How To Fly The B-26 Airplane (1944)

The Martin B-26 bomber was popularly known as the Marauder. This wartime training film shows how to handle the versatile craft, with Hollywood actor Don Porter playing the part of the pilot

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[DDSeever]

If I'd known in advance this training film was this good ... I would have made popcorn.

[barkon]

This is easily the most relaxed, natural-feeling 'how to fly' video I've ever seen.

[jrcadet4]

@matrix49A Also: the guy he's checking out as a pilot is actor Craig Stevens, who later played 'Peter Gunn' in the TV series. The FMPU had an amazing roster of acting & production talent.

[matrix49A]

@jrcadet4 Thanks

[jrcadet4]

@matrix49A His name was Don Porter, and he had a long career postwar as a character actor. (He played Sally Field's dad in the 'Gidget' TV series.)

[geekintheperimeter]

Was this preflight check completed before every flight!?!? Wow.

Talk about thorough.

[toogoodbw]

"Conventional gear" means a tail dragger? I guess tricycle gear were "weird" back then.

[toogoodbw]

This is awesome!!!! Where did you get this?

[maxfieldo]

My dad flew the B-26. Training for the 26 took place in Tampa, Fl. He said the plane was known there as, "One a day in Tampa Bay"! The fuel could also be dumped accidently while transfering from wing to wing into the plane if one of the valve was not properly set. The first 26 squadrons bombing Italy out of N. Africa had the highest attrition of any bombers at the time. They were sent to Lebanon for 30 days of formation flying...came back to be some of the least shot up of bombers after that.

[chasyes1]

The B-26 was known as the Baltimore Whore because it had no visible means of support,meaning the area of the wing, later increased. jimmy Doolittle proved it WAS a safe plane to fly IF YOU DID IT RIGHT! It turned out the B-26 had the lowest loss ratio of bombers in Europe. It had a great payload and was very useful in france and Italy. kermit Weeks Museum has the only one left flying and they drop watermelons at the Ft Lauderdale Air and Sea show...Sumpin to see!

[SimSamurai]

At 23:50 when the Co-pilot says "Uhhh yea." he is really thinking.. "seriously...how in the hell am I supposed to remember what you just spouted out for the last 30 seconds"

[nejsig]

Or maybe not, i´m too old anyway .