Stressful Oshkosh DC3 Flight!
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- This video is from Oshkosh 2017 when they offered to let me ride along in the jump seat of a DC3. I was very excited at the opportunity, strapped myself in, plugged in the headset, and then realized that my friend FlightChops was going to be the one flying the whole flight including the landing! And remember, he is a private pilot and has never flown a DC3. My excitement quickly turned to Fear. The flight was a lot of fun but I was very relieved when the flight was finished and we didn't make the Oshkosh highlight reel....or did we? To see the whole flight be sure to go over to FlightChops channel on RUclips.
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Gotta give flight chops credit. He tries to fly any and every plane he can. Not saying it looks perfect but it sure looks fun. Never a dull moment.
Thanks! I vote we sticky this comment :)
FlightChops you got it. Both you and steveo together my two fav fliers.
+1...exactly!...putting yourself out there lets you learn and experience it...good job Steve
This is probably some of the most fun I've had on one of your videos, Steve. I was cracking up every time you took a jab at poor Flight Chops there. I didn't realize how many people were back there when I watched it on his channel. I bet he was sweatin bullets!
+1
First plane my daddy took me onboard for a look-see in the 40's.Sparked lifelong interest in flying. Memories-Thanks!
I sat in that C-47 jump-seat position from Orlando to North Carolina and back in 1958 to pick up a USAF marching band. I also went to USAF basic training on a Texas Airways C-47 in 1956 - Memories :)
Whew! That climbing right turn after takeoff...
My dad was a C-47 pilot in Viet Nam. He was involved in a crash, only survivor. He flew one into Tai Tak. He said it was a great airplane.
Great video!
Damn
Mike M Awesome short story.
I thank him for his service! Remarkable story
Mike M Yes the C-47 is still the working horse in Some parts of the Globe. Great plane she is.
It was great having you aboard the Gold Seal DC-3, Steveo. Let's do it again sometime. Good Flying!
Gold Seal Flight Training Did flight chops get credit for six landings there? .......lol
I was an aircraft electrician at Otis ANGB for many years in the Air Guard and in '69 we had a C-47 that I worked on. Working on the engine wiring was pretty messy with an oil smell that you'll never forget. Our Wing Commander, Maj. General Charles Sweeney flew it a lot. FYI, Gen. Sweeney flew the B-29 that dropped the bomb on Nagasaki that ultimately led to the end of WW II. Cape Air out of Hyannis flew these for a long time with a regular schedule to Boston Logan. Love the video and the sound of the engine cranking up. Brings back a lot of good memories!
Love it! Here in Long Beach, CA, we had 2 of these beautiful machines in almost daily service... Taking off from the Long Beach airport to ferry cargo and mail to Catalina Island. They were retired just three months ago, replaced with Caravans. I'll miss the sound of those wonderful radials as they climbed out towards the island. :(
Brings back memories
Flew a DC3 in 65 and 66
Thirty years later as a Capt on 767 i had the opportunity to sit in a 3 again and flew it for over an hour. I was amazed how it all came back.
The 767 was a beautiful airplane butI still love the DC3
Check out the Yukon Transportation museum. Our old bird is now a weather vane.
Cool old airplanes. Happy to say I worked with Kitty Hawk Air Cargo when we had a DC-3, a Super 3 and a number of 240 through 440 Convair's working hard flying mail, car parts and defense department freight. Thanks for the video Steveo.
Stevo, I am accustomed to your start-up of the TBM 850! This was deja vue taken to the extreme. Grew up flying on
Delta & Eastern DC-3's ! I guess I am dating myself but that was an era in aviation that will last forever! Great video and congrats to FlightChops for returning all of the passengers safely to their destination! The landing left something to be desired! HA HA!
Flight Chops managed one good take off, then he squeezed in 6 landings, all on one flight! You looked a little bit nervous there Steveo. But it did end up putting big smiles on both your faces.
"Our captain has never landed a DC3" LOL
LOL
Seemed to me he got at least 4 landings in on this flight. I would have loved to have seen an external view of the landing. It was a good one though, everyone walked away.
DC-3 is so cool! i love old technologies that just work.
That was awesome. We watched you in the FlighChops video taking selfies in the background from the jump seat. It was a crack up. - Mike.
