[HD] Lockheed EC-121 Super Constellation Departing Camarillo 1/14/12

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Lockheed EC-121T Warning Star Super Constellation (Connie) , AF Serial No. 53-0548
After 15+ years on the ground (hence my excitement on takeoff) and a 7 year restoration Effort this Cold War Era United States Air Force airborne early warning radar surveillance (AWACS) aircraft has been cleared by the FAA for a Ferry flight to The Yanks Air Museum Chino, California.

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@triplanelover 7 лет назад

THE most graceful fuselage ever designed to this day

@anonymousperson2110 4 года назад

The MQ-25's fuselage, from the side looks way better than the super constellation's fuselage. From the top, it's flush inlet is ugly as hell. i.ytimg.com/vi/oW9V5tIMGzQ/maxresdefault.jpg

@anonymike8280 3 года назад

@@anonymousperson2110 Get off your hobbyhorse. No one cares. The MQ-25 is an aerial refueling drone, not an historic transport.

@wlewisiii Год назад

@@anonymike8280 The constellation was piss poor as a transport. It took Douglas to build those. They could waste the lockheeds for these roles but not the good transports.

@taureanlea3777 Год назад

And the only Super Constellation now flying is in Australia.

@dayetonlarson8477 Год назад

As kids when we flew in one on holidays - we heard them called "Camels"... Then as we looked at the models we were given - we thought it described the plane quite well.

@Polypropellor 9 лет назад

When I was in 6th grade in Sacramento, Calif, (1959) my dad was a radio operator crew member on EC-121's flying out of McClellan AFB. These huge AC would fly directly over my school and our house on takeoff - they had to climb out very gradually because they were so heavily loaded with fuel, crew and electronics gear and the noise of those four huge engines operating at max power was ear shattering. The bright blue exhaust flames were fascinating. My mother would stand outside on the lawn and wave a red bath towel at dad as his plane would fly over...he always made a point of watching out one of the few portholes on the aircraft and said he always blew her a kiss as his plane flew over. They would fly out over the Pacific and get on station and orbit for hours watching for potential Russian AC. He would come home in the middle of the next night, just exhausted. Mom always had a hot meal ready for him, no matter what time he came in. These impressive ac were quite a thing to remember.

@WAL_DC-6B 9 лет назад

I once heard a former TWA Constellation pilot refer to the U.S. Air Force and Navy C-121's with upper and lower radar domes as "flying drag."

@12291949cairo 9 лет назад

I grew up on 'Connie's'...My Dad joined TWA as a young salesman working under Jack Frye in St. Louis and Kansas City. He was transferred to Cairo,Egypt in '49' as DSM of North Africa (District Sales Manager). I started flying at age 2 months and in 1958 was in the London Times as the youngest passenger with the most miles flown for my age. I have been on the DC-2, DC-3, Martin 404, and all of the Connie's raking up thousand of hours..My favorite plane was the L-749A. Perfect size before the 'Super G' came out. Travel back then was more intimate and polite and the food was great. Longest trip was from LON to Lax non stop over the N. Pole 21hrs seventeen minutes..Before movies or any electronic devises. Back then people knew how to have 'polite conversations' and their was in first class always an open bar and lots of magazines to read and pretty and knowledgeable Air Hostesses.

@WAL_DC-6B 9 лет назад

nedarc Robert W. Rummel, an aerospace engineer employed at TWA for 18 years and a personal consultant to Howard Hughes (that's right, THE Howard Hughes - at one time the majority stock holder of TWA) remarks in his book "Howard Hughes and TWA", that the 749A Constellation was one of the best Connies ever produced. The other he liked was the 1049 Super "G" Constellation.

@12291949cairo 9 лет назад

Hello Mr. Uscian, I remember seeing a photo of Howard Hughes (who my Dad knew and did not like) and Jack Frye in a publicity stunt with one of the first 049 series in I believe was 1943 as they flew across America in record braking speed in TWA colors, I think Tommy Tomlinson was also onboard. If you would like, tell me a little more about yourself...I was brought up on TWA and Connie's it is in my blood. My e-mail is nabuhasum@yahoo.com. If I do not hear from you .... Best of luck in whatever you do !

@MrGlinek8111 9 лет назад

nedarc

@TheSirjohn2012 11 лет назад

What a treat when you consider all the long hours of maintenance and sweat that went into keeping this plane alive and ready for action anytime and anywhere. All you men including the grounds crew deserve big rounds of applause for your tireless efforts.

@cofrbooboo 10 лет назад

Connies are the most graceful airplanes ever to take wing. Even the radar bulge can't detract from the beauty.

