Oh yeah, this definately gets the Bad Ass Award! Astonishing to see from the inside just how wonderful it must be to pilot a Corsair.

Amazing work! I love footage like this. How rare is it to see from inside a working Corsair?! How few will ever see something like this without the work from people such as yourself? Thanks to you and Jim! 🍻

@JohnWilson-ql8ks

7 ай бұрын

amen to that !!!!

That beautiful bent wing bird

I remember years ago watching a Corsair air show routine. I was like if I didn’t see a big prop out front I would swear it was a jet. The performance of that aircraft was amazing 👍🏼. P-51 are awesome but the F-4 is magical ❤

Now that ride along had me moving around in my office chair. Outstanding! Enjoy all your videos.Thanks for posting this one especially.

@ErikJohnston

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@JohnWilson-ql8ks

7 ай бұрын

@@ErikJohnston who wouldn't love this ??

Very, very cool video. I'm 65, and my father was in the Marines during WWII. And, I believe he was ground crew in Peleliu, South Pacific. He also went back in the Navy I believe from '55 to '60, serving on Aircraft Carriers. I watch your video of Jim doing an instructional walk through of his Corsair. I appreciated Jim flying with a P-51 Mustang, another "old school" WWII aircraft I'm interested in. I was raised in Coronado (San Diego) right there next to the North Island NAS (Naval Air Station). I (we) would go to the beach and very often watch all the different aircraft fly over the beach on their approach to land on the North Island airstrip. Most of the time they would fly so low we could almost count the number of bolts and rivets on the underside of the aircraft. The oddest one I saw was the E2 Hawkeye state-of-the-art Radar & Communications plane, with the funny looking huge disc riding on top it's back. Thanks for the video, and thanks Jim Tobul for the very cool cockpit view footage. David p.s. I've been living in the Twin Cities, MN since 1978, btw.

Great Video! I love F-4U …….1st time I ever saw one was on Baa Baa Black Sheep! Also saw the F4-U as it was practicing for an AirShow at Westover ARB 2 yrs ago! They were flying over Westover Golf Course! I can’t wait to show my dad ….ty for posting! He retired from 104th FW/ 131st FS Westfield Massachusetts E-8….

Man I love the Corsair.

I could be wrong but man that cockpit looks roomy and comfortable

@ErikJohnston

7 ай бұрын

It’s considerably more roomy than the Mustang

This is so cool man. We need this in a unlimited on the next air races!

Bad ass! Our dad used to do that in Miami in the 50s out of Tamiami airport using a Stearman. I would’ve loved to of had that ride! Excellent comments. 👍👍

Erik this is amazing footage! Thanks so much for sharing!

@ErikJohnston

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

So cool to see an in-cockpit view of a routine that I was at KOSH to see!! Thank you!

@ErikJohnston

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Awesome! Thanks Jim and Erik. Richard.

Loved that. First time I've seen views inside the cockpit as in this video. Hat tip to Eric & Jim.

Great video with such a beatiful plane.

Gorgeous plane outstanding video!!!

O my dear, what a truly fantastic video!! A true Masterpiece!! Thank you from Holland!! You made my day already!! I never felt that close to an aerobatic pilot!! What a feeling!! How small his movements are...

The whistles of the F4 & P51 are just pure amazing!

That is really amazing stuff 😎👍cool.

Wowwee! Cool video. Thanks, Eric!

Very well done. I hope to make it one of these years if I leave the week open.

@ErikJohnston

7 ай бұрын

You can do it!

Excellent Footage!

@ErikJohnston

7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

R.I.P., Joe Tobul. 🇺🇸🦅🌎⚓🙏🏼

👍🏻…sweet cuban

Outstanding!

So Awesome ❤

Impressive take off

Wow, stunning video.

@ErikJohnston

7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

That sure was different ! 😎

Impressive routine. Surprised at the minimal power adjustments required throughout his routine.

Bravo.perfect

Absolutely incredible video. I kept thinking about the young men who flew these planes in combat.

