C-47 Startup

[Andyb3496]

The pure sound of gods plumbing so poetic so soul touching who says machine like this don't come alive

[bogomir67]

compared to all the high-tech-crap today - these were (still are!) plain beatifull!

And the sound makes my skin crawl!

[TaZ101SAGA]

Beautiful aircraft, I want to make sweet love to it.

[CrAzY3AGL3]

i could lick it :)

[TheNerd115]

im soooooo going to fly that thing!!!!

[FalloutRadius]

Whoa! Invasion stripes still on it and everything! Kickass!

[omyajt]

Is the tailnumber 57 or 58NA? Airnow (business air) in Vermont used to operate these two. One of them had the word "groan" painted on one nacelle and "moan" painted on the other. Pretty cool. They used to back up fedex in EWR at christmas. Carry rolls of carpet, baby chickens, you name it. I was a lowly dispatcher..even lower.."flight follower" Swept those wings free of snow more than once for a late night charter. When my shift was over on saturday morning, I'd go out and sit in them

[brendiano17]

One of these flew over my house about 2 years ago, I have no idea what it was doing flying around, but I could not believe my eyes when I saw it...

[SgtGrant23]

i got to taxi in one today

[FalloutRadius]

@SgtGrant23 I was late for work yesterday because I was being attacked by Russian MiG-29s in my F-18.

[blueflame53]

@FalloutRadius dude...that happened to me the other day,but I was in my F-15.

[FalloutRadius]

@blueflame53 Ah bummer, man! ;P

[blueflame53]

@FalloutRadius no worries went back and fired up the F-22 and showed em' how its done... lol

[bugsier5]

18 blade's before starting port eng?

8 suficient??????

[blueflame53]

@bugsier5 thats what i was thinking. I thought it was 12.

[Grumpy7783]

My Grandfather flew these and the P-51 against the Japanese. He flew the C-47 over the hump alot into Burma and China. i loved hearing the stories and photos he would show me. RIP Grandpa.

[ljubisa88]

damn, I loooooove this plane, and radial engines :)))

[fjbutch]

Such a gorgeous sound.....wonderful aircraft ....

[dakmandc3]

Absolutely stunning. The best plane to ever grace the skies. The engines are music to my ears and always brings tears to my eyes. Thanks so much for a great video.

[airborne1940]

Its simple starting up a C-47.

[asgasgasg1]

The original name is DC-3 or C-47?!

[airborne1940]

Same thing

[shortsunderland]

DC3 is the Civilian version

C47 is the US military version

Dakota is the english military version

[fixedgearforlife]

That one dude casually walks by that spinning propeller

[Yellowbird774]

The camera zoom compresses the apparent distance - he was about 20 feet in front of the aircraft.

[catman351]

My uncle witnessed a tall U.S. Army captain who died getting chopped up by one of those in Vietnam. Needless to say, that prop didn't skip a beat as it tore him to pieces.

[tucker1012]

did they use this in band of brothers?

[am1krazykid]

yeah C-47's was the plane that dropped 101st into Normandy

[tucker1012]

no, i meant for filming,did they use this for ep 1 before the big "jump"

[flyboy8492]

they used one plane and then made a whole bunch of digital ones. computer graphics

[themanfromwyoming]

And the 82nd too.

[wantotryu2]

i agree the sounds a great part of the experiance

[goosespencer]

Is this the same plane that Air America flew in the Far East in the early 60's?

[mikes47jeep]

their still flying comuter service up in alaska

[Scowguy]

My Grandfather flew the C-47 during WWII.  He absolutly loved the plane.

[spinrock9]

Awesome. My dad was crew chief on a C47 in Burma.

[TheDarDar1]

My dad was a Crew Chief on a C-47 out of Maxwell AFB Montgomery, Al dring the 50's and 60's and his stories are part of my life. Thanks for sharing the comment about your Dad. God Bless!

[samuelbengermin]

i love the sound of that aircraft i love everything about it