Probably the first WW2 Era flight deck I got to sit in at eight years old. That was 1979 and I've loved the Sunderland ever since. In the decades since, New Zealand's Museum of Engineering and Technology has restricted internal public access so I'm lucky to have my childhood photos.
@@guaporeturns9472 Kermit Weeks Sunderland is actually a Sandringham, but because Shorts didn't do the conversion, it's still called a Sunderland. It's the sister aircraft (NZ4108) to our Sunderland NZ4115 here in Auckland
If you like large flying boats and happen to find yourself in Auckland, New Zealand, you can see TWO of them side by side at the MOTAT aviation park. A Sunderland and a Short Solent MK4. They are both beautifully restored and sitting side by side. Well worth a look.
Very interesting tour I don't think you missed a function on the plane. My wife gave me a ride in a B-24 for my birthday three years ago. it was a dream come true. the construction of the aircraft are very similar. As with the B-24 I am amazed how small the turrets were. I'm a big man 6', there is no way even when I was a 180 pound runner I could not have manned one. My short legs won't fit forget my shoulder. I saw you have an issue at the pilot's seat. Great job one of the most fascinating tours yet and you do a good job always. Thanks John G
I'm watching this later, but posting now for the algorithm. I'm also curious to see how well this video does in terms of views. Do people want sea plane stuff? I know I want to watch it.
Personally I find all ww2 aircraft content super interesting especially the lesser known or rather more corectly less famous planes(meaning anything thats not a fighter) both here and on your channel.
Sunderlands and their civilian passenger/mail versions are an important part of British Empire/Commonwealth history. My grandfather was in the RNZAF during WW2 and was stationed at a flying boat base in Fiji which was a fuel stop for flights from USA to NZ and Australia. Post war flying boats were a new “fast” connection from NZ to Australia and the rest of the world for several years until the facilities to operate land based aircraft were upgraded to a sufficient standard. So perhaps not a big thing to the rest of the world but a vital step in connecting those of us out on the far edge.
The father of a friend of mine, back when I was a teenager, used to be a navigator in one of these. He used to be in the pacific theatre. The good man has been dead for many years now, but it's great to finally see his work station. We, being young, cared/asked way to little about what he went through inside these aircrafts when he was our age. Thanks to you and the RAF museum for sharing!
Thank you! My grandfather was an Engineer flying on the Sunderlands out if Scotland during WW2. He flew these, Catolinas and B-17s . Loved them all but talked about the Sunderland the most.
Grandfather was a navigator in the RAAF. He always said he loved flying in these birds! Thank you so much for showing me a bit of how his time was spent in these great birds!
This was a wonderful tour, thanks so much. My grandfather was employed as maintenance engineer in these aircraft, based with RAF Coastal Command in Scotland through the majority of the war.
I'm a fairly frequent visitor to the RAF Museum and often walk through the Sunderland. I've always wanted to see the upper deck, so this was a real treat, especially the detailed explanation of all the equipment- that was very interesting indeed. Though my favourite WWII aircraft is the Lancaster, I've had an affection for the Sunderland since I built the Airfix kit about 50 years ago. I'm always impressed by the real thing's size although standing under the nose of the Vulcan is slightly more mind-blowing. Well done for a most interesting and informative video.
Flying boats are beautiful aircraft and the Sunderland and Catalina are amongst the very best. I saw a Catalina flying about 20 years ago but like a lot of people I didn't think there were any Sunderlands left, flying or not. I remember when I was a kid and into airfix kits I got a Catalina, Halifax, Lancaster and Sunderland one xmas, magic.
Great tour, my first time in a flying boat, thank you. What always impressed me it that during WW2, these planes were crewed by men as young as 18 years old. My Dad was in the 8th Air Force, stationed first in north Africa then at Hardwick. He went into the war at 21 as a Staff Sergeant.
It is definately worth checking out the Museum of the Sunderland/Sandringham in Southampton. The Sandringham is the civilian version of the Sunderland and I understand that many Sunderland's were turned into Sandringham's at the end of the war. Don't visit on a public holiday and if its not too busy you will get access to the cockpit and sit in the pilots and co pilots seats. Its a great plane and you will have a fabulous time.
