WWII warbird aircraft engines, such as the 1967 Lycoming O-320 E2A (150 horsepower), are designed for approximately 2,000 hours of operation and can be restored to like-new condition through professional overhaul processes involving component inspection, welding repairs, and crankshaft grinding. These aircraft, originally used as primary trainers like the PT-17, feature hydraulic valve trains with lash caps that provide heat insulation for exhaust valves, and their lightweight construction (around 1,780 lbs) combined with high center of gravity from wing-mounted fuel tanks makes them challenging to land safely.
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๐จ "I'LL Tell Ya What... This WWII Warbird Still Flies!" โ๏ธ๐ฅ | Avery Shoaf UnleashedAdded:
I tell you what, guys. We're going to do something possibly fun today.
>> A little bit interesting. You like airplanes, you're going to like this >> temperature.
>> I love it.
>> You I like it in here already.
>> Steve.
>> Yes, sir.
>> Hey, how you doing, man?
>> Hey, how you doing, man?
>> We were looking around there. We uh took a break from Pornhub and we were looking around on some other stuff and we seen a picture. You take guys for airplanes in this I think it's that airplane right there.
>> Yep. That's a That's a Scareman. Can't get rides in it.
>> What year is this? What year is it?
>> It's 1941.
>> I like that year.
>> I tell you what, my friends.
>> You got some interesting stuff in here.
Hey.
>> Yeah.
>> Uh we got the the stuff you see in the hang.
>> When is this plane hanging from the roof here?
>> Uh there's a the two of them. One of them is a Swift project. That's a silver one on the end. It's just pieces and parts that someday it'll be resurrected to life. The other one is a P-51 uh kit plane that was 50% scale.
>> Well, that one right there.
>> Yeah, we have all the stuff for it and it has actually flown. We picked it up uh just as a a static display kind of.
>> I see you got a brand I see you got a brand new engine here.
>> Yeah, >> I noticed something fairly interesting.
The valve train on this Do you use lash caps on it, right? Or do you take and do you screw them down and adjust for valve cleans? They just float on top of the valve stem. Uh, and it gives a little bit of insulating factor uh, for the heat that's on your exhaust valve.
>> Now, I tell you what, that's just on the exhaust valve.
>> Yes.
>> See, back in the automotive industry back in the day, like on a old Chevy, they used to have a sodium cooled valve on it for the heat factor on it.
>> So, they just use >> Okay.
Just dissipates the heat a little bit, eh? Yes. And nothing on the intake valve then.
>> That's correct.
>> And they just adjust up normally with a rocker and a screw on the end of >> there. No, these are just all hydraulic.
It's >> Oh, no [ย __ย ] They're hydraulic.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. What is this motor? What What How many horsepower is this engine?
>> This is 150 horsepower. This is 0320 E2A. Uh this is what I specialize in.
This is This is my forte is uh the four-cylinder lycoming. So >> interesting.
>> I just got done building this this weekend.
>> Okay. This is the motor you built then.
>> Yes.
>> Now again, how many hours is this motor good for? 2,000 hours minimum.
>> Now, how long does I guess it take you to burn 2,000 hours up? I guess how much you fly. But on an average, what a year, two years, >> uh, flight school, flying every day, you'll burn one up in a year and a half, two years.
>> Interesting. So, if you're a homeowner and just your everyday machine is probably good for 10 years.
>> 10 years. Yeah, that's that's a good factor.
>> New parts still available? Jugs and stuff?
>> Absolutely. Everything's new.
>> What's a jug What's a whole What's a jug worth? Uh you're looking at probably $15 $1,600 if you get a an assembly.
This is piston rings. This this head is cylinder assembly. It all comes It's one piece.
>> It comes in one piece, eh?
>> Yes. And then it comes with new valves, new guy. I mean, it's all new from Superior.
>> Okay. So 15. Okay, that's not that bad.
I thought it'd be more than that.
>> Uh depends on who YOU BUY IT FROM.
>> IT'S LIKE ANYTHING, I guess. But again, year this motor, how old is this motor?
Uh, I believe this this engine was manufactured in 1967.
>> Now again, everybody goes, "My god, that's old. It's almost the same age as me." But that is something fairly common in this industry, is it not? This is this is that's the kind of the norm.
>> Yes, it is. Uh, when you overhaul these engines, you take it take that case when you disassemble everything, you send it off to a company like Divco. They're in Oklahoma City. They take and they go through this thing. If >> line board, check it out. everything if it needs welding on it to repair it. If there's any cracks or uh they'll repair them unless they're in certain areas that are not repairable. And then the same thing with the crankshaft. I send it up to my guys Rick Romans and he he'll uh they >> they grind it >> they grind it and everything and reertify it. So it's uh basically same as new.
