How to Fly the Douglas A-26 Invader
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- Опубликовано: 15 апр 2012
- An inside and out pilot training film.
Douglas' successor to the A-20 Havoc, the A-26 Invader was faster and more powerful than a B-25. See the film used to train pilots to fly it during World War 2.This film contains an exceptional analysis of Douglas A-26 aerodynamics and flight characteristics. WWII, Korea, Indochina, the Bay of Pigs, Laos, Vietnam, the Congo, South America, -- the fantastic A-26 Invader has seen it all!
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Got to ride in one back in summer of 1981. Flew so many Cessnas in my time, always felt wrong not flaring on final. Didn't dare try a landing. Watched them fire fighting later that week. BEAUTIFUL!!!
They were a good light Airtanker. Phased out just as I started flying Tankers. (DC-6/7).
My Dad was a Pilot of an A-26. He arrived in theater 3 June 1944. His first mission was dropping 100 Pond bonds on the beach for foxholes so our soldiers had something to cover with. He was involved with the Battle of the Bulge stationed at Beaumont sir he started to fly the A-26 Invader that replaced the B-26. He departed theatre in August 1945.
Comedian George Gobel was a flight instructor during the war. He said that while he as in Oklahoma, not one Japanese plane got passed Tulsa.
My dad flew back seat in the A/B-26 in Korea. He told me some hair raising stories about how they flew them 'right on the deck' One pilot came back with a wing tip torn off from a ship's mast. These planes were really hotrods.
The film makes WW2 look fun.
Well pilots usualy dont have to see a lot of death since all they see is vehicles (trains/trucks/tanks), building and aircraft getting destroyed. They dont acctualy see the humans who are dieing and they dont see their faces filled with panic as they are about to die.
Not at all saying that pilots are monsters or something like that, its just that pilots are simply simply by their role disconnected from the horrors of war.
That why to this day we have lots of videos of A-10 pilots and helicopter pilots who kill lots of people from incredible distance comment with stuff like "Well thats their fault for bringing kids to a battlefield" when getting reports in from the ground troops that they just killed a innocent family. If they were there and saw what they did they would have a different reaction.
Thanks. My father was a flight engineer on one of these birds. He passed away just after Christmas, 2015.
Don V Nielsen why u kill him?
Love the a26 45 Dt
My dad was an A26 pilot in the pacific his squadron flew from moody airfield in Savannah Georgia to the pacific. He always talked about what a good plane it was.
Tommy Fuller, A 26 had the most reliable piston engines. Pratt Whitney, R-2800
@@davidvance6367 i am shure in your head you meant the right thing but you accidentaly wrote it wrong without noticing.
The A-26 Invader has radial engines.
Beautiful aircraft.
Your dads unit probably helped my grandfather's unit the 11th airborne.
The test pilot noticed that because the engines were large and next to the cockpit that visibility was very limited. Over England, a flight of A-26s were forming up and two collided because of limited visibility. A Scandanavian who still flies A-26 confirmed that the proximity of the engines were not designed well.
thats why they changed the canopy and raised the pilots seat.
Thanks for sharing this video on one of my all time favorite aircraft, used in three wars. WW2, Korea, and Vietnam. hooAH!
Lovely video of a lovely aircraft. I was fascinated by his explanation of why an aircraft would flip over onto it's back upon losing power in one engine.
Love the sound of the r2800 pratts on takeoff, my cousin flew one for airspray out of red deer alberta dropping retardent over fires, till they finally retired there fleet.
My Dad was a crew chief. He had an A20, and later, one of these at Eglin during WW2.
I dedicate this to my father, who was an a26 gunner during the Korean War.
This is an EXTREMELY COOL AUTHENTIC video made in 1945!!! Wow... This looks like it was filmed at a location close to a place where I now live.... Mariana, Az. USA... This is like GOLD !!!
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Can't wait to unlock this in War Thunder. Will use these tips
It's Robert Sterling, most familiar from his ghostly role on the 1950's tv series Topper.
