During the program development phase it was initially designated as the A3J, the J identifying it as manufactured by North American Aviation. Impressive plane, I don't know that she was ever deployed as a nuclear bomber. Photo-recon was all i remember in the late 60s. Quite a sight to behold during carrier "traps". By the time I became involved with the program in 1961, the Navy had already changed the designation system for its aircraft, eliminating the contractor ID letter, The A3J became the A5. Additional leading and trailing letters designated other parameters associated with the plane such as mission type and manufacture variants/versions.
@ontheroadwithnorm20243 сағат бұрын
Thanks for the awesome comment. Great to learn more and hear from the people that operated it. Real history. This is why I like KZfaq
@nuclearnerdz9445Күн бұрын
I like trains...
@francisshaw7020Күн бұрын
That's an RA5C recon aircraft. It was used primarily for recon of before and after bomb missions during the Vietnam war. I worked in the Vigi family from 1971 to 1979 and it was a beautiful aircraft. Not easy to maintain but beautiful to fly.
@markallan1382Күн бұрын
Amazing museum!
@mikemcgonegal1616Күн бұрын
Beautiful in the air, but it was an unwieldy mofo on the ship.
@whiplash8277Күн бұрын
Always one of my favorite planes as a kid. She's a beauty.
@christinecamley4 күн бұрын
Fab video! Love Granville Island!
@sulevisydanmaa998111 күн бұрын
HUSH, HUSH .. it stinks
@yoz196712 күн бұрын
Is the Ki much smaller than the Corsair?
@ontheroadwithnorm202412 күн бұрын
It is smaller but not by more than 20%. The Corsair is taller with a much bigger propeller indicative of a heavier, more powerful aircraft.
@yoz196712 күн бұрын
@ontheroadwithnorm2024 I have both in a 1/72 model scale but the ki looks a bit smaller
@ontheroadwithnorm202411 күн бұрын
For the most complete collection of WW1 and WW2 aircraft models in 1/72 scale I have to tell you about the Museum of Flight in Seattle. This is considered one of the top 20n aircraft museums in the world. They have private collection of 1/72 scale models like no other I have ever seen. One man made every airplane built during the wars by all combatants. Many of the models are scratch built. The collection will blow you away. Check out my walk around video and skip to 51:08 to see the WW2 models. The WW1 models are upstairs. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/icB7Z7yev5mbqYU.htmlsi=5pe7c5dFidJz-TsA
@monzoola502214 күн бұрын
Thanks for the additional info in the subtitles. Great vid, thanks for sharing!
@ontheroadwithnorm202413 күн бұрын
Thanks for the awesome comment.
@etops-223414 күн бұрын
Lacy…
@ontheroadwithnorm202414 күн бұрын
thank-you - fixed
@Backwardlooking17 күн бұрын
👍🏻🇺🇸✌️🇬🇧
@johnhayx319 күн бұрын
I can't wait for you to post some GoPro footage!
@nicklyon231521 күн бұрын
Is the DarkStar still there?
@ontheroadwithnorm202421 күн бұрын
What? It was not there. Was it there earlier?
@coltongarber808722 күн бұрын
Please tell me you got this beautiful gem of a Huey helicopter restored
@ontheroadwithnorm202421 күн бұрын
That's hilarious. This old bird sits in a dusty dry location on the east side of Death Valley. It's in front of a legion. I doubt it will ever be restored as the US military is currently selling the Blackhawks. Commercial aviation is benefiting with these big birds hitting civilian projects. I'm waiting for the first company to do heli-skiing with a Blackhawk. Skied with the Hueys many times. Nothing like them. Dependable heavy lifters. They will climb straight up a mountain slope with 13 people on board. Here's a video where we did nine lifts in one day. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y7CFh8p7lr2bYGQ.htmlsi=556CP_DtJ27tu1kq
@coltongarber808721 күн бұрын
@@ontheroadwithnorm2024 What's going to replace the Blackhawk? And anything is possible that Huey can be restored
@ontheroadwithnorm202417 күн бұрын
The Army and Marines are going for the tilt rotor to gain range.
@coltongarber808722 күн бұрын
That poor UH-1H 😢😔🥺
@johnnygreens334723 күн бұрын
Cool looking motor
@2846sauve23 күн бұрын
That’s wild, Norm
@brianrcorkum24 күн бұрын
Wow!!!!
