Sorry for all the initial talking but was trying to introduce those that don't know much about a Twin Beech to some of the differences between it and other planes and some of the things that make it.. well, just cool.
Beautiful airplane, beautiful airpark. I was a crew chief for a guy in Chino (KCNO) twin Beach D18S N121SC. I had the same oil recovery system as you. I didn't notice if you had the electric fuel pump or not, ours was the hand pump style. I worked on every thing on that plane fun to fly. Thanks for sharing.
Very nice. I worked as a lineman at KMQJ back in the 1980's and there was at least 1 Beech 18 housed there which was used for courier services. I remember having to fuel those big beautiful airplanes as well as having the ability to get up close and personal with everything. And I recall having a Turbo Commander there a few times, too. Thanks for helping me remember the fun times at the airport. Cheers!
Anybody remember the movie “it’s a mad mad mad world” back in the early 60’s. Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett and Jim Backus flu the twin beach in that hilarious scene where it buzzed the control tower and flew through a billboard. Classic comedy movie and a Classic airplane. My late father-in-law flew one and spoke highly of it.
Back in 1974 I had just had a hernia repaired and was sharing a room with another guy just out of abdominal surgery and what comes on but It’s a Mad Mad Mad World. We both would laugh so hard then yell in agony. The nurse wanted us to turn off the movie but it was too funny. We damn near ripped our stitches out at that movie. One of the funniest movies of all time! 😂😂
Have always loved this airplane and LOVE the sound of the engines (any radial engine). Every thing about this video was very well done and was patiently waiting for ignition but instead a noise that caused me to CRASH LAND! The bigger the radial, the sweeter the pulsing sound of life.....
Over 40 years ago I acquired a couple of hundred hours in the B-18! It was good to be reminded of the fine points! I had forgotten about pulling the props through! One thing about that airplane anyone with any time in it will tell you is: "There are two kinds of B-18 pilots! Those that have ground looped one, and those that haven't, YET!" Fellow who checked me out in the type had over 5,000 hours in them. About a week after he signed me off he ground looped one at Denver Stapleton. No damage, but very embarrassing! I came close once. Only reason I am in the latter list is I didn't fly it that long.
I thought everyone was being a little petty with all the complaints about the music but I was wrong. Who picks music like this for this type of video? More importantly, who makes music like this? Thanks for the comments as I went right to the music part, watched for about 10 seconds and moved on. Sad because it is a beautiful aircraft.
@@nizexlizzy just had to correct you on one thing there, it's not the longest-running production or the most widely produced aircraft... It's the longest-running and most widely produced TWIN-engine aircraft. ;) The Cessna and WWII Soviet IL-2 hold those records. :)
Enjoyed the video. Lovely aircraft and owner showcased it features very well. My first flight was in a small Piper Cherokee out of Dublin in 1970s. Have loved flying in light aircraft ever since. Sadly never had time or money to pursue a PPL. Have flown in some weird aircraft and would love to fly in this one. These is real aviation. MBE st of luck to owner with his beautiful Beech.
This was going great until the music started, then it went to crap. I was looking forward to the distinctive sound of the engines on start-up that he promised and it never happened.
The A&P school I went to in the early 80s had two of these, all original. They weren't airworthy, but they were complete and we could do everything but fly it. Those R-985s are jewels of an engine.
I use to fly in these in Hawaii when I was a kid in 70s. My father owned a tour service call Panorama air tours and they had several Twin beech planes. It was a awesome experience flying all around Hawaii and up around the volcanos in these airplanes. Awesome memory, awesome airplane. 👍
This is one of the most beautiful aircraft from paint scream to engine. It's a museum piece and not for every day use. You most certainly have another aircraft for practical use. I hope. Or maybe just financially able to do what ever you want. I glad to see someone in America has a decent life.
You must be joking. Someone in America with a decent life? I'm not rich and MOST people here have no idea how great they have it. Too many people just sit around and bitch about what everyone else has instead of working hard to get it themselves. But thanks
O the beautiful sound of an R985 starting up just to be drowned out by terrible music. I wasted 15 minutes to hear those engines start and then came the music, I feel gyped.
