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  1. They should make a movie about that jet!
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  2. If Iron Eagle 3 taught us anything its that a spitfire pilot can take out a jet by firing a grenade launcher out of the cockpit :)
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  3. "Tanks are dead" (every 5 years, ever since 1918)
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  4. I flew the OV-10 from 1978-83. On one occasion our squadron weapons officer got permission to arrange a test encounter with an F-5 flown by the Agressor Squadron serving our theater. The intent was to determine what, if any methods could be employed by the OV-10 to counter an attacking fighter jet. When it was over he announced that there was no effective defense. In the words of the Aggressor pilot, "When you manuever you're going so slow you don't actually move across the field of view enough to get out of my pipper (gunsight). It's like straffing (shooting a stationary target on the ground) in a crosswind."
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  5. holy shit never have i EVER seen footage of a modern air gun kill, in such outstanding quality nonetheless, and i have seen A LOT of combat footage from multiple wars this channel is a goddamn treasure
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  6. I came home in one piece. I shed no tears over leaving my weapon behind.
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  7. Me163 by miles. Amazing what that little prop on the nose could push out ROFL - Great video 🙂
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  8. Having lived in Vietnam for 3 months I highly recommend going to The War Relics Museum in HCM City. But it is not for the faint hearted, it is very in your face and it will haunt you.
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  9. YE-8: "The Eurofighter consortium never told you what happened to your father" Typhoon "They told me enough! They told me you out manoeuvred him" YE-8: "No, I am your father..." Typhoon: "Nooooo!!!!'' YE-8 "Search your canards. You know it to be true".
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  10. If Soviets copied the F-20 it would've been called Mig 28
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  11. When was a kid in Gibraltar in the sixties the Spanish had a habit of doing breaching Gibraltar airspace with their Me109, and H111 aircraft. The RAF sent up Hawker Hunters, but had to keep the under carriage down , and air brakes open.
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  12. Good video, but I got a couple of corrections to make, I'm Venezuelan and I live in Barquisimeto (were the air combat took place) 1. ChĂĄvez wanted himself as leader of the country, he did NOT want Caldera and the coup had nothing to do with him. 2. The f16 took of without air to air misiles, it just had gun ammo. The airport had been under attach for a while, and the plane took off out of a cratered runway. The bronco tried to stay out of the way of the f16 by flying over the residencial areas making sure if he was shot down the plane would kill as many civilians as posible. The bronco was dead as soon as the F16 took yo the skies, the only reason the air battle lasted was by using residential building as a shield.
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  13. Imagine being named Tank, but designing some of the best planes.
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  14. My grandpas first plane was a torpedo bomber the B5N "Kate" and then flew A6M5 Zero. His favorite was the F-86 and F-4 before he retired in the late 70s so he got to fly the newer jet fighters before retirement. He lived through the entire Golden age of aviation.
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  15. Propeller driven aircraft. It's a bit like fashion. If you wait long enough it will come back into vogue.
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  16. Sparsely populated?! I'll have you know that Montana has dozens of people and we're offended!😂
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  17. Finally evolution? Shackleton anyone?
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  18. I worked on this very program for a year, until just before it was canceled. Very well done video. An interesting sidebar you didn't mention was the B-2 was in the design process at the same time. Engineers, like myself, were hired into the F-20 program, like a holding pen. We were vetted while working working on the F20, and those that passed muster were moved over to the B2. I didn't make it; I had changed address too many times. That shows the level of secrecy on the B2 program.
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  19. Do you know Ed, one of the things I like about you and in particular about the series that you produce is that you present it in a manner that is that of the common man, easy to understand yet complex enough to inform and entertain.
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  20. Forget modern heat seeking missiles. There's test footage of first gen Sidewinders being tested on Hellcat drones.
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  21. In a way the Jeune Ecole had a point. Fast moving "fleas" loaded with explosives were indeed the bane of the battleship. What they missed was that the "flea" should fly instead of swim...
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  22. The CW-21 was never officially named the Demon by Curtiss-Wright. It turns out that the import documents listed it as demonstrator, in order to show it was to generate sales. This got abbreviated to Demon, and somehow it became thought that was it's official name.
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  23. The Comanche was a really good design, had excellent speed and maneuverability, decent range, good weaponry, and could do everything the Kiowa could do, but better. When the Army cancelled the program (a mistake, in my opinion), Bell/Sikorsky were left with a fully developed design for a new scout/attack helicopter. They just had to wait for the right time to market it again. And as for development lag, the development was all done decades ago, so just slap some stub wings on it, fill it with modern avionics, and you have...again...a really good scout/attack helicopter design. The armed forces would be foolish to pass on it, particularly given they've now retired the Kiowa fleet and everything else they've got is 40+ years old. Sikorsky have their new Raider and Defiant coaxial designs up and flying now, so it makes sense for Bell to bring this back to the forefront. Hope it does well for them this time.
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  24. I have been an Airplane nerd for over 45 years and you have shown me how little I still know Ed. You have found a niche in an very crowded YouTube category. That is very impressive when you stop and think about it. :)
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  25. I'm from myanmar and every single words from this video are the true situation in Myanmar. thanks for the video and I'm really appreciate your effort.
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  26. Guess he never figured out that AP is referring to “Armor” Penetration
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  27. I was in the USAF and stationed at MacDill AFB in Florida when we got the call to look over this new aircraft the Air Force will buy. There was a Lt standing out there holding this massive cannon shell and behind him was the A-10. I was actually speechless, most of us younger guys were. I remember thinking this is a bomber not a fighter. It was high and the engines, which I worked on at the time, was up there in the clouds. Simple, rugged and solid. Now there was a benefit to the engine of the A-10. It was the same, if memory serves, as the S-3 Viking. That engine had a lawn sprinkler system that the Navy wanted to spray water on the blades to fight corrosion but low altitude flights. I remember the LT saying that the sprinkler would also be useful to spray water to keep the gun exhaust from fouling the engine. The engines were spread apart to lessen damage from SA7 heat seeking missiles. And the two huge fins served a heat shields as well.
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  28. The F-11A ne F11F-1 was last aircraft I flew in the training command prior to getting my Navy wings. To this day, I consider it the nicest flying plane I haver ever flown. Its only fault was that it was underpowered. It would almost fly itself in parade formation and was stable as a rock in the landing pattern. It would have been eye watering with the J-79 motor.
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  29. Alexander S. Yakovlev was a rather sub-par aerodynamics engineer but first rate Apparatchik. He used his connections within the Communist party to win the favor of the party elites. He was the proverbial yes man. Mr. Polikarpov due to his faith and independent streak gave his opinion without fear of reprisal. Ed this was a really good mini documentary. Thank you so much.
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  30. I have to ay Ed that you are becoming the "forgotten weapons" of aviation. Great job Ed I learn sp much from you.
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  31. Captain Baker inadvertently saved over 7000 lives, I imagine a man of his calibre will rest easy with that statistic.
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  32. As a self confessed aircraft nerd, I can honestly say, I have never heard of this plane. Thanks again Ed.
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  33. A blast from the past! As a young engineer, I was assigned to the structural modifications the F-16B to turn it into the F-16/79. I designed the titanium fairing that extended aft of the existing fuselage, the engine mount modifications, some cockpit structural mods, and the 440 lbs of depleted Uranium ballast needed on the station 88 bulkhead needed for balance. It was an exciting opportunity and I still have my F-16/79 team member plaque.
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  34. I flew the Cessna O-2 in combat, and cooling of the rear engine on a "suck and blow" airplane was still an issue in the 1970s. Performance gains are also minimal. We got single-engine performance with twice the fuel use, in effect. And the O-2 would not hold level flight on one engine, so the hoped-for safety factor wasn't there, either. It's another one of those great ideas that turn out to be less than stellar.
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  35. Odd how most people these days say Blackburn always seemed to make real dogs of aircraft, but they made the Buccaneer, which was one of, if not the, best planes in it's class for decades!
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  36. As a 96 year old, this brought back memories of working at SEBROs (Short Brothers) factory, in Cambridge, Seven large hangers, now defunct, and built over, repairing Stirlings. in 1943/4. These badly damaged ones, were brought in on ," Queen Mary" vehicles, but "flyable" ones, flown in to our other base, at Bourn Airfield.
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  37. Another great video Ed. Alan Moorhead, the British war correspondent, reported that many of the German trucks captured after D-Day were actually British Morris "Commercials" abandoned at Dunkirk. Bizarrely, Morris Motors actually boasted about this fact in one of their brochures printed after the war - saying it showed how reliable they were!
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  38. "Wow boss, your son is pretty good at drawing airplanes. He's what, five now?" "No no, those are the blueprints I want you to work from. The big square tail will save you having to fool around with a protractor."
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  39. A mate of mine's dad was a mechanic with one of the Wellesley squadrons in the Middle East. He told me that some of the Italian aircraft were fitted with Bristol engines and prior to the war breaking out they'd fly them to the RAF field for servicing so both sides got to become quite good friends swapping nights in messes etc. On the first raid on the Italian airfield it was thought not cricket to blow up chaps they knew, so they came in at low level and targeted parked aircraft and the runway itself rather than buildings to minimise loss of life.
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  40. Suit 1: “We need a new scout chopper design.” Suit 2: “Let’s just use the Comanche.” Suit 1: “We did it! Let’s head home.”
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  41. Ed and Rex are the best aviation utubers around. Lively narrative and always interesting aircraft discussed. Top job. Bravo.
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  42. The 'warthog with syphilis' comment caused coke to shoot from my nose, I can't tell if these tears are from pain or laughter now
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  43. My grandfather was the copilot on Cost of Living on 5 May '67. Thanks for putting this video together and paying tribute to these unique and special aircraft.
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  44. If you're interested in a Bf-109 for the fighter, might I suggest the Avia S-199 variant? A Bf-109 with the engines and propeller from an He-111. Lots of torque, narrow-track landing gear, poor engine responsiveness, and the parts are just different enough from the stock 109 or 111 that replacement parts are hard to come by. The infant Israeli air force managed to acquire 25 of them, but weren't able to get more than 5 flight ready at any given time.
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  45. The Myrsky II restoration project is getting on well. At the moment they are, among other things, working on putting the skin on the airplane (aluminium on the front part of the fuselage and plywood on the rear and the wings, which are still not attached), so it's really starting to look like an airplane. Considering the starting point was a mangled steel frame, it really is a huge undertaking of manual craft and skill, as basically every single structural part has to be hand made.
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  46. Talk topic: Assassin drones Talk: Pls don't do it Thanks for coming to my Ed Talk
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  47. The huge size of the Jug is clearly demonstrated with the picture with the ground crew doing something with the wheels. I knew the 47 was big, but that picture looked like the crew was doing something on a bomber's wheel! It must have been one hell of a plane to fly.
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  48. Small arms as recommended by their special advisor, Ian McollumđŸ€ŁđŸ‘đŸ»
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  49. Favorite comment. "But hey it's the Finns, they managed to make the Brewster Buffalo look good..."
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  50. These things may have been made irrelevant by the advent of jet powered fighters but that doesn't make them any less magnificent. I love this channel by the way.
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  51. The German efforts at building an aircraft carrier is a case of being busy with no clear idea of what one ought to be doing.
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  52. I work at the Kalamazoo air museum in Michigan.The air museum has now done two SBD dauntless dive-bomber and two Wildcats that were pulled up from Lake Michigan that had crashed during slight trials or Pilot training during WWII it is very cool that you've mentioned these two ships they served a valuable in the war just mention that there is supposedly 222 World War II aircraft at the bottom of Lake Michigan
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  53. as always politicians will either downplay or exagerate history for their advantage, appaling and love the videos btw, please continue to make them, i love them
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  54. As a young French citizen back in 1990, I served my time in the French Air Force at the Mont de Marsan airbase. There, I had the privilege to see this amazing aircraft take off and land on a daily basis. I remember admiring it taking off with its afterburner from the window of my bedroom during sunset. The roaring engines and the elegant shape slowly vanishing as the planes began their alert patrols. Back then I already knew the Mirage IV was already largely outdated but I never stopped admiring it and I really cherish my memories of this time.
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  55. OK, got it.. no artillery ordnance... but what about small arms ammo? (asking for a friend)
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  56. “Don’t be confused by its similarity to Dory from finding Nemo” “It may have served as the inspiration for thunder bird 2” Not only is he informative but hilarious
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  57. Thanks again Ed! A not so obscure aircraft that I do know this time. My late father in law flew one of these during the indopak war of '71.
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  58. As soon as you cited Aircraft/Warplanes of the Third Reisch by William Green, I grabbed my copy, turned to the Dornier 335's entry, and can confirm that Green claims the maximum speed of the Do335A-1 to be 474 m.p.h at 21,325 ft
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  59. As a Finn , I'm very proud of Fokker D21 and the pilots who flew it .
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  60. I've been studying military aviation for many, many, decades, but this channel never ceases to astound me. Job well done.
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  61. STOL is Short Takeoff and Landing, rather than Slow. Great video though.
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  62. When you couldn't recognise the elegant simplicity of the Harrier...
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  63. Sacrelige! The Lunar Module was made by Grumman. It landed men on the Moon. North American Rockwell built the Command Module and Service Module. They brought men to lunar orbit. Both were equally crucial parts of the mission, but hey, accuracy.😊
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  64. This only happened because a French bomber designer from the 30's broke into the drawing office.
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  65. Replaced by both the Fairey Battle and the Boulton-Paul Defiant. The ignominy.
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  66. The Dutch did at least one raid on Japanese held Singapore with B10s, from the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia). I got this info from one of the pilots of that raid, with the same last name of mine, though not related. Its not a common last name. He was one of the B10 crews that retreated to Australia, where he stayed after the war, until he passed, in the late 1990s.
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  67. The Ki-94 looks like the plane every child has dreamt up of, specifically with the ingenious purpose of being able to fly in both directions
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  68. I remember reading that it was essential that Hampden & Hereford pilot’s kept on good terms with the ground crews, since the essential equipment provided for the pilot when a pee was desperately needed could be ‘compromised’ ~ i.e. the rubber pipe that ran from the cockpit to exit (I believe) near the ventral gunners position could mysteriously develop a knot, leading to ~ well, you can work that out for yourselves


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  69. What an absolute bloody hero.
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  70. Crikey Ed. You've got a lot of response on this one . Just in case you didn't know .Yesterday (Thursday 25th March ) a Hawk fighter came down in Cornwall due to engine failure . Both pilots ejected and are recovering in hospital with none life threatening injuries. They are the first Royal Navy pilots to eject in 18 years. So they now become the latest to use the Martin Baker seats . So well done to both pilots and of course Martin Baker.
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  71.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  True. I didn't want my rifle in the first place.
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  72. Brilliant reappraisal of a sadly neglected aircraft Ed! The Albacore should also be remembered for its use over Dunkirk where a raid by 10 Albacores and 9 Skuas on the 31st of May 1940 blunted a German attack over the Nieuport canal. Another early action involving the Albacore was on the 21st June 1940 when three Albacores were shot down over the Island of Texel after attacking German airfields in Holland. But the Germans lost one Bf109 and another two damaged to the return fire of the Albacore gunners in the process. One of the pilots of the Albacores lost that day was Peter Butterworth, who spent the rest of the war in German prison camps, although he was involved in a couple of Escape attempts. After the war, he would become an actor, best remembered for his many roles in "Carry On" films.
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  73. You can imagine the designers, 1 wing = x amount of lift. Imagine what you could do with 4? We can also put a watchtower on it and a couch in it for comfort. This is the Homer Simpson car design of planes
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  74. Loved this one Ed. Sorry, but I'm still laughing. My friends in the Air Force will get a chuckle or two when they get this in their e-mails,
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  75. In the mid 1980s I went through a military acquisition program with an officer who had been assigned to the PA-48 evaluation program. He considered the airplane to be something of a cruel joke. The Mustang was very long in the tooth by then and Piper was having great difficultly keeping them in a serviceable state. I think your analysis of the problem and the ultimate "low cost" solution is correct.
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  76. Ed I was aware of the General Dynamics F1-11 and Grumman F-14 history, but the Boeing 818 never heard of it till now. Keep it up buddy 👍 these obscure aviation history facts are much appreciated.
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  77. Small correction, the F-5A and F-5B were named Freedom Fighter. The Tiger was in fact the F-11. The F-5E was named after the squadron that flew F-5A’s in Vietnam “Skoshi Tigers”, since Tiger was already used the next number in the line was “II” hence “Tiger II”
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  78. I think we are watching the next Mark Felton Productions in the works here. Top notch videos.
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  79. Back when the YC-14 was in testing, Air Force Magazine and Aviation Week & Space Technology ran countless articles about it. I was very disappointed when the program was canceled. Fast forward to 1987. I'm on my honeymoon in Tucson, AZ, and we're driving around the perimeter of Davis Monthan when I spot the tail of a YC-14 sticking up from a chain-link enclosure across the road from Davis. The gate is open, so I pull in to . . . what would become the Pima Air Museum. At that time, they were just beginning to pull the collection together, and there were acres of amazing prototypes that I had thought were all lost to the scrappers. Included in this were the YC-14 prototype and the YC-15. My wife and I spent two days rooting around there. Pima is much better organized and built today. There's an indoor hall filled with interesting aircraft, and the outdoor displays have signs and guides. If you're interested in getting up-close to some of the most significant airframes of the last 75 years, Pima needs to be on your list.
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  80. Like the Hurricane it was a prewar aircraft that was already marginal at the beginning of the war. They had roughly comparable performance, although the Hurricane was a bit faster early on. (Perhaps due to achieving its maximum speed at a higher altitude due to a better blower?) They both contributed a great deal to the allied war effort, yet on the internet the P-40 seems to get far less respect than than Hurricane. If the Hurricane had not earned fame in the Battle of Britain it would probably hold a place in the firmament closer to the P-40, which doesn't get talked about much in proportion to its contributions.
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  81. Dude with pkm trying hit anything from the hip is pretty adorable
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  82. I got in trouble in USMC boot camp for knowing about this aircraft and contradicting a Drill Instructor with regard to the first "Corsair" to see service with the Marines.
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  83. "Plod around and smash stuff..." That's the best summary of the Skyraider's mission I have ever heard.
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  84. Sounds like an excellent addition to the Elbonian air fleet.
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  85. Major General Glenn A. Dean, the PEO, Ground Combat Systems US Army in last chat with The Chieftain state that AbramsX is nothing more than tech demonstrator, it was specified as "concept car" equivalent. It is not working machine, it can probably move on own power and that's all. It is in no way or form designated as potential modernization of existing Abrams tank, or competition to OMT program. But some demonstrated solutions could be used in future designs. It probably the same as internet famous PL-01 concept, made for show and nothing more.
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  86. The Lincoln was designed with the concept of the 'Bomber Stream' attack method still in mind. It improved on areas where the Lancaster had fallen short which Ed explained. The Lincoln might well have seen service over Europe but for some development issues. For example the 3 blade propellors on the Lincoln B.I caused a lot of vibrations and only 50 or so were made, until it was found that 4-blade props cured it. All the B.Is were then converted to B.IIs. Integration into service took a long time too. For Tiger Force ops, I think the intention was that the Tallboy and Grandslam bombs would be used to bomb Japan's bridges during a land borne invasion of the mainland. I like the Lincoln, it has a place in the RAF's history.
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  87. It often gets overlooked what an astonishing feat in all of human history, the development of the US’s airlift capabilities during WW2 was. especially in the Pacific. They literally shrank the globe in the span of just 2-3 years. They went from needing weeks to move men and materials across the oceans, to in some cases hours. There is a famous story told by a German officer. That when he and his men captured an American soldier in France some time after D-day, they found in his pack a fresh chocolate cake. Still in the package sent from home. He said that was the moment he knew that Germany would not, could not win. His Army could barely send them food or ammo, across a few hundred kilometers. And here was this lowly American Private. And for him the American logistics could send a chocolate cake to a battlefield halfway around the world. And deliver it still fresh.
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  88. Didn't know this plane existed, thanks for increasing my aircraft knowledge! :D
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  89. I can just imagine the reaction of the poor observer. "Just send me to Verdun, mon ami. I might only lose one limb."
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  90. Ed you've out done yourself. This is the most entertaining and information packed video on the development of the super marine spitfire I've seen in years. The narration moves at brisk pace with out unnecessary verbiage. Thank you, Great job.
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  91. as a former soviet test pilot, i can confirm that all this is 200 % accurate.
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  92. Well this channel is one of my favorite together with Mark Felton Production
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  93. The RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) used 251 LF Mk VIIIs (A58-300/550) and 159 HF Mk VIIIs (A58-600/758) in the Pacific Theatre. One still flies today here.
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  94. "The Germans were not in a position to complain at the time" classic !
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  95. It's a good thing our bunker is impregnable, except for a small thermal exhaust port.
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  96. I was the Officer in command of 45 Commando Air Troop in 1967 The one that ran over the Mine in Habilayne woke me up with the explosion - I looked out of my tent to see the crew all running away from it to safety. A second Beverley was sent with a bowser to defuel the one at the end of the runway. which was then dragged to the side clear of the Runway. I have the nozzle to the Pilot's Pee Tube. One of my Sioux helicopters which had been damaged by small arms fire was taken by Beverley back to Aden for repair. I was a passenger in a Beverley in Borneo in 1962 during the confrontaion - and found out that it could do a 3-point turn by itself when manouvering on the ground!
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  97. Let's face it - we all know what Richard Vogt's real reservation about the design was: it was too symmetrical for him.
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  98. Recent developments: TEDBF is officially being worked on. Some say that a twin engined Tejas-based design, called ORCA, is being considered. It is only expected to enter service a couple of years after 2030. Till then, the Indian Navy plans to make do with the MiG-29K fighter jets, 42 of which are in service. The plans to field three aircraft carriers has also been put on hold due to the funds being diverted to the submarine programs. There are two classes (a nuclear and a diesel-electric) of submarines under construction in India right now, and a further 4 new classes of submarines that are planned. Project-75I and Project-76 are the foreign and indigenous programs to induct diesel electric submarines. Another project for a class of Nuclear Attack Submarines is in detailed design phase. A new Ballistic Missile Nuclear Submarine program called the S-5 class submarines is in preliminary design phase with models of the submarine and its pumpjet propulsion system being tested currently, and a 190 MW reactor under development. With all this, there are also warship construction programs with more than 3 different classes under active construction and 4 more classes planned. The Navy already gets the smallest share of the funding with the Army and Air Force taking up a massive share due to their modernization and expansion efforts. Therefore, the Chief Of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat has deemed it prudent that the construction of the third aircraft carrier: IAC-2, be pushed back by a decade. Navy wants IAC-2 to be a CATOBAR carrier with EMALS and they only grudgingly agreed to IAC-2 not being powered by a Nuclear Reactor. With those specs, IAC-2 was bound to burn a hole in Armed Forces CAPEX. Pushing the date back enables India to indigenously develop most of the core technologies for IAC-2, maybe even including a Nuclear Reactor. Moreover, the growth of Indian economy till 2030 might allow the Indian Navy to quickly build two IAC-2 class carriers. The original (still relevant) plan was for India to field 5 Aircraft carriers with three of them actively deployed at all times and two being docked for replenishment and repairs. This would allow India to deploy three Carrier Battle Groups at the same time, with one each guarding the Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea/Persian Gulf. Hence, from now till 2035 at least, Indian navy will have two STOBAR carriers, each with a capacity of upto 24 fighter jets. Indian Navy is expected to make do with 42 MiG-29K till then and then replace them with 100+ TEDBF/ORCA fighter jets starting from early 2030s. 45 TEDBF will deploy on IAC-2, 24 each on INS Vikramaditya and IAC-1/INS Vikrant. The remaining TEDBF will be stationed in Campbell Bay Naval Air Station for deeper maintenance (since they will be rotated for carrier duties) and to dominate the Malacca straits and Kra canal. The landing of Naval Tejas Mk1 is meant to provide the required confidence to designers who developed the Control Law of the Tejas because they will also develop the Control Law for landing TEDBF on the future carriers of India.
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  99. Even if you discount the jet "kill" the PO-2's ability to annoy the living edited out of both the Germans, and the Americans, is not something you can dismiss. Might not have won either war, but you can't say the PO-2 didn't do it's part. And that's before we factor in all the OTHER roles the PO-2 did as well as keeping the enemy up at night.
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  100. Word up to Paramount for providing you with the info needed to make this video, not many manufacturers would do that for a YouTuber.
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  101. I don't know how you keep coming up with such great content, but I'm grateful that you do.
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  102. thats what you get for putting out good content, and thanks for the work.
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  103. Obscure prototype: "exists" War Thunder: [free real estate meme goes here]
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  104. Yet again you have me, a military nerd, saying “ I had no idea...”. Outstanding work, love your channel.
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  105. "War, what is it good for?" Youtube documentaries, that's what.
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  106. Greetings from Bulgaria! I remember reading about this plane around 25 years ago in one of the Bulgarian aviation magazines from the time (still got the old thing somewhere). I do not take that old info as 100% accurate (as the sources back then were worse than now), but there are a few interesting things to mention. First, the planes never got the canons and remained armed only with the machine guns. I think that was part of the reason they were used only for training. In a sense those B.524 were better armed that the B 135. The details of the story of the only kill are a bit hazy, but i remember it was done by one of the instructors. It was also implied that the deed was sort of a "dare" by the trainees as they thought that the two machine guns were useless and the instructor was proving them wrong. I take the second part as an urban legend though. On a separate note, once the communists took over in September 1944, a lot of things changed (for the worse). After the war, the army was rapidly rearmed with soviet equipment and all "nazi" weapons and vehicles were scrapped. That is also a reason none of the planes from the time survived to be in a museum or something like that.
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  107. it looks somewhat right, but rather wrong at the same time
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  108. Talk about a face only a mother could love.
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  109. Kudos for mentioning the long forgotten hero of China, Bob Short, and for covering the Demon. You may not be aware of this, but the Demon sired an offspring, the Curtiss-Wright CW-22 Falcon trainer. My Dad's best friend owned and operated one in north Florida when I was kid. At the tender age of six he took me up in it. I sat in my Dad's lap while Bill put the plane through its paces. What I remember most was how loud it was and how steeply it could climb. Sadly, Bill was killed in it a few years later when the engine stalled during takeoff due to insects (mud daubers) clogging his fuel line.
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  110. Grandfather spiked his 25pndr and carried the sights onto a destroyer in Dunkirk only to have the navy chuck it overboard as excess weight.
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  111. Well, I'll be damned - a flying step ladder
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  112. If it looks right if will probably fly right. If it looks wrong, it is probably a Blackburn. Great video. Between you, Rex and Greg, we are all spoiled for aircraft content.
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  113. Another great show Ed. Always thought the F5 was a pugnacious little fighter . Looks like Northrop got kicked in the nuts to the tune of $1billion + ! Ouch ! Thanks Ed.
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  114. Dear France: "Barnstorming" does not mean actually flying a barn.
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  115. Appreciate you covering this forgotten conflict
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  116. Sea harriers in the Falklands war shot down a number of Pucaras (similar to the Bronco) in one on one combat, you don’t get more manoeuvrable than the Harrier!
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  117. Virgin Gangster: Drive-by Chad Gangster: Fly-by
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  118. Your attempt to provoke me into leaving a comment will fail.
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  119. The reasoning was even more logical and brutal than that. The allied ships were turning into AAA farms and their radar assisted gun laying with proximity fused munition, combined with radar directed CAP's and superior fighters, were devastating. We're talking about 80% to 90% loss per sortie. Conventional attack was suicide anyway. (source for this are interviews that Military History Visualized did with Justin, who is a scholar studying the pacific campaign)
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  120. OK! Now I understand why 2 names were used for the P-40 in RAF (and Commonwealth) service! Thanks Ed.