"Cinderella Service" by Andrew Hendrie is a very interesting book about the British Coastal Command, including Sunderlands. The Sunderland was responsible for a lot of Uboat kills, however, it wasn't one sided and a lot of Sunderlands were lost - the book explains why.
"You're flying over the Atlantic, it's not the best of times, well, there's a war on..." Bismarck here proving he's spent too much time with the Brits, picking up the understated humour. Love it.
My father piloted a RCAF Sunderland based in Ireland on anti-submarine patrols. I have only ever seen photos of the plane. The tour of the interior was really informative.
Great video, thank you very much. Built in my home town Rochester, Kent. In Shorts 'Esplanade Works' Also ref 'The Gouge Flap' it was as you implied named after an employee but rather an important one being (Sir) Arthur Gouge who left school aged 13 and became an employee I think 1915 or 16 and was responsible for many designs from the Singapore through to the 'C class' Empire flying boats and the ubiquitous Sunderland, the Gouge flap was I think specifically designed for the civil 'C class' around 1936 or so, from which of course the Sunderland was developed. Gouge who was Chief Designer by now and Chairman Oswald Short both suffered forced resignations in early 1943 after refusing to switch production Lancaster bombers instead of the Stirling bomber. Gouge then went on to Saunders Roe and became heavily involved in the design of the S45 (Princess) flying boat. (Sorry, USA readers Flying Boat not Seaplane they are different things over here)
There’s another surviving Sunderland that you can come and see, at Paris’s le Bourget museum. It is visible to the public once a year, during the restoration facilities open doors day. It has been over there for decades now, after having almost completed its refurbishment in the nineties ( I think) it got damaged by the hangar roof falling on it during a storm. I saw it around 2003 and it still had a big hole right behind and a little under the canopy, on its port side.
I remember going around the RAF Museum in Hendon a number of times as a teenager. You needed more than one visit to do it justice. That was in the late Seventies. I bet I wouldn't recognise the place now!
My Grandfather Jack Darcey was a navigator on one of these in ww2 around Paris bombing Uboats with the Australian airforce. thanks for showing the inside!
Eons ago(50yrs +) this was one of my Airfix kits and since then it's formed an unforgettable image in my mind. What a beauty, like a castle with those turrets, and in size. And now to see the whole machine, a huge white beauty. Must visit it!
i know/ knew people who came to New Zealand from the Pacific Islands on these, & have seen photos of them in the beautiful Aitutaki lagoon, Cook Islands. i think they were flying for TEAL back then.
Thanks for the video. I didn't realise the prop on the Pegasus wasn't fully feathering. It was a bit underpowered with the Pegasus so an engine failure would have been a bit dicey. P&W was a logical progression, both engines had a rep. for reliability. Axis pilots were unaccustomed to RAF flying boats being well defensibly armed, which led to several of them ending up in the sea. One legendary battle with several Ju88's exposed this overconfidence, the 'boat survived and more than one of the opposition were shot down. I should imagine defence involved diving to the sea to cover the blind spot below. I can't resist a wry grin at flight deck time for the researchers being limited to 30 minutes 'for H&S reasons'....on an a/c that can stay aloft for half a day in hostile territories! There might be a little trace of radon gas in there from decaying 'glow in the dark' instruments, but....not a lot. Note that the white legends on the front of the Transmitter have recently been re-inked. (This might be related)
My Uncle Colin Steley flew one of these with coastal command He was an Australian volunteer seconded to Britain before the Japanese entered the war As a skilled pilot he remained with coastal command for the duration of the war
I’m amazed at how cramped the interior of this plane is considering its huge size. Thank you doing a video on such an interesting and rarely covered aircraft.
Bryan Grote -a Sunderland managed to take off with 83 people on board when they were evacuating Crete. !n that case it probably was fairly cramped .!!!
One of those made an emergency landing here in Portugal during WW2. Because we were neutral we took it and changed its colours so it became part of the Portuguese Naval Aviation. A shame that that branch doesn't exist anymore, it became part of the air force.
