THE SUPER CONNIES Part 3 of 4: Save A Connie 1990 - We Fly Onboard to a Country Airshow

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THE SUPER CONNIES Part 3 of 4: Save A Connie 1990 - We Fly Onboard to a Country Airshow

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THIS Part 3: We fly a trip on "Star of America" from Kansas City to participate in a Jefferson City, Missouri airshow in September 1990. Full flight deck and passenger cabin window perspectives, and some short clips from the airshow.
Part 1: We review the Super Constellation's role in aviation history, its technical evolution and my involvement in the earliest years with Save A Connie and its Super Constellation L-1049H N6937C "Star of America" (labeled by them as a "G" model). This includes inside-and-out operational footage, and also featuring its debut Oshkosh performance in 1990.
Part 2: We change an R-3350 cylinder jug in March 1990 and get some more fledgling Save A Connie history from it's very first Chief Flight Engineer, Walter "Willie" Davis. Then experience the resultant maintenance test flight from the flight engineer's perspective. This flight is a hectic eye-opener on the complexities of operating a large 4-engine propliner.
Part 3: See above.
Part 4: We fly back home to Kansas City. We then jump forward two months to November 1990 to savor winter maintenance hangar operations, including preparation for its iconic "long" radar nose modification.
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@SamFarrow 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing these videos on KZfaq sir!

@AeroDinosaur 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad you watched. This channel is a lot of fun to do and there's is more to come.

@1776vtgmb 3 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful aircraft.... Thank you for letting it live and fly again! WillyB

@AeroDinosaur 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed the experience!

@jimreed1062 2 жыл бұрын

Hello there john! Keep them coming!! Love those big props videos!! Nice to see another j reed in action & a true prop lover of the skies with those piston bangers! I am a ex crewmember with Tim chopp & lifetime member with his foundation bahf". Best regards, Jim Reed (retired 58\88 usaf,Usaf reserve,& 177thfg Nj Ang 177thfg out of Atlantic city NJ! Keepem flying for history & for all to learn!!

@AeroDinosaur 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jim, thanks for your nice comments on this video and our DC-7C series. Yes, you're right, great last names think alike! We will keep the video's going as long as we can. Did BAHF ever take care of the R-4360 problem on the C-97? That is such a unique restoration. I'm dying to film some flybys of that one at Oshkosh! Best regards.

@frontcentermusician 2 жыл бұрын

All that to get in the air. Amazing.

@AeroDinosaur 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, that's the way it was! Hard to believe.

@tomspahr3013 3 жыл бұрын

Crew chief EC-121D's McClellan AFB 1966 to 1968 and A-1's NKP 68 to 69 both had R- 3350 engines.

@AeroDinosaur 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and for your comment. Even though the R-3350 engine cores you worked on are the same, I'd bet real money that there were notable differences in maintaining the EC-121 vs the A-1 powerplants.

@ervinthompson6598 3 жыл бұрын

A bit off subject ; is it just me or, doesn’t the P-51D shown taking off have an excessively long ground run ?? Is this typical of Mustangs ??

@AeroDinosaur 3 жыл бұрын

You're not off topic. I think that in order to extend the engine's time before overhaul (TBO) and/or to reduce chances of catastrophic engine failure many warbird pilots will use a lower power setting on takeoff when possible (depending on density altitude and if there is enough available runway). That would lengthen the takeoff roll.