Cessna 337 Skymaster... Engine failure over Biarritz!

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My friend Peter Fitzpatrick owns a fabulous and rare aircraft... a Cessna 337 Skymaster push-pull twin.
He keeps it at his home (he lives at the Biscarrosse Air Park in southwestern France). This must be the ultimate pilot's dream... parking your plane in front of your house!
Check out how the aircraft behaves when you lose an engine... and enjoy the fantastic views of Biarritz from the wing-mounted GoPro Hero 8 Black camera (thankfully it didn't fall off!).
Please like, share and comment... it's very much appreciated.
Yes, I know the music isn't to everyone's taste... but it's mine... so just turn off the sound if you don't like it!
00:01 Introduction
02:20 Take-off
05:37 Biarritz
08:24 Down to one engine! Spoiler alert Peter shuts an engine down intentionally...
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6 янв 2022

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@williamedmonds9581 2 года назад

I’m restoring my 1967 Cessna O-2 Skymaster. Thanks to Covid the funds are gone and having an incredibly hard time getting funds back or donations to help get the plane back on track. She flew several combat missions over Vietnam during the war and hasn’t flown since 1978 when she was delivered to the boneyard. It’s my dream to get her back in the air after 44 years of sitting and quietly waiting.

@vzo8049 Год назад

I located 2 of these vietnam 02 skymasters dismantled in a shipping container, been there for 20 years.

@williamedmonds9581 Год назад

@@vzo8049 Contact me. I’d love to know more.

@vzo8049 Год назад

@@williamedmonds9581 im in the process of negotiation, i will contact you when i get them onto my property. Whats your contact details?, how do i get in touch?

@theflyingfrog Год назад

Hoping you get your project back on track, let me know how it’s going.

@MrNobody-ee9hp 7 месяцев назад

Great video. I would like to share a very important piece of information. I am an experienced 337 pilot. I was trained by a Vietnam pilot who flew the O2. It is virtually impossible to maintain Vyse under the following flight condition, rear engine windmilling, full flaps, and gear down. You cannot maintain blue line. Forget about climbing, forget about level flight. Start looking for a place to land. I loved my Skymaster. My $.02 worth.

@theflyingfrog 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing that information. I’ll pass it on to Peter the owner.

@igclapp 5 месяцев назад

That's true for every light piston twin I'm aware of. You can only climb if you get the gear and flaps up. And even so you still might not be able to climb if too high, hot, or heavy.

@MrNobody-ee9hp 4 месяца назад

I agree but the 337 has an added misconception. The front and rear single engine performance is not the same and with centerline thrust you cannot bank into the good engine to manage asymmetrical thrust to eliminate some drag from cross controls.

@igclapp 4 месяца назад

@@MrNobody-ee9hp Yes, apparently it climbs better on the rear engine than the front. But the rear engine also has more tendency to overheat and fail from what I've heard.

@rp4186 2 года назад

Wonderful airplane. I flew one for about 2 and 1/2 years, flying bank checks back in the early 2000’s. Stable and reliable. Got about 1500 hours in them. Wouldn’t mind owning one. You have to monitor rear engine temperatures on the ground though, unless you get the rear engine scoop mods done or use the front engine to help keep rear engine cool on the ground.

@theflyingfrog 2 года назад

Thanks for your message! It’s a fabulous plane, and I hope I get to fly in it again soon.

@gary19222 2 года назад

Lost the rear engine on a flight to Wyoming from California. Turned around and flew back to CA on front engine only.

@Hottrader2000 2 года назад

Might be the only UK Registered Airworthy 337 Currently, But not for long !!. We own G-BFJR, Very soon to be complete and certificated. Great video, very please to see it.

@theflyingfrog 2 года назад

That's great news Mark! I'll tell Peter... congratulations on your project. Bring it down to Arcachon or Biscarrosse when it's back in the air... that would make an amazing subject for a future video...

@Hottrader2000 2 года назад

@@theflyingfrog I may very well do just that, I will be mainly using to cross the channel to my home in Alderney.

@theflyingfrog 2 года назад

It’s a date!

