Flying a DC-3 to Greenland, Engine Won't Start

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  • čas přidán 12. 08. 2019
  • We leave Goose Bay to cross the Atlantic Ocean to Narsarsuaq Greenland in the DC-3, if inflight icing doesn't stop us. But how long will we be there if we can't get the engine started?
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  • @gerryn2
    @gerryn2 Před 4 lety +76

    I just love hearing professionals talk about issues in this calm and reassuring manner.

    • @cockula776
      @cockula776 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Likewise, especially on highly complex subjects!

  • @frankbrejcha8928
    @frankbrejcha8928 Před 4 lety +75

    As an ex Airline pilot who crossed the "pond" many times in a variety of big jets, this should be compulsory viewing for all pilots planning to cross the Atlantic as maybe, just maybe you might need Narsarsuag as your bolt hole one day and this sort of film clip would prepare you for some of the problems you might face. Also would suggest that Ernest Ganns " Fate is the Hunter" should be part of the ATPL syllabus! Thank you for a wonderful film . Fantastic.

  • @andrivif
    @andrivif Před 4 lety +97

    Had the pleasure of delivering the AVGAS to this beauty on your stop in Reykjavík on your way to Europe, must say that this old girl stands out as one of, if not the most beautiful aircraft I've seen in my life. Couldn't believe my eyes and ears when I saw and heard this beauty flying over me both when you guys arrived and departed from Reykjavík.

  • @Xerpocalypse_
    @Xerpocalypse_ Před 4 lety +271

    "Hey Douglas, what's your type?"
    "DC3."
    "Outstanding!"
    This part gave me goosebumps, but in the best way possible. Such a simple exchange but it was a great moment.

    • @tomhyde2
      @tomhyde2 Před 4 lety

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    • @davidvincent1093
      @davidvincent1093 Před 4 lety +5

      DC3 was all they had to say, everyone knew them and there was never any questions where they were on the flight line

    • @makarlock
      @makarlock Před 4 lety +13

      11:20 btw

    • @21darkster
      @21darkster Před 4 lety +6

      What would've been really cool is if they had been able to make their callsign "clipper"

    • @kryzak8873
      @kryzak8873 Před 4 lety +2

      I loved this part too. I love the community aspect of aviation like this, which im not sure is replicated in too many other parts of life. Fantastic :)

  • @Deerh
    @Deerh Před 4 lety +532

    Hey Matt, greetings from Narsarsuaq Tower. Great video, it was awesome to see the arrival from your perspective. Happy that you enjoyed your stay here :)

    • @Fm_1055
      @Fm_1055 Před 4 lety +20

      I love your accent

    • @randyvanvliet226
      @randyvanvliet226 Před 4 lety +24

      Thank you for Air Traffic Control from such a stark and beautiful air strip.

    • @davecrupel2817
      @davecrupel2817 Před 4 lety +18

      You guys deserve more traffic than just this lonely little party.
      Cheers :)

    • @scottsinclair2201
      @scottsinclair2201 Před 4 lety +5

      Ole, I recognized your voice from other videos flying into Narsarsuaq. Are you the only ATC there?

    • @ellenorbjornsdottir1166
      @ellenorbjornsdottir1166 Před 4 lety +1

      Do any Inuit(?) Greenlanders work with you? Your name seems very Danish.

  • @Recovering_Californian
    @Recovering_Californian Před 4 lety +103

    Really enjoyed the CRM parts of the video. Always nice to see a well oiled machine (team) in the cockpit.

  • @oleleclos
    @oleleclos Před 3 měsíci +2

    I flew this route six times in Twin Commanders 20-30 years ago, sometimes skipping Narsarsuaq, but always including Reykjavik and Goose. Thanks for the chance to see it again :-) One time a starter motor failed on departure from Narsarsuaq. I called my UK Commander rep, Douggie, and he told me exactly where to find a spare unit over in the middle hangar. I could just go and get it - he had the owner's permission to do that - and get a mechanic to swap it out. I don't know if that sort of thing would work today, but it did then, and was part of the magic that made flying wonderful. I'm so thankful for having been part of it. PS: For the rest of my flying in that Commander, I carried a spare starter motor - and never needed it again myself, but once was able to help another Commander pilot in the same fix, again via Douggie, bless his cotton socks.

  • @dennisjackson3531
    @dennisjackson3531 Před 4 lety +25

    I crewed a c-47 in Viet Nam 1970 ,I have not been around them since then , your series brings back so many memories ,thanks

  • @JoseAlfonsoChavez
    @JoseAlfonsoChavez Před 4 lety +267

    20:00 Smooooooooooooooth AF .. The build up to that landing was awesome!

