Can I thank my mother and those with wives n girlfriends who have been dragged around Aviation museums to suffer the enjoyment of aeroplanes and thank you Jimmy & co for giving us the opportunity of being able to watch this again and again. Thank you all
Jimmy, as someone who’s been in the aviation world since 1979, I would like to say thank you for educating the folks who don’t get to see how aircraft operate or any of the history behind them exists. There’s so much that goes into aviation that is unknown to the average person that climbs onto an airliner and this content goes a long ways towards explaining that history. Thank you!
I was wounded at the end of my 2nd tour in Vietnam. After 2 months in the Great Lake's Naval Hospital I got to go home. I caught a military "hop" from Waukegan, Illinois to Monroe Louisiana. That hop was a DC-3. We stopped twice on small town grass airfields to let people off. Later on I flew on a Trans Texas DC-3 from Monroe to Dallas/Ft. Worth before changing to a larger aircraft to continue on to California. Great memories. Tom Boyte GySgt. USMC, retired Vietnam 1965-66/1970-71 0331,Infantry Machine Guns
I was a passenger in a DC2 or a DC3 in 1965. It was Central Air lines and it left Kansas City and stopped at Topeka then to Manhaten Kansas. Never will forget that flight. They dropped the mail bag in Topeka then left for Manhatten. They gave me a blanket to stay warm and had one one male sturadess for the flight.
Seeing the Fairchild 24 was a pleasant surprise. My father and a friend restored one in the late 50's early 60's. The original engine from the plane , the inverted 6, is currently on static display at the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Schenectady, NY. My father also co-owned a Culver Dart GW model there were very few made less than 10 if I recall. Thanks for the Lone Star tour!!
I love that they fly the darn things.. They were meant to be flown, a flight here and there would be better for an engine than leaving it sitting doing zero for the next 20 years.. Awesome Museum..
Taping over gun ports was common, mostly to protect gun barrel from debris during ground rolls and take-offs from unpaved runways and also against moisture.
Was gonna say the same thing, also to prevent Icing issues in inclement weather, but you'd think someone in a Museum would know that I suppose it's an Obvious thing tho? if the tape was unbroken, they hadn't fired their Guns?
In the spring of 1999, I had the privilege of visiting the hangar in Middlesboro, KY while Glacier Girl was being restored. It was in a hangar just large enough to accommodate the plane comfortably. The hanger was only for expert restoration and not a museum, I was able to walk right in, view Glacier Girl without restrictions as well as photograph some really good "before & after" examples of the toll the extreme environment and incredible pressures took during its 50 years under the ice. Of course, forty-three thousand (43,000) pounds of pressure per square inch affects the wide variety of materials used in many different ways -- glass breaks, rubber tires are squeezed until they explode and metals bend or snap. One of the volunteers working on Glacier Girl explained that original parts from the plane are often unusable, except for hammering back out flat to use as a pattern to recreate the original. Very nice people who took time away from restoration work to talk to my 5 year old son. I'm hoping for an opportunity to see her fly someday.
The creation museum in Kentucky has a scale display of the recovery of this aircraft! *Fascinating!* Lots of minute details! Well worth the trip! While you're in the area, check out the Ark exhibit!
My brother in law just paid for a T6 ride there about 2 months ago. Very enjoyable. When this museum was located in Galveston at Shoals Field we went there a few times. It was great. Had lots of memorabilia that was destroyed by a hurricane a few years back, hence, moving to Ellington Field. Thanks for sharing.
Colorado springs has several awesome aircraft museums. One is ran by certified mechanics and every plane in there is still airworthy and flys. They even do an airshow every year in the summer. I hope you have the chance to check them out some time!
in 1966, I flew from Friendly Airport in Baltimore to Norfolk VA on a Piedmont Airlines DC-3 that had been retrofitted with Rolls Royce turbine engines. I was 18 years old at the time. I remember it well.
Thank you Jimmy once again for showing not one but two Corsair fighters! Just awesome 👍 I also wanted to add that it's just crazy how I commented on an earlier video of you showing the Corsair ...I mentioned that my grandpa used to take me to see one and grab a burger and stuff what are the odds of that.....that you flew over where I grew up near the same place my grandfather used to take me to see the Corsair what are the odds ha ha! who knows could have been the same exact one! Thanks Jimmy for all that you do just incredible!
