Watched it all - LOVED it. I dig these old black and white instructional films.

Made my first Static Line Jump from a H-19 - was somewhere near San Antonio, Tx, circa 1967 or 68. The copter was out of Ft. Sam Houston, as I recall. I was USAF stationed at Lackland AFB (MTI duty). Most of the other jumpers were Army Airborne (who were learning to Free Fall.) Made quite a few jumps from the H-19. And, yes, it was noisy as hell, and did vibrate a lot. Ahhhh, great memories. USAF Avionics, Ret. B-6370 PCA & USPA

@fido3561

3 жыл бұрын

Made many flights on these in the 60s. No jumps but did a few repels. Loved them.

Owned one late 1990s at fishing lodge. Engine R1340 flight plan 45 gallons avgas an hour. Overhaul engine at 600 hrs., clutch held together w leather straps riveted to pressure plate, blades made from cellulose coated with shellack (insect based coating). Tail rotor driveshaft used parts from old Dodge Power Wagon. State of the art 1950 technology. A former South Vietnamese Army Colonel with a face full of scars trained us and told jaw-dropping war stories of flying them into combat. Called it my 5000 lb dog; fun to show your friends but ate you out of house and home. Had fun with it then 9/11/01 destroyed insurance market after I’d just sunk a fortune into it. Lost my ass. Screamed obscenity-filled farewells as next buyer flew it off into the horizon. 😂. Great to see this old video. Thank you.

@meow121.5

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! Shame about your misfortune...

@danielmichels1687

2 жыл бұрын

@@meow121.5 no way. Essential education and a ton of fun, just a mite costly.

@meow121.5

2 жыл бұрын

@@danielmichels1687 check out eric clopper’s show on yt if you want to see something costly lol

@richardpena3944

Жыл бұрын

Dude you sound like my old man! We grew up in City Island NY next to the only seaplane base left in ny. I grew up flying a 77 lake buccaneer and even attended Queens Avation high school where I received my A&P license. After 9/11 things just changed it was all so terrible! This comment just reminded me of my dad and great memories thanks man

You're watching the only guy to make all these checks.

@wayneyd2

3 жыл бұрын

I guess the crew chief is having his coffee.

@ghostholand

3 жыл бұрын

you mean tom hanks!

@envitech02

2 жыл бұрын

As a student pilot years ago, I also make these checks. I am very very thorough with my preflights.

@broyobrogdon6403

Жыл бұрын

@@envitech02 yes sir its better to find a problem on the ground than in the air!!!!

@williammitchell1864

Жыл бұрын

Scott Just Scott, On the contrary, My dad once owned an H-19 and several other helicopters over the years doing helicopter logging, Ariel firefighting and construction with them when he once ran his own helicopter business. He checked every part of his helicopters. Every helicopter pilot, and mechanic check all that parts moving and non moving parts.

Love these old Army training films, The date in the Flight log is September of 1956

@jimturpin

3 жыл бұрын

And at Fort Rucker, Alabama!

I'm glad I found this. I just bought one of these on eBay but didn't know how to use it.

Love how the oil fill pipe is larger than the fuel fill pipe

@FlyingJournalism

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaah... you can lose your head inside there

@markcollins2666

2 жыл бұрын

Well, the oil only comes in 5 gallon cans. Which begs the question: How much oil did these babies drink?

Mid September 1956. Isn’t it a hoot seeing these old training films? I’d love to see some of the old training films we were shown in the Navy; some of that stuff was the same vintage, maybe a little later. I remember a film about how important it was to avoid having gear a drift. It was in color and the captain was very concerned and pondering his options as to ship filled with water because somebody left gear a drift and it plugged up the hose they were using to drain the compartment!

Check to make sure there are no MAJOR oil leaks. When you don’t see any oil leaks is when there’s a problem!

@tomast9034

3 жыл бұрын

some leaks means some oil is in there :D:D

@troncologne

3 жыл бұрын

As the owner of a Land Rover Defender, I can approve :-P

@scratchbuiltdozer

3 жыл бұрын

@@troncologne hahah my son-in-law works for Land Rover and we looked at buying one but he warned us of the issues.