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  121. Before he retired, my wife's uncle had risen to Financial Vice President of Kaiser Corporation. He joined Kaiser in the 1930's, and opened the first books on Kaiser's Fontana steel plant. He told me that toward the end of WWII Kaiser was looking for ways of diversifying and investing the money they had made building Liberty ships. That's why they bought Fleetwings. When that didn't work out, they joined with Joseph Frazer, CEO of Graham-Paige, to make cars under the name of Kaiser Motors. That company merged with Willys-Overland in 1953, and in 1963 became Kaiser Jeep. The life of Henry J. Kaiser would made a good movie.
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  122. The Fins had a knack for turning for want of a better word “loser’ aircraft into winners even making Finnish pilots aces in some of them. Anyway Ed STILL waiting on the Blackburn Firebrand story đŸ€šđŸ˜
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  123. There a old usage , if a aircraft looks right it is right. This plane looks the business ! A second thing, if you can do a thing yourself is always better then relying on others . The Israelis did a remarkable job with this aircraft . A remarkable effort !!
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  124. I'm pretty sure that the key to getting the HARMs to work on the MiGs is the addition of the Teddy Bear Weapons Officer seated left front. Most visible at the 4:50 mark.
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  125. I was with the AGRESSORS (crewchief) at Nellis AFB from 1980-83. We actually received literature and brochures on the F20. It was to be the new plane for the squadron. (57AGS / 64th AMU). When I see photos of #57 w/ Michael Christiansen ( my trainer out of FTD) stenciled on the canopy I trip down memory lane. I also had an unbeknownst appearance in the movie RED FLAG. After launching out an aircraft one of the film crew walked up to me and told me my launch was going to be in the movie. (They had been filming launches from the THUNDERBIRDS' hangar.) Hadn't thought about those days in a very long time........
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  126. Couple more also-rans that were said to make the 52 superfluous: B-58 Hustler XB-70 FB-111
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  127. I can't even recall hearing about this fighter and I've been a pretty avid reader about WW1 and WW2 aircraft design thanks again for the video
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  128. Just a hint in Australia we say "R double A F" for the RAAF, and thanks it was an interesting story relating to my Home town of Darwin in Northern Australia where these aircraft actually protected the City in which I live!
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  129. Okay
.cookie rpgs? I wouldn’t dare put this in a piece of fiction. Great video!
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  130. Never underestimate the perversity of aero engineers. My father was one, and he came up with damnedest ideas.
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  131. A small correction, the SH 37 was built for maritime reconnaissance, not strike. The 'S' stands for 'Spaning' in Swedish which in this case translates to reconnaissance. The H is for 'Hav' i.e sea . It had an improved radar with longer range but carried less extensive camera equipment than the SF37 version. It did have the ability to carry anti-ship missiles but maritime strike was very much a secondary mission compared to the critical reconnaissance work.
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  132. I like how the narrator goes from dramatic, “The monster of Ickham Pond” to a somewhat enthusiastic, “Which is near Canterbury, in Kent!” This sound like a “Dad’s Army” episode.
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  133. Apart from the evacuation of the Greek royal family. I knew little of its service. An excellent telling of its immense contribution accompanied by wonderfully sourced photos, thank you.
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  134. The Second prototype is now in The Egyptian AF Museum in Cairo , and the third is exhibited in the Egyptian Aircraft Factory in Helwan south of Cairo
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  135. When 'Guess i picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue'... seems to be an appropriate quote. ;-)
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  136. K21 is not on the table. Poland is looking at AS21 Redback chasis with own ZSSW30 Turret to suplement M1A2 Abrams heavy division. IFV Borsuk will be paired with K2 tanks in lighter armored divisions.
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  137. For the algorithm. 🙃
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  138. Ed, you've done it again. I knew nothing of this aircraft. Thank you. ☟
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  139. Excellent mini-documentary. The P-39 was a visually stunning looking aircraft. With lot's of promise but introduced to early. Thank you Ed, this is the way mini+documentaries should be. Fast moving, with out fillers. If you can't tell I really enjoyed it :-)
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  140. Outstanding video, as we have come to expect. You need to teach people how to make videos. Short, full of information, interesting and zero wasted time. Many other videos waste the viewers time with long, and boring, introductions. Thank you, not only for the great content, but for great time management in each video!
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  141. Thank you Ed, this is utterly depressing and terrifying in equal measure... 🖖
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  142. wow, thanks Ed, much appreciated. between you and Rex's hanger, YouTube is getting some great obscure/lesser known aircraft content. thanks for your work.
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  143. If you can sell the He177, remember it was also a dive bomber, and thus could be used in multiple roles, including CAS (because "dive bomber"). At least until the wings fall off.
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  144. C.714's career in Finnish Air Force was even worse than you described. Out of six planes delivered, only four were made flight-worthy. Out of those four, first two completed planes crashed on landing while being delivered from State aircraft factory to 30th Squadron at Pori in 3rd and 4th of September 1940. Based on those landing accidents, the other two completed planes were immediately banned from flying and the two unfinished ones were left uncompleted. They were officially removed from inventory in May 1941, but actually never flew after those accidents. The parts that survived to this day came from two unfinished ones that were given to mechanics school as instructional airframes.
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  145. This guy's story to hospital staff sounds believable. I slipped while walking past a five inch rocket and BAM! I'm at the hospital getting laughed at.
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  146. Greetings from Argentina. An important use that was given to the Lincolns in addition to those mentioned in the video was to "bombard" the first Argentine Antarctic bases with supplies until the construction of landing strips.
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  147. Donate. Donate. Donate. And don't forget to Donate. The sooner this is all over, the sooner everyone can go back to their families.
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  148. This channel is a gem.
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  149. I don't know if Ed has backroom staff to help out - but I unsubscribed from Dark Skies due to their lacklustre scripts and generic footage of aircraft other than those being discussed. Sure - they come across as more polished, but that just hides the fact that their content is shiny turds rather than Ed's rougher-but-accurate offerings. When it comes to facts I like mine to be accurate rather than shiny. Good work Ed.
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  150. I suspect that visibility of the ground from the cockpit may have been an issue on landing. It's still a very interesting design! If he had lived, it makes one wonder what he could have accomplished.
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  151. I find your analysis and observations fascinating Ed. Not only your encyclopaedic knowledge of aircraft types, but your posts that raise awareness of little known "unattractive" wars that the media ignore, yet still cause untold suffering and injustice. Good for you mate.
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  152. Ed, the FF was developed into the J2F "Duck" by adding the center line and wing floats, and keeping the retractable landing gear. My grandfather flew them out of NAS Dinner Key (Miami, Florida) and almost sunk one in Biscayne Bay during War 2.
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  153. Great video as usual, Ed. This channel is becoming a favourite, along with Mark Felton, Tank Chats from the Tank Museum, and Drachinifel.
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  154. There is a non-flying replica at Soesterberg defence museum in The Netherlands. It's a beautiful little plane.
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  155. Haven’t felt so attracted to an aircraft since I was 5 and saw my first Lancaster. This is that lancasters cute little baby.😍
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  156. Yep, the super-lincoln aka the super-super Lancaster, or the super-super-super Manchester...
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  157. Modern firearms design has plateaued with the modern AR18 derived polymer lower aluminium upper rifles like ACR, FN Scar, FB MSBS, HK433, Iranian Fateh, CZ 805 Bren, Bren 2 and now the Type 20.
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  158. Not to be confused with the OTHER B-26, the Marauder. Always annoyed me that they chose to rename the A-26 to the B-26 as there was already a B-26 that used to exist
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  159. Hi Ed. I love how your channel has gone from being mainly about unusual planes to being about whatever random thing occurs to you on that particular day. Keep them coming.
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  160. R37 holy FW-190. Had to give it a double take... I wonder.....
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  161. In 1988-1990 I served in the 318th FIS, working on F-15A/Bs. We once went to Miramar to fly against the F-14s. The exercise area was too small to use the Phoenix missile and after all, this was a dogfighting exercise, which the missile was not useful for. We wiped the skies with them all week. Then on the last day, they got to use the phoenix and on the screens back at the base, they became coffins 50 miles outside the exercise area. The main reason the Eagles could beat the Tomcat was that a swing wing fighter is always displaying its energy state by the position of its wings, so the Eagle could take advantage of that to get a superior firing position.
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  162. Outstanding information and History My uncle worked in C-119’s and C-123’s during the vietnam war
he mentioned to me that the 119’s had wear issues in the booms that required constant attention and inspection If you’re ever in the USA you can see 119’s on display in Tucson, AZ
and I also believe in Dayton, Ohio at the Wright Patterson US Air Force Mueseum
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  163. I often dis-include the D.VIII, Siemens-Schuckert D.IV, Sopwith Snipe, and others from "best fighter of WW1", but it's hard not to acknowledge them and add qualifiers. They were essentially like the super props of WW2, too late to really do anything, but surely would have been great had they had more time. Whenever I talk about the SE5a, D.VII, SPAD XIII, I am always thinking of these planes in the back of my mind as well.
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  164. Yeah, the early-mid 50s was sort of a black hole for naval carrier aircraft. On the USN side there was the Cutlass and the Demon. What seemed to help the better USN designs of the period was sticking with a single engine to save weight. The Fury, Tiger and Cougar were all smaller than the Scimitar, despite the US fielding larger carriers. But I guess the US benefitted from being able to field multiple planes to fill different roles, rather than forcing planes into a "jack of all, master of none" situation.
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  165. In this episode, Mr Nash struggles to not call a plane ugly for 3 and a half minutes
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  166. If you don't want a certain aircraft to enter mass production, damage it and claim a cadet pilot ran into it.
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  167. What is there to say other than the usual : Awesome video ! Never heard of this plane yet it was such a fascinating story ! I hope Ed's non aircraft videos get as much notice as these, the quality of this channel cannot be overstated !
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  168. "Peed all over their collective barbecue" 😂 Man knows how to turn a phrase.
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  169. Yak-38 was also known as "Match", "Grill", "Blowtorch" e.t.c. in USSR AF for it's ability to fall flat onto aircraft carriers deck, setting it self, it's pilot and surroundings on fire.
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  170. Congratulations! What a fantastic achievement.
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  171. All this is true, Ecuador won that dogfight and gained air superiority.
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  172.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  He did, but sadly we lost him in 2017. RIP Captain Jayendrakumar.
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  173. The corsair also has the additional advantage of requiring less hangar space and half the hours spent in engine maintenance. Carrying more aircraft with higher availability per airframe greatly increases a carrier's firepower.
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  174. I've come to the conclusion after 36 years in aviation that I know not a lot about WW2 military aviation. Another gem 💎 Ed. Great name Spiteful.
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  175. Clint Eastwood. Best Russian pilot ever.
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  176. A veritable harvest of death. I saw this on the news but the media basically ignored the relevant details and background. Nobody covered it like you did. Thanks for the quality coverage Ed.
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  177. "How many wings should we add?" Designers: Yes
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  178. “Every fan Boi of the Warthog...” that is everyone, literally everyone! Even if they don’t know it they are.
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  179. Thanks Ed. I was in Syria in 1994 and 2000 working on an archeological dig on the banks of the Euphrates river. i visited Aleppo and Manbij. Syria has always held a special place in my heart as the people are incredibly welcoming and very proud of telling their history. I deeply hope that one day the world wakes up to the incredible history of the place and the government becomes stable enough that westerners can inject the tourism funds they've put into Egypt, Jordan and Turkey.
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  180. No frills, no gimmicks, no fancy intros, Ed gives us just what we want....... Bite sized nuggets of rare military aviation history.
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  181. Impressive commitment by the EU. I'm going to write to my MP to see if I can get him to advocate for the UK to do something to match it, even if it's just more infantry weapons. I feel like Putin was trying to exploit a perceived decline in the unity and spirit of the West as a whole, but the heroic resistance of the Ukrainians has reinvigorated it.
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  182. 'Does my bomb look big in this?' In all seriousness though, i bet he was mortar-fied about the whole thing. XD
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  183. After being a pilot for 45 years, I finally learned how the F-5 came into the U.S.A.F. inventory. Thanks! I would love to see you do a comparison between the A-4 and the F-5 if you're ever looking for a topic. I never knew the A-4 and the F-5 were ever competitors. Sincere thank you for all your work on these videos. I look forward to them.
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  184. Hi Ed, I used to think I knew all or most of the WW2 era aircraft.....I was so wrong! and I have never enjoyed being so wrong in my life :-) I love your videos, keep up the good work
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  185. Scored the FAA's first victory against Do-18, although the majority of the formation escaped. Sank the Konigsberg.... Fought over Dunkirk..... It was there when it was needed!
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  186. Not only did you do a wonderful job with the mirage 4, you gave the reason France left NATO 's integrated command and the strategic objectives of the french deterrent in clear and simple terms. Good job !😊
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  187. You can pronunciate the "eil" part of Pfeil like the "Ile" from mile. Anyway great hearing about those rare Japanese Late war fighters
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  188. My Dad was one of those lives saved. 6 Sep 65 N. Vietnam Capt. J.T. Clark
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  189. I personally witness 4 ejections at close range with Martin Baker ejection seats, all from AV8-A Harriers while in the Marine Corps in the 70s. They had what we called zero a zero seats. That is you supposedly could eject safely on the ground with zero airspeed, ie while sitting or in a Hoover. One day I saw this happen, while working on a generator on top of a Harrier at the end of the line closest to the runway, at Cherry point, North Carolina while assigned to squadron VMA 513, the Flying Nightmares. While on very short final, landing, at approximately 75 feet and only about 200 feet from me the pilot ejected. It was very dramatic. The plane, luckily veered away from me and crashed in a huge ball of orange flames, I could feel the heat. The pilot got about two swings in the chute coming down and landed, completely standing up. Yep, he didn't even go to his knees, he simply walked away.
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  190. My Father-in-Law was a flight engineer on these and the AC-130 during Vietnam supporting MAC-V SOG in Laos and Cambodia. He later adopted several Cambodian kids in the 90’s (one of them is my wife) as penance for his involvement in the “shadow war”. Another not well known Vietnam era gunship that would make a good video would be the Fairchild AU-23 Peacemaker.
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  191. This channel keeps getting better and better
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  192. Surely Fridge Raider?
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  193. Top bloke by the sounds of it, whoever the driver is
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  194. You have refined the forgotten aircraft space into a formidable niche for which you excel. Well done as always.
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  195. 4:38 "Locally known as Panzers" Wehraboos everywhere: Happy noises
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  196. TL;DW? “If you thought a goblin shark was ugly
 imagine it with wings”
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  197. If the P-51 Mustang ate more and then worked out, this is what would result (Minus the engine sourcing issues)
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  198. Lol, the most famous auto-gyro in Australia is the one used in Mad Max 2.
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  199. The fact that CAC got so many A/C into production in that short time span is remarkable.
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  200. So let get this right, when Blackburn got a serious customer who knew what they wanted. And the engineers started working on the aircraft on a day other than Monday, when they were hung over they could design aesthetically pleasing aircraft. Ed, thanks for bringing clarity to this question.👍
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  201. Ed, you have really become a part of my "most favorite" entertainment routine.
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  202. You say the F-35 is DEFINITELY the superior aircraft but it's not. It's slow, has terrible manoeuvrability, the worst thrust-weight ratio and worst wing loading of ANY current fighter jet. It relies heavily on its stealth which may or may not remain viable and the idea that it will score a hit with EVERY missile launched. This reminds me of all the American Phantom pilots who died in Vietnam because of that same wrong assumption. The F-35 is a turkey and the fact that so many countries chose it is more of a testament to the corruption of their governments and the power of American diplomatic arm-twisting. I am Canadian and the Gripen-E is easily the best choice for our RCAF.
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  203. I really want to thank Ed Nash for making another kickass video from our very obscure aviation history. This account os only one of many that several Super Mystere pilots had in the 80's. Like Ed said, you need to take this information lightly since the FAH never had the habit of properly documenting incursions into Nicaragua. This information comes first hand from my father but again I understand that several sources have somewhat different information. I do believe everything my father told me and I have more sources withing the retired FAH veterans that have verified this info. Unfortunately USA won't ever acknoledge this fully but the were there and the Contras were in Honduras by their orders. Again I hope you enjoy this story, obviously I did since this is something my father lived through and again Ed thank you very much for shedding light on our military aviation history.
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  204. Lol Ed you say there’s nothing you can say, but then you go on to verbalize, to your audience, what many would like to hear. Especially your reminders and pleas to reach out to those who might be struggling. The ordinance and equipment is ancillary to the human story. Thank you Ed.
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  205. Yet Curtis Wright is still around today, but you can't say that for a lot of its rivals
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  206. Hey Ed, You're Definitely The King Of The "What Ifs" & The "Never Heard Ofs!" I Subscribe & Love Your Stuff.
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  207. The Finns were quite underrated in the air combat department. Ilmari Juutilainen is prolly one of my favourite fighter aces during the conflicts, him and loads of other Finnish aces were just cool
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  208. One of the many reasons I love Ed Nash's videos, the pictures match what Ed talks about. On the rare occasion that he doesn't have a picture to match the subject, he uses one that is similar but lets you know it is not quite right, see 11:04 . Far too many YouTubers could not care less whether the video matches, as long as it gets views. My hat is off to you Mr. Nash. Once upon a time I thought I knew about aircraft, but I have learned so much from your channel! Próst from Atlanta!
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  209. In all fairness the Sky Raider was Douglas's second attempt to meet the Navy requirement. The Sky Pirate was an abject failure and Douglas talked the Navy into letting them use the money left from the development contract to design a new plane rather than try to fix the Sky Pirate.
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  210. Another good Video Ed. In WW2, the German Blohm & Voss company cooked up a design with a similar nacelle in front of the engine - the Blohm & Voss P192. The old RFC Mess song, sung to the tune of "My bonny lies over the ocean" could have been written with the Spad SA in mind... Take the cylinder out of my kidney The connecting rod out of my brain, -my brain. From the small of my back take the camshaft And assemble the engine again!
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  211. Aircraft design and development had reached a historical fulcrum point, and the accidents rates show it. This was a beautifully British looking aircraft.
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  212. Basically the equivalent in terms of military aviation of what HMS Dreadnaught was for naval warfare.
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  213. Another gem from your library Ed. Reminds me of the Folland Gnat. Thanks Ed. I wonder how many of those Buchons appeared in the "Battle of Britain" ?
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  214. 'Wildebeast eh? - is this what the Air Ministry call 'suitably Gnu equipment' for 'a brave gnu world?' 'Er, yes Minister.'
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  215. I just read about Eric Winkle Brown and his involvement with the rubber deck. Fantastic to see footage of it👍 Great video again.
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  216. These would be excellent for model kits .
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  217. Do the Lockheed Hudson! It was to Australia what the B-10 was to the NEI. But better. It was the only aircraft the RAAF had at the start of the Pacific war that was able to operate in the face of the enemy. It ended up doing everything from CAS to NAV to supply and even A2A.
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  218. The 51st Highland Division managed to send there 25 pounders back as they were not with the BEF, but fighting alongside the French, The retreated to St Valerie but had sent the guns to Le Harve as they no longer had any ammunition for them. The 51st were captured at St Valerie.
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  219. I'm from Finland where we have national conscription and I do think that the system has unfairly bad reputation. However, in this context conscription seems like the best possible recruitment for the opposition. Thank you for bringing these important news and developments from this part of the world.
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  220. A Burmese viewer here. Apart from the 3 Brotherhood alliance, the Kachin Independence Army(KIA) in the north also got a similar but separated warning from China as well. TNLA revealed it because out of the 3 Brotherhood, they have the closest relation with NUG and the PDFs and they are more determined to march into Central Myanmar. Meanwhile The Arakan Army is focusing more on liberating Rakhine state capital Sittwe in the west and MNDAA is establishing local government and setting up defenses for upcoming junta counteroffensive to retake Lashio named Operation Hsinbyushin. (Named after a Burmese king who defeated the Qing invasion during Sino-Burmese war.)
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  221. Great video. May father was a FAA mechanic during the war that worked on Seafires. He told me about one of the early ones with the counter rotating double propeller, pilots were warned to keep the rudder neutral during take off because there was no pull to one side. One pilot cut them off with "I know what I'm doing", and then proceeded to take off in a series of swerves.
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  222. Imagine waiting three years to troll your enemy
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  223. Ed, you've been making YT vids using your cellphone...and for sound! This is the birth of something excellent. With that kind of determination you deserve every good thing that arrives in your future. Please don't stop. This content is priceless. The beauty of the internet...nothing is lost but you have to put it up first. Good Job, man, Good Job. You're building an archive, bless you.
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  224. Ed you've outdone your self as usual. I'm originally from Cuba and know something on this particular issue and can confirm much of what you're Honduran source said. The Fuersa Aerea Hondureña is well known as a professional group of well trained pilots and maintainers. They do a lot with very little. Thank you Ed and to my Hermanos Hondureños los felicitos.
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  225. A gem of an episode.
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  226. Hi Ed, I have some film footage of the CA15 in flight if you are interested. Perhaps not much existing.
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  227. I'm Belgian, interested in aviation, and I had never heard of those planes, so a big thank you! Very typical belgian story though...
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  228. This was fascinating Ed, like many others, I had no knowledge of these interesting vessels. Once again, you've dug out another diamond! Thank you!
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  229. During my A&E block back in the late 70s I had the dubious pleasure of clerking in several unusual cases and became quite adept at keeping a straight face whilst writing such classics as " I was peeling potatoes in the bath when" . Suffice to say none of the foreign objects I encountered were more dangerous than a toilet brush, which would have little effect on composite armour.
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  230. Nice vids, great to hear about the lesser known aircraft. The CAC Boomerang might be another worthy of a video one day. Cheers!
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  231. Your videos are superb. I love these semi forgotten and obscure aircraft. Thank you.
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  232. The "Stop it, get some help" made me laugh out loud for real :D
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  233. I'm presently surprised by the EU's decision and believe that now they are serious. LOL what next T 72's. Thank you Ed for serving accurate trust worthy information. Bless you!!
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  234. Incredibly ugly! I'm surprised the Fleet Air Arm didn't order some of them... ;-)
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  235. I can’t believe how quick we went from the first flight to Gen 4 jet fighters đŸ€Ż
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  236. Ed that was an excellent and concise review of the so called "soccer war". I remember how both governments stoked the crisis to divert the peoples attention from their ineptness in providing jobs and essential public services. Thank you for sharing.
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  237. 1:37 that edit had me in the stitches
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  238. Holy crap. It served until the 1980s as a prop plane during the Cold War
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  239. I remember seeing this on one of those old HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited) postcard/calender things. I also believe they were in an old war movie (Border) that I saw as a kid. Beautiful plane, love the channel.
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  240. Excellent! Outstanding! Thanks so much for covering this rare type. As a very young volunteer with Australian Aircraft Restoration Group in the 1960s, one of my duties was to clean the Perspex on the "moulded Perspex sighting turret", one of few remaining components from this aircraft. It's still there.
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  241. YouTube need more channels like these
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  242. Thanks Ed for sharing this bit of little known military history about the Korean war! My father was deployed to Inchon, Korea with 1st Marine Engineers of the U.S.M.C. during this time. I appreciate your excellent work!
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  243. "Dropped in a blender, and then crushed". They didn't so much bury the observer as pour him into his grave with a ladle.
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  244. Hopefully I can see the one nearby at the RNZAF Museum restored sooner than later. I've been following the progress for years since I worked there in 2009. The Subritzky family near Auckland also has a Vickers Vincent restored which is VERY similar to the Vildebeest
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  245. I love the F-111. But it's not without irony that it was delivered so incredibly late that Australia had to rent a bunch of F4 Phantom IIs to fill the role until they finally arrived. And when they did it was at 4 times the anticipated per unit price. And even then, it wasn't until the F model that it finally met the performance GD claimed in their initial proposal.
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  246. As an American military history buff, I would have loved to sit down all alone with your grandpa and a flask of warm Sake, then just listened to his stories from 'the other side' of the war. That would be fascinating to me! BTW, I spent quite a bit of time in Japan and actually do have an affinity for warm Sake.
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  247. Hey Ed couple of things. You've undersold Slovakia's transfers and sales, missing both the transfer of T72 and the sale of ZUZANA 2. Lots of ammunition too both heavy and light. Keep seeing Slovak transfers missed off lists Also Slovenia (not Slovakia I'll just stress that so no one thinks I'm making that classic mistake) is the likely source of the F2000.
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  248. Excellent! There was difference in armament of A and C version. Version A used 20mm ShVAK gun and C used MG-151 gun. Also I find strange that A used German reflex sights, REVIC - 12D and REVI - 16B (depending on availability) while C used reflex sight from de Havilland Mosquito. Information source for this is Serbian military forum and people discussing things there are related to industry and designs so I think it could be trusted. Ikarus IK-2 and IK-3 would be interesting videos as well Hawker Hurricane with Daimler Benz DB 601, which also was Yugoslav design born from desperation.
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  249. Ed, the Canberras are still at the Davis Monthan AFB boneyard. About 12 years ago, NASA went there and pulled 63-13295 out of mothballs and resurrected her to active flight status, joining two of her sisters. They are all designated as WB-57's now. All three conduct weather experiments for NASA, flying through hurricanes and typhoons and taking measurements.
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  250. Ahm, wow. IÂŽve extensively researched about the War in Vietnam over the past 3 1/2 decades and especially the air war and COIN aircraft. IÂŽve never ever stumbled about this particular aircraft or even itÂŽs designation. Thank you for doing this, Ed.
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  251. In 1974 I was a firefighter loading air tankers with fire retardant in Fresno California which included a Super Privateer along with B17s, F7Fs, PBY Catalinas and S2s. I appreciate knowing more about the PB4Y-2.
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  252. Looks like a p38 after too many roast dinners
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  253. 9 out of 10 people who insert artillery shells up their butt suffer from explosive diarrhea...
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  254. I'm too old, fat and unfit to even think about going over there and taking up arms on behalf of the Ukrainian people, and my bank account is usually one more transaction from hitting the red, but there is one tiny thing I can do. My hobby is building scale plastic model aircraft. I am now selling all my Zvezda model kits, a Russian company, and using that money to but kits from ICM, a Ukrainian company. It's not much, but if my purchasing ICM kits helps put money into the Ukraine economy I'm happy to do it.
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  255. Bring back the Osorio
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  256. New Zealand has a similar population as Ireland and our aging fighter jets were retired back in the early 2000's and never replaced. The previous government who were voted out ordered F 16's as a replacement but the newly elected government canceled that order. Our fighter pilots were world class and were gladly snapped up by the Australians, Brits and Americans. The debate still rages on to this day of reinstating our air combat wing, cost and which aircraft to replace. Our neighbors Australia are retiring their F 18's and spending billions on new F 35's.
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  257. Ed, I’ve been an avid aviation nerd for 40+ years, especially interested in piston engines aircraft and I always thought I knew quite a bit. However I always look forward to your videos as you almost always teach me something I either didn’t know, or give an angle I hadn’t considered. Your work is well researched, your supporting images not something that are often seen but I especially like presentation style: it’s like chatting with your best, well informed, funny mate. Keep it up please.
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  258. I met a Naval aviator who flew the Mauler. He was surprised I knew what the airplane was and shared many stories. He said it was a maintenance headache. He also flew the Fury, the Skyray (his favorite airplane), and the Demon (said it was underpowered for a jet fighter).
