I did N number search of Harrys airplane- it still exists! I mailed the new owner a copy of the movie on CD- he was thrilled!
@ThreeTwoVictor
10 жыл бұрын
Very cool!
@antoniomattana6706
10 жыл бұрын
;)
@Ryujixepic
10 жыл бұрын
That is awesome, and extremely kind of you. :) Thanks for sharing this piece of history as well!
@Dr.TJ_Eckleburg
6 жыл бұрын
That's awesome. I always look up the N numbers on these old FAA films, and most of the aircraft are actually still around. Shows how well built these things really were.
@officergregorystevens5765
6 жыл бұрын
N Numbers do get re-assigned to different aircraft, so I'd like to verify it's the same craft. Granted the owner really found this interesting though it's probably it.
@jayneair6590
6 жыл бұрын
My father, Donald Houghten made this film and several others for the FAA back in the day, and did all of the flying. He also designed the Density Altitude "computer" himself! Because he worked for the FAA he was not allowed to take credit for anything, so I'm proud to give him credit now. If he was still living I know he'd be very pleased that his "computer" is still being used by pilots.
@siedan89
6 жыл бұрын
That is a fantastic note about such a popular movie! This film gets many favorable reviews even to this day! I am honored that this link has found it's way to you! I first saw this while attending A&P school in the early 1990's and while the story line is somewhat silly today the message is just as important and serious as the day it was made. Years after my A&P school closed I sought out this film to preserve it from being lost or destroyed forever, I transferred it to digital format and posted on KZitem for everyone to enjoy. I wish you blue skies forever and you should be very proud of your father! I don't know if you saw a remark below but I found "Harry's" airplane and sent a copy of the movie to the current owner of the (now famous) Bonanza! All the best! Dan
@markjennings2315
5 жыл бұрын
I recognise the name. Nice one. That little wiz wheel will have saved countless lives in accidents that 'never happened' -myself included.
@KowboyUSA
5 жыл бұрын
Your father was an outstanding man for any era.
@angelreading5098
4 жыл бұрын
Well done sir for saving this piece of history and doing what you did.
@monkeybearmax
4 жыл бұрын
Very cool!!!
@AvgDude
2 жыл бұрын
“With this baby, we can fly anywhere we want to.” - Buddy Holly’s pilot
@siboneyyy
5 жыл бұрын
Good times when you could afford an airplane as a Photographer
@CameTo
3 жыл бұрын
Good times you could afford a couple cases of lenses as one!!
@jamesrecknor6752
2 ай бұрын
And a house and a new Rambler Style Master 500
@glennjames7107
Ай бұрын
It brings into sharp relief the state of wage stagnation in this country today. The price of everything continues to rise, profit margins continue to increase, and the only wages that keep up with the trend are the wages of the executive class. We took a wrong turn somewhere right around the time this film was released.
@boscoalbertbaracus1362
28 күн бұрын
@@glennjames7107and Biden has made things so much better. We had four years of almost reasonable comfort in this country. And now we're suffering more than ever.
@boscoalbertbaracus1362
28 күн бұрын
And a v tail bonanza at that.
@rainmaker6335
3 жыл бұрын
This is a legendary ATC training film. The Iconic line being " We can take this baby anywhere"
@mattsherman1049
3 жыл бұрын
Yep, I remember being shown this at the FAA academy years ago, I forgot all about it, we sure had some good laughs over it
@prancer1803
3 жыл бұрын
@@mattsherman1049 FAA academy sounds like such a cool place honestly
@jayneair6590
3 жыл бұрын
I agree about that line-- still LOL when I hear it!
@mattsherman1049
3 жыл бұрын
@@prancer1803 It was a cool place, graduated in the fall of 1990. It's a shame air traffic controller's are trained differently now.
@kennethhardcastle
3 жыл бұрын
More power
@blancolirio
9 жыл бұрын
GREAT old training films! "Behind every successful man is a woman always telling him he's wrong"
@javaguy418
7 жыл бұрын
blancolirio In this case, she's right.
@WilliamRWarrenJr
5 жыл бұрын
Behind every successful man is a woman *WITH A HATPIN!*
@BrilliantDesignOnline
5 жыл бұрын
FA on flight deck of 777: "Are you sure, Juan?" :-)
@maverickdallas1004
5 жыл бұрын
Behind every successful woman is a man who says, "Yes, dear"!
@ThePinkPanth3r
3 жыл бұрын
They did a really good job setting up the story with that early "Women" line.
@raynus1160
5 жыл бұрын
I know this couple: Willie Makit and Betty Wont.
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman
5 жыл бұрын
😝😝😝😝
@elkabong6429
5 жыл бұрын
I actually laughed out loud at this one, Raynus!!
@MrAlwaysBlue
5 жыл бұрын
Crash and Burn
@williamdixon1992
3 жыл бұрын
Lol I got a good laugh out of your comment. That was great! Thankyou!
@davecrupel2817
3 жыл бұрын
Took me a sec but i got it 😂
@osytrognsy
5 жыл бұрын
the go around was so thrilling that even Harry's hat kept changing its shape and color!
@WilliamRWarrenJr
5 жыл бұрын
"Lorraine ... I *am* your density!" -- George McFly, 1958
@kennysherrill6542
3 жыл бұрын
It was 1955 Champ!😋👍❤🇺🇸
@Boris_Chang
8 күн бұрын
Wimmen!!!
