Beech 18 | Engine Start & Take Off | RARE visitor in Penticton BC Canada 

Thank you! I got my multi engine rating in 1970 in a Beech 18. I loved the airplane and owned two Beech Volpars during the 1970’s. I logged 1100 + hours flying my family and friends all over America and Baja Mexico. It was great, my wife and daughters could take along all their STUFF and plenty of room to bring more STUFF home.😂 I had a critical engine departure failure with full tanks and five on board. I did the drill and with no effort #2 took us back to the airport. Cross country trips were comfortable, it was like getting settled into an old Cadillac for a Sunday drive. As I sit in my old rocking chair, I can close my eyes and relive those happy times in the Beech 18’s

Thanks so much for letting us hear her warm up. Gotta love the round engine sound!

My first job as a commercial pilot - flying a Super G-18S out of Montreal to NYC, Toronto and other cities in the east. CF-TAE. 1967. This plane sounds great!

The quality of the video/sound was perfect IMHO. A great tribute to the classic Twin Beech. Kudos!

Amazing production values!!! I don't even have to take off my shoes to count the very few videographers who do a superb sound job, AND don't spoil it w/ music, voiceovers, _breathing,_ and / or comments in the middle. A _perfect_ soundtrack. I know you had no choice about location and lighting, it was only coincidence that they were so perfect -- but you set up your shot so well that we could even occasionally see little flames and puffs of smoke coming out of the nearside exhaust stacks as it warmed up. Just fantastic video and aural documentation of the unique Beech 18 sound. You, sir, have done a great service to the old aviators still in this world! That type - complete w/ heavy Hartzell 3-blade props - was my first ever airplane ride. I've _never_ gotten over it. THANK YOU!! (liked and subscribed)

Man, those 985’s sound wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

You did an amazing job of sticking with the natural sounds! That sputter turning into a delicious hum took some time, but well worth the wait!

Love these aircraft, grew up the son of a pilot and flew many many trips in the ole 18 as well as various aircraft thru the yrs. Miss my father.

I can ALWAYS tell when a Beech 18 is flying overhead. Gawd what a great sound

VMC My two Volpars were N187R and N279AG. And that is from memory. All my flying in the Beeches was private with friends and family. In N187R I had a critical engine departure failure. Did the drill and # 2 took us back to the airport. I blew a brand new left main on T/O and got it stopped on the center line. The last incident occurred at Imperial where I landed without a nose wheel. I managed to land on the center line without damage to the aircraft. I only ground down the axel. No charters, no freight.. However I must confess, I force fed my kids more rice and beans than they wanted. Recently I wrote a short story about losing the nose wheel. “Ice and Tears” If you are interested in a copy, provide contact Information.

Love the non-commentary so you get that HEALTHY sound. Great video!

Brings back memories of flying on an Air New England Beech 18 from Hyannis to Boston in 1971.

Nothing like the sound of a vintage plane or car! NICE!

My son is special needs and he really likes antique airplanes ✈🛩🛫🛬 like that one. He says that the Beechcraft model 18 looks very similar in design to the Lockheed Electra and Ventura.

I can't believe I found this video. I purchased this airplane (N210Q) from the Sollit Construction company in 1971 for Coachmen Industries for whom I was the Chief Pilot nd flew it for around 1000 hours over 2 years before trading it for a Beechcraft B-90 King Air. Based in Elkhart Indiana. Great airplane, very reliable and fun to fly. Would love to see it again sometime.

Nice video took about three minutes before all the cylinders came to life. I flew in fi-fi several years ago and it was the same deal. I had the radio operators seat and during the warmup period the BC-348 receiver was moving about an inch vertically on her shock mounts. That ride was the best 1200 bucks I ever spent. The CAF has a couple of D-18s, maybe sometime I can get a ride on one.

Used to fly one of these back in the late 60s! Great bird! Only aircraft I ever had to shut an engine down in flight! Oil cooler on the right engine ruptured and dumped the oil. Caught it in time to save the engine! A few months later another pilot destroyed it and himself overshooting an icy runway at Cheyenne, WY.