My Grandpa piloted one of these for the RCAF in World War 2. He was shot down over the Atlantic by a submarine, managed to bomb it as they went down, as they crashed, he managed to go right threw the windscreen and was unharmed. He said he never truly believed in God until after that day. Very cool to see you view this plane!
43:40 the astrodome was also used as an emergency escape hatch. My late father was a Sunderland pilot and told me about it. Before take-off or landing, the astro-navigation hatch was removed and securely stowed. In the event of a landing in which the side doors were in danger of taking in water, because of damage, the crew would exit the aircraft through the hatch.
Ha! Just yesterday I went looking for a Sunderland walkthrough and found a rambling, long-winded and poorly filmed one. This is sooo much better! Fixed forward-firing guns on this beast look weird. Were they expecting to dogfight or strafe?
Thanks Captain for your valuable explanation. I think you are Squadron Leader of this mission. How ever we are very SATISFIED. Sri Lankan Locomotive Drivers.
There's video on YT of the bombing up process for the Sunderlands. It's horribly inefficient and time consuming to do, but provides for a very safe and reliable bomb mechanism.
Thank you for a very interesting video Chris especially the upper deck, I enjoy going through the Sunderland when I visit. I was wondering if you had done a cockpit view of the TSR2 at Cosford or Duxford yet ?
WOW !!! Thanks man for rare film footage from inside this beautiful aircraft. And deng I need to spade this bird in WT, shame on me, I have top tier jets but Sunderland is still stock to the bone 🤭
:) There is one of these at the small but interesting air museum in Southampton, "Solent Sky". You can also go in it and I was able to go into the cockpit as well. Great experience but at the end when I got up I smacked my head hard on the levers that are above your head. Doh! Very easy to do and I'm sure I wasn't the first to do it. You'd hope it at least knocked some sense into me but I'm still an idiot :)
I suspect that without WW2 the Short Sunderland Mark 5 would have used the same 4 14-cylinder, 1,720 horsepower Bristol Hercules 19 radial piston engines
As the Gouge Flap was invented by Atthur Gouge, the pronunciation of Gouge is probably not pronounced in the same way as the verb or noun (pronunciation GOWJ). It's more likely to be a form of Googe and pronounced GOOJ.
Great video thanks. Suggestion for a new video if you've got a spare 5 mins.. a look at the accident rate during training as well as the casualty rate of brand new pilots put in charge of powerful aircraft. (I watched an old video which reckoned 1500 Me109 pilots died in accidents during the first 2 years of the war. No idea of how accurate that is.)
Time to bring back flying boats.. Long range Can land on the sea to save fuel. Can land on the sea to refuel and re arm. Can land on the sea to deliver cargo to ships or subs. Bit difficult to bomb there runways
A trivia question, if you please. On RUclips there is an old movie, Sherlock Holmes in Washington. At the 2:22 mark, a man is getting on board an airplane. Is that a Handley page W series??
Great video, seaplanes are best planes! Other than the obvious confined space, Asbestos and Radium issues, were there any other H&S requirements for the museum to let you up there?
Thanks Chris for a great video! Beautiful ship and thoughtful explanation in not your native language! !lso thanks to the museum for allowing umyou both access to the upper deck! Cheers to your crew and them from Missouri and my small contingent of one British mother in law Pamela to my daughter who's teaching us British ways and my Aunt Viola translating German for me and what she knows about Swedish ways and language from her marriage to my uncle August(Gus) of the pre WW2 Swedish Calvary.
Went to London in May and saw this plane at the museum, I was taken aback by just how big it was. Even the B-17 next-door feels small compared to it, it's just so oddly proportioned. I wonder what a Long Sunderland would've been like... Also, lady at the gift shop turned out to be from Norway! Was fun speaking Danish to a fellow Scandi with her colleagues unable to understand c:
Soooo, What's the specific health & safety danger up front ? Just lots of stuff you can bang in to, or something more serious like asbestos, chemicals or radioactive material ?