@charlesfaure1189
3 жыл бұрын
"Harry, like many pilots, has no effing business at the controls of an airplane."
@carinhall4508
3 жыл бұрын
😂
@CameTo
3 жыл бұрын
He played the fool good
@odie175
3 жыл бұрын
More money then brains!!
@CameTo
3 жыл бұрын
@@odie175 back then, during the expansion period, it was really easy to make money, there was plenty about, it was all on credit, and future generations could worry about how it's paid. You listen to a few people's stories from back then, it was totally different. For a start, a single unskilled worker had enough to buy a house, support a wife who didn't have to work and car. Today 2 unskilled workers could not equal that. With money slushing around like that, what you say is true.
@77Avadon77
3 жыл бұрын
@@CameTo I'm not really sure any of that is true. There's a lot of poor immigrants and even poor citizens working back then who didn't have a whole hell of a lot
@PatrickJWenzel
3 жыл бұрын
The active noise cancelling in the interior of this Bonanza is sublime. Bombardier and Saab could've really learnt something from Beechcraft.
@ReflectedMiles
3 жыл бұрын
I know--in fact, with the forked-tail doctor killer being the aircraft flown here, I can't believe the FAA even had the gall to suggest that density altitude mattered. It was far too technically advanced to worry about things like that! 😁
@bujablaster
3 жыл бұрын
You mean passive noise cancelling, right? Like noise insulation materials etc. Active noise cancelling in defined space doesn't work due the physics limitation. Otherwise everyone could have silent home next to noisy neighbour etc. Active noise cancelling works only with headphones.
@PatrickJWenzel
3 жыл бұрын
@@bujablaster It was a tongue-in-cheek comment mate.
@mickd6942
3 жыл бұрын
Like how to kill music stars in aviation accidents
@851995STARGATE
3 жыл бұрын
@@bujablaster it does work in cars, and has been used for some time now. Active noise cancelling works well for low frequencies whereas higher frequencies are taken care of by sound deadening.
@jenbill
5 жыл бұрын
I thought the airline captain was going to warn him about weight and air density but he just smiled and turned away grinning thinking old Harry is a dead man walking Ahahahahahaahah!
@cmans79tr7
5 жыл бұрын
Jenbil - Ha ha! I thought the same thing. Reminiscent of the style of a "Twilight Zone" episode. I half expected a pan to Rod Serling for his analysis of the encounter.
@RogerBarraud
5 жыл бұрын
Uncontrolled field? No radio? :-/ #Derp
@joeshmoe9978
5 жыл бұрын
One less fool to crash into his airliner!😂
@elkabong6429
5 жыл бұрын
"So long suckers!"
@rapman5363
3 жыл бұрын
@@RogerBarraud wow!., you learned a new word!! I bet you just couldn’t wait to try it out eh Roger boy? 😜😜
@richarddarlington1139
8 жыл бұрын
A "brand new" V-tail Bonanza. Sweet!
@Philobeddoe12
Ай бұрын
Doctor killer.
@boscoalbertbaracus1362
28 күн бұрын
On a photographers salary. Nowadays you could afford a 50 year old 152 on that.
@gregentclemory9285
20 күн бұрын
Still alive and registered in Arizona
@mbrownie22
5 жыл бұрын
Retired ATC, they showed us this film in Oklahoma City at ATC school in 1986, good memories.
@flyerbluedog
5 жыл бұрын
"Hey pal, don't you know about your density altitude? It's that thing I just learned a couple of hours ago while talking to that old dude back there!" lol
@hoffer54
5 жыл бұрын
Frightening, especially in a forked tail doctor killer. One of my scout leaders had one when I was a kid. Circling my parents house, I have the yoke, mom out side waving, I let the nose drop a bit, he reaches over, grabs the yoke and admonishes me to rest my arm on the arm rest. Of course it was a swing over yoke, I think he was mostly mad at himself. Around 6500 ft. ABQ, NM summer!
@elkabong6429
5 жыл бұрын
Except that no one said "dude" back then, but exactly! Now Harry thinks he's an expert...
@BRH2100
3 жыл бұрын
should have been called "pilot density" or "density aptitude"
@Norsilca
3 жыл бұрын
I like that they added that bit as a little incentive to all the dudes watching. "And if you learn about this thing, now *you* can walk around being the know-it-all to everyone else!"
@5roundsrapid263
3 жыл бұрын
@@elkabong6429 He was out West, where “dude” has been a term used by cowboys for over a century. Usually, it was an insult describing “city slickers”.
@northside7772
3 жыл бұрын
As a passenger I once booked a flight into Phoenix, Arizona when the 2 PM temperature was an unbelievable 121 F. All daytime flights were cancelled except emergency and military due to "density altitude." My flight took off at 11 PM.
@davecrupel2817
3 жыл бұрын
121⁰F....jesus...THAT is seriously hot.
@carlhopkinson
3 жыл бұрын
I lived in Scottsdale AZ for a couple of years and once it even got to 128 F.
@JETZcorp
2 жыл бұрын
When density altitude is too much for a 737 at Sky Harbor's runways, you know the weather is good and toasty.
@richardroderick7677
Ай бұрын
The real reason for the cancellations is density altitude, perhaps, but our performance charts did not have anything higher than 120 degrees so performance could not be calculated. Hence, you are grounded.