TomorrowSystems now you get to see what I was up to! Fun times
I flew on a Comercial fight on a DC-3 back in October of 1974 from Darwin, Australia to Bali, Indonesia. It was definitely a fun flight.
I used to fly these in Niu Guinea and the British Solomans in the late sixties and seventies; the best experience in flying ever
I watched this flight on flight chops and it was ok from my standpoint although one gets the jitters when someone else is doing the flying. Enjoyed it a second time with your comments.
Heard he already got picked up by Delta... changed his name from Flightchops to Lightchops.
haha - nice
FlightChops I give you kudos man, the extremely busy airspace paired with a large aircraft you're unfamiliar with would have been enough for me to decline this amazing offer. Steveo definitely busting your chops a bit! The entire vid posted by Gold Seal tells the whole story of this flight- nerve wracking for sure!
Thanks - and yeah - I added even more context on my channel including "the run up incident".
Ready, remember he's Canadian, so his nickname is NiceChops. Keep your stick on the ice. :D
ready4pullback damn😂
I just passed my instrument checkride yesterday. Thanks for the inspiration.
+Flyboy63 congrats! Flying is about to get a lot more fun for you!
dc3's have always been one of my favorite aircraft since i was a kid...they had a distinctive engine sound, so did the viscount...i remember the constellations going over our house too, and dc6's...i love the instrument panel on your dc3, it's beautiful
As a kid in the 1950's I remember taking trips with my parents on American Airline DC3's, specially the night I saw flames coming out of one of the engines. That was a little scary. That’s all I remember from that night flight. It’s amazing these things are still out there and flying today. I wonder how many are still in service.
Thats great you two get along so well.
A DC-3 and Oshkosh are two bucket list items for me.
Maybe one day I will get lucky enough to take the jet to Oshkosh at least.
A DC-3 ride is still on my bucket list.
LOL!!! Chops made it look so much better on his video... That landing was priceless! Glad to get the real story here.
Ooooor the hand held camera made the landing(s) look worse? :P but at least you get to also see the exterior shot of the bounces in the replay on my channel.
FlightChops true that!
Epic experience no matter how you slice it.
I must say Steveo that is the first time I've ever seen you nervous...
Rest assured it was all for effect
Watch him fly the carbon cub. 1st landing was interesting.
Love the DC3. Flew on the flight safety dc 3 in NY. Used for ATP training many times. Just a passenger.
I used to fly in a DC 3 every summer going from Boston to Vermont on Northeast Airlines, and then back to Boston. They were nice planes, but when you got into the mountains in Vermont, the downs and ups were intense to say the least.
I watched the video first on FlightChops. Interesting to see the same flight from your perspective. I read some history on this particular DC3. At one point it was in service for Ozark airlines. I flew on DC3s when I was a kid. One flight was with Ozark. Blows my mind that this could be the very airplane I was on. I couldn't help but laugh at the humor, albeit, a little nervous. Chops did a fine job piloting, landing included. Way to go. You two guys are something else. Great video as always Steveo !
Hey there, John. Here's some more info on the Gold Seal DC-3:
ruclips.net/video/h970mdOvmww/видео.html
Go Chops! Awesome video guys. Thanks for taking us along for the ride!
LOVED a flight in a DC3 at Prescott AZ air show. 2 Texans in formation with us on each wing. Amazing.
It was allot of fun seeing that flight from the eyes of his terrified passengers. Thank you for your sacrifice Steve. I wish you and your PTSD well.
Flew DC 3s out of Pontiac Michigan back in the late 70s. I have about 3000 hrs in that aircraft. One of my favorites. 6 blades mixture on mags on. That's called the meat chopper door. Gross weight 26900. Retired from the airlines flying jets at 26000 hrs.
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*That was fun and exciting...a piece of cake! The captain did well for never landing the Mighty DC-10 before...congrats Chops!! ;-)*
sorry that wasnt anywhere near a dc10
man..to have your first DC 3 landing in front of everyone at Oshkosh?...pretty ballsy bud....props ( pun intended ) on a check mark off every pilots bucket list..well done
Thanks - but honestly - I didn't have the mental capacity to consider what the people on the ground were thinking - I was focussed on what I was doing.
What an absolute rush !!!!!!!!!
Man what I wouldn't give to go fly with you two crazy fun guys, then as was mentioned go have a drink with you. A retired cardiac surgeon I fly RC with wants to model a DC3 pretty bad. I hope he does and I will be showing him the video from you both to spur him on !!!!!!
