Note: At 08:38 I could not find a photo of the YC-123H, so I've supplemented them with images of different aircraft that also tested and trialed the tracked configuration. I meant to put a note on screen but forgot.
I've had these vids pop up in suggestions in the last couple of days, very glad they're excellent in content and the presentation is very comfortable to listen to with informative images. Sub added as it's well deserved.
every now and then YT recommends a channel that might be of interest, and your videos started popping up..and for once, YT got it right...your content/editing and research i have found to be very good..begs to question why your channel is not bigger..surely deserve more subs/views..keep up the videos..thx
Thoroughly enjoyable and interesting. We don't usually see all the attempts made to advance aeronautics so your video certainly delved into the back stories.
Thank you for the support! That's my goal with this series, to cover the oddities that are frequently overlooked. I hope I was able to introduce you to at least one aircraft you were previously unfamiliar with!
Looks like an interesting project , I'm the son of WG Woodard President of Omni Aviation Managers , we sponsored Clay Lacy and others in the Reno and Mojave air races , racing WW2 fighters and Douglas Dc-7 b and a Lockheed Constellation around the pylons , sharing offices with Clay we got to meet his air Racing friends and other innovators in aviation like Jack Conroy and Bob Hoover and Chuck Yeager , Allan Poulsen Etc. , looking forward to more videos
I had never heard about this, but couldn’t believe the Reno part so I had to research it a bit - I believe they only raced at Mojave, and unfortunately the Connie never had a chance to race as (apparently) all the single-engine teams complained the night before (so bizarre to think about!) I’m kinda shocked that the DC-7 did so well, pulling 2.2 Gs consistently would make me extremely nervous lol - apparently they burned 80 gallons of OIL and flew around 355mph. In theory the Connie would have been slower (I think?) as it’s Vne was lower than the DC-7s average race speed even… but it definitely would have been an incredible sight!
@@EstorilEm Some of the folks we sponsored with Omni ( Howie Keefe Miss America ) made complaints about wake turbulence and we pulled both out of the race
@@flyinbiker2001 that’s what I read, I’m assuming it was complete BS? In a closed loop all the wake turbulence would be pushed outward of the course, right? Sounds like the initial success of the DC-7 in Mojave scared everyone off.
I flew on the FAA C123 with the two jet engines several times in the 1960’s. My father was in the FAA here in Alaska. The pilot was Jack Jeffers and his biography is a great fun read! The plane is in the air museum here in Wasilla Alaska. Also of note were a couple of C82 boxcars from Wien Airlines with the jet mounted on the top. On spent several very cold winter months with a blown radial engine at Moses Point on Norton Sound east of Nome. I lived there 2 years. Six houses and home schooling. I also flew on many of the FAA DC 3’s including N3, N5 and N7.
Thank you for the support! After I'd already completed the video I realized I forgot to mention the C-82 had a few similar modifications to the C-119. Thank you for your comment! It's great to see folks sharing their story, especially when it's relevant to the topic. I hope future videos will keep your interest!
Welcome to the channel! I'm new here too, so I'm finding my cooting on RUclips still. If you have any recommendations on what sort of fighters and bombers you'd like to see, let me know! I'm still compiling a list of topics to cover and community input is more than welcome!
The XP-81 was a beautiful aircraft 😳 It’s a shame none of these were really very successful, minus the Fairchild cargo aircraft. We flew into an airshow at Hagerstown a few years back, across from the old abandoned Fairchild plant - the airport still has a large number of various retired mixed-propulsion Fairchild planes just sitting around the ramp. At the time I had no clue they used jets on so many of their prop aircraft!
Don't forget the Avro Shackleton, that was fitted with a pair of viper turbojets in the engine nacelles to boost takeoff performance I think. I'm working entirely from childhood memory here, but I think the Duxford museum have one on display in the same hangar as their Concord.
I haven't done a lot of research into non-US built mixed power aircraft, but I'll add that to my list. Was that a certain model of the Shackelton, or a one off modification? I know there was a Lancaster modified with the Nene engine, and another fitted with the Beryl. I'll see if I can compile enough for an episode on non US examples.
I feel like that should have been obvious but I'm dyslexic so grammar and words don't always come naturally to me. Thanks for politely pointing that out!
Everything discussed in this video is unique in one way or another. Some more so than others. I was merely trying to convey the unusually unconventional nature of the aircraft. That said, I'm just an aviation enthusiast, not an English major, so don't expect perfect grammatical syntax. Nonetheless, I'll keep your comment in mind next time.
Note: At 08:38 I could not find a photo of the YC-123H, so I've supplemented them with images of different aircraft that also tested and trialed the tracked configuration. I meant to put a note on screen but forgot.
Ah the 119 ... And finally someone talking about the Neptune! 🎉
I've had these vids pop up in suggestions in the last couple of days, very glad they're excellent in content and the presentation is very comfortable to listen to with informative images. Sub added as it's well deserved.
every now and then YT recommends a channel that might be of interest, and your videos started popping up..and for once, YT got it right...your content/editing and research i have found to be very good..begs to question why your channel is not bigger..surely deserve more subs/views..keep up the videos..thx
My channel is brand new! But its growing way faster than I could have expected. Thanks for the support!
I hope more people who are interested in aviation get to view this and your subscriptions can take off!
Excellent show….love the “forgotten wings” .