  • @mrc7966
    @mrc7966 Před 4 lety +114

    I'm not a pilot, I know very little about the aviation world, but I'm thoroughly enjoying this series.

    • @xxxggthyf
      @xxxggthyf Před 4 lety +9

      I know nothing about aviation other than flying terrifies me... I enjoy it too :-D

    • @adamp.3739
      @adamp.3739 Před 4 lety +6

      Check out Mentour Pilot. He's great at explaining useful sh*t

    • @billludolph1696
      @billludolph1696 Před 4 lety +3

      As a aviation structural mechanic first class when I was in the Navy and worked on both jet and propeller driven aircraft the old aircraft was in most reliable aircraft ever

    • @billludolph1696
      @billludolph1696 Před 4 lety +4

      @@xxxggthyf , all aircraft gets their lift by the size of their wings and there is more pressure on the bottom of the wings and less pressure on top of them creating " lift"!

    • @xxxggthyf
      @xxxggthyf Před 4 lety +3

      @@billludolph1696 I've been watching a lot of flat earth videos for the last hour... Nearly.. and so I'm now an expert and you're wrong... It's because of buoyancy and the fact that there's more uppity over the wings than droppity under them. And something to do with perspective I think.
      Only kiddin'... I know how planes work and I know in theory how to fly one (that's almost the same as in practice right?) it's the everything else about the aviation world I know nothing about and that suits me fine. If I never get on a plane again it'll be too soon. I'm far too scared of the droppity taking over and me plummeting down from chemtrailing height to hit the flat-earth in a big ball of flame and splintered bone.
      NURSE!!! THE SCREENS!!!
      :-D

  • @dabprod4962
    @dabprod4962 Před 4 lety +26

    DC-3 was the first plane I ever flew in way back in about 1950 or 51. I was 6-7 years old and my Dad flew it part of the flight. He was an engineer with the old CAA before it became the FAA. Flew out of the old Atlanta GA airport. This video brought back such wonderful memories. THANKS

    • @Stigstigster
      @Stigstigster Před 4 lety +4

      The first plane I ever flew in too! Slightly different era (1985) but I was the same age as you were. I live on a small island and had made many, many boat trips but I first flew aged 6 when a DC-3 visited the island and took my school class out for a flight over the archipelago. I had never seen our islands from the air and seeing them from above for the first time left some sharp memories. I remember my dad explaining to me how important the plane was and how he was a little envious at not being able to join us. We all had to show up to school with a fiver in our pockets to pay for the flight. I'm grateful they thought to give us youngsters that whole experience. Thanks for commenting as you also brought back some great memories for me.

    • @erwina4738
      @erwina4738 Před 4 lety +2

      Wow you were alive before the jet age...

    • @mytheoryofmind
      @mytheoryofmind Před 2 lety +2

      I recently just saw a DC3 flying around near PDK in Atlanta. What a beautiful bird

    • @michaeljhdaviesmike3203
      @michaeljhdaviesmike3203 Před 3 měsíci

      My first flight (in 1960, I was 9 years young) was in a DC3 of Central African Airways (or was it Airlines?) from Chileka in Nyasaland (now Malawi) to Salisbury (now Harare) in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). I got to visit the cockpit and talk to the pilots! An unforgettable experience. I just love the plane - I've been a member of the Danish DC3 club for many years now. 😀

  • @AndrewTubbiolo
    @AndrewTubbiolo Před 4 lety +66

    UAL 004 is 787-900 service from London Heathrow to Houston International (LHR - IAH).

  • @pilot9030
    @pilot9030 Před 4 lety +129

    Solid content! Really enjoyed the troubleshooting near the beginning, calm, cool, and collected pilots.

    • @Rroff2
      @Rroff2 Před 4 lety +7

      I'm not that chilled driving my truck (automatic everything) never mind a DC-3!

    • @cockula776
      @cockula776 Před 11 měsíci

      Ex Volunteer Firefighter/EMT here - Keeping calm, cool, and collected with a smidge of fear is how you stay alive!

  • @paulspindler5849
    @paulspindler5849 Před 4 lety +26

    excellent video, really shows the adventure of flying which is missed when you're crossing the Atlantic at 37,000ft

  • @jsenear
    @jsenear Před 10 měsíci +1

    Don't skip anything about "Fate is the Hunter". Gann is the greatest aviation writer that has ever lived. He can take a novice, who has never flown in an airplane before, and have them riding co-pilot with him in a few paragraphs. I am 82 years old and have spent an appreciable amount of time in DC-3s. We (my twin brother also) had our own planes hangared at Palwaukee Airport just outside of Chicago and there was an old gent that hung out there that not only knew Ernest Gann but flew with his as well. It's been so long ago I can no longer remember his name but I wish I could.