@madmoran1029

3 жыл бұрын

Haha so true, I was a young jarhead when I learned from a crew chief “leaks or drips are the norm” if everything is bone dry there are seal problems. That was something I looked for on every bird I would get into. Mostly ch46 or 53. Great air taxis

@scratchbuiltdozer

3 жыл бұрын

Hahah that’s funny as hell....the same situation for me! We must of had the same crew chief! Flew from Camp Pendleton to San Clemente Island and I told the crew chief that there’s a oil leak and he’s like 👍 That’s a good sign!

I’m very impressed with how crisp and proper this mans uniform is.

@fido3561

3 жыл бұрын

They were made from cotton and you could spray with starch and iron or just send the to the Army's Quarter Master laundry and ask for hanger service. An old trick I use to do for real sharp creases, I would turn them in side out, put masking tape on the crease, then turn right side out and iron. You could cut cold butter. lol

@ianmangham4570

3 жыл бұрын

@@fido3561 AMEN to that

@lolathedog3108

3 жыл бұрын

The days before flame retardant flight suits and gloves.

@ianmangham4570

3 жыл бұрын

@@lolathedog3108 Before NOMEX was invented in the early 60s.

@petershulick5270

2 жыл бұрын

A Crispy starchy uniform, hope they didn't starch the undies as well boxer shorts? I was born the following year on Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio, my dad who is a medic or doctor got orders to incirlik Air Base turkey which we moved in 58, came back in 1960, relocated to Amarillo Air Force Base, a lot of nice memories back in 57,58, we moved to Houston and 65 after going back to San Antonio for two years oh, my bad my dad was transferred to Danang Vietnam after that

The check of the fueltanks for water and foreign matter is only successful when it ran into your armpit.

@Mercmad

2 жыл бұрын

Or your ear!!! Man it hurts like hell and takes days to stop hurting! But that old time leaded 100 octane was nice and clean and smelt a lot different to todays poor excuse for fuel .

@ronniewilliams6660

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mercmad has always had 7777ways to do every job .

This will really come in handy the next time I get flung back in time and have to impersonate a helicopter pilot in the fifties.

@jimlascola

3 жыл бұрын

and rescue some shot up comrades ;/

@Name-ps9fx

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely bring an iron and 2 five gallon buckets of starch!

@1olddirtroad

3 жыл бұрын

I am thinking that after we extract that team North of the border we go to DC and fly Jack and Jackie out to Camp David

@busterbeagle2167

3 жыл бұрын

So.....next Tuesday

@busterbeagle2167

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimlascola let the “comrades” lay where they failed

The french army used these helicopters in Algeria up to 1962 and converted some of them into gunships by adding a 20mm canon, a 50 cal and 2 30 cal machine guns on those. The gunship version was called the H-19 "pirate".

@JohnDoe-xl8fr

5 жыл бұрын

They should put a few white flags for rapid surrender . Lol

That sure is one quiet helicopter!

I’m glad I watched this as a refresher... I think I forgot to check the tail stabilizer cables yesterday

I've always loved the S-55/H-19/H04s/HRS they were the first choppers I remember as a boy and my Revell model ! They were long gone when I joined the Marines in 1979 except for display. I think I'll make another model ! thanks for the video

@jennifervillafuerte9585

7 жыл бұрын

Prog X

@jennifervillafuerte9585

7 жыл бұрын

Prog X

@garrethatcher8320

6 жыл бұрын

I was a crew members on UH 34Ds in South Vietnam and loved them and the other US Marines who flew in them

@kittmurphy7778

5 жыл бұрын

One of these flew me out of Tam Ky to Da Nang when I came home from Vietnam. That was in 1967. They were good at providing medevacs for us, even at night.

Love this chopper. It has a certain rugged beauty.

Great film,about a really cool helicopter. I love all the detail. Wish I could ride in one. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for the video, now all I need is a H-19

@alwaysbearded1

3 жыл бұрын

I believe there is one on the hanger deck of the USS Hornet in Alameda. I'll have to check my photos or sources for which model it is. Looks just like this one but might be older or newer.

Utterly relaxing content, sir.

Just absolutely fantastic FOOTAGE

An iconic helicopter. It's profile is unmistakable.

@simplywonderful449

3 жыл бұрын

Yep - even starred as the "Screamin' Mimi" in a TV show years ago.

I'd much rather zip back in time to be this dude than live now.

@krebgurfson5732

3 жыл бұрын

yeah, cuz your life sucks. maybe put in some effort

@JustAnother_Irishman

2 жыл бұрын

@@krebgurfson5732 Their are things in life we simply cannot change, like political landscape, or ass holes like yourself in the comment section.

