Hello my name is Jacob Hancock, I fly around America with My mom and dad and sometimes our two dogs! Follow me on my journey with friends, family, and my dogs. I am here to grow Aviation! You can do anything you put your mind to!
Where’s tat? I had a 47, loved it, flew all over the USA, mostly south of Iowa, east and west. Taugh by one of the best pilots in the world, Paul Hursh.
It is great to see another Jpilot video. I am so glad to see your dad on his feet and flying again. The Beech 18 is a beautiful and historic airplane, it looks like a worthy replacement for the Lockheed.
Hey Jacob. It’s sad about the beautiful Lockheed but the Beech is a beautiful plane. I am glad that everyone came out ok. Good to see you posting again.
I flew Beech 18s for SEMO while I was in college at SIU. It was N49K with 3-bladed props. SEMO had Be18s with Club props. Another big operator was SMB Stage out of Missouri. If I remember right - SEMO was in Mauldin, Mo. SMB = Sedalia, Marshfield and Boone. It was an old stagecoach company that went way, way back - like the 1800 hundreds.
Most folks that watch aviation videos, especially those of vintage aircraft with round engines, do so to hear the engines, not the music. Just a suggestion.
Yes, the wonderful 70 plus year old memories! Mine was living across the road from a small Oregon lumber baron’s grass strip. His shiny D18 was his baby, I can still hear the rhythm of the radials in the distance, rumbling the wonderful soothing sounds they are famous for. Cheers & best to you.👍🏻
Kamaka Air Cargo in Honolulu had the last Beech 18 (N933T) to fly the US mail. We'd depart HNL for Kona early on Saturday afternoons, loaf around in the shade under the wings at Kona until the mail truck showed up, then pack the entire fuselage completely full with mail and return to HNL in the orange light of a tropical sunset. Problem was, the mail was of a more or less uniform weight, so we couldn't put the heavy stuff up front like usual and were always a bit aft CG as a result. So much so that sometimes you didn't even have to pull the yoke back to rotate - she'd lift off all by herself. So many good memories.... That's a real beauty you guys got there!
Hi, Jacob, it's been a couple of years since I've seen any of your videos and man you have grown up. The last time I saw you, you were a little red headed kid and were riding around in a Lockheed. I'm glad you've stayed with the twin tailed birds, I think they look the best. God Bless and stay safe.
What an awesome airplane. I love your music selection for this video and also the ambient audio for the buttery landing. Man those radial engines just sound so nice!!!! I am glad to see your dad back in the saddle. #beachlife #radialpower
I flew the Beech E18S with the 10,100 lb up gross weight for more than 3,000 hours. I flew scheduled passenger ops and on mail flights at night and was a company check airman/instructor on our planes. This was 1973-1979 in south central Missouri. I may have been one of the last pilots to fly the Beech 18 in scheduled passenger operarions when I flew it for a commuter airline in those days. Also flew the company DC-3A in scheduled passenger ops 1976-1978 and have 1,000 hours in that airplane. The one in the video is an old D model with a one piece windshield, which did not come from the factory until the G models, and no deicing boots. The Beech 18 simply demanded that its pilot bring superior airmanship skills to the cockpit... or pay the price!
My Dad had 4 of those, said they were great smuggler airplanes :) None of his had seats in the back. I remember them being very loud and the entire panel shook at take off power. He's out of jail now!
Great video! Good camera work, and a brilliant choice of background music for that one scene. Glad to see your dad all mended and back in the pilot's seat. Keep up the good work, Jacob!
Glenn it’s great to see you muscling through your setbacks and pushing on in your pursuit of your nostalgic aviation interests. You’re a great example for the rest of us to aspire too.
I had the pleasure of flying a Twin Beech in the early 70's, and I too flew cargo to various grass and paved runways in North Carolina. Yours is a very fine and clean example verses my cargo carrier 18 that was rather rough. It may have not been pretty, but it flew so sweet and soft; I loved it!!!
@@On-Our-Radar-24News well I’ve been trying to get videos out just didn’t have the time to go fly. The day after the Lockheed accident we were gonna go to Texas but because of the accident we couldn’t. So I’ve just been waiting to go fly again!
Love the beech 18. I flew one way back in the 70’s down in Texas, flying freight at night. The one flew was in no way as nice as this one. Love it ! Thanks for showing.
Got multi engine rating in a Beech 18 on my 17th birthday, July 24, 1968. It was a super H-18, but I didn't care, it was still billboard ready. Belonged to allied helicopter. They needed someone to take a 135ride, my Dad said "okay, my Son needs a multi engine rating". What a great time to be alive