My old boy undertook 3 tours of operations between 1939 and 1945. Towards the end of the war he transitioned to Coastal Command on Sunderlands as a WOpAG. He then went on to fly as an AOE/Instructor on Shacks and then Nimrods and retired in 1975 having joined up in 1937. He received the DFC, MID *2, KCVS (Air) *2 and was awarded LDeH before he died at the age of 97. He loved the Sunderland.
I think a Sunderland would have been granted leave for his final journey to the great unknown. I hope it was all he wished for. All the best Nick Cart motor services UK
@@jimmydesouza4375 hello Jimmy. My grandad, insisted that I should call him old boy! Everyone else called him peppy. He was originally a French man, but he believed, and it's true that as soon as anyone steps on British soil he is a free man. Of course he did extremely well for him self as a patisserie Chef in Muswell hill a well healed suburb in London .he owned the property that he traded from and was extremely proud of his little empire. He would slip in and out of French and English with ease adopting lots of accents no problem. He was a lovely bloke who's head told him he was British and heart said French. Old boy or Peppy miss those days. Anyway cheers for starting memories. All the best Nick Cart motor services UK ,
@@mytube9367 that's a kind thing to say. He did get a flight in a Catalina at the age of about 93 which made the local papers and he was very very chuffed!
I showed this video to my grandmother's cousin whose older brother, Frank, flew RCAF Sunderlands through the Donegal Gap on 12+ hour anti-submarine patrols over the North Atlantic until KIA in Oct 1943, This walkaround brought tears of joy to a 94 year old man who still mourns and misses his brother. Sincere thanks!
My late neighbour was a flight engineer on the Sunderlands, mostly based out of Cromatry but they flew out of Singapore as well as somewhere India, I believe. Please forgive me if this is not 100% accurate - I didn't write down the information when we were talking at the time.
Probably the first WW2 Era flight deck I got to sit in at eight years old. That was 1979 and I've loved the Sunderland ever since. In the decades since, New Zealand's Museum of Engineering and Technology has restricted internal public access so I'm lucky to have my childhood photos.
I think Kermit Weeks has a flying Sunderland , if my memory serves me correctly
I remember sitting in the rear turret of the MOTAT example in '78 as a kid too.
It's actually MOTAT - Museum of Transport and Technology
@@guaporeturns9472 Kermit Weeks Sunderland is actually a Sandringham, but because Shorts didn't do the conversion, it's still called a Sunderland. It's the sister aircraft (NZ4108) to our Sunderland NZ4115 here in Auckland
@@hkins1 I see.. I’ll have to look into it more.. thanks
If you like large flying boats and happen to find yourself in Auckland, New Zealand, you can see TWO of them side by side at the MOTAT aviation park. A Sunderland and a Short Solent MK4. They are both beautifully restored and sitting side by side. Well worth a look.
Absolutely love the Sunderland. For many of her crews, they were their home
My dad called it home from 1940 until 45 while in a Canadian coastal command bird as a radio operator/navigator
well said be nice if 2 were kept air worthy and flew at air shows
Very interesting tour I don't think you missed a function on the plane. My wife gave me a ride in a B-24 for my birthday three years ago. it was a dream come true. the construction of the aircraft are very similar. As with the B-24 I am amazed how small the turrets were. I'm a big man 6', there is no way even when I was a 180 pound runner I could not have manned one. My short legs won't fit forget my shoulder. I saw you have an issue at the pilot's seat. Great job one of the most fascinating tours yet and you do a good job always. Thanks John G
I'm watching this later, but posting now for the algorithm. I'm also curious to see how well this video does in terms of views. Do people want sea plane stuff? I know I want to watch it.
Personally I find all ww2 aircraft content super interesting especially the lesser known or rather more corectly less famous planes(meaning anything thats not a fighter) both here and on your channel.
Sunderlands and their civilian passenger/mail versions are an important part of British Empire/Commonwealth history. My grandfather was in the RNZAF during WW2 and was stationed at a flying boat base in Fiji which was a fuel stop for flights from USA to NZ and Australia.
Post war flying boats were a new “fast” connection from NZ to Australia and the rest of the world for several years until the facilities to operate land based aircraft were upgraded to a sufficient standard. So perhaps not a big thing to the rest of the world but a vital step in connecting those of us out on the far edge.
