Crawl through a B-29 Superfortress IN FLIGHT! + Real-Time procedures / ATC - Oshkosh AirVenture!

this is probably the craziest place I've ever written GoPros there are just two flying b-29 bombers left everybody watch a fair plan just pretty busy down here Oshkosh tower super fortress five two nine four upper one if we can make a flyby today AirVenture 2016 was an awesome place to go for a ride and I explored every nook and cranny during the flight and I get my velcros in to beat me this is my final day of air venture 2016 and I actually skipped my airliner flight with my crew home to do this [Music] five cameras make we all come together all volunteers we do this cuz we love it the team that keeps Fifi flying is dedicated and passionate and I can't thank them all on this video so please check the description for links and learn more about the commemorative Air Force it was pretty cool to see the flight engineer station from where all four engines are managed but this cockpit that clearly inspired the Millennium Falcon was also awesome my seat for takeoff and landing was in the back but that gave me easy access to the entire airplane during cruise so I really couldn't have asked for a better spot to meet people always ask what do people do in the back but we didn't have a good view of all Asians the flaps and the landing gear kind of safety monitors underneath the floor there's a big sight it was in each bubble on each side and as you move the sight the guns actually live by remote control and as you track the target and keep a little circle lights that you can see around the wingspan of the airplane which gives the range information goes into a computer that were under the floor here and that figures out the lead in elevation needed to hit a target and adds it to the guns automatically which in 1942 exact images and computers very high-tech state-of-the-art big time it was kind of a space shuttle over day that's what new we're going to do is actually turn on the oil pumps without a minute for each engine and they'll motor the props through the check for hydraulic lock then they'll stop 3d winter comes on alright battery tong khoo report by position co-pilot flight engineer bright scanner position bus scanner position at scanner position perhaps here alright gear down locks our stud engine intake covers stowed nose gear bumper stowed pedal covers stowed hops recorded emptiness pre-flight complete all right the perks pretty ok we'll start off for and we're going on for all the way out we'll do the run up down there down to three three instead of here Brad alright because there will be a full run up this time they will go out of runway three and to the northeast discussions and questions that sounds good to me alright for starting engine checklist alright hydraulic my purse what's on parking brake set chucks expert boot uh drug pressure to norm a draw the quantity two and a half as your emergency switch normal cough let's open oil coolers open generators on inverters off Ito heat off to shut off switch is open tip detector like Jack I can either switch it off field Barrow we are at 29 all right propellers highlights on the left eyelet right cause inner ear I like to close here we go right aileron down up on the ground her family throws right ailerons up you copy clear five six makes me know there's other grass litters now rudder right rudder left free and correct 13 checklist alright rotating beacon ever on fire guard posted all right we really relics a near foot of paper I'm gonna go ahead tree all motor for round three two one eight thousand ones later after our for book eulogy they went through this process for all four engines but I trimmed it for time okay here we go they're on three where's Claire for nafs Roger that three okay Steve you got 3 I get 3 all right and same with the process for starting the remaining three engines I trimmed that to starting engines complete waiting on snips okay after start checklist all right avionics which is all captain emperor haile golf loader echo cute instruments good check all right start a circuit breakers we're not shut up down or we know that oh all right Chuck's I don't go back with your Qi letters still up in the Florida echo I will therefore over by the grass here already so Rick how much do you want to get far to the wind I run a frickin Charlie turn into the winter here down there full gray horses usually their foots possible but very little and there we're gonna head quarter until when it's cool today so that's too too worried about though they're still yeah okay I'm on the ground points fortress of cannot or Bravo it's on the ramp with a toes ready taxi I also trim the clearances cadet took a while but this entire flight is available uncut for patreon supporters that you really want to see everything all right taxi checklist all right emergency brakes they're checked all brakes there check Bertuzzi brake accumulator recharge a drug pressure you norm all right flight instruments show two one zero on the heading yep yeah three zero zero three nine hundred feet on the up Center all right same here all right up number four set transponder ground on five fourth year ago for his set okay we're there parking brake is set run-up is all ears Rick Roger left Rick didn't talk through what he was doing I didn't have a great shot so I trimmed the run-up but I really am going to maintain as many of the procedures in real time as I can for this edit retreat taxi I've run a complete stop and just use crush I do have somebody coming up the ramp I hate I don't know where you are okay before gonna take down check runway 10 reps be a pop and we'll keep our eyes open to the traffic Hey one writer to $0.03 for caterpillars highlights on the left i Latroy highlights in the rear alright flaps set 15 there about fifty okay gosh there are ladders stood in the front super ear group work by the position co-pilot flight engineer right scanner position left scanner position a scanner position okay I'm gonna take up briefing all right we're going to take off runway three normal takeoff we have an emergency on the ground all the board's down the ground if we counter an emergency once where everyone will deal with the ones once we're there and come back and land here otherwise we're going to turn north and then weather permitting we're gonna go to our coach yep I'll call out ninety for you so you kind of know where you're at okay I had 120 120 thought it's not like that alright transponder we're set yeah what does door that's close to the left goes on the right clothes the 3r okay strokes stroke there off pitot heat on couplets are set goosebumps go in it hi alright that mixtures pictures of rich alright going to tower ready the reports at five to nine abroad wrapped entire runway three line up the weight flat a point I've been our problem where we line up to the weight it looks clear left bare by clear on the left zero three zero you've got the aircraft that's gonna let you taxi not do it anyway you've got your cramps I bet the radio okay everybody ready I'll bring ready in Atlanta all right wait till sit yep and Superfortress 5 to 9 or Bravo your fortress is just God and we left a right off your departure on North East on northbound parts are approved there for takeoff ok support just inti Bravo cleared go run 23 all right Rick stand up up please stand up 30 inches [Music] only three Northup [Music] and Appleton power 0 66 think over all right set me up to tower runway 3 lineup them wait airspeed alive both sides [Music] there's 100 dots for money here upon the great here [Music] you're a 66 Kengo Romeo a titrate turn heading zero Niner three levels take off your another zero six echo Romeo dipper fortress 5 2 Niner Bravo when Abel start your left turn to the north ok let's turn straight to lift five get out Bravo thank you anyone Roger pay for flaps tell you how sorry flaps up when they got to 8,000 feet they would close these hatches and pressurize the airplane there turbo superchargers it would pump air in and then these cabin pressure regulators on each side there's one behind the hatch there's one here would them keep the pressure about 8,000 feet regardless about hiding all right everything a landing gear is up flaps are up landing gear switch is off and guarded by food run - fun - fine power one two engine instruments design