I can relate. RCAF 2195, Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, was recovered from 50nm north of Yellowknife NWT in 1988. The Ventura Memorial Flight Association has been wanting to restore it airworthy and historically accurate ever since then. We know alot about Vents, but not fundraising.

Another cool fact - Dr. Felton has a video about it!

@@sslaytor really, do you know the title? I discovered his channel recently and have been going through past videos.

@@gilbert8162 Sure. It is: Ice Station Kurt - The Secret German Mission to Canada

Is the automated station still there?

@@davidpeters2783 No, it was moved to the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

Get out !

@@flogarv7007 that's kinda of sad tbh

@@riograndedosulball248 I think it's a neat way of giving a piece of history to live on.

Rio Grande do Sul Ball not sad its stepping on nazi ships that were wastes of resources

@@vincentconti3633 stfu

Great footage of Whiskey 7 at its home base grass strip in Geneseo NY!

At the moment we have the sunshine but the wind does have an arctic touch to it still. So still somewhat appropriate.

I'm pretty sure April is still spring

Yeah ... there's about six inches of snow and a winter storm warning where I'm at in Colorado right now.

Well....not here in Canada

@Stephen Turner or quarters

Lol!

Are you infected? You are not in quarantine if you are not infected. Look up definition of quarantine.

I love this channel and narrative! It feels just like the old-school Discovery Channel war documentaries I've been missing since Discovery went downhill 15 years ago.

@@Arcticfox7 language is descriptive, not prescriptive. Common usage includes the use of quarantine as a precaution by isolation to stop infection. Chill

What quarantine?? What?? You dont need quarantine to watch these.

The very first time I saw the story I was wondering why they didn’t have fire extinguishers at the ready during the prep and engine runs. Then it caught fire and burned to the ground. Idiots.

VERY TRUE! The recovery attempt was a "heads up one's arse" affair. A waste of almost criminal proportions!

That gasoline powered generator was called the 'putt-putt' in official US Aiforce training films. You may find that video still around here somewhere.

It had a gas fueled heater to warm up the interior, (wasn't OEM, but put in by a ground crew) that caught on fire and destroyed the airplane. It had 4 overhauled engines and props installed and was making power runs in prep of takeoff....was a shame.

They did a PBS-TV presentation about it, which included film of the fire. What a shame.

Cal-EFC 1878 right!!??

As a prospective history teacher, it hurts that time can’t be spared to discuss stuff like this

And best, it is just facts, no propaganda!

Sorry your history classes weren't very good.

You should be reminded that known history of humanity being taught in school starts from around 10k BCE while airplane history is just over 100 years. I sincerely hope your comment was meant as a stupid following of the trend of common YT comments. Otherwise, you are most unfortunate getting that low quality of education and should search the ways to improve.

Interesting

Where in the Yukon was this?

@@-Cheif in the third row seats

You will go trought this no worries

Unless you physically inhaled/swallowed cesium or strontium isotopes, you'll be fine. HIGHLY refined materials are also HIGHLY unstable(think gasoline/alcohol).

Why are there atomic clouds I'm dumb

Yep me too did a fair bit of work up there for Det460

@Luther Smith Cool! But if you need to put a piece of fruit in a beer to make it drinkable, it's NOT GOOD BEER in the first place! Corona beer really is "panther piss" beer! Drink GOOD beer, my friend!

Absolute respect . . .

It would seem that you lost a friend rather than a resident.

That is sad, thank you for sharing. All the best in Belgium, from South Carolina.

That is sad, thank you for sharing. All the best in Belgium, from South Carolina.

@@markfryer9880 Absolutly I lost many elderly friends in the last three weeks! It is a total disaster. Thanks for your support!

Its interresting to see that some are used as their intended role. I heard of many DC-3s/C-47s being used in remote regions.

One word: cost

Cost too large and they are in remote regions that's why a lot of them got stripped if you disassembled what's left it would be destroyed completely

Glacier Girl P-38

Let them rest where they are. Their stories ended there and that’s why they’re interesting enough to be in a video.

See my main comment on a reason why...truly is sad

Thought the same LOL

Which episode? Sad I can't remember it, guessing it was the special where one of them attaches a bog seat to the back of their car, and they shoot SPAM with a shotgun?

Bullet4MyEnemy it’s the arctic special, S9 E7

including the famous Bumper Dumper. "Clarkson! You insufferable oaf!"

@@vaclav_fejt Very un-funny! Idiot! (That happened the 2nd time the Hilux set off whilst the spaniel was still on the bog...)

@Herbert B. Bondsh Absolutely. There's not much left of the Repulse and Prince of Wales. Pre-Hiroshima steel is worth it's weight in gold, so it's not unexpected I suppose.

@@PhantomP63 The HMS Exeter is completely gone.

I remember when he only had 10 videos

I remember him before he was a doctor.

I'm not even sure just how long I have been watching his videos.

@@Collectorfirearms I remember him from before video was invented, and I used to listen to him using 2 cocoa tins linked with string.

@@ColinH1973 I doubt it, since 'cocoa tins' are very unreliable beyond 20 feet....

Glad you like them!

