    @ricksadler797 5 років тому +1

    Cool vid thank you

  • @sgomez3047
    @sgomez3047 2 роки тому

    Beautiful plane

  • @IrishManJT
    @IrishManJT 5 років тому

    Lovely

  • @YABOAFISHING
    @YABOAFISHING 6 років тому +18

    The DC-3 was the first of the heavy's.

  • @gordonlawrence4749
    @gordonlawrence4749 5 років тому

    The thing that blows my mind is that there are still nearly 100 of these still flying and some from 1942. Only 23 years and some will have been flying for a century! I don't mean flying in collections either, I mean cargo hauling etc.

  • @ad356
    @ad356 5 років тому

    i hope this gorgeous airplane gets flown once in a while. the DC3/C47 is likely the most useful aircraft ever built.... 2019 there are still quite a few of these aircraft still being flown for revenue. 80 years old and can still be profitable to operate.

    • @ad356
      @ad356 5 років тому

      i typed this before i watched the entire video. fantastic this wonderful aircraft still gets to spread her wings, and feel the air flowing against her skin.

  • @SchaliAction
    @SchaliAction 4 роки тому

    I like watching your videos

  • @bearbergmann2782
    @bearbergmann2782 6 років тому +1

    She's beautiful!

  • @SanBrunoBeacon
    @SanBrunoBeacon 5 років тому

    I'm ready to sign up for an SFO to NYC flight on the DC3, with a few stops for fueling :-)

  • @luciusvorenus9445
    @luciusvorenus9445 5 років тому

    Beautiful bird. Hard to believe she was Olive Drab at one point!

  • @TheAllbudget
    @TheAllbudget 4 роки тому

    WE FLEW OVER THE HUMP IN C47 - SOMETIMES AIR SPEED INDICATOR WAS 180MPH AND WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING BACKWARDS TO THE GROUND SPEED. DROP ALTITUDE AND HUNT FOR A SPOT WITH LOWER HEAD WIND. OR TURN TAIL AND HIGH TAIL IT BACK AT 380MPH GROUND SPEED

  • @akiraofastra552
    @akiraofastra552 6 років тому

    Ineradicable, that it is still able to fly!

  • @MatthewAGilbert
    @MatthewAGilbert 5 років тому +1

    My grandfather, Alan Gilbert, flew C-47's out of New Guinea for three years during World War II.

  • @cattaraugustonawanda4426
    @cattaraugustonawanda4426 5 років тому

    That "crew door" you mentioned is commonly referred to as the "hamburger door" for obvious reasons. Great video !

  • @feivelwilliamaudiestevianto
    @feivelwilliamaudiestevianto 4 роки тому

    There are a few of C-47/DC-3s in Indonesia

  • @michaelnippert945
    @michaelnippert945 5 років тому +1

    My dad flew DC-3 in the 60s for Lake Central

  • @become3d-xyz
    @become3d-xyz 6 років тому +1

    there are zero dislikes awesome

  • @hankw69
    @hankw69 5 років тому

    Best airplane ever! U.S.A., baby!

  • @christiaanwoudstra946
    @christiaanwoudstra946 6 років тому +1

    do a video about the turbo prop versions

  • @lorenzoo90
    @lorenzoo90 5 років тому +2

    I don't know why u pionted out the iPad cuz they were standard on all DC-3

  • @justchyll2009
    @justchyll2009 6 років тому +1

    God bless this channel

  • @Odinsjewl
    @Odinsjewl 5 років тому

    I had the honor of Jumping out of a Dakota in Arnhem in 2014. It was a total rush!!

  • @USNRaptor
    @USNRaptor 6 років тому

    The original Great Planes episode of the DC-3 can be viewed on my channel.

  • @radarmike6713
    @radarmike6713 4 роки тому

    That little door is affectionately known as "the hamburger door"
    Wings over the Rockies and anyone else you should check out "Plane Savers" and how they got a c47/Dc3 flying in 56days from basically a shell of an airframe.

  • @wadefarris308
    @wadefarris308 5 років тому

    I've read that 90% of C-47s were built in Oklahoma City @ what is now Tinker AFB. My great grandmother was a "Rosie the riviter" building C-47s during WWII.

  • @mx5hong
    @mx5hong 6 років тому +2

    Wasn't there a gunship version of the C-47 that was used in Vietnam?

  • @simpsonfan13
    @simpsonfan13 5 років тому

    2:09 "Armatures focus on tactics, professionals focus on logistics."

  • @gjrinfo6713
    @gjrinfo6713 5 років тому

    Per a Smithsonian Channel documentary on the DC-3, supposedly the DC-3 was the first aircraft to have flaps to control landing and take-off speed. Is this right?