Well Greg,anything you post I will watch. Always look forward to your stuff.
Seaplanes are so cool, I think they’re really interesting and I would love to learn more about the engineering from you.
The father of a friend of mine, back when I was a teenager, used to be a navigator in one of these. He used to be in the pacific theatre. The good man has been dead for many years now, but it's great to finally see his work station. We, being young, cared/asked way to little about what he went through inside these aircrafts when he was our age. Thanks to you and the RAF museum for sharing!
Thank you! My grandfather was an Engineer flying on the Sunderlands out if Scotland during WW2. He flew these, Catolinas and B-17s . Loved them all but talked about the Sunderland the most.
Grandfather was a navigator in the RAAF. He always said he loved flying in these birds! Thank you so much for showing me a bit of how his time was spent in these great birds!
This was a wonderful tour, thanks so much. My grandfather was employed as maintenance engineer in these aircraft, based with RAF Coastal Command in Scotland through the majority of the war.
I'm a fairly frequent visitor to the RAF Museum and often walk through the Sunderland. I've always wanted to see the upper deck, so this was a real treat, especially the detailed explanation of all the equipment- that was very interesting indeed. Though my favourite WWII aircraft is the Lancaster, I've had an affection for the Sunderland since I built the Airfix kit about 50 years ago. I'm always impressed by the real thing's size although standing under the nose of the Vulcan is slightly more mind-blowing.
Well done for a most interesting and informative video.
Flying boats are beautiful aircraft and the Sunderland and Catalina are amongst the very best.
I saw a Catalina flying about 20 years ago but like a lot of people I didn't think there were any Sunderlands left, flying or not.
I remember when I was a kid and into airfix kits I got a Catalina, Halifax, Lancaster and Sunderland one xmas, magic.
Great tour, my first time in a flying boat, thank you. What always impressed me it that during WW2, these planes were crewed by men as young as 18 years old. My Dad was in the 8th Air Force, stationed first in north Africa then at Hardwick. He went into the war at 21 as a Staff Sergeant.
It is definately worth checking out the Museum of the Sunderland/Sandringham in Southampton. The Sandringham is the civilian version of the Sunderland and I understand that many Sunderland's were turned into Sandringham's at the end of the war. Don't visit on a public holiday and if its not too busy you will get access to the cockpit and sit in the pilots and co pilots seats. Its a great plane and you will have a fabulous time.
"Cinderella Service" by Andrew Hendrie is a very interesting book about the British Coastal Command, including Sunderlands. The Sunderland was responsible for a lot of Uboat kills, however, it wasn't one sided and a lot of Sunderlands were lost - the book explains why.
"You're flying over the Atlantic, it's not the best of times, well, there's a war on..." Bismarck here proving he's spent too much time with the Brits, picking up the understated humour. Love it.
My father piloted a RCAF Sunderland based in Ireland on anti-submarine patrols. I have only ever seen photos of the plane. The tour of the interior was really informative.
Great video, thank you very much.
Built in my home town Rochester, Kent. In Shorts 'Esplanade Works' Also ref 'The Gouge Flap' it was as you implied named after an employee but rather an important one being (Sir) Arthur Gouge who left school aged 13 and became an employee I think 1915 or 16 and was responsible for many designs from the Singapore through to the 'C class' Empire flying boats and the ubiquitous Sunderland, the Gouge flap was I think specifically designed for the civil 'C class' around 1936 or so, from which of course the Sunderland was developed. Gouge who was Chief Designer by now and Chairman Oswald Short both suffered forced resignations in early 1943 after refusing to switch production Lancaster bombers instead of the Stirling bomber. Gouge then went on to Saunders Roe and became heavily involved in the design of the S45 (Princess) flying boat. (Sorry, USA readers Flying Boat not Seaplane they are different things over here)
There’s another surviving Sunderland that you can come and see, at Paris’s le Bourget museum.
It is visible to the public once a year, during the restoration facilities open doors day.
It has been over there for decades now, after having almost completed its refurbishment in the nineties ( I think) it got damaged by the hangar roof falling on it during a storm.