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  259. Ed, as air crew on the TBM-3E Avenger "Doris Mae" CAF Capital Wing, thanks so much for researching this. What if the Avenger was not the backbone of the Marine/Navy Torpedo/bomber fleet? Who knows? As our Maintenance Officer says, "She's fat and slow, but we love her so." The TBM's line's are not beautiful, unless you love her, but she: delivered iron on target, handles like a dream, hauled the mail, flew eight hour missions, and oh yeh could land on Jeep carriers. Impressive piece of metal that she is.
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  260. Messerschmitt: Hey, I'm designing successful aircraft again! German Government: Great, for whom? Messerschmitt: The enemies of Israel. Government: sighs Willie, we talked about this...
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  261. I thought I kept myself up to date, since obscure little south American little wars is a special interest for me. Never heard of this one. Thanks!
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  262. I actually got to know a Whirlwind pilot when I was a boy and when he was an older man. Iain Dunlop flew with 263 Sqn, starting on Hurricanes, then the Whirlwind, then Tempests and Typhoons. Think he might have flown the Spitfire also and I am not sure now if he was in 263 the whole time. After the war he became an airline pilot and ended up flying Boeing 747s for Aer Lingus (being one of the first Aer Lingus pilots to do so) and settled in Ireland - he sang in my Dad's choir when I was a kid and that was how I met him. My Dad told me he was in the RAF and when I met him I bombarded the poor man with questions. He seemed reluctant at first as I think he did not like to tell war stories. But when he realised I knew what a Whirlwind was and how the Peregrine let it down he was amazed and opened right up about the planes. He said the Whirlwind packed a hell of a punch with the nose armament but that the engines were not reliable at all and the pilots felt insecure in them in case they got into trouble over enemy territory. He also said that the hydraulics were a problem. He said that he never worried about dogfighting as the Whirlwinds usually had good escorts with them. He was a lovely man and I was sorry to hear he passed away in 2003.
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  263. I heard you assist Gun Jesus. I subbed, St. Edward.
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  264. Thanks for finding these long forgotten chapters in history, Ed. I can't believe I've never hear of this.
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  265. As a Burmese currently living in the country, here is my opinion When the news started spreading, everyone else is exciting but me on the other hand felt something isn't right. If the internal coup successfully happened, we would see some information blackout like cutting off the internet and phone lines but it didn't happened that night. I even predicted it would end up like Prigozhin's attempt coup. "Nothing ever happens" That said , it is funny that people from resistance prefer Min Aung Hlaing to stay on power until the very end over other generals taking over since he is the most incompetent military leader in Burma history. Just like Napoleon said, never interrupt your enemy while he's making a mistake. On the opposite side, pro military people wants Vice-Senior General Soe Win to be the leader and we're kinda worry about him since unlike MAH, he seems competent and dangerously quiet.
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  266. You know Ed' that if you start the Messerschmitt road, you need to step by on Me 209 stop.
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  267. Ed once more you got me. I knew nothing about this particular aircraft. It is nice to see the Baltic states desire to free and independent of the đŸ». Thank you!!
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  268. If you look at the size of the prototype mock up wings and the flying version, you will notice them to be shorter on the production model. This was due to the fact the plane would enter an oscillating momentum between engine/structure of the plane that would destroy it. Story goes that they asked a professor at the Zurich polytechnikum how to cure and he told them to remove 1m of each wing to cure the problem. It worked.
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  269. "Vietnam Hoooo" Ed you got me with that one.;-)
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  270. The image of the group of people holding the banner is in New York ffsđŸ€Ł you’d miss the old Fouga Magisters😱 good video mate. The dream would be the Eurofighter, but as you said way out of our budget
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  271. The new rifle looks like an ACR
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  272. Great video Ed, As a little follow up to the Peruvian NA-50. Having a Peruvian partner, I lived in and visited Lima many times. Las Palmas has a small Museum, can confirm the plane is still there, as of a August this year. Don't think it's flying but looks in restored condition, although it was outside in the forecourt. (given Lima has almost no rain and is very dry, probably not problem). I should have taken a photo!! But I really didn't know anything about it. My partner's nephew is in the air force, which is why we were there, I'll get him to send some pics.
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  273. Top notch history right there! Thanks for taking part in this collab! :D
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  274. My dad's book, Soviet Air Force Fighters PT.1, by William Green and Gordon Swanborough, has a picture of the IS-4 in it. It was supposed to use a Klimov M-120 inline engine, but that engine was not prototyped; a Mikulin AM-37 was substituted, and in the summer of 1941 it DID fly. But neither the test results nor the aircraft's fate is known, thanks to the upheaval of the German invasion.
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  275. Thank you, Ed, for covering our war. Your analysis is spot on. You are absolutely correct that Kherson offensive was needed to draw in russian reserves. I was considering it even before the southern offensive begun. You see, the successful attack requires superior numbers,firepower and an element of surprise. Ukraine was announcing the southern offensive for months, even president was talking about it and he never talked about any military orders before. I mean when he said something along the lines of: "The military was ordered to liberate the South", I raised an eyebrow. To me that was suspicious and I thought it was either gross incompetence or part of some sort of plan to bamboozle russians in order to attack somewhere else. Turns out it was the latter. Russians were preparing, and expecting the attack in the South. Once counteroffensive there begun, they threw their reserves in. But when it comes to North, nobody was even considering the possibility of attack there, much less announcing anything. There was literally no info about it prior to first liberated towns. Which is the correct way to do an offence.
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  276. Awesome video! A little correction on the armaments: For the Dutch the 2 x 7.9mm FN and 2 x 13.2mm FN was chosen. These can also been seen present on the Mockup of the D.23. But Fokker also looked at the export market, so other weaponry was also proposed. On a blueprint with French Hispano-Suiza engines, we can see an armament of one 20mm Hispano 404 firing through the nose, and four 7.9? Maybe 7.5mm machineguns in the wings (Two MG's per wing)
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  277. 0:14 Never trust anything in the Daily Mail
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  278. Morgan and Smith were indeed flying for the RN that day in '82, and the aircraft were RN Sea Harrier FRS1s. The FA2 SHAR was a later developement. The Phantom had been on QRA, hence the full load of live Winders and Sparrows, and there was a chain of errors that ended up with the crew not realising they could fire a live shot. Sadly, the Incident Report was quickly withdrawn and the event omitted from subsequent flight safety publications, despite the obvious human factors lessons that would have been far more use if they'd been widely disseminated. The US C-130: the 'pilot's' (drunken) piloting skills are reflected in his being 90 degrees off course for home when the aircraft crashed near Alderney. As an ex-RAF Herc guy I remember the discussion on this and the received opinion was that he just lost control. A claim that it was shot down was dismissed by the Lightnings' armourer who confirmed they both returned with both missiles. A subsequent claim that the fatal missile was fired from a Hunter is even less likely as the Hunter didn't carry missiles. Shows deterrence works! Nice episode.
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  279. The "Ki" prefix to Japanese Army aircraft designation is a syllable, not two discrete letters. It should be pronounced "Kee". It's the first syllable of the Japanese word for "airframe" which is "Kitai".
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  280. And at the end the TAC received THREE (!) aircrafts for these various roles: A7 Corsair II, light/medium attack A10 Thunderbolt II for AT/CAS F111 for long range attack. Pratically the antitesys of McNamara's ideas!
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  281. Thanks for an enjoyable video about a deservedly obscure aircraft. Note that this is not the only example of use of barter payment for military aircraft. In the 1950s, my country Brazil bought Meteor fighters from the UK and paid in cotton. I'm sure other examples can be found. Keep up the good work.
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  282. Hey Ed Nash - I love how when I'm watching your videos and a big ol' question pops up in my head, it's almost always the answered in the very next thing you say. Good job man!
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  283. Love the channel Ed, and have been enjoying it for ages. Have you ever heard of the Australian aircraft that were used in Vietnam, which used chemical sensors to track the north Vietnamese armies by sniffing out the camp toilets? It's a very interesting story, and I'd love to see your take on it
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  284. Thank you Ed for this interesting update. And though I agree that the Indonesian Navy needs upgrading. I think this deal is bad for them. 1) I do not see the big advance in capabilities between the FREMM ships and the Sigma-based, Martadinata-class. The only one I can see is the 15-30 VLS with Aster AA missiles (which both the Italian and French versions have - so I assume the Indonesian version will also). Other then the VLS tubes and maybe sensors - I see no other, major advantage. In anti-submarine, anti-ship, aircraft deployed (assuming they go with a one hangar version), main and secondary guns, speed and range (more or less)...the two ships are broadly similar. And with the modular nature of the Sigma-ships? I doubt that the Aster VLS tubes could not have been integrated into new Martadinata's. The Brits bought them for their Type 45's. So obviously Eurosam (the French/Italian manufacturer of the Aster) will install the weapons in ships the French/Italians did not build. 2) It is almost certain that all six ships (and the refurbishing of the two old ones) will be built entirely in Italy. Whereas the Martadinata's were going to largely be built in Indonesia. Thus, many Indonesian jobs will be lost. 3) these FREMM frigates appear to cost at least twice as much as the Martadinata's. And I do not see a military superiority to justify the massive increase in cost. 4) and finally, what the bloody heck are they doing buying two, OLD, Maestrale-class frigates? As you probably know better than I - refurbishing military equipment invariably ends up costing HUGE amounts of money. And these things ware already 40 years old. How could two, brand new Martadinata's - build largely in Indonesia? Possibly be worse than 2, refurbished 40+ year old frigates - with all the work to be done in Italy? I smell corruption here...i.e. 'kickbacks'. Because this deal - unless I am missing something (and I very well could be) - seems like a bad one for Indonesia over the previous deal they had for 4 more Sigma-based, Martadinata's.
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  285. Last time a chap was this early, Belgium was still insisting on its neutrality.
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  286. I wonder if any German pilots learned to start every dogfight with a big friendly wave to the observer.
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  287. Congrats Ed! One of my best friends is a Karen refugee, from Eastern Myanmar. He was briefly involved with the Karen insurgents, but was forced to flee to Thailand in late 2003, then lived for 3 years in a refugee camp only a couple of miles from the border. But that didn't stop the Tatmadaw from occasionally just lobbing some mortars across the border at the camp. Luckily he came to Australia in 2007, made a great life for himself and his family here, but I know, he just wants to go home. that's all he wants.
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  288. Never heard of it before watching your video. Thank you! Dassault => Pronounce "dasso". Usualy in french the last consonnant is mute, but wiht proper nouns it can be tricky.
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  289. Great video - my dad was involved in their introduction to squadron service, and in some ways my favourite V-Bomber. Just one point - the Healey government ? You mean the Wilson government, of which Denis Healey was minister of Defence 😉
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  290. Informative, eye opening, long overdue and well Spoken points. And from a Brit.
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  291. the PERFECT April fool's joke. i give the movie a 5 out of 10 and this video a 7. rent the movie if you can find it on your favorite streaming service.
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  292. Hi Ed. Yes indeed . I could never understand why the Air Ministry seemed to ignore these very advanced and l believe very cost effective aircraft. Val Martin's death was completely unnecessary but this tragedy gave Mr.Baker the incentive to carry on with life saving work. And the MB5 ....what an aircraft ! Look forward to that !
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  293. This channel talks about so many good topics regarding military affairs, it needs the proper reconnaissance for all its videos. I will admit I am one of those who were sucked in by the Forgotten Aircraft series, and it is still my favorite, but I really like the current events coverage as well. It helps understand a lot of issues we rarely hear about. Keep up the great work, we'll keep watching!
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  294. All the best with this one Ed. You're our main source of real Burmese news on yt.
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  295.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Also the Cu Chi tunnels is an awesome experience, especially trying to crawl through some of the tunnels.
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  296. You know if you ever get tired of bringing failed plane designs you could do worse than a video on the Hawker Hart family. A hugely important and successful 1920's design. I'd like to know more about it I am sure there's lots to talk about considering how many nations used at least 1 plane from that family.
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  297. Ecuador totally won that war in the battlefield but lost it in the negotiations.
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  298. ItÂŽs so deeply sad that everybody abandoned the Burmese people, even the human rights activists. The only thing known about Burma in my country is the fact, that the current prime minister made some millions of dollars with a NGO established for "helping Burmese women", which never was in Burma and did nothing useful. Otherwise nobody even knows that this land is in a state of total war. And the world will continue "not caring".
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  299. Bloody hell just finished Matt's video and you pop up - will I never get to eat my dinner?
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  300. I really thought I knew about old military aircraft before I found your channel.
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  301. The Best Video I've Ever Seen About This Aircraft. This Presentation Is Right Up There With Mark Felton. I Hope You Take That As The Compliment It Is Intended To Be. Thank You.
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  302. Douglas' secret was designing planes they thought the military would need without waiting for a request. Hence Skyraider and F-4 Phantom. They made a few lemons too.
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  303. I remember this while on active duty and this is very well known in the Marines..and deeply admired
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  304. Ed's meme deployment is always on point.
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  305. Darn you for telling accurate history!
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  306. Ed Nash, thank you for this wonderful presentation! I was a crew chief in Vietnam on YO-3A 69-18007. I am one of the historians and the webmaster for our YO-3A platoon. Hopefully, this presentation will light a fire under the Vietnam Helicopters Museum in Concord, California, which owns the NASA YO-3A that needs a periodic inspection to fly again. The YO-3A needs to be demonstrated to the public. Once they don't hear it, they will be confounded. Our group, the Quiet Aircraft Association, attempted to draw DoDs attention to this back in 2004. We are convinced that this "low-cost" technology could have been great in the Iraq War to help locate IEDs that were injuring so many of our soldiers. When the enemy has no radar in the area this airplane operates, he doesn't have a chance.
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  307. Looks like the plans for at least three different aircraft which got mixed up.
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  308. 0:34 The Arrow bro just call it the Arrow Also fascinating video as always. Yeah you don't hear much about Japan close to the end of the war, but from what little I do know, they were going to really suprise us if we had tried an invasion of the home islands.
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  309. Out of tragedy came triumph. I'm in the aerospace/defense business and had the pleasure of sitting in the seat of a fighter with a Martin-Baker seat. Thanks Mr. N.
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  310. The Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force was used primarily in support of Tito’s forces so they didn’t fight against their own countrymen. Ground looping was considered a greater threat than mentioned here as it resulted in crew deaths. Buscaglia who was the top Italian SM 79 torpedo ace was shot down by a Spitfire and declared dead by Italian forces at the time. He actually survived and was hospitalized. The Fascist Italian air arm ARN named a squadron after him, but he showed up in command of Martin Baltimores of the Co-Belligerent Air Force. He sadly died from a ground looping accident in a Baltimore. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Emanuele_Buscaglia
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  311. Happy April 1st everyone, nice one Ed!
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  312. A factual comment: Avia was not "inherited" by the Czechoslovakia at the moment of its foundation in 1918. The factory was set up in 1919 by the private capital to take advantage of expected government demand for new military and civilian airplanes. There was no aviation industry on the territory of new republic before 1918. Another aircraft manufacturer (Aero of postwar L-39 fame) was founded at the same time and both companies competed for government and civilian contracts in the 1920s and 1930s. Btw, Avia(as Aero) still exists till this day. It ceased to produce aircraft in 1950s(last aircraft built was licensed Ilyushin Il-14). It produced vans and today it produces engines for trucks.
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  313. Synchronizing Browning type machineguns to shoot through contrarotating propellers? Hardly worth the try.
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  314. Excellent video, thank you. Just a minor correction about the Israeli Super Mysteres - they were not upgraded for Honduras, the Super Mysteres with the American engines were an upgrade for the Israeli airforce and served in the IAF under the nickname “Sa’ar” (stormy weather in hebrew). Unofficially they were called “Bleiberg” after the recipient of the first heart transplant (due to the engine transplant). These planes participated in the Yom-Kipur war and performed well. The Sa’ar was an achievement of the Israel aerospace industry (IAI) and led to the Nesher/Kfir/Lavi projects.
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  315. Ed this was a fantastic report. It was fast paced and very detailed. It kept my attention focused on it. Excellent work my friend, thank you.
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  316. 0:23 I snickered, and the presenter immediately shut me down. :P
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  317. I like the "funny" and "dramatic" narration. I await the full length movie.
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  318. Interesting that it was a Maryland which first reported the deparcher of the Bismarck. When the British Royal Navy lost contact with her later it was a Catalina which found her again. This time the American connection was even closer as the man who spotted the Bismarck, the pilot of the Catalina, was an American. As America was still technically neutral at this time this was not mentioned until much later.
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  319. Thank you for making this video. I have always liked the Gloster F5/34 since I first learned of it, but I think you are right about its limited potential. If Gloster had designed it INSTEAD of the Gladiator, they would have really had something, but the timing simply was not right for that. And the Gladiator was pretty much exactly what the RAF had asked for in the F7/30 fighter competition, which it won: a 250 mph fighter armed with four 303s and possessing a good rate of climb. It is not Gloster's fault that the RAF took FIVE YEARS to select a winner for that competition, guaranteeing that the winner would be obsolescent by the time it entered service.
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  320. For the past several years, i personally have been working on 2 of these aircraft. The Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum acquired 2 Mauler airframes at the turn of the 21st century, and they've been working to combine the 2 into 1 displayable airframe. Images online don't do the sheer size of these justice. this aircraft is absolutely huge. Thanks for the video. it means a lot to me.
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  321. The XP-50 did not succeed but in the looks department it was slick and gorgeous. it reminds me of a 66 Jaguar E-Type, beautiful from stem to stern. Thank you Ed.
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  322. Thanks Ed! I am glad this got moved up the list. Proud to support you and your quality work on Patreon!
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  323. The Gripen is the leader for the Canadian Fighter Jet Contract by a country mile. How could we possibly buy the F-35 that costs $44000. per flight hour against the Gripen E that is considerably faster and can out fly the F-35. The Gripen has STOL capabilitiesand $4000. per flight hour cost , hich is a $40000. extra per hour against the F-35 and a $14000. gap against the F-18 which is also slower than the Gripen. No contest, meet the Gripen E Canada's new fighter. Oh ya, the Gripen is also the fastest turning of all the competitors.
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  324. Wow! That's remarkable footage of the dogfight. Spot on vid as usual Ed; thank you.
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  325. Great video, but you've got some errors here (3:36) regarding the operation of the MkIV AI set. It was ground control radar (not the AI set) that got the aircraft to within 3 miles or so of the target, and from that point the radar operator would try and pick up the target on his AI set and guide the pilot to a visual identification (i.e. to within a few hundred yards). The last part was tricky with early sets, and they didn't work at lower altitudes because of ground returns, however this got better with later marks.
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  326. The company that makes them AeroVironment (AVAV on the NASDAQ) is up 7.5 percent this morning. Did you get in on the action before posting this video Ed? I know I would have.
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  327. I note some comments about the name. A Woomera is a stick used to throw a spear more forcefully. A shaped stick used to propel other projectiles. It is a word in one Aboriginal language group. Nice name for an attack aircraft. For a bit of extra spice Canberra is also a native word in the tribe local to the area where the Australian capital was built. It is generally believed that Canberra in the local language means meeting point between two hills. There is some debate though that it could also or perhaps only mean the valley between two breasts or indeed just breast. This means our capital in Australia could be called tits. Language is a wonderful thing and Aboriginal language is incredibly rich and varied.
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  328. You really deserve more subs, always turning out fascinating and well researched videos.
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  329. Always been quite fond of this one, and can we just appreciate what a beautiful, clear photo at 8:27 is? Those reflections are stunning
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  330. Remember to tie boot laces of boots together. They get lost very easily
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  331. Hey Ed, I can tell you Racer 57 still flying! The Waltons (owners of Wal-Mart) currently own her and she resides down to the airfield in Bentonville Arkansas, I used to work less than a mile from there. Caught it flying several times. I don't know if they raced her last year but im going to the Reno air races this year in September so hopefully I'll get to see her racing there!
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  332. Another Jewel! The balance of info & humor are perfect. Many thanx Ed. 👍👍
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  333. Renard was still active after WW2. He is a brilliant ingenieure: belgian mind. Thanks for this memorial
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  334. Thank you Ed, these is the time to stop the Bear's war of conquest. Thank you for the link's. Long live Ukraine đŸ‡ș🇩đŸ‡ș🇩
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  335. FOR THE GLORY OF THE COUSIN LAND! GLORY TO ELBONIA!!! Also congratulations on the sub milestone. 😊
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  336. Congratulations on being Halfway 
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  337. SCAR-L+HK416Ă·2=Type20
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  338. They knew where she was the entire time. They just never sent anything down to look at her. Also many ships survive nukes. That’s why they decided it was inefficient to use nukes on surface ships.
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  339. Actually one of my favourite spits. I remember reading as a kid pilots saying it was the best to fly! Thanks for this 👍
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  340. 'Pretty nice looking bird' - I noticed that - only because I've been in quarantine since Nov...
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  341. I don't know how you do it, Ed. Consistently quality content, consistently released, and all with a bit of humor now and then. Thanks, sir!
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  342. I'm not sure what made my laugh more your narration or the comments section. It's good to see so many people with a great sense of humour in these torrid times.
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  343. Ed keeps delivering. Also check out the book "Desert Sniper". Sitting on my bookshelf with pages bent from reading. Certainly a recommendation.
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  344. This video is a perfect example of why I watch your channel. You cover the less flashy stuff most don't care about if they know of it at all, but that is still worth discussing.
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  345. When I was a kid I got to ask a Blue Angel the best part of being a Blue Angel and he said for him it was the chance to fly the F11 again. He said it was the sweetest thing he had ever flown and had passed through it earlier in his career and missed it ever since. Then he said the Navy answer was more along the chance to do PR for the Navy, but (with a wink and a thumb-up) really F11. So of course my next model purchase was a F11 in BA colors.
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  346. Beardmore: when you're 12-greats grandfather had the biggest beard in the village...
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  347. Thanks. The Privateer was one tough, lumpy beast; it made Liberators look sleek. I was always fascinated by those waist turrets. Inside the fairing, they were self-contained ball units, with the gunners riding inside. I can only imagine the ride during an engagement, with the plane yanking and banking while the gunner was trying to track the target--Airsick City!!
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  348. 10k from 100k Ed I can remember where you had 3-4k subs so glad your channel has grown onwards and upwards
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  349. As one of the Myanmar , i can say this video is very detail and informative to those who don't know what's happening inside Myanmar revolution. Those who work and find money are passively involving in the revolution while some of our friends, family members those who can go to remote areas fight with tatmadaw head to head. The war is depressing but we will win no matter what. Those who lives in the city like me donate money to those who find in front lines.
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  350. The reason the plane was test flown in Evansville, Indiana instead of Farmingdale, NY is because the former Republic aviation plant currently at Highway 41 and St. George housing a plastics warehouse and Sugar Steel warehouse is a short drive from the former Chrysler plant on Maxwell Ave. And Garvin currently housing a warehouse for Escalade Sports. My Grandmother worked at republic in 1944-45. I drive past the plant everyday on my way to work, but when I was growing up it was the big blue Whirlpool building. If you want a fun story in war production look up everything made in Evansville between 1943 and 1952. Everything from .45acp to LST's, to P-47's, to IHC M1 Garands were built here. Btw, most people get it wrong that IHC Garands were made at the old Republic plant. They were assembled at the IHC plant across town where my grandpa worked after the war. Behind the Republic plant there's still berms where they test fired the browning mg guns on the P-47's and other planes they refit and repaired behind the plant. On the Vanderburgh County 4h fair grounds up highway 41 at Boonville-Newharmony Rd. There's still 1 or 2 I think still of what used to be many many when I was a kid ammunition bunkers spaced out on the back 40 where 40mm AA ammo and 75mm tank ammo was stored after being manufactured during the war.
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  351. With that range, could have been a bomber escort? What might have been. Again, interesting vid. Thanks for posting.
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  352. Thanks Ed. I had no idea of this ....everyday's a school day !
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  353. Once again thank u Ed for keeping us updated with myanmar when mainstream media has failed to do so
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  354. Did you say Assadist or A Sadist, Ed?
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  355. In 1928 BMW acquired a manufacturing licence for the Pratt & Whitney Hornet and Wasp 9 cylinder single-row radial engines then produced a developed version of the Hornet as the BMW 132 9 cylinder single-row radial. BMW then used components of the BMW132 to produce the BMW 139 14 cylinder 2-row radial used in the early Focke Wulf 190 and intended for the Bf 109X/V21. This process of evelopment based on existing engines mirrored Prat & Whitney;s process of developing the Double-Hornet and Double-Wasp engines. The German RLM did attempt to purchase a licence for the Pratt& Whitney Twin-Wasp in the early 1930's but before Government fundingmapproval was received the U.S. classified it as a "strategic assett" and not for sale. Given the family simililarity between the P&W Twin Wasp and the BMW 139 it was logical to use a Twin Wasp as these had been in production since 1932 versus the 139 which commenced development to prototype in 1935. Given the interest in obtaining a manufacturing licence for the Twin Wasp I would wonder if P&W hadn't already provided samples before the sale was halted. There may be some similarity here between the way the German RLM acquired 4 Rolls Royce Kestrel engines by trading a Heinkel He70 Blitz to Rolls Royce as an engine test bed. The Kestrels then turned up in the prototypes for the Bf 109, Ju 87, He 112, and Hs 122 rather to the surprise of the British who thought they would only be used in the He 70
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  356. Very glad to have found this channel.
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  357. You'd think the USN would then learn a thing or 2 about building a modern anti-shipping missile. I've heard the arguments in favor of a subsonic one but its definitely a gap in the arsenal. The Harpoon is getting up there in age.
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  358. Good video, just pointing out some of your concerns regarding adaptability. Gripen has the most advance avionics of any of the contested including the F-35. It is self certified and can allow both hardware and software upgrades independently. Adaptability for Gripen is way more potential than any airplane flying today. So regarding adapting to future threats, Gripen is the easy choice. Also the avionics allow a transfer to Canada to own the features and upgrades, you will not get this capacity from any other than SAAB.
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  359. A great video on an aircraft that essentially took 'acoustic stealth' to an extreme level and provided great advantage. Vids like this one are why I subscribe. Cracking stuff.
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  360. Just like Glasgow, every time they play their little games up North they come a cropper.
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  361. The G in Reggiane and Regia is soft, closer to a J. like the G in in "agitated" or "ginger". The hard G in Italian is followed by an H, same as the C and CH. Examples of an hard G and hard C in English that use the same spelling would be words like gherkin and orchestra.
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  362. Great video, thank you. Sorry to be a pedant, but McMahon is pronounced McMarn
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  363. Ah, the Fart Bomb......brings a hole new meaning to ‘Sniffing out the Enemy’. When you do locate them, just throw a match in their general direction and KABOOM đŸ’„!!.......be like a Daisy Cutter 🙂
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  364. Pretty damn good video, Ed. The Yak-41 was an amazing story for It’s time. I wasn’t surprised at all when I heard about the purchase Lockheed made for the technical and testing data. If I recall correctly, they were very interested in the technology surrounding the engine, for good reason.
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  365. It looked like a thoroughbred fighter! What a beautiful and apparently sound project! After many long years of passion for aircraft i'd never heard about it: thank you Ed!
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  366. Congratulations, Edd! Your videos are brilliant 👏
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  367. The Piper was marginal in its handling according to one its pilots I talked to. Yes it could get airborne and dispense the loads but just barely and Piper was betting they could fix the instabilities once they had a contract and could do the full development needed. Nice idea on paper but the wing was optimized for its original role, not heavy hauling/low altitude close in maneuvering. Every time this bird gets discussed there’s always an omission of the Sky Raider. That was a proven COIN truck, rugged and reliable as an airframe. On paper, a turboprop version would be more viable than the Mustang. Back to point, the Enforcer was a stillborn boondoggle looking for a taxpayer lifeline. Pedigree and romance have nothing to do with bombs/rounds on target and PK.