@TheJustinJ
Ай бұрын
^ This. FAA law is written is such a way. That extrapolation is illegal, even by 1 degree.
@TrentonPalmer
5 жыл бұрын
This was awesome!
@roanschaffer7720
3 жыл бұрын
Trent!
@LeviNoguess
3 жыл бұрын
Ha ha... and I thought I was the only one who watched old stuff like this!... Howdy Trent.
@tomcoryell
3 жыл бұрын
You never have to worry about density altitude in NV do you. 😎🤠
@dizdizzy8937
3 жыл бұрын
Trent!
@skippyfpvexperimentalrc6755
3 жыл бұрын
Yoooo
@artkingofwholefoods74
2 жыл бұрын
This explains it BETTER than any other modern video today.
@GregsWorkshopOregon
3 жыл бұрын
“This is Harry Bliss, he’s a doctor...”
@davecrupel2817
3 жыл бұрын
Lmao and they picked the doctor killer to fly!
@xfire7
3 жыл бұрын
Documentaries like this are like a warm snuggle blanket. They take me back to a more sane time . We'll in my mind anyhow .
@kasm10
2 жыл бұрын
yeah no cell phones texts and constant distractions
@clarencegreen3071
2 жыл бұрын
The late '60's were not all that sane. Lot of turmoil in the country. Yep, I'm old.
@jbg43
10 жыл бұрын
Irony alert! Helicopter N73913 crashed on Sep 14 1965 in South Fork Colo shortly after this film was made. Contributing factor: High Density Altitude. Coincidence? You be the judge!
@siedan89
10 жыл бұрын
is that helicopter shown in the movie? If it is I will have to go back and look for it.
@drumdude46
10 жыл бұрын
interesting fact indeed. movie title above lists '66 as year this vid was made. if copter crashed in '65'....how would that have been possible. must be a typo on 'year this vid was shot. i'm thinking it's older. more like '62 or something?
@joshmccorquodale9082
8 жыл бұрын
I know the reply is a little late, but yes :)
@JimForeman
7 жыл бұрын
You need to take production time into consideration. It was posted in 1966 but the scenes could have been shot any time before that.
@ronjohnson303
6 жыл бұрын
Most of the time when a bell 47 crashes the only thing salvaged is the data plate
@BigSpice15
2 жыл бұрын
As a student pilot trying to learn these terms, these old ffa training films are really helping me out. Thanks a lot !
@Kevlux86
Ай бұрын
How’s your flight journey going these days? It’s cool to see a comment from 2 years ago and have the community we all share in.
@BigSpice15
Ай бұрын
@@Kevlux86 haha things are going good. I just got my instrument rating almost a couple of months ago and am starting my commercial training. I honestly forgot I commented on this video lol.
@Kevlux86
Ай бұрын
@@BigSpice15 congrats!! Consider getting your tailwheel, high performance, and complex endorsements early into commercial. It counts towards the 250 hours, it unlocks logable PIC time as safety pilot in more planes (gotta have those endorsements in those planes to act and log PIC as safety pilot), teaches you so many skills you can put to use in learning to master any aircraft, plus it’s damn fun, especially TW. Oh, and it makes for a good talking point with the DPE about not just building time, but building experience. Good luck!!
@IndependentBear
5 жыл бұрын
He passed up a trip in a Curtiss Robin? Unbelievable.
@av8rshane491
3 жыл бұрын
I have about 130 hrs in a Robin, fun airplane. Flew to lots of air shows in it.
@firstlt2
3 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable is right, I would not wait a second, forget the Banana! By the way, I think that the Thrush had the Radial and was the Robin's bigger brother.
@jeffreyhughes7107
3 жыл бұрын
Harry Bliss is kind of thick.
@av8rshane491
3 жыл бұрын
The Robin had several different radial engines as well as a couple different V8 engines.
@firstlt2
3 жыл бұрын
@@av8rshane491 I may give you that it is a Robin. But I doubt that the fella would fly more than some guy's Canteen of water into that strip. The Thrush would make much sense if trying to haul equipment. But I doubt any of those were in service for any length of time, they were probably ridden too hard.
@brianchristopher4493
3 жыл бұрын
I LOVE these old FAA video's. Fun to see the styles of the day, the cars, they way people dressed, but the airplanes haven't changed a bit. Airplanes never go out of style :) Harry, 40 years from now there will be a handheld whiz wheel that you can calculate your DA on, file your flight plan, see thunderstorms and call people with it too.
@stratocrewzr
Жыл бұрын
Actually, it was lawsuits that prevented much of General aviation from advancing beyond the 1950 and 60's tech. It's still nowhere close to what it could be.
@therealrobinc
6 ай бұрын
@@stratocrewzrand that's just sad & exasperating, considering that handheld tablet props in Star Trek: The Next Generation has now been realized as touchscreen smartphones.
@bhfireblade
6 жыл бұрын
impressive they can hear each other without the use of headsets.
@officergregorystevens5765
6 жыл бұрын
Impressivene how nice the woman's annunciation is, too. People don't speak this clearly anymore.
@Trvlrxxx
5 жыл бұрын
Annunciation? You mean the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mrs Bliss?
@tjarlz3237
5 жыл бұрын
@@Trvlrxxx so, how's that joke working out for you? You PDSA
@jimallen3392
3 жыл бұрын
Yes. These models were super insulated. Remember this was the 50s.