@xgi36 11 лет назад

Still the single most beautiful plane ever.. We flew these as Navy Airborne early warning aircraft from Midway over Adak AK and return . This was part of the NORAD early warning system in the late 50's.

@toddwebb6216 Год назад

The Connie was the most beautiful prop driven plane ever. thanks for the video.

@Koaslice191 11 лет назад

Those R3350 turbo-compounds are temperamental beasts! And they sound better than any Harley!

@rubenbueno3926 3 года назад

R-3350 power unit 3.430 H P . X 4 .

@jetstream454 2 года назад

Wait they use turbos?

@juggsauce 22 дня назад

Pretty cool that they made nearly as much power as the wasp major at just over half the size though

@gregchamberlain3276 10 лет назад

I worked on these in 1970 and again 1972, in 1973 flew 12 hour missions up around North Vietnam out of Korat Thailand. Sure brings back old memories. Flew all over the world on these, the best flying aircraft ever built. wow do miss them. My best friend Ricky and I spent many hours on these. Graceful flying.

@af25985330 3 года назад

I was Flight Engineer with Collage Eye '67 & '68. I agree with your rating of Best Aircraft ever built.

@bryanhauschild4376 8 лет назад

To me this is the most beautiful airplane made.

@terryofford4977 6 лет назад

Absolutely, I still have photo's of a KLM Connie taken at Singapore's (then new Airport at Paya Lebar) 1956. Oh bot, the shape, lines were beautiful the mighty engines were music to my ears.

@styldsteel1 6 лет назад

Nah..the DC-3/C-47 is.

@styldsteel1 6 лет назад

Mmmmm, well actually it's a toss up.....I don't know if the award goes to the McDonnell Douglas DC-10, or the Lockheed L-1011 Tristar. My vote goes to the Tristar, by a tiny margin :-)

@ahmadtheaviationlover1937 4 года назад

It’s truly is a beauty of the skies!

@anonymousperson2110 4 года назад

@@styldsteel1 Narrow? Just the Tristar's S-duct should make it win, by a large margin.

@carivero 10 лет назад

I flew in one of these marvels in 1952, with my family from Caracas to New York. I was 9 years old. I still have a short movie of the moments when we walked from the plane to the airport passenger areas. Next trip was in 1958, from Caracas to Madrid, using Azores and Lisboa as stepping stones. It was a 27 hours flight. I enjoyed the flight both ways! Great plane, impressive aerodynamics! Awesome moments of my life.

@brianevans656 2 года назад

In 1952, the version of Constellation you flew on was probably an early L-049 or an L-749, quite different in features, engines and performance than the C-121 Super Constellation in the video. Like comparing a DC-4 to a DC-7.

@georgethomas9436 8 лет назад

Worked on that very aircraft . Stationed at McClellan AFB California 1971-1972. Propeller and engine tech. Did several TDY'S to Koraht Thailand.

@johnshinal6369 8 лет назад

Was she wearing painted on teeth in those days ? Heard a lot of the Korat AC did.

@ronreiskin71 8 лет назад

I HAVE MANY COMBAT HOURS IN AN EC121SUPER CONNIE. I WAS CIM IN THE 553 RECON WING KNOWN AS THE "553 BATCAT WING." I WAS THERE IN 1969-1970. VERY HAPPY I VOLUNTEERED FOR THE MISSION!

@everyone5724 6 лет назад

WHY ARE WE YELLING. YOU'RE SCARING THE CHILDREN. PLEASE USE YOUR INDOOR VOICE.

@af25985330 3 года назад

I have 66 combat missions on the D & T models, in the 552d at McClellan, almost went to Bat Cat in '69, but was medically grounded before I could leave.

@JannikBoRasmussen 8 лет назад

Yes, for a Pratt & Whitney engine on a DC-6, I heard that each engine consumes about 4 litres of oil per hour. What a magnificent video - just the raw sound makes me shiver. Thanks for posting!

@spwb2k 3 года назад

My late great Pop was a navigator aboard the 552nd's Triple Nickel Connie now on display at Wright Patterson AFB museum in Ohio. On his last day aboard before retirement in Nov. 1970, he signed and dated his initials inside the navigator's station desk. We emailed the museum about it a few years ago, and they sent back a picture of it. :)

@jonathancomeau9349 Год назад

I was in the 552nd 68 and 69, remember the triple nickel

@spwb2k 5 месяцев назад

@@jonathancomeau9349 awesome. we have whole boxes of his photos from that era i was a pre-school yoot while he was away.

