Boeing B-17D "The Swoose"(Timelapse)
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- We hope you love restoration timelapse videos! Check out footage from July 2023-June 2024 of the Boeing B-17D "The Swoose". This is both a restoration and conservation project. Some airframe areas need repair and restoration for structural integrity and exhibit-worthiness, while others will be conserved as-is to maintain originality. The overall aim is to present the artifact in the context in which it was received, i.e., to preserve it in the configuration of its final mission. #avgeek #restoration
Oh wow! This is a D model - thought they were all gone.
A true part of aviation history, stood the test of time and deserves to be saved. All the best to those that have helped keep her safe, will restore her and any part in the up keep and restoration of this icon 👍💪
The Swoose is actually one of the only D variants (as stated by the official website and Wikipedia), and has seen combat through 1941-42 in the Philippines Campaign. Glad that they are restoring this beauty
Last time I saw the Swoose it was 2014 and the Swoose was stuffed in the back of the restoration hangar while the Memphis Belle was being restored. I hope I live long enough to see her finished.
I didn't know there were any D models left! This will definitely be worth a trip
Some aircraft just look right.
The B17 is at the top of that list.
My grandfather flew a G 35 missions
You gentlemen are extremely fortunate to be able to take part in seeing this beautiful bird take flight again.
Ive seen B29 FROZEN IN TIME..The Kee-bird met a sad end due to the pilot -Daryl whatsisface
being in a hurry- bouncing that poor aircraft like a ping-pong ball.They had a ghetto set up for auxiliary power and it caugt fire.
It BURNED to the ground because of him..
For those that did not know, actress Swoosie Kurtz got her name from the Swoose. Her father piloted it during the war.
Yes. Col. Frank Kurtz.
I am so glad to see this amazing piece of history coming together.
I can't wait to see it in person someday.
So nice to see this Flying Fortress taking shape!
The B-17 is such a beautiful aircraft, have always loved its lines.
She is coming along nicely and is going to look amazing once finished.
So glad the recent tornado missed this project! 😅
Please keep them coming! It's very exciting. Perhaps you could make the videos cumulative - each new stage is added to the previous one, and the video becomes longer and more complete.
Amazing from start to finish!
I always liked these behind the scenes videos,it really shows the time and dedication to restore a piece of history.
What happened to the virtual tours and 360 degree cockpits that were once on the NUSAFM web site?
Nobody cares!!!! FUCK HOPE!!!! People got bored by them. That is why!!!!
I’m coming to the museum soon, I hope to see the B-17 and F-104
I went 2 days ago, it was amazing 🤩
This is AWESOME! Also, that’s a pretty interesting F15 nose in the next room.
I like the older version
My Grandpa Jack Gasdorf was a TSgt on a B-17. I want to find out more about his specific bird(s) and the crew(s) he flew with.
The actress Swoosie Kurtz was named after this aircraft, as she is the daughter of the pilot.
It’s a shame that she’ll never fly again but she’s too rare to risk. Are you going to put general Brett’s EZ chair back on n the note?
imagine 100s of those on the assembly line. where are all our tradesmen today SMH
Long dead bro
Today's tradesmen are still building and fixing everything that needs to be built and fixed. As a teacher I'm still promoting the trades as being equal to a college education (because they are), and so are many others nationwide.
@@kmoecub I think we condition to many of our children to go to university vs trades they just shut a trade school down near me a few years back. sure there are some they are aged and the young ones are far a few between we could not even produce at the scale of ww2 not enough machinist in this day and age. IMPO keep supporting trades your doing the right thing
An early model at that.
👍
Try not to crash this one...😮💨
Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacons wife is also related to the pilot of this aircraft ( I think ). Comment below does reference his actress daughter Swooze , I probably getting too many late night TV shows mixed up.. I hope they just restore and not fly it.
No, the actress you're thinking is "Swoosie" Kurtz, daughter of the pilot, Frank Kurtz, that flew the Swoose in the Philippines and Australia at the beginning of WW2. She was named after the plane.
@@lynnnordby6924 yeah that's a roger , they say when ya get older the second thing to go is memory, I can't remember the first :-) I believe she was on either Johnnie or Jay years ago. .
Sorry i dont like any suscription that erase the coments.
Good luck!
Timelapse of what. Nothing even happened
Uh-look close-the nose got de-skinned.
Well... that time-lapse was disappointingly nonexistent.
I'm so glad you're not like the Yankee Air museum.....
I'll never go to that trash again.
Thank you for remaining beautiful.
& Not stain.
Way to go Yankee Air Museum.
Whore
There is a Great Movie of this Type of B-17 ( The Shark Fin Tail B-17) from 1943 " AIRFORCE " It is Very Loosely Based on the 19th Bomb Group, Which Flew During the Early Months of World War 2 in the Pacific Theater ! The Star of the Movie is the B-17C the " Mary-Ann " ! The "Swoose " Is a B-17D ! I am So Looking Forward to The Completion of This Historic Aircraft!
TO BAD THEY DONT MAKE IT FLYABLE
I would love to see that too, but that plane is super, super rare, there is absolutely no way the NASM will risk flying that plane.
The government's position is that historic a/c are too valuable to fly. As a result, a/c at the NASM, Air Force Museum and Naval Aviation museum are strictly static. I go round and round with this. Old airplanes are cool to see in museums and very cool to see fly at airshows but when you have one strapped to your butt and go for a spin... I have no words other than to say it's like it's alive! Yes, l know how lucky l am!
And possibly lose it & crew???