Wow, excellent! The DC-4 has always been a long term favourite of mine.

Never thought for some reason,that such aircraft were still in service anywhere in the world. Really amazing, as if one has traveled with a time machine into the past!

@neville132bbk

Жыл бұрын

Ar least a couple of DC-3s in commercial use in NZ. Ten + years ago when the main volcano in the centre of the North island had a major eruption, the ash layers in the atmosphere shut down regional jet flights... urgent business flights were undertaken between Wellington and Auckland using a DC-3.

@ivanlussich8146

Жыл бұрын

@@neville132bbk I am from Uruguay, 84. I did fly in a Pluna Airlines DC-3 in 1965, a short hop Montevideo-Punta del Este in just 23 mins. Somewhat noisy cabin, but nice flight otherwise.

Very cool, always nice to hear radial engines still buzzing around

0:29 can we appreciate this for a second? The guy holding the ladder when the girl with a very short skirt walked up did not even remotely glance in her direction. Oftentimes that is what guys would do. He did not. Not saying "what a gentleman", but that is still remarkable.

Love the Art Deco terminal building. It is in and of itself a huge part of history as well

What a treat and these old birds really fly and the old BEECH CRAFT 18 is a real surprise to see it taking off the runway and flying out here.

those f27's, the ys11, and the hs748 in the background are very cool too

Wow!!! These are absolutely beautiful!!! What a great time in aviation they represent!!! Think of the history here... as a pilot I would love to hitch a ride just to experience what it must have been like to have been a part of that era... thank you for letting us watch along with you! All the best from the west coast of Florida USA!!!

@747heavyboeing3

Жыл бұрын

A great time when the world was a better place.

@georgebalsa9853

Жыл бұрын

There was nothing beautiful about theses planed. Noisy as hell inside. No confort at all

@outerrealm

Жыл бұрын

@@georgebalsa9853 We’re all very sorry that you are not able to appreciate such things. You must have a very sad and depressing life.

@outerrealm

Жыл бұрын

Casablanca. DC-3.

@sutapabanerjee2294

Жыл бұрын

@@georgebalsa9853 EARACHES,DIZZINESS, DISORIENTATION,DESPITE ALL,WHEN RIDINGTHESE PLANES U WERE MUCH YOUNGER🤔🤔🤔

Rand Airport is what heaven must be like!

@PeterNGloor

3 жыл бұрын

not anymore

@mikejohnson7768

2 жыл бұрын

Did my a and p apprenticeship there

@riaanvh4173

Жыл бұрын

Used to be......

@alejandroeguren4187

20 күн бұрын

LIKE HEAVEN MUST BE LIKE!!! I absolutely like your comparison! Evidently you've got a magic thoughtful mind! I am Peruvian, from Lima, now aging 74. and I remember the now for long dissapeared "LIMATAMBO AIRPORT" (1948-1961) where these marvelous flying machines portrayed their grandeur to the skies! LIMATAMBO had to be shut down, because it became a "prisoner" within the City limits, and there was no way to extend its runways as the jet age required.

That beautiful music on takeoff at 9:00 of the DC-4 makes my eyes watery and I have to replay it again and again! Those engines just growl so beautifully ! I'll take these over jets any day. I knew there were two DC-4s still flying down there but not as recent as 2020. Buffalo Airways in Canada still has a few DC-4s/ C-54s flying.

Flew (as passenger) in several DC3 in the mid 50s with a local airline in Canada. Even managed to slide off the runway into a swamp when a tire blew on landing. Slow motion and no one hurt. Wonderful experience and fond memories of these airplanes.

Thanks for the great propliner video.

Wonderful music concert , the best video of DC's

I absolutely love those old radial-engine propliners. I have been a passenger in both of those DC4's at various times, as well as in one which now belongs to the South African Air Force and is sitting and crumbling at Waterkloof, back in the day when it was flown by Suidwes Lugdiens, and had a civilian ZS registration. Also flew in Suidwes's DC-3 from Walvis to Windhoek once. A completely different experience from sitting in a jetliner.

@michaelbenardo5695

Жыл бұрын

I love the added leg room, 2 across seating, and the wider seats. Today's planes are like airborn buses.

1st time viewing this. Pure old fashion Excellent in every way. Thanks for posting it.

Nice collection of airplanes. Love seeing these old birds still flying. Thanks for sharing and hope to see more.

Hello from Edinburgh 🙂👍 A treat to watch these old girls in action. I grew up in Edenvale and lived in Alberton for years, so know the Rand Airport well. In the nineties the SAAF / Donotar Flying School, with its Harvards, was a fairly regular sight over the East Rand. As a kid I can remember a newly restored Spitfire 'Evlyn(?)' which used to be flown in the area. Then it was sold or exported, to much controversy. Some fight over the actual ownership. I can remember that JU 52, (Iron Annie) sometimes overhead. Good times 👍

@outerrealm

Жыл бұрын

How do you know they’re girls? They might have been born male and transitioned.