@BloodhoundVX30 8 лет назад

I had the privilege of filming air-to-air of this wonderful bird when we ferried her from Tucson AZ to KCMA back in March '95. This was the bird's second flight after the USAF mothballed her 1978. Jerry D. piloted chase in Wayne's C310R while I sat backward and handled the camera. Wayne (new owner of this "Connie" N548GF) and Frank flew the magnificent bird, with Jerry S. keepin' her purring from the FE seat. Chief mechanic Bob L. was instrumental in bringing this beautiful bird back to life, and the skies! The flight through the clouds at FL100 between San Jacinto and San Gorgornio peaks over the Banning Pass was absolutely spectacular! I have the original video around here somewhere. Truly a memorable experience. Those involved know who you are. Miss you guys! Thanks for posting your video. I live in Camarillo and wished I were there to see her off to Chino and Yanks. Keep her up, Yanks. 🙂👍 -Jay

@kengilmore2563 2 года назад

One of the most beautiful airplanes ever built.

@wiltonmcniel1111 7 лет назад

I was a navigational aids technician for the West Virginia Air National Guard on the C-121 Aircraft in Martinsburg, West Virginia. I love the aircraft and love seeing it fly again. Wilton McNiel

@GamePlayWithNolan 7 лет назад

That sounds awesome!

@ernaniseddon5384 11 лет назад

These engines sounds great, is like a simphony

@davef.2811 3 года назад

Quite. No other engine sounded like it. As applied to the DC-7 with the 4 blade props, it sounded even better.

@MrThemold 3 года назад

The sweet sound of those R-3350 turbo compound engines is music to my ears.

@clevlandblock 3 года назад

One of my earliest memories was my parents taking me on a Constellation flight in the early 50s. I remember hearing the name a lot along with enthusiasm by my parents. The other faded memory was the sound of the engines in flight.

@af25985330 8 лет назад

I've spent a few hours in that bird as Flight Engineer. The belching fire is normal. The engines started easier back in the 60's. Not bad for a 60+ year old aircraft. A real lady. Not AWACS, but for runner of the type. Correct mission name: Airborne Early Warning and Control, (EAW&C). Great Aircraft.

@PeterNGloor 8 лет назад

+Chuck Light On our Connie startup seems pretty easy now with the engines in absolutely top shape. (SCFA)

@theoriginalbadbob 8 лет назад

+Chuck Light Much higher octane gas back in the 50s/60s.

@af25985330 8 лет назад

You are right, we used 115/145

@bbrut3332 8 лет назад

I flew on this EC-121-D in 1964-5-6-7 as a radar technician, this AC was also deployed to Viet Nam for Operation Big Eye in support of US fighters against NVN migs.

@gm16v149 10 лет назад

The guy must have a damn good camera with a damn good external mic because the sound is perfect !

@larryrwendelljr4465 11 лет назад

They did a nice restoration of AWACS plane of the 1950's & 1960's. When I was kid, living in Springfield Gardens, in Queens, New York, at the now JFK, but back then it was called Idlewyld Airport, us kids who we're bonkers over piston engines aircraft after school and the summertime, would spend a long day at the airport, it was within walking distance for us, and we went over the Military area at the airport, they had several of these aircraft parked out on the tarmac. They had USAF, USN. TY

@tinymonster9762 Год назад

When I was nine years old in 1968 I used to be thrilled to see the big four-engined planes very low over my town headed for Wethersfield Airbase. I remember being rather overexcited one afternoon when my friend and I, playing on the grass in front of his house saw a low flying four-engined plane trail a good deal of grey smoke briefly from a couple of engines. We ran inside to tell his older brother that “a plane was on fire and going to crash!” Sadly (for us) he explained that planes did that from time to time and no, there wasn’t going to be a crash. I can’t remember much about the planes other than they were silver, four-engined and going towards Wethersfield, so American. Connies perhaps? The huge treat for us back then as kids was to go to the big airshows at Wethersfield. It really was like another world, another universe compared to a rural Essex 60s town where the cattle market still ran in the town centre on a Wednesday.

@rogersanford3740 9 лет назад

Love the sound of those 3350's and the unmistakeable sound of those expander tube brakes. Loved that aircraft. Worked on them while attached to VQ-2 in Rota Spain.

@craigpennington1251 2 года назад

No other sound like it. Used to be an everyday occurrence but no more. The drone of those big radials flying by at altitude leaving contrails. Glorious.

@Hooligan-F8F 11 месяцев назад

One of those sounds I miss. Would to go back...