I saw it around 2003 and it still had a big hole right behind and a little under the canopy, on its port side.
I remember going around the RAF Museum in Hendon a number of times as a teenager. You needed more than one visit to do it justice. That was in the late Seventies. I bet I wouldn't recognise the place now!
I just got firmly told by my inner voice that I am a hopeless plane nerd. Loved every second of this.
My Grandfather Jack Darcey was a navigator on one of these in ww2 around Paris bombing Uboats with the Australian airforce. thanks for showing the inside!
Eons ago(50yrs +) this was one of my Airfix kits and since then it's formed an unforgettable image in my mind. What a beauty, like a castle with those turrets, and in size. And now to see the whole machine, a huge white beauty. Must visit it!
or play it in warthunder....
Nice to see this look around the Sunderland, my dad worked in Short & Harlands during the war and helped to build them
What a great plane! It is truly a snapshot frozen in time. Excellent video.
Coastal Command, the ‘Cinderella service’. bloody heroes.
i know/ knew people who came to New Zealand from the Pacific Islands on these, & have seen photos of them in the beautiful Aitutaki lagoon, Cook Islands. i think they were flying for TEAL back then.
Christoff: of course you've read the manual. LOL. An excellent tour of a treasure of an aircraft. Thanks!
My Uncle Ron worked on Short Sunderlands, as well as Consolidated FBY Catalinas, during WW2 when he was in RAF Coastal Command based in Scotland.
Man! I wonder what a Long Sunderland looks like.
My thought exactly. And what about the Wide Sunderland?
Thanks for the video.
I didn't realise the prop on the Pegasus wasn't fully feathering. It was a bit underpowered with the Pegasus so an engine failure would have been a bit dicey. P&W was a logical progression, both engines had a rep. for reliability.
Axis pilots were unaccustomed to RAF flying boats being well defensibly armed, which led to several of them ending up in the sea. One legendary battle with several Ju88's exposed this overconfidence, the 'boat survived and more than one of the opposition were shot down. I should imagine defence involved diving to the sea to cover the blind spot below.
I can't resist a wry grin at flight deck time for the researchers being limited to 30 minutes 'for H&S reasons'....on an a/c that can stay aloft for half a day in hostile territories! There might be a little trace of radon gas in there from decaying 'glow in the dark' instruments, but....not a lot. Note that the white legends on the front of the Transmitter have recently been re-inked. (This might be related)
I remember reading that U-Boat crews referred to the Sunderlands as "tired bees," due to the sound of the engines.
Excellent video. What a beauty. Such a big slow target, so easy to shoot down. Wrong! Don’t tangle with an angry porcupine.
Most impressive video.
Thanks to you and thanks to the RAF Museum.
Nice job, Cris. Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.
My Uncle Colin Steley flew one of these with coastal command
He was an Australian volunteer seconded to Britain before the Japanese entered the war
As a skilled pilot he remained with coastal command for the duration of the war
i had really enjoyed it, thanks now i know everything about sunderland
I’m amazed at how cramped the interior of this plane is considering its huge size.
Thank you doing a video on such an interesting and rarely covered aircraft.
Bryan Grote -a Sunderland managed to take off with 83 people on board when they were evacuating Crete. !n that case it probably was fairly cramped .!!!
One of those made an emergency landing here in Portugal during WW2. Because we were neutral we took it and changed its colours so it became part of the Portuguese Naval Aviation. A shame that that branch doesn't exist anymore, it became part of the air force.
My Grandpa piloted one of these for the RCAF in World War 2. He was shot down over the Atlantic by a submarine, managed to bomb it as they went down, as they crashed, he managed to go right threw the windscreen and was unharmed. He said he never truly believed in God until after that day. Very cool to see you view this plane!
The staggering balls it would take to dive that thing for a strafing run with the fixed forward machine guns. Very cool video, thanks.
I love this museum and this aircraft
43:40 the astrodome was also used as an emergency escape hatch. My late father was a Sunderland pilot and told me about it. Before take-off or landing, the astro-navigation hatch was removed and securely stowed. In the event of a landing in which the side doors were in danger of taking in water, because of damage, the crew would exit the aircraft through the hatch.