@olafeklund6200

Жыл бұрын

I watched a Harvard at Dunottar ground loop into a fallow field next to the runway one winter morning. Clouds of red dust, the plane covered in it, but towed out with a tractor, cleaned up and flying again in a couple of days. That was back in 1976 or 77.

Very nice of that gentleman, holding the ladder ,not to look up.

Great remembers when I was a child, My mother used to go to San Andres,Island, Republic of Colombia, she flown with Avianca Airlines, and AEROCONDOR AIRLINES from Barranquilla, both had this aircraft in its fleet, DC4.

@alejandroeguren4187

20 күн бұрын

Correct! AVIANCA was very much of a DC-3 and DC-4 airliner, but when the next upgrade came by, (DC-6) they didn't buy any, and went for the Lockheed Constellations in almost all of its variants.

❤ when I was a kid living in Hawaii, I remember President Eisenhower Landing in Honolulu. The first president to fly in a Jet Plane.

Lovely old birds... They conjure up mental images of a time (long before I was born) when flying was more exciting and romantic. Thanks for uploading this. "-)

Wonderful old machines !!! 😀😄👏

Love these planes. I never got to fly in a DC3 (& my next door neighbour was a Dak pilot flying cargo) but flew in a number DC 4, 6 7 with racehorses as cargo. Missed out on DC 5 also which were mostly military. Love the piston engine prop era. Real flying!

@philippebourgogne

Жыл бұрын

Piloter un DC3... Le plaisir à l'état pur ! Une machine qui fait corps avec le pilote...

Was a flight engineer on the DC 6 Loved it and eventually go to use my pilot’s license 😊a few years later No glass cockpits ADF approaches VOR for Navigation Pilots today have it made

The guy holding the ladder was a true gent.

@flymajj

Жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@jeffspicolli593

Жыл бұрын

There's something not very red-blooded about that dude,

@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffspicolli593 maybe he had mirrors on his shoes.

I had three unforgettable flights onboard the ZS-AUB

Half way round the world to my place here in the far west...a real treat TY 4sharing !

Brings back so many memories. As a little boy we used to fly down to Durban for our holidays from N'dola on CAA (Central African Airways) to Lusaka or Salisbury, and then continue on SAA. I remember their liveries. Thanks for this!

@flymajj

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful memories, I'm sure!

The best thing about this video is the modesty of the ladder manager as the woman in a skirt climbed aboard. Well done mate, well done

@slobama

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I noticed. I wonder why she is boarding the aircraft in this manner.

0:49 good man, didnt look up

Wish they still had the ju 52 that was flying in the nineties. Loved it. Took my son on a few trips with it.

@deanvanderwesthuizen810

Жыл бұрын

Apparently it's still at OR Thambo,but I doubt she will ever fly again, apparently there is no one to certify the plane

@arnoldpalthe3915

Жыл бұрын

@@deanvanderwesthuizen810 As far as I know, it is now in the museum of South African Airways in Cape Town.

@deanvanderwesthuizen810

Жыл бұрын

@@arnoldpalthe3915 the South African airways museum is in JHB , Cape does not have anything like that unfortunately,only one of the South African Air force museums is in Cape Town .

It's cool to see these vintage aircrafts taking off !

*It's truly hard to believe people are stilly flying these old birds nearly 100 years after they were designed and produced. It speaks to American engineering in THOSE days and would have believed this video was taken 50+ years ago outside the fact there's modern aircraft in the video.*

In the 1980’s I flew the B-18, DC-3 and DC-4 out of Toronto. Man and machine in sync.

@paulhargreaves1497

Жыл бұрын

Millardair?

@jamesstephenpeyton3305

Жыл бұрын

@@paulhargreaves1497 indeed

this is jaw-dropping!

Wow, going back in time. Marvelous

Beatifull airplanes. So, number 3 engine is started with the internal batteries, then #4, 1 and 2 are started with pneumatic starters powered from number 3 engine.

@hitriks.l.2745

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@hitriks.l.2745

Жыл бұрын

All large consumers of oil. When doing the A Check you have to check the fuel level and fill the oil tank.

@garrya100

Жыл бұрын

All have electric starters, there are no pneumatic systems on DC-4’s at all, they’re not even pressurised.

ZS-BMH, the very last DC-4 built.

Beautiful planes! Good video thanks 😀

Just historical beautiful.

Piston engines and a pointy nose on that 18!

@ervinthompson6598

3 жыл бұрын

Volpar Tri-Beech, military variants, cargo haulers, midnight mail hacks - I have NEVER seen a Pinocchio D18 like that !!

Brings back great memories

Thank you for sharing this with us. A real treat. You can't beat the sound of big radials. And the Beech 18 didn't sound too bad either. From the days of real planes and real flying.

Wow..Beautiful aircraft.. amazing..

Excellent footage!

Lucky guy holding the ladder! 😉

@flymajj

Жыл бұрын

You can see the banter with one of his colleagues at that moment!

