Thank you Keith. You have given so much of your time and it was an honor to take you flying. Finally meeting you confirmed what a genuine person you really are.
Keith: Thanks for taking us along on your adventure. And thanks to the volunteers at the museum that keep these old planes flying. History is important!
Wow, what a day Keith. Thx for sharing and thank you Rob. Years ago I was fortunate enough to sail on the USS Roosevelt out of Norfolk to watch flight operations. A day I'll never forget.
Thanks Keith. As a retired aircraft maintenance guy from a more modern era, 1965 thru 1985, having worked on the C-141A, C-5A, 0-2 and lastly the mighty Buff aka B-52H this was very cool.
Great to see those aeroplanes in use. Bet you enjoyed it all. My late father, an instructor and Mosquito recce pilot, hated the link trainer; doing the real thing was so much easier, apparently. Still in those days, training time was critical. Best wishes from the UK.
What an awesome tour and experience Keith. Thanks to John Flynn and Rob for making a memorable experience. Nice shop and museum. 👍🇺🇸👍 To fly in the Airplane had to be a once in a lifetime experience. Thanks for sharing. 👍 🇺🇸👍 Have a great weekend.
My first airplane ride was on my father’s lap in a PT-19. I remember how loud it was. My father flew B-25 bombers during WWII. after the war, he operated an airport outside of Auburn Indiana. There were many surplus aircraft there and I was hooked on aviation from then on. I retired from the Airline (flew B-767) in 2003. Thanks, Keith for a GREAT video. Congrats on the T-6 flight.
Thanks Keith for keeping us entertained on Black Friday. I'm sure you had this one in the can and hope you are enjoying time with your family. Great video too! and what an opportunity!
Hey Keith, thought I would give your algorithm another massage, with a thank you for triggering some very fond memories involving my early wrought enjoyment of the exhaust notes of well made, large, high performance (of the internal combustion flavor) engines. My fascinating life has sampled oodles of the mundane and sundry racing varieties, and granted that the following anecdotes are based upon autos that were race bred, these were street versions. The first audio purr for me was riding in a duesenburg pulling 80 mph in second gear, front fenders flexing-the grace note of Fred and Augie's straight eight... Yeah. Second was a lay abed summer Sunday morning, enjoying the non work day comfy bed, early rural bird calls and such, when I hear the local Ferrari coming the half mile north from the lake. Woodie's out for a lark! He turns at my corner - 3/4 mile west of my bed--big windows wide at my head, the few birds in the yews that flank the portals fade from focus as Woodie begins to let the many throated webers begin the air squeeze of hard acceleration. Second gear winds the tach and the third cog snicks in place just past the 1/4 mile and is topping the revs as the dopler switches and the woodster tweaks 4th into the whirling gear box mix. He says a brief hello to 5th and then power brakes and down shifts for the village limit a mile east, then turned south for the second and third gear twisty bit... and the birds came back and it was time for some coffee. Nice, calm and still summer country morn. Yep. This third bit was thanks to you and the idling P-51. Turns out that a percentage of the WWII WASP Corp hail from my kalamazoo area - my mother-in-law include. Another of the women was named Sue Parish, who I believe had coat tails to the extended Ferrari family of prior tale. Anyhoot, we have an air museum here in Kalamazoo and she kept her plane there. Back in the early 00's, there were several summer afternoons when I could watch and hear from my front stoop, as she exercised her pink P-40 over downtown. Admittedly, not quite the P-51, but raucous and wonderous, none-the-less. Better than a movie soundtrack! Anyhoot, hope the duration of my woeful typing endeavor pleases the watch masters and foists a pretty penny to the pile. A fella can hope.
Hello Keith, It must have been awesome to go flying in a vintage plane. Thank you for sharing your trip with us. It was awesome watching and seeing the museum and all the planes and thanks to all of the members for all their hard work keeping them in the air. Again, thank you, and I'm glad you didn't need your parachute
I remember the first time my uncle took me for a ride in an airplane it was back in the 60’s. My uncle had a Stinson and he took my brother up and we flew over San Francisco. My uncle trained fighter pilots back during WWII in a P 47 D in Corpus Christi, TX. I’ll never forget the first time…
Very cool 😊 we will have to start calling you Biggles Rucker lol you can tell how much that meant to you from the smile on your face 😊 I bet it stayed there for a long time afterward 😊
Having grown up reading about the Flying Tigers in China, and the incredible heroics of combat pilots in the Pacific and European theaters, this video really hit a sweet spot for me. Thanks, Keith, for sharing this incredible experience.