@gwndds
3 жыл бұрын
@@jimallen3392 plane is a 1965
@mouser485
5 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful Cessna 180 there at the end. According to the FAA registry it’s stillaround at the time of this writing anyway. (Nov 2018)
@mouser485
3 жыл бұрын
@Chad Stevens let us know if he responds. That S35 Bonanza, N5878J, is still in service too !
@mouser485
3 жыл бұрын
@Chad Stevens 👍
@180acessna
Күн бұрын
The 180 belonged to Bob White (played by an actor). My dad was a friend of his and sold the 180 to my dad in 1966. It’s now in the northeast. A truly great airplane. I have several hours logged in it. Around the time of the filming a Staggerwing ran off the end of the runway and flipped over. I witnessed a Cessna 320 landing there. The guy didn’t know where he was! He and his two passengers stayed in one of Bob’s tents for several days waiting for wind/temp so they could leave. I’m sure they never forgot the tongue lashing they got from Bob!
@Aerospace_Education
3 жыл бұрын
With all our KZitem videos, I wish we had more creators making videos like this.
@SoloPilot6
3 жыл бұрын
It's one thing to "go anywhere you want to." It's ANOTHER thing to come BACK.
@flybobbie1449
4 жыл бұрын
1966 i was 5 years old. I would never have thought in a million years that years later i would fly myself over the areas mentioned in this film. And live in the UK.
@tomcoryell
3 жыл бұрын
You’re the same age as my wife.
@siboneyyy
5 жыл бұрын
Nice wifey that joins him on all of his adventures, she should be the Pilot in Charge ;-)
@southwest3671
3 жыл бұрын
She basically is in charge. All Harry does is holding the stick.
@snojetsst9420
3 жыл бұрын
@@southwest3671 This is the best reply I’ve read on KZitem ever.
@charliebrown6161
3 жыл бұрын
At 17:07 when he taxied into the ramp at Tahoe, my BN2A is in the background. Flew into there for years. A buddy of mine was hanging out at the Tahoe airport one day, 88 degrees at noon, and a Mooney with four folks and bags landed hopped out and the pilot said "top her off" and we are going to eat. Mike said, "I'm going to stick around and watch this" The pilot said "watch what" Mike said 'you end up in the meadow at the end of the runway in a flaming ball of fire" The pilot's eyes got big and he said "WHAT" Mike said "didn't you learn about density altitude when you learned to fly" The pilot said "sure but what does that have to do with me? Mike said, 'the density altitude today is above the altitude of the aircraft's ability to perform and that meadow has been the final resting ground of many flat landers attempt to fly out of Tahoe on a hot day. " The pilot realized that he was over gross and would have ended up in the meadow just as Mike had said. They decided to not top it off and wait till evening to continue on their journey.
@glennjames7107
Ай бұрын
I love watching these old instructional films. I really brings up a lot of nostalgia. It also makes me long for those days. The world seemed so much brighter and full of hope compared to today. Anything was possible for the person that was willing to work for it. I guess it still is today, albeit the effort required has been substantially increased !
@Ellexis
7 жыл бұрын
1966. What a year! Technology has changed but density altitude is the same.
@Scharpy1
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting siedan89. Haven't seen this for 53 years but I remember it like yesterday as a 16-year-old student pilot. I did pay attention and as a midwest flyer,11,000 hours later, glad I did. This film has no doubt saved hundreds of lives. The overacting and music were PERFECT for the times. Thanks again !!!
@orange70383
9 жыл бұрын
Poor Harry just couldn't get it up.
@terryboyer1342
5 жыл бұрын
orange This was made before viagra.
@southwest3671
3 жыл бұрын
........of course, what goes up, must come down.
@tsbrownie
3 жыл бұрын
I learned to fly in Colorado and density altitude was drummed into us from day 1. I also did search and rescue. Pilots from low lying states were in for a shock when it came to high density altitudes, especially because they'd vary a lot with the big temperature swings from cool mornings to hot afternoons. And Leadville was a bear regardless of temp. The people who'd enter the mountains (like this guy) without mountain flying training, were playing russian roulette - it was not "if", but when. Many mountain airports are "1 way", and there are no go-arounds, you get it right first time or crash.
@anonyninja7737
3 жыл бұрын
WHY DOES THIS GUY HAVE LITERALLY THE SMALLEST TROUT I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE
@MrRugbylane
3 жыл бұрын
Haha i thought exactly that
@cJ-cr8gp
3 жыл бұрын
.....density altitude.
@prancer1803
3 жыл бұрын
@@cJ-cr8gp haha!
@KingofRoath
3 жыл бұрын
What's a trout?
@oNeGiAnTLiE
5 ай бұрын
Smells like trout? Get out!
@carytaylor1415
8 жыл бұрын
Wife: "Harry don't you think that..." Harry: "Power, toots. Power!" Wife: "But Harry!" Harry: "We got gobs of power." Wife: "Har..." Harry: "Power for days! Say, why'd I bring you along anyhows?"
@bend1483
5 жыл бұрын
Cary Taylor lol
@almostfm
3 жыл бұрын
@Lew Allen2 Beat me to it. Damn!
@datadavis
3 жыл бұрын
It was so different and somehow better back then
@peppigue
3 жыл бұрын
@@datadavis I wish people and life still had the more serene flavor of old days. I hope to achieve this for myself in the not too distant future by moving to a not so happening but beautiful area and limiting total time in front of screens to 25 hrs a week.
