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Nice video!

If you want to hear the story of how the plane carried a heart for transplant, fast forward to 4:12. By the way: Robert Becklund retired not long ago from military service, having achieved the rank of Brigadier General. George Sinner served two terms as Governor of North Dakota (1984 - 1992) and passed away on March 9, 2018. His memoir - "Turning Points" - expands upon this mission. And, in case you wonder, Andrew de la Pena is still alive. Not even two bouts of cancer and hurricane Katrina have sufficed to stop the heart that was flown all the way from Fargo to San Diego on that cold night of December, 1986.

Loved the W.A.R FW 190 always hoped the do the dora , probably some w/b issues though.

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the H-19 Sikorsky company # S-55 is a piston engine powered helicopter early ones were powered by a Pratt & Whitney Wasp R-1340-57 9 cylinder radial engine mounted slanted in the nose and a centrifigual clutch connecting to the shaft to the main gearbox the engine was rated for 650 HP the later units had a more powerful Wright Cyclone 7 R-1300 7 cylinder radial engine with a hydromechanical clutch engine was rated for 800 hp. as after these were retired from military service many were converted for passenger carrying and converted to turbine power with a Garrett turboshaft engine and one having a longer nose with noise cancelling baffle on the exhaust and a 5 blade main rotor dubbed it the S-55 QT as of today they are used to lift heavier items or for cherry tree drying.

Thank you for posting this - I enjoyed learning more about Lt. Heinzen's exploits. My father was VF-8's Air Combat Intelligence Officer (ACIO). Lt. Heinzen was one of "his" aviators. I still have my father's records documenting VF-8's air combat record. I was able to match your descriptions of Lt Heinzen's victories with my father's records. I should note Lt. Heinzen was credited with several other "probables" and "damaged" aircraft in those records. Interestingly, he has the last recorded entry in VF-8's combat log - a Frances on October 21, 1944 near Formosa. Lt Heinzen was credited with damaging the Frances, while Lt. Hobbs was awarded the kill. A little more about VF-8 for those who may stumble across this in the future. As you noted, this squadron was the second VF-8 and unaffiliated with the first VF-8 that operated off the Hornet at Midway. According to my father, the squadron was "hand-picked" with a healthy mixture of seasoned pilots with previous combat experience in other squadrons. They were initially assigned to the Intrepid (now a naval museum in NYC). They did Intrepid's shakedown cruise and were on their way out to the war when she got damaged transiting the canal. The air group was then reassigned to the Bunker Hill, and VF-8 served one combat tour from March - October of 1944. Unlike a lot of other squadrons, VF-8 was not given to self-promotion and has failed to garner much attention despite being one of the most successful Navy squadrons in history. In one combat tour, the squadron destroyed 153 Japanese aircraft in air-to-air combat for a success ratio of 51-1. The squadron had 13 Aces. They managed to do this in a single combat tour. As you noted, they were present for the "Turkey Shoot", but their real success came at Formosa in October of 1944, where they splashed 51 aircraft.

Thank you, awesome presentation!

If I remember correctly I heard somewhere either this one or the f111 flew so fast he nearly destroyed to the engines just to get there for the transplant

Hope you guys get some more views. You deserve it. Keep it up!

Underrated channel

Come back to Lidgerwood cuz there's two armored vehicles buy the sides of it

Come back to regular one that's my hometown go to the armored car buy it

Cool to come across this. Harvey was my uncle, my dad’s younger brother, making Jackie my cousin, of course. Thanks for your research and podcast.

The proportions seem a bit off. The Wings seem to be more straight than on the original, less V shape. I don`t understand the decision on the tail insignia, sure you can be against that, but then why not just leave that section clean? It looks a bit ridiculous how it is there.

F4 - Getting the job done. I was there.

Nice video. I have a 1948 8A, so I enjoy seeing others in the air.

At pax river naval air test station, 1960-63 as plane captain we were required to pull flight time each month believe me I took full advantage of the back seat of the F-4 PHANTOM we were testing at the time the test pilots had no problem putting us thru all of the mauvers and even mach 2. What a rush!!

My Dad was the 319th MMS commander at Grandforks AFB from 1973-75. Their primary misson was to maintain and load bombs on the B-52's. Thanks for the background on the B-52.