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  368. I am originally from Bangladesh (neighbouring Myanmar) and I must say , your videos are very well researched. Nobody really bothers to make informative and accurate videos about that part of the world in general. Thank you for making this series.
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  369. The defensive mindset which led to the Roc, Skua and Fulmar reflected the RN's faulty thinking on carrier warfare. They saw the aircraft as assets which needed to be sheltered by the ships instead of the other way around: use the aircraft offensively to protect the fleet from submarine and surface threats as well as air threats. This is why they lost carriers like the Courageous and Glorious early on in the war.
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  370. Another example of fantastic content, created for us by Ed, who somehow always has time to listen.
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  371. Respect to You Ed Thanks for caring enough to raise the profile of this long and bloody conflict
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  372. Thanks for sharing this. Back in the late 50's, my father served in the USMC as a mechanic for these planes (which were still in service with the Marines). I will share this video with him. He has a copy of one of the photos you have used here, sitting on his desk.
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  373. A polite discussion regarding WWII? Now that's optimistic.
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  374. "They were both built by the same american company..." MiG Bureau: "Is this your first time?"
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  375. The B534 has really nice lines for a biplane.
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  376. Mate, these short stories are awesome.
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  377. I do hope Mr. Nash will cover some of the more eccentric Swiss Cold War era jet designs.
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  378. Fascinating stuff, well researched Ed. In some 1940 documents of aircraft designer Neville Shute Norway (better known as the novelist Neville Shute), lodged with the Nuffield College Library in Oxford, are outline plans for a large amphibious flying boat. It was capable of carrying four small parasite "satellite" torpedo bombers. These were futuristic-looking aircraft with pusher engines. Strangely the post-war "Planet Satellite" aircraft that looked like something out of a "Dan Dare" comic, designed by Major John Dundas Heenan was almost identical in shape to Norway's "Satellite" bombers. Strangely Norway's files show his design was meant to be offered up to American manufacturers to build for Britain (this was before lease-lend and Pearl Harbour). Dundas Heenan was one of the British representatives in the USA at the time arranging for the production of armaments for Britain. It has been suggested that Dundas Heenan got his inspiration from Norway's plans, although the "Planet Satellite" was smaller and lower-powered than Norway's original conception.
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  379. You overlooked Motorcycles, several thousand where abandoned, mostly Triumph 3SW's and Norton 16H-WD,s and Big Fours. The loss was so large that civilian models had to be requisitioned to fill the gap until new orders could be fulfilled. Triumphs Coventry factory was destroyed by an air raid on the 14th of November, and they had to fulfil one urgent order from a disused tin church in Warwick till their Shadow factory in Meriden was completed. Alongside Triumph, Norton, Royal Enfield, BSA, Ariel, and Velocette to a lesser degree, continued to restore the numbers to well over 150.000 machines. Motorcycles played a crucial role in communications from Brigade HQ to outlying units in the days before encryption.
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  380. I was able to visit USS Texas, while on a trip to Houston, 8 years ago. It was astonishing. I really cannot imagine it being 1920 and seeing her at her glory and then being a sailor on her, to fight in BOTH, World Wars and many other battles. I'm glad they found this beast, lying in her grave, sunk, but still on our minds. The men back in the those days, had the absolute biggest balls, of any men, ever.
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  381. If a B25 and a B26 had a passionate night together...
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  382. Greetings from Australia, I love your stuff and coverage of more forgotten or obrsqure aircraft or even exhonerating the bad name of some aircraft in the process (such as the Skua). Keep up the good work!
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  383. Two F-4 Phantoms against two F-15 Eagles. A young boys nightmare. Thanks Ed for another great video.
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  384. Ed. I tried to write a reasonable excuse for this spine chilling turn in warfare but erased my utterance as nonesense ! Ed. If your worried l think we all should be !
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  385. Manchester the British He177. Identical problem, coupled engines.
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  386. Love this channel, totally my bag.
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  387. To be honest, the old spit fire would be enough to take care of any Russian aircraft.....even the su35
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  388. Great video as always Ed. Be good to see you topping 100k subs soon
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  389. You forget the WW1 Bristol F2 two seater fighter. An entirely successful (once flown as a scout not a normal twoseater) twoseater in combat against single seater scouts. The rear lewis on a scarf ring was an unpleasant experience for any hun mixing it with a brisfit. The secret was the thumping great 275 hp engine in the nose giving it performance comparable to a single seater with 120-160hp, and a vickers fixed firing forward. Had the Roc and defiant been given 1300hp+ engines and a couple of forward firing guns (maybe even a single 20mm cannon?) they may have been more successful. They certainly would have better reflected the WW1 experience with the Bristol...
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  390. I live in Rochefort! Thank you for making this video! I'll be sure to share it with the naval air museum staff!
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  391. I'll just start with "wait, they did what..."
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  392. Great stuff! Can't wait to hear your pronounciation of the DB 605 engined successor to this plane, the Pyörremyrsky. Only one ever built.
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  393. I also believe that Martin-Baker is STILL a FAMILY-owned business! A rarity nowadays! I know at least 3 pilots who are still here because of Mr Martin's invention!
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  394. Another fantastic video Ed! You've quickly become one of my favorite YouTube channels!
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  395. Thanks for the update Ed, keep 'em coming. I saw a report that many of the Russian conscripts in the forces that started off in Byelorussia had been siphoning off the fuel from their tanks and AFVs to sell to local Byelorussian farmers. That would certainly chime with reports and videos of Russian tanks running out of fuel. Also that many of the tanks and AFVs in the initial invasion force carried nowhere near their full complement of ammunition and quickly ran out, the Russians expected the takeover to be similar to the crushing of the Hungarian and Czechoslovak revolts in the Soviet era.
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  396. Could you possibly give an update on some of the world conflicts which have dropped off radar since the invasion of Ukraine? I can't find good reporting on Myanmar, Tigray or Yemen that is remotely current. I figure you have sources and access to analysis which the average person doesn't, and would appreciate your insight.
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  397. This is an excellent video. I have quite a library on military aircraft and this is barely mentioned. I have only seen three or four pictures of it in total.
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  398. Well the main reason that the Fokker D.XXI was never send to the Dutch Indies, is because the KNIL (royal dutch indies army) did not fully trust the design and went on to buy American Brewster Buffulo's and I believe some earlier model of the P40. This did not pay off ofcourse because the Mitsubishi Zero was a far superior aircraft. Also, there was actually 1 D.XXI sent to the Dutch Indies. That plane was the prototype ''FD-322'' that was built in 1936.
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  399. About "Dragon' and the relationship between Douglas and North American. Douglas was in Santa Monica and NA was about 10 miles south on the south side of current Los Angeles International. Along with Northrup and Vought the aircraft industry in southern California was a very dynamic place with employees moving between the different manufacturers with great fluidity depending on who needed help at the time. It was very possible that the people who built the XB-21 had also worked on the B-18. The way the they referred to the aircraft may have moved with them! I worked in the area in the early 1980's and it was rare that one of the senior 'gray heads' had not worked at at least three of the big makers. It was a very tight community at the start.
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  400. "Cadillac Gage would provide the technology, and China would provide the cheap manufacture." The jokes just write themselves. I'm looking at my bookshelf at the well-worn copy of Tanks of the World by David Miller and this wasnt in there! Astonishing.
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  401. Just wanted to say the improvement in audio quality is both noticed and appreciated Ed. Nice one.
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  402. you answered a question i didnt even know i wanted the answer to.... thanks as always👌👌👌👌
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  403. I am happy that after years of scouring youtube for plane, ships and tank documentaries there are still things that can surprise me. Good job on a fighter i never new existed :)).
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  404. You find so many interesting aircraft, thank you for researching and sharing otherwise barely-known planes.
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  405. As usual, quality work Ed, both interesting and full of detail. As stated by others a collaboration between you and Dracinfel would be fun, and I could understand the both of you, which is definitely a plus. ( I can't tell you how hard it is to understand some narrators on YouTube for me, just terrible audio on some but you do a great job at this and I for one appreciate the hard work you do).
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  406. The XP-46 could be called a victim of 'requirement-creep' Awesome video on this forgotten bird :D
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  407. This was done on a DeHavilland Canada Buffalo in early 70s after preliminary testing on a Lake Buccaneer, with a cushion system developed by Bell Aerospace. https://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Visschedijk/7012.htm. The main problem with it was really high wear and tear on the bottom surface of the cushion, which was more like an air mattress with holes in the bottom and had brushing contact with the surface. Two PT-6 powered ducted fans on pylons on each side of the fuselage provided air to the cushion. I was a mechanic at DHC in Toronto in 1979 and worked on the airplane when the air cushion system was removed and the airplane returned to the Air Force.
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  408. Congrats on 100k !
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  409. Okay. I knew about this one as I used to work at the Blackburn factory, though by then it was Britsh Aerospace, and they had a model of it on display in the reception area. If those hangers behind are at Blackburn's then I worked in one of them.
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  410. Way back in 1968, in ‘Aerospace Science’ class! During Aircraft recognition/capabilities, our instructor asked us which aircraft would you chose? The ‘Red Barons’ Tri-plane or an F-104? Of course everyone went for the F-104! He proceeded to ruin our day. The Tri-plane is doing 90 mph, you’re doing Mach 2. How much time do you have to see the Tri-plane? Once we got turned around ( 2 states later) We would have to slow down below our operating envelope into the Tri-planes operating envelope! 3 and a bit high lift wings against, 2 tiny high speed low lift wings. A story from a Red Flag briefing when the A-10s and F-15s were new. The F-15 got one hit in a non-critical area, before the F-15 could get away the A-10 had turned around and stitched the F-15 from nose to tail! In 1982, everybody was absolutely sure that the Harriers would get blown out of the sky! Lots of egg on faces for that one! In short the one thing faster than a supersonic aircraft is the fuel gauge heading towards “0”! Does get you back to your Subsonic tanker for more fuel!
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  411. Wow....I remember seeing a magazine ad for this thing back in the day....But for the life of me, I can't remember whether it was in Soldier of Fortune or Penthouse.....It was one of those mags that I looked at 9 million times and traded around until the pages fell out, back in the US Army in the '90s
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  412. Always waiting for this channel to rise up! Keep going Ed!!!!
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  413. Great video, Ed - when people start shouting at you to make videos on certain subjects, you know you have arrived on YT. My RAF dad was seconded to the RAAF at Edinburgh in South Australia for two and a half years, between 1965 and 1968. I consider it a privilege to have seen the CAC F-86 Sabre, Bristol Freighter and C-47 still in front line service.
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  414. Love your storytelling Ed. Your context isn't just filler, it's an essential part. Cheers. My 3rd [and final!] copy about that sniper bloke arrived - I gave away 2 to old ⚓mates.
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  415. O.K. I was involved in Burma and the culture is definitely not one of perfectionism. Probably the guards were asleep or paid a bribe. BTW The Viet Cong had highly effective commando raids against the American's air planes in Vietnam.
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  416. love hearing that "they noticed the radar had been taken apart and reasembled" as an engineer myself I can imagine the flight engineers in switzerland not giving a single fuck and dissasembling it. hahaha I feel them
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  417. Proving beyond doubt, a turd can be polished👍
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  418. @Ed Nash's Military Matters: 2:59 STOL stands for Short Take off and Landing, not "Slow". 😉😁 Otherwise yet again a superb presentation! đŸ˜ŽâœŒïž
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  419.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Certainly no need for apologies, your content is epic.
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  420. Japanese version of Navy Seals
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  421. Best analysis of the new Challenger3 I've seen. Top work!
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  422. The D.21 reconstruction in the Netherlands was completed this past summer and has now flown. Magnificent piece of work.
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  423. Alistair Cooke wryly commented on the Eisenhower addition, that it would perhaps have been better to say 'One Nation...Under Canada'
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  424. Fascinating! Didn't know about the Bellamy salute! 😂
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  425. 0:18 Newkular :-). You're far from alone Ed - loads of folk seem to struggle with this one. Try thinking of it as 'new-clear'. Stands back and awaits the accusatory 'grammar police' comments...
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  426. Hi Ed. Another gem. I have the book and the technology required to achieve production was jaw dropping .....and so was the cost ! As much you have to admire Kelly Johnson , you do wonder if the money could have been more wisely used. I 've seen the SR71 at Duxford and it is breath taking . I was also fortunate to chat with a retired pilot ! Thanks Ed.
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  427. Thanks for putting this out, the first time Ive heard of it
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  428. I had the great honor of meeting Frank Borman a few years ago. One story he told that I will never forget is when he was assigned to the 44th Fighter-Bomber Squadron in 1951, commanded by then Maj. Charles McGee. Borman had ruptured an eardrum and been removed from flight status even after the injury had healed. McGee did a couple flights with Borman and then went out of his way to convince the flight surgeon to put him back in the cockpit. Without Charles McGee, I do not think Borman would have become an astronaut.
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  429. Thanks for a great review on our little- known fighter. Also, thanks for your pronouncing RAAF! Dare I mention, if you like the obscure 'what might have been', the magnificent CA4 Woomera? The finest medium bomber of the war that never was?
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  430. Ed . You obviously have your fingers in a number of pies ......you deserve far more recognition than you get ....thankyou .
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  431. "Perhaps I'm being too delicate." No, you're pretty much dead on. Pardon the pun.
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  432. "The cost skyrocketed" nice one!
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  433. This is a fine compliment to Mark Felton's series of videos on the Falklands War.
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  434. You're the only person covering this conflict I've seen anywhere. Great work!
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  435. The RAF carried out a contest between a lightning and spitfire many years ago, the lightning won by diving and climbing, look it up im sure a better description to be had than my memory
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  436. Ed ! I actually knew of this aircraft's existence ! But you definitely fill in the gaps, of which there are many ! Thanks Ed.
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  437. its muffled, slightly dull.
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  438.  @billhanna2148  Aircraft are expensive and Israel is a small country. I still think credit where it's due.
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  439. Looks like a well built designed 556 caliber firearm. The JDF cannot go wrong with an HK Pistol.
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  440. I recently bought and read your account of your time sniping in Syria, Ed. It's a great read, brilliantly written and gripping from start to finish. If I have one criticism, it's that it made me feel totally inadequate and that I've wasted my life! If ever I meet you face to face, I'd like to buy you a beer.
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  441. Properly excited for this one! This has always been one of my favorites. The 'other' WWII US bomber aircraft seem oddly forgotten, even among late piston plane enthusiasts. Keep up the absolutely stellar work sir, it is greatly appreciated.
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  442. 2:06 a wild Othias 👍
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  443. I love that the human side of operations is reflected in these videos, the summing up was very well judged. My father was a mid upper gunner in Lancasters (83 Pathfinder Sqdn) but it was only operation Dodge, the repatriation of 8th Army personnel from Italy to England, that he liked to talk about. As they neared the coast he would invite these men, who had endured years of bloody fighting in the Mediterranean theatre, into his turret one by one for a first sight of home. He never forgot their reaction to this small act of empathy.
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  444. As an ex seaplane/floatplane bush pilot, I watched this and thought, "That's crazy!", then a few minutes later thought, " Wait! I changed my mind! That's brilliant!" Nice job Ed!
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  445. Congrats on the 40k ! I'd personnaly like to see some more insurgent themed stuff like you did for the technicals in Syria. Maybe small arms, drones or some more technicals from other countries or groups ? I always find it extremly interesting to discover what people with very little means can still manage to create to turn their neighbors to mush.
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  446. The Cs-1 engine (where the dual letters denote a single sound similar to the "tch" in the English catch, fetch, match words) full name mean boat-engine, thus helping it to remain secret from the German "allies".
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  447. Congrats on getting to 100,000! Now for 200,000! Merry Christmas!
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  448. 1:40 This is my first thought for an invincible airforce. There has to be a way to get turreted MiG-15.
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  449. Ed, if you're getting into recycled names and forgotten biplanes, perhaps you could do a video on the Curtiss Helldiver (the first one, that is). I've always thought it was an interesting aircraft, coming at a similar time as the SBU Corsair, right before the switch to monoplanes. Of course, I usually think of it under its British name, the Cleveland, so as not to confuse it with the later aircraft.
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  450. This wasn't actually their first indigenous combat type, there was the FMA AeMB.2 that came earlier, and it looks fascinating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMA_AeMB.2
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  451. Thank you 🙏 AGAIN Ed for your excellent work 👍👏👏 đŸ€” Could you please cover the Vietnamese-Chinese conflict in the early 80's ? There's very little detail on that engagement 😎
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  452. When I was providing security for the mine clearance teams in Cambodia, I would paint horizontal green lines of various colours to break up the outline of a the long barrel of my FN rifle. The best cam I used on larger items was taken from WW2 German ambush cam with three basic colours then painting dots on each section of painted surface with the other two colours It made my rover disappear on many occasions. Ever try these patterns?? Hint for a vehicle make sure it has a remote control buzzer at night so you can find it.
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  453. My dad flew air-sea rescue patrols with 280 Squadron, RAF. The squadron re-equipped with Vickers Warwicks in October 1943 but, before this, 280 used Avro Ansons. My dad said it was a helpless feeling, going to war in a plane that couldn't fight and couldn't run away. The Annies were only just capable of doing the job. The inflatable dinghies they carried were so big, the Annies had to fly with their bomb flaps open, because they couldn't close the doors! Even though the Anson was designed as a maritime patrol aircraft, their range was too short for them to patrol the North Sea for very long, so they patrolled closer to the UK shore, while longer-ranged and better-armed aircraft like the Lockheed Hudson patrolled closer to the enemy coast. The much larger and capable Warwicks were a welcome replacement.
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  454. I'm a retired aviation writer and historian. The 1950s have always fascinated me because it was a time of seemingly limitless possibilities in high performance flight. In the US we had all these companies designing and building amazing aircraft. Those companies have now been reduced to two. I see no good coming out of that state of affairs.
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  455. I’ve just been reading about the Kaiser liberty ships and thought “Kaiser! Who?”😂😂😂 Memory of a goldfish! Another fantastic video. Keep em coming👍
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  456. "A wallowing hippo" ..one of the best lines I've ever heard.
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  457. Bloody hell - would you have liked just half that haul yourself Ed when you were doing your thing?
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  458. the evolution of the helicopter gunship, i worked in Cobra's in the mid 80's before moving on to the MH-60 DAP Blackhawks in the 160th SOAR. its amazing how far this type of conversion from utility to attack had gotten even then, now, 30 years later i can only imagine how far the curent generation of NightStalkers have taken this concept. thanks for putting this video together, NSDQ!
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  459. I just want ireland to do flyoversđŸ˜‚đŸ˜‚đŸ€§đŸ˜«
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  460. It seems there may be some movement on getting particularly Polish MIG 29s to the UkAF with the US acting as middle man. Its only a very recent development (hours ago) but it appears there is still willingness from EU contries up the military pressure on Russia, even if a full blown No Fly Zone is currently off the table
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  461. A good in-depth look at the Blackburn Roc. Thanks! It is easy to criticise the poor old Roc as it had very little to recommend it. To me it demonstrates how difficult it was for the aircraft designers of the day to achieve reasonable carrier/marine aircraft which combined the strength for carrier conditions, the power for a decent performance, the armament for a decent punch and still keep the weight down. The upright windscreen may have been for visibility for carrier landings and take-offs. The Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arm at that point had not cracked the problem but then no one else had either. US designs were probably better at that time as US engineering tradition tended to go for tougher designs better suited to carrier conditions. To my mind it wasn't till the Corsaur F4U came along in 1940 that the balance was right. But with power more than twice that available for the Roc. To me the puzzle of the Roc is why they built so many - not that far off the Skua numbers - when it must have been obvious the added weight of the turret moved it from the fair-to-middling class of the Skua down to lemon class. Anyway - interesting video.
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  462. Wow, what a great story. Thanks very much for producing this.
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  463. Please continue the Nato sense of humor list with the Beriev A-40 "Mermaid"
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  464. 4:17 I'm not an airplane expert - but I'm pretty sure that's not how you enter an F-16's cockpit!
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  465. Not as good as the F11F-1F-F11
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  466. Thanks again! Your content is amazing, I just can't get enough of it. And no, I'm not usually such a fan of everything but I really like that you've also gone through the trouble of keeping us informed on a variety of subjects, such as some current developments in Burma etc. I'm glad that I've been able to share the knowledge of your channel to some of my friends too. Wish you all the best, A fan from Finland
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  467. Great coverage Ed. It does seem that Mr. Baker lost his way without Mr. Martin's input . Perhaps progress would have been more productive as a pair and the MB5 could have seen combat. And if Eric "winkle " Brown was impressed that is it's finest accolade . Thanks Ed.
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  468. Reading Patrick Gibbs ‘Torpedo Leader’ it sounds like any torpedo attack, no matter what the aircraft utilised, was extremely hazardous.
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  469. Thanks Ed, every little bit helps.đŸ‡ș🇩đŸ’Ș
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  470. Much more suited for the larger Audacious class carriers than the likes of Victorious. If the RN had built the Malta's the Scimitar would probably have a far superior reputation.
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  471. I Guess I Sound Like A Broken Record Here But Again, This Is Why I Subscribed. I've Read About World War 2 Aviation My Whole Life But Never Heard Of This One. Thanks.
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  472. Been waiting for this one. Sort of the final nail in the coffin that was the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation.
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  473. Think the use of 'super silly string' to tangle drones rotors and being reusable is rather brilliant. Thank you Mr. Nash, a great piece.
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  474. Now do a video entitled: “The US loves Chinese and Russian Booty”
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  475. Congratulations. The same Elbonia in Dilbert. The number 1 exporter of Mud.
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  476. The three arguably best options are 2nd hand F16s (or surplus F16s in storage from America), the Saab Gripen and the KAI FA-50. The Gripen option would see us go down some sort of lease deal route with Saab. Its been done before with both the Hungarian Air Force and the Czech Air Force leasing Gripens from Sweden. Leasing would save us enormous amounts of money and is realistic. The only other option would be to buy the FA-50 (the light fighter variant of the T-50). The Philippines Air Force went down this route and the deal cost $415 million for 12 aircraft as well as other expenses. Very doable for Ireland considering we recently signed a deal for 2 Airbus C295 Maritime patrol aircraft costing $282 million. The only other expenses would be infrastructure and training crews. Ideally we would use Shannon as a civilian/military air base and keep the jets there. This would only require minimum infrastructure upgrades including building a few hangars and a parallel taxiway. As for training we could do it with the RAF, NFTC in Canada which allows friendly nations to NATO to also use the program or with Sweden if we went down the Gripen route. If we went with the FA-50 then only initial training would be needed to train a few instructors to then train other pilots as the aircraft is both an advanced LIFT trainer and a light attack aircraft.
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  477. Oh well played Sir, Kenneth Williams double entendre 😉 Nice intro 🇬🇧
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  478. Coffee, a small break and Ed Nash and another well researched and presented video, life is good!
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  479. Very concise and accurate Ed. I knew about the Hurricaanes and the converted ships but no idea about the later vessels. Every days a school day !
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  480. The way you hyped it up I was expecting something really weird, but this looks fairly normal in terms of layout. But by the holy Blackburn Blackburn the proportions are ugly as fuck, that part did not disappoint.
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  481. I always forget what is happening in south east asia. This is as important as the Middle East conflicts in no uncertain terms
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  482. When I saw ‘Spitfire’ I did think “oh, ok. Going for the Yankee Dollar are we”.Yea of little etc etc. My bad:)
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  483. Blackburne was NOT the first to come up with the idea of the float being able to retract to the fuselage. The first to do this was the German Ursinus floatplane fighter during World War 1.
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  484. Words can't describe how much I appreciate you covering the situation here in Myanmar/Burma, Ed! It's been more than a year since the coup broke out and my life has been in a state of limbo because of halted education. I was initially shocked at the lack of international response but then I realized this is no new thing considering Yemen, Afghanistan and many more.
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  485. Another terrific video. Excellent details and use of vintage footage. Thanks Ed!
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  486. By the way, there was not only an aviation school, but a tank school, as well, was organized in Lipetsk, Russia, within the German-Soviet cooperation. And most of yesterday's students invaded the USSR in 1941, following the well-known routes and roads where they trained just a few years ago.
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  487. It’s one past midnight I can’t fall asleep thanks Ed for keeping me entertained until my body starts cooperating
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  488. I love hearing about things like this, I've seen pictures of North Korean LMGs in the middle east. I believe it is the Type 73.
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  489. As bitter of a fate it may seem for these American weapons (from the perspective of an American) to be used by our former enemies, it does seems though that we have inadvertently armed an enemy of the PRC, which is our biggest current external threat. I am glad that the Vietnamese have taken such great care of these service weapons & vehicles.
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  490. I remember the Battery Sergeant Major threatening to insert a 120mm Wombat round into the individual who sneaked onto the parade ground and curled one off in the middle of the night, if he could be identified. Always made sure I wore a balaclava after that.
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  491. Remember when the manufacturer of Concorde's tyres, after they'd learnt about the Tu144, left out a tyre compound recipe with "Concorde's tyre compound" in big letters on it. They left it in a handy place that any industrial espionage bod would have found it. It was obvious that someone was snooping on Concord's development as soon as they saw the Tupolev SST. It was so close it was dubbed "Concordski". Anyway, that tyre compound looked legit. Rubber, carbon, additives, baking times & temps... Only trouble was it would never set! The recipe turned out a gloopy black mess that would just sit there being semi liquid 😆 Do you think this could be the same thing? A shape that just won't fly even though it looks the part? Just to get "someone" to lose time working on a dead end? (I still think it's a 1/2 or 1/3 model of something new though. Maybe even a drone.)
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  492. I can now safely say that this is the very first video for JSDF new rifle on YouTube that with English commentary. (And I can also say that you covered most of the information we have for this fresh boy so far. Even a Japanese man like me is having a hard time to get any info for this. We don't even have an actual photo of them.) Speaking of new MG from Sumitomo, I personally doubt the JSDF will acquire them since Sumitomo has a long history of faking the data of machine guns such as durability. They sold guns to JSDF with fake data for quite long time, they even have got to fined from the difference ministry. But again personally, I hope Sumitomo finally makes a good MG and it will be adopted by JSDF. Because of pride and stuff. Having home made guns are always important for soldiers mentals as well as having own domestic gun manufacturer line in case of being isolated from allied countries.
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  493. Ed’s videos always gets a tump up before been watched, you just know you won’t get disappointed!
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  494. The Supermarine Canyonero?
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  495. ❀ the look of the Welkin & Whirlwind! Thank you for this one Ed đŸ„°
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  496. If I recall they also planned to arm Miles Masters as emergency fighters as well during the battle of Britain. I think a company should pick this design up and make a homebuilt kit for general aviation. This thing would be lit to fly.
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  497. Ed is my low cost alternative to Jane's.
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  498. Ed, your videos are perfect. Don't change anything! This story made me chuckle.
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  499. Very good video!!! There is an HA 300 in the Egyptian Air Force museum in Cairo. It doesn't seem to be a mock up... Could it be the Helwann aircraft???
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  500. Great episode. Slight correction, though. "Sarawak", is not an island. The Island in question, is Borneo. Most of the northern part of Borneo, belongs to the federation of Malaysia. One of the states there, is Sarawak.