I flew as a assenger in the co-pilot seat in Beech 18, serial number 065, in and out of Chetwynd, Mackenzie and Ft St. John to destination Robb Lake exploration camp in the late 1970s. UNFORGETABLE AIRCRAFT AND PILOT .

Love that radial startup.....so good....makes me want to find an 18 or a C45!

nicely done and done correctly; he didn't pop the tail up early like most do but kept it down helping his steering down the runway she just lifts off...

As a former skydiver, I jumped out of a few of these . Love the sound of 450 Pratt and Whitney engines.

Outstanding Sound, what a concert, many thanks !!!!

Can't beat the "round sound"

The sound of those R985’s bring back so many memories

Gotta love that 'whale tail' elevator. Engines on low RPM sound like someone emptied a gallon can of 3/8 ball bearings down a steel staircase.

It's been 45 years since I last flew the B-18! The fellow that checked me out in the type had over 5,000 hours in the B-18. He impressed on me there are 2 kinds of B-18 pilots! Those that have ground looped, and those that haven't, YET! About a week after he checked me out he ground looped at Denver Stapleton. I am in the latter group, probably because I only acquired a couple of hundred hours in it. Came close a couple of times. The one in this video is the Super-18 version. Had a taller cabin and upgraded turbo charged engines with 3 bladed props. Can't remember the SHP . To this day the Beech 18 is the only aircraft I ever had to shut an engine down in flight. Oil cooler ruptured and lost the oil out of the right engine. Saved the engine because I caught the fluctuating oil pressure in time, and noticed the oil quantity decreasing.

Best cold start ever!

Flew in a beat up on in the 70's. Wonderful experience. Amazing some are still flying today.

That's yer basic sky pickup, there. No frills, got a job to do, get'err done. Thanks for putting this up.

Great video! New subscriber! Much support to your awesome channel 😎! Great catch of this Beech 18. Cape May Airport had Airfest today and the rest of this weekend and we just got a beech 18. Those are some great sounding engines. Can’t wait for ours to takeoff! Thank for sharing 👍😍

still one of my all-time favorite aircraft - classic !

I can sleep to that music.

Flew mail in one of those in the early 70's between PHL and CMH at night. Some real white knuckle flying

I loved flying the Beech 18

Even when the engines are running , they sound ike the're about to quit lol! It took me a few seconds to realize thats just a slow idle.

Cool take off. And Awesome video !Thank you for your time in making this video for us in you tube land. 😊👍👍👍

Beautiful video!!!

Thanks!

B-18's used to fly in and out of Norflok Intl' back in the early 80's carrying freight. A joy to watch and listen to.

Always remember these as the C-45 Expeditor as they were named in the Canadian military.

Love it... He burned more fuel in this video than I do in my O-360 powered RV-7 in an hour. Ha ha.

What I like...engines lope rattle and when rattling stops engines at temp for t/ off...

A Great Aviation Video Of A Classic With No Crappy Music Or Some Idiot Blabbering Away. The Operating Costs Are Exorbitant But You Have Something With Historical Provenance!

For a mechanic, the engine sounds as a concert.

Beautiful E18S. As a seasoned scale-modeler, I wondered if ANYONE has a color guide for that Twin Beech used in the 1963 movie "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World"?

My father used to fly it fifty years back I used to be six years old then he would call it the baby Dacota.

VMC I owned these Volpars at different times

recall flying in the expediter to Chilliwack for my Air Cadet flying training course..1958

What a warm radial sound💙❤

What a grand old lady. Two eargasms on that warm up. Nothing quite like the sound of round. R985's or 1320's?

Muchas gracias no conocía esta aeronave excelente desde colonbia Carlos r

congratulations, really turning propellers, for a change. Great!

Hate to lose one after take off !!! But, guys have done it.

That toy ride and fly like a feather, nice going after all those years, back then when long lasting quality was a most.

Gotta love radial engines

That sound!!!

