1st Official Flight of Special Kay the only flying A-26A Counter Invader
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Although Special Kay actually flew on Saturday the 8th of July, the first public "official" flight was on the anniversary of the first A-26 flight many moons ago, today on the 10th of July. This flight had 5 cameras although one failed due to SpaceMan Spiff ejecting the warp core for camera 5 into the abyss. The camera wasn't working properly anyway so we give him a pass, but somewhere in DFW is a really small warp core with 16gb worth of flight data on it....
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Had a chance to see this unique and outstanding A-26K restoration completed and flying at this years EAA AIRVENTURE 2018, in it's new camouflage paint scheme. It was also featured on the front cover page of Nov 2018 issue of EAA's SPORT AVIATION flying together with a AD-6 1 SKYRAIDER in a similar paint scheme. What a masterpiece and treasure.
Good to see it in the air again. Worked on A-26's for two years back in the 60's as a crew chief at NKP with the 609th ACS/SOS. A lot of fond memories of these aircraft and those men I worked with and the pilots that flew them.
Come visit us at the Air Commando Reunion in Fort Walton Beach in October or any time at Meacham Field in Fort Worth
FANTASTIC - it's wonderful to see a warbird restored to flying condition and this one is a beauty. A big additional thank you for not overlaying this with a musak soundtrack - it was almost like we were there with her.
I remember years ago when I watched the restoration video, and seeing her now surfing the sky makes me feel proud. Good job guys :)
There was a company that flew 3 of these as water bombers out of Thunderbay Ontario Canada. They were orange and white in colour. Cool Planes. That was the early 80's.
So cool to see an A-26 flying! We flew one all over in the 60's. It was an Onmark Conversion.
Many years ago I worked at an airport and there were a few flights a week of P3 Orion (civilian version) planes taking frozen meat to the Middle East. We had many jet take-offs every day, but the prop planes always grabbed me: there was a real sense of the _effort_ they made to take off, loaded to the max. You could FEEL the sounds. Jets just roar and climb. Like steam trains vs diesels.
Love hearing the prop reduction gears whine as the engine catches...!!!
What an amazing sight!!! Wow, an A-26 flying!!!! Beautiful!!! This reminds me of the Movie 'Always'....
Thank you to all those dedicated people who restore these beautiful aircraft so that nuts like me can enjoy watching them fly
Great job, congrats on preserving history, love the purr of the engine relieves and brings stress level to happy, I thank the volunteers, great group of true American's, thank you and thank you
In 1967 I was TDY to Nakon Phanom Thailand supporting A-26 operations in Southeast Asia. At the time our mission was classified Secret as our bombing missions were in Laos.
Great first flight, she is looking great. Thanks for sharing too
A26. Thing of beauty. Well done!!!
Very impressive. Respect from Pakistan great job.🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌
LOVE IT - special thanks to those who take the time to preserve our heritage.
I've seen a couple of A-20's Havocs flying and an A-26 static display but never one flying before. A rare beauty of WW-2 and the Korean war days. All she needs now is to check off the last of the FAA paperwork and a nice paint job. Congratulations and a job well done crew! That takes alot of patience, hardwork, dedication and money. An historical flying museum. SWEET....
She has all of that now! Painted, flies and won the silver wrench award at Oshkosh in 2018
My Dad flew A-26s in the Pacific theater in WWII. Name of his aircraft was "Boomerang Bev" after his wife (my Mom). He never had a picture of the actual aircraft. He did mention that many of them were dumped in the ocean on the voyage back to the states.
Congratulations to the builders, crew, pilot an plane, wonderful first flight, like you want them all, smooth from start-up to landing, Smooth! Tim
This was awesome gang!!👏💪👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🍺🍺🍺
I don't know who's idea it was to put the camera on the starboard wing tip!
But he's a genius!!💡
That was the coolest video I've ever seen of an aircraft flying from that perspective.. loved it!! Got to see the nose gear drop and great video of entire plane flying against the back ground.. She looks and sounds sweet!! Great job keeping American memories fueled up, fired up, with the gear up.
