An Operational Japanese Zero Fighter Plane Flies High in Houston, USA
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- Опубликовано: 4 апр 2013
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About this video: Zero squadrons were the villains of Pearl Harbor and the Pacific air-war that followed. How did American pilots defeat them? The Smithsonian Institution celebrates many of Americas greatest heroes, so it might be surprising to some that its Air & Space Museum houses a fighter plane that was one of America's greatest villains. Squadrons of Japanese Zero fighter planes were responsible for the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor that left thousands of Americans dead. The Zero was legendary for its speed and agility, which were the reasons they were so vastly superior to American flyers during WWII. Or maybe not...
Museum Secrets travels to a Houston TX air-show featuring one of the last remaining operational Zeros. With the help of Zero pilot Warren Pietsch, we investigate the secrets of a great American nemesis.
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that dude is the OG weeb
Comrade Nikolai I was gonna say that
Comrade Nikolai, you read my mind comrade!
Hahahahah
Fuck no
he unlocked the eternal mangekyo sharingan
I'm very glad that someone love Mitsubishi ZERO is in not only Japan but also the US.
Thank you very much for your deep caring for ZERO.
This ZERO must love you too.
高橋優介 私も好きなゼロです！
Haha I hope it kisses him goodnight
There's a truly original Zero in California, it's an A6M5
All real pilots love the Zero. It was- and IS- a fabulous design and deserves to be to be immortalized and remembered as a true example of perfection.
Not just the US. The whole aviation community throughout the world loves the Zero. Here in Brazil there are many fans of this beauty.
I love Zero, it’s such a beautifully proportional plane.
the processing looks freaking modern on this plane! Japanese were VERY innovative with this plane!
I love WW2 fighter planes. So iconic. The Zero, the BF 109, Spitfire, Mustang, and the Yak-9. They live on as legends.
What a beautiful piece of history.
Really sad but beautiful
In 1969 when I was 7 I lived in Ewa Beach Hawaii. Late one afternoon I heard the drone of radial engine aircraft flying over the jungle near our house. I ran out the front door and there was a squadron of Japanese Zeros flying over the jungle (i.e. mock ups for a movie being filmed). I ran back in the house and said "mom, didn't we beat them already?!" It was absolutely surreal seeing this 28 years after it had actually happened in the place where it happened.
What if there just lost in time ghost planes traped souls in their aircafts
@@mintaddict4927 That thought also crossed my 7 yr old mind as well LOL
Those planes were converted AT-6 Texan and BT-13 Vultee World War Two trainer planes for the Pearl Harbor movie, "Tora! Tora! Tora!". It is considered the best Pearl Harbor movie in existence. And not only that, but those exact same planes that flew near your house: They still fly today. The air group that fly them to this day are the, "Tora! Tora! Tora! Flight Group". I have always been fascinated by those planes. The Kate's, the Val's, and the Zero's.
@@ImperialGamer5 Thanks. Good info and accurate
I believe the film you saw being made was TORA TORA TORA!
Some cool intimate details that no one seems to mention whenever they make documentaries about planes. Had no idea they had little steps that pop out.
I knew both these things but I grew up around airplanes my pops has his parked at the hangar at the airport.
CaptHawkeye I guess it makes sense, since only a small portion of the wing folds and the wingspan was very long to increase the range and maneuverability.
These are japanese ways of building things, throughout considerations n craftmanship
I knew about the steps thanks to another RUclips video. I can see why people called this the Information Age. I don't remember where I learned about the folding wings from. I think it was from the movie 'Pearl Harbor.' It could be 'Tora Tora Tora,' but I don't remember the details of that film.
in 1941, average Japanese navel pilot had 800 hours of flight time, in their hands, this plane was deadly. good video!
til the end of the war when the average had about 20
True, but there was at least one unit made up entirely of aces by the end of the war.
@@ramblinnernd5905 weren't they reserved for anti-bomber missions because the noobs couldn't do it
@creepyshadow556
Yeah, but they still had some dogfights too. A pretty cool unit, despite their allegiance.
Naval*😎
Looking at the condition of this plane, I bet its paintjob and overall structure is in better shape than the majority of Zeroes in actual service back in 41-45.
As far as I can tell, it's an original one, just cleaned up absolutely perfectly. (This guy would have had far more time to spend making it look pretty than the Japanese did after all.)
Evaluation reports on captured A6Ms early in the war mentioned the high level of manufacturing refinement of both the airframe and the Sakai 12 engine. Later in the war manufacturing quality suffered somewhat due to the extreme logistical pressure put on Japanese industry. But an early war Model 21 like this was probably just as precisely assembled (although certainly not as shiny).
