Buffalo Airways DC-4 Low-Level takeoff; almost takes off my head

[teaser1950]

!YAAAHOOOOOOOOO!!!

!That is the spirit, Man!!! :D

[ballygeale1]

whos at the controles of that buff airliner

[neper1982]

twisting the camera like that... really nice shot!

[tom201090]

personally i would have gone to the end of tarmac and be slightly further a way but still probably the best take of video i have seen.

[mozart03uk]

wow that is great

[RJfan]

omg if I was that camera man, you could cut a cigar with my ass during that xD

[airmech07]

@RJfan it was pretty intense i almost crapped my pants

[1977niek]

Whoooooo that was close!!!

Mind your head :-p

[legovogel1]

maybe it is a woman

[matthiashaenni]

WOW GREAT !!!

[danf321]

Nice! Take a look at the opening of the John Wayne movie "The High and the Mighty". This clip looks exactly like the DC4 in that movie with the same low-level takeoff.

[Coaljet]

I paused the clip ... he DID have flaps down! D'oh!

[Coaljet]

I sometimes wonder why they don't use even just a little flap on takeoff with these old propliners. The takeoffs seem so flat and shallow, as if there just wasn't enough lift in those wings. Wouldn't even 15º flaps make a nice difference with minimal drag?

[smokingws6]

If you look close there is about 10 to 15* of flaps on takeoff. However i'd say the shallow climb was intentional to buzz the camera man.

[marick626]

@Coaljet

They do takeoff with flaps, and if they don't there are reasons not to.

[19elgato46]

Now that's a good video. Music provided by those thundering radials.

[PICvc3]

Pretty nice one! ANTS RUN FOR COVER!!!

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[19elgato46]

Good follow through at the end.

[bagelboi66]

Beauty! I gotta get me up there some day to experience that.

[MrFlightsim]

nice video mate

[incheon]

Yikes!Did u make the captain mad for some reason??

[red54321dy]

@incheon

The piston-prop planes could not climb like today's jets.  Looked like a typical takeoff

[SCE2AUX]

"Uh, we're trying to take off, eh? Wanna move over just a...aw never mind."

[RaphaelMusic]

Its a flack gun xD

[DBackJack]

Kool video !

[jmr604]

Nice. =) Someone is going to have to buy a new shutter soon. Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click Click

[acezeman07]

and new pants