Thank you for all you do to keep them alive..
Those spar caps... as a teenager, I had a summer job manually calculating the stresses on that wing while it was under cyclical fatigue test!
There is an Invader being restored for flight in St.Charles Illinois. This was a gorgeous airplane.
Great ground crew. Fire equipment present and manned. I can't tell you
how many start ups I watch that haven't even got an extinguisher present.
Thank you for the great example. Pepe
This is an outstanding piece of film making.
Wonderful video, guys! I just read about her history in a prior issue of Warbirds International magazine, as wel.
Thanks for taking back to life this post jet era piston engine fast bomber
Dang!! An A-26 with a solid nose and 8 .50's! This really puts it into perspective of the meanness of the skies, and ground strikes, portrayed by this piece of flying artwork (and I don't say that lightly.) The only thing I'd say that would really give it pure "ground-strike wickedness" is gun pods on the wings. Otherwise, a truly wonderful legend of the skies seldom spoken of. My congrats to the team!!
my uncle flew the a26 in germany in 1944 the front of plane had his name on it Bud he did not come home thank,s for all your work
Its great to see her fly. great job and thanks for sharing.
Did not realize the engines rotated in the same direction
Thanks for posting
The nose wheel never left the center line on take off.
Beautiful flight.
Man I wish I could of been there!! Im still stuck here in Shreveport
Congrats guys!
Brings back memories of 56rh Air Commando Squadron,Nakon Phanom RTAFB 1968
Aqui no Brasil na década de 70 a Força Aérea tinha a versão B-26 deste avião no quinto Grupo de Aviação em Natal.
Eu fui sargento técnico de rádio e trabalhei neles além de ter feito alguns voos também.
Era um bom avião.
Recordações muito boas vendo este exemplar voando.
Beautiful Bird. More R-2800's built than any other round motor.
It won't be much longer before Kermit has his A-26 flying as well.
Congratulations! Very nice video, with all the cameras. Thanks :)
Great sound! Did you ever hear a binaural recording of a B25 engine startups from the co-pilot's seat? I used to get a kick watching my friends' faces light up with childish smiles and laughter when they heard the first cough(!)
Great vid - surprised to see the gear come up inches from the runway on take-off.
Trabalho maravilhoso,parabéns aos rapazes ,os seis anos de serviço na restauração foram abençoados com o exito,daqui do Brazil,meus parabéns a todos !
I just watched a lead off video of another A-26 taking off. So this is one of two flyable A-26's But this one is hands down a warbird. The other had odd windows in it's fuselage. Too bad it is such a plain jane but, beautiful just the same.
There are actually quite a few A-26B and A-26C aircraft flying, but this is the only A-26A Counter Invader flying
I remember Phillips Petroleum using these ships for Executive Transport into Fairfax Airport, KCKS.
Really liked the way the pilot tracked the runway centerline on take-off; like the airplane was on a rail! Question: what is the purpose of the long wire antenna on top of the airplane? HF, ADF? Great video. Kudos and best wishes to all those who helped revive Special K.
Nice. I love the sound of radial engines!
AHHHHH a cold radial startup....this sh#t never gets old......Music i tell ya,,,,bettern a bigband
Well Done Guys . .Brilliant
Very nice. I have left a comment on your previous video.
Ok, thank you
So thankful to see an old Warbird back in the air! I know that took many towering hours of hard work. I do have a question why does the front tire look flat?
Oh I didn't know the videos continued. Good deal and congratulations.
Looks great unpolished.
It was! But now she's painted in her Vietnam livery
Awesome bird! thanks 4 sharing!
That was so great to see her fly
Great camera locations underneath and on the wing! Bit of turbulence at 2:50. :)
Absolutely beautiful!
Thank you so much for not using sport shutter! That would be soooo annoying.
Great plane, great video and also great camera you use! Most just can´t process rotation of any kind. what is it?