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  501. Wow! I'd never ever even heard of this, even though I must admit to being a somewhat armchair-TC đŸ€« ... You're doing some serious digging in to the interesting hardware that weren't just an idea or a blueprint but actually were made - a hell of a lot more interesting than the endless clickbait-videos! (Of which some might end up getting >1m views - so I'm sure that with your quality, your channel is bound to keep growing - a lot)
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  502. To be fair Ed . The concept was sound but in the end another "madcap" idea from our Russian friends. Thanks Ed
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  503. Ed, I indeed was recommended your channel after following Mark Felton for quite a while. You are both top notch producers of the kind of content I enjoy. I see room for you both. Thank you, from across the pond.
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  504. There's an old joke in PL [Poles paste it everywhere right now; some versions change Chinese for Golden Horde etc.]. Here it goes: "A Polish man finds a genie in a bottle. The genie offers him three wishes. The Pole says, “I want the Chinese to invade Poland and then go back to China.” So it happens. For his next wish, the Pole also asks for the Chinese to invade Poland and then go home. So it happens. For his third wish, the Pole again asks for the Chinese to invade Poland and go home. “I gave you three wishes,” the genie cries. “Why did you ask for the Chinese to invade Poland and then go home three times?” “Because they had to march across Russia six times.”
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  505. You really should do one on the British Phantom II. There where many differences between it and it’s American counterparts enough I think to make your list.
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  506. Ed, your videos are "must watch" among aviation enthusiasts. Just, perhaps, not during dinner...
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  507. Another interesting aircraft that is new to me. Thank you for the introduction and keep up the good work. On the subject of parasite fighters, have you thought of doing the Curtis Sparrowhawk? This little fighter was carried by American airships in the 1930s.
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  508. Boy that sudden Jontron got me smiling like an idiot. Information, now with famous memes hahahaha nice touch
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  509. Always looked like a German Ki-43 Hayabusa or Ki-44 Shoki to me. Model kit makers have depicted the Bf 109 X as the V21 with the Fw 190 nacelle features, which seems plausible. Reminder that V21 just means Versuch 21 meaning Test Aircraft 21.
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  510. More interested in the procession of Gloster & British Nieuport fighters, like the Nightjar & Mars, w/ a large Japanese order as well. These pugnacious little monsters were in competition w/ quite a few other classy fighters (AW Siskin & Fairey Flycatcher, at least) in the golden era of the 1920s 💜.
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  511. As a Vietnamese, I got to say the research for this video is pretty spot-on, with authentic materials. Nice job!
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  512. I have a soft spot for the T-55 because I'm an old fart.
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  513. Damn last time I was this early the necrons still had flesh.
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  514. At the end of the day, it's a good thing tanks are going to Ukraine. Still, the situation in Burma disgusts me. Unfortunately, the optics are a lot easier when the enemy is a foreign power.
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  515. according to most of the pre-1989 Czechoslovak literature the reason for the fixed gear on the B-35 prototypes was the same as for using the weaker engine - the originally planned gear was simply not yet available and both the MoD and Avia were rather in a hurry for obvious reasons.
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  516. Thanks Ed. I don't think anyone in Myanamar can rely on help from any U.N . sources. Let's hope that their own people can muster and oust these murderous heathen's.
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  517. 2:49 "because, you know.....Hitler" Laughed so hard my tea came back through my nose. Thank you for that :)
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  518. That put me off my dinner! Cheers😂 Great stuff👍
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  519.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Both the Gripen & F-35 use a helmet from Elbit, a WAD touch screen from Elbit, and sensor fusion computers from Rockwell. Both have an AESA radar, 6 IR cameras for spherical early warning, and integrated IRST. Both also have spherical AESA based EW coverage, although Saab's is more advanced as it uses GaN AESA modules (BAE says they're working on GaN tech and should have it in the F-35 in 5 to 10 years). This idea that everything on the F-35 is more advanced than the Gripen-E is just marketing. A Meteor armed Gripen-E supported by a Toronto made Saab/Bombardier GlobalEye airborne radar jet would give an AIM-120D armed F-35 a run for its money in a war game. Saab's bid to Finland includes a pair of GlobalEye jets with their Gripens. Full sensor fusion, bi-directional meteor missile data links, and networking between the GlobalEye's massive GaN AESA S-Band array gives a Gripen/GlobalEye combo powerful anti-stealth capabilities for an affordable price... and like I said, the GlobalEye is already made in Toronto.
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  520. Thanks for a video on the Windsor. I knew very little on the aircraft , you filled in the gaps and the photos were great.
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  521. Ed, you have been one of the most reliable military YouTuber i’ve seen. Thanks for this amazing content!
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  522. The start of Asian aviation would be an interesting episode.
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  523. Almost 100k ! Alright folks lets get there before Christmas for Ed.
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  524. Interesting video as usual. I was always fascinated by the homebuilt AFVs we found in the Balkans. One in particular was a truck covered in old conveyor belt material (a webb of rubber with wire running through it). We actually tried it out, and it was pretty much impervious to anything upto and including 7.62mm. We didn't try 50 calibre, but I suspect it would have defeated the armour.
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  525. Another Sterling piece. Grew up w/ my dad going to VN twice. As an American, I still have "Hard" thoughts & feelings. Again Mr. Nash, many thanx 👍, be safe 🩊
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  526. Ed great video "it missed the boat" I see what you did there nice pun.đŸ€­
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  527. That's where my patio roof got to. Well I'll be darned.
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  528. Congrats Ed, well done and well deserved for your excellent and often humorous work. I finally finished reading your Desert Sniper book (got too many books) and I can definitely recommend it to pretty much anyone as it gives a truly unique perspective on the whole situation around Syria. Thank you very much for all your work. đŸ»
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  529. I like your channel. Greetings from Finland. Never stop the madness! (I'm drunk)
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  530. Excellent summary, and it's good for Dassault that some of their private venture funding could be recouped when they split out of the Eurofighter programme and developed the Rafale. A couple of minor things: compared to the F-14, F-15 and F-16 the F/A-18 was a bit later to the party than you suggest and in fact flew for the first time only a few months before the 4000. It would have been a higher risk buy for the Saudis or Iran, asuming they could have got production slots in amongst the USMC and USN deliveries. Also, for future reference 'Dassault' is pronounced more like 'Dass-oh'. There is also a certain irony in France giving sanctuary to Khomeini and thereby blowing a billion Francs in exports, apart from any loss in future trade.
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  531. Happy Friday! Always happy to see in my feed!
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  532. I’d call it a “flying fire base.”
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  533. As a former USAF pilot, I always imagine myself at the controls of the aircraft you describe, Ed. Some would be delightful, and some - like this monstrosity - would just be loathsome. I flew the Cessna O-2 in combat, another ugly and cobbled-together plane that managed to get me home on every one of 300 missions. I can empathize with guys who flew some of the ones you feature.
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  534. You've done it again! You describe a model I had never even heard of before. Well done and thank you. Peace.
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  535. This channel has quickly become my favourite on YouTube. The history of these aircraft is something I’ve never heard of. Thank you for this!!!
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  536. As an Australian, I love when you cover our history. And all others
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  537. Thanks for another conversational report without any jingoistic rubbish. Bought ya book it’s on its way. Better get the Tempest built but also Typhoon 2 it’s a good Aircraft.
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  538. Ed, I realize this wasn't your intention when starting, but congratulations on having perhaps the best “truly weird military aircraft” channel on YouTube.
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  539. I'm surprised they didn't call for the Navy. Certainly their experience with submerged targets could have come in handy. (Using the old Matchbox/Revell 1/72 kit of a flower class). And why did the goldfish not deploy convoi tactics ? Where was the air support ?
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  540. excellent imagery and it does sound like a Mel Brooks movie...
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  541. I know it shouldn't shock me ..... but ..... the way those 2 men died beggars disbelief. How can you willingly do that to a living being? Bloody hell ....
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  542. Thanks for this! And your "Myrsky" pronunciation is is just fine and understandable;)
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  543. That engine in the final shot is a radial, certainly not a double-twelve vulture. But thank you for a fascinating vignette on these aircraft. I’d never heard Saunders-Roe referred to as Saro , so I learnt something else. SR were certainly innovative and if their SR-A1 jet flying boat fighter was on obvious dud the SR53 interceptor was beautiful. I crossed the channel a couple of times on the then new and unparalleled SRN4 hovercraft and it’s sad the company was broken up.
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  544. After the excellent videos you did on the Argentine FMA IA-58 Pucará, and now on the Douglas A-26K Invader, you may complete the CoIn aircraft stories with the North American OV-10 Bronco and other LARA planes. Love your YT Channel!! A huge favorite for classic Aviation! 👍👍👍
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  545. if if was developed faster and sooner, it could have given de Bf109E and the Spifire Mk.I a run for theyre money.
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  546. The Pub Landlord by Al Murray now doing video Voiceovers!! Wondered where he went.
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  547. I've been absolutely craving these mini war/history documentaries! Proper good stuff.
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  548. Nevertheless, it was emotional to see the old girl go down with British and French colours hoisted... and in some ways, it’s a better end than preserved in amber in a dry dock.
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  549. Fascinating video, I had no idea any other warships from the Napoleonic era had survived so long. It really is a tragedy that she was scuttled like this and not preserved. It's good that we still have Victory, Warrior, Belfast, Caroline and a few others but to have another original ship of the line would have been amazing! Also the fact that we don't have any preserved Dreadnought battleships is an absolute travesty...my choice to preserve would have been H.M.S. Warspite...what would be yours?
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  550. Great video and very interesting part of Swiss history. For anyone visiting Zurich, come and see the Air Force Museum in DĂŒbendorf - there are lots of interesting artefacts from the whole period of Swiss Air Force history. All the best, Rob in Switzerland.
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  551. Congratulations! Also I'd like sugest a jet fighter: the Me-262. Though it wasn't a bad aircraft and it was fairly modern in 1945, the engines would be a huge financial drain on the EAF. We did assemble some of them here in Czechoslovakia after the war as S-92 and there were crashes too.
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  552. Didn't know that either the original Mustang served that long (1957) for the USAF, nor that it's development into new variants carried on til 1984. Very good series about obscure aircraft, subbed!
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  553. I see you've won the obscurity oscar Ed . Well done and well deserved ! 😅😅😅😅
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  554. Thanks for taking the time to watch the film and make up your own mind-and of course for this thoughtful review. If your interested to know more about the story of what happened to the film, there’s a Sam Harris podcast that dives into it: https://youtu.be/rec9wVWa1IA
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  555. Love these lost stories. Nice one👍đŸș
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  556. You need more subscribers, I shall share this to my friends
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  557. I believe Bhutan built a biplane fighter called the Ekswing - can you do a video on that ?
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  558. My grandma and granpa worked on the Antonov. As far as I know, it was a bottom-up initiative from the Antonov R&D department who could make a cheaper AWACS and then they searched who could order their manufacture.
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  559.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  At this point it's like trying to reinvent the wheel. we likely won't see any major progress in firearms design for another few decades until they get serious about caseless or polymer ammunition again.
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  560. Evil, just an evil atrocity.
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  561. Hotshots!
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  562. Great job Ed, I had never heard of this aircraft. Thank you.
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  563. Ed this was truly a wonderful informative documentary. I can't hardly wait for the book. Thank you very much.
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  564. I really don’t think it’s as hard as you might think. That’s coming from a government contractor, it, electronics engineer... The thing would never be considered in most western countries because it’s not worth the risk, but Ukraine is happy to take on the risk as it’s life or death for them.
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  565. Another Great Video Ed. One thing the Scimitar should be remembered for; it was the first jet to do a "Twinkle Roll" (now a classic Red arrows manoeuvre) at the 1959 Farnborough Air Show. That must have been some sight!
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  566. I really like this channel. I never heard of this plane before. you got a new subscriber here.
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  567. hooray, I am first to respond !!! Ed, please keep up the great work, your productions are very very informative. I have never heard of the Vickers Warwick, which seems to be another black hole in aviation history.....
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  568. Looks very Japanese, Ki-43 or 84-ish
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  569. Blimey! I never heard of it. What a great video 👍
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  570. make another video about a plane you like, even if it's not forgotten. I loved the viggen video.
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  571. Phew, good thing you stopped me, Ed. Here I was, all ready with my inert six-pounder round, some olive oil, and a banana peel so I could say I slipped and fell. I just decided to click your video while I got undressed, and man am I glad I did. Disaster averted! But now I need to find something else to "accidentally fall" on.
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  572. There is an obscure museum in Nanjing dedicated to foreign aviators supporting China in the 1930s. It's worth looking for, but is tucked away on the other side of Zhongshan and needs a lot of looking for.
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  573. ''Would you like a canon, grenade launcher, or ATGM's on your vehicle?'' ''DA''
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  574. This video is great! It's awesome you did a video on the SBU since I feel like they are hardly recognized similar like the JGSDF SFGp (Special Forces Group) I subbed right away.
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  575. I worked with a chap who fought with the 8th army in North Africa, he told me that although German armour was far superior to ours they're haulage vehicles weren't as good as our British ones and if the Germans could get they're hands on them they would
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  576. as a machinist, freakiest part about this whole video is seeing those Japanese machinists working at mills while wearing flip-flops!!!!đŸ€ŻđŸ€Ż I can't even imagine. I would have lost a foot already probably both of them
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  577. Hi Ed. I did know about this very potential aircraft and it's continued progress , or rather , lack of . Like many other aircraft designs of that time we were willing to try anything that could shorten the war . I do recall the test pilots were very impressed with it's performance and handling . I recall a Wellington was drastically modified with a pressurised cabin and special Merlins fitted to reach , at that time , very high altitudes . Thanks Ed.
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  578. My two cents on the cross control problem. The Calquin is over 1 meter shorter in length, has the same span, and a greatly enlarged vertical stabilizer than the Mosquito. This would have increased the effects of adverse aileron yaw and made the fin (the original Mozzie fin) less effective. The larger fin and thus rudder would have also had a greater effect on the pressures over the upper tail plane during larger deflections (ie trying to correct for adverse aileron roll at slower speeds) causing one side of the tail plane to produce asymmetric lift. This would 1. Point the nose down slightly. 2. Cause the nose to also swing to the lifting side due to asymmetric induced drag (of the tail plane). 3. Possibly torque the rear fuselage and cause a slight rolling effect. All these effects perplexing an average pilot, and all of which would have to be anticipated quickly as these effects are axacerbating the original problem. The question is why they made their fuselage shorter than the Mosquito in the first place? Perhaps the R-1830's were a good deal lighter than were the Merlins with their cooling system, thus they had to shorten the fuselage for weight and balance. Suggest looking up Mike Arnold and his record breaking AR-5 for an explanation of his theories of interference of fuselage pressure areas and interference drag examplified in the AR-5.
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  579. WOW!!! I'm big fan of your channel and I just got this very well received surprise. I'm from Honduras and always been fascinated with our aviation history and is refreshing to know that you are sharing it with the world. Thank you very much.
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  580. Nevada was finally found. Now we know the loss of the Nevada class is definitely not loss.
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  581. As an American I consider myself better informed on geopolitical matters than most. However, what’s going on in Burma has been an afterthought for me. Thanks for the update. Keep up the good work. Any more info about your connection to the area would be greatly appreciated.
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  582. Happy April 1st Ed & too all :-D! Great stuff here..
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  583. In years to come, people will say, "This! Was their Finest Hour!"
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  584. I just thought this was the comanche from the thumbnail before I saw the title. Thought it was the coolest thing as a kid and swear I played a game with it as the featured aircraft. I wonder if sikorsky/bell is upset at the, let's say, flattery displayed here.
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  585. I've actually seen one of the last of these boats anywhere in the world Edit- I had these confused with the WW2 Japanese Kamikaze boats, which is what I saw
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  586. Son, I need you air plane scribbles. Why, daddy? I am going to make a plane out of them!
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  587. Thank you Ed. I was acting air officer on the Cleveland National Forest in the latter 1990’s when we had a fatal collision between a Forest Service operated Lead plane and a contract PB4Y2 when both happened to occupy the same airspace on landing approach to the Ramona airports air tanker facility. It was a tragic loss of three souls. The PB4Y2 was, as were many other surplus military aircraft, integral to our firefighting tactics. Your article touched me.
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  588. Somebody's remember the best old sketches MPFC... Nice.
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  589. That makes the Junkers J.1 (J4) the only dedicated ground attack aircraft to see service in WW1 starting in 1917, right? It was all-metal and also had an armoured "bathtub".
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  590. Thanks again for keeping us up to date 👍
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  591.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  It's possible, just like Major General said, some thing can be implemented in future designs. Especially that power pack look very promising on paper. Oh and that RWS, it's Kongsberg Protector RS6 with M230 autocannon for 30 mm x 113 rounds.
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  592. Great to see you found your niche. Couple of weeks ago you were at almost 10k subs, well on your way to 20k now. May the Almighty Algorithm bless.
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  593. Great work Ed. It would be interesting to do a deep dive on the B-29's fire control system, something nobody has done that I can see so far. Far beyond remote control, it was a true, although crude, "fly-by-wire" control system, just not flight controls. The gunner aimed, and his sight sent voltages representing sight azimuth, elevation, and target range (by the gunner sizing the sight reticle) to a central computer via Selsyn synchros in the sight head, the computer took the information and applied half a dozen adjustments to the signals to correct for this, that and the other thing (lead, turret/gunner parallax, ballistic characteristics, altitude, temperature, true airspeed, etc), before sending its own voltage signals to Selsyns in the turret to aim the turret. The gunner pointed at and tracked the target, but the computer electrically pointed the guns somewhere else, where it calculated where they should be pointing to get hits based on the target's location provided by the gunner. Modern fly-by-wire does more or less the same thing.
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  594. I was one of the crowd-funders and, in my opinion, the book is exceptional and the pilot interviews are the icing on the cake. A very objective review, thanks Ed!
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  595. Hit with a shovel ! Rightfully so ! Cheers from northern Germany
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  596.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  No apology necessary sir, mankinds propensity for shooting itself in the foot (or anywhere else for that matter) never fails to disappoint...
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  597. Congratulations mate
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  598. Great achievement. Would love to see you and Rex's Hanger team up on this. Elbonia needs a serious dose of French aeronautical might circa 1940.
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  599. Hi Ed. I've always had the highest respect for Sweden with their ability to produce champagne on beer money. The Vigen being no exception .However, l wasn't aware of Eisenhowers "assistance" but l was aware of the Blackbird incident . Thanks Ed.
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  600. Love your channel !! Always enjoying your videos
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  601. Great video, fascinating topic. As a veteran & serving cop I'm always curious to study the mind of people who chose or were coerced into becoming our ennemies. The fact that some "educated" westerners criticise movies like this one and the genuine journalists (rare thing theses days...) who risk a lot to gather this type of info/intel, is rather mind-boggling. Let's hope that miss Smaker makes more documentaries without being cancelled by people who should know better.
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  602. I remember seeing both C-36 & Vampire on an airfield during a school trip to Switzerland in 1970 - heady stuff for a then 12 year old aircraft enthusiast.
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  603. There’s a rather good film in there...
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  604. 30 seconds. Beat that. First to see the Pasta boomerang
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  605. Seeing some of the content on YouTube it makes you wonder what they are sensitive about 🙄. Anyway good vid. Hadn’t seen that footage before, sad to see the Bronco (and crew needless to say) go down but the F16 is one heck of a dogfighter. Great subject though Ed. You keep churning them out. Thanks for posting.
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  606. love your channel man
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  607. Great intro. Never knew of this aircraft, until now. Thanks for putting up this video.
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  608. Thanks for this video, very good roundup. While it is a horrible subject, I couldn't help but burst out laughing at that Su-34 cockpit
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  609. Thank you for all these wonderful videos covering obscure and often forgotten aircraft. May I suggest the Boulton-Paul Sidestrand and Overstrand as a future project? I don't know why, but for some reason I am particularly fond of these types.
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  610.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Not as bad as the nutcases who went over to fight with Daish.Just seems like people who even try to help the Kurds get a hard time.They,the Kurds, really need more international support.My opinion only,of course.
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  611. Absolutely superb work Ed, certainly a new one to me and many others I suspect. Another great post.
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  612.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Quick Change the opening launch of a Space Shuttle instead!
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  613. The airworthy one is in Casa Grande AZ. I've seen it there at the city municipal airport and 2 years ago when the owner flew it down to Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson for an air show. This particular aircraft doesn't have any of it original combat equipment, turrets or armament. Pima Air and Space museum has a nice restored on inside on display. That one appears to be complete with turrets and armament. Coincidentally, it's painted to represent an aircraft that was stationed in Shemya, Alaska and my grandfather was one of the men that was stationed there to build the airstrip during the war.
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  614. Hi Ed! Lovely to see another video on a plane a lot of us have heard of, but dont know much about
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  615. Great video again. It's worth noting the substantial involvement of BAE in the consortium for the JSF/F35. It is not simply an American design as many people think. I do like your channel.
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  616. Thanks Ed. I did know about this workhorse but had no idea how versatile it was , and the small numbers built. Thanks Ed.
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  617. Thank you Mr Nash! I did not know about this one. A bit of a dropped pie look about it I must say.
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  618. Excellent video again Ed! One of these was stored in small aviation museum in Finland but it has been given on long term loan to Krakow, Poland. It's being restored there in memory of Polish pilot's service in France.
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  619. Great video Ed!
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  620. As someone who has been involved in removing a Parsnip that had been in situ for several days before the patient presented... At least a shell isn't going to er, cook a bit.
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  621. Well done, excellent vid. Long time since I’ve seen this plane mentioned. Thanks for posting.
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  622. Thanks Ed. What a great little workhorse . It did remind me of the Gladiator , another workhorse. You do find these little gems , great work !
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  623. Luftwaffe doctrine and internal politics/favouring certain designers really hurt some great types.
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  624. Always been one of my favourite aircraft....thanks for this. A mighty relief that this plane was not built in place of the 110 the 109 production junked for developments of the 190 and the 262 mass produced a year or 2 earlier......any chance of a chat on the Horten flying wing fighter?
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  625. Really interesting video đŸ‘đŸ»
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  626. Ah, terrible. Thanks for raising awareness
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  627. Bravo Ed 👍 Respect for sharing 🙏
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  628. Another fascinating video Ed, I had no idea that the venerable Vildebeest had seen action.
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  629. Dmitry Utkin is the more interesting character to do with Wagner.
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  630. I've been noticing something about videos on this channel - the audio is MUCH quieter than other YouTube videos, to the point that even with my phone volume turned up to maximum, I can't hear Ed's voice unless I'm in a very quiet room. Could you look at boosting the overall volume on future videos by 25-50%?
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  631. Thanks so much Ed fantastic to have your support. Thanks everyone for your consideration
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  632. Looks like Transformers were active much earlier than we thought. ;-)
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  633. You started off with an "I dare you to believe me" line, covered part of U.S. history that tends to be totally ignored, shifted to a lesson about one of the greediest entites ever to exist, and managed to link it all together literally across the entire planet. Bravo, sir, bravo!
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  634. This is the sort of stuff you cant just Google. So much firepower in the hands of one man. Learned a little more about the conflict in Burma too. Spotted that Burma Free Ranger footage. Wonder who your contacts are? /s
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  635. Another great find Ed. They were indeed very "Hawker" in design and build , possibly fragile but once again the war got in the way ! Thanks Ed. Think you've found gold with these oddities !
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  636. Much awaited, much appreciated looking forward to excellent insights as always from you.
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  637. Keeping up with informing the public well and of truly interesting developments. Thanks once again for your work.
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  638. YOU'RE BACK!
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  639. Fingers all crossed for you on this one Ed. I really hope your audience take the time to listen to Nay's story & share it. Nay tries his best to explain a really hot mess. No faith can be put in the West [eg Australia] helping, it won't happen. But I am equally uncertain how much faith can ever be put in Thailand, they are busy double dealing with the CCP. India, oth, has the means to sort it out & is a friend. It may end up a choice between India & the CCP for Burma. My hope is that India comes out swinging for the Burmese people one day soon, as the CCP will want a dictator they can deal with. It's a terrible mess, I hope the conscription backfires, it is a risky move. Cheers Ed & love to Burma.
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  640. My Grandfather was in the 121st. This was really cool to see.
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  641. Ed, Many thanks for your IN DETAIL coverage of the Mercator P-4M. Another one of your 'obscure', yet important aircraft finds. FWIW, back in the day, I flew aboard the P-3 Orion out of NAS Barbers Point.
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  642. During 1971-72 I was an intel debriefer at Ubon and debriefed the B-57G crews from 13th Bomb Squadron. My memory is that the crews loved the airplane and were enthusiastic about their mission over the Trail. I think it was a beautiful airplane. I also remember B-57Gs teaming up with the C-130A Blindbat flare dropping mission over the Trail. I also spent some time as Ops NCO for Blindbat.
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  643. I hate it...but I have to have one. Another outstanding video mate!
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  644. Hello Ed! Thanks for your video covering this creative (but ultimately doomed) french aircraft design. I also want to point out there was more to the 10-C2 story than was portrayed in the video. Following is a passage of text translated from french: "The prototype made its first flight on October 11, 1941 from the airfield adjacent to the Villacoublay factories. During this flight the qualities hoped for by Paris were very far from being achieved. In fact, the airplane was extremely unstable, difficult to pilot, and in addition its pilot had an almost non-existent visual field. The Armistice Air Force ( i.e. the military aviation of Vichy ) decided not to proceed with the program, but Nazi Germany saw the matter in a different light, so that the Arsenal Delanne 10-C2 left for Germany to be studied by the famous engineer Richard Vogt. He traveled on a train. The two other flights which took place there allowed the engineer to understand the flight range of the NĂ©nadovitch wings. This subsequently had the effect for Vogt to answer certain questions about aerodynamics during the development of the Blohm und Voss Bv-141 reconnaissance aircraft . But the German teams had to come to the same conclusions as the French: the Delanne 10-C2 was totally impossible to pilot, and moreover dangerous. The test program was completely halted in March 1942. The aircraft was scrapped on site." Source reference: https://www.avionslegendaires.net/avion-militaire/arsenal-delanne-10-c2/
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  645. Greetings from Argentina: 1- It is PucarĂĄ (accent on the last syllable) 2- I agree, the timing was horrible for this plane. 3- The engines were also a weak point. They weren't as reliable as the rest of the plane 4- You failed to mention a version, the IA-66, with Garrett engines, intended for export and to explore other engines
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  646. Good one Ed. Well balanced view.
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  647. Yes, the Vildebeest was badly obsolete by 1941. But would the Vildebeest squadrons in SE Asia have done any better if they'd been equipped with state-of-the-art aircraft (say, the Grumman TBF Avenger and Fairey Barracuda - both of which were in trials by this time)? Probably not, I think. The operational circumstances - lots of unescorted, penny-packet attacks - would have combined with the requirement to fly low and slow to successfully deliver torpedoes to produce very similar results. This is not to take anything away from the crews who flew these aircraft. Just pointing out that the airplane itself wasn't their biggest problem.
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  648. Given that the Rs had pointed the way, why was the idea not resurrected in WW2 to engage U-boats in the Bay of Biscay and off their bases in Norway? Thank you.
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  649.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  like you, I do consider the Siemens-Schuckert D.IV to be THE best fighter of WW1, and I say as much when it comes up. I think your title in this case was just fine. But it's curious to me that the D.VII saw extensive testing and use Post-WW1 and the SE5a continued in use as a primary fighter after the war, but surely the Allies also had a chance to test the Siemens-Schuckert D.IV? I just never see any pictures, or reports on it from teh Allies after the war.
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  650. I'd suggest removing any badge's or insignia from uniform an gear before donating.
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  651. Thanks Ed. Great documentary. Yes. There was a lot of pain before the gain in those trying times . Nice snippet of the wonderful Eric"Winkle "Brown .