your Romeo a hydraulic arm parasite a little hard candy trip with this bump come on order this for fortress five two nine eleven we be maintaining now that opportunity or without to tteyuu climbing - I will climb up slowly here - about 2,000 perfecting our bromo hey Roger that the deal was out he had pressurized a bomber that's got to open the bomb bay doors so we couldn't do the whole thing so that's why they have a front and rear pressure compartment that's when they decided to have the tunnel pressurized so they go back and forth without deep pressurizing the airplane the depressurize would be like being a BB inside of EPM take off this complete and I don't know fighter can I say it or not passengers are slightly perhaps Audrey and there already are okay Roger that I didn't waste any time getting up front through that tube and it really did feel like I was on board the money in Falcon and watching Rick managed the engines back there was kind of mesmerizing zero three zero one my three zero traffic lining threefold and shorty or well we are yes it was cool to see the crew using for flight and wearing an a20 in this really old airplane and an extra thanks to Bose for getting me onboard the radar looking there for rain to the south what do I see that green that that's ahead of us there are seven bravo whiskey thanks for your viewers wiser my honey encourage every with a march every deck good night NASA Provost hush-hush tower super fortress five to nine rubber were north east of you just over the lake wonder if we can make a flyby today I probably would help anyone do that I'd like to 2002 myself we could house be Villiger super for just wear you out over the leak right now yeah over the lake which way would you like us to make best eye north to south right over the field north to south right over the field five - no problem short final put it down right under first runway nine clear land and I just keep it about 2000 rath rep harding behind yesterday then once we go over I think a left we probably thought back to the east the back to the north good if it's rain it's real light right up adult alert your baseball that traffic making perfect right address left to right everybody wants a fair plan just forget busy down there the chair heel Paulette winter and baseline left now super fortress by cheetah Bravo is three to the north predict to the South Devon online I had the perfect vantage point during the flyover but then I wanted to go explore the rest of the airplane I feel I Bravo a mile north are skewed I'm Bravo copy that and we'll do a left turn at once would get clear of your area to the south good I'm Bravo copy all their sector there we go guys going right over us cache is a Griffin up see on step it's off the right high wing tail dragger runway 9 clear land white dot just on the base final turn was their land away doctrine out this one don't like but look at all the air place wind up taxing out I guess yeah they are that's be a hundred over well we got a plan on our left I are low looks like it's going out and Oshkosh teres approaches 5 Bravo thanks for the pilot we're not left turn back across the way you know I'm Bravo copy that will feel entering you've got two airplanes out there through your left lobe I got one at the lake you got one crossing underneath you here in about the next 10 seconds got it okay you got this very easy come again left to right around nine o'clock company's underneath us love got him thank you as quite a different traffic there to fly over the seaplane base but everybody else is doing all right on the left is the seaplane base any type on a two mile rate dogleg bromine everybody like doctor landfall airplanes there that they the bars is to the west of them all right I kind of start heading away from Oshkosh here cuz they're runner that's not oh go on underneath this sorry that girl no no I can't freight train another grant raffle depart find you have a nice day is he today yeah it was cool to sit with Stu at the right scanner position for a minute but I also wanted to check out a few of the gunner positions you want to do an overhead or straight in I got better right we've been up 25 right there you ones much fun Roger destroy them there probably have let's go cross all right bottle I'll call her up apples at our super fortress 5t9 brother were 11 miles to the southeast it balanced papa super fortress five to nine abrupt entire 45 miles southeast to the field for runway 345 southeast for my threesome fortress five to never go toward 31 plus one cross runway yep big turn we are out of us kosh's airspace well I went to bad rain twice no a little bit but it blow the field I can see it up there straight ahead we would do the in range but [ __ ] altimeter is three zero zero three showing 2,000 feet up here Roach creepy alright this will be a normal landing 35 degrees of flap well guess we'll get already seated here just a bit full stop alright curry pork pilot position co-pilot flight engineer still here right scanner positions left standard precision a scanner position mid-range to the line is complete and you're at the 28 right now yes sir a straight 20 Lister 26 sure last couple days it's been flying very well our a lot farther back that babes like normal let's see right up I'm not slowing it all here asteroids 185 for a second here and episode Township purchase budget Bravo show five miles south there we go for fortress five to Niner Bravo runway three clear to land when zero seven zero at eight players away after runway three ship fortress betcha no problem hey you're cleared to land you get the runway over there the right one let's good all right let's try up where two five right now be five foot two four before they do the end range check first we get it off the rest of it it'll start worried about the gear here alright okay well coolers Oh cow flaps set mixtures are rich goosebumps or glue hydraulic pump power saws passengers seated in the front we're working at the rear and their fellows but there's three here I've turned a file now so okay ready for the rolling cross firmly to one to runway three zero super fortress three out give me uh lb Bravo two six mineral leasing zero what happened go on get to slower than that for at this point yeah 150 is a good speed down here all right now when you get ready just go flat 15 all right there's the gear 5 killing 15 all right let's go flap so 25 that's 25 at manifold 25 edible to photo here you go you're about 155 right now there's bottom speeds 122 all right let's go flaps 35 all right landing gears ma'am to regrade it off Turner 535 funeral wheels of bricks wind zero six zero at 10.15 wheels a practice of every volunteer for a three now going straight ahead rival Rommel ain't else care what I wear easier t binary verified 35 checks play is still warm I'm forwarding at Fulton two-step for just one 7 November you're going to go around my three now just a little bit and wouldn't pick up and I'll cross your way 3-0 Vuitton or a little runway 3 their speed 135 look at me look at good all right he's a bomb he's a tall [Music] good looking good there we go a little bit of a right cross lat punch up four to zero alpha Zulu echo country that 14-0 alpha 3 my dear unwind let her let her roll a bedroom let her roll for a while planning red light so I hope you enjoyed this one I was really happy to share it and huge thanks to patreon supporters and sponsors for making productions like this possible we definitely could not do it without support and please check the description for links the commemorative Air Force is always looking for volunteers and donations they've got a really impressive fleet and they're a really friendly open bunch that's John you can watch the out for brunch laughs whack in the outboards imagine flying an airplane with someone else managing the throttles just crazy thanks for sticking around at the end I really struggled to get this one down under 20 minutes and then just gave up anyway keep your flight chop sharp so I got everywhere in there early every nook and cranny the Boeing engineer that designed the tunnel was a little on the heavy side and he figured out that the right answer was 34 inches in diameter is he bigger at Heathkit he could get through there than all the 18 19 year-old kids could and never had anybody stuck in the town I'm going to try