@Propliner1955 10 лет назад

Why start with #3? The simple answer: It is traditional for 4-engine piston engine aircraft to start with #3. On L-049 through L-1049 series of Connies, hydraulic power for the brakes is from the Secondary hydraulic system, which obtains it's power from engine driven pumps located on engine #3 and engine #4. The L-1649A obtains hydraulic power for the brakes from any engine. The DC-4/6/7 series obtain hydraulic power from engines #2 and #3. As you can see, starting #3 on any of the above aircraft will provide hydraulic power for the brakes, and everyone can be prepared for #3 to be started first. Standard practices increase safety. The typical sequence is 3,4,2,1. Sometimes you will see a difference sequence and, in such cases, everyone involved needs to be informed of the non-standard sequence to be used. I flew all the above aircraft types, variously as flight engineer and co-pilot, back in the late 1970s to late 1980s.

@terryofford4977 6 лет назад

Thank you for that wonderfully clear data on the start ups, it figures but as a non mechanic (I was ATC) it was always a question in my mind. I knew about the 'pooling of oil and the smoky starts which added to the thrill of each start up, then follows that particular sound. All magic and Thanks again Propliner 1955.

@patricktack165 Год назад

DC8 we ran the same sequence. On the 747 classics we went 4321 since #4 hydraulics were primary.

@joshs4594 7 лет назад

I remember when Connies were still flying commercial routes. Those engines are like music.

@agedflier9129 7 лет назад

An Orchestra in total harmony. A beauty to behold.

@martinfarrell5778 Год назад

Could watch this all day..

@williammondy4903 5 лет назад

No1 Good Start... as long as you dont load up the cylnders and foul the plugs... Starting the Wright Compound R-3350 is an Art, The Days when FE's where part of the Flight Crew... The FE station on this Aircraft is a Dream Area, was always busy. Anyone reading this remember the Guage BMEP... Yep the Connie had this Guage !!! Also Very Important, These engines burned 115/145 Octane Deep Purple Gasoline... considering this Old Gal is using maybe 100 LL is testimony to the Crew great engine starting Skill !!!....6-7 Blades... Mag On ! Man those where the good ole days, When Human Hands where the direct connection with the Aeroplanes.

@Phlymedicare 8 лет назад

On February 20, 1972 I flew on a C-121 from Harrisburg, PA Middletown Airport to Lackland AFB on my way to basic training. It was an experience of a lifetime. Flew across country at a very low altitude was able to see everything in detail.

@davejordan1854 11 лет назад

I was a crew member 27650, radar operator, back in 1972 thru 1974 at McCellan AFB.

@timdowling9196 8 лет назад

Thanks for posting this- flew in one of these (MATS version) to Hawaii as a child- 1958 (space available)- what a trip- all the sound and vibration- great to relive it-

@georgethomas9436 9 лет назад

Brings back memories. 1972 at McClellan AFB as a propeller repairman. Spent many an island hopping to Wake island towards Koraht Thialand for 6 months TDY. Loved those days.

@evannotheaven 11 лет назад

Yep! I remember many night flights out of Korat AFB, 1970-1971. U.S.A.F. Vet. 68-72. 301X4 Inertial Nav Tech. F-105 Wild Weasel,F-4C&D's, EB-66. What a sight to see when this beautiful aircraft flew at night! You could really see the exaust flames then. Being a son of a S.A.C dad at Carlwell A.F.B. in Fort Worth, Texas,living off base, only the mighty "big stick" B-36 shook me more!

@EdWhisenantAviation 10 лет назад

Great video, I took lots of pictures that day but no video, I'm so glad that you captured this incredible aircraft.

@GJM- 11 лет назад

The sound of the propellers is simply romantic and majestic.

@Nfarce 7 лет назад

Best part of the video is when the people talking get quiet during the approaching overhead and being in awe of the sound. Welcome to a real time machine.

@rickscott7350 5 лет назад

Hundreds of hours as an Electronic Warfare Operator on the EC-121M the Navy Electron Surveillance version of this. Brought back a lot of long fond memories of in the air.

@p51mustangflyer3 8 лет назад

God I love the super Connie, I wish they were still flying everywhere

@STEVEHARLEY1956 10 лет назад

Just love The Constellation....great upload.

@chuckcawthon3370 Год назад

Magnificence. What a symphony of engine sound.

@stephenpowell5912 9 лет назад

This moved me to tears this as hearing was wow and then watching it where it belongs in the Air gave me Goosebumps.😪

@PeterNGloor 9 лет назад

Stephen Powell Standing next to one on take-off, you can feel the sound in your ribcage....

@terryofford4977 6 лет назад

She was the only other female in my early life, her shape and the engine sounds wow!

@ahmadtheaviationlover1937 5 лет назад

Listen to the sound of those engine.... music to my ears when taking off and in the air

@penelope0427 10 лет назад

This aircraft is the most beautiful flying machine ever built.

