Pretty interesting demonstration of how the AAC figured out how to ship and assemble a P-47 at a primitive airport.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2D3k0sJ8HM

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Thank you for posting. Cable and network TV is loosing my business to videos like this.

I pretty much just sat there with my mouth open.....I've stood next to a P47 ... They're HUGE.

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The ultimate KITPLANE!!!!! I don't think that it would qualify for the 51% rule though.........

Very cool and nostalgic!! Thanks for posting.

Here's another one: http://vimeo.com/54400569 About the origins of the Isreali Air Force.

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Pretty neat how they use everything to get it done.

I think Atlee Dodge Jr. could have speeded up a bit He was a master at putting flying machines back together in remote areas think he bought this one for 2 or 3 thousand from Insurance co. spent 2days at -30 patching it up and sold it for $ 20,000 when we got it back to ANC. Cigars all around

mtv wrote:I pretty much just sat there with my mouth open.....I've stood next to a P47 ... They're HUGE.

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Pretty simple.........The Greatest Generation.......

Awesome video MTV. Gotta love those torque specs, a 2 finger pull on a 8" wrench.

Very awesome Mike! Thanks for posting. I too was awe struck! Amazing what those service men accomplished back then. Notice NO power tools?? Pretty cool!

DonC wrote:Pretty neat how they use everything to get it done.

I think Atlee Dodge Jr. could have speeded up a bit He was a master at putting flying machines back together in remote areas think he bought this one for 2 or 3 thousand from Insurance co. spent 2days at -30 patching it up and sold it for $ 20,000 when we got it back to ANC. Cigars all around

Wright Air in FAI had a single otter get on it's back on a gravel bar on the Sheenjek River, north of FYU. Over a couple days, flying back and forth, I watched the mechanics build a tripod and sling, remove the wings and landing gear, after supporting the fuselage in the sling hung from the tripod. Then they rolled the fuselage back over, re-installed the gear and wings, a new prop, checked out the engine, and ferried it back to FAI. Pretty amazing what ingenuity can do in tough places.

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Another great short video: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=9dR3h2HdnBQ

WWII carrier footage.

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Neat footage Mike thanks........missed that one, to young born in 45 but saw lots of carrier ops in Viet Nam. Same game different aircraft WW2 generation were the best for sure. Real war in those days not just political BS since then.... suppose Z will dump this one

Thank you. Definitely a treasure.

What are the two guys cranking on before starting the engine?

8GCBC wrote:Thank you. Definitely a treasure.

What are the two guys cranking on before starting the engine?

Just guessing clearing the the engine and checking for hyd lock from oil draining down in the cyd so they don't bend a push rod on start. At least that's what they told me in school

DonC wrote:

8GCBC wrote:Thank you. Definitely a treasure.

What are the two guys cranking on before starting the engine?

Just guessing clearing the the engine and checking for hyd lock from oil draining down in the cyd so they don't bend a push rod on start. At least that's what they told me in school

Instead of turning the propeller by hand, the removable crank is coupled to the drive train, then removed before contacting the electric starter? Makes sense. Thanks.

That was a heck of a hand pump to. One of the gear legs they said 300 and some pounds. Very interesting. Thanks Mike

This is fascinating. Good find.

8GCBC wrote:Thank you. Definitely a treasure.

What are the two guys cranking on before starting the engine?

Actually, the two guys are cranking up the inertial starter. A spinning flywheel that stores energy until a clutch is engaged and transfers that stored energy thru a gear drive that turns the engine. This is old school, no electric starter. The later models had a small electric motor to spin up the flywheel. Many different types of large engined aircraft were started this way along with the old Coffman shotgun starter that used expanding gasses from a large shotgun looking shell to initially motivate the engine.

exodus wrote:

8GCBC wrote:Thank you. Definitely a treasure.

What are the two guys cranking on before starting the engine?

The two guys are cranking up the inertial starter. A spinning flywheel that stores energy until a clutch is engaged and transfers that energy thru a gear that turns the engine. This is old school, no electric starter. The later models had a small electric motor to spin up the flywheel. Many different types of large engined aircraft were started this way along with the old coffman shotgun starter that used expanding gasses from a large shotgun looking shell to motivate the engine.

Roger that! Guys turning the flywheel not the power train.

exodus wrote:

8GCBC wrote:Thank you. Definitely a treasure.

What are the two guys cranking on before starting the engine?

Actually, the two guys are cranking up the inertial starter. A spinning flywheel that stores energy until a clutch is engaged and transfers that stored energy thru a gear drive that turns the engine. This is old school, no electric starter. The later models had a small electric motor to spin up the flywheel. Many different types of large engined aircraft were started this way along with the old Coffman shotgun starter that used expanding gasses from a large shotgun looking shell to initially motivate the engine.

Exactly. And later, many of the airplanes had shotgun starters....started with a blank shotgun shell.

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