Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 

Yep...18 cylinders 36 spark plugs, 2 magnetos, 2 distributors, 2000 galloping horses, 4 bladed Ham Standard combine to produce the best man made mechanical sound ever heard!

The Spitfire's throaty growl is my favorite.

Would have to disagree, can't top the Rolls Royce Merlin!!

@@nhot2132 Worst must horrifying and disgusting sound if you were a German tank operator or God forbid, a P47 maintenance crew member...

They all sound awesome, but my personal favourite is the sleeve valve Centaurus radial in the Sea Fury.

man i bet you got some wild stories

Yea it was my dream too. Except I wanted to fly the P-47 N 25 RE. I like the P-47 D too.

That second stage turbocharger made the P47N a very lively performer at the B29's altitude. You bring those single stage supercharged Franks, Georges or Jacks up there and that big Jug is going to make them look crippled before they're even hit.

Also a very reliable engine (and structure), could take a lot of damage.

That and the fact it could take punishment. Germans often ran out of ammo trying to bring them down.

@@icewaterslim7260 The P-47N was only available in the last weeks of he war.

@@ironmantooltime The late model P-47s suffered very badly from reliability problems. The result was that they were very late to the party.

Try flying it in dcs world

@@thejaykid34 That's why I"m watching this video. To help me decide on purchasing lol

I fly the P47M :)))

@@nigelwigglwattle I actually was sitting in one. We have aeronautical museum in belgrade. You can sit in bf109, spitfire, p47,p38 lightning, il2 sturmovik etc. and you can use all switches with exactly way that you start it. There is guy in museum that explain it to you haha. www.muzejvazduhoplovstva.org.rs/postavka_donja.php?jez=eng

It's gotta be great!

Mine too ! Love the Jug ❤️🏁

The plane was designed around the engine and the massive turbo super charger

@@PiotrBarcz and she was nasty at high altitude 🤩🏁

@@davegeisler7802 Oh yeah she was

@@PiotrBarcz the P47M could even catch the Me262 in a dive. The Jug could do it all 👍

@@davegeisler7802 In a dive anything can catch a jet hahaha

It was the engine in the P-47, F6F, F4U, A20 (I think), and many more

I think it`s stationed in the UK

Isn't it?

That’s that big ass turbo working ! ❤️🏁

@@davegeisler7802 The turbo was bypassed in this particular aircraft, actually most all P-47's flying today have had their turbos bypassed, some have been removed entirely and lead ballast takes its place. The R2800 still provides good power for the altitudes seen by civilians and the turbo is unnecessary. Only a handful of owners who want everything to be original have kept the turbos functional, the rest just use the wastegate port to dump all of the exhaust instead of sending it to a turbo. Easy way to tell is by looking to see any smoke coming from in front of the tailwheel at startup, or any exhaust stains in that area. If you see none, the turbo isn't being used. Easier maintenance, cheaper, and less likely to cause a total airframe loss if you get an intake fire on startup.

@@Skinflaps_Meatslapper Interesting. I believe there is one example that still has the turbo supercharger connected.

@@thethirdman225 There are a few still out there running a turbo! Bonnie, a P-47D razorback, was recently restored and is currently running a turbo...it's probably the easiest example to find online to hear the differences in exhaust note during a flyby.

Ok nerd xD

@@Thonglover37 You're welcome gay gamer

Must be an amazing sound. Heavy Metal in the air ☺☺

Happened occasionally during WWII.... but they didn't enjoy each others company as much, back then..

@@BasicModelling That Focke Wulf try desperated to climb that hy

Fw190 is more maneuverable much better overall

P47 can outclimb and outurn a 190, especially at high altitude

what he said about his thunderbolt?

Respect 👍

I wished you got the whole landing approach. Seeing the touchdown is the best part to me.

@@derykian6029 Sorry for that. No flightline access on this airshow and it was very crowded. Will try next time.

5:35 Pratt and Whitney R2800 ....love at first sight.

Does this one have a working turbo in it?

Agree. Like the P-51 the bubble top looks better than the razorback.....

The Fatty from Farmingdale ❤️🏁

me too

Thanks Greg. I had no access to the flightline on this event, so no closeups during the show.

Somewhat true, although we must all admit that the IL-2 was the true flying tank.

@@FedorFox The P-47 ability to take battle damage and still keep flying is legendary. Even the IL-2 Sturmovik couldn't take the abuse that the Jug could and survive.

@@keithallver2450 thats incorrect

@@Tamburahk How so?

@@keithallver2450 P 47 had some real structural integrity and could take a lot of punishment but its not true that IL 2 could not match it.......there are multiple reports from eastern front where BF 109 with 20 or 30 mm canon in nose could not take down IL 2 even with all ammo spent.......

Sikorsky S35 and Grumman F4F want to have a talk.

Jau habe ich auch gefilmt. Mal schauen obs für ein Video reicht.

Rubbish.

Not really besides the name... It was an escort fighter later also used as a ground attack aircraft. I'd imagine something more along the lines of an F-4 or F-15E would be a better fit.

Yeah but the A-10 is a ground attack aircraft and the F-15 not so much. I guess it would be a combination

@@alexenns3203 A P-47 was not designed as a ground attack aircraft. It was an escort fighter later pressed into the ground attack role much like P-51s and pretty much every other Allied fighter later in the war. Pretty much exactly what an F-15/F-15E is. Both became multirole fighters that were/are still at the top of the curve as far as top fighter aircraft of their eras. A-10s are not and were never intended for anything like that and have never been anywhere close to the performance (again because they're not intended to be) of any contemporary fighters. I'd imagine the reputation for "toughness" and the fact that they were made by the same company is why they chose to reuse the name.

Exactly lol

@@sidefx996 It actually served as a important attack plane and was in it’s prime while doing it. Second it’s successor is the legendary a-10

There are lots of those stories that cover other types besides the P-47.

Yes they were , images of those 8 -50s slicing wings of 109s

@@davegeisler7802 Eight machine guns were an unnecessary complication. If you bother to research the subject, you will find that six .50 cals were more than enough.