The mods were Kits designed and Mfg by Aerospace Products. Lee Cameron Prop. Speed gains, added gross weight the main goals.The nose is fiberglass with taxi light built in. Leading edge landing lights replaced the 8 inch retracts. This was done on all Volpar conversions to create a wet wing the Turbines were gas hogs. The Cowl vents added to increase cooling also depressurize them which improved R.O.C. Cowl flaps are original, oddly, as there was a 1 pc replacement kit available? The fiberglass wing tips supposedly added a little airspeed. Landing gear doors are basically stock Super 18 doors that wrap around behind the tires to ad some A.S. The wrap around windshield opened up your view a bit and added hinged "storm" windows on either side. The down side was a noisier cockpit. Cabin windows were added as the cabins were usually extended by removing the aft bulkhead (potty door) allowing 2 more cabin Pax seats. The Air Stair door was added to make boarding easier, and to accommodate an extended tail wheel truss that raised the tail on the ground to improve cockpit vis. Oh and the angle of incidence change on the horizontal tail did not make it harder to land. It made it a bit faster. Metal covered flaps/ailerons'rudders were also an upgrade. Also a 2nd rudder trim tab was added. Stories of these being ground loop trainers is a myth created by unskilled pilots to excuse ham fisted handling. Yes, the airplane does NOT like engine outs at VMC. The ONLY move then is power OFF on the good engine or it will speed you to the scene of the crash. This owner claims 155 kts cruise which seems slow to me in light of these "speed" mods. I flew my 18's for 30+ years and were always a delight to handle. Pulling the props through becomes unnecessary if you install "snot box" (sump) drains. Draining the sumps while parked into a can and recycling it. As oil drains down from the upper cyls, the sump OVER fills and runs into the lower cylinders causing a liquid lock. A little carelessness here can get VERY expensive. We specialized in Beech 18 parts from 1968-2018. I worked for Aerospace in 66-68 before starting our own company.
"The engines have a very unique sound when you start them up and you will be able to hear that when we do the pre-flight"... WELL, YOU COULD... HAD I NOT DECIDED TO BECOME OLIVER STONE AND OVER POWER YOU WITH MUSIC WHILE I WAS DOING SO.
Thanks, I was doing some for a while but was posting over on odyssey and rumble. Same channel name just different platform. I'm not going to reward Google for censoring me.
Who in Gawds name put in the music !!!! "You will hear the sound when we fire up the engines" nope some Boy George tune. Sound editing of the engines during the fly overs was 'oh yeah, turn on the mic !!! '
Thank for the video. It is my bucket list to try to fly in one of these (☝️but not pilot it though) one day… unfortunately my bucket is leaking and it needs to be topped every once in a while.😉…like the Beechcraft. Sailing meanwhile if that counts as a vertical 1 winged craft.😎
Thanks Glenn . I derived a lot of pleasure and a bit more knowledge from your video . You very much included some interesting points on the Beech 18 . One of my favorite classic airplanes . Yours is a beauty and very well maintained . Would like to see a follow up with interior views if the chance arises . " Real airplanes have round engines " from a bumper sticker that a friend had .
Was that a Britten-Norman Islander parked next to the hanger? I went to school in Bembridge on the Isle of Wight where they made. Everyday they’d fly in & out and we’re a great distraction from lessons. They’ve moved manufacturing to France now I believe.
>^..^< Nice ten cent tour Glenn, thank you....... AND, nice drone camera work too.......... In the late 1970s-early 80s I noticed there was a small fleet of 18s in Hawaii that would caravan a flight seeing tour of the major islands all in one day that had this type of windows. Wonder if your bird is one of them? As a High School student, my last 2.5 years in school were as a line boy after school and weekends at an small airport that was a feeder to JFK n EWR from N.E. Pa. One of their two aircraft was a stock 18. I got some great stories to tell about my expereinces with this 18 BUT best not in public actually. AnyWay, lotsO good memories and one near lethal story to tell about pushing it out of the hangar manualy early one morning with only two guys.... Ps, We share the same first name too and as you probably also realize, not many of us on Space Ship Earth either......
Beautiful airplane and great explanation. Ditto on the music. Instead you could have done a voice over explaining that neat little tow tractor or the challenges of taking off a twin tailwheel on a grass strip.
Old 18 freight doggie here. Emery Air Freight. 70s & 80s. All weather & other things. Over & Back, Wild Bill Callahan, on Amazon. Learn how to land a Beech 18 on snow & ice with mountains of snow on each side of you (Midway).....with one brake zero pressure. Since nobody liked his music, I thought what the heck, might as well add my book.
i wrote a month ago and told how much i like what ypur doing on u tube and its neen a dream of mine to get my pilots License well i signed up for Lessons thank you for the Encouragement when you wrote me back
better question: Why do people think anyone cares about their opinion about music? If you don't like don't watch. I have other videos of inside of plane and engines running and this video already ended up longer than I meant for it to be.
You Tubers don't take kindly to video's of R-985's starting up with a music accompaniment. But otherwise, thanks for posting, some good information there. I didn't know these were supercharged, but would love to see more video descriptions of that, and some of the other systems.
What a beauty! It is obvious that a tremendous amount of work and love goes into that Beech. As for your flight there, it looked as though you took off with a quartering tail wind. Was that the case? Cheers.
The beach 18 is truly one of the most beautiful airplanes ever built I am with the rest of the people the music sucked those R985's would have been much sweeter music.
I agree with all the "stupid place for music" comments. Ruined the vid ... moved on with irritation I would not have if I had passed by this vid! Advise: re-edit-re-upload ... for the good of mankind!