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  652. Israel bought a lot of it and then sold it to the Iranians. My Dad is in the photo at 0:50. 7RAR.
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  653. You run a very interesting site and do a good job in bringing little known events to life. When remembering the Karen I always think of Louis Allen's book Burma The Longest War. In that he recounts how a Major Hugh Seagrim (Indian Army) led groups of Karan fighters against the Japanese. Numerous Karan tribes are Christian and Seagrim was a devout in his own belief and went into battle with a bible tucked under his left arm. His Karan fighters were intensely loyal and when the Japanese mounted major search and destroy missions the tribes moved Seagrim out of the search area. The Japanese then destroyed all the inhabitants of a whole village and said that they would continue a village at a time until the Karan handed Seagrim over. The Karan refused to do so. After the destruction of the third village against the will of the Karan Hugh Seagrim handed himself over to the enemy to end the slaughter. Hugh Seagrim was awarded the George Cross. His brother Derek Seagrim was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for is valour in North Africa. The only such example of such an award to siblings. The Karan were badly let down at the end of the war in another poor decision by our government. The Burmese have a taste for genocide. I support the Karan at https://karenhilltribes.org.uk/get-involved/donate/
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  654. I think the wreckage you were looking at higher up the valley was Wellington. I could see there were a number of thin, H section or U section aluminium, pieces, which is what you would expect from Geodetic structure.
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  655. This is the only channel where I have viewed EVERY SINGLE video. And his book, which was a very good read.
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  656. Happy 100K Ed! I love your content sir... THANKS!!!
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  657. Congrats! Your videos are good and you are well-spoken person, completely deserved success!
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  658. Medium bomber the CASA 2.111 - the Spanish Merlin engine Heinkel He 111 that was still in service well into the late 1960s
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  659. I was going to mention flares. E.N. got there before me. (I have tracked down and destroyed all the evidence of me wearing them. [And then we went on to Oxford Bags and platform boots! We thought we looked cool!])...
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  660. in my close-to 40 years of live I've lost the count the times the Buff were counted as finished. I simply don't think it will happen in my lifespan, by now. :)
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  661.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Still a very good video, featuring one of my favorite aircraft. Thank you
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  662. I'm supposed to be writing teaching programs due tomorrow. And then you drop another vid.... ARRGH! I'll watch it tomorrow night. Love your work mate :)
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  663. Now thatÂŽs something special, you are completely unique with this interview, great work.
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  664. Cost vs Capability. Is it worth the huge extra operational cost to run the F35 when the Israelis say that it will enjoy the stealth advantage only for 5 more years? Canada won't even have one in service by the time the advantage is gone. It should get zero points for stealth and be forced to compete based soley on the 4+ gen aspects.
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  665. Ed I just wanted to say I LOVE your channel. Thank you for all your hard work!
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  666. As a school cadet, I flew on one out of RAF Thorney Island. My primary memory... Noisy.
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  667. Ed. If only the politicians would be open and as honest and unbiased as your coverage always is . Thankyou Ed
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  668. You always throw out these odd planes, and commentors always say "wow, I never heard of that". But I always have. From WWI to the 60s, you have never caught me yet; I'm pretty well versed in aviation history and know the off-the-wall planes. Well, you finally did it. Never heard of this one. I owe you your choice of a beer or a cigar, payable upon demand.
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  669. SEA, shoulda been a 5 in there somewhere!
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  670. Good luck in your new career as a hermit in the Scottish Highlands!
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  671. I had an airfix model of this when I was a kid.
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  672. You sir have made my day👍
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  673. Thank you for delivering this in perfect deadpan fashion. It made the thing all the more fun even though I knew what it was
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  674. LOL bisexual and gay men have had no problems fighting on Royal Navy ships and gay men have a good record in combat. So the guys would get off with each other and solidify unit cohesion at a "deep level" lol relieving battle stress and performing better in combat not worse. That was the theory behind the Divine Band of Thebes, a gay elite unit that fought really well for the city of Thebes giving the Spartans a good thrashing during that city's brief period of dominance. Spartan men, the most feared warriors of classical Greek history, were allowed to seduce young trainee warriors so long as they encouraged them to be good fighters.
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  675. Edward Carter was a true warrior!
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  676. "Hi I'm Ed, and welcome to another episode of "Forgotten Airplanes" 😋
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  677. Ed. We have come to rely on your comments and inputs being honest and real . Of course this could rollerball into yet more such sad and pathetic conflict . I can only assume that this part of the world has somehow escaped Covid as even Pakistan is helping lndia with aid to battle against that terrible virus . Thanks Ed.
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  678. Thanks for that story of the Mk VIII. A note on that one picture with the tailwheel not retracted. Post war a lot of USAF Reserve and Air Guard units would lock the tail wheel down in the Mustangs to cut down on the chance it would fail to extend and cause serious damage on landing. May haps that particular Mk VIII was done the same way postwar, maybe it's markings could shed light on when and what unit it belonged to.
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  679. I love the attempt at a Vincent Price voice - great stuff, Ed. :)
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  680. Thanks for the nice video on this dutch aircraft, but why on earth do you put at 1:24 a picture of a Swiss soldier at the Swiss border to Germany in this context? Keep up with your good work!
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  681. Thank you for covering this it is something I have heard nothing about
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  682. Politics getting involved with strategic planning and vision. Thanks Ed another what if!
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  683. Ed Nash: Rheinmetall Subtitles: Ryan Mattel
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  684. The Polish pilots were among the bravest. And so enraged by the german aggression and occupation of their country that they would have flown litteraly ANYTHING with wings and a couple of machine guns! Another great video, I'm as usual baffled by the quantity of info and pictures you were able to find.
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  685. Thank you Ed for your details research on Myanmar's matter. As a Burmrse, I would say it's pretty reflective to the real situation on the ground. Sadly, Myanmar issue is seriously under reported. I appreicate your hard work for this video.
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  686. Recoilless rifle shooting huge amounts of very hot exhaust gas over the flammable muslin skin treated with dope, sounds like a great idea!! We'll take a thousand!
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  687. Ed, you're knocking it out of the park, amigo! Where did this come from? This is absolutely first-rate content. I click on this channel for aviation history, but this little piece is right up there with the best current coverage on Ukraine. Well done!
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  688. Toyota PR is going to go nuts over this. Also. Watch Ford donate F150's Also.. "First"! As per rules of the interwebs.
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  689. Remember, playing soccer on Sunday is a crime! Stop being derelict in your duty to go practice archery like you're supposed to!
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  690. One of the most well researched videos of Viggen I've seen to date, well done! I started off with "wait, what, forgotten?..." and the first lines narrated straighted out that questionmark right away. That got me hooked in an instant; this guy knows what he does. :) Side note: I've been fortunate enough to grow up "with" these jets. Watching them roar from the runways and up. Also watching them go low level over the waters of BrÄviken where we had a country side house. Moreover, I've actually been "helping" to build one: I randomly got placed at a nearby SAAB facility when doing my work practice in 8'th grade. Four weeks first hand experience on building parts for some of the last Viggens ever built. I am, still today, amazed by the amount of responsibility my tutor gave me. I got to rivet parts for the fighter jet as a 16-year old. However, the most memorable moment was as a conscript in the army, where I had one assignment putting me on the side of a road where the Viggen would demonstrate its ability to land on ordinary roads and show case it's fast turn around time for some prominent military guests. The pilot flew over us first, went around and did the landing coming to a full stop just meters from us. Still remembering the pilot hanging forward in the straps due to the aggressive breaking - saluting the military VIPs (NOT me!). After full stop the fighter taxied a but further where conscripts simulated a refuel and rearnament in <10 minutes. Then the pilot taxied back to the point where he previously had stopped, me still sitting just meters from the side of the road. Then I entered what I still consider Nirvana (or whatever you prefer in terms of religious fulfillment): Full afterburner and an aggressive take off. I shook to the bones staring right up the rear end of that fighter, feeling the heat of the jet blast. I was at the side, not in harms way but way closer than they'd allow any civilian to get. Way closer. I smile every time I think of this moment. The Viggen will always have a special spot in my avgeek heart. I truly hope you get to see it live one day. You would love it and by the looks of the great work you do, you earn it too. Thanks for a great video! All the best, Jens, Sweden
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  691.  @billdyke9745  As you have just confessed to wearing flares on YouTube I think your task of destroying the evidence may not be as successful as you believe đŸ€”
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  692. Another fantastic video👍 Great stuffđŸș
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  693.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Animal off the Muppet show was the love child of Dennis Healey & a floor mop... 🙃
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  694. Ed, if you ever do video about Soko J-22 Orao (Eagle) you will find that similarities with Marut are very striking. And Yugoslavia, together with India and Egypt was founder of NAM.
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  695.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  For our discussion, it's important to remember that much of the modern fighters features is secret, so People with experience is no allowed to talk about it. We have to do some guesses, based on open knowledge. That Gripen E is the most and fastest upgradable fighter airplane in the world today is believable for many reasons. Not only because SAAB openly explain how this was achieved, but also because Gripen E is the only fighter that is certified for cicivl air traffic and was chosen for flight test of the Meteor missile. The structural stealth of F-35 can't be upgraded, but the active stealth of Gripen can be in the timeframe of hours or days. Today Gripen E is the only fighter with GaN avionics and the only with 360 degrees of AESA action. The Data link system on Gripen E is unjammable, safe, broadband, two way and used in combat for more than 40 years. Today it's probably ahead of anything else. Multipel datalinks of your choise can be added. The failed ALIS system have a system with the same funktion in Gripen and Viggen that have worked very good for 50 years and are in the Gripen E version so developed that no one can possible compete. No F-35 doesn't have the most powerful avionics today or in the foreseeable future. It have structural stealth and a very advanced engine. That's it.
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  696. Ohhh...I'll have to check that out!
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  697. Opening scene, the cafeteria fight in Blazing Saddles....PERFECT!!!!!!😂
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  698. Ed. Well done! I pushed the OL' BUFF around the skies for a long damn time. One point to ponder. Why do you need a fancy new Gen 6 Bomber that can penetrate any airspace (maybe) when you can have a old bomb truck that carries fancy new weapons that can reach anywhere, anytime? Maybe a mix of the two is the best strategy. One thing is clear. The B-1 and B-2 end of life isn't far off. Go look for the cartoon from the 80s (or 90s. I have slept a lot since then) that sarcastically shows the retirement ceremonies for the B-1 and B-2 while a B-52 is practicing touch and go's in the background. Who knew that would come true? Anyway, Love your channel. Keep up the great work!!!
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  699. I am constantly astonished at your ability to find so many obscure and under covered aircraft. Remarkable job!
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  700. Excellent more Mr Nash. Result!!
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  701. Thank you! Remember the innocents and remember what killed them, hate!
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  702. In French army, we were teached about FOMEC, the french acronym for: - shape - shadow - movement - glitter - colour A good camouflage is supposed to cover these areas.
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  703. A gay bomb, a fart bomb? Really? That makes Dr. Strangelove look like a documentary. No idea is stupid enough to be thought by the brass.
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  704. There's something unusual about your voice today. Dentist or "sauce"?
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  705. Ed please made video about Polish pre-WW2 planes.
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  706. Excellent Ed! Can I suggest any old CB walkie-talkies, map-reading compasses and military watches.
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  707. Love your site! Great stuff I didn't know! Enjoy it endlessly! Love the history of Brit aircraft! Well done looking forward to your next effort!
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  708. Speaking of our Swiss Mirages, it would be interesting to dig into their modernizations. The ones I last saw flying and now are on display all sport canards. The little I found says they were updated by RUAG, but I got wondering wether there had been Israeli input or not.
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  709. Great video. I read much about this in The Anarchy by William Dalrymple. The British rockets used to bombard Fort McHenry were the result of the British being bombarded by Indian rockets. Perhaps do an episode on Congreve rockets?
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  710. Ah, the elder Bridges. COMPLETELY under rated comic performer. Before there was "The Dude," there was "The Lloyd." Funny looking airplane too. Should have its own movie.
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  711. Always a good day when Ed stretches into these different areas of his expertise. ✅ Maybe "Forgotten Conflicts" as a title base for this stuff, Burma & Syria etc? Dunno! 😂 Possibly 30 min episodes would suit your Forgotten Aircraft regulars better? Dunno.😅 I'm gardening as I listen, Spring has sprung in Canberra. 🎉
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  712. Very interesting. Thanks for your clear explanation of the growing tension.
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  713. My late father flew WB-29s, KB-29s and KB-50J's during his 26 years as a USAF pilot. You might want to do a piece on the KB-50Js, which had SIX engines - four P&W R-4360s plus two jet engines under the wings. Aerial refueling of jet fighters (F-100s) and bombers (B-66s) among other aircraft was especially dangerous from these tankers due to the vastly different performance envelopes of the prop-driven and jet aircraft.
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  714. thanks Ed, i thought i was a buff, and haven't seen many of the aircraft in this vid! i always mistook Fokker as a German engineer. cheers mate!
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  715. how about a video of the Romanian IAR 80
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  716. I'm really enjoying your videos! I've shared & recommended them to others, and a couple of friends who've now had time to watch your videos (and usually are pretty damn prone to criticism) have been absolutely fascinated about your channel! There's so much potential and I sincerely hope that you will achieve the large audience that you definitely deserve. There really are very few channels that can captivate the audience's attention and interest in the way you do. I wish you the best of luck & will do my best to spread the knowledge of your channel!
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  717. You would find the "Ikarus 451s" and the "Ikarus 451M" interesting.. the first was a experimental turboprop and the second was our first jet that we had to build by ourselves, bit too late, in 1953.. Until 1952, we had a little bit crazi mix of an airforce with Spitfires, yak-9's and Messerschmitt Bf-109's all together thrown in a bunch .. And I bet you guys never thought youd see full squadrons of f86s' with communist markings on them
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  718. That was very interesting and something Joe puplic was not aware of , i.e. me! Every days a school day ! Thanks Ed
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  719. Hi Ed, if you do take requests here, I got an interesting aircraft you could cover. The Lockheed ES-3A Shadow, the EW variant of the S-3 Viking ASW aircraft used by the US Navy. Great work on the video.
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  720. I'm sure it was just a slip of the tongue, but Elgin is in Scotland next to Lossie and Kinloss. The test establishment in Florida is of course Eglin. Happy memories of the place, plus Hurlburt and Fort Walton Beach, before the developers moved in!
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  721. Mr. Nash presentations are consistently excellent. Interesting coverage of unusual subjects, presented in interesting and enjoyablemanner, frquently with a dose of humor. Hats off to you, sir - your work is much appreciated !
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  722. The details and events leading up to the swap of facilities between Rolls Royce and Rover are covered in Stanley Hookers autobiography “ Not much of an engineer” a thoroughly recommended read by a leading engineer in te world of jet engine development.
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  723. Ed I don't know about everyone else but the XF5F somehow reminds me of Dolly Parton. đŸ€”
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  724. the poor man's blackbird....
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  725. Willy Messerschmitt had one hell of a brilliant mind. Ironic (or maybe not?) That his last name means 'Blade Smith.' (Alternatively: knife or sword smith / maker)
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  726. that is pretty amazing tech!
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  727. You sound great. Like with a bit of studio compression. But I didn't mind your sound before. This episode was great on two levels (a) the aircraft itself and especially (b) the well crafted comoarision of succeeding designs in similar roles. REALLY enjoyed this today, Ed. Thank you! 😃
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  728. Chinese folk here. Gotta love the Lavi! People here say that J-10's airframe is quite different, (different main wing and much further canard placement for maneuverability) but the fly by wire system borrows a ton from it. Hey, we have to learn it from somewhere. Funnily, when my dad downloaded me the first leaked images of J-10 in the 2000s, there were actually Lavi pics mixed in, and I was confused af by the hexagram. Good time. Both sexy planes.
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  729. Aw come on Ed, I'll not get a pot washed today if you keep releasing stuff.
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  730. Nice 'Jaws' reference BTW.
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  731. Ha, ha. You answered my question on the wide track landing gear for the 109 with a whole video! Bravo sir.
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  732. You always have very interesting videos full of previously ignored (and yet interesting) history! Thanks for what you do!! 🖒😎
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  733.  @georgemohr2904  The author got it wrong. The interior of the engine bay was lined with a very thin stainless steel heat shield that only weighed a few pounds. The J79 engine was about 2000 lbs heavier than the engine it replaced and its center of gravity was about 2 feet aft of the P&W engine. The titanium fairing at the back weighed about 80 pounds.
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  734. @ 01:33 the word 'airfoil' is American English for aerofoil. Just for your information, at 07:08. Counter-rotating props are when you have for instance one engine each side of the fuselage. Each of these engines drives a prop but in an opposite direction in reflection symmetry. Contra-rotation is what we are looking at here, where a single engine turns 2 propellers in opposite directions via a prop shaft within a prop shaft... I'm really enjoying your content. You're really cornering a place on YouTube that most don't cover. Keep up the good work.
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  735. My dad Luther E. Bagwell was on this ship during WWII.
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  736. Liked that, well done!
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  737. OMG - I haven't had a good laugh for ages! Thanks for fixing me up, I'm good to go again! đŸ€Ł
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  738. British Army: “You silly sot! You got us all worked up over that!” Tim: “Why that’s no ordinary perch. It’s the most foul, cruel, and foul-tempered fish you’ve ever laid eyes on!” “That fish had got a mean streak a mile wide. It’s a killer!”
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  739. While the delusions of the Spanish Civil War certainly had something to do with the state of Italy's air forces at the beginning of WW2, I highly doubt that it caused Italy to double down on biplane fighters, especially when they would see Bf.109's and I-16's running circles around them. This actually does, however, fill a gap that I always wondered about: Among Fiat, Macchi, and Reggiane, Fiat was the only Italian fighter-producer that didn't mass-produce a "2-series" fighter, the second generation of modernized fighters in WW2, to which the MC.202 belonged (Reggiane's entries were the Re.2001 and 2002). Is this the reason why? At the point in the war it was being developed, I really don't think it was pre-war bias that made Fiat decide on a biplane - it was probably the fact that Italy was feeling greatly increased pressure on what was both an out-of-date AND small air force, comparatively. Fiat wasn't in a place to make "the best", but with CR.42 assembly lines already in place and working, they were at least in a position to try and make "the most" - with a DB-601 powered biplane as the absolute quickest means to get lots of improved aircraft flying as soon as possible, since they wouldn't have to retool much of their lines at all.
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  740. On this occasion the sales pitch for the book worked. Pre-order made. Great video. 👍
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  741. Nice to see Othias popping up in one of your videos.
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  742. Just in time for bed, lol guess Im not sleeping.
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  743. Thank you for this video. My friend promised me an ak and place in volunteer squad if it comes to defending our city, but he didn't said anything about other equipment, so thank you a lot.
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  744. The Amazon Idea is perfect for non UK people
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  745. Thank you for sharing! I have read it a few times, and very impressed with Butler's extreme humility and love for his soldiers. What do you think about the military generals today who blatantly disagree with President Trump on military policy? .... in relation to War is a Racket
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  746. Its why we come here ... but you can talk about anything that interests you Ed, I will be watching :)
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  747. 76 built and 39 lost in accidents is not good reading but when you consider naval aviation across the world fairly typical back in the day, especially when operating large and powerful aircraft like the Scimitar from tiny aircraft carriers. An ex-Scimitar pilot once told me that the aircraft was quite fast and a delight to fly if lightly loaded and below 25000 feet. Apparently despite it's bad reputation the Scimitar was popular with most pilots who flew her.
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  748. I’ve been waiting to see what your opinion on the current situation on what is happening in Syria Ed .. Thanks for your insight Ed.
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  749. Thanks Ed. Your constant updates are most welcome ! Let's hope that David will get the better of Goliath i.e. beat the living crap out of them !
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  750. Ed, I think I could enjoy listening to you describe paint drying!
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  751. I have heard of this airplane. It was built and tested in Bristol, PA at the airport where I used to fly from. My father-in-law who lived a few miles away remembered hearing and seeing it flying over now and then. The airport later became 3M Airport and is now an industrial park. Parts of the runways are still visible.
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  752. Was expecting you to talk about them avoiding stinger missiles, didn't know they used boxcar gunships
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  753. Hi Ed. Just finished reading your book, Desert Sniper. Would highly recommend.
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  754. Ed, thank you for the heads up on this book. Being an aviation nerd for almost six decades this was the easiest sale ever.👍
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  755. Congrats Ed on the 50k!
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  756. Hello Ed . Another one out of your Mary Poppins bag ! It's laudable how far off the bulls eye we were . And not for the first time ! And if Eric thought it was bad it must have been unflyable ! Thanks Ed.
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  757. Well this isn’t going to help me get back to sleep. Oh well, I only have to go to work in the morning.
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  758. Ed, can you do the Westland Wyvern? There is next to no information on this aircraft, and it would be unreal to see it on this channel!
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  759. Yet again, you put out a video at exactly the right point of my week. Thanks Ed, love the work
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  760. Congrats! Much deserved and still hugely unappreciated.
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  761. Hey did you know those who serve the plane by arming, fueling and so on on the runway was simply conscript service personnel. They could make a full armed Viggen ready for take off in 7.5 min.
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  762. Another great video Ed! - It's worth mentioning that Petter helped George Carter of Glosters with the design of the pressurised cockpit of the Meteor jet. Ironic, because the Meteor was another reason why the Welkin was no longer needed - it had excellent high-altitude performance and could climb to height a lot faster than the Welkin. Post-war all the experience Westland had built up developing high-altitude technology was separated off into the "Normalair" Company
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  763. Thanks for that Ed, enjoying you thread of "what could have been" planes. As already posted, bomber escort leaps into your mind straight away. Think about it, we could have bought US lumber, built the M.20 then flogged it back to the Yanks BEFORE they developed the Mustang!!
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  764. Ed, perchance referring to the Buffalo as a high performance fighter was a tad charitable? Seeing it with the Zero reminded me of “which one is not like the other?” puzzle.😊
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  765.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Really? I am pretty sure F-35 has slower computers and an architecture that is way more complex (old fashioned) to update. The GAN modules for EW on Gripen should be far superior. On Gripen E they can and did change computers in days to get more performance because it was designed that way. The CPUs gets faster for every year so it is very important to be able to do in order to be successful in EW warfare. That is something as far as I know no other fighter can do. Maybe they can in the F-35 but I have heard nothing about it. This is something that normally takes years to do due to testing and rewriting of software just because you change hardware. The F22 for example is running on CPUs comparable to ancient Pentium CPUs. I heard they were about to get upgraded or maybe already are. But why did it take so long? Because it is very time consuming and costs a lot of money. I don't know if this is solved in F35 but I know for sure it is solved in Gripen. Updates are very very easy. This is how you stay relevant every year for many years. As I see it many just say...but F35 is 5th gen so it has to be better in everything. What in 5th gen is better? Compared to Gripen I think the only thing it has is that it is stealthier in certain radar modes. Of course a good thing. But it is only one of many things you need to be stealthy in. Talk about 4th gen, 5th gen and 6th gen has lost its meaning. What is for example 4,5 gen? 4,5++++++ gen? Just silly talk by marketing people and others who think they know better. For a while 5th gen involved super cruise. Well that was not so important when F35 could not do it. (But Gripen E can). You see the point... And last but not least. None of us really know the top secret features in these planes that is to sensitive to put out in public. So all we can do is speculate on what we find on the web. The future will show...
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  766. ><Cries in von Richthofen><
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  767. Another good one. Thanks, Ed.
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  768. Well done!
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  769. looking like ............ the best introduction to an aircraft video yet
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  770. Love the Pyörremyrsky! I went to JyvÀskylÀ to see it. Well worth all the way there! Greetings from Sweden!
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  771. Great video! Just two pronunciation remarks: In Hebrew the stress usually falls on the last syllable like in French. So it's not LA-vi, but la-VI, sounds exactly like "la vie" in French Kfir is pronounced exactly as it's written K-fir, its rhymes with "Clear", and there's no eh sound in that word. Also in case you ever make a video about Israeli tanks, it's pronounced merka-VA.
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  772. Ed Nash, the Paul Harvey of aviation storytelling.
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  773. I need to say something here. There are a lot of aviation presenters on Youtube that I simply can't stand. I'm not going to name names, but some styles that really rub me the wrong way: 1. The people that made these planes were idiots. I know. I make videos for a living. 2. This thing was so freakish, it was probably made by aliens! 3. I'm a pilot, so this video is divided between endless minutiae, general complaints, and my own expert opinion on my own opinion. There are quite a few channels I do like though. I'm not going to name those either, but Ed, yours is my absolute favorite. Everybody has a 'tone' to their presentation and if I had to boil yours down to a single phrase, I would say it: 'This is quite interesting, you may not have known this.' On top of that, you are concise, consistent, and tasteful. It's just a great channel. It does what it does without any fuss. The one complaint I have —one—! Only O-N-E, is that you have limited yourself to forgotten aircraft. And honestly, I'm afraid you're going to run out someday. Although there's no signs of that yet. Anyway, I hope if you ever do run out, you'll give yourself permission to do a 'Lesser Known' or even a 'Well Known' series. Keep up the great work.
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  774. I very nearly got all seven kinds of shite kicked out of me in an Irish bar in Chicago for mentioning that the IRA stated “a United Ireland under a Marxist government” as a goal. Despite being quite sympathetic to Irish republicanism and very well read on the history I found that impressions and facts were quite some way apart in the opinions of the patrons of this establishment. Fortunately, I decided on the discretion/valour/run! tactic otherwise it may have ugly. Also, as a side note, can someone please do a piece on why the PIAT is a bandwagonesque maligned weapon?
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  775. Excellent and well researched as always. Thanks for bringing us well-presented pieces on the more obscure and interesting aspects of military aviation. You are becoming my favourite aviation channel. I hope you reach 50k subs soon. You deserve it.
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  776. i have always been very curious of those 2 models. both have its pros and cons. tho i cant put up any proof i do believe the weapons of the XP-0 were 2x 12,7mm M2 Browings 600 rounds total and 2x 20mm AN cannons [Roughly 120 rounds per gun] again i cant confirm or deny but it would be barely flyable with the 4x 20mm cannon layout due to the extreme weight and drag.
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  777. Hello Ed. That was interesting . Apparently the Canadians are looking for defence aircraft ? ....you might get commission !!😂😂😂 Happy New Year Ed. Thanks for presenting these video's , definitely makes you think ! I just wish the world would concentrate on keeping life not ending it !
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  778. Ed, this channel is vital right now, thank you so much for taking the time to sift through the BS and giving us the best possible look at what is actually going on. I am thankful and hope the need for it will one day go, but until that day comes, and afterwards, thank you for keeping us informed :)
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  779. Aw yeah, more Ed Nash. The best.
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  780. Well done sir
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  781. Haha good video mate, the Jaws and Dr Who clips were very fitting. Tha ks for the shout out. Let's hope this rare British counter insurgency failure gets the recognition it deserves and a wikipedia page!
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  782. A quick visit to a decent plastic sturgeon and that fish couldn't recognised by anyone. Cod Stewart, Tina Tuna, Tuna Turner..Hake and Tina Tuna...etc. Nice work Ed👍. See if you can find out where all these panthers are coming from, in the Chester area.
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  783. We are using the same camouflage scheme on our G3 rifles in the Swedish national guards. The G3 rifle is black and rendering our camouflage clothing useless if we don't camouflage it. Thanks for taking the fight to the bad guys 👊👍
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  784. I once made the mistake of stating that I thought of the Mustang as a P-40 version II. Apparently that struck a nerve with Mustang community and I got some angry retorts. What I actually meant was that the designers of the P51 were familiar with the design and features, both good and bad, of the P40 and used that knowledge to build an overall improved airplane around the same engine.
