Japanese Zero A6M5 Takeoff from Palm Springs - Rare Sound !

This is clip of the Planes of Fame Museum's (Chino, California) taking offf from the Palm Springs , Calif. airport. This airport is the home of the Palm Springs Air Museum. The Zero was taking off to join up with with the POF P-38J and the PSAM Hellcat for a flight demonstration (this demonstration is shown in one of my other videos-check it out!). This the ONLY Zero flying today that has the original Sakae ("Prosperity") 14-cylinder engine. An amazing and super-rare sight and sound experience!

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[driftkingz109]

Wow is this zero really original and genuine? because if it is then there are only 2 original zero left (as in really really original from the Japanese war) then wow

[octane130]

@driftkingz109: This original zero is the only Japanese WWII aircraft in the world operating with the original Japanese engine. There are several other original Zero airframes flying today, but their engines have been replaced with American Pratt & Whitney R-1830 engines, which fit nicely into the airframe. It is highly unlikely that any other Japanese WWII engine will ever once again become operational.

[Bloodgod40]

I don't know how long it had been going when the video started but it looks like an incredible short takeoff.

[octane130]

Yes, the takeoff roll started just a few seconds before the start of my video. A very, very, short takeoff roll. This is the only real Zero you will ever see (i.e. original engine). Beautiful.

[19caribou61]

Beautiful aircraft

[SirianJedi]

For all the negative stuff written about the Zero, it was still a most incredible aeroplane! The pilots LOVED them and they were still shooting down 'superior' opponents right up to the end of the war! Saburo Sakae and his mates fought like hell not to get converted onto Shidens, regardless of their armament, power and self sealing fuel tanks, the Japanese Aces stuck with their tried and proven Zeros!

[Quartz482]

They should have it do a fly by over Pearl Harbour as a treat for tourists....buhahahaha....it´l­l definately cause a few vets to shit in their diapers.

[TheF86Sabre]

@octane130 I was going to say, it was like it jumped off the tarmac, amazing!

[pkopatriot]

大日本帝国万歳！

[oiseautempete]

@Bloodgod40

This aircraft is very light in comparision with other warbirds: built like a aeroclub aircraft= good power to weight...

[oiseautempete]

@octane130

The original engine is a Gnome Rhone 14K built under license, more and more improved from the Japanese enginers during the war. This type of engine is very rare but at end of the war near all French aircrafts was scrapped for the metal, same thing with the Japanese aircraft...

[guibin]

man, I wonder how much one of those would cost.

I would love to fly one.

[galoon]

@octane130 Interesting! I thought that the Ghost Squadron (formerly the Confederate Air Force) had an A6M2 in flying condition with its original engine. It may have been a Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp though. I think you're right about the original engine--you can't just go out and buy parts for a Nakajima Sakae radial!

[driftkingz109]

@1JOHNBOY213 can you believe you got a reply from a 1 year comment?

[1JOHNBOY213]

@driftkingz109 its the only 1 with the same engine from ww2

[trevinor3]

ive seen one fly up close and man it really makes your hair stand up and try to imagine 300 planes over pearl back in 41