>> I guess you got to realize the props hanging off the end of the son of a [ย __ย ] You might want to make sure it's got no cracks in it or half the crankshaft will [ย __ย ] fly away on you and the airplane will still be there.
That airplane will come down tail first if that propeller goes out. That propeller leaves for some reason. If that actually fails there, that aircraft will not have no forward momentum and your weight and balance will change that much. You'll come down tail first. It won't glide down.
>> No [ย __ย ] >> And usually when that propeller goes, it usually takes the whole engine with it, too.
>> It just flies away. Hey.
>> Yeah. Cuz when that thing gets going, it just it just tears apart. done.
Interesting. Very interesting. But again, back a 1967 block. And this aircraft is classified as not that old, I wouldn't think in this stuff.
>> Uh 1967. That's a 72 right there. This here is probably 74. Yeah. So, >> it's very interesting.
>> Yeah.
>> Is very interesting. Most of most of the flight training aircraft are are Pipers and Cherokees and they're from the desired ones are from 69 to 76 for the year. Those are basically the most economical ones to get into flight school with.
>> I look at that radial engine over there and it gives me a bit of a chubby. I I have a thing for radials. I don't know jack [ย __ย ] about them, but I have a thing about them. Like I say, my favorite airplane probably is a DC3. For some reason, I don't know why it is. is it's got the old wasp spinner with the old double stacked on them and it is something I tell you what. I keep looking at that and I'm I pretty happy about this.
>> Yeah. Well, wait till you come back.
You'll be a lot happier.
>> Oh [ย __ย ] >> You'll have to let me take the stick when we're up there. See if I can I'll do that.
>> See if I can hold her straight.
>> We ain't going straight when we go up with that.
>> [ย __ย ] >> You better be be be wearing what you wish for.
I tell you what, guys, stay tuned.
There's some [ย __ย ] to come that you're going to like.
Now, that plane is the same plane as that one or what is it?
>> Uh, the same but different. Uh, that one there's got the 450 Prattton Whitney on it.
>> This one here. Now, this your plane is the same but different. Now, what's with this one here?
>> Yeah. The the difference in this plane is uh this has the big the big the big motor on it. 450 Prattton Whitney. That one's got a 300 horsepower.
>> Now, that's got the same motor as my friend Randy Gee has a Beaver. That's got the same motor Ry's G Beaver has in it.
>> Yep. Same thing.
>> Same thing.
>> This here was actually uh they did this modification to them. They came out with 220 horsepower, but they did this modification uh to convert them into crop dusters.
Interesting. Now, what was this plane used for originally?
>> Uh this was a World War II army trainer.
>> Okay. Okay. Now, what did that train you up to fly?
>> Uh, this is um your primary trainer. You had a basic trainer what you learned to fly in. Then you went to this. This is your primary trainer. That's why they called it the PT17.
And this is uh then from this you went on to the T6, P-51s, wherever you want.
>> Okay. So, he went off of this for just general. You went flew I trained on this and he went and flew a Mustang.
>> Yeah. or they went they gradually they graduated into other aircraft that the Mustang was probably the final airplane that they got into. Uh the reason this was uh such a desired trainer was made by Boeing aircraft. Um the it is probably still to date one of the hardest aircrafts to land safely.
>> Now why is that just the way it is?
>> Uh by looking at the airplane over there when we're there looking at it, the fuel tank is in the center section of the top top wing up there. Let's go over and take a gander at it. And this one here, the fuel tank's right here. This will Okay, that's the fuel tank is still on there.
>> Yeah, that's a fuel tank.
>> So, your your center of gravity is really high. Your landing gear is really narrow. And if you know anything about uh tail wheel aircraft going down a runway, >> as all I know about aircraft is if you fly here in Canada, your flight's GOING TO BE LATE.
>> I'VE HEARD THAT.
ANYWAYS, now that fuel tank being full or empty, does it cause a problem when you're landing?
>> Yes, it it's just uh if it's on the empty stage, uh there is some baffles in it so the fuel doesn't slash, but once that thing uh say you get you get veering off the runway one way or going down, you know, and you crack back the other way, that fuel just hits the other side of the it's it's a monster.
>> No [ย __ย ] And then that air, that engine there probably weighs twice what the original uh 220 horsepower Continental came with. And so you not only have the weight of the fuel, you have the weight of that engine. And it's just it's a bear to land.