@krebgurfson5732

2 жыл бұрын

@@JustAnother_Irishman oh please, it's so cringe to hear people act like other eras are a better time to live than now. those people put no effort into their lives now, why would the 40s want them?

@mikediamond353

2 жыл бұрын

The Supreme Court has SPOKEN: NO IQ testing for employment Education is mandatory No govt related prayer Civil Rights will not be constrained

From an ex b52g crew chief this was great

@roadscholar05

2 жыл бұрын

I luv my crew chiefs. I break 'em, you fix 'em, and then I break 'em again for you.

Sitting on top of a big block V-8 Buick motor, there is a clutch and direct drive line to a differential that feeds power to the main rotor drive and extended drive line to the tail rotor. If you ever get a chance see one of these in refit, it's awesome 😎

Loved "Release the parking brake"--I lived for 20 years a block from the Sikorsky Bridgeport plant

That was fantastic! Thanks for sharing. That poor pilot must have gone deaf without hearing protection

Remember to ensure the ashtray is in the closed position before takeoff.

I myself benefit from Army type training films since elementary school days in 1960's America. Iconic. Personal hygiene, and sexual education....

I really enjoyed this video, thanks!

I flew one. It was a cool helicopter. Big. It flew like a big Schweitzer. Except mine had a turbine conversion.

@kdrapertrucker

3 жыл бұрын

Well that turbine must have knocked a week off the preflight inspection.

I'm glad they were able to secure Tom Hanks in the role of Pilot #1

@kdrapertrucker

3 жыл бұрын

"INSPECT FORREST! INSPECT!!"

this is one of the best vids I've seen on youtube.

I love these documentaries

10:44 Tom Hanks starting up the chopper.

@user-bg2wn4zc9n

3 жыл бұрын

I thought that too))

@mattdobson2

3 жыл бұрын

Larry Hagman

@kdrapertrucker

3 жыл бұрын

"I'm not a verra smart man, but I do know how to pretrip an H-19 for lieutenant Dan"

Ok I learned it all. Now just gave me a Sikorsky H-19 Helicopter, so I can fly.

@Person84112

3 жыл бұрын

Its too old now its been destroyed

@ParkerUAS

3 жыл бұрын

@@Person84112 , not correct. There are still a few flying. I know of one in Oklahoma and another in Alabama. In Arizona there is one being restored as well.

@Person84112

3 жыл бұрын

@@ParkerUAS oh ok, I didn’t know that

Veri good i like the Choper and the pilot thanks from Carlos Portugal

Check if there are: 1, 2 or 3 blades.

I love it!! Does anyone else notice that the pilot looks like Tom Hanks?

@AviationNut

8 жыл бұрын

Well he did put Tom Hanks as his name in the log book at the end.

@timn4481

4 жыл бұрын

no..larry hagman

Very good video.It really inspired me though my job is not related to aviation.But I am an aviation enthusiast! Well,I do make some aircraft models including helicopters&I won some prizes too in my school exibitions!Looking forward to more such videos.❤️

"This is Zebra-1, we need an emergency airlift, over !" "Roger, Zebra-1, just give me half-an-hour to complete the pre-flight check."

A weird and interesting helicopter

Wow that's an awesome video

Did anyone else really get into this to the point where you started worrying about how you're going to remember all this shit, like you're actually gonna have to do this? No? Maybe it's just me then...lol

@josepablo011986

3 жыл бұрын

Next time we need a notebook and a pen to write all the detail, just in case.

@TenMinuteTrips

3 жыл бұрын

When you decide to take up flying lessons, you’ll learn to do a preflight walk around on your Cessna 150/152 or 172 or R22 if you’re going for rotary wing rating. Initially you’ll use a printed checklist that will help you to check all of the things that need looking at. After you’ve done it a few times, you’ll be able to accomplish the preflight without the checklist but then double check with the checklist to make sure you didn’t miss anything. After you have your pilot license, you’ll likely have to learn the preflight for a larger aircraft than you were first trained in. That’s what’s happening in this training film. Don’t worry. You’ll remember all this shit. You wanted to be a pilot, right?

@kdrapertrucker

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, I went through that when I was testing for my CDL-A back in the day. "How am I gonna remember all this?"

@ganymede3141

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, guilty. I even replayed a few sections several times because I couldn't recall the exact sequence after the first pass. 😂

@markcollins2666

2 жыл бұрын

@@josepablo011986, now? Save to your phone, then mount it in front of you!

