U will get good justeenee for this 👏👍

OT-4,, Navfac Adak,, what I miss is Midrats at the VP Squadron.

Hello Christina I worked at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay they moved the squadron from Barbers Point to Kaneohe Bay back in the mid-90s the one Squadron was vp-47 yes they did close Barbara's Point down but they are an amazing airplane:-)

Зато у тебя хорошие воспоминания остались. Я бы тоже так хотел.

Grew up on Kaneohe Bay. This plane and its whistling droning howl is basically my childhood.

Moffat field Sunnyvale, ca was the big hotspot for the p3 in san Francisco bay area in the 70s 80s I miss these days.

I was an O level AE! Such a priviledge to work on a plane! 😃👍🎉

Fuckin' SAAAAAAME. I miss it terribly. It's also heartbreaking to witness them firsthand getting struck or sent to the boneyard.

did you fly the orion for real?

I was an AX in VP23 in the early 70s. I went on every detachment we had while I was in that squadron so I got quite a few hours as a ground pounder. I got out moved to Alaska, got a technician job in the oil fields and bought a little 7ECA Aeronca Champ and learned to fly. This plane is basically a Citabria rated for +4.5 and -2.5 Gs. It is also a taildragger which is great for off airport flying like gravel bars and beaches for hunting and fishing. I also had jobs in Alaska as a communications tech where I would charter all kinds of planes including small jets, turboprops and helicopters. I had to fly to an oil platform in Cook Inlet and my pilot was a former P3 In flight engineer.

Hey Chris I was a AD in VP 23 in the early 80s, stationed in Brunswick ME, so sad to see they retired the squadron.

VP-22 did the same tours 67-70, i don't remember ground crews directing or watching engine starts. All these videos seem slow as I remember the engines were started quickly then taxi, turn and go long. I liked the acceleration and upward motion.

Did you know a man named Calvin Henley he trained flight engineers during the same time frame

Vp- 51 Vp- 54 Vp-94 he's 80

Love those t56's! Wrenched on those babies. What a timeless design The mechanical fuel control on the old ones was similar to the fuel injection on a late 50's Corvette.

NAS New Orleans was full of these and C-130s. Love the sound. Miss it from my childhood.

I don't speak Russian but you are right they make great aircraft i always wanted to go to Moscow To visit

West also has a lot of beautiful planes, it is good that Russia has maitained its aircraft industry and sometimes releases new planes. It is not difficult to visit Moscow it seems to me.

That's Marshall Jackson there...

Japan

I used to build Monogram 1/48th scale models when a kid, WWII fighters what fun

The props aren't switching directions, they're just increasing speed and the limited sample rate of the camera makes it appear as if they're changing direction.

@@carl9654 Are you serious??? NO WAY.

Ground crew doesn't seem to have radio, so 'comms' being done by signalling, it would be interesting to know the meaning of each signal as there's obviously a lot going on.

@@raygale4198 Among many things i have done during my airline career, i have marshalled aircraft. It must be a military or govt. thing, on the civilian side we did the same thing he did just as effectively and without looking like you're conducting a goddamn orchestra. Good lord.

It appeared that the number of fingers held up and a pointer to the pilot indicated which engine to start.

@@oldtimer2192 One can accomplish the same results without making a goddamn Broadway show out of it.

Why have you taken such an issue with the ground crew? So many militaries around the world do exactly this. Especially the US Air Force and Navy. Hand signals that are exaggerated, clear and concise, are very necessary. You have marshalled aircraft in a civilian environment. Excellent. The military asks for just a bit more from their crews than the civilian world. And the JASDF will certainly have a degree of ceremony in what they do.

Ground idle or ground start?

Anraí ground idle. There was a position on the throttle quadrant for ground start and ground idle. But the ground idle I’m referring to, is the RPM of the engine as opposed to the position of the blades. I don’t think there was much difference in blade angle between ground idle and ground start, most usually left the throttle position at ground idle. Mainly because the ground start position on the quadrant was superfluous anyway.

@@xairman565 Fair bit of difference between ground start and ground idle power lever position. Ground Start was not 'superfluous' - it was the position with the lowest blade angle that provided minimum resistance to blade start-up, then the power lever was placed into Ground Idle position that was actually a bit negative blade angle to direct thrust forwards to prevent the aircraft rolling forward - as just the thrust coming from the tailipipe is actually enough to move aircraft (around 700lb thrust per engine). You usually taxied around in reverse thrust so you didn't go too fast! If hot day you needed to cycle the engines sequentially into forward thrust to direct cooling air through oil cooler, then back to reverse and another to fwd thrust etc. Just FYI :)

It's Colombia not Columbia.

Except they were upside down in the P3. If you duck under the wheel well there's a TD Amp above your head that says 'No Step' on it 😁

Это Пригожин, наверное.