  • @lukecole6203
    @lukecole6203 Před 4 lety +167

    “We’re out of sour cream onion pringles”
    .....
    *squaks 7700*

    • @av8or971
      @av8or971 Před 3 lety +7

      MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY, we need to divert back and get stocked up on pringles, we are OUT OF PRINGLES

    • @robsmithracing
      @robsmithracing Před 3 lety +13

      Squawk 7500 and get the Air Force to deliver them to you 🤣

  • @MrREH1962
    @MrREH1962 Před 4 lety +3

    My first flight at 12 years old was from St. George, Utah to Salt Lake City in a Hughes Airwest DC-3 in 1974. The juxtaposition of an iPad in the cockpit of a DC-3 at 0:37 is a sight I never thought I would see. Great video!

  • @markk5764
    @markk5764 Před 4 lety +33

    Fate Is The Hunter - one of the best books I've ever read.

    • @jlallandeiii
      @jlallandeiii Před 4 lety +4

      Mark Keely I think I read Fate Is The Hunter when I was 13 or 14 years old and absolutely loved it. It is a fantastic book and I plan to read it Again.

  • @c7adventures376
    @c7adventures376 Před 4 lety +7

    "Alright... I can smile now"
    Very cool to see how yall get along and work as a team. Live the dream and thank you for sharing with all of us.

  • @judassson
    @judassson Před 4 lety +23

    Finally, I’ve been waiting for this video since part 1. More DC-3 please 😅

  • @BangBangBeefyMacNCheesy
    @BangBangBeefyMacNCheesy Před 4 lety +130

    Video was great... but it doesn’t need the click-bait title... “Flying to Greenland in a DC-3” would get the views all by itself. Thank you for the vid 👍🏻

    • @bobantunes3193
      @bobantunes3193 Před 4 lety +4

      I Think the Video Editing titles are out of wack, if you watch the next one, it starts off with engine problems trying to leave. I think it ended too soon...

    • @dajilus2410
      @dajilus2410 Před 2 lety +1

      yea the next one they couldn't start the engine. So I guess not entirely click baity? lol

    • @BangBangBeefyMacNCheesy
      @BangBangBeefyMacNCheesy Před 2 lety

      @@dajilus2410 Yeah… I can be somewhat of a dickhead so ignore my comments lol

  • @kiwipumbaa
    @kiwipumbaa Před 4 lety +14

    Awesome sound of the P&W on take off from Goose Bay.

  • @nethacker91
    @nethacker91 Před 4 lety +4

    I like your videos Matt, they're so aviation-oriented unlike other channels. A lot of the coordination, troubleshooting and minute by minute navigation is shown here. Thank you for sharing!

  • @snufysmith6623
    @snufysmith6623 Před 4 lety +5

    I love the old C-47's. When I flew one in the Air Force, everyone had to chute up, and when we refueled everyone had to stand outside. If it was too cold, a bus would come out.

  • @summersky77
    @summersky77 Před 4 lety +5

    Thanks, Matt. I'm thoroughly enjoying this series. Your hard work in putting this together is greatly appreciated. Great crew on that Douglas.

  • @patcicerchi
    @patcicerchi Před 4 lety +7

    Wow. This is why we all love aviation so much. Thank you Matt.

  • @MarcvanExel
    @MarcvanExel Před 4 lety +12

    They should really add an AWESOME button to YT, man this is freaking unbelievable! Loved every second, thanks so much for sharing!

  • @wolfgangchargin5563
    @wolfgangchargin5563 Před 4 lety +2

    I have 2 DC3's both Swing Tails.
    I own a airfreight business in South America!
    By the time I pay for fuel (2grades), oil, INSURANCE, wages, hanger space, maintenance, security and my air freight booker, I'm actually getting 17c on the dollar that I can put in my pocket...
    They must be kept flying if they sit around for awhile you have problems with leaking fuel and oil leaks not to mention the rats they love to eat wire!
    Not to mention other DC3 owners stealing parts from people like me!
    We land on abandoned runways, beaches 2 lane roads!
    My pilots are the best team I have ever had!
    I had a couple of pilots from the States come down here looking for work
    We took them flying to land on a 2 lane road just like all the rest they headed back to the States!