  • @amerlite5298
    @amerlite5298 6 років тому

    Do a video on the bf109! (if you haven´t already)

  • @jgabb1967
    @jgabb1967 5 років тому

    When is the video on the Tomcat coming out?

  • @theboyscout0156
    @theboyscout0156 5 років тому

    Can you do the jet wing for one of these?

  • @bryancabrera876
    @bryancabrera876 6 років тому +3

    Any chance of doing an F14?

  • @SM_Fato
    @SM_Fato 5 років тому +1

    PAF used C-47s as a transport for PM in the 1950s

  • @stormtroopercommander7947
    @stormtroopercommander7947 5 років тому

    Lets get behind the wings on the F-14 Tomcat!

  • @paulsuprono7225
    @paulsuprono7225 5 років тому

    Gained a rotary presence yet. My mission - Air Rescue, predominated my military experience !

  • @BlackAssBilly
    @BlackAssBilly 3 роки тому

    What about the air force One first plane ✈️?

  • @Allan_aka_RocKITEman
    @Allan_aka_RocKITEman 2 місяці тому

    And with turboprop conversions, some of them will be flying long into the future.

  • @robgreenhalgh9637
    @robgreenhalgh9637 6 років тому

    Was the DC-3 pressurized?

  • @CaptainBobSim
    @CaptainBobSim 5 років тому +1

    Just came here from Plane Savers :)

  • @etnrutledge8461
    @etnrutledge8461 6 років тому

    When are y’all going to make a video on the best plain ever? Of course I mean the C-130!

    • @Wings_Museum
      @Wings_Museum  6 років тому

      We featured one in a previous episode at the Pikes Peak Regional Airshow. But yes, we do have to dedicate one full episode to the C-130!

  • @Pilotalphapapa
    @Pilotalphapapa 5 років тому

    NIce wish you got to fly it

  • @kenzz5266
    @kenzz5266 6 років тому

    Japanese style
    a Happy New  year !

  • @knightzing
    @knightzing 6 років тому +1

    Liked

  • @davidlewis3433
    @davidlewis3433 4 роки тому

    Why have you gone to the oblique camera angles all the sudden? Looked better head on.

  • @willracey7173
    @willracey7173 6 років тому +1

    I go to Centennial to spot alot.
    I COMING FOR YOU.

  • @gaelan2k9
    @gaelan2k9 6 років тому

    0:57 PUPPER!

  • @not_kasper
    @not_kasper 6 років тому

    Can you take a look at that biplane in the background next time, I think from the colors on it that it is an EAA Bipe.

  • @couchfighter
    @couchfighter 3 роки тому

    Roger Reaves had a neat one that belonged to the beachboys

  • @frankkpowersjr8357
    @frankkpowersjr8357 Рік тому

    The DC-3 WAS DESIGN 21 PASSENGERS.

  • @johngroberts952
    @johngroberts952 5 років тому

    Your videos are great for the novice and for getting young people interested in the history of flight but I would like to see a little more in-depth history of the planes.

  • @steveskouson9620
    @steveskouson9620 5 років тому +1

    Ike should have included the P-51.
    steve

  • @ripper8771
    @ripper8771 5 років тому

    7:08, hence the nick name Hamburger door.

  • @sologhostxx8010
    @sologhostxx8010 6 років тому

    Im going for my birthday but im sick so I'm going next week

  • @connorraab
    @connorraab 5 років тому

    Watched this plane leave for the D-Day anniversary

  • @alexx86hater
    @alexx86hater 5 років тому

    8 minutes video about the Gooney Bird? 8 MINUTES??? The airplane that flew since 30th till 90th (and even today), had been bought or manufactured under the licence by almost every country in the world, had really wild versions like Soviet night bomber Li-2VV or Vietnam War gunship AC-47 Spooky and only 8 minutes?

  • @erikkunkle9574
    @erikkunkle9574 5 років тому

    If you work for the government it is still a big deal to travel somewhere in the US on the same commercial plane.

  • @gherthort
    @gherthort 5 років тому

    Possibility of the F14

    • @Wings_Museum
      @Wings_Museum  5 років тому

      Yes, we actually have an F14. Looking to feature it eventually!

  • @infernoking7504
    @infernoking7504 6 років тому

    200 mph? That's it I thought it went about 290

  • @selkirk4life
    @selkirk4life 5 років тому +1

    Only 8 mins for the DC3 you should make you videos a bit longer. There's a lot of stuff that could be added

    • @clawrence034
      @clawrence034 5 років тому

      Yeah I really wish they did longer videos

  • @balazsarato2861
    @balazsarato2861 5 років тому

    He forgot to mention the Li-2. Shame