Jimmy, next time you're in this area, come by Texas A&M for a tour of the Wind Tunnel Facilities. You mentioned helicopter blades changing pitch every rotation, we tested that, specifically the supersonic shock wave that can form when transitioning from high pitch (downwind) to low pitch (upwind). Among other things.
The Air Corps ceased to have an administrative structure after 9 March 1942, but as "the permanent statutory organization of the air arm, and the principal component of the Army Air Forces," the overwhelming majority of personnel assigned to the AAF were members of the Air Corps. Father's uni says U.S. Army Air Corps. The above is just a bit of trivia for you (that you probably already knew),,,,but i'd be interested to know what your father's issued uniform (dress uni) said on it.
That was a super interesting video. The enthusiasm of the museum employee was just great and he crowned it with that landing. Thx for taking us along. Greetings from Germany
This video brought back so many fun memories for me Jimmy. My wife and I rented a ride in a 29 Steerman at the Seattle Airport/ Boeing Museum several years ago. Our flight went over Peugeot Sound. What a blast! We also caught a ride in a C 47 out of the Fort Worth Mecham Airport a few years back. ( before cancer) An experience I will always cherish. We did a lap around the city of Fort Worth at about 1500 ft. They even let the passengers get up and move around the aircraft while in flight. I have some cool pictures of the cockpit from right over the pilots shoulders literally! And back then, cell phones were smaller so I got to stick my phone/ camera out the C47s gun porthole and shoot pictures down the side of the aircraft while in flight. They also rent rides in the OV10 Broncos that I hope to do soon. I have the New Fairview Airport in my back yard (70T) if you're ever passing through and want to grab some lunch. I'm retired so I'll be here most of the time in my hanger sized shop just off the airport. I'm buying because I've really enjoyed your channel. We still find ourselves making an annual pilgrimage to MD Anderson and have planned to visit the Lone Star Museum one of these trips!
Jimmy , thank you for taking me back to when I was 6 and moved from grand Bahamas to miami on Mackey air lines dc3 , I sat in the pilots lap while flying , it got me to love flying , I'm 67 now !
Just last night I was planning on going to The Lone Star Flight Museum for the first time. It's about 25 minutes from my house and I have never been there. Now I won't have to go because Jimmy gave me the VIP tour.
Jimmy love your You tube Lone Star museum brought back memories of My Dad Tom Hines flew for TTA then For Texas International. We actually went to 6 flags over Texas in a DC 3 from TTA our family and Dave Devines family. Both pilots were working for TTA and later Texas International. Don't remember if they rented or how they got the airplane but it was a great ride. My dad also flew crop dusters in Katy Texas for Scrogens dusting not sure if they are still in business. Unfortunately he was killed in motorcycle accident when I was 12 years old i'm 63 now. Brother was a pilot as well lost him to cancer about 6 years ago. Watching your channel makes me want to get back into flight I have 29 hrs. of instructed flight. will be working out of town in North Dakota for 6 0r so month going to go back to flying. would love to come down some time and look at the Elvis Jet you see I'm a bit of creator my self but low budget from trucks to motorcycles to boats. Nothing normal. I used to own a Tri pacer 22 but plumbing business went to the scrap pile back when we had the bad inflation. couldn't get my head back in the clouds. but am ready again to start. just wanted to thank you for your you tube channel. Hope to visit your sites to see your airplanes in person aviation is in my blood. Thanks, Denny Hines
Hi Jimmy, happy new year! Great video - love the expose of the bathroom facilities on the spacecraft. You have a wonderfully hilarious way of asking questions which usually only children ask! Keep up the good work, withe your ability to humour into most situations. Best wishes from the UK side of the pond.
Man what a treat this video was! Thank you. We have the New England air museum about 30 min from me . They have a TOMCAT!! Which is so cool to see in person. I’ve seen a lot of fighter jets but the f-14 is enormous, they also have some really cool older planes and ordinance.