  • @debbifuller6107
    @debbifuller6107 Před 4 lety +5

    The coolest thing for me is the airplane's livery! LOVE seeing PAN AM clipper in the skies again! Can't believe no one else commented on THAT! Try using some 1940's music next time. Come Fly With Me etc.

  • @dingo7055
    @dingo7055 Před 4 lety +4

    After the position report and you hear "Douglas what's your type?" A huge smile spread across my face. :)

  • @M.O_BER
    @M.O_BER Před 4 lety +15

    around 20 years ago i was in Goose... with the good old F4F Phantom (GAF)

  • @tommieders
    @tommieders Před 4 lety +6

    Thank you Matt. Really amazing, really one of your best. Greets from Austria!

  • @georgemccoy5028
    @georgemccoy5028 Před 4 lety +5

    Some of the very best DC-3 content I have viewed. Great job Matt!

  • @geoffeg
    @geoffeg Před 4 lety +12

    That UPS pilot is my type of pilot. Great CRM, relaxed and open to input from the rest of the crew. That's the type of pilot I always enjoy having with me in the plane.

    • @garyhalliday2929
      @garyhalliday2929 Před 4 lety

      Muppet SOPs. Lack of planning. TEM and DODAR but Joe McBryan had a much better feel for it.

    • @dbc7772011
      @dbc7772011 Před 3 lety

      Not sure they used too much CLR/CRM/TEM to make the decision to depart under those adverse weather conditions. Why T/O in marginal IFR icing conditions? Beautifully filmed though.

  • @claztube
    @claztube Před 3 lety +1

    @20:00
    Inspirational landing! This 63 year old was on the edge of my seat. Fabulous camera and video. What a grand adventure viewed this day;
    January 24th, 2021

  • @youri737
    @youri737 Před 4 lety +2

    I love the coorperation at 09:54
    Of course its sort of what you do when you're in a situation like that,
    but it still makes me very happy to hear pilots helping each other out.

    • @waynewayne9693
      @waynewayne9693 Před 4 lety +1

      The funny thing is I am a million miler with Delta and United. Close to 4 million with Delta. I keep a flat in London so I fly back and forth a lot and I have had that United 4 Pilot/ Co Pilot a couple of times to and from Heathrow across the pond. I am gonna ask the next flight I hear his voice on and see if it was him and if he remembers. I suspect he does as I have yet to meet a commercial pilot with a bad memory much less forgetting this plane. Lol

  • @thebearded_guardian3671
    @thebearded_guardian3671 Před 4 lety +3

    Watching these two pilots execute such awesome teamwork makes this video. Especially when they methodically worked through the problem. Excellent work by these two men!

  • @pipercomanche2506
    @pipercomanche2506 Před 4 lety +249

    One of the best yet Matt. Thank God for rich guys that love planes. :-)

    • @kickingagainstthepricks4059
      @kickingagainstthepricks4059 Před 4 lety +36

      AND.... Giving reverence to Brave Men & Women in History who deserve to be Remembered 👍

    • @summersky77
      @summersky77 Před 4 lety +4

      Is he rich or is this just an example of a young guy with his priorities in check? Don't make assumptions...that kid grinds and works for his airplane. Doesn't even have a car.

    • @pipercomanche2506
      @pipercomanche2506 Před 4 lety

      YYC Not Matt....the owner of the DC3

    • @summersky77
      @summersky77 Před 4 lety +4

      @@pipercomanche2506 Oh! Goodness, yes. You're right. Haha!

    • @pipercomanche2506
      @pipercomanche2506 Před 4 lety

      YYC :-)

  • @independentopinion6847
    @independentopinion6847 Před 4 lety +7

    Beautiful flying guys. What a great plane. Your group is very professional..

  • @Boreascorax
    @Boreascorax Před 4 lety +3

    Extremely cool, thanks so much for sharing. My dad was there in '42!

  • @jimmydburrell
    @jimmydburrell Před 4 lety +7

    You have a very good sense of how to tell a story. The camera positioning, cuts, takes, production value are all outstanding, especially if you are an amateur?

  • @MartyBecker
    @MartyBecker Před 4 lety +5

    Really enjoyed the video. Spent 3 montsh in Thule Greenland in 1985, with stops in Sondrestrom to and from Thule. Greenland is so beautiful.

  • @Texeq
    @Texeq Před 4 lety +3

    Great video, riveted the whole way through. Thanks for keeping the coms part of the experience.