@canyonhaverfield2201

7 ай бұрын

My father, William Stanley Johnson, out of La Habra, Ca. was one such man. Crashed while in practice over seas. Hit ocean hard..sent home to Corona for a long year in a full body cast.. Meant my mother as she was a volunteer Grey Lady nurse heading her floor crew. They created me..I thank them for a beautiful life, each day. Dad loved his F4U..highly praised it. Watching Erik fly, I pretended Erik was my dad. In a way, it gives me a way to appreciate him ( my dad) in a bigger way. Thank you Erik 🐦 Steve in Carmel By The Sea.

I love gimballed gopros, awesome!

@ErikJohnston

7 ай бұрын

Same here. It’s a different kind of editing though. Still getting used to it. But it’s is kinda cool!

ABSOLUTLEY AMAZING.. THE BEST FOOTAGE IVE EVER SEEN! So how was the camera panning around in the cockpit?

@ErikJohnston

7 ай бұрын

I shot this with the Insta 360 OneR. It’s pretty cool how you can pick where you want the camera to look.

@Captain-Nostromo

7 ай бұрын

​@@ErikJohnstonthat's great I thought it was hanging on a rubber shoestring 🤓

@Lebviero

7 ай бұрын

@@Captain-Nostromo I thought it was my eyes that were made of rubber 😂😂😂😂

Lol the amount of right rudder at 1:28!

@thereissomecoolstuff

7 ай бұрын

The mustangs and Corsairs had huge torque influence from their engines and huge props.

Awesome video. It appears no parachute. Brave soul. Probably to save weight. Wish he' be equipped with one.

😊🎉❤

What cameras did you use?

@ErikJohnston

6 ай бұрын

Insta 360 oneR

absolutely great footage! Pity though that the landing was'nt included...

@ErikJohnston

7 ай бұрын

Camera ran out of battery.

Good 👍❤

@ErikJohnston

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@MehrozGul

7 ай бұрын

@@ErikJohnston welcome sir

Who or what is controling the cockpit camera?

@ErikJohnston

7 ай бұрын

Filmed on an Insta 360 camera. Then I told the camera where to look in editing

@Astronut54

7 ай бұрын

@@ErikJohnston Aha! Thanks ! Always wondered about that when I saw similiar in cockpit videos.

Is he using the mask solely for comms? I know that Corsairs had an oxygen bottle behind the seat, but why use it for a low altitude demo flight? Is there an issue with carbon monoxide getting sucked into the cockpit when the canopy is cracked open in flight? Anyone know for sure why it is being used? A related question: Do most piston engine warbirds operate below 12,500MSL? I don't recall having ever seen any pictures of warbird pilots wearing oxygen masks.

@Doug_Narby

7 ай бұрын

Maybe comms, maybe in case of fire. Maybe he’s ex (or current) Navy and still following NATOPS

@bobjones7250

7 ай бұрын

Probably for the same reason he is wearing a flight suit, helmet and gloves. Gotta look the part to get the chicks😁

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!360

Besides you should have mafe this Video 360 degree active.

@ErikJohnston

7 ай бұрын

Not a bad idea. I may upload the interactive 360 version

@Metrallaroja

7 ай бұрын

Would be awesome

Oxygen?

thanks for no music..fantastic!

@ErikJohnston

7 ай бұрын

Glad you like it!

PLZ Leave the TITLES on the screen longer and STOP placing them where the U-Tube Progress bar is.

reality is completely distorted, I have the impression of having taken ultra-powerful drugs 😂😂😂

@CanadianGrenadian

7 ай бұрын

Indeed

I know I'm in the minority, but I really don't like the gyro-stabliized shots that are all the rage these days. Having said that, great performance by Jim!

@ErikJohnston

7 ай бұрын

I understand your point. It’s definitely a niche thing. But this was the best way to get multiple camera angles from just using one camera in the cockpit.

@jimx1169

7 ай бұрын

I completely understand. Thanks for the reply.@@ErikJohnston

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