Cargo DC-7B engine start

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mprophet100

14 жыл бұрын

Florida Air Transport Douglas DC-7B N381AA engine start at Opa Locka Airport - Florida

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@KC4JTA 11 жыл бұрын

I did get to see this airplane once several years ago.My wife and me were in Owensboro, Ky. She she was looking out the windshield and asked me what kind of plane she was looking at. I looked up and almost fliped. I told her it looked like a DC-6 or a DC-7. It was low and the gear was down. We headed for the airport and got to see it and even a walk around. Glad to hear thar it will be used and not cut up to make soda and beer cans.

@ROCKSTARCRANE 13 жыл бұрын

Like watching old steam locomotives. Travel will never be the same again...

@LukeSidler2005 12 жыл бұрын

Nothing like the sound of piston engines. great video. it's like music to the ears.

@beegee22 Жыл бұрын

Flew in these in the early 60's between Miami and Tegucigalpa on TAN Airlines from Honduras. Those big turbo compound engines could be fussy, it wasn't unusual to see one shut down in flight, usually precautionary due to oil pressure or high temps.

@Borretski 4 жыл бұрын

Flew in a DC3 a couple of times Years ago, They looked clumsy in flight, yet light as a bird when you were flying in 'em!

@CaptainKrimson 13 жыл бұрын

@canals22 Most radial engines burn oil when cold. When they are warmed up the pistonrings fit better and the smoke dissapears. This is quite normal.

@CaptainKrimson 13 жыл бұрын

@MrCriticOfAll They do, these are four-stroke engines. Airplanes usually have double ignition systems for safety so there will be two spark plugs in every cylinder.

@Patroni_Foxtrot 11 жыл бұрын

wow, at 1:30 you can just see the engine bouncing around a bit. beautiful R-3350 sounds!

@jeremy20100712 9 жыл бұрын

Nice detail.

@speedyspeedboi762 9 жыл бұрын

Poor bird saw her last year they were supposed to be making it into a restaurant but last I saw the rudder control surface was torn off and she defiantly looks rough hope their restoration goes well

@dogy305 12 жыл бұрын

great music choice

@doulasc 9 жыл бұрын

It is in New Smyrna Beach Florida and was to become a restaurant.On their Facebook page DC7 Grill there has not been any news for a long time.

@bigtampabear 12 жыл бұрын

Great video...it has an American Alrlines orange lighting strip

@gigantesdosares7891 8 жыл бұрын

Very good.

@digitalshackonthelane 7 жыл бұрын

NICE PLACE TO LEAVE THE LADDER.

@mprophet100 13 жыл бұрын

Hi dough9driver. I visited Opa Locka airport this summer (June) and this a/c was parked on the florida Air Transport (FAT) ramp missing an engine...it has not flown for a while. Instead FAT is using a DC-4 & DC-6 for its cargo operation. Mp

@beegee22 Жыл бұрын

Not surprised that they are using 4's and 6's, the operating economics and engine maintenance are much lower. The turbo compound engines were more complex.

@doulasc 11 жыл бұрын

That DC-7 is retired and is now going to be a restaurnant in New Smyrna Beach Florida called the DC-7 grill. check it out on facebook.

@backpackerthrulife8497 5 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh….wonderful.

@mprophet100 11 жыл бұрын

Hi siegfrid...nope..this on has been turned into a grill restaurant...soon to be opened....somewhere mid Florida....(DC-7Grill)

@jack-n-the-bots2926 6 жыл бұрын

A sad end to a magnificent lady. I hear the DC-7 was built using 5065(?) aluminum which has a high magnesium content. If that's true the Florida weather will make scrap metal of her

@davef.2811 3 жыл бұрын

Id this the one that contacted a utility pole on its last flt. @ OPF?

@LEMMYLEMON Жыл бұрын

Wow this video is older than me

@triplanelover 8 жыл бұрын

guy making me nervous up the stairs in front of the prop

@motorTranz 7 жыл бұрын

They need handrails on that.

@MilwaukeeF40C 6 жыл бұрын

Wuss.

@LarryMisfit 6 жыл бұрын

Clear prop?!?!

@cats0182 3 жыл бұрын

It's safe to run the engine with the cover off?

@beegee22 Жыл бұрын

On the ground yes but not at high power.

@siegfriedhuber 11 жыл бұрын

Are any of these machines airworthy today?

@TomPauls007 6 жыл бұрын

This is good stuff! The uncovered engine is vibrating a bit - misfiring. I thought the 7's had the corn-cob radials (4350). Guess I was mistaken.

@rogerjohnson6218 5 жыл бұрын

no.. all DC 7 A /B /C's are a 3350.. Eng...

@b52crewchief 5 жыл бұрын

DC-7's had Wright, R-3350, Tubo-Compound engines

@b52crewchief 5 жыл бұрын

The "corn-cob" radial, the Pratt & Whitney R-4360, was used on the Boeing 377.

@tomsamuelson8512 4 жыл бұрын

@@b52crewchief DC-7 A&B had P&W. DC-7C Wright engines

@barthoedemaker 13 жыл бұрын

@ROCKSTARCRANE yeah nothing like some greasy smokey start ups, and radial engines

@richardcarper8566 Жыл бұрын

Most airplane restaurants fail

@MaryDemolitionLover 11 жыл бұрын

14 years ago :/

@doug9driver 13 жыл бұрын

She is still registered today. I wonder if she is still flying.

@davef.2329 Жыл бұрын

Struck a tall utility pole on T/O some years ago and went away in pieces on trucks.

@doulasc 6 жыл бұрын

That plane is now rotting away in New Smyrna Beach Florida

@diioriog 7 жыл бұрын

1:28 the engine seems moving...

@siegfriedhuber 11 жыл бұрын

sad.. they are icons of air travel...

@Tayd0g 8 жыл бұрын

An old bird runs again

@Tayd0g 8 жыл бұрын

+HaloFan one beautiful peice of shit

@prieten49 7 жыл бұрын

Looks like they removed the cowling on the right engine.

@johnklar5131 6 жыл бұрын

Stuart M. It's a new engine.

@alvaroisraelecheverria7708 9 жыл бұрын

In the tail say DC-7C

@tomsamuelson8512 4 жыл бұрын

DC-7..tail says D7C.it is a DC-7B

@beegee22 Жыл бұрын

@@tomsamuelson8512 Yes - the vertical stem of the 7 divides the D and the C - a graphic style thing.

@Yosemite-George-61 13 жыл бұрын

Too much oil smoke...

@alvaroisraelecheverria7708 11 жыл бұрын

DC-7C dice en la cola.

@beegee22 Жыл бұрын

DC7 - la pata del 7 divide la D y la C. Cosa de estilo gráfico.

@09shadowjet 12 жыл бұрын

too much smoke from the engine

@johnklar5131 6 жыл бұрын

09shadowjet No,a perfect amount of smoke from a brand new engine, this was what happens.

@beegee22 Жыл бұрын

Normal smoke from a cold start. Rings are cold and not seated and oil pools in the lower cylinder heads.

@09shadowjet Жыл бұрын

I realised I made that comment 10 years ago. I was just a naïve child 😂

@beegee22 Жыл бұрын

@@09shadowjet 👍😂