I'm sure the plane has had alot of the sheetmetal redone and lots of rivet work as well to make it pass safety inspection to make it air worthy today. I'm sure back in the war they were cranking these things out and cutting corners towards the end. To think back then all that work I to building a plane all to have someone deliberately smash it into the side of a battle ship.
@@briang4470 When your government tells you that you're the last fighters standing before your family get rapped by war hungry invaders, and that your sacrifice would make you a god-like being in the other world, it's no wonder some uneducated people believed the lie and crashed willingly. The other options was making your own family parias.
I'm being a bit hypocrite here though : without war, no war-planes !
@@Steak818 modern day Trumpers
Gorgeous plane. Glad to see there are still some around today.
The Zero is one of the greatest fighter aircraft of all time. All of its lines are beautiful. Brilliant engineering and performance that could easily out-dogfight any aircraft in the world until the introduction of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
Mr Peach was my pilot when I got to fly in a P-51 over Galveston Bay. Barrel rolls, a split S and being wingtip to wingtip with another P-51. Unforgettable. The Zero was there in the hanger along with several other WW2 warplanes. A great day!
The A6M is among the most beautiful aircraft ever made! I love that sky grey colour, as well.
My favorite ww2 plane
1. A6M Zero
2. Mustang
3. Bf planes
4. Spitfire
5. Yak 9
Nice
Don't forget the stuka b2
@@user-xt3bq7pk7v nyoooooooom
Corsair’s r cool to because of their wings but, the zero is amazing. I also like the b 17, b 25, and the b 29
Also, the bf 109
Man this thing is mint,thank you for the video,gorgeous airplane.
One of the best/most maneuverable fighter plane in ww2
Only because it had no armor and no resealable fuel tanks. Makes it very easy to shoot down.
Russian planes are biased.
Which was true only for so long, later on fuel tank extinguishers and armor was added. Feel free to research the matter.
SpUngE until the F4U came and the Hellcat and the P51D
SpUngE
It's a good aircraft but it could be better.
The engineering of this plane is spectacular
I love the A6M, it will always be my favorite WW2 fighter aircraft,
Same here. Wish I could fly one someday.
Juan Manuel Penaloza
I'd be happy just sit in one to see what its like, I own a piece of one that , the Zero A6M3-32 3148 from Taroa
I realy prefer the spitfire mk2a
As critical as I am to the japanese war effort, the Zero is absolutely my favorite aircraft of WW2. I love it. I've been in love with it since I was a small child. While other people fawned over Spits and Mustangs, I was always looking at the Zero. I love how beautiful it it, how well it was designed all things considered, and how it encompassed the spirit and doctrines of an entire nation manifest into a flying weapon. I mean, the Zero simply screams 'Samurai'. Alas, the amount of research I have put into this lovely aircraft showed me just how flawed such a national doctrine was. You could actually drawn parallels between the rise and fall of the Zero with the rise and fall of Japan during the war. Nevertheless, if I could own only 1 WW2 aircraft, it would be the Zero.
SpenzOT You should watch The Wind Rises, by Miyazaki. A wonderful wonderful movie about the Zero.
The details are amazing!
Most informative. I didn't know about the little steps to get into the cockpit and the levers for the wing folds.
The way the wing tip folds so just so elegant complicated too but beautiful design
It's a beauty for sure but with a tragic ending. The designer, Jiro Horikoshi never intended to let it become a suicide bomber which in reality upset him a lot.
No matter how the WW2 was terrifying,
Zéro fighteris definitely beautiful.
the finish looks amazing, nice piece of machinery
My Japanese Grandfather in pearl harbor* (But with a Japanese Zero) my great grandfather was in WW2 as a Japanese he passed away last year so, when it's his birthday I go to Japan visit his tomb then I go flying a Japanese Zero (without guns I'm a pilot) and I just get
flashbacks of the battles that happened in the Pacific
Looking at the construction, it’s amazing they built them that well, under pressure.
The power of Japanese engineering
Just genuinely one of most interesting planes out ther
Nice job mate! A light aerobatic craft.
Maneuver was it's Fortai. At relatively slow speed.
It was Samaria sword to it's pilots.
Long range also with light fuel mixtures.
I love the zero for the complete opposite reasons I also love the big, heavy, powerful, fast, fat, flying tank the P47 is
The Zero is a drift missile, while the Thunderbolt is a muscle car with wings and 8 .50 cals
What a beautiful bird-o-war. I bet it was built like a "Swiss watch" as well :)
I watch this after watching The wind has risen, what a wonderful movie
the wind rises?