@motorTranz 5 лет назад

Great camera work and sound! Thanks.

@Dov_ben-Maccabee 11 лет назад

Dad was a nav on these - 551st Otis AFB '62-65.

@douglasforeback5388 11 лет назад

Loved the video of the engine start-up and take-off roll. I flew on C-121s from 1967 to 1973 with the !67th MAG(West Virgina Air Guard,Martinsburgs) Thanks for the memorys

@ROCKSTARCRANE 11 лет назад

dpohunter, you know how blessed you are for the privilege of flying the most beautiful aircraft ever built. This plane brings tears to my eyes....

@Sandsculptor 2 года назад

When I was a kid in the 1950s, I can remember watching Super Connies flying into the Harrisburg, PA Airport, by TWA. Our home was on the flight line for landings when planes flew into our airport from the East. I had a few model airplanes on top of my dresser, and I had a model of the Super Connie draped across my bedroom walls near the ceiling. When I was 12 or so, I took my bike for a long ride from my home, to the airport. I didn't realize how far the airport was, but off I went for about a 4 mile ride on my 3 speed Schwinn bike. I was rewarded with one TWA Connie arriving and I watched it taxi right up to the Airport Terminal. The loud sounds of the four engines running was a surprise to me, and I'll never forget that summer afternoon back in the late 1950s... In late 1968 during the Vietnam War, I was at the Pleiku Air Base working as an Aircraft Parts & Supplies Tech Sergeant for the US Army and I got to see many USAF airplanes and jets landing at that Airbase. One day an EC-121 flew into our airport. I wasn't sure why he flew into that Airbase because they usually flew in from Saigon and/or Thailand. The airplane probably had a mechanical problem or just needed fuel, as our Airbase was near the Cambodian border, and that Ho Chi Minh Trail was nearby. But it was good to see that Connie flying in all "dressed up" with an Electronics twist to it's operational function at that time.

@16denier 9 лет назад

My first flight on an airplane was in April 1960 on an Eastern Airlines "Super C" Constellation, Pittsburgh to Miami. Seeing that beautiful thing take off brought back a lot of memories. Even though I was eight, we knew even then that the Connie's days were numbered. Any airline that had them advertised their jets.Pittsburgh was lengthening its runways for them, but already at least one pilot was capable of landing a 707 there as I saw one parked on the ramp before my flight.

@markburdick6989 6 лет назад

I was part of the crew that got her ready to fly. Four R-3350 round engines are a beautiful sound and make a tremendous amount of power. Would love to see her fly again. Come on Yanks! Make it happen!

@billhall4186 6 лет назад

Mark Burdick â

@stilo398 8 лет назад

Another "my Dad" story: mine flew Connies for EAL out of Logan Boston, along with Electras, DC-9s, 727s and finally as chief pilot, the L-1011 down to Quito, Ecuador. 35 yrs with Eastern, his career followed the wave in aviation; he was hired by Eddie Rickenbacher and gave Frank Borman a ride in his Delta 88. He was also the EAL rep to ALPA. He passed away in 2008.

@terryofford4977 6 лет назад

Sorry to hear that,your Dad would have endless stories of these aircraft I'm sure, thanks for posting, it's a nice touch and a tribute too.

@davef.2811 3 года назад

Was his first name Lee?

@davef.2811 3 года назад

@@stylus2253 Thanks, wrong one.

@ChairmanAl01 8 лет назад

I used to see this plane parked at the airport on my daily commute from Oxnard to Newbury Park. So glad to see it flying again.

@BGFutureBG 7 лет назад

The rich mixture fire exhaust is just so unique for this plane, I love it!

@ervinthompson6598 Год назад

May have been slightly overprimed.

@rodkeays8171 8 лет назад

I remember being very impressed with these planes as a boy. Watching each engine smoke and cough into life, sometimes with fire, always a thrill. Jets cannot compare to this at all. Thanks for uploading.

@MustangSam 10 лет назад

Awesome video! It feels like being there for real. I remember watching these babies fly over all the time towards the late 60's. The airport traffic always flew over and around our house. What an amazing plane the Connie was and still is.

@TedMichaelMorgan 10 лет назад

I recall the first one I saw from our home as it claimed out from the Atlanta airport of what I think much have been its first flight from that airport. My dad had phoned from the airport to tell us to go out and watch.

@russblakeman5568 10 лет назад

Back in the early 1960's we lived a few blocks from Midway airport in Chicago and at that time TWA ran passenger versions of this in and out regularly right over our house. Loved the smooth quiet prop engine sounds. That peace was shattered when jet aircraft came in and it was nothing but noise.