@Pilotc180 6 месяцев назад

I have a few hundred hours in the 337 and P337; both great airplanes that I enjoyed flying. Our home strip was 1800 feet of grass at 300’ elevation; never had an issue. They are just double barreled 182s-

@theflyingfrog 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching and sharing your experience ✈️

@roughsurface 4 месяца назад

Always start the front engine first. Shorter battery cable and will keep you out of trouble. Book even suggests this procedure

@CaravanCircusBand 2 года назад

Incredible setting, views, plane and music! Thanks for sharing this! Cheers

@gary412222 2 года назад

Remembered our late friend Brian Arton. Gave me us a flip in his Sky Master in Hermanus South Africa in the late 1960's. .

@theflyingfrog 2 года назад

It’s a great plane, glad the video brought back some memories for you.

@joeritota9073 8 месяцев назад

I love the MixMaster! Nothing like centerline thrust performance…of course, it’s a Cessna.

@videointercepter 8 месяцев назад

The venerable Mixmaster (one engine to dig the other to bury). I loved working on this aircraft. I only wish I could have put some time in the PIC seat.

@brentcwong 2 года назад

I grew up flying with my dad in a 337G. This brought back great memories. Thanks!

@theflyingfrog 2 года назад

Thanks Brent, I’m glad you enjoyed the video!

@NT4XT 7 месяцев назад

Cool music, song - never heard before. Original, sounds like👍

@theflyingfrog 7 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@337pilot8 2 года назад

For prolonged flight on one engine you might want to consider opening the cowl flaps on the functioning engine

@theflyingfrog 2 года назад

Thanks for the tip!

@thatguyalex2835 2 года назад

@@theflyingfrog The pilot did a great job at flying the plane during a dicey situation such as an engine failure, props to him. :)

@stefanoostan3744 Год назад

Amazing aircraft

@schillaci5590 2 года назад

Mercy buckets for a splendid demonstration of what happens when you fail an engine on a 337. SFA! ;-)

@theflyingfrog 2 года назад

Thanks for your comment! A bientôt

@K1W1fly 2 года назад

I've flown one. very solid feel to it, quite heavy on the controls but very stable. Huge amount of drag when the gear cycles, but its a very cool system.

@nicolareims 2 года назад

nice ride .. love that place and particularly fond of that aircraft

@theflyingfrog 2 года назад

Thanks for your comment! It’s a great place to live.

@joserafaelgarciamorales8724 8 месяцев назад

I'm glad you guys are ok.

@EtiRats 8 месяцев назад

How lovely! Always liked the 337 / O2 from Cessna, amazing that twin centreline thrust didn’t catch on more. Well done for keeping the last one (for now) going on the G register. Biscarrosse looks great. May I ask where the maintenance is done on your U.K. aircraft? We keep an even older PA24 Comanche in France, not far away, also G reg, always looking for local maintenance who are able to work on these aircraft. PS love watching the little dance the main wheels do on their way up into the gear bays.

@sarahfitzpatrick6100 2 года назад

Brilliant & informative video about this gorgeous warbird .

@theflyingfrog 2 года назад

Thanks Sarah

@davidcartwright5591 2 года назад

Reminds me of the time many moons ago when I was a passenger on a Robertson Stol Conversion variant of a C 337 from Guernsey down to Jersey . I seem to recall how noisy it was , music to the ears 😀. All my best wishes Mark .

@theflyingfrog 2 года назад

@@davidcartwright5591 Actually I was quite surprised at how quiet it was inside... it's a real mini-airliner, fully IFR equipped. I understand there are even some pressurised versions. Happy new year David.

@Subgunman 8 месяцев назад

Excellent video! Brings back lots and lots of memories. Started in a 337 from the get go with a friends father who owned the aircraft and was a CFI. Went IFR certified within the same year. Flew u til the late 70’s and let my license lapse. Mid nineties went back for recertification and had to start in a 172(#%***^) kinda upset my instructor when I reverted to flying by instruments, had to find my old log book to show him why. Do miss the 337, had to drop training when daughter was born. Sure miss flying, if I could only find one of the rare pressurized versions……… Basler Air up in Osh Kosh (who do the turboprop conversions of the DC3 ) did a turboprop conversion of a 337. Odd to see no front prop.

@theflyingfrog 8 месяцев назад

Great to hear your stories! It really is an incredible plane. I’m just glad that I’m not the one paying for the fuel consumption… My Jodel only has one engine and works out a lot cheaper! I hope you get back flying again soon.

@JodelFlyer 2 года назад

That looked like great fun and what an airpark to live in!! 🙂

@theflyingfrog 2 года назад

Yes it's an amazing place to live. there's another one in France (Vendée Air Park), but Biscarrosse seems to be the best. Handy for the seaplane club too.