Congratulations for the presentation !!!!!!!!!
Ha! Just yesterday I went looking for a Sunderland walkthrough and found a rambling, long-winded and poorly filmed one. This is sooo much better!
Fixed forward-firing guns on this beast look weird. Were they expecting to dogfight or strafe?
The forward firing guns were for suprressing AA fire from surfaced submarines while they were attacking.
Thanks Captain for your valuable explanation. I think you are Squadron Leader of this mission.
How ever we are very SATISFIED.
Sri Lankan Locomotive Drivers.
Excellent Chris thanks for Sharing
thanks - great tour
Really terrific. Thank you.
Well done. Great research Biz and well shot by Josh.
A magnificent aircraft and an amazing tour. Thanks!
There's video on YT of the bombing up process for the Sunderlands. It's horribly inefficient and time consuming to do, but provides for a very safe and reliable bomb mechanism.
My favorite aircraft exhibit ever!
Just a quick correction it total ordinance could be 4,930lbs of bombs and mines rather than 4,000lbs
fantastic tour and aeroplane , cheers .
Thank you for a great video on a not so well known aircraft the Sunderland Flying Boat. 👍
Finds the last remaining instructions used by the flight engineer, and puts it in the bin...
Why the time limit on upper deck? Asbestos? Neat video and thanks to all involved!
I just love flying boats 😍.
Red levers i would consider either as mixture, or propcontroll.
Thank you for a very interesting video Chris especially the upper deck, I enjoy going through the Sunderland when I visit. I was wondering if you had done a cockpit view of the TSR2 at Cosford or Duxford yet ?
I do like a flying boat. It was really interesting to get a tour around with you.
WOW !!!
Thanks man for rare film footage from inside this beautiful aircraft.
And deng I need to spade this bird in WT, shame on me, I have top tier jets but Sunderland is still stock to the bone 🤭
Phantastic! Amazing guide!
Brilliant tour! Mahaloi
:) There is one of these at the small but interesting air museum in Southampton, "Solent Sky". You can also go in it and I was able to go into the cockpit as well. Great experience but at the end when I got up I smacked my head hard on the levers that are above your head. Doh! Very easy to do and I'm sure I wasn't the first to do it.
You'd hope it at least knocked some sense into me but I'm still an idiot :)
I suspect that without WW2 the Short Sunderland Mark 5 would have used the same 4 14-cylinder, 1,720 horsepower Bristol Hercules 19 radial piston engines
That the Short Seaford used
Thanks!
Thanks, Glen!
Sunderland the foying home looks comfy :)
As the Gouge Flap was invented by Atthur Gouge, the pronunciation of Gouge is probably not pronounced in the same way as the verb or noun (pronunciation GOWJ). It's more likely to be a form of Googe and pronounced GOOJ.
YOOOOO MY BOY FINALLY COVERED THE SUNDERLAND, LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :D
Great video thanks. Suggestion for a new video if you've got a spare 5 mins.. a look at the accident rate during training as well as the casualty rate of brand new pilots put in charge of powerful aircraft.
(I watched an old video which reckoned 1500 Me109 pilots died in accidents during the first 2 years of the war. No idea of how accurate that is.)
Your English accent is getting better.
Cheers bruv
Time to bring back flying boats..
Long range
Can land on the sea to save fuel.
Can land on the sea to refuel and re arm.
Can land on the sea to deliver cargo to ships or subs.
Bit difficult to bomb there runways
A trivia question, if you please. On RUclips there is an old movie, Sherlock Holmes in Washington. At the 2:22 mark, a man is getting on board an airplane. Is that a Handley page W series??
Nice work. Thank you.
just look at the beauty Wow
Amazing aircraft. What form of bombsight was there for the depth charges?
I feel the aviation world is somehow lessened due to the lack of proper flying boats like these.
Great video! Why the 30 minute limit in the cockpit?
Fantastic video. Ta!
Mein Gott... Es ist GROßER als erwarte ich!