@AccessAir 12 лет назад

That after takeoff flyby sounded so spooky....It was a very haunting sound that gave me chills...It made me want to go back in time to hear that kind of thing over and over....

@dougkubash8673 7 лет назад

What a awesome sound from those 4 big radials. You hardly ever hear that anymore!

@rickloduca394 3 года назад

I grew up in Sacramento in the 50's as well and fondly remember watching these aircraft flying over. The flying boxcars too! Awesome!

@joyceknepper366 2 года назад

Absolutely the most beautiful aircraft to fly the sky’s. I have very fond memories of flying in Connie’s.

@drivennomad7889 6 лет назад

I was stationed at McClellan AFB, 552nd AEW&C, from 1971 - 1975 in Aircraft Maintenance. When I became a Crew Chief, this aircraft #548, was my bird for a period of time. I crew'd several other tail numbers as well, as the planes rotated in and out on TDY's to Iceland and Thailand. I did fly on one of these to Keflavik more than once, spent the coldest night of my life at Goose Bay, changing out #2 engine, and then staying with the plane all the following night while the flight crew slept, running up all 4 engines for a few minutes every hour to keep them warm enough to start and get us out of there in the morning. Also did a TDY to Korat RTAFB in 1972, just at the tail end of the action over there, and did jump on one mission over Thailand, just to say I did. Interesting times, heck of an interesting aircraft, good memories!! If this aircraft is still at Chino, I'll be dropping by soon to say hi to the old girl. She's not as pretty as she used to be, but oh, those curves are still there! -Rod Eggink

@MarsFKA 4 года назад

In early 1968 I was based at Burnham Military Camp, south of Christchurch (New Zealand). At the time an American Navy Squadron, Air Development Squadron 6, was based at McMurdo Sound in Antarctica and the Operation Deep Freeze headquarters at Christchurch Airport. The squadron flew a variety of aircraft, including Constellations and one morning, while we were on Battalion Parade, one of the Constellations flew low over the camp. The noise was colossal and everyone on parade looked up, including all the officers and Regimental Sergeant Major Pope, who was taking the parade. He had a voice that could be heard over just about any other noise, but even he had to wait until this tremendous racket had departed. As the aircraft receded into the distance RSM Pope reminded us in great detail, and volume, that we were at attention on parade and that meant eyes front and no looking around, no matter what was flying overhead. Just to make sure that we got the message, he kept us on parade for another half-hour and the god of our choice help anyone who even blinked.

@FitzArias 6 месяцев назад

This is the top in propliner design. From a time that happened before most of us were even born. Respect to those who travelled all over the world in these machines.

@herbergreen 11 лет назад

A quite normal Connie takeoff, sounds like the cameraman was trying to personally coax it off the ground :).

@johnmorris008 8 лет назад

I island hopped across the Pacific to Okinawa aboard one of these Supper Connies in 1962 ... What a flight !!!

@michaelrawitz 4 года назад

Back in 1951, the PanAm Clipper Golden Fleece flew us from Munich to Hong Kong over a period of three days. It was a flight I will never forget.

@wholeNwon 4 года назад

Lucky man.

@yamahonkawazuki 11 лет назад

I think all of us being vintage aircraft fanatics, were having "airgasms" that talker guy was the only one speaking them. but hey. to each his or her own Eh?, talk about a sweet sounding lady flyin out. many thanks to those who worked on her, who flew her in her day, and to those who served in one way shape or form. thank you. Aaron

@turbinator4532 Год назад

I worked 3rd shift in the 388th MMS maintenance area at Korat RTAFB just across the road from the 121 parking area in 1972 as a 20 year old A1C. We usually finished our buildups early and would climb the water tower to watch the pre-dawn startups and takeoffs. Always impressive with the blue exhaust flames. They always seemed to struggle for altitude though. Most beautiful transport aircraft ever built.

@jeffingram9916 6 лет назад

I was a radar operator in the back of the EC-121 from 1960 until April 1963. I was in VW-11 in Newfoundland and Iceland. We flew 12 hour flights between Iceland and Greenland and between Iceland and the Faroe Islands north of Scotland. I served when it wasn't dangerous prior to Vietnam. Some of the most interesting years of my life. You never forget those times. I used to have a log book with all of the EC-121s I flew in and I flew in a bunch in Hawaii and Newfoundland. Wish I still had the book as a half dozen or so are in air museums and it would be interesting to see if I flew in one of the remaining aircraft.