@coachmen850824 күн бұрын
Holy shit Norm !!
@ontheroadwithnorm202427 күн бұрын
Wondering if "FiveCentsPlease" knows if this is one of the 21 airplanes built at Flug Werks? If so is any of it original? And did they contract out the sheet metal work to Romania? Is there a book of what happened at Flug Werks 2000-2012? Did Gosshawk buy the jigs and tooling in 2012? Are you out there FiveCentsPlease?
@FiveCentsPlease17 күн бұрын
+@ontheroadwithnorm2024 I'm out there, but going through some sh*t. What are we talking about here, the D-13? It's original, Werk. No. 836017. Regarding the Flugwerks, the German company contracted with Aerostar in Romania to do the construction of their kits because they still had the aviation knowledge for WW2 construction. (A few quality-control issues aside.) When Flugwerk closed, Gosshawk bought them out with the jigs and inventory. Gosshawk services the Flugwerk Fw-190s now but they are NOT the only shop that can build a Fw-190. (The ORIGINAL and flyable Fw-190 at Flying Heritage was built by an expert team in the UK, who also started on the Me-262 after that.) There are a few lists of the Flugwerk serial numbers and where they are. Slightly less than half are actually flying and some are just static museum exhibits.
@ontheroadwithnorm202417 күн бұрын
When you say the D-13 is original, do you mean the skins are original too? It looks too new and perfect.
@FiveCentsPlease17 күн бұрын
@@ontheroadwithnorm2024 Good question and I would say mostly. It was photographed in the late 1960s in an empty lot outside of Atlanta and was mostly intact. (Keeping in mind that the AAF had accidently switched wings with the Dora at the USAF Museum, and this was corrected later.) Sometime while in Atlanta, a crazy drunk took an axe to the plane and chopped off the supercharger scoop and did a bit more damage. Bit and pieces went missing, like the original prop. It was photographed in California with new owners in the early 1970s, and it was standing on its gear. This was the owner that stripped the plane to bare metal to apply zinc chromate paint but this also erased all original markings. The next owner was Doug Champlin who shipped it to Germany where friend Art Williams worked to restore it with help from Prof. Kurt Tank who was still alive. There are photos of the plane from this time in several books. So this D-13 was not a smashed wreck but remained a mostly intact airframe, making it a very rare example that should not be flown. It looks "new and perfect" because owner Doug Champlin was selling his collection and shipped the D-13 to Gosshawk to do over again and "make it right." At the time, the rumor was also to make it airworthy for the sale, but I don't know if that actually happened. New fuel tanks and electrics were made for it, so I think Champlin was serious. Paul Allen bought it while it was still being restored and there was a bit of a rush to finish it and truck it to Seattle.
@SuperDaveTX128 күн бұрын
I flew that sim hundreds of times...in the lab.. ;-) oh.. and wrote most low level code and the guidance code when we switched to Ada and Motorola CPUs. Went for a sim flight just before I left. Was cool as heck!
@ontheroadwithnorm202428 күн бұрын
Awesome - do you know how many years they had this program? Can you confirm four aircraft were converted? Were they based in New Mexico?
@georglimiux677Ай бұрын
If companies build the A model, why not the D?
@ontheroadwithnorm202428 күн бұрын
Probably because they are building on an original data plate. Unlike the 5 me262's built in texas that were completely new.
@FiveCentsPlease17 күн бұрын
+@georglimiux677 Three of the Flugwerk kits are in Dora configuration but nothing flying yet. Actually there was another conversion that was close with an Allison V12 but I've heard nothing so maybe they have problems. Some Dora projects are out there but it will be a few more years, while some projects aren't moving at all. A very good shop in Germany is presently working on a Dora and they do good work but it's seems to be something they are working on in private.
@lbowskАй бұрын
It belongs in a museum. Or, a tin can factory. Sad, but the days of the turbojet are over.
@bobbean4702Ай бұрын
The intake cone was called the dog pecker
@darylhise6418Ай бұрын
I was at March AFB in 1983 in the 15th AF School. 5 weeks. It was great!!!!!
@ontheroadwithnorm2024Ай бұрын
There is a picture of this airplane in 1945 when it was found on Rabaul. It had a two blade propeller on it when most Hayabusa pictures show a three blade prop. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-43_Hayabusa
@jaywalker3087Ай бұрын
STOOKA Is the way to pronounce Stuka ..... I'm not being picky , it's just for future reference. Thanks once again...
