Wow what kind of carbon footprint is that baby leaving will all that exhaust (Al Gore call your office). So when are we gong to have electric airplanes? In the automotive world we have the highly sucessful Chevy Volt. When is the aviation industry going to catch up.
Wow. Didn't know any of these flew anymore. Mechanics in my Dad's day called these engines "corncobs" because 'it had big cylinders growing out of it like kernels on a cob' !
During the Vietnam War, these planes were used to ferry families on R & R from Guam (Anderson AFB) to Japan, Hong Kong and Taipei. I was a teen at the time and my Dad was stationed at Anderson. I remember the ride being so loud and rough that when you got to where you were going, it took a day to recover. Also remember the great "box lunch" they provided. Who knew that 40 years later air travel would be even worse.
@1vdn992 i'm not sure if there are some still left flying, probably is, but they are defiantly still being used on other things such as tractor pullers, and stationary display items.
First of all, She is a beautiful, 59 year old Lady. AF S/N 52-2718, KC-97G, and she had 600+ gallon drop tanks, outboard of the engs. When She was converted to the L model, J-47 jets, replaced the drop tanks. Later in her life, she was converted back to a cargo hauler, no jets.. Her engines were R-4360-59Bs,. A lot of the smoke, was from oil that collected in the lwr exhaust system at shut down, not the lower cylinders, oil in a cyl, creates a liquid lock, and, the eng won't rotate.
@frontenginedragsterd hi front, apparently they made 55 with the 4360's... but yeah, must be 3350's.. He said mechanics hated them , he mentioned four rows of cylinders so I assumed the 4360 setup..
Real airplanes have pistons and propellers. C-97 beautiful plane...what a work horse. Loved the sound of those R-4360s. Worked on them on the flight line in the MN Air National Guard in the 60s and KC-97 tankers TN ANG in the 70s.
@chaplainphil hi, phil, yeah, was coming back from Knoxville where my brother was a student in 78, headed back to VA through the smokies. I didn't know the KC-97 had P&W 4360's.. My fathers C-119 had them, he said they were a mechanics nightmare... I've seen few on here, I'd hate to change 56 plugs when fouled..lol but yes, a lovely sound..
YES, YES, YES, What year was this video taken, I worked on this Beautiful Lady at Kenai, in 95. That was the last year for her fish hauling. Loved the video, lovely memories. All that Beautiful Lady wants to do is fly.
Back in the early 80's while stationed at Wainwright Army Airflield, there were 3 of these still in use by BLM Along with some C-119's with the extra jet on the roof.
@irish89055 Yup...proud former member of the TNANG in East Tennessee. Great outfit. Did flight line maintenance. Remember sitting on the wing on the far side of the plane opposite the flight line building during UTAs listening to the UT Vols play football. LOL...then they thought we were working on the plane!!!
It's amazing that something like this could be commercially viable back in the 1950's. This video points out how 60 years of engineering progress has improved aviation, and life in general. These airplanes, in passenger airline service....carried about 70 people, or about the same as a Dash-8 400 or an ATR-72. The Dash 8 would leave the Boeing 367 in its exhaust, and the ATR would slowly pull away. Both use about the same amount of fuel per hour, though it is jet-a now versus 100 octane.
@Flies2FLL If the ART-72 and Dash 8 400 held the same fuel amount as the 367, they'd fly a hell of a lot farther than the 367. Both of those plane's fuel burn is alot less than what the 367 had on Octane 100 and 130
No this plane doesn't fly cargo anymore. It is a survivor and it belongs now to the Berlin Historical Foundation and is in restoration at Floyd Bennet airport, NY.
Actually the old propliners are a lot less of a pollutant than modern jets. All jet engines do is ignite kerosene and blast it out the back of a turbine. So I'm sure you will be happy to know that when you are on a jet plane you are just burning kerosene and blowing it out the back. :)
Radial engines collect oil in the lower cylinders which burns off next time the engine is started. They all do this. Also ,these are air cooled engines so they naturally have higher oil consumption. These monster engines each had like a 55 gallon oil tank for the supply, they were dry-sump designs. Bear in mind each of those engines has 28 cylinders.
@mistofoles Once upon a time there were thousands of airplanes that smked as badly or worse, yet there still is clean air. most enviromentalists have no interest in the enviroment, they are after power, if you can controll access to energy, you can control people. Hitler/Stalin in sheeps clothing.