A whale of a plane! The degree of American resources used by Britain in WWII is simply amazing.
Enjoyed watching.
Great video, seaplanes are best planes! Other than the obvious confined space, Asbestos and Radium issues, were there any other H&S requirements for the museum to let you up there?
Got to wonder what health and safety issues there could be in visiting the cockpit area !
Amazing, plus 2nd bomb-aimer😂
Thanks Chris for a great video! Beautiful ship and thoughtful explanation in not your native language! !lso thanks to the museum for allowing umyou both access to the upper deck! Cheers to your crew and them from Missouri and my small contingent of one British mother in law Pamela to my daughter who's teaching us British ways and my Aunt Viola translating German for me and what she knows about Swedish ways and language from her marriage to my uncle August(Gus) of the pre WW2 Swedish Calvary.
I bet RAF recruitment fell right off in Newcastle when these things got named, though.
.303 not a great defensive weapon, given in the BOB, it was like pinpricks on German aircraft!
"I'm getting old". Ha, I got news for you and it's all bad.
Bo must be smiling
Hmmm. I have been in that Sunderland.
A german this guy ? Ic..a huge plane..bigger than I thought
40 pints = 80 cups of tea
How many tea bags in a small packet??? Coincidence? No
Went to London in May and saw this plane at the museum, I was taken aback by just how big it was. Even the B-17 next-door feels small compared to it, it's just so oddly proportioned. I wonder what a Long Sunderland would've been like...
Also, lady at the gift shop turned out to be from Norway! Was fun speaking Danish to a fellow Scandi with her colleagues unable to understand c:
Soooo, What's the specific health & safety danger up front ?
Just lots of stuff you can bang in to, or something more serious
like asbestos, chemicals or radioactive material ?
Thanks to you and the RAF museum for the terrific tour.
Bravo ! Very well explained , thank you .
Visited the museum on Saturday. Fantastic exhibits and the porcupine was breathtaking. Loved the museum and thanks for the video.
Thanks!
Wow, thanks very much!
My old boy undertook 3 tours of operations between 1939 and 1945. Towards the end of the war he transitioned to Coastal Command on Sunderlands as a WOpAG. He then went on to fly as an AOE/Instructor on Shacks and then Nimrods and retired in 1975 having joined up in 1937. He received the DFC, MID *2, KCVS (Air) *2 and was awarded LDeH before he died at the age of 97. He loved the Sunderland.
Never heard the term old boy before. It mean grandfather? Where are you from (I am curious where this turn of phrase is used)?
I think a Sunderland would have been granted leave for his final journey to the great unknown. I hope it was all he wished for. All the best Nick Cart motor services UK
@@jimmydesouza4375 hello Jimmy. My grandad, insisted that I should call him old boy! Everyone else called him peppy. He was originally a French man, but he believed, and it's true that as soon as anyone steps on British soil he is a free man. Of course he did extremely well for him self as a patisserie Chef in Muswell hill a well healed suburb in London .he owned the property that he traded from and was extremely proud of his little empire. He would slip in and out of French and English with ease adopting lots of accents no problem. He was a lovely bloke who's head told him he was British and heart said French. Old boy or Peppy miss those days. Anyway cheers for starting memories. All the best Nick Cart motor services UK
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@@jimmydesouza4375 'old boy' is a term of endearment for 'my father' here in the UK
@@mytube9367 that's a kind thing to say. He did get a flight in a Catalina at the age of about 93 which made the local papers and he was very very chuffed!
I showed this video to my grandmother's cousin whose older brother, Frank, flew RCAF Sunderlands through the Donegal Gap on 12+ hour anti-submarine patrols over the North Atlantic until KIA in Oct 1943, This walkaround brought tears of joy to a 94 year old man who still mourns and misses his brother. Sincere thanks!
Thanks so much for sharing this and tell me about it, don't know what to say, very touching!
my Mother's elder brother Frank D flew them, too
My late neighbour was a flight engineer on the Sunderlands, mostly based out of Cromatry but they flew out of Singapore as well as somewhere India, I believe. Please forgive me if this is not 100% accurate - I didn't write down the information when we were talking at the time.