I'm not alone Here Lol
Definitely not!
One of the last surviving exemple of this beautifull bird : (
Airplanes are dreams...
Get an A+ in your Maths exam you dumb child !!
Japanese zeroes has a kill-death ratio of 12-1. It was a monster in the Pacific from 1940-1942. Until they were outclassed by newer allied fighter planes.
Wow. That thing is a work of art.
My great-grandpa recalled seeing Zeros flying above the Philippines during World War 2. What an absolute powerhouse the Zero is.
Everybody gangsta till some 90 year old man sees that thing flying above.
awesome video! thank you :)
soooo cool. Japanese ingenuity and engineering is marvelous.
Probably the most iconic fighter plane produced by Japan. Towards the end of WWII, the Japanese Zero became obsolete as the Allies developed counters and superior planes to the Japanese Zero, along with the severe loss of experienced and skilled pilots and the plane's serious weaknesses.
I really love the fearsome look and sleekness of the infamous Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter Plane. It's actually my Number 1# World War 2 Fighter Plane of all time and I'm hoping to get COBI's newly released version of this amazing Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter Plane set maybe by my next Birthday, or even by next Christmas.
Cool! Thanks for sharing. If the Mitsubishi car company theoretically were to come out with a brand called "Zero", I bet many of today's school children wouldn't catch it. Thanks for keeping this facet of history alive.
アメリカ人が零戦を愛してくれるのはとても嬉しいです。
私も零戦は大好きですが、
同じくらいF4F4ワイルドキャットが大好きです。
Love to see a low fly over video with a walk through its engine design.
That was awesome! ths 4 sharing with those like me, that are not going to see a zero "in person" due to distance and $, but still are Zero fans!
Aww, I want more!
This plane is worth it's weight in gold.
4 guys are Helcats owners!:(
Looks like Grumman decided to manufacture 20 more!
55 now
I mean... The Hellcat was a nice plane. Wildcat was shit tho.
AlexModeling PURTUGAL !??
MOAR!!!
wow, that is an amazing honor for him to own one of the last surving original japanese zero's from the war ! !
This was my favorite plane when i was a kid.
Beautiful machine.
Actually there are five. This is one of the last ones to be restored......so far.
For a radial fighter the A6M was a very aerodynamic design.
Arguably the best dog fighter of WWII or very close to it.
A thing of beauty.
Man, I love your bandana.
Such an awesome aircraft! It was well ahead of its time when entered into service. Ruled the sky until the Hellcat and Corsair arrived. Than it became quickly obsolate. Especially because the high command in Japan wouldn't let the engineers to put a better and much more powerful engine into the Zero's airframe, so they had to keep the rather weak but lightweight Sakae 21. When they have realized how wrong they were it was too late.
No. You were wrong. The time when the Hellcat and Corsair arrived, the Japanese considered trying to either create a new plane or a much powerful engine that would buff thr Zero's performance but you know. Japanese haven't yet created a much powerful engine at that time because they're so slow of trying to create powerful engines so they were forced to used old Zero models to face those planes. Tbh, I love the N1K2-J and A6M5 over the A6M2 and A6M3
Beautiful machine ❤️
A masterpiece of restoration.....
You mean replicating?
It's made by the company blayd, only the landing gear is original.
Still s cool plane though
Just FYI, 'operational' means it is still an active fighter aircraft. Still flying does not = operational. Also, the documentary says the Zero was 'responsible' for the attack on Pearl. The Zero was a fighter aircraft and flew mainly top cover for the bombers. Most of the destruction was wrought by the D3A Val dive-bomber and B5N Kate torpedo bomber, which was also a very stable platform for high-level precision bombing (as demonstrated when an 800kg bomb from one penetrated the upper deck, detonating in the forward magazine, resulting in the sinking of the U.S.S. Arizona).
well the 'operational' also means 'usable' in this context, it isn't a wrong usage of the word.
spirit of samurai..
light armour but speedy , manouvreable and gunny... woundable but deadlly...
綺麗に保存してくれて嬉しいですっ！
another feature that is overlooked and helped its performance was the fact that the zero was one of the first fighter aircraft do use flush rivets which helped lower drag improving speed and performance
+KingDT2007 Kaze Tachinu? :-) That's how I know that.
but they cant dive properly
and easy to fly very important like the spitfire easy to fly
+King of hearts
A6M2, A6M3, A6M5 had sage recommended max dive limit at 670km/h Indicated Air Speed
A6M5 Ko / Otsu recieved re-Inforced wings bringing their max safe dive to 740km/h IAS which is pretty good considering the BF-109 has 750km/h max safe dive limit
King of hearts They used very thin skin in the early models to save weight, hurting the strength of the aircraft.