There are STILL thousands of airplanes flying. Now they are jets which are much bigger than the old piston liners, burn more fuel, and release more emissions. So getting them to run as clean as possible should be an issue.
PLAY LOUD!
NeosimianSapiens 2 weeks ago
Oh, this is the ol Douglass Strataboner!
Bellerspitts 3 weeks ago
No take-off run ?? Or am I missing part 2 ?? Great video BTW :)
a8127 2 months ago
Wow what kind of carbon footprint is that baby leaving will all that exhaust (Al Gore call your office). So when are we gong to have electric airplanes? In the automotive world we have the highly sucessful Chevy Volt. When is the aviation industry going to catch up.
I hope you enjoy sarcasm.
Philobeddoe12 2 months ago
Neat, I have many a hour on these ole birds , ( Travis AFB 1954-1957 )
caskigm 2 months ago
Worked on these in 1957-60, Hickam AFB, dam cowling came off in pieces, hard to store and hard to put back on.
LChapman75 2 months ago
Ends before the engine oil that the fuel....
geoago 3 months ago
Hi 327409427
THX for the kind words...this a/c now belongs to the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation with the intend of getting it back in the air...!
mprophet100 3 months ago
Great video! Thank you very much for posting. Is this plane still flying?
327409427 4 months ago
She burns like a diesel.
andrewmunro44 4 months ago
Wow. Didn't know any of these flew anymore. Mechanics in my Dad's day called these engines "corncobs" because 'it had big cylinders growing out of it like kernels on a cob' !
mowrman100 4 months ago
@mowrman100 - The real reason those engines were called "corncobs" is because they each had 28 cylinders in four rows of seven.
JBofBrisbane 3 months ago
0:13 whack-a-pilot :P
routhoula 5 months ago
my dad owned one of the propeller blades from this airplane, and a crack head stole it...
OrogDeMalfur 6 months ago
Love-leee! Keep those ladies flying; they are something few of us get to see much less experience as pilot or passenger.
wkat950 6 months ago
enjoy it Greenpeace hahahahahahahahahahahaha
youmartissimo 7 months ago
During the Vietnam War, these planes were used to ferry families on R & R from Guam (Anderson AFB) to Japan, Hong Kong and Taipei. I was a teen at the time and my Dad was stationed at Anderson. I remember the ride being so loud and rough that when you got to where you were going, it took a day to recover. Also remember the great "box lunch" they provided. Who knew that 40 years later air travel would be even worse.
etradd1 7 months ago
I agree...Old Smoking Thunder...hahaha
mprophet100 8 months ago
@mprophet100 Watching those engines fire up and watching the C-97G taxi out exhausting!!
CounterCultureLives 3 days ago
they should call her Smokin Thunder
onefugowie 8 months ago
Looking good. No.2 sure took its sweet time burning off that oil. Takeoff probably took care of it.
etiennedauphin 10 months ago
Hi 1vdn992 this a/c has been sold and one will fly again with the BAHS...and for your info just turn up the volume....to hear its sweet noise
mprophet100 11 months ago
I didn't know there were any operational R-4360 Pratts left in the world, I bet it sounds pretty awesome.
1vdn992 11 months ago
@1vdn992 acully i went to an air show and there were P-47d
nancycucesharp 10 months ago
@1vdn992 i'm not sure if there are some still left flying, probably is, but they are defiantly still being used on other things such as tractor pullers, and stationary display items.
northersteame 9 months ago
First of all, She is a beautiful, 59 year old Lady. AF S/N 52-2718, KC-97G, and she had 600+ gallon drop tanks, outboard of the engs. When She was converted to the L model, J-47 jets, replaced the drop tanks. Later in her life, she was converted back to a cargo hauler, no jets.. Her engines were R-4360-59Bs,. A lot of the smoke, was from oil that collected in the lwr exhaust system at shut down, not the lower cylinders, oil in a cyl, creates a liquid lock, and, the eng won't rotate.
chaslndis 1 year ago
@frontenginedragsterd hi front, apparently they made 55 with the 4360's... but yeah, must be 3350's.. He said mechanics hated them , he mentioned four rows of cylinders so I assumed the 4360 setup..
irish89055 1 year ago
Won't pass emmisions...
canals22 1 year ago
Damn I wanted to see it take off
stargazer444 1 year ago
Real airplanes have pistons and propellers.
