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Military Aviation Museum
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Experience the thrill at “America's Flying Museum” when historic aircraft roar to life, and take to the skies right in front of you…
Nestled in Virginia Beach, the Military Aviation Museum stands as a testament to the indomitable spirit of America, housing one of the world's most expansive collections of operational vintage military aircraft. These flying relics, rescued from the ravages of battle and meticulously restored to their former glory, act as tangible time machines, connecting visitors to the pivotal moments in history that shaped the modern world.
Encompassing a sprawling 130 acres, the museum boasts a diverse array of aircraft spanning different eras, including World War I and World War II, providing a panorama of the evolution of aviation technology. The Museum's expansive campus features original structures from historic battlefields, a grass runway, cavernous hangars, and state-of-the-art maintenance and restoration facilities, earning it the moniker "Warbird Heaven."
Nestled in Virginia Beach, the Military Aviation Museum stands as a testament to the indomitable spirit of America, housing one of the world's most expansive collections of operational vintage military aircraft. These flying relics, rescued from the ravages of battle and meticulously restored to their former glory, act as tangible time machines, connecting visitors to the pivotal moments in history that shaped the modern world.
Encompassing a sprawling 130 acres, the museum boasts a diverse array of aircraft spanning different eras, including World War I and World War II, providing a panorama of the evolution of aviation technology. The Museum's expansive campus features original structures from historic battlefields, a grass runway, cavernous hangars, and state-of-the-art maintenance and restoration facilities, earning it the moniker "Warbird Heaven."
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The Military Aviation Museum is located in Virginia Beach, VA. Visit us today! For more information, visit www.militaryaviationmuseum.org/ or give us a call at (757) 721-7767 Make sure to follow us on Facebook: MilitaryAviationMuseum/ Twitter: avmuseumvb Instagram: militaryaviationmuseum
P-64 (Replica) Run-up | Military Aviation Museum
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In the years leading up to American involvement in World War II, nations all around the world were scrambling to reequip their air forces with new fighters. To meet the need and turn a profit, several American manufacturers produced basic, but modern fighters with metal skins, enclosed cockpits, and retractable gear as comparatively inexpensive export fighters. North American produced and deliv...
SBD Dauntless Underwater Footage at the Bottom of Lake Michigan | Military Aviation Museum
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In 1994 the aircraft was recovered as part of a large operation to retrieve rare and important naval aircraft from the bottom of the lake. This operation was conducted by A and T Recovery who would bring more than 40 of the aircraft to the surface. More than 140 are known to have crashed into the lake with only six being recovered during the war. A and T located 36175 in 177 feet of water sitti...
Spitfire Preflight Walk Around | Military Aviation Museum
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Walk with Museum Chief Pilot, Mike Spalding as he preflights our combat veteran Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXe. Known by her war-time serial number MJ730, the Museum’s Spitfire is a veteran of over 100 combat missions. Originally manufactured at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory by Vickers-Armstrong, MJ730 was test flown by Alex Henshaw on December 10, 1943. She was then shipped to Casablanca aboar...
Messerschmitt Me 262 (Reproduction) landing | Military Aviation Museum
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The Me 262 was the world’s first operational jet fighter. The Museum’s example was reconstructed by Legend Flyers of Seattle, Washington, working from plans that were created during the restoration of the original Me 262 at Willow Grove Naval Air Station. The Military Aviation Museum is located in Virginia Beach, VA. Visit us today! For more information, visit www.militaryaviationmuseum.org/ or...
Consolidated PBY Catalina Startup & Take-Off | Military Aviation Museum
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The Museum’s “Cat” (BuNo 48294) was accepted by the US Navy in October of 1943 and had an extensive career that would take her halfway around the world. Flown first from the factory where she was built in San Diego to her base in Norfolk, VA where she was assigned to VPB-92. Her missions would then take her to French Morocco, the Canary Islands, Gibraltar, and the Azores hunting German submarin...