>> You may have a bad day if you aren't paying attention.
>> Yeah. There's those that have and those that will.
>> How long you been flying this stuff for?
>> Uh I've been flying a Steerman since about 2009.
>> What did you train on?
I I see that airplane over there.
>> Yeah, >> that's one we just restored. That is what I learned to fly in. That was a Super Cub. It's the same make and model.
>> You want to know something? I think my old neighbor not my old neighbor, my old friend used to fly a Super Cub in the bush.
>> Yeah.
>> Now that has that has a material stretched over the wings on it.
>> Yes. Now again, as I was telling the other guy, back in the day, I do believe the late Jimmy Anderson in the Fort St. John area and the Fort Nelson area used to fly one of these.
>> Yeah.
>> And the airplane police come and shut him down one day because they didn't like what he was doing. He had missed a little bit of material, so he found a really good bed sheet and wrapped it around her a couple times and put a little bit of paint on it to help him out. And the plane was fairly interesting. There's an interesting story about him, but I'm pretty sure this is what he used to fly was a Super Cup.
>> Yeah, the uh these were a lot of the what the LA was up in Alaska for the bush planes.
>> Well, that's real close to where he was at. He was just right close in Alaska, hence the Alaska Highway was that 143.
That area up there used to fly and put wild animals in there for some caribou and stuff and flying back and forth and catch them.
>> That that has been known to happen. And like I say, a lot of you'll see a lot of them are paired with duct tape. It's not uncommon if they they go by a tree branch or something and get a tear and replace with a duct tape.
>> Is that right? E. So then his story about putting bed sheets around there.
Isn't that fabled? You can see him putting a bed sheet around there picking up.
>> I could see if he to this fabric got tore off and just uh complete a uh just to complete the wing so he could fly.
>> Interesting. Now, what is this plane out here? I keep looking at this kind of good-look looking plane kind of. Sort of. What is that? That's a Diamond DA. I think it's a 52 or 62 or something. 62.
>> Is it fast?
>> Yeah, it's very fast. Them are diesel engines on it.
>> They're what?
>> Diesel powered engines.
>> Well, that's the same as a turbine or is it like a diesel piston engine?
>> Just a like a diesel piston engine.
>> What?
>> And that's a very expensive airplane. Uh >> when you say very expensive, what's very expensive?
>> Probably over a million and a half.
Why? I've never heard of a diesel engine being in an airplane before.
>> Uh I have just uh for they tried the transition from the gasers to the diesel engines in the like the flight training airplanes to get so diesel engine will last longer and stuff, but it's kind of a wet dream that wasn't worth a dang.
>> Do they burn kerosene in them? Diesel fuel. Where do you get fuel for it when you land?
>> Same thing. Uh jet A is the same thing as Diesel fuel. Okay. And that's what it burns as jet A.
>> Jet A. Okay. But it's a piston engine burning jet A.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. That's >> diesel fuel is uh number one. Diesel fuel is the same thing basically as jet A.
>> Okay.
>> Cuz I know I thought it was the jet fuel closer down to the jet A. Kerosene.
Kerosene cuts. Cut whatever. And up.
Interesting. That's a neat looking airplane. Is it worth a [ย __ย ] or not?
>> Never been in one.
>> Do they frighten you?
>> No. Just that's the first one I've ever seen. It landed here last week.
That's very interesting.
I'm curious to all you diesel freaks.
Hey, all you diesel fuel all you diesel freaks, you could have an airplane that can roll some coal.
>> And this here, I I thought this was a Hugh 500, but you say it's a Spicer.
>> Yes.
>> Tells you about how much I know. It's a Hugh 500. Look like this.
>> Uh, similar.
>> Okay. So, I wasn't totally out to lunch.
I thought a Schwitzer was different like it was a bigger kind of more archaic looking airplane.
>> There there's uh Schwitzer Bell and Hughes. They all have something similar to this.
>> Now these blades are these blades are they composite or are they wood?
>> No, they're uh aluminum.
>> They're aluminum.
>> Yeah, >> because again the bell the bell has wood blades does it not?
>> No, they're they're aluminum.
>> I thought they were Oh, they they got wood inside of them.
>> I'm not much on helicopters. I can't tell. Okay. I was just curious because you hear stories of them getting wet on one side and going out of tune and out of whatever. That's just again I know enough about it just to have a conversation. That's fairly interesting.
Anyways, back to your jewel over here.
>> Yes, sir. This this is >> Where did you get this airplane at?
What's the history behind it?