  • @cade_olson
    @cade_olson Před 3 lety +6

    **watches plane vids partially to subdue anxieties about flying**
    **problem happens and they act calm but intense music starts playin** 💀

  • @1rotbed
    @1rotbed Před 4 lety +6

    When I saw DC3 to Greenland I said to myself “Hey that’s the same route as Fate is the Hunter!” (One of the handful of books I read cover to cover. ) then you said it. Haha.

  • @ss_whole
    @ss_whole Před 4 lety +1

    It's a hundred and six miles to Greenland, we've got a full tank of gas, a half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses...............HIT IT.

  • @stevies.1975
    @stevies.1975 Před 4 lety +7

    What a beautiful video. Even more incredible is appreciating the trip was to do with Normandy 75.... Amazing....

    • @M.Umer66645
      @M.Umer66645 Před 3 lety

      czcams.com/video/n-n7ITrexAY/video.html

  • @dspmandavid
    @dspmandavid Před 4 lety +11

    Very interesting video, especially for me.
    My father was an RAF pilot during WWII and flew a similar route in the same plane when returning from Canada to England.
    Did his flying training in Canada in Boundary Bay, North Battleford Saskatchewan, Patricia Bay, BC, Dorval, Quebec
    I have his flight log still:
    1944

    Date Aircraft Number Pilot or First Pilot 2nd Pilot, Pupil or Passenger Duty Hours

    June 8 Dakota 666 Self p/o Turner Dorval to Mont Joli 6:45
    9 Dakota 666 Self p/o Turner Mont Joli to Gander 4:30
    10 Dakota 666 Self p/o Turner Gander to B.W.I. (Greenland) 6:30
    11 Dakota 666 Self p/o Turner B.W.I. to Reykjavik (Iceland) 6:30
    12 Dakota 666 Self p/o Turner Reykjavik to Prestwick 5:45
    He was then assigned to Number 52 Squadron in Calcutta and became one of relatively few RAF Hump Pilots across the Himalayas.
    He was eventually assigned to be the personal pilot for a British General (Sir Adrian Carton-De-Wiart) who was Churchill's attaché to the Chiang Kia-shek.
    He also flew several dignitaries include Lord Mountbatten, The British Ambassador to China, the Canadian Ambassador and several other high ranking British officers.
    He was de-mobbed Sept 1946 after flying Dakotas for 1710 hours.
    Thanks for providing some insight into my fathers experience.

    • @imvandenh
      @imvandenh Před 4 lety +2

      Interesting to get a glimpse of your father's log. Thank you for sharing!

    • @jossdionne9810
      @jossdionne9810 Před 4 lety

      Tks for the anecdote! My uncle was driving the Queen of England in Kingston, Ontario. She was sitting on two cushions to get her to level. My uncle was told not to talk with her...But he replied: She talks to me, I talk to her. He was also driving Chiefs of States in Montreal Expo 1967; made friends with some but refused to take De Gaule. Cheers!

    • @ivanriverooo
      @ivanriverooo Před 4 lety

      Reading your comment just gave me goosebumps!

  • @budowens6478
    @budowens6478 Před 4 lety +4

    Love how you did the ending, engine is just turning over.
    Great video.

  • @jarbasxt
    @jarbasxt Před 4 lety +1

    Amazing Footage, Excellent Editing! Fantastic content, really enjoyable to watch all the cameras recollection of images! Congrats! Already waiting for next part of the journey.

  • @Entropy10101
    @Entropy10101 Před 4 lety

    My family used to live in the Bahamas and we flew a DC-3 from Miami to Eleuthera in the late 70's. My most fond memory was my mother and I once being the only only passengers onboard and I got to ride in the cockpit until shortly before landing...so many thanks to the long defunct Mackey Airlines, which flew on a single engine during cruising, thus fostering memories an eight year old will never forget, looking out the window and seeing an idle prop. As a Pan Am brat, thanks for flying her again and rekindling fond memories.

  • @dickjohnson4268
    @dickjohnson4268 Před 4 lety +4

    FINALLY!!! Gann-o-philes! However, an HF waiver does not make communications authentic... until you had to relay the position report, AND... the freq interference by the ignition system make it back to the 40's.
    Thanks for posting the professional airmanship and proving that these old birds can be flown using standardization.
    Diagnosing abnormalities by the feel of the aircraft can still be used in today's aircraft, if you are willing to listen to her. I am so glad that your example is public so that the 'magenta liners' might understand the differences of being a pilot, and an aviator.
    "JETS ARE FOR KIDS"--- Save-a-Connie motto.

  • @TraneFrancks
    @TraneFrancks Před 4 lety +52

    "We're out of Sour Cream and Onion Pringles." - Ruh-Roh! It just got real.