On the ground were two, The sony PMW-EX3 and another Sony semi pro camera that I have sold and forgotten the model. In the air are Git Up 2 action cameras with CMOS sensors
Flying that has to be like driving the Blitzen benz a a buck 20...or s R.R. ghost......One of one left. FANTASITCK
Just beautiful!!!
Beautiful girl! Someone needs to rescue the last of these, abandoned in Nicaragua since the failure of the bay of pigs invasion.
We have looked for the abandoned A26Bs and have not been able to verify that any still exist
Rolling shutter effect...anyway worth of seeing it
The inflight cameras are CMOS and that's an unfortunate side effect of that camera type
Absolute beauty !!!!!
A26 invaders has same r2800 engines used in f4u corsair p47 thunderbolt, c46 commando,
Aviation Art
Beautiful airplane
Outstanding!!!
Wonderful, thank you
Beautiful good job.
Beautiful airplane awesome !!!
The USAF redesignated this plane the BEE twenty-six, conveniently forgetting that there had ALREADY been a B-26, the Martin Marauder, of which "Flak Bait" is the most well-known example.
True, and even more confusing if it went to Thailand, they weren't accepting bombers so it became the A-26A Counter Invader. Actually I think they were all renamed A-26A. If you see a plane in a museum and it has TA on the tail it went overseas. If it says IF on the tail it staid stateside. Ours is IF17679
Awesome aircraft, I was expecting contra-rotating props though.
I saw a plane some what like that one .it was at the mount pleasant Texas airport .they were testing the engine s out . just wondering if it's the same one .
No. we haven't been to Mt Pleasant yet.
It sounds like a Skyraider!
Τhank you Gyes.......amazing video!!!! Keep going boys!!!!!!!!!!!
Never mind the camera tech info (what's a warp core?) - Where did the flight take place and where is the plane based now??
Meacham Field, Fort Worth Texas, Vintage Flying Museum. There for now and hopefully forever.
Landing at flying attitude.. Cool!
Is there a reason that there was no attention to the cosmetic restoration of this aircraft?
Cosmetics are not a priority during restoration. That's the last thing you worry about. First you get it flight worthy and THEN you bother with cosmetics. She's in full color now.
Any back story on Special Kay's wartime and postwar exploits?
Look all over this channel for details. You can also look for the book "Nimrods" by Colonel Nolen Schmidt
Keep'em in the air. Wheels up.
Picture perfect landing.
Sweet landing!
Awesome
Thanks for saving her!
That’s a nice hot rod
Still think those old radials sound the best.👍
Original and true sound of freedom I might add
Did special Kay fly in Vietnam?
She did not. Only about 15 or so actually went to Vietnam. I have the real number somewhere but don't remember it. She stayed stateside as a trainer and was sold to the civilian market and eventually ended up in our hands.
Awesome!
I BELIEVE THOSE WERE R-2800 PRATT & WHITNEY ENGINES.
wow
Always?
Damn listen to those R2000s
R 2800s
Same engine used in the DC-6, beautiful sound!
R2800s.....
Yup double wasp 2800's. Love the whine of the air mashers!
They do have a roar don't they.
These were used in the Vietnam war and had useage for the purpose of eliminating ground forces of the VIETCONG back then.
My uncle was killed in one of these in 1946 in a crash caused by bad weather.
That laminar flow wing has to accelerate to flying speed before its ready to fly...!!! Its not like the B25 that can be horsed off and stalled into the sky at a dangerous angle of attack and the accelerate out of it... remember the STOL launches from the carriers...the A26 cant do that...!!! New procedures ... if you dont follow them you will die...!!!
Thank you outside of a steam engine locomotive aint much else sounds as good as agrest running warbird.
A-26K Counter Invader
A-26A Counter Invader or B-26K Counter Invader
cool
Spaceman spiff ha ha he he !!
Great plane, though I may appreciate your references more... which is saying a lot.
VERY GOOD MELODI RADIALS, BRASIL OK DOUGLAS DC3.