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This reminded me about docking to airships in some old game (Crimson Skies?) =))

This is extremely interesting. For the engineering-oriented folks out there, how come it is so stable in a hover? I'd thing it'd be the same as a drone, inherently unstable and in need of processing power to constantly fine tune its control surfaces and maintain its stability

I really enjoyed this one. I always thought it was a cool looking aircraft despite all of its problems. Just subscribed to your channel!

Thoroughly enjoyed this video! And I have to add that I agree with all your choices of good looking British aircraft. But I have to say that you needed a top 12 or more! Amongst the missing for me is the Gloster Javelin! I am particularly pleased that you included the Hawker Hunter. My father was the aerodynamicist of the Sea Hawk through to the Hunter under Sydney Camm . You say that the Hunter was designed by Camm, but it would be fairer to say that it was designed by the group of aeronautical engineers that he gathered around him and drove forward. Entering the jet age, Camm’s design skills were becoming out of date so he concentrated on Man management instead. He could be quite a hard task master in a way that would probably be described as, shall we say, uncompromising, and difficult to get away with nowadays but he clearly motivated his work force and inspired loyalty amongst them. I think the great achievement of Camm’s team was that they designed, developed, and produced effective aircraft where even the rest of the world failed, the P1127 and Harrier are classic examples of this. Nobody else in the world managed a comparable and practical VTOL until the F35 40 years later! There was attention strongly paid to the practical nature of design and front line operation in developing only one or two features from previously successful aircraft to the next aircraft. In the 1940’s and 50’s much of aeroplane design was still by necessity an art rather than the strong and precise engineering of today, with computer modelling and such. You can see Camm’s stylistic influence on designs from the 1930’s through to the 50’s in his aircraft “An aircraft that looks right will fly right!” is the common saying. Have a look at the development of the Sea Fury through the P1052 and P1083 to the Hunter. One story my Father told me was how Camm would walk through the drawing office in the morning, having a look at the drawings. If he didn’t like something he would simply get his pencil out and run it under the drawing on the board, ripping it in two! Not a criticism of the video but more just to show I was awake. At 13:26 you mention the Spitfire fighter bomber, but the video shows a Hurricane upon close inspection. Then at 16:48 whilst still talking about the Hunter you show a picture of the P1083 which was the predecessor prototype of the Hunter, being a Sea Hawk with swept wings and swept tail plane. Cheers and thanks for this video!

Got the Messaschiet 110 instead.

It was all a fantasy. Just crazy ideas. Never came true. Other than killing innocent people. Stalin stupidity

The most ridiculous scaryest monster of all times. Just who the hell would have the guts ? Take it to the air that thing ?? Just ridiculous

Love the flying boats. The Martin Mars are my favourites.

Good video. I'm familiar with some of your sources but what's your reference for corruption in inter-war French aviation?

to think it had only been 30yrs since kittyhawk this is an outstanding piece of machinery...............👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

The Stuka was my favorite plastic model plane when I was a kid. I thought it looked super cool! But yes, now that I have developed a more finely tuned sense of aesthetics, it's ugly as sin.

2.5hrs??!!! This is my first time to this channel - what a treat! Edit: this was great! Liked, commented, subscribed!

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Thank you so much for making these Douglas Aircraft videos. I feel privileged to have flown as a commercial passenger in a DC-3. (Yes, that dates me.)

The French plan was to scare the enemies with ugliness. And they were very good at that part: extreme ugliness.

Just to date me I flew as a passenger, in a commercial flight, landing in Marquette MI in a DC-3. It was a blast and very noisy!

I look forward to watching the Scheider Cup Race series!

Just think of the tax money wasted on the design engineering of this insane project!

Have you heard of K-7?

But why did they just stop building the nose and then thought it would be a clean aerodynamic thing if we just bolt the engine in the middle of the gash we left in the nose. They must have had some sort of vage idea about aerodynamics.

What on earth does "chonky"?