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  785. I think most dedicated history buffs know of the Bari raid unwittingly because of that mustard gas dispersal (me, slapping my forehead halfway in the video as the realization dawned on me) but the coolest bits are overlooked! Poor defenses and chemo treatment. News to me!
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  786. Nice clip of George C Scott from Dr Strangelove.
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  787.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Honestly speaking, I think you'd be good at it. You have an honest voice, keen insight, and usable facts. I keep getting ads from Rafael that sound like they're trying to sell me a minivan or a dishwasher they're so smooth, calm, inoffensive, and bland. They're not compelling in the least, but that may have been at (misguided, IMO) customer request.
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  788. "...plod around and smash stuff...". Five more words, and my reaction to them, that keep me coming back. Who gets to snort a laugh watching a uniquely informative video on the history of military aircraft? Only Mr. Nash's audience. Thanks Ed, well done as ever.👍
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  789. A very nice summary. As you say, in hindsight and likely also at the time these aircraft were dinosaurs, but no less interesting for that. A minor point but 'counter-rotating' refers to multiengine aircraft that have propellers that trun in opposite directions. The P-38 and current A400M are examples. The phrase you need here is 'contra-rotating', which refers to propellers turning in opposite directions on the same axis. Examples include the Wyvern you mention, Gannet, Shackleton and, still in service, the venerable and notoriously noisy Bear.
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  790. Fantastic, looking forward to listening.
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  791. It was nice seeing the Vautour. Hint, hint... it would make a great subject for a video.
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  792. A little over a week ago I was watching our local Mk viii flying around. Beautiful to watch, beautiful sound.
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  793. Perhaps if we built a large wooden rabbit

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  794. RE HMS Victorious refit... The reason it took 8 years was because they pretty much rebuilt her from the main deck up,fitted the new angled flight deck,then realised that the boilers would be knackered long before the ship was expected to end her service (estimated to be 1978). So they had rip out loads of work they had completed and cut out holes for the new boilers. As RN project planning goes it was an immense cock up,which proved to be incredibly expensive. So much so that the planned modernisations of the “Implacable” class were cancelled and the ships scrapped when barely 12 years old.
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  795. Thank you for the quick video, i had no clue this was even accepted
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  796. I truly love your vids and regret that they are usually quite short, despite the amount of stellar information you pack into them--your lengthy reports upon the Myanmar Resistance struggle notwithstanding. This aircraft and your presentation is now one of my favorites from among all your vids, Ed. Thank you again!
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  797. So basically the loser Tank got picked but it’s still a winner compared to other countries. God Bless America
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  798. It's 'pfeil', pronounced 'file', I think. It means 'arrow'. Or you could call it the name the flight crews gave it due to its long honker: the 'amiesenbar', which means 'anteater'!
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  799. Probably one of the greatest radial engined aircraft of all time . And that payload ......astonishing ! B17's could only manage 4000 lbs . By coincidence l've just watched Kermit Weeks latest video and Steve Hinton's first eventful test flight of Kermits restored A26 B . ( which took place in May 2022 so slightly confused that it took Kermit so long to publish) Thanks Ed
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  800. New Ed Nash vid... I see, I watch.
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  801. Brilliant video. I was hoping it would reference Lord Cornwallis more. Because of his loss at Yorktown he was sent to India because of a perceived weakness against European armies. While there he fought mainly in southern India against the Mahratta’s winning victories for the EIC all the way. I used to have a 6 volume book called England’s Battles from the late 1850’s. The first 3 were about the previous 1000 years with a big section on the 7 Years War. The last 3 were about the history and causes of the Sepoy Mutiny and the EIC. If you can ever find a copy it is an amazing comprendium of the 19th century British military.
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  802. Curious how that enemy fire detection and defense on such a vehicle works. Just finished the Audible version of Desert Sniper. What a captivating and well written story. Just missed your familiar voice. Felt it would have lent it even more authenticity. May I ask why you did not narrate it yourself?
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  803. Thank you for bringing this publication to our attention. The unfortunate thing is that we are bombarded with english language and an American or British centric view on current events and recent history. There is not enough content available by other nationalities in the ‘western’ world. Just as this book & subject may be biased, in a large part of the world so would an American or British author. Leaving it up to the reader to assess the bias of different points of view will allow the reader to come to a greater understanding of world events.
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  804. Never heard about the B-54 before. It's just great to find out about planes like this on your channel!
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  805. I greatly admire the bravery of the Kurdish Forces .. the women especially ,for fighting a foe who knows no mercy 
 I would also like to thank the author for his service to the Kurdish people and to Humanity .. against a truly evil enemy
 and I can’t wait to read your book 
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  806. History!!! Amazing Channel
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  807. Well , everyday is a school day. Had no idea of this protracted, frustrated and under developed aeroplane. I think this was one of many that didn't quite make it ! Many thanks .
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  808. A sad end but I understand she was, literally, rotten to the core and if restored there wouldn't have been much left. Good story, well told! Just one thing, try not to name RN vessels as 'The' HMS.... ; only Americans do that sort of thing. It's either 'HMS Implacable', 'The Implacable' or just 'Implacable'. I've heard sailors get excited about things like that.
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  809. I thought I saw a mirage once 

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  810. Just finished reading your book Ed and thoroughly enjoyed. Its a shame there won't be a sequel. Only joking, you've done more than your fair share. Stay safe and keep up the great vlogs.
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  811. Great video as usual Ed. Just finished your book btw loved the colour pics in the middle.. really helps put you on the ground.
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  812. On a positive / multi-tasking note; ex-Buccaneer canopies were discovered, still in use as garden cloches, in Yorkshire in the 1980s would that help to sell them to the Elbnians?
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  813. Congratulations Ed, you deserve it.
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  814. CONGRATS ON A 100K SUBS!!!🎉🎉
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  815. What are the chances? I finished reading your book this morning, then went on to your first podcast with Prof. Searle just now. Loved the book by the way, great read.
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  816. Nice one Ed, both my parents are Grenadian. Whole situation was unbelievable , UK attention in it's sphere of influence was waning back then. USA operation was frowned upon by PM Thatcher due to lack of a heads up.
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  817. Thanks for making this video! An interesting plane that I had never heard of with a good variety of photos and footage!
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  818. Thanks for this one....I have always like the P-40Q, Sort of reminds me of the P-63...Hint..HINT!
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  819. Great video, but one thing you made a mistake on was Kurt Tank being responsible for the whole Argentinian Pulqui series. While he was responsible for the Pulqui II, the Pulqui I was the brainchild of Émile Dewoitine (who also was exiled from Europe, having fled France for Argentina due to accusations of collaboration with the invading Germans).
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  820. You forgot one option: LEASE the Gripen...
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  821. good pick up!
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  822. In my opinion Blackburn made very very few good aircraft and it surprises me they sold as many types as they did. Buccaneer being the exception.
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  823. The B-57G definitely laid the groundwork for the PaveTack F-111G and the TRAM A-6E Intruder both laser-guided systems that served well in Desert Storm.
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  824. Thanks Ed. My knowledge on this defence system is negligible so this is very welcome .
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  825. Ed, there's a few very large blonde gentlemen at the door, carrying pipes and hammers, that want to have a word with you about this thing sounding like "SAAB".
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  826. I'm new to the channel . Wow I do believe that you are going to blow up big. One of the best on youtube
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  827. Thanks Ed. Someone's mentioned the Spitfire V E.E.Lightning in the '60's . I think it came to nought . Yes. It's amazing that we can read and see all sorts of lies and rubbish on YouTube but don't say anything that puts political adversaries who may be held in favour by "another" country .......tut ! tut !
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  828. I think it all boils down to the people, the machines, their training and experience. This video shows a Falcon in a knife fight with a Bronco; Probably the most interesting aerial duel caught on camera I've seen. That said that's the dumbest way a jet fighter pilot can take on a slower and likely more maneuverable propeller aircraft. That pilot should've been either using the stand off ability to use missiles or zoom and boom attacks to take that Bronco down. Just trying to stay in that knife fight you could tell that the Falcon was close to stalling. Had that've been a Cavalier Mustang, a late model Spitfire or something along those lines with higher horsepower, even greater maneuverability and MGs or cannons though? Then this fight might've gone VERY differently if the Falcon's pilot hadn't have changed the tactics that were used here. Make no mistake the day of the prop-fighter is over, but as a COIN/Close Air Support aircraft, it still has it's uses. All it takes though is for one dumb fighter jockey to do what this guy did against the wrong adversary ...
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  829. The way Ed keeps digging out Aeroplanes I'd never even heard of before - despit reckoning myself well informed - continues to shock and bemuse me. He's bound to run out of the things soon. (Isn't he?) Keep digging Ed, you enhance our lives
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  830. Is there a reason why you never used the name of the kite „Bachstelze“ (wagtail) and only the designation fa330 ? (Just kidding)
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  831. Ed . Your presentation is fact not fiction. The same cannot be said for "other" so called specialists. (Although Bismark is the exception) . Thankyou. You certainly deserve more subscribers . I'd better subscribe then ! 😂
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  832. I need a beer now lol
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  833. 342 mph? Colour me sceptical.
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  834. And the An-22 "Cock"
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  835. Thank you to helping Ed bring it to a wider audience - lets hope it inspires more people to get some evidence for other flashpoints to have a light shone on them to.
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  836. What a surprise. Very good video. Easy speech. Understandable and very sober and precise objectives. I would appreciate a Video about F. A. P. (Força Aérea Portuguesa) fighting uprising insurgents in the broad war in African Portuguese Provinces
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  837. With you there, Ed.
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  838. 2:00 THAT is clearly a fish.
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  839. I was listening in on the podcast you did with Miles at Silah Report (I am a Patron there), and I also just finished reading your book. It was very interesting and fascinating, and I enjoyed your discussion of the various small arms you used and encountered in Rojava. Also, thank you for your part in the fight against the evil that is ISIS/Daesh.
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  840. The Comanche design was more sexy
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  841. I didn’t really need another reason to despise dugout Doug but thanks for researching another nugget of history that needs to be told. It’s fascinating that Truman put up with MacArthurs shenanigansas long as he did. Happy thanksgiving Ed and well done sir.
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  842. Hi Ed . I think good old Ronald Regan started the ball rolling with this concept to shoot down satellite' s ?
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  843. Well f me
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  844. Ed, my respects for the actual history that goes into your videos. I think, and standby, that the course and outcome of the second World War was decided on 11 December 1941. I have a tiny quibble as to where fuel would have come from with Hitler having six engine Amerika , having not taken the caucaus, bombers but if is the biggest word in History. Many believe that the Manhattan Project was the most expensive US Project of the war In fact it was the much plagued B-29. The improved engines of the B-50 solved that and immedialy became superflouous. Other channels just make it up. Keep doing what you are doing mate!
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  845. Another great video Ed. If you keep this up, the volume of substantial mini-documentaries your going to spoil a lot of people...... Starting with me. 👍
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  846. There should be a movie about target tug pilots. Make it one of those motley crew type stories.
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  847. Hello Ed . Once again the people who suffer the most are the innocents . But what a mess ! You must have contacts to glean this information ? I don't pretend to know the politics or reasons and l'm basically ignorant of these events but if l digest the tiniest piece of your commentary then you've done your job . Thanks Ed.
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  848. Sharing this with my friends and family sadly wouldn't help. I'm the only one who wants to conquer the sky in a tri-plane out of the lot.
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  849. So glad I found your channel. Keep up the great work.
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  850. Yes you have filled a gap on you channel, very Informative videos. I look forward to the day you expand the channel
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  851. RE: wildland firefighting Privateers The forced retirement of the remaining privateers also grounded many other military “surplus” aircraft, including early models of the C-130. Most of these were newer models, but still aircraft from the 50’s and early 60’s with years of long, hard service. That first summer of these having been grounded was a tough one firefighting wise as something like 80% of the US firefighting aircraft being taken out of service with no replacements available. It took several years to build a fleet back up. Now nearly all of these aircraft are either turboprop or jet powered.
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  852. I'm loving the Forgotten Aircraft series Ed!!! Keep up the good work! Any chance you could do the Blohm & Voss BV 141 and Vickers Windsor if they aren't already on your list?
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  853. Eels man, eels..... :-)
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  854.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  It's ok :)
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  855. Hahaha love the pc homicide edited in 👌😎
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  856. 1:57 - I feel like Futurama's hold on this meme is losing its grip in the history/weapons niche to C&Rsenal. :D
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  857. Cool as always Ed,
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  858. Thanks for making this as my Dad was a war correspondent and spent a lot of time photographing it. I have found a couple but I have boxes and boxes of wartime pictures to go through to sort them in the future. It was the only thing he talked about after the war to me, the rest of it on the Kokoda in New Guinea was a closed topic. I realise now that he and his brothers shared memories that were too much to discuss and answered a lot of questions how he handled it.
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  859. I'll add here too as someone who knows a decent bit about the program for a new fighter at the time. The requirements changed at least a couple of times. Originally, they were looking at adopting essentially the Hawker Sea Hawk, but were forced to change the requirements to a supersonic fleet interceptor. The requirement was also changed from day fighter to all-weather fighter, which the F-8 was capable of. This is actually why the F5D's competition, the F-8A/B/C was armed with 32 2.75" Mk. 4 Mod. 0 "Mighty Mouse" FFAR. It's a bit of a rollercoaster ride learning the history of the program as a whole
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  860. Why is this channel not getting more views outside of the Forgotten Aircraft is beyond me. This is criminal ! Keep up the great work !
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  861. It seems a little harsh to blame the entirety of the Seven Years War on Washington. Frederick of Prussia had a fairly large role in it too.
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  862. Debatable kill, just like the PO-2 one. Makes for great story though. :D
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  863. These aircraft are some of my favorite unsung prototypes with lots of potential. Belgium was a bit arms exporter with FN, and was reasonably innovative in certain respects for small arms, but they did not respect air power or armored power, and despite building up a big and high quality infantry force, in 1939 they failed to put up much of a fight at all because of their poor planning and doctrinal conservatism. Armed with FN 13.2mm modified browning machine guns, whichever Renard fighter produced before the war would have probably been only 2nd the spitfire for allied fighters. I've always thought the R37 to be a very attractive aircraft, despite, or perhaps because of its unusual engine and cooling mechanism.
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  864. Ed. You are the master ! Unfortunately , your forthright , uncompromising, accurate and unbiased commentary will probably ruffle too many feathers and suddenly , without any explanation your site may suddenly disappear ! Until then we all look forward to your very excellent programmes . Thanks Ed.
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  865. A fascinating episode!
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  866. Yes. Showed on main page when it had <20 views. Let's make it 20M!
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  867. You're such a kill joy Ed :-)
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  868. You mean the super-super-Manchester, right?
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  869. Uncle Roy would want you to look at the Short Sperrin next, Ed....
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  870. No, thank you Ed. I found your channel after reading Desert Sniper which I think is great book by the way. I thought I had a fairly good knowledge of obscure aircraft that never made full production but you keep amazing us with ever more videos. Many thanks my man.
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  871. 0:59 Dah Sow. Da Salt is on the table Dah Sow is in the air.
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  872. Territorial indoctrination by Argentina almost led to war with Chile in 1978, and led to the Falklands War in 1982. Falklands Argentina's Imaginary Territory (1 pg): https://www.academia.edu/35715281/Falklands_Argentinas_Imaginary_Territory
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  873. Ii's starting to look like Putin screwed the pooch!
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  874.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  No problems, it is hard to navigate though all different versions of Viggen. Thanks for your YouTube serie. Please keep them coming.
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  875. Get it in War Thunder...watch it break the game ;) Loving the content dude
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  876. That was very interesting, thank you very much! I just watched yesterday Perun interviewing General (Ret.) Ben Hodges who didn't really understand the reasons given (officially/in the open) for not supplying/selling (however) M1's to Ukraine since there are a lot of them in storage from which they can actually be activated in full working order. And for the requirement of training time needed he said that's even more reason to get on with it - there's nothing more pressing they're needed for, including the 'in case of' Indo-Pacific.. Just noted that it must be a policy made for whatever reason. Worth a watch, but I do understand the problem or dilemma that's caused by an opfor commander who's out of touch with reality while having a pile of nukes. Crimea could perhaps be left for now, if they'd be able to push the Russians out of the rest of the country, and maybe wait until Putin 'retires' - although I do understand very well why it might be impossible to justify internally if it becomes possible to push them out. It's all just so dark, that still in 2022 a man in such a position can make so massive mistakes, be so irresponsible and reckless. Yes men who ever let him get to this point... Love your content 👍 and thanks again!
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  877. ​ @EdNashsMilitaryMatters >>> I caught that too, but NO PROBLEM, DUDE!!
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  878. Always a renewed pleasure to watch your videos Mr Nash!👍
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  879. Are those your own photos of Kachin state 5 minutes in? Curious to know how much of your FBR time overlaps with this post-2011
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  880. If you ever do a video on most photogenic aircraft designers of all time, I think you should include Zrnic.
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  881. I'm looking forward to the series on aircraft of the Swiss Fleet Air Arm. Should be good.
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  882. "Open the rocket pod bay doors Hal" Sorry Kurt, I can't do that.
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  883. Another option is leasing the aircraft
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  884. Very enjoyable vid Ed, certainly covers the options, but I think we can assume whatever is purchased ultimately will be a NATO operated or previously operated airframe, as EU battlegroup, EUNAVFOR and NATO PfP interoperability are already boxes ticked on all other military acquisitions in the last 20 years. A retired GOC Air Corps himself proposed a solution of a primary radar system and a fleet of 14 unspecified fighter/interceptors including 1 or 2 training variants and 3 crews per aircraft trained up, ground crew training, spares, simulators, munitions, hangar accommodation for a spend of about ÂŁ1.3 billion sterling. The Gripen leasing contracts of Hungary and Czechia look to be favoured.
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  885. Nice to see you included the official Gloster production drawings for the Meteor 😁
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  886. I've been inside that Beverly in Beverly when I was a kid (long time ago). I had no idea it is up for scrapping. That is a bit tragic. Good video Ed, thanks.
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  887. Interesting vid but radial is pronounced ray-dial surely.
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  888. This is brilliant
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  889. Another amazing video and congrats on 20,000 subs
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  890. This is good, can you do a piece on the USS Pueblo?
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  891. "After leaving the Army in 1986, Everett joined the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) in Burma as a mercenary, arms dealer and gun for hire using the alias "Steve"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Everett
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  892. I think you have misunderstood what this contraption was intended for. It’s main function was meant to be beach strafing to cut down and ward off invading Nazis. It’s designer had probably had a bit too much the previous night and/or had been eating magic mushrooms.
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  893. Where do you find this stuff and, more importantly, thank you for finding this stuff! I don't want to be quick to judge with this design; without exploring these pioneering cul-de-sacs there is no progress, something I'm pleased that you recognise too in your closing comments 👍.
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  894. But they did make a follow up, the Super Saber! It had a unique feature that distinguished it from the regular Saber
. A cape Why do ya think it was called the “Super” saber?
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  895. Ed your channel is AWESOME! Super interesting content
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  896. I was looking for more information regarding FX program after reading biography of Col. John Boyd sir and here you uploaded video just in time brother. Thank you for your efforts brother.
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  897. I knew Melvin Jones who was the Officers Barber on the USS Nevada he was on the ship on the day of the Pearl Harbor attack he told he came up to the top deck and the Arizona exploded in front of him he slept on the deck the night after the battle and served the entire war on the Nevada he died in his sleep in the late 1990s on Dec 7th. Since his passing I have learned of many men who were at PearlHarbor and lived to be old men and die on Dec 7th its like they try to hold on so they can pass on that date
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  898. Keep up these updates. Working for a NGO, I visited Karen refugee camps near Mae Sot (N-W Thailand). These people are literally stuck between a mountain range and river on the Thai-Myanmar border. Hundreds of thousands of them. A dire situation, with all the potential of genocide.
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  899. Please if you would do one on the Wellesley, that'd be splendid. Greetings from Germany.
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  900. That's brilliant Ed, and I've no idea how you're going to top that next year. I know I'm a couple of days late but I've just showed it to my wife and... uh... she now thinks that the Firefox technology found its way to China to build that Chengdu J-20! Guess I'll have to introduce her to a couple of books in the library, or a movie with that guy that did a lot of westerns.
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  901. Thank you, much needed info. I would like a deeper dive into this subject
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  902. Sorry, but it wasn't Reagan's initiative at all. Work on the Airborne Laser Lab, a converted C-135, had started in 1975 but a ground-based laser had shot down an airborne target 2 years even before that. Putting it on an aircraft platform and going through elaborate technical and systems tests took an extraordinary 8 years, so it didn't make its first kill until Reagan had taken office. But he didn't start it, he just happened to be there when his predecessors' work paid off. I worked for years in the laser and microwave weapon field myself, and I'm always surprised at how little the origins of these kinds of weapons are incorporated into popular histories.
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  903. The bottom line is that Boeing didn't deliver what McNamara requested and instead they tried to game the system. Looking at this from a risk tolerance perspective, the only thing that Boeing offered was a number on paper for cost; they lacked experience, they had a bad track record on budget, and there were questions about performance on recent projects. Boeing fell into the trap of telling McNamara what they thought he wanted to hear.
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  904. Yes final a good honest video of a British WW1 submarine
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  905. One of a few channels I press like before it even starts.
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  906. I must admit to having a fair amount of prior knowledge about this stubby-looking but fast and nimble aircraft due to having built kits of both the D-III and D-IV. Even so, I still found your video very informative and enjoyable, and I'm happy to report that I even learned some new things about it, like its very impressive service ceiling! I have to say, though, that my favourite Central Powers aircraft still remains the venerable Albatros D-III. First entering service in December of 1916, it got almost everything right; fast, powerfully armed and almost wildly maneuverable, it offered the best possible combination of speed, climb, agility and twin-gun armament. It was so good that many Albatros D-III's soldiered on right up to the armistice. Thanks for all the time and effort you put into your excellent videos.😁
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  907. Ed, thank you so much for this interview! Dave's journey with the Free Burma Rangers is such an inspirational story! I didn't expect that someone could have such exciting adventures in the 21st century. Dave's spiritual side was great to hear, too! I'm going to share this video with my family, sometime soon. I know they'll enjoy it, too!
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  908. I think it's a wee bit unfair to suggest he "stole" the jet when he brought it back. I'm further outraged that you failed to consider that he "borrowed" the jet merely to practice for the upcoming Bastille Day celebrations.
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  909. I just read his lips and good to go.
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  910. Incredible content in this series, sir, thank you. I spent most of the day trying to figure out the wider context of the coup, got as deep as Bamar collaboration with the Japanese and countless independence movements and armies emerging post Panglong, I even bookmarked a 2-hour video by the The International Institute for Strategic Studies and then I found your series and learned more in 20 minutes than in the entire day prior, you seem to have covered all key events and points and at least to me you've managed to make this interesting country a lot more understandable. Liked and subscribed, the least I could do.
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  911. I got a bit of laugh on the comment that medical stuff needs to be recent. When I was doing my conscript service as a medic in Finnish military in 1998 we had stuff with manufacturing date in 1942 IIRC.
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  912. Time for an early coffee break. Excellent!
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  913. Kind of "Sweet spot" in development from the flyer's perspective. Much like the Bf109F which pilots considered the best handling version.
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  914. Excellent vid. 'R' double 'A' 'F', mate.
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  915. I love this! im glad you ordered a microphone to!
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  916. Excellent Ed Thank you On the obscure note, maybe you could produce a segment on the Rhodesian Air Force?
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  917. thanks for covering this dude. sorry for you're loss.
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  918. Two more saved just two days after this video. 736 Naval Air Squadron Hawk T1 out of RNAS Culdrose crash near Helston in Cornwall yesterday, 25th March. Quite a legacy, Captain Baker.
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  919. I like the term Emotional Support Armor or ESA
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  920. I saw "Malta" and I had to like it before i got a few seconds into the video.
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  921. Their an interesting history involving KMT remnants in Burma, they fled across the borders and lunched two invasion back in to china and then a campaign of raids into china when the invasions failed. They took over drug trade to fund themselves and set themselves up as warlords, a state of affairs that lasted until early sixties in which they were forced out and evacuated to Taiwan. That would make a great video onto itself.
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  922. Thank you for a video on another plane that I did not know existed. I used to tell my students to try and learn something new each day of your life. Your channel has helped me achieve the goal on many occasions.
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  923. Sir, keep an eye on the 84mm Carl Gustaf granate rifle M4, and the new different ammo that is made from Bofors. 2 Lt Jansson
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  924. Thanks Ed. I want to use the word 'stunning' to describe the footage used in to show some of the targets engaged your video, but I'm not sure that's an appropriate or respectful term. However I would say it re-enforces the idea that comparatively cheap anti armour weapons make sense, not just for guerilla or resistance fighter groups but professional armies too. In addition, one can see the reasoning behind the MOD's recent announcement.
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  925. Fascinating to hear someone else has a connection to this story. I presently live three blocks from where this plane was built. My mother, Rose, worked as a riveter on this airplane during the war. I believe she said she worked on the rear stabilizer. Yes, she was an authentic Rosie the Riveter. She passed recently at 95 years of age. She would have been thrilled to see this video. Only one of the original buildings remains on the grounds. It is the world headquarters for the Lenox corporation. I love your channel Mr. Nash, best wishes for continued success.
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  926. For the Elbonian airforce.
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  927. I never knew about this type of gunship .thank you for the information .
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  928. Another fascinating history!
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  929. Belgian industrial designer here. Thank you very much.
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  930. This channel should be watched
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  931. My suggestion for a laugh may be skirting the question a bit but as it was presented It should be included. I submit the ME262 on a technicality. Let me explain Prop driven is never mentioned. Some of the ME262's carried jet engines that were started by little two stroke motors. These motors remained mounted to the jet engines as they flew even though they could only be used on the ground due to them having a starting cord like a lawnmower. However as they flew and were a critical part the old ME262 should be the winner. All the air craft ran some sort of compressor that were on the list it is just that the ME262 used the forced air flow for thrust rather than fuel and air feeding. Even some of the other aircraft also used exhaust for thrust so it isn't without precedent. At 540 mph a easy winner...
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  932. Great a new video from Mr Nash. Coffee break viewing for today sorted!
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  933. Excellent analysis Ed!
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  934. Internet its amazing education Fun planes nice histĂłria Nice Channel
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  935. The damage done to naval aviation in the RN between 1919 and 1939 by the RAF (and several times since post war) should not be discounted-it was enormous. The USAAF tried to pull the same stunt post 45 with the USN and almost got away with it,so it wasn't just Britain that got shafted.
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  936. Here we go again! I wonder if we get another new name this time?
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  937.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  well a similarly unknown topic in a fascinating little conflict presented in high quality. The Empire strikes back!!!!