My dad worked on the SNJ during WW2 at Corpus Cristi. He was an excellent marksman and hated mechanic work but did his job. He rode in the back seat many times on test flights.
A fellow Limey out in an American plane preservation place. Awesome. We never know the minute. I did a 1 day first aid course years ago. the ex firefighter teacher was a kid when the Blitz was happening. He said all the dogs quickly learn to howl and bark before the sirens went off that German bombers were on their way. They gave advanced warning. I never heard of the p47 before but now I'll be looking into her. Always more to learn, which is a good thing otherwise I'd get permanently bored. I got to say that I don't do thanks giving or prayers before each meal but... The older I get the more I see the value in everything we have and why these traditions from various backgrounds highlight it. RUclipsrs like Keith have to suffer what teachers do "on Steroids" back in my day when I was a smart assed underminder know it all, who didn't do much hard work, I gave crap. Still I remember so many things I learnt came from them. Massive thanks to the tour you gave him and the flight.
Hello, I have been to WWII weekend several times and flew rides in the T-6 in 2024. Airbase GA will be there in 2025 with the SBD and P-51 operating rides. Stop by the rides tent if you make it. Hope to see you there.
Some great work going on there they have to have some serious volunteer help to make all this happen. Anyone else notice the South Bend isn't a Heavy 10? They never made a 10" with a 4 step cone pulley. Has to be 13" or larger.
What a wonderful day for you Kieth. My dad served for 3 years through WWII. He is now long passed but he knew these aircraft inside out. P61 below is saying it is as it is. This is real seat of the pants flying and I envie you so much. Take care and see you next post my friend.
I'm only a few miles from TICO (Titusville-Cocoa) which is another warbird restoration airport. I'd never heard of Airbase Georgia, but they're on my bucket list now.
Hi Keith, my neighbor in Australia owned a T6 Texan. Many enjoyable flights in that Warbird. I could only stomach 2 barrel rolls and 2 loops! Made an Aluminum storage tank which was installed under the Co pilots seat, piped up with a pump and white oil injected into the exhaust manifold to give smoke for aerobatic shows.
Wife got me time in a T-6 (Christmas gift some years back) and the PIC knew I had some hours. He turned it over to me, but being in back, I couldn't see far enough forward to navigate a plane of that speed, and it was WAY more responsive than a 172. I gave it back to him pretty quickly.
My dad was not in the military during WW2 due to medical problems, but worked at Martin Aircraft and Consolidated Vultee, so I have always been a WW2 history buff.
There is a RUclips channel contributor who owns and is reproducing "The Ranalah wheeling machine" , Dominic Chinea. Of the Repair Shop fame. He might collaborate with the museum perhaps.
keith thanks for the vid!! itoo have been in a t6 but up here we know them as harvards and i know where there are 6 till in service outside of london ontario. an impressive machine with a history as the leading trainer of the era mustangs and b17 from t6 if i remember correctly 9 cylinder 2000 hp 45 gallons an hour at 75% power the engineering is roughly 1935 technology and i wonder why it is not jetsons outside now we dont seem to have the same level of creativity we used to
We have several A/P mechanics and A I's in our Group. The P47 has 5 retired Delta mechanics on the rebuild. Log books are continually updated during the rebuild and the FAA does the final certification on the aircraft. I did a five year apprenticeship in machining and hold an A/P license, I also have the Charles Taylor award from the FAA. Safety is paramount.
Yeah small clearance and connected to a compressed air supply, very free running (that one isnt) and also able to run at higher speeds, but not high loads.
Thank you Keith. You have given so much of your time and it was an honor to take you flying. Finally meeting you confirmed what a genuine person you really are.
That smile you had in the cockpit was that of a young boy Keith, as we all are underneath 😁
...well, they say that there's a little boy inside of every one of us men...(!)
It is great to see the old planes still flying. Hope the group is teaching the next generation how to look after these amazing machines.
Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving Keith! Wishing you and your family the best.
Keith: Thanks for taking us along on your adventure. And thanks to the volunteers at the museum that keep these old planes flying. History is important!
Thank you for sharing! What an awesome adventure!
Great to see the work shop and old planes. Thank you Keith.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👏👏👏👏👏
Wow, what a day Keith. Thx for sharing and thank you Rob. Years ago I was fortunate enough to sail on the USS Roosevelt out of Norfolk to watch flight operations. A day I'll never forget.
What a wonderful experience. Thank you for sharing
Keith lived a lot of other's dream that day! The episode also speaks well to the community within and around the CAF!......A great organization!
Great shop tour. And thanks for taking us along for a ride in the T-6.🙂🙂
Thanks Keith. As a retired aircraft maintenance guy from a more modern era, 1965 thru 1985, having worked on the C-141A, C-5A, 0-2 and lastly the mighty Buff aka B-52H this was very cool.
Great to see those aeroplanes in use. Bet you enjoyed it all. My late father, an instructor and Mosquito recce pilot, hated the link trainer; doing the real thing was so much easier, apparently. Still in those days, training time was critical. Best wishes from the UK.
What an awesome tour and experience Keith.
Thanks to John Flynn and Rob for making a memorable experience.
Nice shop and museum. 👍🇺🇸👍
To fly in the Airplane had to be a once in a lifetime experience.
Thanks for sharing. 👍 🇺🇸👍
Have a great weekend.
My first airplane ride was on my father’s lap in a PT-19. I remember how loud it was. My father flew B-25 bombers during WWII. after the war, he operated an airport outside of Auburn Indiana. There were many surplus aircraft there and I was hooked on aviation from then on. I retired from the Airline (flew B-767) in 2003.
Thanks, Keith for a GREAT video. Congrats on the T-6 flight.
Thanks Keith for keeping us entertained on Black Friday. I'm sure you had this one in the can and hope you are enjoying time with your family. Great video too! and what an opportunity!
What an awesome day! Thanks for taking us along!
What a opportunity Keith, thats got to be a ride of a lifetime.
Keith thank you for the great video I love the machine shop if I lived closer I would love see it in person !
Fun time Keith, they have a nice shop.
Thanks for taking us along!
thanks for the tour and fly along!!
Great video Keith it’s good there’s people keeping a important part of history alive. Thanks
Hey Keith, thought I would give your algorithm another massage, with a thank you for triggering some very fond memories involving my early wrought enjoyment of the exhaust notes of well made, large, high performance (of the internal combustion flavor) engines.
My fascinating life has sampled oodles of the mundane and sundry racing varieties, and granted that the following anecdotes are based upon autos that were race bred, these were street versions. The first audio purr for me was riding in a duesenburg pulling 80 mph in second gear, front fenders flexing-the grace note of Fred and Augie's straight eight... Yeah. Second was a lay abed summer Sunday morning, enjoying the non work day comfy bed, early rural bird calls and such, when I hear the local Ferrari coming the half mile north from the lake. Woodie's out for a lark! He turns at my corner - 3/4 mile west of my bed--big windows wide at my head, the few birds in the yews that flank the portals fade from focus as Woodie begins to let the many throated webers begin the air squeeze of hard acceleration. Second gear winds the tach and the third cog snicks in place just past the 1/4 mile and is topping the revs as the dopler switches and the woodster tweaks 4th into the whirling gear box mix. He says a brief hello to 5th and then power brakes and down shifts for the village limit a mile east, then turned south for the second and third gear twisty bit... and the birds came back and it was time for some coffee. Nice, calm and still summer country morn. Yep.
This third bit was thanks to you and the idling P-51. Turns out that a percentage of the WWII WASP Corp hail from my kalamazoo area - my mother-in-law include. Another of the women was named Sue Parish, who I believe had coat tails to the extended Ferrari family of prior tale. Anyhoot, we have an air museum here in Kalamazoo and she kept her plane there. Back in the early 00's, there were several summer afternoons when I could watch and hear from my front stoop, as she exercised her pink P-40 over downtown. Admittedly, not quite the P-51, but raucous and wonderous, none-the-less. Better than a movie soundtrack!