    • @dave928
      @dave928 Před 4 lety +12

      you know he was thinking of turning around.

    • @davecrupel2817
      @davecrupel2817 Před 4 lety +2

      So THATS why the engine wont start!!

  • @tony66au
    @tony66au Před 4 lety +2

    Absolutely awesome series Matt and Crew, thanks for allowing us along on the ride!

  • @paulsautocm
    @paulsautocm Před 4 lety +1

    Awesome lunch break, thank you Matt and Crew. very professional and great site seeing.

  • @mdmnmdllr
    @mdmnmdllr Před 4 lety +38

    "Dude ... we're going to Greenland ... in a DC-3. How cool is that?"
    "It's flippin' awesome!"
    I have to agree!!
    I'm *SOOOOOOO* envious of these guys!

    • @dodgeplow
      @dodgeplow Před 4 lety +1

      omg there is actually someone else on the internet who knows the difference between "jealous" and "envious". thank you

  • @GravityKnightFlying
    @GravityKnightFlying Před 4 lety +4

    Superb Matt!! thanks for this, what an adventure!

  • @v1rotait23
    @v1rotait23 Před 4 lety

    Matt, just a fantastic video production! Your recording quality and post editing is superb, with the many cameras in the cockpit and those frozen ones out in the slipstream that drew the short straw!
    It's like I'm right there with you all as you fly across the wet and frozen stuff. Fate is the Hunter is my favourite aviation book, which I found and read along with most of the others in his series, in second hand book shops down here in NZL, back in the 90s! The flight deck CRM and decision making is superb. Wow, DC3 time in the logbook. The P&W Symphony at takeoff, and that tailwind greaser at the end - Just superb!

  • @chrisr.nw6v145
    @chrisr.nw6v145 Před 4 lety +1

    Very moved by this Matt. My dad was the radio op on a PBY that crashed on the Greenland icecap during WWII - Jan 1943 - they spent 16 days on the icecap in the dead of winter before being rescued. I've thought of going there - to the bases at least - perhaps set up an amateur radio station and contact others around the world as an homage… Narsarsuaq was the likely goal... A thousand thanks for taking me along for the ride!

    • @markblix6880
      @markblix6880 Před 4 lety

      When I heard the engines on takeoff, I thought of my dad and his PBY in the Aleutians. He was flight engineer sitting in the wing spar by his little windows.

  • @carlashby6174
    @carlashby6174 Před 4 lety +3

    Quality video enjoying every moment thank you

  • @t.vanoosterhout233
    @t.vanoosterhout233 Před 4 lety +7

    Nice video. I like the views, of course, and the old technology. But I am also in awe of the displayed professionalism. To have 6 pilots on board... what luxury. Editing, as usual, very well done.

    • @brianbranson2306
      @brianbranson2306 Před 4 lety

      id bet not a single one of those pilots knows what an I-101 gauge is.

  • @octojake
    @octojake Před 4 lety +2

    Thanks you sooo much!! Loved both films. Everyone in the film was great. What a great adventure! Thanks so much for letting us fly along. You guys are all great. Terrific team! These two films are better than any ten film in the movies today.

  • @iitool
    @iitool Před 4 lety

    Amazing! Watched a few youtube aviators making that approach into Greenland in the last couple of weeks. Never gets old! Keep up the good work!

  • @dhonzik
    @dhonzik Před 4 lety +3

    See Greenland again brought back good memories when I was stationed at Thule AB from May 84 to May 85

  • @Klaatu-ij9uz
    @Klaatu-ij9uz Před 4 lety +20

    WOW!....what a great episode!! Also, that's got to be the best looking DC-3 I've seen. The flight deck is just awesome!

  • @sparksw9dkb187
    @sparksw9dkb187 Před 4 lety +2

    Matt, the coolness of that video is beyond words. Thanks so much.

  • @XRP747E
    @XRP747E Před 4 měsíci

    It was a nostalgic moment for me. I used to fly the DC3 50 years ago in Northern Canada. There were noticeable differences in how we operated. Great work. Unforgettable adventure and a really good video. Thank you all.

  • @pillmeup
    @pillmeup Před 4 lety +118

    *United 4* "Douglas what's your type?"
    *"DC3"
    Mic drops, everyone stands and applauds, tears stream down United's faces.

    • @daseladi
      @daseladi Před 4 lety +1

      :)

    • @erikjohansson1814
      @erikjohansson1814 Před 4 lety +6

      Nothing drops, they use a headset.

    • @mdmnmdllr
      @mdmnmdllr Před 4 lety +10

      @@erikjohansson1814 ... Killjoy! :-P
      Honestly, that moment was absolutely cool!