chaplainphil 1 year ago
Real airplanes have pistons and propellers. C-97 beautiful plane...what a work horse. Loved the sound of those R-4360s. Worked on them on the flight line in the MN Air National Guard in the 60s and KC-97 tankers TN ANG in the 70s.
chaplainphil 1 year ago
@chaplainphil hi, phil, yeah, was coming back from Knoxville where my brother was a student in 78, headed back to VA through the smokies. I didn't know the KC-97 had P&W 4360's.. My fathers C-119 had them, he said they were a mechanics nightmare... I've seen few on here, I'd hate to change 56 plugs when fouled..lol but yes, a lovely sound..
irish89055 1 year ago
YES, YES, YES, What year was this video taken, I worked on this Beautiful Lady at Kenai, in 95. That was the last year for her fish hauling. Loved the video, lovely memories. All that Beautiful Lady wants to do is fly.
chaslndis 1 year ago
Back in the early 80's while stationed at Wainwright Army Airflield, there were 3 of these still in use by BLM Along with some C-119's with the extra jet on the roof.
HuasoPodrido 1 year ago
@HuasoPodrido i hate the 119 with the jet.... the Tennessee air national guard was using these as tankers in late 70's K-97
irish89055 1 year ago
@irish89055 Yup...proud former member of the TNANG in East Tennessee. Great outfit. Did flight line maintenance. Remember sitting on the wing on the far side of the plane opposite the flight line building during UTAs listening to the UT Vols play football. LOL...then they thought we were working on the plane!!!
chaplainphil 1 year ago
Ole Smokey!
6V92TA 1 year ago
It's amazing that something like this could be commercially viable back in the 1950's. This video points out how 60 years of engineering progress has improved aviation, and life in general. These airplanes, in passenger airline service....carried about 70 people, or about the same as a Dash-8 400 or an ATR-72. The Dash 8 would leave the Boeing 367 in its exhaust, and the ATR would slowly pull away. Both use about the same amount of fuel per hour, though it is jet-a now versus 100 octane.
Flies2FLL 1 year ago
@Flies2FLL If the ART-72 and Dash 8 400 held the same fuel amount as the 367, they'd fly a hell of a lot farther than the 367. Both of those plane's fuel burn is alot less than what the 367 had on Octane 100 and 130
6V92TA 1 year ago
Hi vladidaddy88
No this plane doesn't fly cargo anymore. It is a survivor and it belongs now to the Berlin Historical Foundation and is in restoration at Floyd Bennet airport, NY.
cheers Mp..
mprophet100 1 year ago
@mprophet100 - Ever shown at the RIAT UK?
ALB437 3 months ago
Is this a plane actively used for cargo today ? or is it a showcase plane ? I flew DC-3's for cargo in Puerto Rico and they are still going strong...
vladidaddy88 1 year ago
Actually the old propliners are a lot less of a pollutant than modern jets. All jet engines do is ignite kerosene and blast it out the back of a turbine. So I'm sure you will be happy to know that when you are on a jet plane you are just burning kerosene and blowing it out the back. :)
FSXWLFS 1 year ago
Radial engines collect oil in the lower cylinders which burns off next time the engine is started. They all do this. Also ,these are air cooled engines so they naturally have higher oil consumption. These monster engines each had like a 55 gallon oil tank for the supply, they were dry-sump designs. Bear in mind each of those engines has 28 cylinders.
Tremolux59 1 year ago
Jeez, talk about a pollution hazard!
mistofoles 1 year ago
@mistofoles Once upon a time there were thousands of airplanes that smked as badly or worse, yet there still is clean air. most enviromentalists have no interest in the enviroment, they are after power, if you can controll access to energy, you can control people. Hitler/Stalin in sheeps clothing.
kdraper2007 1 year ago
@kdraper2007 Well....OK, but I was just making an observation, not a political statement!
mistofoles 1 year ago
@kdraper2007
There are STILL thousands of airplanes flying. Now they are jets which are much bigger than the old piston liners, burn more fuel, and release more emissions. So getting them to run as clean as possible should be an issue.
FiveCentsPlease 1 year ago
@kdraper2007
Do yourself a favor and web search "Climategate" You will learn that Global Warming has been exposed as the Socialist lie it is.
0289XYZ 1 year ago 2
surprisingly smokey!
allyn788 2 years ago