The actor/narrator is Robert Sterling who played the ghost George Kerby on the 50s sitcom "Topper."
Was he a pilot in real life, or just an actor acting the role of pilot-instructor here?
I just googled him, he really was a pilot instructor.
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Americans made beautiful, reliable and tough planes.
It would've been fun to make these training videos back in the day.
Excellant video very well made and presented
If you are a pilot, after watching this excellent film, you wish you could walk out to the flight line and just jump in. Looks like a powerful, maneuverable and very capable aircraft.
The A26 was the hot rod at the end of WW2. My dad said no fighter but the ME262 could catch her. Hit the throttle and she would out run anything. I think his model had 18 guns on turrets, wings and pods. Pilot could override the turrets to train all guns forward. Little could survive the onslaught.
@@donvnielsen Well, that's not exactly true. It could certainly hold its own against most fighters, but there were many that could catch it. At low to medium altitudes, it was roughly equivalent to a P-47. One particular experimental variant had higher rated engines and managed a 403mph top speed, but it still didn't equal the high altitude speeds of the newer fighters. After the war they even shoehorned a turbojet in the tail, and while top speed was considerably increased, it topped out at 435mph.
It would be better categorized as an attack bomber with near fighter performance, and with 8 guns in the nose and 6 on the wing, that's basically like a P-47 and P-51 strafing the same target at once. The top turret could be caged with the fixed guns, but the bottom turret couldn't rotate directly forward. Often the turret operator would use his guns independently to hit nearby targets on a strafing run directly in front of them.
Great movie!! I fly R/C aircraft and I learned a few very good piloting tips here!!!
excellent!
*That's* what I would have wanted to fly had I been there!
My favorite medium bomber/attack/fighter, hands-down.
Does anyone remember the movie " Always " ? Richard Dryfuss flew one as a water bomber and called it a B-26. I think it's sitting in Canada now. A high performance hotrod for sure. Not sure why I don't see more restorations of them at airshows.
They were redesignated as B-26 after WW2, and used extensively in Vietnam after retrofitting.
Not that many survived. By the time they were decommissioned, they were pretty worn out.
It'd be a challenge transitioning to this from a AT-9 Jeep. This bird was _the_ choice for the guy who wanted fighters but got bombers at the end of basic.
Always thought the A-26 was one of the sleekest aircraft around. I once met a gentleman who flew recon missions in one in Korea. He thought it was a great plane.
Actually, these fine aircraft were used in more than three wars. The additional ones just weren't our wars. Overtly, that is.
Manifold pressure! Watch the manifold pressure!!!!
i downloaded Flightgear and came to this to start up a A-26
He says at 3.30 that the cockpit check runs counter-clockwise. I wonder why this is when all other videos that I have seen for WW2 aircraft on ZenosWarbirds make a point of saying that you should always make your cockpit check in a clockwise direction. Was there any particular reason for the A-26 being different?
Man, war sucks, but I would give anything to go back in time and fly one of these in service. Or a Mosquito.
Im thinking about buying one..
The best light bomber of ww2 and for many years late.
let me at it!
Any one have an idea where the flying sequences were filmed?
I say Palm Springs, California because of the desert and proximity to the tall mountains. I was also thinking something further north on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada It's definitely the SW desert.
Correct. This was at the time Palm Springs Army Airfield. A base for the air transport ferrying command and auxiliary field for March Army airfield. Many bomber crews were trained at March on all types and were familiar with Palm springs. Quite handy for the actor too :>)
I still like the b 25....😜
If I was a billionaire I would fly around in an A-26, that would be so cool
OK boys, you watched a 5 minute video, your good for missions now!
13:14 Wut? It does or doesn't flip on it's back "voluntarily" or "involuntarily". Does this either makes sense or non-sense to you?
This should help me fly this when it comes out on war thunder
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Wonder what happened to the narrator?
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still got that?
Beautiful airplane!!