Awesome! There is a series on Netflix I found recently called "Ice Pilots" that fly all these vintage warbirds daily as an airline company flying passengers and cargo. It's called Buffalo Air and they are way up in Canada, but a cool series to watch if you enjoy these typos of planes.
Keep these awesome planes flying. I was lucky enough to skydive from a DC3 in the mid to late 90s. Many are just rusting away in a field somewhere.
One of the most *oldest plane* and it was awesome. I hope someone video it flying.
I love the sound of big rumbly radial engines, far better than any V12 water cooled engine on a fighter plane.
I flew on one of these in the late 1970s from Jabiru to Darwin, Australia. Great old plane with long service in this part of the world. Thought I saw one in the air recently and was trying to find out if they were still in service here.
Wow I felt like I was in the jump seat too sweating it out. Thanks Steve and Flight chops for the ride.
Am I the only one that was holding my breath?? The commentary was hilarious!
While you're happy to be alive I'm thinking I'd rather fly this plane than any other modern airplane out there, great video, THANKS!
I love the DC3. When I was in Canada going fly fishing I flew on a Buffalo Airlines DC3. I had missed my original flight out of the states so I got up a day later than my buddies. So I was the only passenger on board. They let me sit in the jump seat from preflight to postflight. I was fascinated. Since then, I have not even seen one, but if I ever get the chance, I will be on one again.
Very cool. Thanks SteveO - Those DC-3 are tanks.
I used to belong to a warbird group in Nee England that had a C47. Ride in it many time to airshows. Once at S Weymouth NAS the PIC bounced hard on the landing. We were checking for leaks on the gear after and he came over and barked"what the hell are you looking for".
Great albeit short video. I flew in a DC-3 when they were still in service and I'll never forget the flame coming out of the exhaust as seen on a night flight! We flew from Harrisburg, PA to Pittsburgh and then boarded a Boeing 707 which was a brand new aircraft at the time. It was nonstop from Pittsburg to San Francisco with only six paying passengers on board. With so few people on board to mask the creaking and cracking sounds it made, I was afraid it was going to break up in flight! In those days the stewardess were all female and very good looking!
Was there at Oshkosh for my second year in a row. Remember at Christmas time you couldn't wait to see what Santa brought.......Will Oshkosh is just like that but even better. Twin engine & tailwheel....what could be more fun?
Great video Steve - hope you and your planes survived the hurricane safely.
OMG, That was awesome, congratulation Captain AirChops, you guys should have sold a Ticket to Mraviation101 ,,very brave of you Steve on taking this flight
Did Steve put all 8 landings in his logbook?
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FlightChops aw, come on Steve! Give yourself credit for all 8 of those! 😂
In all seriousness, I'm jealous of the fact that you got the chance to do this! Awesome job!
You are being too harsh on yourself Steve - I only remember 4 :) ... but hey you did get a runway change about 30 seconds out!
Hey, flightchops did good, he is current now with 3 landings in one pass, hehehe, from what I can see he was on centerline. why I say that, when I was training the fbo had a dc3 for freight and I got to ride with them like u did on that lil seat, the owners son did the same kinda landing with dad doing all the same kinda hand signals. wow thanks for the memories.
It was great seeing your video after watching his first
One of my favorite memories as a kid was taking a sightseeing tour on a DC-3 from the old PBA airlines that serviced APF. That and the DC-3s that would carpet bomb our neighborhood with mosquito spray :)
Looks like the MD-88 Cockpit when I flew Delta yesterday.
The commentary is classic! Great video!
U crack me up Stevo, glad you all had a safe flight. Wish you all the best ✈✈✈
Thanks for all the wonderful videos
Interesting to watch Flight chops video of the same event. Saw you in the background so I know a video from you was coming. Can't believe that a plane taxied behind the DC 3 during run up. It puts out some wind. Amazing how this plane can float down a runway and make a landing look difficult. I remember quite a few bouncing landings sitting in the jump seat. ATP candidate would get a ration from the CFI about how old the aircraft is and to treat it gently. lol :)
I enjoyed your insights on this.
WoW thats really neat... Thanks for the videos from you and Chops....