    • @maxpuppy96
      @maxpuppy96 Před 4 lety +4

      gooney bird

    • @dingo7055
      @dingo7055 Před 4 lety +7

      I cracked a massive smile at that moment. :D

  • @RyanRoberts15
    @RyanRoberts15 Před 4 lety +4

    awesome view of the spiraling slipstream off of that prop on takeoff at 2:48

  • @rodrigonavarrenx8592
    @rodrigonavarrenx8592 Před 4 lety +2

    Awesome! The 1st stretch of the flight was so nerve-racking trying to handle all those anomalies, yet you were rewarded with stunning landscapes flying into Narsarsuaq. I love those dramatic Nordic fyord landscapes.

  • @coacheye
    @coacheye Před 4 lety +1

    Fascinating!! Thank you for the food shots, too. Great video, Matt. You're the best!!

  • @maxkillers26
    @maxkillers26 Před 4 lety +18

    Wow, I'm so doing a greenland approach when Microsoft 2020 comes out, also PMDG release the DC3 already!

  • @snowdiann
    @snowdiann Před 4 lety +3

    Looking forward to the next installment!

  • @mitcht1026
    @mitcht1026 Před 4 lety

    so calm.. so relaxed. easily talking through the issues. man those are great pilots.

  • @1945thom
    @1945thom Před 3 lety +2

    Regarding your comment about Ernie Gann, my dad, Captain Tom Delahunt and he flew together while they worked for Transocean Airlines circa 1954.

  • @JD-vv7tq
    @JD-vv7tq Před 4 lety +3

    Matt that was some excellent flying. You don't know me but my father and i refurbished Dc-3s in S.F. California some years ago !!

  • @jocax188723
    @jocax188723 Před 4 lety +4

    8:17
    “We’re outta Sour Cream n’ Onion Pringles.”
    *beat*
    *O Fortuna starts up in the background*

    • @jenbill
      @jenbill Před 4 lety

      Ahahahahahaha! All is lost no point in continuing that would of been classic.

  • @gecarvajal
    @gecarvajal Před 4 lety

    Another great video. Thanks for taking us on your trip! Beautiful landscapes and a chance to see some troubleshooting on the spot!

  • @bertsrake
    @bertsrake Před 3 měsíci

    I don't know how many times I've watched this. The series is among the best avgeek travelogues there is. But this chapter gets me every time. The cowl flaps, position report and going all Ernie Gant into the fjords is worthy of an Emmy.

  • @jimtalor7971
    @jimtalor7971 Před 4 lety +19

    Engine start problem,maybe another cartridge is required like in "Flight of the Phoenix"!! What a view before landing btw.

    • @aserta
      @aserta Před 4 lety +4

      Stop, i forbid you!

    • @dickjohnson4268
      @dickjohnson4268 Před 4 lety +1

      ALLL RIIIGHT! Glad to see that there are still true enthusiasts and real pilots/aviators out there!
      "Makes my geart soar like a hawk."---Chief Dan George, in Little Big Man.

  • @BeechSportBill
    @BeechSportBill Před 4 lety +3

    Thinking of my father- William Graham Howard, who flew for Pan American Grace Airlines (1946-1949) - from Trinidad to New York and South America. He spent the War flying C-47s from Pope Field dropping paratroopers and pulling gliders. He though he would might fly Boeing Flying boats at Trinidad - but, nope - Goonie Birds...

  • @sandybanjo
    @sandybanjo Před 4 lety

    Having flown the DC3 about 1,500 hours.....that is a sweet heart........still my favorite airplane, and I've flow several. Thanks for the video!

  • @andyjgreen
    @andyjgreen Před 4 lety

    Completely amazingly awesome footage! You make the best flying vidz Matt!

  • @keemez
    @keemez Před 4 lety +3

    haha- that smirk on the greaser landing. he knew he nailed it. that was awesome.

    • @howardfortyfive9676
      @howardfortyfive9676 Před 4 lety

      You Sir get a yuge *LIKE for that call sign KEMO SABE. How I do it cuz I never thought of doing it your way. Both ROCK IMO...*

  • @Clipper_EBS
    @Clipper_EBS Před 4 lety +4

    You guys wanna make me cry ?? Oh Pan Am ! how I miss you....

