Six (6) Restored Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Fighters!

400+ knots in 1941 - WOW just WOW!! Luv these awesome works of engineering and power - thanks much for sharing the vid!!

A variant of the P-47 (the XP-47J with special turbosupercharger) was the fastest plane in WWII (505 mph), although it never saw combat. Certain P-47's were designed to chase V-1 rockets. The P-47 is my favorite WWII plane, the Krauts just couldn't outdive it. It could fly with cylinder heads blown off, the pistons slapping in the breeze. The P-51 Mustang was water cooled and one little bullet could take it out of action.

If the Mustang was a racehorse then the Thunderbolt was a stampeding bison. These beasts were just about indestructible.

Although this plane was a heavy one it could wipe out a german fighter with a few bursts of fire..

Those P&W Double Wasp make a sweet sound.

Shweet.

Fw-190 vs the jug? Jug wins every time

With a stack of .50 cal MGs this beast would still find relevance , in this day and age , in certain applications of combat . Jets may go faster in the top end but the majority of attack missions are actually flown at speeds equivalent to The P 47 .

My grandfather was an Airplane Armorer with the 410th Fighter Squadron in WW2...He would have gotten a kick out of seeing this video.

JUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A testament to how these beauties were built that there are still more than a dozen P47s flying today.

NOTHING could be more terrifying to an enemy on the ground than this!!

Outstanding in every way! Would love for them or any one of them to appear at the Veterans Memorial Airshow at Columbia,Mo. It's been going for quite some time now. Held each Memorial Day weekend. P-47s would really be a hit.

That's the sound of freedom comming at you from 18 supercharged cylinders.

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRadial engine sound! :)

The best of América!
Salute do Brasil!!!
"Senta a Pua" - 1° GAC Campanha da Itália!!!

Great video of a superb aircraft. I had the pleasure of seeing one down in Galveston at the Lone Star Flight Museum several years ago.

Great video but only 5 (five ) not great at mathematics but only 5 (five) thunderbolt's

Too bad it took 20th Century warfare to bring these beasts into being but given the immense cost per plane and the ginormous fuel consumption of that 2800 cubic inch engine, this wasn't something that a recreational aviator was going to rush out and buy! BTW, the plane was designed by a Russian!

The Mustang was sexy. The P-47 was awesome!

stunning to see and hear them fly by. Beautiful Restoration. Wish I had the finances for restoration endeavor.

I agree witth philip. Airplane music is the motor/propeller sound.

My dad flew P47 Thunderbolts in WW2

That's 48 50 cals moving up on your six ..... say goodbye ..

Alexander Kartveli Russian proiectant of P-47...

Greatest generation that ever lived, flew thies and other airplanes for the US Army Air corps. Same generation that stormed the beaches of Normandy France. As a US Navy vet, my hat is off to this generation and all there branches of service they served in during WW2.

Stunning.

Six Jugs breaking for a landing!!!!! PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!

I was a crew chief on a P-47 N named " Canned Heat" while assigned to the 45 th fighter squadron at Suffolk County AFB, Li, NY in 1952. Used to love running it up to keep it warm while standing alert. great reliable aircraft & easy to maintain. We only lost two aircraft during that time, One was inadvertently shot down while towing a target during gunnery practice and the other when the pilot got it into a flat spin and could not recover. The P-47's were phased out in 1953 and replaced with F- 86 Saber.' Andy L.

I am currently interviewing a 97 y/o P-47 Thunderbolt pilot who flew 75 missions, shot down, POW in Germany and would appreciate the opportunity to use portions of your video and sound track in his video. Non-profit venture. Would I be able to have permission to do so with credit given? Thank you!

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How good are they 😍😍😍👍👍

Well, somebody can't count.

Looking at you OP

Keep your Merlins, I'll take that P&W any day. P-47, F4U, F6F.

After thought, to my ears the Merlins always sounded like they're missing on a cylinder(s)

I believe that at the end of their production they were the fastest piston drive aircraft. I wished they could be in the Reno air races, I'd be interested to see how they would fare.

Truly a magnificent beast!

Doesn't sound like a single one of these great planes has the Turbo hooked up. When they fly by, there should be a deep, throaty & LOUD rap to the exhaust note. See P-47 Compilation - Tallahassee Lasse or P-47 - FW 190 Fly By. A little throttle makes the exhaust crack louder. It costs more to keep the Turbo working.

Was für fette Kisten !

Considered virtually indestructible ,have a book by a pilot that survived the war ,so manoeuvrable.

The first time I seen a P-47 ( wicked wabbit ) I didn't no what it was but i new it was some kind of WW2 fighter it just has that look ! The can of whoopass look !

The title says that there’s 6 of them, but I only saw 5! Was the other one invisible?

Thankyou for sharing this video. Really cool to see 5 Thunderbolts flying together in formation. A buddy of mine was an aircraft broker and he had a P-47D that needed new spark plugs installed. Being an A&P mechanic, I changed out the spark plugs in its Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engine, then recowled up the engine. I started the plane up, taxied it to the flight line to perform mag checks and it was all good. It was a fun airplane to taxi on the ground because you have to do S turns to see whats in front of you because when the cowl flaps are open you can't see anything. I really enjoyed running up his Thunderbolt and feeling the shear power of that R-2800 engine at wide open throttle. Those were fun times.

Beautiful

Amischrott fw 152 ta war der beste propellergetriebene jäger im 2.wk

Nothing like the awesome sound of those big P&W 2800 radials. Nice to see several at once.

My god...that beast is insane. Absolute Americana power