Rolls Royce Merlin V-12 Night Run | Military Aviation Museum
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A night run of one of our Merlins at Vintage V-12's, finishing up a scheduled overhaul. Night runs give us a visual confirmation of the exhaust flames, their color, and firing order to verify the engine is operating correctly. Engines are run for several hours on a stand before being reinstalled on an aircraft after an overhaul. The Military Aviation Museum is located in Virginia Beach, VA. Vis...
Spitfire Mk IXe Night Run | Military Aviation Museum
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Known by her war-time serial number MJ730, the Museum’s Spitfire is a veteran of over 100 combat missions. Originally manufactured at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory by Vickers-Armstrong, MJ730 was test flown by Alex Henshaw on December 10, 1943. She was then shipped to Casablanca aboard the S.S. Leeds City. MJ730 saw her first combat missions with No. 417 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force de...
P-40E Warhawk Flight | Military Aviation Museum
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Our P-40 flies in the markings of American Volunteer Group (AVG) P-40E 41-5658 “108” of the 3rd Squadron “Hell’s Angels.” It features the distinctive shark-mouth markings made famous by the group, as well as their Walt Disney Studio-designed Flying Tiger emblem. The aircraft also features Nationalist Chinese Insignia in place of American Stars, since the AVG, although made up of American aviato...
Skyraider Lands on our grass runway | Military Aviation Museum
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Our "Able Dog," VA-195-marked, Skyraider BuNo123827 AD was built in 1949, as an AD-4 in 1949 at the Douglas plant in El Segundo, California and saw three tours in Korea with several squadrons. The first time, from May to November 1950 on the USS Valley Forge (CV-45). Its next deployment was on the USS Essex (CV-9) from June 1951 to March 1952 before it was returned to the USS Valley Forge for a...
C-46 Wing Removal | Military Aviation Museum
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With a couple of days of preparation, the harnesses were prepared, the Fighter Factory team was briefed up, and the lift began as the sun crested the top of the Cottbus hangar. A chilly, damp start to the morning - but most important of all, no wind! We will be removing and inspecting the fuel tanks, also allowing us the opportunity to inspect the inside of the wings for any corrosion, and to r...
A6M3 Model 32 "Hamp" | First Restoration Taxi | Military Aviation Museum
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It has been a long road, but we are getting closer to a flying airplane! Our Museum Chief Pilot Mike Spalding is seen here taxiing the A6M3 in Everett, Washington. Work at Legend Flyers is continuing to prepare the airplane for its first flight, which will be the culmination of a restoration that has taken over a decade to complete. #A6M3 #Hamp #Zero #Zeke #MilitaryAviationMuseum #airplane #War...
Lost for 50 years... and Rescued from the Bottom of Lake Michigan | Military Aviation Museum
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Introduced in 1940, the Dauntless was developed as a scout bomber, hence its SBD designation (Scout Bomber - Douglas). Flown by squadrons of US Navy and US Marine Corps pilots from land bases as well as aircraft carriers, the Dauntless was the principal American dive bomber through much of the war, being replaced by the SB2C Helldiver in mid-1944. During the Battle of Midway in June 1942, Daunt...
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito Take-off | Military Aviation Museum
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This video has no audio: Almost 7,800 Mosquitos were built around the world and the aircraft filled a variety of roles from fighter-bomber, bomber, night fighter and maritime strike to photo reconnaissance. The FB Mk 26 variant was a purpose built strike aircraft that was heavily armed, with 4x 20mm Hispano cannons and 4x .303 Browning machine guns mounted in the nose. No. 487 Squadron Royal Ne...
Bomber Jackets: The Painted Jacket Art of World War II | New Exhibit Opening Sat Nov 18
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Join us Saturday, November 18th for the opening of our new exhibit: Bomber Jackets: The Painted Jacket Art of World War II Visit our Event Page for Details: www.militaryaviationmuseum.org/event/bomber-jackets-the-painted-jacket-art-of-world-war-ii/ An Icon of World War II, the hand-painted Bomber Jackets, known more formally as the Type A-2 Flying Jacket are some of the most celebrated artifact...