I'm impressed that Forrest Gump also became a proficient helicopter pilot while in the Army in the '60s.

@Biggles2498

2 жыл бұрын

What rank ?

For watching this movie you've been rewarded with 10 bottle caps and 2 nuke colas! Thank u and remember: Life in the vault is about to change.

It is halarious that the procedure for checking the fuel is to dump some on your hand, lol.

@Lawiah0

5 жыл бұрын

For normal operation you and the helicopter should smell like fuel.

@jeffreynelson2660

5 жыл бұрын

and PUT OUT THAT CIGARETTE first!

@danielbell4007

3 жыл бұрын

It was a different time... lol

@jaysmith1408

3 жыл бұрын

Now you got a cup to catch it in, so you can check for water. Not sure how you could check that, or anything else for that matter, besides ensuring 100LL smells like 100LL, and you don’t have any boulders in the tank.

@Name-ps9fx

3 жыл бұрын

@@jaysmith1408 Boulders would be a Bad Sign™ 🤣

Check EVERYTHING!

@ishouldgetalif3

7 жыл бұрын

Check your breathing Check your pulse Check your Urine Check your prostate Check your liver values Check the stock market Check the weather Check the air Check the trees Check the grass Check the tarmac Check your mother Check your Father Check your brother Check your current written adress at the postal office Check your uncle Check on your Czeck pen pal Check your dog (PET HIM) Check your sink Check your insurance if it covers water damage if your not present in the household Check your bathroom Check your bed Check your gas lines by having a authorized tech checking it. whilest doing so also call a electrician to check your fuse box if it's up to code Check your foundation for sinking Check load bearing walls and arches Check your lawn (For commies) Check your shed (for more commies) Check your Daily driver's service interval Check your wallet Check your pants Check your pockets Check your zipper Check UNDER your bed (for sp00ky commies) Check your closet (cannot be too safe against Sp00ky commies) Check your neighborhood Check your drievway Check why do you compulsivly have to check things Check your sanity Check into a insane asylum *AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CHECK THAT YOU CHECKED EVERYTHING*

although I'd probably be dead now,, i wish I was this guy at that time doing what he is doing at that time,,,for this film!! i think these guys, like my stepfather who lived through this time were real men. i love you Mr. Stones. and thank you.

Thanks for not putting annoying watermarks like other do

Simple and easy 👍

Yessir, never fly this bird unless your hand smells like gasoline.

@wkat950

3 жыл бұрын

An NCO would be detailed to do this in real life I'll betcha

@wkat950

3 жыл бұрын

fuel check that is :D

@bartacomuskidd775

2 жыл бұрын

they were more concerned with the job.. only 2021 are people worried about booboos. Is this Jet Fuel PABA free?!

Sweet now when is it coming to DCS this thing would be fun!

good job

Damn I can’t seem to find any veterans in the comments, I love talking to them about their experience with aircraft.

@leeshaver4661

3 жыл бұрын

My dad was the flight mechanic on one of these at Whidbey Island naval base in Washington State until the pilot got caught in a fog bank and took it into the drink.

@rtauzin64

3 жыл бұрын

My dad flew them in the air force, he was flying them in sault ste marie Michigan

.... Day 2: Check the lower right strut after landing sight glass. Pour raw gasoline on your forehead. Lift and separate right window retention key.............

@KutWrite

5 жыл бұрын

3. Check spelling of "Cornelius." :P

I would love to get my hand on one of these jems.

I can’t believe I watched this entire video! I need to get a hobby and a life. The one takeaway...Tom hanks is a decent helo pilot and he does go by the book.

I never did a fuel sample in my hand, we always used a clean jar. Of course i wasn't good enough for Uncle Sam...what do i know?🤣

Fascinating

I got my Helicopter flying license after watching this video.

Ok I wanna go fly one now!

"And check for 'excessive' oil leakage" :D

@HeliPadUSA

8 жыл бұрын

+rkan2 Yeah! I caught that and was laughing....they're all leakers. ;)

@davem5333

8 жыл бұрын

That's how you check the oil on a radial engine. If its leaking the oil level if fine.

@pouncepounce7417

4 жыл бұрын

If engines from that age do not leak oil you suspect there is no oil inside them

Did anyone else notice that the pilot was on I Dream of Jeannie and Dallas? Seriously!