Thanks - I won't

@markfelton Im not quite sure if u already made a video about this, but an interesting event prior to ww2 was the bombing of Guernica by the German Luftwaffe. It is lesser known and maybe you find it interesting

I don't want to know, I enjoy the surprise.

@@clemenswalter1281 The whole world and his dog knows all about this event you fool.

Thank you! 😊

@ It wasn't an APU _per se_ but a regular gas powered generator that had been used in the refurbishment process. It didn't need to be strapped down for that, and no one remembered to strap it down before taxiing. The rough ice and snow caused it to bounce and leak gas, and the rest is history. Heartbreaking outcome of a truly heroic effort.

I remember a pretty good documentary about this called “ b-29 frozen in time “

@@hshs5756 Other commentators are saying it was the "Put Put", which is called an APU. The APU in the B-29 resides in the rear of the aircraft, just forward of the tail gun position. It is started on the ground prior to engine start by the tail gunner. Once the engineer has started all the engines, the tail gunner shuts the APU down before take-off. This is all described in at least one WW2 era training film for B-29 flight engineers on KZfaq.

@@vk2ig Thanks for that. In the documentary on this they don't make that clear, and now that I know it was a built-in piece of equipment, I wonder all the more why taxiing on rough ground would make it catch on fire, unless this is a case of "coincidence is not causation".

Harbour Dog - I think he’s already done a video on them.

+Tom Servo Not a loose generator. They neglected to fix a fuel pump and ran the generator with jerry can of gas. The generator must be running on the ground and for low engine RPM.

Glad you enjoyed it

Thanks for watching!

@@MarkFeltonProductions Always enjoy. Keep up the great work

@@MarkFeltonProductions I have to say your video's are excellent in both content and production..! You should consider making videos covering historical events , copyright them and sell to schools for history class !! Between your narration talent, and music selection.....it grabs people's attention.........you got a winning formula here!! ...just saying....

Glad I checked the comments I was going write the same suggestion, hopefully this helps kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eatpnZCIxJ65g6s.html

I've only watched it once. It's too painful to watch. Seriously

Yeah watched it years ago and was quite disappointed at the end. No reason it should have burnt up. Laziness and poor fire equipment led to its demise.

I thought of that as soon as I saw this video. It's a fascinating documentary but also heartbreaking for a number of reasons.

Wasn't it an improperly secured generator that shook loose and caught fire. It was terrible to watch. I believe it broke loose on the take-off attempt or taxi run leading up to take-off?

Ah, a man of culture!

@@melle9155 A Jeremy Clarkson quote is now culture?

@@ianmacfarlane1241 Yes

I instantly thought of that Top Gear episode when this was uploaded.

Think of it this way James... You'll be the first man on the north pole who didn't want to be there!

They also use c46's for cargo as well. I am surprised the McBryans haven't had a go at getting parts off the downed C 47s

Buffalo Airways no longer operates the DC-3/C-47 in scheduled passenger service. That ended a couple of years ago if memory correct.

Have you heard of Pelican Butte and Rocky Point?

Don’t they also have the first Boeing 747 up there as well?

My dad was one of the GI’s transported on her during WW2.

Sinister Gerbils how mature!

I have a book on the recovery effort called the "Lost Squadron" which is a photographic history of the loss and recovery effort. Filled with photos taken at the time of the aircraft laying on the ice after their forced landing, photos of the recovery of Glacier Girl, and firing the guns after recovery. Although they did locate one of the B-17s under the ice, the shifting ice had ripped it apart unfortunately....I have heard a rumor that others are planning on searching for the remainder of the aircraft.

Yep, it is. Walked out on the ice and touched its tail last year when I was there on an exercise.

Haha! I'd honestly like to see a more serious horror short story or something of the like inspired by or featuring an antique crashed plane in the arctic. That's niche enough that I'll likely have to write it myself some day lol

isn't there an airplane at the abandoned amusement park?

Indeed it was a strong strategic point for the Soviets as it would allow them to control Iceland to an extent

I loved that book .

So he tells lies????

he artificially sets up moments of nature and portrays it as if its happening naturally in real time as if its gods creation? david attenborough is a puppet of the BBC. not to say he isnt a good man, he is, but it doesn't excuse the fact people drink up his bullshit believing every single word and image they see. not sure what interview but he was pressed on answering how do you capture the right moments of nature as if its so easy, and basically he mentioned they create and breed the situation like a caterpillar birthing from a cocoon or a dragon fly on a lilly-pad giving birth. they are made in a set environment then controlled to give a certain outcome when the moment is needed, obviously this is done because sometimes in history it would be impossible to wait or even see it happening in its own moment naturally. my problem isn't that, my problem is they pretend its all so perfect and natural and in reality its as scripted as a TV drama so to say and the people like us just lap it up and don't even remember a gram of information on anything they've watched its just "oh its david attenborough"

COBI SA

@@cobiww2790 nice to see a fellow COBI fan

@@HarrisonGoldfarb same I see you on his streams as well My channel is about cobi

by a clown....it should've been disassembled and transported, its not the same as pulling a car from the yard and takin it down the street