@bill45colt 2 года назад

hazel green international in alabama has homes along runway at affordable prices and no HOA

@theflyingfrog 2 года назад

@@bill45colt would be great to visit one day

@ronwade5646 8 месяцев назад

Very nice!

@theflyingfrog 8 месяцев назад

Thanks Ron!

@Edubarca46 Год назад

My favourite twin engine civil aircraft. I would have loved to own a real one. I am just finishing a balsa radio control scale Skymaster. Your version is really beautiful and very well kept and maintain. Congratulations. Greetings from Colombia.

@theflyingfrog Год назад

Thank you for your comments and welcome to the channel!

@ErikssonTord_2 5 месяцев назад

@@theflyingfrog Is it a balsa kit, or just your own design?!

@WilliamTallman 2 года назад

Very, very nice!! Thank you for sharing. I always liked my 1985 Cadillac Biarritz's. May be they were named after the Biarritz you visited?

@theflyingfrog 2 года назад

Thanks! Could be… actually the town of Cadillac is only about an hours drive from where I live, down here in southwest France.

@rinzler9775 Год назад

Twin engine, without the dreaded "dead leg dead engine" reaction that threatens to put you into a death spin on engine failure.

@ErikssonTord_2 5 месяцев назад

The Swedish Coast Guard had a handful of 337s, but several were lost when flying in bad weather. Most likely wing spar failure over the North Sea.

@julianhogan6510 2 года назад

I didnt know David Attenborough was narrating aviation clips now.

@theflyingfrog 2 года назад

Thanks Julian, that's a big compliment ! 😂

@danielcarlson800 8 месяцев назад

I saw a nice '71 F model for $60K, about 19 years ago.

@wingandaprayer883 Год назад

Is this really the last Skymaster on the UK reg? Surprising and a little sad... it's a unique and well designed airplane.

@theflyingfrog Год назад

Yes it is, although there is another one being restored at the moment, so hopefully there’ll be 2 soon!

@KodeyKinder 8 месяцев назад

I had to mute this video. The music was really not that great. I'd rather hear the motor the whole time

@theflyingfrog 8 месяцев назад

I’ve put less music in my videos since this one… I don’t take the criticism personally 😉

@bill45colt 2 года назад

that wasnt failure,,,,it was pilot playing with engines on and off

@theflyingfrog 2 года назад

True… but it’s better clickbait 😃

@jonathanludgater5621 2 года назад

The link below takes you to another war use of the Rheims built C337

@theflyingfrog 2 года назад

Hi Jonathan, can’t see the link

@joedoakes8307 Год назад

Start the rear engine and WATCH it SMOKE like a 2 Cycle engine ! What's the correct oil\gas ratio ? 1 to 50 maybe like my Weed eater ?

@aesma2522 11 месяцев назад

Not an economical plane to fly in Europe with 100LL costing 2,5 euros per litre.

@av8tore71 Год назад

They call the Cessna 337 "suck & blow" at least here in the states or "push me, pull me" This was my 1st twin I ever owned however, I traded it plus some $$$ for my Mooney Ovation I have now

@danielcarlson800 8 месяцев назад

Oscar Deuce!!!!!!

@kvan27 2 года назад

now what if you lose the rear engine instead? Same process I'm assuming?

@theflyingfrog 2 года назад

I guess so… I’ll have to ask Peter to try that next time we fly together!

@ErikssonTord_2 5 месяцев назад

@@theflyingfrog As Mr Nobody above points out the rate of climb with a dead rear engine is close to nil!

@jerrycarroll4581 Год назад

Kinda click bait title, yes?

@theflyingfrog Год назад

Absolutely 👍🏼

@kevinnickel6356 Год назад

would love to here all commentary and thaught processes of the flight and any future flight you may do with him. love the 337=and am trying to learn all i can about operation and ownership of the 337. Thanks

@theflyingfrog Год назад

@@kevinnickel6356 thanks for your comment. I hope to do another video with Peter and his fantastic plane in the near future.

@donaldpedigo296 8 месяцев назад

... The Creator of "What-a-Burger" ...a large Hamburger-Chain headquartered in Texas... crashed and died in one of these planes .. Please Be Careful ...🙏😇

@theflyingfrog 8 месяцев назад

I didn’t know that…!