Anyhoot, hope the duration of my woeful typing endeavor pleases the watch masters and foists a pretty penny to the pile.
A fella can hope.
Thanks for the awesome tour Keith, I love WWll aircraft!!
Hello Keith, It must have been awesome to go flying in a vintage plane. Thank you for sharing your trip with us. It was awesome watching and seeing the museum and all the planes and thanks to all of the members for all their hard work keeping them in the air. Again, thank you, and I'm glad you didn't need your parachute
Love this video. I learned to fly in a T-6. I love the sound of it.
I remember the first time my uncle took me for a ride in an airplane it was back in the 60’s. My uncle had a Stinson and he took my brother up and we flew over San Francisco. My uncle trained fighter pilots back during WWII in a P 47 D in Corpus Christi, TX. I’ll never forget the first time…
Awsome video Keith, have a great day.
Very cool 😊 we will have to start calling you Biggles Rucker lol you can tell how much that meant to you from the smile on your face 😊 I bet it stayed there for a long time afterward 😊
Always some guy firing up a Merlin just as you trying to make a video 😂
I agree hehe. Seems like it is usually a turbine though. Should be a law that when a radial is running, no other noise allowed on the airport hahahah.
Keith Rucker doing aviation videos - my RUclips worlds have collided!
Amen to that brother
Thanks, Keith. There is much history, and I enjoy viewing those planes. :)
Having grown up reading about the Flying Tigers in China, and the incredible heroics of combat pilots in the Pacific and European theaters, this video really hit a sweet spot for me. Thanks, Keith, for sharing this incredible experience.
Awesome ......Thank you Keith....
Old F-4 pilot Shoe🇺🇸
What an absolute blast Professor Pilot.
I absolutely love the WWII history. Thank you for another Great video. Cheers
My dad worked on the SNJ during WW2 at Corpus Cristi. He was an excellent marksman and hated mechanic work but did his job. He rode in the back seat many times on test flights.
wow Keith. great video thanks
I loved this video, has the machining, has history, plus seeing the old plane fly was huge!
Very cool. I’ve been to Peachtree Ctiy but did not know about this. I do now.
Just WAY COOL. Nice video
Wonderful experience, thank you for sharing with us, though we are all jealous.
Pretty darn cool Keith! I had the opportunity to do an air to air photo flight of that very SBD Dauntless a couple years ago.
Cool stuff, Keith thanks for sharing 👍👍
A fellow Limey out in an American plane preservation place. Awesome. We never know the minute.
I did a 1 day first aid course years ago. the ex firefighter teacher was a kid when the Blitz was happening. He said all the dogs quickly learn to howl and bark before the sirens went off that German bombers were on their way. They gave advanced warning.
I never heard of the p47 before but now I'll be looking into her. Always more to learn, which is a good thing otherwise I'd get permanently bored.
I got to say that I don't do thanks giving or prayers before each meal but... The older I get the more I see the value in everything we have and why these traditions from various backgrounds highlight it.
RUclipsrs like Keith have to suffer what teachers do "on Steroids" back in my day when I was a smart assed underminder know it all, who didn't do much hard work, I gave crap. Still I remember so many things I learnt came from them. Massive thanks to the tour you gave him and the flight.
Thank you. I love these plains. Up here in PA. We have the largest WWII re enactment, in Reading PA.
Hello, I have been to WWII weekend several times and flew rides in the T-6 in 2024. Airbase GA will be there in 2025 with the SBD and P-51 operating rides. Stop by the rides tent if you make it. Hope to see you there.
Love these shop tours and especially the WW2 era ones
That look like a lot of fun I love flying every chance I get
Some great work going on there they have to have some serious volunteer help to make all this happen. Anyone else notice the South Bend isn't a Heavy 10? They never made a 10" with a 4 step cone pulley. Has to be 13" or larger.
What a great video! Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving!
I can appreciate your experience. Got to fly a 1948 twin engine Beach tail dragger a few times. An experience that will live forever in my mind.
What a wonderful day for you Kieth. My dad served for 3 years through WWII. He is now long passed but he knew these aircraft inside out. P61 below is saying it is as it is. This is real seat of the pants flying and I envie you so much. Take care and see you next post my friend.