As others have said and I agree, hearing the engines would have been much than the ridiculous tune one of your “friends “ picked out. You must know by now that most of your viewers are pilots..... just a thought, my friend. Dave in Phoenix Arizona USA
Yeah, well a few things are in order I guess. 1) I was told this fact by multiple other people but thinking I might should have added twin engine to the statement. 2) Yes, some aircraft such as the 172. and 182 have surpassed it now but they are not twin engine. 3) I have not spent a ton of time verifying the statements so I could have the facts wrong (ie: I remember it wrong or they were told wrong.) The fact is though there were over 9000 of them built and it was arguably a very popular plane for all sorts of missions. I’ll retract my overall statement about this though as I honestly have not spent a ton of time researching that aspect. Sorry if I mistated anything and perhaps someone else can step up and offer more accurate facts.
@@nizexlizzy No need for any type of apology. Beautiful aircraft, that flies even better. Friend of the local aviation circle where I grew up restored one and painted it in the orange and white navy scheme. It was beautiful, and you could eat a meal on any square inch of it, it was so clean.
WHY DO PEOPLE INSIST ON PUTTING THEIR FAVORITE MUSIC ON EVERY VIDEO MADE, INCLUDING MOVIES IN THEATERS DROWNING OUT EVERY POSSIBLE GOOD THING. IF ITS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO WATCH WITHOUT ALL THAT CRAP, DON'T MAKE IT.
Read other comments. 1) this is one of very few of my videos that has music. 2). Drones don’t have sound so ALL of where you here it would instead be no sound at all and i am more than certain you would be bitching about that too. So deal with it
Recycled oil been open to the dust in the hanger, serious, I have worked on these and other radials, dc3,dc4.north American Harvard. I think I spotted an Aero commander in the background
Yes, it is a 680FP Commander and the oil is not open to dust in hanger or otherwise. It drains into closed oil containers and then poured directly back into the engine.
Not really sure what you're asking me. If you're asking the minimum length runway I'll land on then 2500 is the shortest I've done. It takes off and lands in about 1700' comfortably.
@@nizexlizzy That's exactly what I was asking. Thanks. My business partner and I owned a Beech 18 for doing FAA airport work over 30 years ago. We could pack everything we needed for short maintenance trips and even slept in it a few times. However, all our work was out of paved airports with plenty of runway. Didn't know how turf effected the figures I asked about. Regret getting rid of it. Normal maintenance actually was fun.
Bob Bradley Yeah, it is the primary reason I fly slower planes on all my trips. I’d rather fly something simple that I can work on than get something faster that I have to constantly take to the shop. No matter how much they cost they all still have to get worked on the same amount. Just different price tags when the work is finished. :-)
can you tell me about av gas, vs availability in out of the way places? is it leaded still? and can it survive unleaded? .. can they be modified in materials, like higher temperature metals, specifically AuPd, which is lighter than aluminum and stronger than steel... the process converts existing parts with no retooling required
Wow. What a beautiful video of a sublime airplane! The music, your choice, is just fine I've some small history with Beech 18s; the one you portray is from the year of my birth. So I am biased. In the late 1970s I was privileged to sit right seat as Carol Faisd was dropping fingerlings into Desolation Wilderness lakes with a California DFG Beech 18 that had been converted to turboprop. It was sort of scary how, as we were pulling up out of a tight lake basin, he would point and show the 60 degree mountain slope he would use for an engine-out situation. I totally loved being in that cockpit with such a cool dude running things.
Glenn, what type of RC tug are you using. Just bought a Beech 18 and am considering a remote control tug. Just started my research ,so any info would be greatly appreciated. Rich
acairtechnology.com/product/ac-tracktech-t1v2-2/ I already had the 6k version for my Twin Commander but if I had to buy just for 18 I'd probably recommend getting the next larger version. Mine has zero problem pulling my 18 around but it is close to max capacity.
Great video Glenn, you're going to make Adam up his production quality, but then again his ride is "in the shop" more then he would like. When did it become the norm for people to bitch about every little thing? Whatever happened to "if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all"? People, Glenn is nice enough to spend his time to put up an interesting video and I for one appropriate it.
Awesome video Glenn Thank you for sharing your lovely airplane with us. Those of you who don't like hs choice of music can buy your own airplane and make your own videos.
Love your aircraft. I always found the D-18 to be a very beautiful aircraft. I think the fact that they were produced from 1937-1970 says a lot about them. Can you explain the "10-2" upgrade further? When was it modified, and who produced the mod? I also liked your remote control tug too. That is a cool thing to have. Your very emerald green grass strip is amazing and beautiful and befits your plane. I found your music to be just fine, maybe you changed it from initial posting. Because I cannot hear it as screeching and it is turned off when you take off and land and do your fly by so we can hear your engines. I was thinking what would have made a great shot was that as you take off the drone chases after you from its position above and then see your plane pulling away and climb out.