@haraldhuta4777

3 жыл бұрын

i think too that's Larry Hagman

Had no idea the engine is in the nose!

@napi94naza15

4 жыл бұрын

while cockpit is in the rotor...

4:27 my dude dropped the panel lol

Looked like a good helicopter, had more room than most American helicopters at the time..

is that a young Larry Hagman?

@danielbenedict8818

6 жыл бұрын

B.A. Gage, Maybe they gave him the day off from I Dream of Jeannie

Thanks Tom

UNIQUE HELICOPTER

Your Most Valuable Tools are Firm Procedure and A Positive Technique

fascinating.

Now I can fly. Im getting one for camping.

Very match to check

Something wrong with that fuel contamination check, but I can't put my "hand" on it. ;-) . No really, couldn't they have at least used a mason jar. That's what we used in the Navy.

@robertborchert932

6 жыл бұрын

John Knapp guess the army wasn't afraid of wet hands, hehe.

@spanieaj

5 жыл бұрын

...and wipe your hands on your pants before climbing up the left side of the fuselage.

@Wildstar40

5 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised he was not smoking while doing that.

@KutWrite

5 жыл бұрын

In the Army, the Mason jar was for peeing. No fancy "heads" in the field! (I'm ex-Navy)

@johnknapp952

3 жыл бұрын

So what does it say when you forgot you saw a video 3 years ago then see that you're the first name you see in the comments. 🤣🙄

Will all the mentioning of proper oil levels as well as hydraulic fluid and fuel , I am surprised they didn’t emphasize checking prop wash level. Very important and the job of every new mechanic or crew member of bird regardless of branch of service.

That’s my dad in one of the training films he was in

WOW they use chocks on running helicopter at that day :D it restricted in my job due to ground resonation :D

This is a clip from US Army training film TF46-2423 "Helicopter Flight Training: Part I - Transition to the H-19". The full video is on this site.

@KutWrite

5 жыл бұрын

Which site?

@Catcrumbs

5 жыл бұрын

watch?v=M6H9OfeES7M

I want to try and make that guy laugh or grin, like those royal guard guys lol

I found three doors to this helicopter in the desert by Davis Mon AFB, hanging in my shop now.

My first and only flight was on one of these in 84' before the airframe was retired and cannibalized for parts.

12:08 woo how was that shot made. Tail rotor can do some damage to yah 😳

After watching for about 15 minutes, I think to myself: Why am I watching this?

@josepablo011986

3 жыл бұрын

We never know when we gonna need to fly an Sikorsky H-19

Secure Honoi Jane inside Cargo Bay doors, make sure she is full of oil.

That must be Larry Hagman...

Oh God I'm going to fail this test

Captain Flagg from Mash has been found.

Why is the pitot tube on the wing of a B-25 so extended and long ahead of the wing?

So per the log book, it appears this was filmed at Fort Rucker, Alabama, in September of 1956?

How much do you want for this beauty ?

gotta love larry hagman dont you?

they forgot to mention check for the level of blinker fluid and make sure to get and exhaust sample after ignition..

i only came here to know how they get in the cockpit but stayed for every thing

Could they have made it any harder to get into to?

@KutWrite

5 жыл бұрын

It's the military. They don't make things easy for you, just any flag officers which might be passengers.

I preflighted c-152 and c-172's long ago, but I recall we had a little plastic cup with a pin to check for water in the fuel, the pilot there is using his hand, thats zany. He should at least had a Dixie cup to check it. Fuel is slightly toxic, it wonder if it caught up with him in his latter years. Never can tell. Cool radial engined chopper...

@Biggles2498

2 жыл бұрын

ALL Aviation Fuels(any hydrocarbon fuel for that matter) are carcinogenics and will eventually cause cancer with prolonged contact without using PPE. I used to steal protective vinyl gloves from my Oil Company Employers to do my fuel checks for PPL/IMC/MULTI & Instrument Ratings. Even my Examiner thought I was a "cissy" !

Everyone else: it's literally Tom Hanks! Me: *it's literally Harold from Thomas The Tank Engine*

He handles gasoline like I do. Except, he doesn't use it to brush his tooth.

You'd think there would be a better way to check the gas for water and foreign matter than by draining some on your hands! How about a sight glass as on many small planes? And the rotor service platform? I wonder how many crewmen fell off there while inspecting the mechanism?!

Great gym-training c before flight 😁