Restored WWII Republic P-47 Thunderbolt "Razorback" Fighter Flight Demo !
This is a short flight demo of the Planes of Fame Museum's (Chino, California) own P-47 "Razorback" Thunderbolt. This aircraft is a "G" model, one of the 354 built under license by Curtiss in Buffalo, New York. This aircraft has a 2,000-horsepower Pratt & Whitney R-2800, 18-cylinder engine. What a monster of a WWII fighter!
Пікірлер: 641
She was big, fast, tough and deadly. My favorite fighter of WWII. Sure the Mustang, the Lightning and the Spitfire were sexier but the Jug has that special appeal that is intangible. It is the embodiment of toughness.
Yeah the Rolls Royce Merlin is a cute little engine, but the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp is a man's engine.
My uncle was a P-47 pilot in WWll. Hell of a plane and a hell of a man. Together, they kicked some ass and lived to tell.
That idle sounds just like the drag strip...... lots of horsepower. 👍👍
Wow! Now I gotta go to the hobby shop and buy a P-47 model and build it.
Can you imagine a whole squadron taking off together.
Nothing like the sound of a big radial engine, truly a thing of beauty.
"When the skies broke, the angels took to the skies" The conflict was over 2 days later with the enemy in full retreat. Battle of the Bulge, Winter 1944-45
That's one big motor and a lot of horses there! Sounds better than any jet any day.
There was a saying; "The Mustang will get you the girls, but the Thunderbolt will get you home!"
The BEAUTIFUL and MIGHTY Jug!!!
Beautiful. What amazing engineers we had back then.
I love the sound of the Pratt & Whitney R-2800
Looks brand new and love that sound! Especially since there isn't any music!
Those old birds are works of art to me.
The "jug" flies again!! Too cool!
Such a beautiful warbird from a hell'uve a time!!!!! Man she's just breath takingly gorgeous!!!!!!!
This plane is the A-10's Father.
Sounds like a construction crew hard at work in there until it fires. Absolutely perfect! Outstanding video on a beautiful 47.
When that big ole jug fired up, it knocked my phone over. True. Always thought the razorback was the best looking version