Thanks for sharing Keith!
This was fun!
My Mother worked for Republic Aviation during WWII building P-47 aircraft in Evansville, IN. She was in the machine shop.
Thanks Keith for the road trip. It is interesting to see the old plains and the machine shop.
I'm only a few miles from TICO (Titusville-Cocoa) which is another warbird restoration airport. I'd never heard of Airbase Georgia, but they're on my bucket list now.
Come and visit. You’ll love it.
Totally cool, seeing you in that flight suit, Keith!
Awesome video!
Looks like you had a great day out. 👍
Thanks Keith
Hi Keith, my neighbor in Australia owned a T6 Texan.
Many enjoyable flights in that Warbird.
I could only stomach 2 barrel rolls and 2 loops!
Made an Aluminum storage tank which was installed under the Co pilots seat, piped up with a pump and white oil injected into the exhaust manifold to give smoke for aerobatic shows.
Thank you
Thank you Keith!
Q hermoso. Gracias por mostrar estas cosas .
La historia q devén tener esos aviones. Q me. Enloquesen saludo
Very interesting
Neat video
Keith!
That’s great! I’ve been up in 2 CAF planes, That’s All Brother, a C-47 and FIFI, a B-29 and they were both fantastic experiences.
Awesome!
Very cool!
7:25 that sticker is awesome!
Happy Friday Georgia!😊
So Cool!
Wife got me time in a T-6 (Christmas gift some years back) and the PIC knew I had some hours. He turned it over to me, but being in back, I couldn't see far enough forward to navigate a plane of that speed, and it was WAY more responsive than a 172. I gave it back to him pretty quickly.
My dad was not in the military during WW2 due to medical problems, but worked at Martin Aircraft and Consolidated Vultee, so I have always been a WW2 history buff.
You got a beautiful day for your historic flight.
Wow, John Flynn's a pretty lively guy for someone who is in his mid to late eighties. London Blitz was 84 years ago.
cool
Jeez, I hope I look as good as that and as upbeat as that if I get to my 88th birthday.
And I love the fact there are 4 Union Flags 🇬🇧 on the wall.
cool beans. I bet You enjoyed that thoroughly.
keeping „fuel to noise converters“ alive.
Thank you for sharing. Very much enjoyed.🛩🛩🛩👍
There is a RUclips channel contributor who owns and is reproducing "The Ranalah wheeling machine" , Dominic Chinea. Of the Repair Shop fame. He might collaborate with the museum perhaps.
Keith you got to fly with the best pilot I have ever known, and a fine outstanding young man Ask Rob about the west Georgia possum works.
His dad being a cook in the RAF . About as vital as a pilot or mechanic .
Good food sets morale, health of the personnel and gives comfort.
Let's see what Keith is up to today.
Was not expecting that! FUN!
Keith, just a heads up: there's a typo in the thumbnail (Georiga vs Georgia)
keith thanks for the vid!! itoo have been in a t6 but up here we know them as harvards and i know where there are 6 till in service outside of london ontario. an impressive machine with a history as the leading trainer of the era mustangs and b17 from t6 if i remember correctly 9 cylinder 2000 hp 45 gallons an hour at 75% power the engineering is roughly 1935 technology and i wonder why it is not jetsons outside now we dont seem to have the same level of creativity we used to
Interested but is there a forklift available to load it?
Dude be 88 and rocking like a 30 year old.
Do the parts fabricated or the machinists themselves have to be FAA qualified (like and A&P)?
We have several A/P mechanics and A I's in our Group. The P47 has 5 retired Delta mechanics on the rebuild. Log books are continually updated during the rebuild and the FAA does the final certification on the aircraft. I did a five year apprenticeship in machining and hold an A/P license, I also have the Charles Taylor award from the FAA. Safety is paramount.
An air bearing?
Can't say I have ever heard of such a thing.
Yeah small clearance and connected to a compressed air supply, very free running (that one isnt) and also able to run at higher speeds, but not high loads.
Nice Keith, can Keith build a plane too
Keith have you read the book The Dallas story about the T6 trainers built in Dallas my cousin is the author.
your thumbnail picture mispells georgia as "georiga"
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Thanks Keith