I was 22yo fifty years ago this month, when I took my last flight in a Grumman S-2 Tracker with the USN as an AW2 assigned to VS-38 NASNORIS San Diego. We had just returned home from WESTPAC / Yankee Station onboard USS Ticonderoga CVS-14. That would be CVS-14 USS Ticonderoga's last call to duty. The sound of those twin Wright 1800's will always be music to my ears.

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

Wow -- what experiences you had. Thanks for watching and commenting.

Moonbeam McSwine forever...thinking of our dad Gordon Plaskett and Vlado Lenoch. Many thanks guys for this magnificent video! ♥

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

I remember seeing Gordon Plaskett with a Mustang at places like the Merced Fly-In. Good times. Thank you for watching and commenting.

Thanks for the nice postcard. And enjoy Oshkosh!

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

Our pleasure!

I didn't realize the prop Super Guppy still flew.

@LostInSpace175

11 ай бұрын

we see her all the time in and out of Houston!

@robs5688

11 ай бұрын

I wonder what it is used for, if anything other than just flying. There's one that's been sitting here in Tucson at the Pima Air and Space Museum for decades.

@jjohnsonTX

11 ай бұрын

Guppy looks like she rolled out of the modification center last week. They take great care of her.

@dennyliegerot4021

11 ай бұрын

I believe this is the last one flying...although I think the one at Pima can be made operational.

@black_baron_net

11 ай бұрын

☠BLACK BARON☠ Aero school class question: Who designed "Super Guppy" ... is it NASA or is it Airbus/Aerospatiale? ... What's ... Next? ... "Super Beluga"?

Thanks so much for keeping guys like me who can’t be there in touch with Oshkosh!! I always love the variety you post here. One of my favorite channels! And I NEVER GET TIRED OF CORSAIRS 👍🤠👍

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for your gracious comments. Should be more Corsairs this week...

@thunderbird1921

11 ай бұрын

What thrilled me was that a couple years ago, an ACTUAL Korean War Corsair pilot commented on one of the plane's popular KZread videos (A few of those old vets actually have KZread accounts and leave comments occasionally)! I think he said he was 91, and he shared the story about a terrifying close call he had on a combat mission. He had made a dive on a target when his plane was struck by small arms fire from North Korean troops on the ground. To his horror, some of his instrument readings began dropping out and he thought they had either hit a vital part of the engine or a gas tank. Miraculously, it turned out that the bullet had instead struck the gauge line, thus stopping the levels from showing. He was able to get back safely, but it was one of the biggest scares of his life.

@robstanton9215

11 ай бұрын

@@thunderbird1921 That would be spooky! I think small arms fire was one of the greatest threats to fighter pilots whose missions took them inland. My second cousin flew an F6F off of the new Yorktown after the original Yorktown sunk at Midway in WW2. My dad told me some of his stories he shared when he got back, one of which was about a sniper on the ground who shot at him. He said that this weird feeling came over him while flying this particular patrol mission, a feeling some called “the word” as if their number was up, and he just scrunched down in his cockpit. As soon as he did, a bullet zipped through the front of his canopy and nailed the cushion in the armor plate where his head would’ve been had he not slid down in his seat. Of course he turned around and strafed the shooter.

Many thanks to the whole team at AIRAILIMAGES for the great images and those wonderful sounds of airplane engines.

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for your gracious comments.

Awesome!

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

Hey, I saw the Super Guppy depart it's home base, EFD, yesterday! Didn't know it was headed up there. It's always a thrill to see it fly!

The Volsen sub scale bomber is very interesting. The Super Guppy is impressive and I can't believe it can fly. Love those Mustangs(wonderful sound) and the T-2 Buckeyes. Have a great show and stay cool.

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

WOW, I would not have believed that there was still a flying Supper Guppy! 😲😲 The last one here in Europe was taken out of service by Airbus many years ago (the Airbus A 300-600 ST "Beluga" came as a replacement). Thank you for the shots of this unique and impressive aircraft! 👍👍

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

You are very welcome!

Oh my gosh Oshkosh! What a treat to see so many different aircraft all in one location. Thanks so much to everyone who brought the planes and to all who video so we all can enjoy! Great show.

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Nine and a Half minutes of AWESOME 🤗 guess the only thing better is being there.😆

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and commenting.

@stevemiller.

11 ай бұрын

Even better to live there

@robertlafnear7034

11 ай бұрын

I thought about that too🤔

Great to see the Super Guppy still flying. I was at Ellington in the late 60s & early 70s when it was making routine flights in and out of Ellington.

Thanks for sharing Oshkosh with us… missing the big show for the first time since 2016! And thanks to Mr Butcher for flying his beautiful airplane'

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

awesome!

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

1:13. Glad to see Moonbeam McSwine still flying. RIP Vlado Lenoch.

Hope I make it to Oshkosh next year. Between my work and the heat that's forecasted, I decided to skip it this year. Enjoy the show, take it easy, and drink more water than you think you need.

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

Yup, it is hot and humid to this western-U.S. arid guy.

Wowsers!

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting.

Thanks Fred for posting this video! I didn't expect to see a C-1 Trader attend, along with the CAF's SBD-5 from Airbase Georga.

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

You are always welcome! Yes, the Trader was a rare treat. Lots of fun here.

some really cool aircraft!

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

Oshkosh is really even better than its descriptions.

Douglass SBD

North American T-2 Buckeye

Saw an Airbus Super Beluga at the Airbus factory in St Nazaire France this year. It's soo huge looked like it was floating in the air. But you can judge it's size when it lands and you can see the tiny cockpit windows. They are monsters.

Thank You, great video for sure! :-)

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

You are very welcome!

Bravo !

F4U is the prettiest WWII Fighter

FANTASTIC sound and video

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

Voisin at 8:27 is rad! I especially like the canopy style.

1:21 Nice to see Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchy Valens finally made it to the dance.

The last WW1 replica airplane represents the best spirit of experimental aviation. Unfortunately, too many Lindy awards went out to the ultra high priced professionally built, professionally painted, professionally upholstered quickbuilt airplanes.

Thanks again !

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

You are very welcome!

Monster-engined Baron landing at 2:05 (380hp)

Do you have this video uploaded anywhere without the music, so we can hear nothing but those beautiful engine notes?

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

Did you read the text accompanying the video on KZread?

I tried to fly in to Oshkosh from Michigan but halfway there. My arms got really tired flapping that hard and I had to land.

The Super Guppy is so rediculous...I absolutely love it...it makes my top ten simply because it is so absurd looking...lol

Amazing home build plain at the end. Would luv to know what altitude you were at cuz I can imagine it would be driving thru rural country dirt roads with no traffic small town Merica

At 5:00, I don't think that's how you're supposed do it. Let the tail wheel fly it's self to the ground, right? First time seeing that....😁

I sadly couldn’t make it this year

@airailimages

11 ай бұрын

Sorry for that, but if our videos can give you a glimpse,good!

1:10 is that a Cessna 206?

1:09 What is this aircraft? Kit project of some type?

Japanese ZERO. What a plane. Should not have put American markings on it. Should have kept the Rising Sun. What a magnificent aircraft.