>> Uh this uh the history was uh it was a trainer during World War II up in Atlanta but in the Georgia area. Okay.
>> And I don't believe to that it's ever been converted to a crop duster cuz after World War II there was a lot of these airplanes around. I don't know if they were all converted but this and I doesn't look like it's been converted to a crop duster at one time. Then I bought it from a airline pilot and it's I've been kind of improving it ever since I've got it.
>> Now these two airplanes the engines are different on these two airplanes, right? That engine looks looks bigger.
>> Yes, that one's 450 horsepower made by Prattton Whitney.
>> Okay.
>> This is a 300 horsepower made by Lycoming.
>> What is a better engine out of the two of them?
>> It depends on what you're doing.
>> Fair enough.
>> Uh if you're going to be uh taking a heavy load and spraying, of course, you're going to want the big high horsepower. Uh but >> uh I give air tours. I just give rides in this. And this is uh >> such a great engine. It runs smooth. uh you don't have as much weight to deal with. So, it makes it a little bit easier to handle than the other one.
>> So, you're saying that me being as fat as I am, if I'm in the back seat, that it'll counterbalance the fuel in it a little bit, eh?
>> No, you get to sit in the front seat.
>> IT'S NEVER GOING TO [ย __ย ] CRASH.
>> Like this. It' be like this.
>> We need more.
>> I've had a 400 lb guy in there before.
>> You crank the lithium crystals up in the old jewel.
>> Yeah, it'll work. I tell you what, you're down for a little bit of maintenance, but I tell you what, I think that we're going to have to come back and take and give her the experience. I think I really want to ride in this plane. I've never ridden in a biplane again. The plane that's at Flightcraft in Canada in Colona, the plane I showed you was What kind of a plane is that?
>> Uh, which one? You showed me >> the red one, not geese.
>> Okay. You showed me a beaver and then it was a staggerwing beach. Correct.
>> A stagger wing beach. Have you ever flown one of those?
>> No, I haven't. But I've uh helped restore one for a short period of time when I worked for a guy.
>> I tell you what, it has got to be one of the most beautifullest shaped planes that I've ever seen. I'm not that much on it. I don't know that much about it, but god has it got some interesting shapes to it.
>> They >> It's I They played uh their their wings were way different what the Steerman are and stuff. So I think that that was during the age of when they were discovering what what worked and what didn't. So >> I tell you what, this here looks like a very very mean impressive plane though.
I am very much looking forward. I tell you what, like again now what planes you look at wing walkers and the circus and [ย __ย ] What kind of planes would they walk out in the wings? Would it be something like this or something different?
>> This here is basically what the standard was for wing walkers.
>> No [ย __ย ] that there's a Waco that they also did it, but they uh they modify the wing. Instead of being fabric right here and stuff, they'll put uh wood underlay underneath there so they have something to walk on.
>> Now, this isn't a problem with all that ripping. That's not a big deal.
>> No, >> it just is that it's that forgiving.
Hey, >> yeah, >> you just get up there and give her.
>> Yep.
>> I like it.
>> But it it is an experience, I'll tell you that much.
>> How much does this airplane weigh?
Uh, I think this one's like 1780 lbs.
>> You know, it's very surprising how light they are compared to what we're used to in the automotive industry.
>> Like, it's very, very interesting.
I tell you what, 1941. It's had a little bit of work done to it.
>> Oh, yeah. It sure has.
>> Now, this looks like this is inspection plate for something or what is that luggage? This here is a uh modification that was done so that you can actually get in there and work in the cockpit area for radios or whatever controls or whatever. Uh but normally when they came out from the factory it was like that all the way up to the engine.
>> Oh, it's got a combination lock on her.
>> Uh I think that was somebody's modification >> for what?
It's Air Canada baggage uh regul regulations. That's so Air Canada should probably take a look at this. A lock on there. Like you lock your [ย __ย ] bag on there and then you won't lose a son of a [ย __ย ] >> They're going to kick me right off the next flight.
>> Yeah. You probably won't get to fly much on Air Canada here for a while.
>> You know what I say with their motto is their service is prompt no matter how long it takes.
>> That's good.
So, she's in here today. You're going to do a little bit of modification on her.
Check a little bit out and check it out.
And >> Yeah. Well, like I say, uh uh next week we're It's probably basically in here more for the cold weather than it is anything. It got shoved to the back of the hanger and we have other stuff in front of it right now. So, >> now what is this airplane here?
>> It's called a Swift. It's this here.
It's This is a same thing.
>> This is the same airplane as that.