2 or 3 years ago my pal and I went to an airshow in Granite falls, Minnesota. We toured their museum. It struck me they had a wing jig capable of making or restoring multiple P 40s!!
It's a fresh rebuilt P&W 1830. So a little over powered. : )
Great job guys!
この色って本当にあった色なのかな... パッと見現用飴色っぽいけど結局明灰白色が劣化したのが飴色っぽくなったって言う話を聞きましたが...
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So beautiful.
If you get a chance visit the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach. It is phenomenal. ❤
Loved the series while I was growing up!
They run one somewhere out at the Eugene Airport. Not sure if this is the same team but working out there I see it flying around all the time. Beautiful bird.
I was in that happy crowd!
Oh my Gosh. I cried I cheered and lived vicariously through this exceptional video. Thank you for the most tremendous experience even though I can only dream of taking the stick on this fabulous aircraft. Thank you ❤
OK, Pappy. Flying TIgers.
The most efficient and useful fighter 0f WWII. Allison V12 power.
Sounds like a bag of hammers.
In the Battle of Britain, the nation of the British Isles won and the English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish) - employees of all production plants, not only armaments, doctors, teachers, railway workers, drivers, salesmen. In the fight against the bandit German onslaught, they were helped by pilots, engineers, technicians, auxiliary personnel, etc. from the British Commonwealth countries, as well as pilots from Poland, Czechoslovakia and other countries. It's a pity that the English command trusted foreigners so late. They repeated the mistake of the French in May 1940 and did not issue their good planes to Polish pilots. Only in the last decade of the war did they give the Poles aircraft scrap, and they shot down over 60 German planes - and certainly damaged over 30. The commander of the field airport in northern France told the Poles on the day of their evacuation to England, - on behalf of the French, I apologize to you for all the humiliation you have experienced on our soil. I'm ashamed of France. A quote from this farewell can be found in the memoirs of many Polish pilots, published after the war. At the end of April 1945, over 20,000 pilots, technicians, operators, gunners, navigators, radio operators and support staff served in the Polish Air Force. More than 2,400 pilots and aircrews (bombers) died on the Western Front alone. Poles fought in the air, on water and on land, they were the 4th largest Allied force in terms of numbers. They fought from September 1 to the end of August 1945 on all fronts of the 2nd World War. Polish intelligence throughout Europe provided over 65% of reliable intelligence materials, they handed over the plans for the Atlantic Wall. They gave the English and French all the secrets of "ENIGMA" at the end of July 1939 along with physical encryption machines. They provided full documentation of the V1 and V2 rockets (Prof. Groszkowski from P.I.T. and scientists from the Warsaw University of Technology - pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Groszkowski) along with key parts of these rockets. In addition to the English and Norwegians, they participated in slowing down work on the German atomic bomb (A.K. przystanekhistoria.pl/pa2/tematy/armia-krajowa/90782,Wywiad-Sil-Zbrojnych-w-Kraju.html; - www.polska-zbrojna.pl/home/ArticleShow/36455) And at the end of the war they were betrayed, and Poland was placed under the occupation of the CCCP for over 55 years. Professors: Roger Moorhouse, Norman Davies, Antony Beevor, Evan Mawdsley, David Irving and others - concluded that everyone won the war, in a sense even the Germans. The only losers were Poles and Poland. Unfortunately, this is the truth. ipn.gov.pl/pl/publikacje/ksiazki/187023,Polacy-i-Brytyńczy-w-lepszu-wybuchu-drugiej-wojny-swiatowej.html Janusz Groszkowski - Wikipedia, wolna encyklopedia“First one cannot be forgotten! Fighter pilot Władysław Gnyś” ua-cam.com/video/IS4hT_pP3Ns/v-deo.html
Odd, we in the UK largely consider the men of the First World War our greatest generation. Our regard for the "Pals" is rather profound.