@backcountryaviators
3 жыл бұрын
Tim Taylor: "More Power, rohhah huh ha."
@jmflyer55
17 күн бұрын
Brings back great memories! I had a V Tail Bonanza for almost 20 years. And New Orleans Lakefront airport was my home field back in the day. Can't believe I've never seen this old fim. 🙂👍👍👍
@joeshupienis4388
5 жыл бұрын
Great film. Classic arial beauty shots of the Bonanza. No little irony of landing a Bonanza at Tahoe during the era the Bonanza TV series was airing... Man I sure miss flying now that I'm retired and will never have the $$$ again. One continuity error -- Harry changed from his fishing hat to his Bart Simpson special between 20:30 and 20:33... and back to the fishing hat by 20:45! Quick change artist??? ;)
@Allan_aka_RocKITEman
5 жыл бұрын
You can do that at higher density altitudes...😝
@moeshipley4170
3 жыл бұрын
Harry wears many hats--and because he's now an expert on density altitude, he will live to wear many more.
@someoneelse7629
3 жыл бұрын
Well, in the airforce, a small propeller plane (SAAB 91) overloaded with golfbags and stuff landed, I asked the pilote how he manage to take off with all that extra weight and he said: "Sooner or later the curvature of earth will make the ground dissapear underneath you"
@JohnnyDanger36963
9 күн бұрын
fake comment,never happened,dummy bot. earth is flat bot.
@GcoEnterprises
7 жыл бұрын
my GAWD I just Love the 1960's! You didn't have to wear headphones and clutter up the cockpit with all sorts of gadgets, you could just land at any airport, everyone was civilized and friendly and wanted to help you, they were even drinking Coke out of Glass Bottle! That's when Coke had the best taste!
@davem5333
5 жыл бұрын
Pilots didn't wear headphones but were as deaf as tree stumps by age 40.
@heyarno
5 жыл бұрын
@@davem5333 what did you say?
@terryboyer1342
5 жыл бұрын
@@davem5333 Huh?
@RogerBarraud
5 жыл бұрын
@@davem5333 Ehhhhhh? Speak Up, Sonny! :-)
@willieshappyhomestead2769
5 жыл бұрын
Poor Dave
@drott150
5 жыл бұрын
All the actors in this film are now flying at a density altitude of -6 feet.
@terryboyer1342
5 жыл бұрын
Some cemeteries in NO are built above ground.
@johnsmith-vy7pw
5 жыл бұрын
Actually "Lois Bliss" is the actress Dorothy Huntingdon who is alive and well in Sacramento, CA
@Alex-us2vw
5 жыл бұрын
6’ BGL
@scottfranco1962
5 жыл бұрын
52 years ago, add 20 to 30 years for actor age and you are still under 82. Not so fast there.
@beatchildproductions
5 жыл бұрын
ROFL - so good.
@robertartac1853
3 жыл бұрын
Training videos should still be like this. For the 1960s to be asked as a female if she flies is pretty forward thinking. Very thoughtful Cap'n!
@FUTUREpilot267
3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the opposite when she said "I let my husband do that sort of thing"
@emrebaskocak
3 жыл бұрын
@@FUTUREpilot267 And the "women" remark at the beginning
@roddraym
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for sharing this insightful piece of history. The appearance of the "disc" (E6B) looks slightly different today but still has the same functionality. Seeing the Bonanza V35 is as iconic as seeing a Jeep Grand Wagoneer pulling an Airstream Trailer. This is a very important infomercial that dually arouses the senses for what used to be a simpler time. Greatly appreciated!
@8literbeater
6 жыл бұрын
They never mentioned that he did his abort with the mixture full rich. That "mixture full rich for landing" has got to be one of the most dangerous things ever put into a POH. You don't land with mixture full rich with 13,000' DA. You don't do _anything_ with mixture full rich at 13,000' DA.
@tsclly2377
5 жыл бұрын
unless you have a turbo.. [V35TC - the AD'd S model of '66 and '67 and it has all sorts of weight and balance problems]
@sce2aux464
3 жыл бұрын
I really like the black contrails though...
@oc2phish07
3 жыл бұрын
What a totally engrossing video. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
@JillandKevin
Ай бұрын
We watched this in private pilot ground school back in 1979-80!! Just HAD to watch it again!!!
@7000fps
3 жыл бұрын
Did MST3K do this film? I could just hear Joel , Tom and Crow drivin right through that dialog.
@mike577040
3 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this film! Taught a great lesson without having to be graphic and deadly. It also did it in a friendly way. Still makes me sad in a way because this seems like a golden era for private general aviation that is long gone. How much did Harry’s Beach bonanza cost new in 1966 Compared to a new one today? You look at the numbers there were thousands more recreational private pilots during that era. I’m a private pilot and fly when I can, but I would love to go into a time machine. Going to enjoy more classic FAA movies!
@dirtcurt1
Жыл бұрын
They should have at least added some shrubs in the landing gear!
@markyokers9505
7 жыл бұрын
Ignorance is BLISS!
@therealrobinc
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for uploading this. 😊 I've always enjoyed educational films from earlier eras when optimism was in abundance, unlike the dystopia of division & strife we live in today. To think that pilots of today are still flying such antiques, when palm top tablet props from Star Trek: The Next Generation have already been realised as touch screen smartphones, is just wild & exasperating. There hasn't been much general aviation innovation in airframes & powerplants that have been implemented after all these decades.