Channel: FlightChops

Views: 8,508,754

Rating: 4.8700366 out of 5

Keywords: flight training, VFR, flying, landing, aviation, atc, control zone, air traffic control, flight chops, Flight VLOG, VLOG, pilot career, pilot life, Fifi, B-29, B29, WWII Bomber, WWII, Oshkosh, AirVenture

Id: XakK81edKFA

Length: 21min 34sec (1294 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 16 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/Schteevie]

Happy to share this one - thanks again to R/Flying for helping me decide not to struggle to cut it down to under 20 mins as I usually do - this is the first video in a few years that I have published over 20 mins.

EDIT: here is the link for the previous thread while I was editing this one:

https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/5y9pga/crawling_around_b29_fifi_in_flight_cockpit/

[u/rblue]

This is awesome. I refuse to open this at work or on my phone. This will be a "surround-sound basement TV room with whiskey" experience for me. :)

[u/Glock18C]

Wait... is that a Garmin class cockpit suite?

[u/ps2sunvalley]

Does anyone know why CAF and other civilians that fly around in flight suits are always wearing tan ones and not green?

[u/CutlassSupremo]

I really like your editing on this. You did a good job! Thanks for sharing.

[u/ThrustIsAMust]

This is so awesome, thanks for sharing! Cool to see the process of the pilot flying verbally giving power settings to the engineer. Maybe it's just me but I would have a difficult time getting comfortable with that set up lol.

[u/deadaszedd]

Did anyone else think this was the cockpit of the millennium falcon at first look??

[u/mountainaviator1]

That is absolutely amazing. Keep up the good work!!

[u/Lance_Boil123]

I'll never stop being amazed by the size of those props.