Awesome Airplanes!
 

I was just watching some very cool low passes, and not knowing where to share them I thought I'd make a new thread that can either thrive or die. It doesn't matter which, it's just a couple of breathtaking sights that are usually only seen by those who can attend airshows.

Turn your sound up!

DC-10.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HPjPqrnYQI

DC-3.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyUJIC6I7ic

Merlins!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZo1KBPKa7c

Hurricane.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIkSbL83Rx4

P-40Es (Allison V-12)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1cKPUWHa8I

FW-190
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhQ1XmUjIUI

Me-262
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9MA4PRsZ5c

Crazy Dutch lowness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSKIP5DcfKU

This thread is awesome. :yep:

Say what you like about the french but their pilots, when let off the leash in Chad, are fantastic.

Great thread, Steve. :up:

Let's slow things down with some french helo action!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SloCREJoV6o :rock:

Highlight to note - the guy at 1.16 :har:

Music? I wanna hear the engines, man! :stare: :O:

:yep: I can only second this.

One of my favourite videos:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x72...had_shortfilms

Some fantastic flying there.

Love that DC-3 engine sound, Steve, always gives me the chills. :up:

Loving the 'Merlins' too, I presume the footage is computer? Either way, it's still lovely.

Can't go having the Butcher Bird without her little sister:

DB-605 music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsjTUuxDzTc

You can't beat a good Merlin, but I've grown, through years of playing IL2 with the Lolwaffles, to really love the DB-601 and 605 engine noise, that whistle! It's got a charm all of its own. :up:

And, something that would bring joy to many a wounded GIs ears:

Huey:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKCxJpIrkbw

Although I do love the deep thud of the Chinook:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T07_2BVjQF0

Good stuff.

And lastly, one for Jim and Herr B:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBrH7UKkhAU

Not a chance of hell of a Vulcan sneaking up on anyone, that's for sure. :up:

Bf-109E, Db-601.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cLmBZWDyBM

Bf-109G, Db-605.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nj77mJlzrc

F-4-U Corsair, P&W R-2800.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQxb-V-rZqA

P-38 Lightning, Twin Allison.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glzG9lizkSc

That's what I'm talkin' about! Helicopters don't fly - they beat the air into submission!

Chinook gets owned by the Russians - literally!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBP1cIh27Oo

We can argue about which was the best of the first-generation heavy jet bombers, but there is no doubt about which one was the prettiest. :rock:

Bloody marvelous especially the Rolls Royce Merlin's :yep:

:rock::rock::rock:

Here's a nice video I found from inside a Huey doing a lovely approach and landing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev63R_soRjo

I think since the release of DCS:Huey, a lot of people are starting to realise just how much skill the pilots need to fly them. :haha:

Spitfire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8_5Qc1mK54

P-51 and it's famous "whistle"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5fjKEXXPQ8

Geeze, the world has made some beautiful looking and sounding aircraft.

:rock:

Beautiful! :rock:

Regarding skill, Lou Drendel, in one of his books on the Huey, describes going for a lengthy ride in one. He mention the fact that unlike a standard aircraft, the helicopter is inherently unstable and requires that the pilot keep his hands on both sticks at all times. This means he can never relax, even for a few seconds. That takes a lot of stamina and mental exertion as well.

I can remember riding on a huey, "sitting in the door" as they say, and watching 4 other hueys that were abreast of us. We were all moving along at a very good rate of speed, and I was stunned at how the other 4 were constantly up, down, up, down, etc, not holding altitude well at all.

Later on the ground I commented about that, asking if their pilots were sober. (joking) Thing is, they were looking at me seeing the same thing. Its just that in the one you are riding on, you don't feel it or notice it.

This Gnat was 'just a trainer':

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/newr...te=1&p=2114315