@beeleo
5 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how, in those 1966 Bonanza V-Tails, they were so quite, you could have a nice conversation at cruise.
@hobanagerik
3 жыл бұрын
19:17 Harry: “That was close” Lois: “My aircraft!”
@johnpro2847
5 жыл бұрын
@ 0:35 It has taken Harry over 473 hours to learn about DA ...?
@teenagerinsac
3 жыл бұрын
if he had been flying atWiggins Airways, Norwood Mass. back then, he would have gotten Ground School from a former USN Flight Instructor, Bruce 'Pops' Pronk- who helped train a certain Theodore Williams in Primary Flight Training back in WW2. Harry would definitely have known about DA, or Pops wouldn't have let him out of the class until he DID :) :)
@davecrupel2817
3 жыл бұрын
@@teenagerinsac ahh Wiggins. They have a Beech 99 here in KHYA, Mass that flies mail & cargo to and from the local Islands. I believe they're based out of New Hampshire.
@h2otech784
5 жыл бұрын
This was ancient- but still fully relevant - in 1980 when I took ground school. Remember a very similar one with a Mooney as well.
@MikeB3542
5 жыл бұрын
Yup...they showed it in my ground school in '85
@Matt-mo8sl
5 жыл бұрын
Love watching these old FAA films, very entertaining and educational.
@JeffWinters
5 жыл бұрын
If you've got any more of these, I'd love to see them. Good stuff!
@collinmc90
2 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love these old films. Thanks for uploading this! Still valuable info none the less.
@stewiepid4385
3 жыл бұрын
This is SO retro! I love it! My late father flew the Beech V-Tail in the 1970's along with other GA aircraft. I loved the V-Tail so much!
@arlenbell4376
3 жыл бұрын
In 1966 close friends tried talking my father into going in with them to buy a used V tail Bananza. My father, a WWIi pilot didn’t think we’d use it enough and declined. Shortly thereafter the plane crashed in Mississippi when a wing spar failed killing both parents and their two daughters.
@scottw5315
2 жыл бұрын
Best light plane ever made in my opinion. I have 1200 hours in a 47 model.
@lifeguardeight742
5 жыл бұрын
I can't wait for the sequel, "Harry and the Smoking Hole in the Ground."
@lawrencemiller3829
5 жыл бұрын
One of the advantages I had flying in the Chicago area was the agonic line. I had to remember to compensate for the compass heading when leaving the area.
@stubryant9145
13 күн бұрын
This video was old 44 years ago when I took ground school. BUT, this classic is still entirely relevant.
@kennysherrill6542
3 жыл бұрын
It's been a hundred years I swear the last time I seen this flick. It was one they showed us at ground school and I hiked up to Tunnel Meadows in 1996, the air field is all gone but the cabin was still there at that time. This was Chuck Yeager and Bud Andersens go to place to go fishing. He covers all this in his books, great reads.👍👍👍👍👍❤🇺🇸
@billsheehy1
8 жыл бұрын
"women".....I loved that one.
@amariner5
5 жыл бұрын
Great to see these planes when they were new. And a slice of America past.
@craig7083
Ай бұрын
One factor to consider on hot days is to lean the mixture to maximize the RPM before takeoff on normally aspirated engines especially during taxi to prevent fouling of the spark plugs.
@loismiller2830
3 жыл бұрын
Love that chitty the Monument Valley Tours was driving. What a great Rez ride.
@TRANSFORMER2508
7 жыл бұрын
Wow...My local airport (knew)New Orleans Lakefront Airport has definitely changed since this video.
@walterpolkjr.8156
6 жыл бұрын
Pilot: "Do you fly Mrs. Bliss?" Mrs. Bliss: "Oh no. I leave that to my husband."
@terrytolhurst9269
5 жыл бұрын
Ah..... the days women were women and knew their limits
@sonoranrain2330
3 жыл бұрын
@@johnnyx9892 And tatted up from head to toe with nails and fish hooks stuck all over their bodies.
@851995STARGATE
3 жыл бұрын
@@johnnyx9892 what the hell women are your meeting with
@851995STARGATE
3 жыл бұрын
@@johnnyx9892 what the hell women are your meeting with
@yassermasood3423
3 жыл бұрын
Wow very informative. This is gold. Enjoyed every bit of it.
@TangodownNZ
4 ай бұрын
This video on density altitude explains better than the recent training videos around today
@majo2469
8 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of those videos you'd see in class back in the day. But I paid more attention on this one. Thankfully DA is a bit more emphasized on the oral exam and ground school.
@jeffreyhughes7107
3 жыл бұрын
“Videos” back in the day? Try a 16 mm film projector or a film strip with a Califona record player, that’s back in the day classroom AV.
@unapro3
5 жыл бұрын
I find it hard to believe that a licensed pilot wouldn't be aware of the implications of density altitude.
@rafaeloda
4 жыл бұрын
It makes it look like back then, all you had to do is buy the plane.
@donmcatee45
3 жыл бұрын
Who says Harry is licensed????
@darkwood777
3 жыл бұрын
Calm down. It is just a training film.
@donmcatee45
3 жыл бұрын
@Duncan Fisher Sky Harbor in Phoenix shuts down once in a while also because of the DA as well.
