Old Aircraft Video: Great video showing WWII Aircraft in flight. Be sure to turn up the sound when you watch. http://www.youtube.com/v/RU1oB8sGyYM...

imntrt1 Loc: St. Louis

Great video showing WWII Aircraft in flight. Be sure to turn up the sound when you watch.

http://www.youtube.com/v/RU1oB8sGyYM

lateron Loc: Yorkshire, England

imntrt1 wrote:

Great video showing WWII Aircraft in flight. Be sure to turn up the sound when you watch.

http://www.youtube.com/v/RU1oB8sGyYM

Thank you for the link, GREAT!!!

rocco_7155 Loc: Connecticut/Louisiana

Absolutely amazing. Several of those flying WWII aircraft are based at the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame/ Lone Star Air Museum in Galveston. They fly every weekend to shows all over the US and book flights for a fee. Their proceeds go to ensure that any WWII vet can fly for free.

imntrt1 Loc: St. Louis

rocco_7155 wrote:

Absolutely amazing. Several of those flying WWII aircraft are based at the Texas Aviation Hall of Fame/ Lone Star Air Museum in Galveston. They fly every weekend to shows all over the US and book flights for a fee. Their proceeds go to ensure that any WWII vet can fly for free.

I took a ride on a B-24 several years back because my Dad was a crew member on one in WWII, based in Italy....He did 30 missions. I wish he was still alive, I would love to have been able to get him a ride on some of these planes. If I ever get enough disposible cash I intend to build a T-51 by Titan Aircraft Company. It is a 2/3 replica of a P-51. there are plenty of UTube Videos showing the aircraft.

rocco_7155 Loc: Connecticut/Louisiana

Google the museum. They've got the B-17, B-24, T6 Texan, P-51, P-47, and Corsair in this video. All of those and several other classics are available for flights. I visited earlier this year. Best $12 admission I ever spent.

imntrt1 Loc: St. Louis

rocco_7155 wrote:

Google the museum. They've got the B-17, B-24, T6 Texan, P-51, P-47, and Corsair in this video. All of those and several other classics are available for flights. I visited earlier this year. Best $12 admission I ever spent.

I will do that.....I didn't see any 24s in this video...Only B-25s. I also was under the impression that the only currently flyable B-24 was the one owned by the Collings Foundation.

rocco_7155 Loc: Connecticut/Louisiana

Sorry. The B-25 Liberator with "Doolittle's Raiders" on it is in Galveston. I stand corrected.

bugseye

Thank You all Airmen,for your service.

THISTLE Loc: Reidsville NC

It sounded great but the damn screen turned all blurry
From the proud son of a 321st BG Bombardier who served in the MTO.
I miss you dad

imntrt1 Loc: St. Louis

rocco_7155 wrote:

Sorry. The B-25 Liberator with "Doolittle's Raiders" on it is in Galveston. I stand corrected.

I hope I don't come across as a petty picky individual....But...the B-25 was nicknamed the "Mitchell" and the B-24 was nicknamed the "Liberator." The B-25 gained its nickname from General Billy Mitchell, an avid Aircraft Pioneer for the Military. The B-25 was one of those rare planes in WWII that was used in all the theaters of war. It was developed, I believe, in 1937.

imntrt1 Loc: St. Louis

bugseye wrote:

Thank You all Airmen,for your service.

Here is another Video that shows Henry Ford's Contribution to the war effort...Turning out a brand new B-24 every 55 Minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/iKlt6rNciTo?rel=0

iDoc Loc: Knoxville,Tennessee

Great video. Nothing stirs the heart like the roar of those old planes. Thanks.

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

imntrt1 wrote:

Great video showing WWII Aircraft in flight. Be sure to turn up the sound when you watch.

http://www.youtube.com/v/RU1oB8sGyYM

Loved it thanks. I grew up in the 50's 3 blocks from the marine Air terminal at LGA. Been an airplane buff ever since. my favorites are the the F4U the P51D and the SR 71. The Blackbird is perphaps the best aircraft ever built. Still holds the coast to coast record of 68 minutes

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

imntrt1 wrote:

Great video showing WWII Aircraft in flight. Be sure to turn up the sound when you watch.

http://www.youtube.com/v/RU1oB8sGyYM

Loved it thanks. I grew up in the 50's 3 blocks from the marine Air terminal at LGA. Been an airplane buff ever since. my favorites are the the F4U the P51D and the SR 71. The Blackbird is perphaps the best aircraft ever built. Still holds the coast to coast record of 68 minutes

GilroyGal Loc: Greater Monterey Bay Area (CA)

Thank you for this excellent video of old flying fighter planes. This brings back some old memories:

About in the middle of the video you will see some fighter planes with ferocious shark's teeth painted on the front fuselage. I remember those towards the end of WWII when they would swoop down and, probably, mow down any German troops on roadways, etc. We (age 8-10?) would wave to them, since we could see the pilot in the cockpit. Sometimes they would wave back. At that time we lived in the country where open fields allowed these planes to swoop down really low. I believe they were looking for German stragglers retreating from the front. None were found, at least not in front of our eyes.