thanks do we have any idea of the kind of material paintings that were used by these people? Many thanks for the video and all the work
What good is it with no 😢sound
*The Flying Tigers didn't lose a plane. Until it was absorbed into the Army on July 4, 1942,* *the American Volunteer Group set a matchless record. Officially destroying 299 enemy planes,* *while losing only 8 of their own pilots in combat.* *There is little doubt that easily twice this many Japanese aircraft were shot down.*
Really exciting stuff! Can’t wait to see her flying again!
in the 80s i met an old man here in Denmark , he told me he was a veteran from the finnish war flying buffalos, and he once killed some civillins in a bus , they where mixed in the russian convoy he was attacking. i have no clue if any of it was true , but i belived him.
Very nice enemy plane! 😎👍😺💪🍀💙🍀🐺
My father took me to see Tex hll, I was just over 5yo. It was at Mr Hill's home in Chicago suburb, a s[lit level ranch. He had one picture of a P-40 on his wall, a 5x7.
great presentation..i did couple dives on the U 352 BACK IN THE 90S...tough job being on a U-boat in the war
Tell us about the Fi-156 Stork in the background.
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Gorgeous aircraft. How tempting it must be to just throw it around like it was stolen. Very good walk around man
Nice balance. 🙂
What happened to the pontoon
This was great. I’m so happy someone is documenting this. I’ve seen the pics the army did during the war and those are excellent but this is a fantastic project. Keep it up. 👍 I can imagine the fear the crews would have if shot down over Germany. The jackets could kill you. I can understand why they’d stop putting certain things on them. I’m also sure these guys became superstitious as hell wondering why they got lucky and so many others didn’t.
1:48 How is this plane moving?
Camera frame rate is matching the prop RPM so it looks like they're not moving but I wouldn't advice getting your head too close.
@@johnarnold893 They anticipated Paul, so they put the wing up high on a pylon to protect his head. It keeps the rngines dry as well.
What a sound!
My father worked with these in darwin during the war, they were painted black, they mined Japanese harbours and rescued downed airmen.
Absolutely beautiful. The PBY is one of the most important aircraft of its time, which played so many crucial roles in many theaters of WWII, like this particular one did in the battle of the Atlantic. My favorite fun fact about the Catalina is that to this day, it still holds the world record for longest-duration 'commercial' flight. In 1943-45, Qantas flew a route from Perth to Sri Lanka, which was only ~3600 miles but since the Catalina only cruised at a leisurely 110 knots, they were in the air 28-32 hours, giving the route he unofficial name 'flight of the two sunrises'. In order for it to stay up that long, they turned the plane into a flying gas can with a max useful load of 3 passengers and 150 lbs of mail.
Thank you for this video. Respect to the Normandie Niemen Fighter Squadron! 🙏🇷🇺
No sound?? Are you _seriously_ putting a video out of a Mosquito without any sound? 👎👎
Running beautifully on all 12. Hats off to the engineers, this is running as well as is possible.
She's a beauty!
Was taking flying lessons at an airport where they were restoring a Corsair. Walked under the cockpit and knocked on the metal to see how tough it was as protection for pilot. Bruised my knuckles. Cast iron i think .
Only 18 seconds? C'mon man!
So cool. More!
Awesome.
Stunning footage. Thanks for sharing.
Now that is cool.
What an amazing piece of history ! 👏🏼
The OV10 was probably a result of this
Fire the guns! 👍
Beautiful airplane!
looks like a AM-1 Martin Mauler
Big, noisy thing. And leaks oil, lots of oil. If the R-3350 isn't dripping oil on the ground, then it's out of oil.
This particular AD-4 was the first civilian owned Skyraider. Restored to flying condition in Atlanta in the 1960sand 70s. Im so glad to see it still flying. What a great machine.