Experience the thrill at “America's Flying Museum” when historic aircraft roar to life, and take to the skies right in front of you…
Nestled in Virginia Beach, the Military Aviation Museum stands as a testament to the indomitable spirit of America, housing one of the world's most expansive collections of operational vintage military aircraft. These flying relics, rescued from the ravages of battle and meticulously restored to their former glory, act as tangible time machines, connecting visitors to the pivotal moments in history that shaped the modern world.
Encompassing a sprawling 130 acres, the museum boasts a diverse array of aircraft spanning different eras, including World War I and World War II, providing a panorama of the evolution of aviation technology. The Museum's expansive campus features original structures from historic battlefields, a grass runway, cavernous hangars, and state-of-the-art maintenance and restoration facilities, earning it the moniker "Warbird Heaven."
At 18:15 quote: "The 88mm was probably the most powerful gun of World War Two they could sink a ship with this almost as easily as a torpedo" ummm... No. Just stop. Credibility lost. Sounds like a U-Boat could surface next to the battleship USS North Carolina and win a gunfight. All in fun, i did enjoy this video.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH for this "podcast". I kind of followed the black sheep history as much as I could. Thank you to you, James Oberg 7662 for your time. God Bless you.......I spent 25 yrs in Special Forces....
Why is every aircraft "the one that saved Britain"?😂 I think the Hurricane holds that honour without any doubt. If the Battle Of Britain had been lost the rest would have been academic.
2 or 3 years ago my pal and I went to an airshow in Granite falls, Minnesota. We toured their museum. It struck me they had a wing jig capable of making or restoring multiple P 40s!!
They run one somewhere out at the Eugene Airport. Not sure if this is the same team but working out there I see it flying around all the time. Beautiful bird.
Oh my Gosh. I cried I cheered and lived vicariously through this exceptional video. Thank you for the most tremendous experience even though I can only dream of taking the stick on this fabulous aircraft. Thank you ❤
In the Battle of Britain, the nation of the British Isles won and the English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish) - employees of all production plants, not only armaments, doctors, teachers, railway workers, drivers, salesmen. In the fight against the bandit German onslaught, they were helped by pilots, engineers, technicians, auxiliary personnel, etc. from the British Commonwealth countries, as well as pilots from Poland, Czechoslovakia and other countries. It's a pity that the English command trusted foreigners so late. They repeated the mistake of the French in May 1940 and did not issue their good planes to Polish pilots. Only in the last decade of the war did they give the Poles aircraft scrap, and they shot down over 60 German planes - and certainly damaged over 30. The commander of the field airport in northern France told the Poles on the day of their evacuation to England, - on behalf of the French, I apologize to you for all the humiliation you have experienced on our soil. I'm ashamed of France. A quote from this farewell can be found in the memoirs of many Polish pilots, published after the war. At the end of April 1945, over 20,000 pilots, technicians, operators, gunners, navigators, radio operators and support staff served in the Polish Air Force. More than 2,400 pilots and aircrews (bombers) died on the Western Front alone. Poles fought in the air, on water and on land, they were the 4th largest Allied force in terms of numbers. They fought from September 1 to the end of August 1945 on all fronts of the 2nd World War. Polish intelligence throughout Europe provided over 65% of reliable intelligence materials, they handed over the plans for the Atlantic Wall. They gave the English and French all the secrets of "ENIGMA" at the end of July 1939 along with physical encryption machines. They provided full documentation of the V1 and V2 rockets (Prof. Groszkowski from P.I.T. and scientists from the Warsaw University of Technology - pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Groszkowski) along with key parts of these rockets. In addition to the English and Norwegians, they participated in slowing down work on the German atomic bomb (A.K. przystanekhistoria.pl/pa2/tematy/armia-krajowa/90782,Wywiad-Sil-Zbrojnych-w-Kraju.html; - www.polska-zbrojna.pl/home/ArticleShow/36455) And at the end of the war they were betrayed, and Poland was placed under the occupation of the CCCP for over 55 years. Professors: Roger Moorhouse, Norman Davies, Antony Beevor, Evan Mawdsley, David Irving and others - concluded that everyone won the war, in a sense even the Germans. The only losers were Poles and Poland. Unfortunately, this is the truth. ipn.gov.pl/pl/publikacje/ksiazki/187023,Polacy-i-Brytyńczy-w-lepszu-wybuchu-drugiej-wojny-swiatowej.html Janusz Groszkowski - Wikipedia, wolna encyklopedia“First one cannot be forgotten! Fighter pilot Władysław Gnyś” ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IS4hT_pP3Ns.html
*The Flying Tigers didn't lose a plane. Until it was absorbed into the Army on July 4, 1942,* *the American Volunteer Group set a matchless record. Officially destroying 299 enemy planes,* *while losing only 8 of their own pilots in combat.* *There is little doubt that easily twice this many Japanese aircraft were shot down.*
in the 80s i met an old man here in Denmark , he told me he was a veteran from the finnish war flying buffalos, and he once killed some civillins in a bus , they where mixed in the russian convoy he was attacking. i have no clue if any of it was true , but i belived him.
My father took me to see Tex hll, I was just over 5yo. It was at Mr Hill's home in Chicago suburb, a s[lit level ranch. He had one picture of a P-40 on his wall, a 5x7.
This was great. I’m so happy someone is documenting this. I’ve seen the pics the army did during the war and those are excellent but this is a fantastic project. Keep it up. 👍 I can imagine the fear the crews would have if shot down over Germany. The jackets could kill you. I can understand why they’d stop putting certain things on them. I’m also sure these guys became superstitious as hell wondering why they got lucky and so many others didn’t.
Absolutely beautiful. The PBY is one of the most important aircraft of its time, which played so many crucial roles in many theaters of WWII, like this particular one did in the battle of the Atlantic. My favorite fun fact about the Catalina is that to this day, it still holds the world record for longest-duration 'commercial' flight. In 1943-45, Qantas flew a route from Perth to Sri Lanka, which was only ~3600 miles but since the Catalina only cruised at a leisurely 110 knots, they were in the air 28-32 hours, giving the route he unofficial name 'flight of the two sunrises'. In order for it to stay up that long, they turned the plane into a flying gas can with a max useful load of 3 passengers and 150 lbs of mail.
Was taking flying lessons at an airport where they were restoring a Corsair. Walked under the cockpit and knocked on the metal to see how tough it was as protection for pilot. Bruised my knuckles. Cast iron i think .