@joepacheco4038 2 года назад

Was there 63/64 VW13 spent most of the time in Iceland ( TAD ) Remember the Grey Ghost. Was on flight to check out Sursey day after eruption . Also remember the fish camp r&r, pet rocks, endless bites and days. Great chow , Brenavin, and pyramid shape milk carton lol

@whfowle 2 года назад

My brother's last assignment was at McClellan AFB as the line chief for the EC-121's. He retired in 1974. He really loved working on the receps and never moved to the jets his entire 28 year career.

@barryklinedinst6233 4 года назад

My father flew in the ec121 at the 193rd sog in highspie pa. The old bird flew over our house while they were training . I will always have a special place in my heart for those beautiful old birds

@sdold 12 лет назад

It's amazing how steady you are holding the camera. Thanks for this.

@TheSirjohn2012 12 лет назад

WowSAY THAT AFTER 15YEARS OF HARD WORK AND DEDICATION THE OLD GIRL STILL CAN FLY. To all you men out there you guys are as tough as steel to do this amazingly great work and the hours it took. Great job men and once again america is proud of you.

@unknownravers 10 лет назад

Incredible video showing those engines starting up. Well done mate.

@colliecandle 10 лет назад

I'm not much into airplanes, but this one has got to be the most graceful and attractive one EVER !

@FlyingWildAZ 10 лет назад

roger that!

@nightlightabcd 10 лет назад

The Connie was always my favorite prop passenger plane. I think it was the most graceful looking prop plane ever. I have seen the Connie's in the US air force that had the circular radar dome on the top, the forerunner of todays traffic control planes but I hadn't seen one with the under the belly dome before. I guess it must be some sort of radar.

@sski 8 лет назад

Great viddy! That backfire on #2 during the beginning of takeoff was pretty spectacular. Then it hit me during the overhead pass sequence... I haven't heard that sound, that gathering of cylinders en chorus, since I was a teen (Im 50 now). I lived along an approach to PHL so I heard and saw plenty of radial equipped aircraft in their twilight years coming in and out of there and surrounding airports. But hearing it is like seeing a ghost. Or for some people hearing a wolf or a train horn off in the distance. It carries more than its disturbance of air molecules. It carries character.

@Nfarce 11 лет назад

Makes the Baron starup in that excellent video look like a go-kart, heh...

@kyokogodai-ir6hy 11 лет назад

What a sweet aircraft. What a thrill it must have been, to be there. Thanks for posting!

@egalloway8195 9 лет назад

I was also in Sacramento 1969ish. My Dad flew these. He always loved his crew and knew them to be people he needed to do his job. Did surveillenance off the coast of Florida. Sounds which send me reeling into just beautiful nothing-ness are small planes taking off!

@bayviewherb 8 лет назад

Many years ago I worked on C-121C's, the passenger and cargo versions of the Connie. 1957-58 Morocco. The were stationed at Charleston Air Force base in south Carolina and flew though Nuasseur Air Base in Morocco where I was stationed.

@barrygeier3897 11 лет назад

I remember seeing the Connie sitting at the Camarillo Airport for years at the end of the runway. Good to see her back where she belongs!

@EnDSchultz1 10 лет назад

It never ceases to amaze me what we've managed to do in such a short time. Our ancestors would have stared in terror and awe to see such a magnificent machine rumble to life in a cloud of fire and smoke. Incredible.

@46619TAB 10 лет назад

I agree! My mom's side of the family came from Plymouth England on a relatively little tiny boat called the Mayflower with no assurances given the place they were headed even existed. That side of the family fought the Revolutionary War to start a new country and the Civil War to keep it together and that side of the family ended up in a new town being built on swamp land that would be called Chicago. My dad's side came here, knowing the place they were headed did exist, on a big steam liner in 1929, he was 4, after they saw the writing on the wall that Hitler didn't like them. The relatives that remained saying Hitler was a flash in the pan, became smoke belched from chimneys. My grandparents and dad ended up in Chicago. My parents met riding a streetcar every day, they worked for the same employer during high school. They dated until WWII came home to the USA. He enlisted, they dated by mail, he returned after serving in Los Alamos during the construction of the most destructive weapon known to mankind, they married and parented 2 sons. My brother, 6 years my senior, fell for some shit from a recruiter and was killed in Vietnam. I have a photo of my dad as a boy standing in front of his parents 1932 Buick with what looks like wooden spoked wheels. I remember telephone party lines, the first car my dad had that I remember was a '57' Cadillac Eldorado Brougham, I was 4 and his last car was a Nissan something. I remember lying on the lawn as a family watching as Sputnik blinked it's way overhead in the night sky. And then the Space Shuttle and the Space Station, NOT "2001" but not Sputnik either. I remember a guy bringing milk to the house in glass bottles and another selling fresh veggies from his pick up truck. I remember being so terrified of 'duck and cover' training in school that I was so terrified of the Wednesday test of air raid sirens at 3 PM that mom drove to the school, several blocks from safety, to pick me up. When I was a little kid dad's best friend was a guy next door, his wife and my mom plus 2 other ladies played Canasta poolside in our back yard during summer. The guy was a pilot for TWA and flew a Super Connie. The first time I'd ever been on a plane was a visit he engineered, the plane's engines never started, it never left the ground but we were given the 'grand tour'. Fast forward decades later and I've flown around the USA on jet planes many times.