Well, thank YOU for posting! I can see several upgrades have been done on that lovely D-18. Walter and Olivia would be very proud! =PC=

Great video. Liked

"YOU ARE JUST JEALOUS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BUY A CIRRUS!! Noooooo.... I can't buy a D-17S, or a B-18. Notice the reply below how the pilot caught a fluctuating oil px indication. That's right next to the "a little hot" light. Reliance on 'plastic plane' glass technology does have it's benefits. But it adds to complacency.

last time i flew a b18 was 1969 at flint air hauling auto freight. Edward ham

Smaller version of DC-3 Dakota with two tail fins.

This pilot seems to know exactly the right idle settings and mixture settings work with those particular engines for startup/warmup, and hes obviously in no hurry to rush the startup/wramup and pre-flight process. At least in my layman opinion. : ) Doesnt appear he came anywhere close to full throttle application for takeoff either. Im guessing that probably all of this is good for extended engine life.

Nice! I’ve seen a Beech 18-it was the twin variant.

The only thing that sounds better than a radial, is two radials

I believe I saw this beautiful airplane in Sow Low Az?

X los conos del motor parese k tiene motores nuevo este es uno de mis aviones preferido.

MUSIC AND BUITY. THE BEACH 18 HAS IT ALL.

Tall fuselage version

merci

Hartzell, smart man! I owned four, D, E, H & C-45. The D. & E. were favorites. Emery Air Freight. Mid 70s to 80s.

Yes in my Nick of the woods Jimmy Miller was K ing of the beach 18.and a nice guy.I still miss him.and Robert went on to fly 4 elves p.

Yeah...m'y Uncle had this type out if Vernon, B.C. just up the road. What a beast! RCAF also employed this model for twin training and transport. Don't know the specs however a very broad capacity potential.

😢 so awesome...getting emotional....and a little turned on.....

Belo avião..

Un gran avión, seguro confiable, excelente.👍👍 así se enciende y calienta un motor, lento.

"Pretty Poison" 😎 She sure is!

I always thought the Beech 18 looked a little bit like a "baby Goonie Bird" (DC-3). For a few years thirty years or so ago, I had a fantasy of owning one and naming it "Boxite Belle" (a pun on Bauxite, the ore from which Aluminum is derived), and flying cargo with it. Never had the money, though, so...

Beautiful

What could happen to an old fashioned?

Nice

Ese jet trimotor que se ve al despegar el avión que modelo es?

Muy Bonito avión saludos y Gracias 👍✈

I think it's a self starter operated engine Aeroplane if I am not wrong

Smooth......like 2 miles of bad road.

How sweeeeeet the sound of those twin radials.

Sounds like a Dhc-2

Get those cowl flaps open and don't forget to lock the tail wheel. Push forward on the yoke and keep that nose down until we reach take off speed..........good!

I worked on Pratt & Whitney R-4360 engines in the Air Force. 28 cylinders, water injection, exhaust turbo chargers. Under the right conditions the engine would crank our 3000 hp

Did anyone else out there ever fly these things for Wyman Pilot Services out of PTK?

Dad used to fly these from Toronto to Yellowknife.

First Touch down was a bit bumpy but you improved it in your second landing. Good efforts. Now get some rest you have big loops under your eyes.

The sound and vision don’t match on startup when the left starts. VH-FID & VH-FIE

Se v que es pequeño.pero seguro con sus 2 motores

My God man, open the throttles!!! You need to be at 1000 rpm minimum to get the generators on line and to make the engine idle correctly. I flew the E18S for 3,000 hours back in the 1970s and was an instructor and check airman for a commuter airline. In this capacity, I flew scheduled passengers and mail at night in the Beech 18. We would never have let our engine idle below 1000 rpm like this idiot is doing. Man....

Saindo fumaça do motor

Pretty airplane but a bit tricky w/ engine out

Are they pratt and whitney rotary pistons

Except for the 3 blade props and lack of smoke on startup. The airplane must have been flown recently. I've only seen 3-blade props on the nose wheel conversions. Which are, to me, an abomination.

Not even a run up ??

anyone notice you dont hear the difference from one engine to two??