Thoroughly enjoyable and interesting. We don't usually see all the attempts made to advance aeronautics so your video certainly delved into the back stories.
Thank you for the support! That's my goal with this series, to cover the oddities that are frequently overlooked. I hope I was able to introduce you to at least one aircraft you were previously unfamiliar with!
Interesting, thanks from Canberra.
I subscribed I'm a retired A&P mechanic and x Lockheed guy built p3c onions and moved to skunk works I still love aviation great podcast thanks !
Thank you for your support!
Looks like an interesting project , I'm the son of WG Woodard President of Omni Aviation Managers , we sponsored Clay Lacy and others in the Reno and Mojave air races , racing WW2 fighters and Douglas Dc-7 b and a Lockheed Constellation around the pylons , sharing offices with Clay we got to meet his air Racing friends and other innovators in aviation like Jack Conroy and Bob Hoover and Chuck Yeager , Allan Poulsen Etc. , looking forward to more videos
I had never heard about this, but couldn’t believe the Reno part so I had to research it a bit - I believe they only raced at Mojave, and unfortunately the Connie never had a chance to race as (apparently) all the single-engine teams complained the night before (so bizarre to think about!)
I’m kinda shocked that the DC-7 did so well, pulling 2.2 Gs consistently would make me extremely nervous lol - apparently they burned 80 gallons of OIL and flew around 355mph.
In theory the Connie would have been slower (I think?) as it’s Vne was lower than the DC-7s average race speed even… but it definitely would have been an incredible sight!
@@EstorilEm Some of the folks we sponsored with Omni ( Howie Keefe Miss America ) made complaints about wake turbulence and we pulled both out of the race
@@EstorilEm no one said reno on the Dc7 that's not what I said , I did get to go around the pylons in Super Snoopy the day before the race
You probably know Al Kramer also 😊
@@flyinbiker2001 that’s what I read, I’m assuming it was complete BS? In a closed loop all the wake turbulence would be pushed outward of the course, right? Sounds like the initial success of the DC-7 in Mojave scared everyone off.
Thank you for another great, informative, well made video!
I flew on the FAA C123 with the two jet engines several times in the 1960’s. My father was in the FAA here in Alaska. The pilot was Jack Jeffers and his biography is a great fun read! The plane is in the air museum here in Wasilla Alaska.
Also of note were a couple of C82 boxcars from Wien Airlines with the jet mounted on the top. On spent several very cold winter months with a blown radial engine at Moses Point on Norton Sound east of Nome. I lived there 2 years. Six houses and home schooling. I also flew on many of the FAA DC 3’s including N3, N5 and N7.
I just subscribed🎉
Thank you for the support!
After I'd already completed the video I realized I forgot to mention the C-82 had a few similar modifications to the C-119.
Thank you for your comment! It's great to see folks sharing their story, especially when it's relevant to the topic. I hope future videos will keep your interest!
Keep it going! Great series! ( new subscriber👍🏻) jet oddities, ( fighters & bombers) would be awesome!
Welcome to the channel! I'm new here too, so I'm finding my cooting on RUclips still.
If you have any recommendations on what sort of fighters and bombers you'd like to see, let me know! I'm still compiling a list of topics to cover and community input is more than welcome!
@@AviationGeek1903 strange forgotten jet prototypes of the world’s air forces of ANY kind my friend! You are off to a great start!
The XP-81 was a beautiful aircraft 😳 It’s a shame none of these were really very successful, minus the Fairchild cargo aircraft. We flew into an airshow at Hagerstown a few years back, across from the old abandoned Fairchild plant - the airport still has a large number of various retired mixed-propulsion Fairchild planes just sitting around the ramp. At the time I had no clue they used jets on so many of their prop aircraft!
Don't forget the Avro Shackleton, that was fitted with a pair of viper turbojets in the engine nacelles to boost takeoff performance I think. I'm working entirely from childhood memory here, but I think the Duxford museum have one on display in the same hangar as their Concord.
I haven't done a lot of research into non-US built mixed power aircraft, but I'll add that to my list. Was that a certain model of the Shackelton, or a one off modification? I know there was a Lancaster modified with the Nene engine, and another fitted with the Beryl.
I'll see if I can compile enough for an episode on non US examples.
You missed one - There is a radial-engine biplane that has flown the airshow circuit for a numberr of years with a belly-mount jet engine.
@garycasey5788 I remember seeing that some years ago! Such a curious sight. That would have been a good one to add to the honorable mentions section.
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16:00 Erratum just fyi: It's "Honourable Mentions", not "Honorary Mentions".
I feel like that should have been obvious but I'm dyslexic so grammar and words don't always come naturally to me. Thanks for politely pointing that out!
There is no “highly unique”. Unique means “one of a kind”, therefore adding superlatives like very or highly is grammatically wrong and unnecessary.
Everything discussed in this video is unique in one way or another. Some more so than others. I was merely trying to convey the unusually unconventional nature of the aircraft.
That said, I'm just an aviation enthusiast, not an English major, so don't expect perfect grammatical syntax. Nonetheless, I'll keep your comment in mind next time.
I bet your the life of the party
Anal is good. Anal retentive, is not🙄………
@@bettyschnauber8238 Can't be the life of the party, if one, is not invited🤭………
f these obama ads
Obama ads?? Did we, miss something??
excelent video thanks