@junkdriver42
3 жыл бұрын
@@donmcatee45 I laughed at that one.
@paulciprus9582
3 жыл бұрын
Not that anyone will read this...I have the original plastic covered wooden paddle prop from my dads 47 straight 35 Bonanza..88”....they removed it in 68 because it was no longer airworthy.. I removed the silver paint and restored the hub ...then I polished the plastic with a buffer and painted the tips red...it is absolutely beautiful...😀😀
@cinedelasestrellas
2 жыл бұрын
Though this video may look a bit dated in a “Leave it to Beaver” sort of way, the information in it is just as relevant today as it was when the video was made. I just read an article in this month’s issue of AOPA Pilot (November 2021) where, in July of this year, the exact same situation happened as what is shown here, with tragic results. A New York (i.e. sea level or close to it, much like Mr. Bliss) based pilot purchased a plane in California and brought a friend with him to fly it back to New York. When they reached Colorado, they attempted to cross the Sawatch Range, just east of Aspen, over a ridge better than 13,000 feet MSL. They didn’t make it. The plane was, you guessed it, a Beech Bonanza.
@siedan89
2 жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing. I emailed the author of that story, and referenced this video and importance. We all agree on the key facts.
@acdesi
8 жыл бұрын
Harry ya big doofus, listen to your wife. That other pilot at the end is Yoked. Must be a WWII Vet.
@NoHandlePlease423
5 жыл бұрын
Eventually, Harry gave up photography and got a temp job flying Buddy Holly around. But, that’s another story...
@globaljosh
5 жыл бұрын
Too soon man... too soon.
@cliveadams7629
5 жыл бұрын
No money in photography these days, certainly not enough to buy a plane!
@BOHICA_
5 жыл бұрын
@@cliveadams7629 You are a clod.
@donmcatee45
3 жыл бұрын
Thought he flew Lynard Skynard but missed the movie about calculating his fuel...
@jazzman99000
10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this, watched an abbreviated version of this film in flight school back in the day. They stopped the film right as Harry was headed for the rocks and trees after one of his take offs so I assumed he died.
@paulciprus9582
3 жыл бұрын
jazzman99000 nope....he squeaked that one by the skin of his teeth...that was a wake up call...he must of had Lady Luck on his side...and then he learned about DA....lucky guy....😁
@rustyneuron
10 күн бұрын
I used to have a hairy bliss, but then I got the Gillette Poly-Blade 2000, and boy oh boy. . . . now its as smooth as the dialogue in this video.
@ronjohnson303
6 жыл бұрын
Harry flies a fork tailed doctor killer
@unklekal7571
4 жыл бұрын
He's not a doctor, he's a photographer. He'll be fine 😊
@paulciprus9582
3 жыл бұрын
Ron Johnson ..My dad flew Bonanzas for 30 years...and he was a Dr...we never got into a spot of trouble flying those birds...I guess that when you have common sense and don’t have get there it is...you live longer....
@rapman5363
3 жыл бұрын
@@paulciprus9582 good for you and your dad.....don’t worry about old Ronny, he learned about the doctor killer anecdote in some flying magazine and just wanted to sound smart. ps. He failed.
@TheCubofwar
3 жыл бұрын
We always called them swallowed tail doctor killers..
@gringoloco8576
3 жыл бұрын
It's only cuz many doctors didn't fly enough to be proficient.
@farmer6987
10 жыл бұрын
harry should have never passed the checkride
@cynthiaklenk6313
6 жыл бұрын
You aren't kidding!
@BrilliantDesignOnline
5 жыл бұрын
Harry: "What? you need a pilots license to do this?"
@martinmoffitt4702
4 жыл бұрын
Roger that!
@saucerman110
3 жыл бұрын
What a lovely film, things sure were different then, wish it was like that now, Thank you
@iplaymytele
3 жыл бұрын
One of my girl Fiddle students, father purchased this same airplane ...🎵🙏🎶 She now flies it all the time commercially ...!!! I think these are beautiful airplanes....!!❤️👍
@javaguy418
7 жыл бұрын
LOL at 22 minutes the guy explaining to a pilot that to take off a plane needs lift.
@jimmy5F
5 жыл бұрын
That's for us...
@hardychip3736
3 жыл бұрын
How I love those Incredible Bonanzas, I’d take an old Bonanza over a brand new Cirrus any day!
@williamdixon1992
3 жыл бұрын
The paint scheme looks better then how they look today!
@guardrailbiter
3 жыл бұрын
This plane can take us anywhere we wanna go. It can even provide a one-way express trip to our gravesite.
@welcome741
3 жыл бұрын
A flew several times with a friend in similar aircraft. He was so diligent, always checking and rechecking every factor of the flight. I though all small pilots would do that.
@therealrobinc
6 ай бұрын
You're lucky to have such a careful & conscientious pilot friend. 😊
@mramirez5194
10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting.
@mikestretanski3826
9 жыл бұрын
Really a good video 4 its day makes a point
@bsullivan7
19 күн бұрын
Harry's Insurance Carrier is Dewy, Cheatem and Howe.
@bhiatt53
22 күн бұрын
Watched this very video during Phase I at Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center way back in April 1982. Then we had a quiz that, of course, included a few CAMI questions. Fun times.
@jcz232321
3 жыл бұрын
Will Rogers "An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what YOU JUST found out"!
