How to Fly the P-47 Ground Handling, Take-Off, Normal Flight, Landing 1943 Training Film

[Bellerspitts]

"When you're clear of the runway,try a loop and see what she'll do".

[straighttailpilot]

gotta love the dude standing there with the fire extinguisher hahahaha. good ole radials!

[vetitoe362]

I was definatly not watching the ball.

[ledzep152]

they were probably shot down by a 47

[02roadster]

Fantastic... an absolute treasure!

02roadster

[danielitro1]

This plane crashed in Pocatello AAF in the '44.

[barkon]

Forget about a scroll checklist, a port wing checklist is much better!

I do find it funny that the film covers some basic aviation things. I mean, wouldn't doing a pre-flight be second-nature once you've transitioned out of basic flight training?

And man, with the proximity to the prop on startup, it looks damned scary to be a crew chief on a P-47

[colindhowell]

@barkon Since this was wartime, the recruits viewing this film might have been of varying quality, some with relatively little training before being put in fighters. So why not reinforce the basics every chance you get? And the cockpit checklist was actually relatively new then. It had first been instituted in the mid-1930s after the fatal crash of the B-17 prototype, which had taken off with its control gust lock engaged.

[barkon]

@colindhowell Ah, Good points! I'm looking at it through the lens of modern aviation. A pre- and post-flight were so second nature when I was in. I will bet that procedures exist in USCG aviation that weren't there when I was aircrew and now seem like they should have always been there.

[tucanomp12]

How is it even possible for 3 people not to like this? It's a treasure, absolutely amazing! weird fellas...

[jcjr99]

Thanks AirBoyd ,this is very similar to the training that starting out pilots get, and even more similar for complex training(retractible gear and the prop control(rpm gauge) for the variable pitch prop, and the extra manifold guage(throttle), never overboost, prop rpm first when increasing, then the throttle for manifold pressure, then if decreasing power, reduce the Throttle Manif Pressure first, then reduce the Prop rpm. The throttle controlled manifold pressure should never be > the prop rpm

[silverbird58]

i stand corrected  it looks like hellen hunt

[silverbird58]

looks like barbra standwick ?

[lithium803]

These videos are a great piece of the history of aviation, but I can't help but to laugh at the Air Traffic Controller. lol

[berzerken]

Just love the sound of that 18-cylinder radial engine :)

[akaisurug]

Interesting video...looks like its really complicated to fly one of these aircrafts

[Section31Trinity]

My favorite WWII airplane. Please post the high altitude video on the P-47.

[express49]

Amazing , thanks for this post !

[jasser0520]

I love this. My great-grandfather flew the P47 in world war 2. He absolutely loves that you found this video, and so do I. You are great, airboyd.