0:36 who saw that v22 Osprey
Holy shi*, that plane looks like it was made yesterday!
Take good care of her man. Dont forgot they put it together fast as well ! From the drawing board to war in record time. There team was intence.
Excellent video,.........................and I think an Air Force General described the Zero as a " sports airplane with a 1500hp engine".
A sports airplane it seemed to have been, but the Sakae radial engine was rated at less than 1000hp.....but it was a remarkable piece of areonautical engineering..
Greeting from Australia Les Griffiths.......................................
It used cheap 87 fuel while America used 150! Now if the Japanese had access to that fuels to achieve extra 150mph in speed they be uncatchable
what a beauty.... you lucky lucky lucky devil.....so jealous!!!
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In my mind the Zero was a utilitarian design, not unattractive or attractive. Similar to most radial engined aircraft like the P-47, Hellcat, Wildcat, FW-190A etc. Not that radial engined aircraft couldn't be attractive like the Staggerwing or Corsair, but generally they weren't.
I might be German but I love the Japanese and Japanese culture and especially the zero
Wait a minute…..
@@Nicholas3412 yesss....
My favorite rc plane to fly!
Lol, an American in a Zero looks like the old Marmaduke cartoons where there's a Great Dane in a compact car.
It’s a close race, but I consider the Zero to be more beautiful than the Spitfire.
I often wonder even in 2021 about those epic and historical times.
Very beautiful plane
If the Luftwaffe had these during the Battle of Britain they would have won. That 6 hour plus endurance would have kept the sky clear of Spitfires.
I don’t want it…
I NEED IT
this is an original "Zero" A6M2 that took many years to be rebuilt into flying condition, only the engine is US Made (P&W ??) and the spinner is the style used on the A6M3~A6M5 series.
His bandanna has the kanji 'kamikaze' on it; kinda ominous dontcha think?
i'm getting flashbacks
i can still hear him over the radio...
"YA GOT A HOLE IN YOUR LEFT WING!!!"
Thank Jiro Hirokoshi.
That dude was JDM before JDM was even popular!
Thank you for all your efforts to preserve this beautiful airplane. I can only imagine the time, effort and money you invested on that plane.
Is there any chance of repatriating the plane back to Japan?
No. Our plane.
@@oceanlopez4739 I know that a lot of wealthy Japanese would be interested in acquiring that beautiful piece of our history. That fighter could be flown all over Japan to stimulate interest in the JASDF ( Japan Air Self-Defense Forces ).
You only have to name your price.
@@reynaldoflores4522 they have a zero that does airshows in japan
How cool is this ?!!!?
loving the Japanese bandana to top it off :)
零式二十一型甲 -- Zero Model 21, type-Kou with 7.62mm machine guns.
The cowling certainly looks authentic. Does any one know if it has a real Nakajima Sakae 12?
The designer for this plane was a strong anti-war advocate
Saito, 50 years later.
Does it have a Sakae engine? I thought POF in Chino has the only flying Zeke with a Sakae
The Wind Rises brought me here
My dream is to have one of the zero plane or f4u corsair or b-17
The Zero was a great fighter plane, but later the Hellcat outclassed it, and other aircraft as well. the Corsair should also be mentioned, the Mustang , there are others.
I live near Houston..one Saturday morn I was doing yard work..i live in the country by a small private air port...I could hear an airplane in the distance..thought nothing of it...it got louder and I turned to the east to see where it was and it was coming at me ...it looked like it was doing a strafeing run on my front yard....I could see the radial engine and saw red meatballs under the wings....it flew right over my house and started to bank left...I yelled to my son...go get the browning 1919....hahaha...
Wonder if I can buy and own a zero? Or I'm going to try and find one and refurbish it to make it flyable again and I'll think I'm going to only have two planes which would be the f-4c Phantom 2 and the A6M2 zero fighter most likely!
0:35 there's all a ospreys just flying around
AWESOME 😊
SWEET 😎👍
"Zeroes were responsible on the infamous attacks on Pearl harbor"
A6M2 Zero: *smug*
Aichi D3A "Val": ...
Nakajima B5N "Kate": are we a joke to you?
それは1つの美しいゼロです I love them
The zero could climb really well 3000 feet per minute big engine light weight no protection for the pilot. It was designed to out turn, and climb underpowered enemy aircraft designed in the 1930's like the F4F wildcat. Once the American's built much higher HP aircraft like the P-51, Hell Cat, and F4u Corsair the zero was no match for these. The Japanese did build newer aircraft that did match them nearing the end of the war.