@PolPotsPieHole 9 лет назад

***** kool story

@saburusakai 10 лет назад

I had no idea this magnificent bird had flown again, as I would have considered going there to shoot it myself. This is some great cam work to btw, and that radome on the belly always fascinated me since I saw one fly over Ft. Rucker in the 60s when I was a kid. Incredible.

@bob39434 4 года назад

As a young airman fueler (POL) stationed at McGuire AFB NJ in the late 70's, I delivered grade 115/145 avgas to RC and EC121's on several occasions. The Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard still actively flew recip engines aircraft back then, and we had an old hydrant fueling system pump house configured to store 115/145 and fill refueling trucks with the fragrant purple fuel.

@frbjoernLA 11 лет назад

Conner! You took the words out of my mouth! I first flew on this fantastic Airplane from Shannon Airport to London in 1962.

@PxychoHD 6 лет назад

At 8:15 I get chills every time I watch that. Those engines sound AMAZING.

@dks13827 10 лет назад

Beautiful sight ! Thank you so much. Love the sound also.

@TheSirjohn2012 10 лет назад

Got to love the brief flame coming out all of these engines,and its simply the engineering design of the aircraft. Long ago and at one time these were airliners and then the military took stock into it. Sadly many of these gorgeous planes are in the Arizona boneyard today. The pima air museum in Arizona has a few preserved in the town there.

@johntyson7633 Год назад

I too was stationed at Otis AFB from 1962-64. But I was with the 26th ADMS, (Bomarc). I took the big Connies for granted, becaue back then, everything had propellers on them. I loved the summers, but hated the winters. We used to say they shouls have given us overseas pay every time we crossed the Buzzard's bay bridge.

@oldbuckeyeman 10 лет назад

It is good to see the old girl again, I was Crew Chief on this plane for 3 years at McClellan AFB till 1976.

@drivennomad7889 6 лет назад

Hi Tom, Rod E. here. LONG time no see, happy to see you pop up on here? Still in the Sacto area? Drop me a note if you'd like, rod.lastname@gmail. It's be great to hear from you!

@greyjay8744 4 года назад

Back in the late 1950's, on a night flight from D.C. to New York in An Eastern Airlines Super Connie, I remember looking out my window and seeing those exhaust flames coming out of #2 engine. Quite dramatic. My favorite flights though, were on Northeast Airlines DC-3's, from Boston to Keene, N.H., and on United Airlines DC-3's, from Salt Lake to Elko.

@scottgoodrich5825 6 лет назад

I crewed on these out of Keflavik and Homestead. Crewed on this very aircraft from time to time.

@Bluenose352 8 лет назад

With Columbine II flying recently, that makes three different C-121s airborne, in the U.S., over the past four years. Pretty incredible.

@bbrut3332 5 лет назад

Columbine 1 now sits in need of work a private field owned by Wiecks. Was ferried o er a couple of years ago. Check Fantasy of Flight you tube channel.

@granskare 9 лет назад

In 1957 I was a passenger on a C121 to Europe...we stopped at the Azores, and had lunch and then took off but something was not right so we dropped a lot of fuel and returned to Lajes...we finally were up and bound for Wheelus AB in Libya...a great scene looking down to the blue of the Med...a ship was sailing east....a great scene for a kid who had never been out of the states :)

@howardvanroy7210 4 года назад

Worked on the radar systems at McClellan from 70-73. Great aircraft!!!

@2008bikey 10 лет назад

Dig the "wet-start" on the #4 engine, as the R-3350 Compounds roar to life. Beautiful old bird.

@kitoko50 11 лет назад

Quel superbe avion ! Vive les passionnés qui l'ont remis en ordre de vol !

@hughcapetien 7 лет назад

When I was at Korat TAFB back in 1968-69, we supported these airplanes at the time. The USAF had the last of them. They were a marvel to watch land and takeoff.

@hughcapetien 7 лет назад

Also wanted to add, that they performed "recon" for bombing attacks in N. Vietnam. We called them "Connies."