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Inside The Cockpit Package Supersized
🕑 Added 2024-05-06 15:06:01 +0000 UTCIt is here, the penultimate batch of Inside the Cockpit’s from last years USA trip. There are really special ones in this list for you to enjoy, some of my favourites in fact. Above, you can find the link to a beautiful restored and flightworthy B-25 Mitchell bomber. Beyond that, I’ve got three episodes on some warbird classics right here:
SBD Dauntless | Inside the Cockpit: https://youtu.be/3WbLtligsT8
P-47D Thunderbolt | Inside the Cockpit: https://youtu.be/VxWKOHPPNlM
P-38 Lightning | Inside the Cockpit: https://youtu.be/7eS-FS8BhsY
Big thank you to the folks at the CAF Minnesota Wing, CAF Georgia Wing, Aircrops Aviation and Fagen’s Fighters WW2 Museum for providing this unbelievable access to their machines.
Let me know what you think about these videos and thank you for making this project a reality!
Chris
Comments
Military Aviation History
Hah, probably got it wrong again in the next ones
Dave D
How cow, you pronounced "monocoque" correctly in all four videos! ;-)
Frank C
Lots of material to review. B-25. Well, I must say, those bomb bay wiring bundles are just perfect! So clean. Never seen wiring that well done (well other than straight from Bell / Boeing Aircraft factory whoever makes AH-1Z's now). None of the wires are brown with age, have grease, or oil stains. None of that thin plastic coating is flaking off either. Fasteners brand new. As far as flight crew, did not know the radio operator was triple tasked with two guns and radio tasks. Absolute gem! SBD, very cool, have to love those dive brakes. At 11:45, there is a map light. If that map light is original, I'd have to say, that manufacture must still be in business to this day! Good the rear gunner had a small armor shield. Many a good story down in enlisted berthing after a gun fight with a Zero. Those were some brave people. You would have to enjoy the "rush" though. I'll need to revisit the video's for Thunderbolt and Mustang.
Military Aviation History
There is a saying that you could tell whether a crew member was a pilot or copilot by which ear they were deaf on. The B-25 engines alone are super loud.
Steve Kurt
Great video! I've seen the aircraft at Oshkosh, but the interior details were very interesting and new to me. As a former avionics tech, I'm amazed at how large and complicated their radios were. It's a bit surprising to see the destruct mechanism for the IFF too, although the 1970's era IFF that I worked on had a mechanism to automatically clear the Mode 4 code if it lost power in the wrong sequence. And as always, I can't imagine how loud it must be in the gunner's positions with two 50 cal's firing near your head!