I'm old enough. My first plane ride was a 1955 DC-3 trip from KIPT to KPHL. That is all it took to get me hooked, so I spent 42 years fixing planes. But I have always liked looking down on people. 😀
49:59 I remember seeing commercials on TV when airlines were trying to sell their fleet of surplus DC3's. "Be the first on your block to own a DC 3". Man walking up behind a DC 3 on a residential street holding onto his hat with his tie whipping in the wind. One of the regional airlines sponsored the ads.
Jimmy I actually got a ride in the B-25 depicted in the video back when the museum was located in Galveston. My dad flew them in WWII and I always wanted to go up in one. My wife and kids arranged the ride on Veterans Day prior to the hurricane that forced the museum to relocate. Such a great experience!
Incredible museum. Aviation museums are always my hideout in whatever town my wife forces me to go visit family. They never disappoint. You can almost always find something you didn't know about.😁
Loved this video. Your host was awesome. I really enjoyed seeing everything the museum had from NASA and WWll. My grandfather was a tail gunner. Ive been planning on going for a flight in a bomber for awhile. Keep up the great work. I personally love the mix of videos.
Jimmy, We all love airplanes and flying but you need to do more flying. Museum visits are nice but, start flying them. Had 12 airplanes, including a 3 Pitts Specials, a Stearman, AT-6 . Checked myself out in those and others. Fly'em Man!
While you were in the DC-3 I was having flasbacks of my Air Force days. I was an Air Freight Spc. at Luke AFB in in Arizona in 63 to late 66. For about 2 years the aircract was a C-46. You not only had to walk uphill you had to load freight uphill. Cargo loaded in the large door with forklift and put in place using 3-4 men and J-bars. What fun!!!!
As a kid, I accompanied my father on a flight in a Piedmont DC-3 and later when overseas I flew in a KLM DC-2 (Uvier) which was re-enacting the McRobinson Trophy Race to Australia. Both flights were amazing!
Jimmy you should meet Dan Gryder if you don t know him. He owns and flys a DC 3 and trains pilots with it.. That would be your best chance to get to fly one.
Jimmy this was so interesting and informative. Living in South Africa I would never be able to see the museum so experiencing it with you is second best. Thanks so much!
My hometown Air Museum.. so much of Houston's Aviation and Space History gets overlooked.. Ellington is rich with history.. i'm still mad we didn't get an orbiter.. new york could have easily been given the mockup.. they have nothing to do with manned spaceflight.. we had everything to do with it.. Saw the R/C flying field at JSC from the flight too.. it's so easy to spot from the air.. Good tour of the clear lake area.. La Porte airport.. great video Jimmy... Thanks to Lone Star as well..
Reminds me of my grandfathers converted crop-dusting aircraft. He had a air tractor but before regulations you could make a powder duster out of these type old aircraft. Dust hopper was front passenger seat area. Ive got pictures if i find them them they're yours buddy.😊 He'd land with bean and cucumber runners all over the landing gear😂 he got low Farmer got their moneys worth. No wasted poison.
My first flight was in a Waco UPF-7 with Paul Lantz in Orange County at the Santa Ana (John Wayne) airport. I never came back from that flight wanting to do anything else!
Amazing example of aircraft and history of flying and pilots as well as crews. A wonderful place to bring my great grandkids as well as my grandkids and even our own kids for education about Aviation. Wow! You are a lucky man! Great program!
I liked seeing the L19 and T41, both of which I use to fly back in El Paso days in the Army. Thay could be rented at the flying club. I flue the T41 cross country to Kansas city to visit my family in 1978. There is not much noise damping in them. But I regained my hearing in a day or so, LOL.
I know this is a late post, but as a fellow who flew a Stearman for over 30 years (N48193), they are extremely easy to fly and very forgiving. They tend to float on landing and land below 50 mph. The gear track width isn't a problem. They have plenty of rudder, and don't ground loop. The original Stearmans had a triangular piece of wood added to their leading edge to make them spin faster and make the stall abrupt per Army Air Corp request. Without this strip they are very docile. My aircraft was in the movie: "The Tuskegee Airman" and now is in a flying museum in Madrid.