Northeast Airline had a fleet of DC-3's, back in the day. Rode many a flight into Boston's Logan Airport on 'em. They tell me you could land that plane in a corn field, if necessary.
Looked pretty smooth. You pulled a mighty turn right at the beginning but it was probably well within abilities.
I guess I am spoiled living just down the street from the Basler Turbo Conversions where many of these fly over my house every week!
Very, very funny, having seen flight chops original. Great video!
You "busted" Chops.... chops. Loved it!
Good to see Dan Gryder doing his thing from the right seat
The commentary is hilarious. Great job Steveo
My dad flew Dakotas in WW2 in the RAF. he'd love to have seen this video.
That is truly a beautiful aircraft from the outside but you're right I think it's pretty scary to fly from the inside definitely one of the most iconic aircraft ever made
nice video!(as always) The DC-3/C-47 is one of my favorite airplanes. thanks for sharing
I love the, "Yeah, when you hear the gear go down, you should probably sit down and buckle up..."
Mr. Chops should have announced Welcome to Oshkosh, Welcome to Oshkosh, Welcome to Oshkosh, Welcome to Oshkosh, Welcome to Oshkosh, Welcome to Oshkosh over the intercom :)
Congrats, you survived !!!
When I was an AFROTC cadet in college they took us up in a C47 and let each of us fly it for 6 minutes each !
My friend, if you thought that was rough... think about the same aircraft, night time, horrible thunderstorms impossible to avoid crossing the Andes in Colombia, three and a half tons in the cargo area, zero weight, holding tight and praying, needless to say the crew and airplane that night are gone... one of them my brother...
Now you can fly TBM's, and other beauties, but those guys where pioneers they risked all. They died so you and I can fly the wonder planes we flight today.
Your channel is nice though keep it up and thank you.
Sorry to hear about your brother. I definitely give a lot of respect to the aviators of the past. We have it very easy compared to what they had to fly and navigate with.
Very exciting stuff... all that tail wheel experience come good! Nice one Flight Chops! No grinning until safely on the ground though Steveo - that was proper brown pants time :)
great video and I love to see the Brazilian Flag on the end of this video. Oshkosh is amazing.
Steveo that seems really amazing. That landing though I might have shit myself.
Hilariously funny video Steve, looked like the "peanut gallery" by that I mean "YOU " had a blast! Love the comments brother, I'm still laughing.
That escape hatch is called the "hamburger door" because it's right by the prop arc. Go out that door with the #1 engine running and you'll be hamburger.
Woohoo! Was waiting for this!
Dude that was a pretty good landing.
Savage subtitles, Steveo!
dc3 thing of beauty....
Chops and Steveo!?!?! HELL YEA!!!
Smashed the like button before even halfway into the video
Should have said... "I've seen many FlightChops videos, which is why I've never wanted to be a part of one...". :) J/K Chops..
Your "escape hatch" is the mail door where the mail was loaded.
I thought that the cockpit door was kept closed to keep terrorists out, but now I know that its so that you don't see the pilot patting the co-pilot on the back and saying good luck before the landing!
I haven't yet seen the Gold Seal video, I guess I should go look it up. But, be sure to come back next year when Chops and Steveo together will be flying Flight Chops Air in a Connie! Only at Air Venture 2018! :D :) :p
4:18 - I’ve been waiting for this reaction for a year
You seemed just a tad nervious Steve? Actually I don't blame you with such an antiquated aeroplane!!You all walked away from a DC3 Flightchops landing though - or was it landings? Gr8 video man.
Hey man, I hope you, your friends and family all made it through the hurricane without a problem. I love your videos! if you're ever in the PNW, give me a shout! Watching your videos and seeing the things you get to do has pushed me to chase my dream of earning a living by flying planes. You're a great inspiration of mine!
Seeing out the front window was hampered by the camera "white-out".
Love you guys. Two of the best on youtube :-)
At the first wheel touchdown he should have pushed forward instantly to pin it. Once that bouncing thing gets started it can get worse at every bounce until disaster strikes. I flew those things in the 70's about 2500 hours worth. Good plane to get an ATP in. Then you have your company check airman in the right seat instead of the FAA. And it's systems are fairly simple. So the oral isn't too bad. The ATP ride can double as a type rating ride also.
Man that low right turn after take off with both of them looking a little sketchy on the throttles would have had me changing my pants after.
I flew in one once Awesome flight.