World War II Aircraft “Wings of Freedom” Tour Arizona 2016 

Watching this video all the way through for the first time today I am impressed by the great shots you got of the aircraft, Tom. You can always pick a modeller by the things they focus on. Amazing to see the interior of the B-17.

I went to that show with a friend of mine who was a belly gunner on a B-17 in the European theatre, stationed out of Glatton England , his first of many missions was the raid on Dresden. He told me that his commanding officer was the pilot who flew the B-25 into the Empire State Building after the war in blinding fog. I've been in that plane , sorry for the loss. : (

Great video of the older aircraft. Till the next take care, stay safe and healthy. Happy New Year my friend

I always liked B-17s, especially the nose because of the many peices of glass used for the canopy, do you think you can give another hint on your next build please 😁. Can't wait to see your next build!!!

Great and really interesting Video, keep it up!

I had the privilege to fly in the Nine o Nine. Increases your respect for the folks that flew these things in combat. It’s an experience I’ll never forget.

As grisly as it sounds, I believe they did pick through the wreck of that B-17 and decided what was reuseable already. I know it ended up in a hangar and they were already deciding what could be salvaged. Most of the World War II planes that still exist are patchworks of multiple planes and even wrecks. Parts of "Nine-O-Nine" will undoubtedly be incorporated into restorations and rebuilds. This happens with World War II fighters all the time, too. I remember they found a combat-used P-51 that was flown by Robin Olds in World War II. It was packed up in a box after WWII ended and they forgot it was there for decades. It was later rebuilt and he actually flew it one more time! Years after that event, that incarnation of "Scat" was involved in a crash. Parts of it were incorporated with other P-51 parts and it lives on again but is not quite the same plane anymore.

I hope you are well? It's been some time since your last video! Looking forward to the next one.

@11:58 -- That's a converted P-51 C model (TP-51C). It's identical to the B-model of the P-51. The only difference is that the C-models were built in a Dallas, TX plant of North American Aviation. The B-models were built in the original NAA plant in California. I'm surprised this is still a full razorback. A lot of the B and C-models were retrofit with Malcolm bubbles. Not a full bubble canopy but better visibility than the the original all-framed canopy.

The 2 Seat Mustang Looks pretty interesting

Really great. Thank u man

Wow. Lot of rivets on that b-17 and hardly any recessed panel lines. The panel lines on the 1/72 scale Revell b-17 are bigger then on the real aircraft

Thanks for the hint, I have a pretty solid idea of what your next build is, but I wont say it.👍

Pretty sure I've seen the 24 and 25 in and out of Falcon quite a few times... every time I stop what I'm doing just to hear the sound of those engines. And I'm not sure but I also believe Nine O Nine was the same 17 I got to check out inside and out during a CGCC AMT class field trip to the CAF there at Falcon back around 2000... I've always loved those beautiful WW2 planes. Bucket list item, sit in the cockpit of a Corsair.

4 V-12 pratt and whitney 750 hp engines in the B17 Bomber made of 1 million precision parts. Awesome.

I believe 0:42 is the pilot Mac McCauley from the crash? RIP.

There you go: If you ask you what to build next, build THIS one. The HK Models B17 is great - i have the 1:48, actually building it. To build the 9 o 9 would be perfect for you, because you would have something special to tell. And if you dont know yet: we like to listen to you. So here is thing: i predict you would have three times more hits on this video if you had voiced over it. Now you: we like to listen to you!

Thanks for sharing Max , I didn't realise the B-17 had been lost . Sad . the Mustang conversion is so good I didn't notice it was a 2 seater . Wales UK.

戲院模式關閉 Beautiful takeoff sounds

Nice ^-^

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