Hemos tenido oportunidad de volar el 8 Silvaire motor 85 HP, instalacion electrica avionica normal, tanques de combustible en las alas y tambien otro de 65hp sin instalacion electrica, tanque de combustible a la espalda de los puestos de piloto y acompañante, ambos excelentes aunque prefiero el de 65 hp pues es mucho mas maniobrable y por lo tanto mas divertido pero ambos excelentes aviones que dan satisfaccion a quien los utiliza.

Hey thats my grandpa

Keep up the good work , it may never fly again but your restoration keeps history alive

Political correctness at that plane makes no sense especially for a mjseum purposes

The L-39 project would later be developed into the L-59 Super Albatross, which had an improved engine and strengthened body. The L-59 would even further be refined into the L-139. It’ a great trainer. Also, fun fact, John Huls’ aircraft has 53 flight hours according to a calculator inside the nose.

Can you give the name of the man who built it? And was he a pilot in World War II?

My dad piloted the F-4 sitting at Cassleton airport. I have pictures of him in 63-7417 with his name stenciled on the canopy.

Probably an excellent video. Just couldn't hear a word of autio.

just missed you,

Nice

I attended the airshow in Ypsilanti, Michigan were the largest collection of B 25's reunited. It was really entertaining to watch them circle the area. One of my favorites as a kid of course I built the model.😊

TB-25K: Hughes E1 fire-control radar trainer.

Would be great if you did a video about this particular aircrafts history. It almost looks like the one that was on the Walter Soplata Farm

Oscar and his wife Ginny were dear friends of mine. He wasn't an ace though with 1.5 kills with the RAF and 2.5 kills with AAF = 4 kills. He never flew the P-51 in combat. His last kill was on Feb 11, 1944 flying a P-47D-11. His Spt MK Vb was s/n BL582 XR+Z and did not have clipped wings. He did not serve in Korea. Oscar and Ginny had a large ranch in Baker City, OR raising cattle and doing some logging. I have his RAF Gauntlets and AAF wings.

Not to sound mean, but could you put links in the description of your videos? Without links I don't know where to send people.

great

one of my all time very favorite planes!!

Update! Recently there has been a restoration effort on this Sabre! Stay tuned to further coverage of this bird!

Thanks for this 👍✈️

Just made a set of cowlings for one. Nice job on your video.

Cool 🤘

This just popped up in my recommended videos! Great video Sam and Ryan - glad to know and fly with you both.

we were living on base at Grand Forks in '60-61. Dad was working in the SAGE blockhouse, & though he got flight hours, I don't think he flew the Voodoo. I would see them on occasion & (as a 7 yr old) was really taken w/ their lines... & of course, the sound & contrails. seemed there were lotsa KC-135s on base too. very impressive what the ANG guys accomplished at Tyndall! thx for jogging great memories & the review.

That has to be one of the best looking planes ever made.

I don't know anything about planes, I clicked on this out of sheer curiosity, definitely was worth it 😅. You guys have good chemistry and you're entertaining. Keep it up!

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Thanks for sharing this beautiful bird with us. The big, bad "One-O-Wonder" is one of my favorites as well! And, I really enjoy hearing the particular individual history of a given aircraft on display - really brings it to life!

At the 1973 Abbottsford airshow .. one of these exploded after a high speed pass climbing out.... then 2 chutes popped out just before the big fire-ball as It pulled skyward with wings and part's flying off ..... the fuselage tumbled to a verticle stop.. then falling with the whole mess thumping down into a freshly plowed field beyond past the runway's end. As first we thought it was part of the show ! 50 year's ago now... Our Abbotsford airshow was now a tame example of the previous years of military displays after that accident.

Very interesting video. I have a model kit, and also the decals for the Yugoslav P-51 D Mustang in scale such as 1/72 that I have assembled it long time ago as well. Keep up the work.

Nice looking plane! Thinking about buying one , but am 6' 2". Think I would fit? I flew a taylorcraft f22, so I could managed cramped conditions within reason.

Plans for sale ?

Nice video, mate! Would have liked it if you could show us a bit of the cockpit, though. The material about most of the WAR models other than the Corsair and Fw 190 is quite sparse. A shame, because I'm considering getting the plans to the P-47...