I remember flying TTA, Tree Top Airlines. Seems to me they had two seats on one side and one on the other. Once leaving Fort Polk, the stewardess was so fat that she ha a hard time squeezing up and down the aisle. The pilot had to retrim when she went from front to back. She sat in two seats in back and we commented that she couldn't sit in a single seat on the other side. Just another DC3 TTA memory.
I am old enough to have flown in a DC -3. My home was western Nebraska and I was returning from PHX on a Western Airlines Boeing 707 into Denver. I had to switch to Frontier to get to Scottsbluff, which was an easy thing to do at that time. (Yes I had on my Sunday goin to church suit). Anyway, the flight to Nebraska was supposed to be in a Convair 580, but that particular aircraft had a mechanical problem. From, I suspect the back of the hanger, they found a DC-3. It was a cold winter night, and I remember how cold it was as I boarded and walked uphill to my seat. The cough of the engines and the blue smoke were the highlight for me. It was a clear starlit night and too short a flight. I couldn’t wait to tell my father about the trip, as he was a B-25 pilot in WWII, but also a significant number of hours in C-47’s (DC-3’s). Great airplanes.
Jimmy looks like an Astronaut. If you told me he were a Lieutenant commander with USN and fighter pilot and Nasa STS payload Commander. Also having spent time aboard ISS. Also having many awards and honors and even making the Commandants list and Commodores lists with distinction...Id believe it. 😂 He does have the right height 5'11 and weight. Just go with it Jimmy its not stolen valor to dream. 😂🚀🛫✈️😂
A pilot for Provincetown Boston Airways said: "The difference between a DC-3 and a modern jet Liner is, in a jetliner you might recognize a stadium as you flew over. In a DC-3 you could watch a play.
Good morning from Minnesota! Wow that place is something else! That stem program is outstanding! That's the way to cap off a video with a Stearman ride, great episode
WOW getting in the shuttle trainer brought back memories. My wife and I had a private tour one Saturday at NASA. We passed our security clearances and was in for a tour of a lifetime. We got to go into places that no one else got to go We went into including the Space Shuttle trainer from the bottom hatch. At that time I really did not know where we were going until I was told to climb the ladder to the flight deck and look back at that huge cargo bay of the space shuttle. We were told where we could grab the hand holds and step into the left hand seat and my wife into the right hand seat. I never seen so many toggle switches and gauges in my life. Our host pointed out the panel that his company was involved in. Looking at this video was really fascinating.
Debby Rihn-Harvey was a National aerobatic champion. Her Husband Eoin "Doc" Harvey gave everyone their annual flight medical, he was known to be somewhat lenient and easy to work with. The school your pilot friend there was training at was their school in La Port TX. I hope I remember all of this correctly it's been a minute. There is a good chance I know your PT pilot but I don't think I heard his name ?...
Jimmy if you ever have the chance to come to Canada and specifically Hamilton, Ontario you should look into going to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum they sell rides in one of the last flying Lancaster bombers on a regular basis along with quite a few other WW2 aircraft as well it is something that an aviation person like yourself should do if you have the chance. i know it would be a very long trip for you from Florida but it is also not something that you will ever have the chance of doing anywhere else in the world. Since there are only 2 flying Lancaster's left in the world one in the U.K. the other is here in Hamilton and the one here is the only one that they offer flights to the public on so it is something that I would highly recomend to you if you want to have the opportunity to touch and fly in a vintage WW2 bomber that I am pretty sure saw action during the war. It is something that has no way to actually describe it is a once in a lifetime opportunity to be able to do I think the flight is like an hour long or so I could be wrong but i know it ios not just up and down it is a fairly good flight and you can actually go into the plane before hand in the museum and be able to touch it and get as close as you can to actual flying WW2 bomber closer than any of the pother museums you have been to without having a guided tour by a curator you can just get close to all the aircrafty and theyhave some displays that show the restoration process. hopefully you will be able to make it hereone day and getthe chance to take a flight on the Lancaster as I am sure thiat this would be something you would truly enjoy and also something that you will never forget and be able to share with your audience as well. If you do read this thank you for taking the time to read this msg and hopefully I have convinced you to start making some plans to come ere and book a ride on this aircraft.