  • @kenlyneham4105
    @kenlyneham4105 Před 4 lety

    What an incredibly beautiful DC3.
    I flew, as a passenger, in a DC3 in Papua New Guinea in 1968.
    It was NOT as beautiful as this one, it was used primarily as a cargo plane.
    All the seats were positioned longitudinal, nothing across the fuselage.
    There were two rows amidships, back to back and another row each side of the fuselage.
    The barrier between the cockpit and us cattle, was a hessian curtain.
    I sat on the port side next to the door, there was no lining, just bare aluminium and a 25mm gap at the rattling door. I could also see little holes that looked as though rivets had fallen out.
    We were on the final and almost down when suddenly full throttle was applied, the nose shot up and when we levelled off, the skipper yelled out, "Sorry folks, a cloud came over and I couldn't see where we were going!"
    The next approach was successful.

  • @ackack612
    @ackack612 Před 4 lety +2

    Certainly one of your best Matt. My very first flight, Sept '63 ACK to BOS, DC 3. My imagination has soared ever since. Looking forward to continuation.

  • @eliott.6997
    @eliott.6997 Před 4 lety +5

    2:42 - 3:20 That is music to my ears... a 2,400hp orchestra!

  • @HorseTaco
    @HorseTaco Před 4 lety +8

    One of the questions I have is how do you mount the gopros on the outside of the plane? I've got to imagine you're going too fast for suction cup mounts.

  • @stephenwood8141
    @stephenwood8141 Před 3 lety

    I did this in 1997 flying a C-53C (DC-3A) as the copilot...our destination was Holland. It was the trip of a lifetime!!

  • @nextworld9176
    @nextworld9176 Před 4 lety +1

    Wow. Impressed. I worked on Navy C-47 comm/nav in Japan during 1980. In fact, I flew as photographer for the admiral and base commander on it's last flight. Then we gave to old bird to the Marines. Thanks for the memories and for showing me Greenland, your super cool professional and technical expertise. Outstanding video. Excellent narration all the way through. Thx.

    • @billludolph1696
      @billludolph1696 Před 4 lety

      Never knew that the navy had C-47's.. I know they had C-141 convairs I worked and flew on the convairs in Naval air facility Mildenhall England 1973--76..
      The C-47's were air force aircraft

    • @nextworld9176
      @nextworld9176 Před 4 lety

      ​@@billludolph1696 Indeed, USN was a major operator of Gooney Birds, having 550 of them, more than any other operator other than the USAF and the RAF. Most, but not all, were designated R4Ds. Those designated C-47H and C-47J were Navy birds taken from USAF blocks. Most of the Navy DC-3 derivatives were kept in the Pacific Theater. The one I maintained was assigned to a little transport VR squadron detachment at the Atsugi Naval Air Facility in Japan during the 1970s.

  • @TakeDeadAim
    @TakeDeadAim Před 4 lety +3

    Can you imagine all that chatter on landing happening while flying the hump during WWII?lol! "Hey, there's a dirt road...land it" Landing checklist complete.

  • @scottmcdonald3019
    @scottmcdonald3019 Před 4 lety +14

    Did I miss the engine not starting? No its was 5 secs from the end !

  • @57Jimmy
    @57Jimmy Před 5 měsíci

    Absolutely loved this!
    Hearing the radio relay with ‘Delta 4’ was awesome! Especially when they asked what Douglas and you replied “DC-3” you can instantly hear their excitement and total respect for the old bird and the mission you were on!👍🫡🇨🇦

  • @LuciferMorningstarDanny

    Amazing video guys, what a magnificent aircraft the DC3 is. Thank you 😊

  • @garyknepper4546
    @garyknepper4546 Před 4 lety +2

    I’ve flown on Trans Texas Airways DC-3’s back in the mid 60’s. As fine a flying experience as one could ever hope for. Definitely a classic aircraft.

    • @parkerwise703
      @parkerwise703 Před 4 lety

      Me too - 1967 to Baton Rouge. Was terrific fun.

  • @Bugdriver49
    @Bugdriver49 Před 4 lety +11

    If there's ice on the prop..alcohol will not help...Alcohol is an anti-icing system, not de-icing.. Any alcohol system should be activated before entering icing conditions...jus saying

  • @jonathanguthrie9368
    @jonathanguthrie9368 Před 4 lety +3

    "This sure as hell better be the right fjord."

  • @ausbinpippin5411
    @ausbinpippin5411 Před 4 lety

    Remember flying on a KC-97 through Goose Bay to England back in 1969. We return by the same route a week later and was it one long flight. Won't take anything for that experience. The only time I flew on a DC-3 was in 1967 from New Orleans to Greenville, MS. Great memories. Love your channel..

  • @skate2ice
    @skate2ice Před 4 lety +1

    Fascinating! Thanks... Amazing video!