@ontheroadwithnorm2024Ай бұрын
Yes it is getting embarrassing how bad I sound in that video. I will go back this year and see if they have started working on it again and make a new video. I have been collecting information about this project and would like to share again.
@jaywalker3087Ай бұрын
You asked the question about why there were only two examples left. Well , in Britain we don't have a Bone Yard. Considering that WW11 was a terrible time , post war countries in Europe were broke and it wasn't until approaching or about the new Millennium that the UK paid off it's debts to America for the supplies we got. We made bus panels from aircraft aluminium. How many Tornadoes, Nimrods, Harriers etc. will be left in 80 years, apart from static examples somewhere?... Great vid man...
@ontheroadwithnorm2024Ай бұрын
Excellent reply thank-you. There are many stories of Europe, Russia, and the USA recycling WW2 aircraft to make aluminum required to build the larger newer aircraft of the cold war. America's B-36 and B-52 production alone required a massive quantity of raw material.
@FiveCentsPlease16 күн бұрын
+@jaywalker3087 The post-war disarmament in Germany was very systematic. There were Allied divisions tasked specifically with scrapping weapons. The piles of aircraft and burn pits were salvaged by metal scrappers after WW2. On the other side of the Iron Curtain, Stalin refused Allied aide and was moving rapidly to rebuild a post-war Soviet military. He ordered everything scrapped for raw materials so any abandoned weaponry would have been removed quickly unless in remote areas. I do think Britain did a disservice by scrapping some VERY rare, captured aircraft that should have been preserved. The post-Vietman military landscape is very different. The government does want many advanced weapons getting into civilian hands and the de-mil laws are quite strict to destroy modern aircraft.
@Boobtube.Ай бұрын
what year is your truck?
@user-ro2ul9gk3hАй бұрын
มันยังทำงานอยู่ป่าวเเร้วยิงออกไปถล่มได้ป่าว
@ontheroadwithnorm2024Ай бұрын
retired in 1986 now just for tourists
@lukycharms31Ай бұрын
I live just up the road from there. Love to see Castle get some love. I actually have a shirt from that car show, a close family friend is a member of the car club that was there.
@ontheroadwithnorm2024Ай бұрын
I'll try to come back next year much earlier in the day. The car show is a great combo with the parked aircraft.
@josecarlosjimenez6420Ай бұрын
El último Hayabusa tenía hélice tripala
@ontheroadwithnorm2024Ай бұрын
Perhaps this is an early model with only a two bladed propeller. This aircraft was found on Rabaul a long way from Japan so it was probably built at the beginning of the war or before. It could be a 1939 or 1940. There is a picture of this plane in 1945 by American forces showing the two bladed propeller. I believe this restoration is perfectly accurate. The white gloves that paid for the restoration had a historical research division with deep pockets. There are about 15 extremely special aircraft in this building. Everett Washington. Worth the visit. I will try to post the picture but you can see it on the wikipedia page for the Ki-43 Oscar. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakajima_Ki-43_Hayabusa
@zoffwolfgung2933Ай бұрын
My friends dad worked for a private security force wackenhut and was stationed at plant 42 and hoover dam
@johnnygreens3347Ай бұрын
Great video guys.There are the type of people that moan about having to install something that should already be there and then there are the car people that buy a brand new car and say right on,now I get to take it apart and install cool shit!
@ihorkorotchenko9732Ай бұрын
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@dont6441Ай бұрын
General Dynamics F-16 is called VIper, not Eagle
@ontheroadwithnorm2024Ай бұрын
Sorry my mistake, the F-16 was the Fighting Falcon. The Viper was a small batch of 26 F-16's that were built for the US NAVY. They were used as adversary aircraft in their Top Gun school.
@VA_AggieАй бұрын
@@ontheroadwithnorm2024 Current USAF pilots refer to their F-16s a Vipers.
@ontheroadwithnorm2024Ай бұрын
@@VA_Aggie thank you for that. Do you happen to know what age the current usaf f-16’s are?
@ontheroadwithnorm2024Ай бұрын
Very sad to hear the passing of Bill Anders June 8 2024. A great man who flew with passion for his whole life. RIP Bill.