@MS-ig7ku
Ай бұрын
Will Rogers died in an aircraft with a good pilot making dumb mistakes.
@TheJustinJ
Ай бұрын
Will Rogers is a legend. Wiley Post wasn't necessarily a good pilot. Nobody knows. That was an era when many people died. 12 of the founding 24 members of the airline pilots association died in aircraft crashes back then. Would you fly on an airliner if 50% of the top airline pilots in the world died in plane crashes?
@pdutube
5 жыл бұрын
24:52 "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!"
@rodterrell304
3 жыл бұрын
Not a pilot but I watched the whole thing! Now I know about density altitude too, so when I drive in the mountains I will know why my car acts the way it does. Thanks for posting this film
@d.n.3652
3 жыл бұрын
I don’t think density altitude has an affect on cars (possible I could be wrong). When it’s hot, the air is less dense. The propeller can’t take as big of a bite when the air isn’t as thick. That’s basically what this whole video is about
@robertsloane1268
7 ай бұрын
I miss seeing these old videos
@Dr.TJ_Eckleburg
6 жыл бұрын
"With this baby we can fly anywhere we want to"
@rammstein1903
5 жыл бұрын
Including trees!
@kezzachadda8175
5 жыл бұрын
And he said that about 5 or 6 times lol !!
@richardjoubert7452
5 жыл бұрын
Nice red cap he is wearing
@richardjoubert7452
5 жыл бұрын
Harry is dopy looking, and acts dopy lol
@howardfortyfive9676
5 жыл бұрын
His attitude is the same as every driver of a 4x4 truck in winter snow and ice.
@williamboynton3335
10 жыл бұрын
Easy to say why these planes were called "doctor killers".
@quinnjim
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah...because only V Tail Bonanza's are affected by density altitude. (How's that for a reply 3 years later??) :)
@8literbeater
6 жыл бұрын
I only waited a year, but William is absolutely right. Nobody claimed that there was anything wrong with the Bonanza, or that it was differently affected by density altitude. It's the attitude of the people that have the money to buy way too much airplane for their knowledge or skill, just like the Cirrus has been lately. I thought this was universal knowledge, maybe you're just the last person on Earth to learn.
@maverickdallas1004
5 жыл бұрын
I really can't understand how the "forked-tailed doctor killer" myth got started as being applied to the V-tail Bonanza series. My experience flying V-tail and conventional tail Bonanzas as well as other high-performance, retractable gear singles indicate that the necessary skills and precautions needed to operate them safely are universal and not exclusive to Bonanzas. Fly ANY aircraft outside of its design envelope and you risk causing structural damage that can be catastrophic. At the very least, you have become a test pilot!
@itsumonihon
5 жыл бұрын
it's because the v tail bonanzas were popular with people who had too much money and not enough sense. accidents can happen in any airplane but when every doctor and dentist in the country starts buying the same high performance piston engined aircraft, it is a recipe for trouble. the plane is and was always fine, but its popularity led to the downfall of many rich people who shouldn't have been flying them
@maverickdallas1004
5 жыл бұрын
@@itsumonihon That is true with a lot of things favored by the wealthier crowd, like aircraft, sports cars, motorcycles, power boats or anything else that goes fast. Just hop on board and throw caution to the wind. Often times, without even reading the owner's manual! Affluence does not necessarily equate to good old horse sense, but rather in many cases, to becoming complacent and feeling invincible. When the Bonanza hit the market, it ignited a "feeding frenzy" for a stylish, fast and luxurious personal aircraft at a time when individual wealth was on the upswing, and Beechcraft could hardly get them out the door fast enough. Hence, the sheer volume of units out there in operation and a huge increase in liability exposure. The end result was a bunch of lawsuits followed by undeserved airworthiness directives, a manufacturer recall on all 35-series models from 1951 on up and a tarnished reputation against one of the most thoroughly tested personal aircraft ever produced!
@tars54
25 күн бұрын
Great old movie , check the tai; number of the Bell. It was involved in a accident and one of the contributary causes was - density altitude!
@scottpecora371
4 жыл бұрын
Ironically, as a child my father worked as a sales demo pilot out of Boise for the local Beech dealer. They also owned several Bonanza's together. My father flew various V-35's into the Idaho back country and we owned a place at Pistol Creek, on the Middle Fork of the Salmon river. With the family on board we would leave Boise at 06:00 and be eating pancakes by 08:00. The panel, the split windshield and we had the small rear window. Everything in this video brought back memories. Some not so good. Over the years I would witness 6 accidents, several fatalities and at least three directly related to high density altitude. One was a piper 140 four people at 14:00 and tried to go around. Staggered up river half a mile till he stalled and spun in. Whole family killed. Next was an absolutely beautiful twin Comanche. Around 13:00 in August especially hot day. Eager to get going and things has taken too long that morning. Taking off with a 5-10mph tail wind/cross wind at around five-oclock. Our field elevation 4860ft asl. First tried taking off with his parking brake on, so taxied back up, but9 the left brake is dragging a bit from being over heated. Takes off again, reaches about 80 knots the tail/cross wind is probably now gusting to 15knots from the 5:00 position. So at eighty he no longer has enough ground authority and not enough control authority so he drifts to the left into the rocks and boulders and destroys his baby. Everyone walked away. Last was a 182 circling for altitude that didn't take into account the effects of Density Altitude, they clipped the ridge instead of circuling one more time, one injury.
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