Uncovering the 22 myths of the Douglas DC-4 fuel aircraft still flying Alaska

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Crave Life Episode 45
An unexpected encounter with the men behind Alaska Air Fuel operation flying one of the last DC4's in service worldwide.
This aircraft actually flew in the Berlin Airlift during World War II.
Lets board the DC4 and learn what keeps this vintage aircraft still the flying 85 years later.

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21 окт 2024

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@deekamikaze 6 месяцев назад

RIP to these pilots who perished in a DC4 crash this morning in Alaska

@inkydragon27 6 месяцев назад

Our hearts go to the families of the N3054V pilots.

@VirginAustraliaAviation 5 месяцев назад

This is the same dc-4 that crashed in alaska 2 days ago. rest in peace for the 2 crew that were on board.. 😢

@valentina.9546 5 месяцев назад

It's not the same. Tail Number N3054V is the one that crashed. The DC4 in the Video is N96358 which was damaged in a runway overrun in 2020 and wasn't repaired ever since. Don't know if it will be repaired in the future or if this fatal crash was the end of the commercial usage of the DC4.

@michellefury12345 3 года назад

Just wow....both of my parents were pilots...i love this stuff...thank you!!

@dmitrykudryn250 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing that Michelle, glad you enjoyed it. Welcome to the channel!

@michellefury12345 3 года назад

@@dmitrykudryn250 thank you!!!! Binge watching lol

@CraveLife 3 года назад

@@michellefury12345 ☺☺

@kaitlynjared5251 3 года назад

That's my dad! Passion for flying

@ericschaefer5407 6 месяцев назад

Sad, the company lost 2 souls today in a plane crash in Fairbanks, Tail number N3054V

@tomdavison9107 4 года назад

Flew in one of those from California to Japan in 1963. Something like 36 hours with stops in Hawaii and Midway.

@CraveLife 4 года назад

Must be amazing experience! Thanks for watching!

@tomdavison9107 4 года назад

Crave Life Actually it was awful. The seats were canvas and the lavatory was basically an outhouse. I was 13 years old at the time. We could not fly above weather, so we flew through thunder storms. I did the trip more times as a Marine , but it was in a DC-8 or 707. In the Marine Corps I worked on the DC-4 as well as C-47s as an Aircraft electrician. The Commandant of the Marine Corps had a personal DC-4 that was polished to a shine that looked like a mirror. I only saw it once in Iwakuni Japan.

@walt5544 4 года назад

In 1955 I flew in one from San Francisco to Tokyo. I believe it was California Eastern Airlines on charter to the Military

@CraveLife 4 года назад

@@walt5544 talk about a long trip!

@michellefury12345 3 года назад

@@tomdavison9107 amazing!! My mom talks about flying back n forth between California and Japan....i bet you have some great stories!! Take care!!

@0thereviewer586 4 года назад

Hi there .Wow.."what are those Missiles". Lol . Amazing plane. Thanks for info and video.

@CraveLife 4 года назад

Haha, that's the first thing that came to mind when I saw those things. 😎

@adamriggen8908 3 года назад

Cool video. But are you saying all his statements are incorrect, or do you not know what "myth" means?

@samy7013 Год назад

I think the latter, rather than the former! 🤣😂😁

@andygiles2213 5 месяцев назад

I thought the same. A better word would be 'fact'

@justadroid 4 года назад

Wow!

@CraveLife 4 года назад

Thank you for watching! Hope you like video!

@fallofmanbrand 4 года назад

great video bro

@CraveLife 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed!

@wyattwilliams2457 3 года назад

There is a former brooks fuel dc-4 near my house

@CraveLife 3 года назад

Please pass that on to the carrier

@wyattwilliams2457 3 года назад

@@CraveLife it has been abandoned for 20 years (N708Z

@DougGrinbergs 6 месяцев назад

June 2020 Alaska Air Fuel 0:43 1 of 14 remaining DC-4s 1:33 1943 1:44 3400 gal. fuel on board (~20,000 lbs) 2:07 fuel tanks 2:25 narrow aisle to 2:37 cockpit 2:40 dome! 4:02 serial # tag: US Army Air Corps Type C-54-E Serial AAF44-9058 Order AC361 4:14 plate: converted by Waig Aircraft 3-14-78 from C54E to C54EDC 5:10 N96538 (suffered substantial damage ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 31910 Saturday 10 October 2020)

@himhim6135 5 месяцев назад

a little detail: "Berlin Airlift during World War II" probably you mean the Berlin Blockade which was 24 June 1948 - 12 May 1949. WWII ended in 1945. It was the Cold War, though. And those Raisin Bombers were very welcome!

@zacbarker369 3 года назад

A good copilot doesn’t look up until at least 1,500 feet.

@CraveLife 3 года назад

Look up you mean over the panel straight ahead?

@zacbarker369 3 года назад

@@CraveLife yes lol super busy in the right seat.

@SamanthaGuttesen 3 года назад

My grandad was based in Raf lajes, Terceira, with the Raf, and he said the American skymasters would come in from time to time.

@hardwear6996 2 года назад

Bentley taught me to fly when he was in his 20's

@peterhothersall2860 Год назад

terrible audio impossible to understand with music on audio track and the chime when talking about myths

@samy7013 Год назад

So where are the myths?

@skidoorulz4914 5 месяцев назад

Exactly what I was thinking

@ClintNelsen-bl9im 6 месяцев назад

Unfortunately this Aircraft crashed today in Fairbanks, AK

@andygiles2213 5 месяцев назад

Not this aircraft, but another owned by the same company.

@walt5544 4 года назад

In 1955 I flew in one from San Francisco to Tokyo. I believe it was California Eastern Airlines on charter to the Military. Stopped at every Island for fuel.

@CraveLife 4 года назад

Long flight! Wonder how airlines made any money with all those stops?