Amazing Video !!! LIKE

Start counting the pistons...it's a huge number

wonderful :)

レシプロエンジン、メカ式、良いですね。 整備も操縦も技術者がいつまでも続いて欲しい。

Met Cpt. Flippy Vermeulen on his DC-4 ZS-AUB Ferry flight at MGL/West-Germany. Had a nice talk.

0:42 "Don't look up, don't look up, don't look up, don't look up"

I flew on a Convair 580. Back in highschool.

Love ❤️ it

Classic birds doing what they were made for...flying!

We had the 3’s and 18’s at Majestic, miss ‘em

Rode in an SAA DC4 from Johannesburg to Durban when those were still in service. Perhaps that very one.

The DC-4. Passenger service? How far?

@flymajj

Жыл бұрын

It was operating to the nearby Waterkloof airbase with enthusiasts on board.

Very cool footage

I ever flew with that F27 Fokker, as a passenger of course.

Nice, I was there at the same time in the same building taking photos.

Excellent!

Incredible

I've been in all of these thanks to SAA ca. 1963 (Kimberley to Windhoek). Thankfully, I don't get airsick...

Awesome!

The Pratt & Whitney sound ! 😃

exelent video !

Thanks God! Evolution exists!

as a child i flew in them often between cape town (ysterplaat) and pretoria (waterkloof) with the then state presidents, before the c130's took over as the prefered plane.

Vickers Viscount is a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948, i think so

Unbelievable how these planes were maintained when in use and kept in a perfect condition during the good old South Africa s days unlike the new ones that don't fly and is in pieces today under the new regime

@michaelbenardo5695

Жыл бұрын

Good old South Africa days? You liked apartheid?

@christobosman5710

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelbenardo5695 the country was in a far better condition for everybody than it is now , 80 murders per day , 2 to 3 times black outs per day , even the power line towers has been slowly cut up piece by piece for scrap metal wile they are still in use and now are being blown over by wind causing massive power cuts , a rand that keep on loosing value , a useless military and police force , and a railway that is totally vandelise , with railway tracks cut up by savages for scrap metal ,need say more . I can carry on but it's going to take too long and I don't have the time , from as first world country to a dump, proof me wrong if you can .

Ah, the ye goode olde days!

They may be inefficient and leave a big carbon footprint, but the sound can't be beat.

I've always wondered if you took a DC6 and put t56 turboprops on it, what would it be capable of?

Classic❤

salute to the person holding the ladder

@flymajj

Жыл бұрын

He's becoming a legend among gentlemen!

Id love to know the history on the Nose on that beech 18!

Heaven

Quite a collection. What was that weird little Beech at the end with twin tail?

It appears that both of those Queen Airs are missing the right engine.

Not a chance would I get on that 🔥

¡¡¡ que ruiiiidooooo a lataaaa !!!!!

Hermoso video, que avión es el más pequeño? Nunca vi ese modelo

They just had to make the hot girl in the skirt climb the ladder. Love the footage. The planes are nice too.

whats up with the nose on the twin beech?

@andrewagner2035

Жыл бұрын

It told a lie, and has a nose like Pinochio.

1956,,60,,aeroplane good service,,,but,, how to maintanence?

At 6:50 ZS-OIJ, I have never seen a aircraft like this one. Can anyone tell me what type of plane it is, very cool.

Can someone tell me how old is that airplane? I find the engines not sounding like good working engines,

I wonder if any of these are DC 3's ?

belos clássicos!! mas o q me chamou a atenção foram os motores do king-air, não sabia q eram a pistão (os primeiros deve ser)

@carloskruger6524

Жыл бұрын

Os mais modernos possuem motores turbo hélices.

@jonasduvaldearaujo7463

Жыл бұрын

@@carloskruger6524 eu pensei q eram todos turbo

so he's holding the ladder !!

German retired engineers recently rebuild a Focke Wulf Condor would love to see it as a Nazi Expedition plane with swastika tail starting and taking off from there :-))))

What year is this!?!?!?!?

What’s the use of the long nose of the Beech 18?

If my memory serves me right I wasa passenger on a DC6 from Jan Smuts to Bulawayo via Victoria Falls in 1978. Is that possible?

dam 2014? I thought the dc-4 had gone extinct!

Wonderful aircraft, but why does this Beech 18 have such a long nose?

I am confused. What is a “propliner”?

Que de bonheur de réentendre ces moteurs et surtout que de souvenirs , car lorsque j'etais enfant et que je n'avais pas ecole , j'allais voire les avions decoller et atterir à dakar , les DC3 , DC4 , DC6 , constellation et 1649 Starliner , une autre epoque ! Merci à ces passionnés de conserver ces appareils , j'ais volé sur un DC3 Hollandais à Colmar en Alsace lors d'un meeting avec mon père l'avion etait le PH-DDA . Mes deux parents etaient dans l'aviation et hélas tous les deux sont décédés des suites de cancers.

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