Lovely. FYI, adjust the shutter rate on your video camera so the props don't look like they are barely turning when in reality, they're rev'd up. One way is to take the camer off the Auto mode and put it on the Cloudy Sky setting. If you have it on Sunny or Snow setting, the shutter is set at the maximum speed, which strobes in-sync to the props.
It's owned by TBM-Butler Aviation and used then (and still, as far as I know, today) for firefighting. Ex-Eastern originally, I think, judging by the registration. Glad you liked the video and thanks for your comment.
I rode in one of these planes flying from Chicago to Detroit. Very comfortable but a bit unnerving when the exhaust pipes began to glow a cherry red. This was a United Airlines plane...very clean and the upholstered seats reminded me of Gramma's overstuffed chairs made in the 30's.
Thanks for this nice comment-I always like to hear from people who flew on the pistonliners, what the experience was actually like in the time when they were in regular passenger service; something I missed out on, bar rides from London to La Baule, France on an Air France Super Connie in August/September 1962 (see my video posting of this, also on You Tube). Unfortunately tho, as I was only four at the time, I have no memory of it, but I do have the film fragment-video I've posted on You Tube.
When I was a boy growing up in the time period when piston engined planes were being phased out and Boeing 707's were increasingly common, air travel (and even train travel) was something special. Costs were the same regardless of airline so passengers were treated with dignity and respect. My mother always insisted that we wear our best 'Sunday' clothing...dressed up, in other words, for our cross country trip. Same thing on the "Super Chief", Los Angeles to Chicago. Now? Bah, humbug!
Yeah, know how you feel-I did a lot of flying in the sixties (we're nearly the same age), tho mine was mainly on turboprops (Vanguards, Viscounts, an Electra-very fond memories).
@parim31 its the prop pitch. Its why it sounds the way it does in this vid. Even without the wheel chokes and brakes locked, with the props set right, the plane wont move at full throttle.
Camera is set at a high shutter speed, so it may look like the blades aren't really turning. In fact they are spinning so fast that if you were standing right there, you wouldn't even see the blades.
Engines are running at power. Maybe not full power. Try looking at your television or a flor. light through the blades of a fan on low. You'll see the same effect.
Not to mention their wonderful DC4 re-engined with 18 cylinder radials. That big prop is possibly the very best sounding aircraft I've heard, this side of a DC6B!! Buffalo Airways has some GREAT aircraft!
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Props are the only way to fly.
centurion180ad 7 months ago
Thanks danf321-I'd wondered why there was this effect.
Proplinerman 7 months ago
Lovely. FYI, adjust the shutter rate on your video camera so the props don't look like they are barely turning when in reality, they're rev'd up. One way is to take the camer off the Auto mode and put it on the Cloudy Sky setting. If you have it on Sunny or Snow setting, the shutter is set at the maximum speed, which strobes in-sync to the props.
danf321 8 months ago
that is a cool airplane
fr8boy 1 year ago
Wild , nice and sweet! I simply ADORE this great monster!
Thank you very much for post it, I want to know more about it! ^__O
teaser1950 1 year ago
It's owned by TBM-Butler Aviation and used then (and still, as far as I know, today) for firefighting. Ex-Eastern originally, I think, judging by the registration. Glad you liked the video and thanks for your comment.
Proplinerman 1 year ago
@Proplinerman You are very welcome ^^
teaser1950 1 year ago
WRIGHT R-3350 18 CYL RADIALS?
teletubbykiller23 1 year ago
I rode in one of these planes flying from Chicago to Detroit. Very comfortable but a bit unnerving when the exhaust pipes began to glow a cherry red. This was a United Airlines plane...very clean and the upholstered seats reminded me of Gramma's overstuffed chairs made in the 30's.
zeekwolfe 2 years ago
Thanks for this nice comment-I always like to hear from people who flew on the pistonliners, what the experience was actually like in the time when they were in regular passenger service; something I missed out on, bar rides from London to La Baule, France on an Air France Super Connie in August/September 1962 (see my video posting of this, also on You Tube). Unfortunately tho, as I was only four at the time, I have no memory of it, but I do have the film fragment-video I've posted on You Tube.
Proplinerman 2 years ago
When I was a boy growing up in the time period when piston engined planes were being phased out and Boeing 707's were increasingly common, air travel (and even train travel) was something special. Costs were the same regardless of airline so passengers were treated with dignity and respect. My mother always insisted that we wear our best 'Sunday' clothing...dressed up, in other words, for our cross country trip. Same thing on the "Super Chief", Los Angeles to Chicago. Now? Bah, humbug!
zeekwolfe 2 years ago
how come the plane doesnt move if the props are on full throttle? wheels locked or does it have to do with the pitch of the props?
parim31 2 years ago
Combination of chocks and brakes I would think.
Proplinerman 2 years ago
also props at minimum pitch...
kenns9 2 years ago
Yeah, know how you feel-I did a lot of flying in the sixties (we're nearly the same age), tho mine was mainly on turboprops (Vanguards, Viscounts, an Electra-very fond memories).
Proplinerman 2 years ago
@parim31 its the prop pitch. Its why it sounds the way it does in this vid. Even without the wheel chokes and brakes locked, with the props set right, the plane wont move at full throttle.
6V92TA 1 year ago
wow, great engine noise, btw, wasnt a DC-7 the plane type that Roberto Clemente died on? =(
Jobafan08 2 years ago
True. A DC-7CF to be precise. San Juan, December 31, 1972.
Propliner1955 2 years ago
Camera is set at a high shutter speed, so it may look like the blades aren't really turning. In fact they are spinning so fast that if you were standing right there, you wouldn't even see the blades.
smokeddirky 3 years ago
Engines are running at power. Maybe not full power. Try looking at your television or a flor. light through the blades of a fan on low. You'll see the same effect.
diggr13 3 years ago
Then how can you explain props sometimes "turning backwards"? Or have you ever learned about strobe effect?
Nuance5 3 years ago
Those 3350's sound great, but not even METO power.
boxr4 3 years ago
Sorry I got it wrong re max power, but I am no engineer.
Proplinerman 3 years ago
Engines on full power.... NOT!
mike210476 3 years ago
Too bad youtube doesn't do 5.1.
YoungJim409 3 years ago
awesome!
9751asd 3 years ago
What a beautiful music!!
Congratulations!
age080422 3 years ago
incredible, congratulations!
Adrianovcc 4 years ago
Excellent!
yukonn 4 years ago
Awesome! I thought that models like DC-6, DC-7 had already disappeared.
When and where was this video recorded?
bretodeau 4 years ago
I am Proplinerman and can tell you that the video was recorded at Redmond, Oregon, USA, on 22nd April 2004.
Proplinerman 4 years ago
Some place called buffalo air or something in Alaska or Canada still operate a DC-6, a Electra and 2 DC-3s!
gnarkillkicksass 3 years ago
Not to mention their wonderful DC4 re-engined with 18 cylinder radials. That big prop is possibly the very best sounding aircraft I've heard, this side of a DC6B!! Buffalo Airways has some GREAT aircraft!
NathanH5 2 years ago
18 cylinder radial engine on a DC-4???! I doubt it. Perhaps a DC-4 re-engined with the R2600. That is a 14 cylinder engine--same as the stock R2000.
Propliner1955 2 years ago
awesome! 2=)
Kakashi67468 4 years ago