Great video quite informative

Wow, you don’t mess around. That was an impressive video. I did not expect that.!! you didn’t leave any stone unturned!! thank you so much for making that video and sharing it!! I had no idea about that airplane or what they did with it. I only knew it existed. You brought history to life!! so thank you again that was really cool!!

Excellent job! Continued Sucrss!!😎🔥

Those planes weren't pretty but they did a good, honest and much needed job.

Well I would have to say that having two of my favorite characters corroborating on two of my most favorite subjects…😎😎 90 minutes just..flew by!! Appreciate both of your efforts in your respective fields!!😅 Thank you for the great work on your content! From ..America!🇺🇸🔥

It may have been slightly useless but it did look good in my eyes. Me like.

The gun tops honestly look like somebody took two bathtubs and bolted them onto the wings.

My father john Pat, RAF 1938-45, RCAF 47-52, spoke fondly of the Defiant in particular its ability to rotate all 4guns to fire forward u dear pilot control. He was evacuated from Dunkirk day 6, he spent the BoB with 238 Sqdn I loved flying with him.

Discovered this Legend through MSFS. Great Video.

People can talk all they like about top speed, engine power, gunfire or 'rugged' construction _(sic)._ Against the Zeroes over New Guinea, the P-40 simply did not have enough advantages for anyone to claim that one technical aspect or another got them over the line. The Kittyhawks did well when they were well led. The best example of this was John Jackson leading RAAF 75 Squadron. Nearly all of his pilots had no combat experience, no formation flying experience and most had never even fired their guns by the time they got to their first combat. Even their radios did not work properly. Yet this motley bunch took pieces off the Japanese on a regular basis, giving at least as good as they got. Some of them, despite the odds, even became aces in what almost amounted to a suicidal campaign against the highly experienced and very combat savvy Japanese. Opinion was divided over the flight characteristics - some liked the Kittyhawk, while others dreamed of Spitfires. Those with no experience had no benchmark with which to compare. In the end, the RAAF used it well in the Defence of Port Moresby and the Battle of Milne bay, three months later. This had little to do with using the aircraft to best advantage, since, as I previously said, it didn't have enough technical advantages to match it with a Zero. Instead, John Jackson was an aggressive squadron commander who was smart enough to guess Japanese tactics and intentions and go after them before they got a chance to attack. FWIW, the Kittyhawk is well remembered in Australia.

This video and the comments are way better than anything on paid cable...thank you.

0:53, can a man stand there more French than the guy number six from the right. :D

model 10 E . original Design NOT for loading 11 or 1200 gallons of fuel .

If your bomber has a habit of hitting trees, you are definitely not flying high enough. Nonetheless this ship has a great story about it and it actually was quite successful. Respect.

The p 40 had a two stage supercharger as compared to the three stage of the Spit and mustang, if Allison had a better supercharger it would have ruled. It was actually a better engine. This is the only reason the p40 was surpassed. It was a great plane

I agree that it looks good 👍

Ive also got a soft spot for flying boats😅

That thing is more boat than plane.

Luckily for the British war effort, Bomber Command wasn't accomplishing a damn thing during the Manchester's service life, so it being unavailable so often didn't really affect the war.

It may be out dated and obsolete but it is a pretty ship. Me like.

The basic idea to continue using flying boats after the war was so last week. Did they really not notice that every single half flat area of England was occupied by an airbase after 1943. And this was not just England. It was the same all over the world. So the reason to use the ocean to land was blown right out the door.

If Bellanca had the twin engine design in his head, why did he not built that instead of the Aircruiser or Airbus. It solves the single engine dilemma immediately.

It is nice to know that Britain doesn't have a complete monopoly on crap naval aircraft.

Amazing! The passenger was right there, in front of the wing--experiencing the journey like flying a paramotor 😅

Hehey, this thing gave us 'flutter'. Just for that alone: Gold medal.

The story about two pilots making an unauthorized flight at night and crashing that bomber made me laugh. They had to be blind drunk! Two characters worthy of their own comedy series.

I still prefer the Beaufighter. Whirlwind could have been a game changer? Mossie didn't do too badly.