>> Yep. Boy, it sure doesn't look the same when it's in the air above you.
>> Well, it doesn't have the wings on it.
And >> you got mud wasps here.
>> Yeah, mud dobbers are there.
>> They're they're they're that's bad.
They're bad. Like I tell you what, >> they get in everything.
>> I tell you what. Well, this is parts obviously or something you're going to restore.
>> This This is a uh restoable project if somebody were to do something.
>> I can't see. I can't believe that's the same plane, but you >> It's It is the same.
>> They're short, eh?
>> Yep.
less runway or just the way they are.
>> I think this here was built right after the war. I think this my opinion was I think they made this look like a uh poor boy P-51.
>> Okay, that's an interesting plane, too. This one here, he said that was a knockoff scaleown model.
>> Yeah, like where I come from, they got the odd cars hanging on the roof. We got airplanes hanging in the roofs here. I knew there was a reason I liked it in here.
So that's what you do. What do you do for a living? You fly. That's what you do for a living is fly or do you fix planes or what do you do?
>> Uh I do everything. Uh anything that does has to do with aircraft. I rebuild engines and all the components. Uh I we re we can completely take one of these from nothing and bring it back to life.
I take that airplane and make it look like this one.
>> I told you what. How many hours? 400 4,000 2,000 3,000. I would say you're looking at 4 or 500 hours.
>> That's not bad. Actually, corrosion on there. Is that from here? Is that plane from somewhere else? I see there's a bit of corrosion on it.
>> I think I think this airplane came from out of Georgia. I think it was kind of like uh sitting in a barn somewhere.
>> Very, very interesting. Like I say, I'm not of the airplane world. Like I say, we're obviously in the car world, but again, it's uh it's the same. Just a lot of work.
>> Yes, it is. The airplanes are a lot of work, but it's uh it's rewarding work.
Now I see it's got retractable landing gear on it. Was that was something new at this era or was that >> that this that's what it came out with from the factory.
>> Well, but the era of this airplane, was that fairly new to have retractable landing gear or was >> Yes, it was uh in the early 40s and stuff. That's kind of when they were coming out with that stuff.
>> Now, what does that give you? Just less drag faster.
>> Drag and it makes sleeker and faster.
>> You know what? It reminds me of a funny story. my friend who's no longer with us, old Bad Billy Sorenson. They had a guiding and outfitting place out in uh up by Fort Nelson, I think on the Profit River or [ย __ย ] to find. I'm sure somebody will correct me. I'm sure of it. Thanks, guys. But he told me a story once that he was going out there with his I don't know what kind of airplane he has, but he decided he was going to bring a canoe out there that day and he strapped a canoe on the bottom of his airplane and he said it just about killed him. He said he got up in the air, everything was fine. He got up there, he went to turn, and the airplane went straight. He said he fought it the whole way. He said, "Just never ever put a canoe under the bottom of your airplane ever again."
He said, "Put it on the wing if you want to put it on the wing or something."
Yeah.
>> Interesting.
Okay. So, we will come back and see you.
>> I'm looking forward to it.
>> We will see you in a in a week or so.
Again, you want to see me go up on this airplane, leave a comment. Remember guys, SUBSCRIBE. I need the [ย __ย ] money.
I love it. I I'm very I'm very very excited about this. Like I've never I haven't rode that small in small airplanes, but these whole bwing planes, they have a certain they have a certain just they I'm just drawn to them like really hard.
>> Well, you'll find out with the open cockpit also gives it that extra >> I tell you what experience.
>> I never thought about that part.
I I'm actually quite looking forward to it. I'm just about almost speechless.
It's kind of uh >> I like it.
>> Okay.
>> I'll be back.
>> Yeah. We'll And you'll be back and you'll be back again.
>> Okay, my friend. You bet.
>> You have a nice day and I tell you what, I'm looking back to it. I'm looking forward to coming back and seeing you.
And again, the name of your company is >> Casey Enterprises.
>> Casey Enterprises at the Happy Is it Happy Hanger? Happy Hanganger Cafe.
Yeah, >> Happy Hanger Cafe. And I'm gonna go have me a hamburger because you said you 300 pounds is all right.
>> It's the best hamburger.
>> Is that right? E, >> you got to get the Steerman burger.
That's two half pound chunks of meat and it's it'll be hard for you to get around.
>> The Steerman burger. We're going to eat that some [ย __ย ] and we're going to go fly it later.
>> Okay, guys. Remember, subscribe, leave a comment. Okay, my friend. Thank you.
We're getting ready for one kickass ride.
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