Great footage - thanks for sharing. Love the sights & sounds; nice filming! Imagine those landings doing SAR in the open ocean back in the day with seas going several feet high. The Albatros was certified for wave heights of around 9 ft plus if I'm correct. For take-off in these conditions JATO was needed. Awesome plane & great video. Thanks for taking us onboard 👍
Such a great video of an even more bad ass plane! Those 1820s sound awesome! I suggest watching the video or better yet flying this beast while listening to "Too Good Too Bad" by Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts!
What is he doing when he reaches for something to the right of throttles an moves or jiggles something that seem to increase RPM??? Is that the prop condition lever? Don’t think so, though he does push what I think is condition levers in full just after touch and go. Curious what all he’s doing with overhead controls.
Although this question is several years old, I'll try an educated guess (please correct me if I'm wrong): It might have to do with mixture; prior to landing he might increase to full rich so the engines rev higher (which one can hear) & are more responsive? Or he's manually activating the turbochargers? To my knowledge the Wright R-1820-76s were equipped with hydraulically actuated single-stage two-speed turbochargers. In an old movie ("Flight from Ashiya") featuring the Albatros the pilots are seen pressing these controls too whilst going through the water landing checklist & one calls out "engines full high rpm". So might be?
Great footage - thanks for sharing. Love the sights & sounds; nice filming! Imagine those landings doing SAR in the open ocean back in the day with seas going several feet high. The Albatros was certified for wave heights of around 9 ft plus if I'm correct. For take-off in these conditions JATO was needed. Awesome plane & great video. Thanks for taking us onboard 👍
Nice touch and go! And some incredible scenery as well.
Such a great video of an even more bad ass plane! Those 1820s sound awesome! I suggest watching the video or better yet flying this beast while listening to "Too Good Too Bad" by Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts!
What a airplane and this sound ooooo man!
My husband flew these in the Navy, off of Guam, 1969-71.
miss my coast guard days for sure !!! now i know why my hearing is bad >> lol wish i knew the numbers on her !!
330 000 - 380 000 USD.
It depends on the year, condition, and hours flown on it. A quick google search can provide you with some Hu-16 listings.
What is he doing when he reaches for something to the right of throttles an moves or jiggles something that seem to increase RPM??? Is that the prop condition lever? Don’t think so, though he does push what I think is condition levers in full just after touch and go. Curious what all he’s doing with overhead controls.
Although this question is several years old, I'll try an educated guess (please correct me if I'm wrong): It might have to do with mixture; prior to landing he might increase to full rich so the engines rev higher (which one can hear) & are more responsive? Or he's manually activating the turbochargers? To my knowledge the Wright R-1820-76s were equipped with hydraulically actuated single-stage two-speed turbochargers. In an old movie ("Flight from Ashiya") featuring the Albatros the pilots are seen pressing these controls too whilst going through the water landing checklist & one calls out "engines full high rpm". So might be?
You are flying this thing all the way, NO easy Cessna flying shown here......
how much does a HU-16 cost?
300-400 thousand American dollars is what I seen