@marcmaren1986Ай бұрын
192 mph 🚀 Youzer!
@ontheroadwithnorm2024Ай бұрын
Actually its 194
@kotztingАй бұрын
Mispronouncing German words, especially aircraft and engine manufacturer names hurts your credibility. It just isn't that difficult to stop for a few minutes to learn these things.
@van84agonАй бұрын
Far as I know, in the USA all the early 23 24b were taken out of service the end of 2015 due to noise compliance. No hush kit was made for this model. Anyone know if any of these large windowed 23/24b are actively flying? South America? Africa? Central America? Iconic. Thank you for sharing.
@charlesb8065Ай бұрын
Cool video. Greetings from France! I have a long time fascination with Californian aircraft manufacturers plants (many of them closed now unfortunately). It began for me in the 80s (I was a teen) with the reading of the outstanding book "The lonely sky" from Bill Bridgeman (Skyrocket test pilot) and future wife Jacqueline Hazard. Captivating story which immerses you from the first lines in the 1950s Californian atmosphere of aircraft manufacturers, the "right stuff" and flight tests of rocket planes.
@dont6441Ай бұрын
Good job Norm!
@ontheroadwithnorm2024Ай бұрын
Thank you, it was the beginning of a great road trip.
@ronniesmith8941Ай бұрын
They were cool planes to see in person!
@ontheroadwithnorm2024Ай бұрын
Amazing that this airplane sits outside in the weather. It looks like it has just been painted flat black.
@donelphick7022Ай бұрын
My father flew with Brodie Templeton, the name on the back seat. Brodie was a fantastic person, and a crazy “car guy”. He had a few restored model A’s and I believe a Model T as well. I remember him fondly as a super friendly and fun man
@ontheroadwithnorm2024Ай бұрын
Thank you so much for such an excellent comment! You've added to the history. I will one day go back there and remake the video with your information included. Do you know where Brodie was from?
@donelphick7022Ай бұрын
@@ontheroadwithnorm2024 I don’t know where he was born, but I know he was stationed in Bagotville in the mid sixties. That’s where my mom and dad met him I believe. He was a character! I know he settled in the Ottawa region after retirement but we lost touch ages back. If you make it to CFB Trenton, the CF-5 on the pedestal there was flown by Terry Elphick (deceased). And at Comox AFB the Hawk 1 voodoo on the pedestal was flown by my father Captain DG Elphick (deceased). I have some wonderful history with family and friends in the pilot community all over Canada, the US and Europe.
@LiTenUpADPАй бұрын
Brings back nice memories, and some bad ones. The building you went into was and maybe still is called the LERC (Lockheed Employee Recreation Center) it housed a gift shop, a couple of meeting rooms for visitors that could not be cleared to go into the plant, and the LFCU (Lockheed Federal Credit Union). The store hasn't changed much, but the counter used to be directly to your left when you entered that door. We used to buy discount tickets for Disneyland, Magic Mountain, and other places there. There also was a very simple file holder that held information and discounts for buying new cars. We bought our first new car using the dealership and sales connection that Lockheed set up. Worked with the best engineers in the world at that time, great to be part of the team. And yes, in those buildings some very special aircraft were built, yes indeed.
@ontheroadwithnorm2024Ай бұрын
Thank-you for your comment. Your information is historically significant and I appreciate everything from the olden days.
@kimeldiin19302 ай бұрын
Wrong Hangar 13 close to Penemunde has a D model too close to the end of it's restoration, D9 i think...this one is in Jagdgeschwader 26 home defence colours,
@ontheroadwithnorm20242 ай бұрын
So now there will be two? Good news
@FiveCentsPleaseАй бұрын
@@ontheroadwithnorm2024 MeierMotors in Germany has just started working on a Dora. Looking at all of the Fw-190D wrecks and projects, it is possible that it may be the Flugwerk Fw-190D replica from the Military Aviation Museum in Virgina getting new work. (It has never flown and has a questionable Allison setup.) Also the owner of the museum is having a Jumo 213 built. airfighters.com/photo_9999_157035.jpg Or it could also be Eric's project from Belgium since he passed away in 2022. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gdiPa8aettKbiac.html
@Jones6072 ай бұрын
The FW-190D was a high altitude interceptor. Many German pilots were very reluctant in giving up their BF-109s, for the FW-190s.