B-25 "Pacific Prowler" Scenic Flight: Departure

[s6u6r6f6]

loudest cockpit in bombers...look out both windows and see why

[brad222dude]

somebody needs to clean the fuck out of that window

[xxchinookxx]

The Army Air Corps delivered the first American punch at the Japanese COWARDS!

[altooname]

Just think. That's the exact sound Doolittle's B-25 crews heard when they took off from the carrier Hornet (with a, uh, slightly shorter distance to V1) in 1942.

[brdoceara]

Very nice



[yamahonkawazuki]

@Briankey1960 id say so.

[oldtilter]

I'd love to be an extra passenger in one of these

[yamahonkawazuki]

@oldtilter theres a b17 flying aroudn teh country named aluminum overcast. you can buy flights on it. i did. its insanely cool. and loud

[oldtilter]

@yamahonkawazuki Yea..I love the sound of these old birds,especially the warm-ups and Take offs,brings me back to an earlier time,when B-36's roamed the skys with a roar loud enough to rattle the window-panes

[deltabtry]

@oldtilter you can it's about $450.00 per ride.

[oldtilter]

@deltabtry I think I will stick to flight simulator:)

[BlackWiiOwner2010]

Thanks for sharing!! Such an awesome plane! I love WWII planes, they are absolutely cool and amazing. If they could talk I know they would have stories to tell.

That's correct, amen to the men who risked so much to save us and the many generations that follow. They are true hero's and deserve the absolute best respect forever and always.

[czechcz]

NICE SONG :-)

[Access1993]

I love the B25 Mitchell.... I wish I could fly this baby :-P

Very nice. The Carriertake-off to Tokyo in March 1945 and so on.

Who wanted to see the B25 Mitchell in a film? Look "Pearl Habor" !

Very nice Film!

[SgtGrant23]

@Access1993 it was April of 1942

[moogug]

@Access1993 Even better, see 'Catch 22' the take off sequence at the begining is awesome. Real stuff, no CGI in 1970!

[HOMeSKILiT24]

thanks for this vid, and than god you had a good camera with good sound recording, you can hear the real awesomeness of the engines. I got to go in one of these when they were fixing the engine(and ran it up to test it) I didnot have headphones and it was the LOUDEST OF LOUD, my ears hurt, but it was AWESOME

[pirahna432]

What an amazing view. I fly out of barnes myself. Awesome video.

[AIRANORAK]

Ive just got to have a flight in one of these fantastic sound

[silver760]

Those engines dont exactly fill me with confidence,just a little lumpy?

[deucenahaff]

My dad was a B-25 pilot. That distinctive "chatter" of those glorious Pratt & Whitneys is music. Anyone who's been around 'em knows. I'll always remember the symphony of a B-25 while warming up or under full throttle. Love 'em!

[plumbinator1]

I have ridden in this plane and also in the Pacific Princess.  It is a pretty B-25 MItchel

[ObltKG4]

You're LUCKY

[arbitar222]

dint she fly in pearl harbour

[deltabtry]

arbitar, she didn't fly during Pearl harbor but, shortly after 16 flew off a carrier to fly 30 seconds over Tokyo. This changed the entire strategy of the Japanese plan to sink our fleet in WW2.

[worseto]

I love those ww2 planes just wish i could fly them.Wanted to be a ww2 pilot since i can remeber.God bless those who fought to save us all during that time.

[M1Hendriks]

my name is Mitchell:D

[AdidasFeverNova]

I flew in that plane when it was at an airshow here in my hometown. It cost $200 bucks but it was well worth it! That's actually pretty cheap to go up in an original WWII aircraft like that though.

[moarcowbell1]

they had this plane at or fathers day air show this year and the price has gone to 350 for a ride but they were letting people sit in the turrets and take pictures and stuff for free i did that

[trekkiepro]

I've sat in the nose turret of that B-25! I kid you not!

[arbitar222]

what an aircraft for so lang and so many years its still flying now id love to ride a piece of history like that she is a beautifull machine

[bigguy555123]

LOL I LIVE IN WESTFIELD

[apha87]

i flew that mitchell b25. that was so blast! i paid 200 dollars to ride that plane for half hr ride!

[r38901]

i dont know why but i love this aircraft so much

[gajda1984]

one of the best vids on you tube of my favorite era of aircraft! love the radial roar!!!

[pswealthteam]

Damn thats killer, gave me chills to watch this

[geraaaard1]

Somebody knows how many B-24, B-17 and B-25 still FLYING in 2007 in the world??

[jimbo2317]

I think B-17's around 12 or 13..that's all there has been for years...don't know about b-25 & 24's.

[mww88]

think only one b-24. diamond lil

and for sure one b-29.

[SenorSpode]

Only B-24 known to be flying was Collings Foundation's 'Witchcraft', unless Diamond Lil's the latest addition.

[mww88]

nope....haha i was wrong. more than one b-24 flying

[AllSingingAllDancing]

Nothing against the B-24. I just don't even remember what it was called:(

I think the B-25 was/is so popular is because of Doolittle (and because it's such a cool airplane. Yeehah!). The 26 was the Maurader. That was like the 25 only rounder. And they called it the WidowMaker because it wasn't very nice to pilots. At least that's what I heard.

Yay B-25! You rock, happy plane!

[SenorSpode]

B-24 was called the Liberator. So many were made that it earned the nickname 'Cheaper by the dozen'.

[promitto2183]

There are only 2 b-24's flying(Diamond Lil & Witchcraft), around 12-14 b-17's, and believe it or not prolly at least 20 b-25's they're not as rare as youd think.

[frenchpressisgod]

20 is rare in it's self, 2 is just really rare

[linksys01112]

dont forget 1 b-29 FIFI but some people are restoring a b-29 in the original hanger it was built in

[xxchinookxx]

I would of gone ape shit if I would of been lucky to fly on this B-25....I love the roar

[krazybrit91]

that building is five star jet center I fly and work there!!!!!!

[Peorthmegami]

Beautiful. Those old piston-engine airplanes have something that today's planes lack.....they sound alive....

[coskuarsiray]

i totally agree

[bbrat43]

"personality"

[hydrobuilder17]

You don't know how cool this is! I have sat in that same bubble of that same airplane when I was a kid. Pacific Prowler used to be the Tallmantz camera plane N1042B, I think. Of course, it had a big camera nose and tail on it, but still. Brings back some good memories. Thanks!