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  938. Hullo Ed another excellent video, My great uncle was a crew member of the last Manchester lost on operations L7289 the aircraft was one of the original batch and was deemed unsuitable for operations, however it was issued to 83 squadron in April 1942 and flew one operation, it was then issued to 50 squadron on the 5th of June 1942 and flew on the last millennium raid the 25/26 June 1942 ,the target being the focke-wulf factory in Bremen they were shot down by anti aircraft fire approaching the target and crash in a village called Gramble north west of Bremen all of the crew died, I have a photo of the aircraft in 83 squadron service but cannot find one in 50 squadron service. cheers keep up the good work
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  939. Wow, wow, wow. Hold on a minute. The Kestrel engine was used in the prototype Messerschmidt Bf109. I wasn’t aware of that, now that, would make an excellent topic for a video! Keep up the great work Ed, I’ve been following your videos for a while now and the production has improved dramatically, your research is very thorough and the topics always interesting with just the right amount of quirky to catch my eye 👍
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  940. Transport aircraft - C-46. On paper the C-46 is a great military transport aircraft. Also, paratroop doors on both sides of the aircraft mean you can drop twice as many paratroopers in the same length of DZ per pass. However, as the US found in Operation Varsity, they were death traps in contested or defended airspace. Which is an issue if you're trying to use it as a paratroop delivery plane. They are also (according to discussions with warbird pilots) one of the more difficult types of its class and age to taxi, take off, and land.
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  941. As for surrender footage. It might be fake, sure, but I might have an alternative explanation. There are Ukrainian hotlines for surrendering russian troops. Basically, they establish contact and organise where and with what equipment they are going to surrender. The spot should be remote and troops will be waiting there. My aunt from russia made her mobilized children learn those phone numbers by heart.
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  942. Ed d I'd you say that Citreon was the manufacturer of the SC-100? That makes sense. The Citreon vehicles had weird shapes as well! 😂😂
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  943. As I recall the order that came down was to “deactivate “ the double agent; and the alleged trigger man was Denny(?) Marasco. Inconsequential sidelight; my lieutenant’s bars were pinned on by Col. Rheault’s replacement.
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  944. I don’t understand the big deal, we have been using unmanned autonomous weapons for 5,000 years. We call them dogs. The last 50years we called them fire and forget missiles or torpedos or mines
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  945. Another little gem Ed. I was aware of the turbo prop variant but had no idea of it's genesis! Thanks Ed.
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  946. That was really interesting, Ed, and though the political sensitivities are real, most Irish understand that Britain is now a friend. The tabloids on both side of the Irish sea should be ignored and common cause should be supported. Well done on the video.
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  947. Worth noting that the Irish have a quid pro quo relationship with the RAF for fighter cover over Ireland. The Irish provide Maritime Patrol Aircraft for the British when requested, and have done so on may occasions.To date the RAF have never had to intercept an aircraft within Irish sovereign airspace.
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  948. Much awaited, much appreciated excellent insights as always from you.
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  949. Commenting on your comment for the algorithm.
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  950.  @jtjames79  Discussing comment for the algorithm!
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  951. All planes should be as quiet, if you ask me.
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  952. Amazing how much a gold standard dollar use to buy. 64k for a bomber and gasoline in 1938 cost on avg ±.20 per gallon. Even growing up during the 70s here in California use to pay ±.59 per gallon. Today we pay an avg $6.89 per gallon. And a B-2 bomber cost 980 million dollars. Ed that was an awesome e.p Thank you.👍
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  953. Ed Nash there is actually a helwan 300 in the new egyption air force museum you can see it there on full show
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  954. Another great find Ed, thank you for sharing and have a very merry Christmas.
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  955. The guy at the rental counter talked me into getting full replacement coverage for the car, so I figured...
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  956. amazing, just amazing how you find and spotlight these rarities... and never before seen a plane insignia spell out a word like the one in background @1:07
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  957. Ed. Thank you for this bit of WWII history, I'd heard of the use of Escort Carrier's in the Atlantic, however to the extent that I might have been aware of these stop-gap measures, this video provided a useful reminder. Good work, well done!
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  958. Thanks Ed 🙏🙏 this plane was a sore spot in my Aviation Engineers club ... the carbon fiber wings were so hard to build that they had to revert to aluminum wings... and we couldn't see the point of the program
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  959. With 'Merikan taxes... just saying
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  960. It's pronounced Wumera. Wum as in woman. Hope that makes sense.
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  961. "That's some bad hat, Harry". LOL, nice Jaws reference 👍
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  962. Awesome video as usual. Highly informative.
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  963. Excellent podcast. You're overestimating Russia's population by a lot - they're 146 million. So Ukrainians will constitute one fourth of the Russian population if Ukraine is annexed.
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  964. This is rare . I'm lost for words ! Thanks Ed.
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  965. Could you make a video on the U.S.S. Akron class airship
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  966. Thank you. Good collection of photos. I knew Dick Palmer. He told me he knew the bird was in trouble long before first metal was cut. Too much weight and frontal area, not enough power. He was obliged to work with a P&W 1830 with a 2 speed, but not 2 stage, blower. He wanted a V-1710 with turbo. He thought he could have done a better job with a low drag turbo installation than Bell did with the original P-39. The govt. had allocated all the Allisons to other a/c. The trick cowl on the first P-66 was a long shot. You say the airplane was a ground looper. Was the landing accident rate really higher than for short fuselage P-40s?
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  967. If you see the top right screen, the depth is nearly 4.7km. That's about an entire kilometre deeper than the Titanic! :O
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  968. Having looked at one of the earlier pictures in this video I must admit there is nothing cooler than an Artillery Cannon strapped the back of an elephant!!! đŸ€ đŸ‘
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  969. Thankyou Ed. Unfortunately the people who can , won't and the people who carry out these atrocities don't care . Someone has commented that Britain should be more active . I can't argue with that !
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  970. Appreciate the effort but hermosaha's R is pronounced like the first R in grinder. I know, Finnish isn't the easiest language to English speakers... For example, how many meanings "Kuusi palaa" can have.
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  971. The Vildebeest's name followed the tradition of RAF service aircraft having alliterative names, so the initial V was deliberate and NOT a spelling error, and South Africans speaking Afrikaans pronounced the name the same way that Vickers spelt it. Vickers had difficulty finding more relevant names beginning in V suitable for military aircraft, and must have breathed a sigh of relief when they were informed that their latest RAF order was to be a bomber named Wellesley and their next the Wellington. They reverted to names beginning with V for civilian types built after WW2: Valetta, Viking, Viscount, Vanguard and VC-10. Well done on telling the story of some the bravest men ever to wear RAF uniform - those who flew the type to attack Endau with little hope of returning alive were, like Esmonde's 'Channel Dash' Swordfish crews, 'courage personified'.
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  972. I love this series we're you are talking about unknown aircraft
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  973. Rumors in Denmark is that 19 are going to UA, and the rest (some 28-31 ) are going to Argentina if the deal gets the go ahead.
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  974. My friend Clint Eastwood verified this video to me.
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  975. With all due respect the Pinnacle of Bi-Plane design (and Service) was the Grumman F-3F which among other things held the climb to altitude record until the later P-51 models.
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  976. Very interesting video on a side of armour you rarely see
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  977. Love your videos! Could you talk more about the sea control ship concept and whether it applicable in today's environment? Thanks!
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  978. I had never heard of this, and i have a medical background. Most interesting!
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  979. Best explanation of Burma I’ve heard. Thank you. Success on your endeavors.
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  980. Good vid, but to be fair it was the right idea for the right time, just a little late in execution
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  981. Even if this video wasn't as interesting as it was, you'd still get a like for the Othias pop-up. :)
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  982. There’s some really good videos on this channel, thanks for finding the somewhat obscure but interesting 👍👍
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  983. Im of kachin origin thank you so much for highlighting war going on in our area it been going on very long time now but we are like forgotten people
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  984. I fell in love with those Cheetahs when I was in high school.
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  985. First! Thanks for reviewing an excellent but obscure aircraft
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  986. Hey Ed, As Usual I Learned Something From Your Video. I Knew About The Event But Didn't Know The A-4 Was Not Airworthy. Thank You.
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  987. Great presentation!
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  988. Legendary, thanks for looking into this for me Ed! Time to start digging out stuff to send. Cheers!
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  989. I have often read the Spitfire VIII was the best variant. Shame it was not built in greater numbers, but the Spitfire Vs were outclassed for quite a while, and Typhoon development was not progressing as fast as hoped. The Air Ministry probably decided right in getting the hasty mark IX lash-up into the air.
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  990. Try saying R double AF its a lot easier and that's how we say it. Great video.
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  991. There is probably a British sitcom sketch in this story somewhere. Brit Pilot - Sorry to bother you wingman? But my left wing seems to have - um - well, vacated my aircraft. Brit Wingman - Really? Bad show. Brit Pilot - Rather. Oh bloody hell. There goes the other one. It just decided to bugger off. Any suggestions old chap? Wingman - How much of your wings are left? Pilot - Ummm...well....sort of...on the lesser side of zero I'm afraid. Wingman - That's a spot of bad luck, what? Pilot - Yeeess. Oh damn...I seem to be about to hit the ground in a rather accelerated manner. Wingman - Oh I ammm sorry. Well...remember to roll when you hit. Maybe everything will be fine. Pilot - Right oh...good advice. I'll give it a whirl. Thank you Ed. ☟
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  992. Do a video on Taiwanese/CIA air operations into Shan State from 1950-1962. There are still 3-4 airfields like Namsang, Kengtung, Tachilek in operation that were built by the Japanese but later used by the Taiwanese.
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  993. Thanks Ed. To say this is very disturbing would be something of an understatement . Why does the rest of the world just sit and watch ? Can't believe this. All of a sudden covid seems a good place to be. Some of the film was pretty graphic but in my humble opinion, very important that it should be shown . Only a few people will see this unfortunately Thanks Ed .
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  994. Apropos of nothing, I bought your book, nearly finished, very enjoyable as well as being instructive. Cheers.
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  995. Finally a plane that I've come across! It came too late. But let's not forget that the Red Baron was killed by a single rifle shot from the trenches. A Canadian, they think. So probably the awful Ross rifle. I have heard that helicopter crews sit on their flak jackets, which makes sense. A little underfloor armour is not a bad thing... Youch...
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  996. In the 70's as a teenager i wrote to MB for some information. Back then companies had PR depts and gave out stuff. They sent me a manual that is sent out to emergency services. It explained how the seats worked and how to safely extract pilots from cockpits with ejection seats. Interesting document.
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  997. Thanks Ed. Educational as always . Every days a schoolday!
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  998. I enjoy your videos, but I take issue with your dismissal of the idea that spaced armour does not work by causing premature detonation. Yes statistical armour could trap warheads or damage the cone. But these do not exclude the value of distance. Shaped charges have an optimal standoff that allows the jet to form. Too close and the jet won’t form; too far and it starts to dissipate. The optimal ‘Goldilocks’ distance is somewhere between 2.5 and 3 times the diameter of the charge*. You can see this reflected in the sectional drawing if the PG-7 that you show. The ballistic cone in which the piezo-electric initiator is housed provided the stand-off. Thus setting off a HEAT warhead prematurely does help. * this is why off-route mines use the misznay schardin effect to fire an explosively-formed projectile ‘slug’ rather than the plasma jet of the true HEAT weapon, because it is less sensitive to variations in distance.
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  999. There is an interesting Mini Series “Turbulent Skies” from Dutch TV in last 2 years about the origins of KLM and how Anthony Fokker created the Original KLM fleet of planes . Very eye opening and discussed this “secret fighter “
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  1000. Merry Christmas sir. Love your videos, wish the Vought company was still with us
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  1001. Merry Christmas and thanks for awesome video! I think you left out the United States Marine Corps when mentioning the few users of the F-8 Crusader. The face on the F8U-3 Crusader III looks like an F-8 got goosed.
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  1002. Let's face it,great body shame about the . . .! Desperate Dan with wings. Either way yet another great video with lots of interesting well researched info. Easy to listen to but keeps your attention. Like the Sunderland,short but full of stuff. Thanks Ed, keep nailing it!
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  1003. That's awesome! Thank you so much for covering that plane!
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  1004.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Do a series on gorgeous stuff that didn't make it. Heinkel 100D or Arsenal VG33 come to mind... I'm a real nerd on 40s era airplanes. But you keep blindsiding me. This Soviet beast was absolutely new to me...
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  1005. Hi Mr Nash. Thank you for sharing this very interesting interview. 👍
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  1006. glad you mentioned lt Etienne dufossez's kill on the bf 109, he died later the same day, shot down by another 109 and his parachute failed to deploy. however the Belgian fairey foxes (MkV and onwards) had little to do with the original 1928 design, they were almost 100 mph faster with their hispano engines and three bladed props! still generally inferior to a BF109 ofcourse
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  1007. On 2 September 1944 a Slovakian FrantiĆĄek Cyprich in Avia B-534 shoot down hungarian Ju 52/3m during Slovak National Uprising - the last recorded aerial kill by double wing fighter with a fixed landing gear ^_^
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  1008. happy Belgian noises Thank you, great video!
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  1009. I bought your book a couple of years ago, Ed, and frankly, couldn't put it down. I guess it was a great personal experience but at the same time a selfless act of bravery and service in the fight against ISIS. I offer you my thanks and respect.
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  1010.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I do remember watching it in the news, that is why I asked , because that would mean that if true , that was the first even use of a drone in a state leader assassination attempt.
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  1011. 05:03 It had a climb rate of 1.2 to 1.5 kilometres per second? I don't think even Saturn V could manage that. I think you've muddled your units somewhere, Ed.
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  1012.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  My grandfather always said history is an agreed upon error. I have long accepted this notion, and thus I am always glad to see different points of view on any given topic. It gives it more depth and dimension and infuses it with the human touch.
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  1013. Would love to hear your take on the Bugatti 100P. I got to meet the crew building the replica near Tulsa, Oklahoma a few years ago, and it was a tiny little thing. Absolutely beautiful plane though. Supposedly Belgium had some interest in making it into a light fighter/interceptor shortly before they were invaded in 1940.
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  1014. Drachinifel wants to know your location. 🙂
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  1015. Ed. I guess this is just a drop in the ocean ? 😹😹 Thanks Ed.
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  1016. "a limited form of cerial production"
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  1017. You show some interesting aircraft. Many thanks.
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  1018. This whole video i was expecting you to say snarkily "Ask me how I know" lol
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  1019. Well , that was a stupid , irrational , money saving moment in our history ........no change there then ! 😹😹 Thanks Ed. Where do you find these little gems ?
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  1020. Japanese(Howa) calls this new rifle "Howa5.56" at now. On one hand, the probability that JGSDF will name this rifle "Type 19"or "Type 20" is high. So what is purpose of the name "Howa5.56"? Is this name of prototype? Maybe or maybe not. Prototypes of type 64 and type 89 were called R-6 and HR-16. But "Howa5.56" sounds like more like comercial product name(like HK416, SG556). I think, howa is planning to export this new rifle.
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  1021. Your videos on Myanmar arealong the best & most insightful i have found so far, please carry on with them!
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  1022. Fantastic video Ed, I am surprised there is so much remaining, and I hope it remains there still. Not common to find actual debris from a bygone age
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  1023. Amazing l did not ever know of this plane before Ed posted this video ans l am in my 80's....Thanks very much Ed.....ShoeđŸ‡ș🇾
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  1024. I am leaving a comment to show my support for the channel.
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  1025. Surprised the innovative features of the A-10 over the A-9 weren’t mentioned. I remember this project well. The A-10 won because it was MORE redundant than the A-9, making it better able to survive ground fire. For example, ailerons and tail surfaces can be swapped left -to-right and from plane to plane, in the field, with simple hand tools the average 19 year old lineman had around. The engines too can be exchanged left to right and from plane-to-plane, in the field. A big design win was due to the early days of stealth: the fans were set high and back to take advantage of the infrared “shadow” offered by the wing (from the front) and the taileron (from behind). Pick up an A-10 model and hold it above you. The wing hide the fan intakes and the tail hides the exhaust when seen by defensive systems AND weapons fired, from below. The evaluators LOVED this. The engine are on pylons; if they blow up, the fuselage and the other engine stand a better change of surviving. At the time, I couldn’t believe the engines on 9 were set low to the ground, SO exposed to ground fire (even if armored). And those HUGE intakes turned made the A-9s radar return as big as the side of a barn. Both were huge minuses. They tried to sell it as you didn’t need a ladder to check the engine, as you did on the 10. That didn’t fly, plus it was demonstrated that you can clamber up the 10’s gear, wing and make it to the engines just fine with no ladder. I think BOTH had single-point hi-pressure refueling formalism ground turnarounds. I like the gear tip on the 10 better. There were other innovative features in A-10 I can’t remember, those were the ones that mattered most, at the time. CB
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  1026. Great video but you're missing a trick: there is one WW2 novel aero-engine project that gazzumps the CS-1, the JUNKERS 4,000Hp aero steam-engine project (complete with aerial boiler!) intended to power a bomber. How about doing a video on it? I'd be most interested to see what you uncover.
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  1027. Excellent video, best one so far!
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  1028. This all happened during Apollo 11 and Chappaquiddick so received no publicity in the US.
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  1029. one other thing one can do: like and comment as many videos on ukraine as possible. public opinion is a strong argument...
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  1030. Another really informative video, the way you drew out the reasons why different air forces had differing views/experiences of the type was particularly insightful. As always, thank you for all the work you put into your channel. Exceptional.
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  1031. Really good video Ed, you never stop learning with history, that's what is so fascinating about it. Engine/airframe mismatches is a favourite topic of mine - the struggles of the Merlin powered Halifax is a prime example. Thanks for sharing and linking to the Whirlwind project too.
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  1032. Me: Oh, great! a video about a pretty obscure fighter. I have to make a thoughtfull comment to sound like an expert in aeronautics. Me: In Quebec, FiFi means "queer"
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  1033. About bloody time too. Congratulations mate.
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  1034. Congratulations, Ed. Well done! I think the only thing you haven't taken into account is that Elbonia in its entirety is permanently under 3 1/2 feet of water. Elbonia definitely needs a seaplane or a flying boat. Since this is a permanent need, you should add it as a category. There were plenty of good (or bad) surplus models available at the end of WWII as you've shown. The challenge will be acquiring seaplane for the future. Now, all rise for the Elbonian national anthem, "My Golden Elbonia, Land of the Noble Waterbuffalo".
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  1035. Really enjoyed this one. One of your best so far. Going from strength to strength with these vids. đŸ‘đŸ»
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  1036.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Wrangler flares and a Ben Sherman shirt. Those were the days. They had Sweet playing Ballroom Blitz on the film Suicide Squad, the only good thing in the film, so maybe time for flare to return.
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  1037.  @bigblue6917  Bugger!
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  1038. Ed this is truly mind đŸ€Ż. It seems that technology and it's everyday application is moving so fast that it's hard to keep up. Thank you and have great weekend.
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  1039. Hi Ed. Well , you give us facts not fiction and you do have indisputable knowledge about various wars that baffle us "normal " ones . i.e. Myanmar. So keep up the good work ! Take care and stay safe.
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  1040.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Credit where credit is due - you've got a channel going and the content is good. A million of Her Maj's finest on some gear would be lovely, but everything works well enough for now (musta watched a shit-tonne of your vids over the past couple of days). Thanks...and more please.
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  1041. My first thought when I saw the thumbnail was "what in the hell is that" but I guess the same can be said to your other wonderful strange aircraft videos. Cheers from the Philippines!
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  1042. Can you make a video about the recent developments in Myanmar? Especially the takeover of a border crossing to China by rebels in Shan state (something which absolutely could not have happened without at least tacit Chinese approval), and the moves against the so-called "scam centers" inside Myanmar. You have access to more and better information, and I am frankly confused - is China starting to support the rebels rather than the junta? That seems unlikely.
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  1043. Thanks for bringing Bob Short's story to a contemporary generation, as the common interpretation of The Flying Tigers is of Claire Chenault or John Wayne in the 1942 movie with P-40s when they were in actual service. It also speaks to a lot of aircraft that were in combat during Japan's initial aggression towards and invasion of China, something that is overlooked since the US wasn't in a shooting war with Japan outside of incidents in China until the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Philippines on December 7/8 1941.
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  1044. How about the Chinese American pilots like John “Buffalo “Wong, the first Gloster Gladiator ace, as well as Art Chin. Both received fighter training in Germany before the Japanese and Germans became allies.
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  1045. A Halifax video would be great...but of even more interest would be one about the Short Stirling, the third and largest of the RAF heavies, of which none survive today so it remains relatively forgotten.
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  1046. Seen it.....it's everything you say it is..
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  1047. I'm a sucker for 'ugly' aircraft, and this one is no exception: I love it!!! ♄ Also love your channel, discovered it today, and immediately subscribed. Keep up the good work!
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  1048. Dropping by the comments both to commend you on your great work, as well as recommend you get in touch with "Até" Chuet. He's launching an aviation-focused Web-TV so I'm sure there would be plenty of room for collaboration. Full disclosure : not in touch with Até myself - only thought he could be a good partner for you - and you for him :)
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  1049. Very interesting if odd aircraft, ty for another excellent vid.
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  1050. Sir, thank you for an interesting and informative video. A couple of additional remarks: 1 - The C3605 with its long nose was nicknamed Schlepp or "Alpine Anteater". 2 - The Vampire shown at 4:53 is an FB-6 manufactured under license by Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein AG (FFA). The pointed nose distinguishes this model.
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  1051. Maybe Europe will say that the Russian threat to civilian transatlantic traffic is a serious enough problem and encourage the Irish government to kit up. As an Irish citizen I find it embarrassing that we have to rely on the RAF. (Much as I respect them) Anyway we live in hope. 🙄👍
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  1052. We don't need contractors, we already have the RAF doing our job for use. That being said, we're such a banana republic that I wouldn't be surprised if we paid for a mercenary airforce. Great video btw, I think the F-16 or JAS-39 make the most sense for Ireland.
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  1053. @Ed, as usual, a very interesting ep. The Narval also = the last pusher fighter prototype (out of several designed in the 1940s). As an aside – I believe the F8F Bearcat used by AĂ©ronavale (AN) outnumbered both the Hellcats and the Corsairs. Sources I have at hand say that 180-200 Bearcats were supplied to France from US Navy stocks, although these were used exclusively over Indochina until 1954 (when the survivors were handed over to South Vietnam). The ArmĂ©e de l'Air also operated the Bearcat over Indochina, although I suspect that AdlA and AN drew from a common pool of Bearcats. While the Corsair served longer with AN, only 160–165 in total were acquired by France.
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  1054. Enjoyed this very much, have been reading the book" Citizens Of London", a very good book and talks about how the Americans risked going to prison if they joined before the US was in the war.
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  1055. Thanks for the video. My grandmother's cousin was a part of the second (No. 121) Eagle Squadron, RAF. He was lost early on in December of 1941 - Officer Pilot Kenneth Leroy HOLDER (sometimes rendered incorrectly as Le Roy or K. Le R. Holder - on his headstone). I know of two photos of him standing on the shoulders of one of his fellow pilots to straighten the American flag being hoisted on a flag pole. I would love to know if there are any other photos of him you know about.
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  1056. It might be just me, but I could listen to Ed read the phone book. Then when he whips out very interesting stuff like this, it's a great watch. Thanks Ed
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  1057. 0:54 Ed, with that sound effect, you have solidified yourself as my favorite aviation channel on YouTube. Well done, you!
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  1058. Great video. I had no idea so much was left behind and reused by Wehrmacht. Greetings from Germany.
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  1059. Never been this early! Leaving a comment for the algorithm!
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  1060. Ed I confess you are right. We have one of these just down the road at the Pima Air Museum in Tucson and I have seen it countless times. But I never once imagined its unique history or charter. I only thought to myself: Lockheed made THAT thing?? How do you go from building the SR-71 to..... THAT?? Incidentally, the SR-71 is locate in the same hangar and just a few yards away, almost directly underneath the Y0-3A. Such amazing contrasts I never considered.
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  1061.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  and anything with a merlin engine of course
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  1062. "Blackburne were never known for good looking aircraft." Well at least their final aircraft, the Buccaneer, is one of the most beautiful aircraft EVERđŸ„°
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  1063. I'm a former news writer, teacher and history buff. Thanks Ed, for your fine report. I had forgotten that Tony Fokker was Dutch, not German, and he was clearly one of the very best in early aviation. Finland's war history includes this long, drawn out battle with Russia. Before the US was involved, Finland bought a group of US-made Brewster Buffalo fighter planes, and did quite well against the lesser Russian air forces. Sadly, Finland as losers to Russia had to pay reparrations to Russia. Also, the civilian casualties in Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were a high percentage of the total population. Warfare has a high price-tag.
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  1064. Man if I had a dollar for every time they A10 was on the way out lol I would have a lot of dollars the Air Force leadership hates ground support why they dont let the A10 go to the Army and Marines whose aviators understand and get the importance of mud moving is beyond me
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  1065. Hi Ed, great content, really like the background info as well as the subject. If you are looking for the subject of another unusual military aircraft how about the F-105H, (I am assuming it had the H label coz G was the last of the conventional line or it might have been given a new designation). Anyway, the F-105H, with an 8 foot increase in wing span, change to a turbofan motor, terrain following radar, (instead of terrain avoidance radar) and changes to the internal bomb bay, was in competition with the F-111, which it lost for reasons you are probably aware. It would have been available to the USAF for one tenth the cost an F-111. Interesting.
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  1066. Eventually we'll get a stealth Corsair. Gotta keep the tradition going! 😎👍
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  1067. Great work as always thanks from JDS
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  1068. Very interesting. Thanks for posting. One small error: At one point you said "in the Atlantic and Pacific." I think you meant Indian Ocean. From what I've read, there was a lone U boot patrol in the Pacific originating out of Penang. There were a number of U boots that operated in the Indian Ocean, sailing both from France and from Penang.
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  1069. I knew this one; score is now 4 : 65 for you, but I'm closing in rapidly. :-)
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  1070. Hey Ed, audio sounds great, I always love your content, very well done - quick note; I would have loved if you had kept the Convair's dimensions up while comparing the other airframes' dimensions (in both metric and imperial - Canadian here 😜). I'm drunk and washing dishes and while yes I could have scrolled back to check the dimensions, it would have been amazing to just see both dimensions in text compared. No worries if you are too focused on the other elements of your content, just an idea, you always produce and that's why I'm here...drunkenness unrelated. Love your sh*t bud, keep on keepin on 🇹🇩
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  1071. Load and clear for me
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  1072. The ALFA car company was in financial difficulties in 1915 and was bailed out by Nicolo Romeo. As part of the deal the company was renamed Alfa Romeo.
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  1073. And as I watch this Poland are sending their Mig29s to Ramstein air base in Germany for Ukrainian pilots to pick up
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  1074. Watching all of Ed Nash's videos about forgotten aircraft has taught me many things about the lead-up to WWII : 1) The war itself fueled a massive growth in military knowledge with the maturing weapons such as planes, tanks and carriers 2) Pre-war technology and thinking were not that far off from the best of WWI, which means they had not been given too much a chance to evolve in twenty years 3) It's easy to forget how peace time can cause one's army to stagnate in its thinking, since ideas can only be put out there in theory and it's hard to convince leaders at the time to make sweeping changes to their military assets without having a proof of concept, which usually requires a war. Awesome videos.
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  1075. Arsenal built another design during the same period, the VG33, which was as conventionally pretty as the Delanne was visually heinous...a group in France is now building a flying replica of the VG33. That project (the original, that is, not the replica) would be great for this video series. The VG33 looked more or less like a Macchi 205 with a different engine installation. The saying goes "if it looks right it flies right", and the VG33 would probably have done well had time not run out...
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  1076. Ed, just want to note how much better your narration has gotten with your newer videos. Not to say this older one was bad, of course, but it's great to see such progress.
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  1077. O:59 /Bray-gay/yeah! đŸ‡šđŸ‡”đŸ‘đŸ’“đŸ˜‰ More seriously and pronunciation set apart, those two videos about Thai fighters and the Kingdom's desire to have its own aviation industry is absolutely fascinating. It's so easy (and misleading) to imagine early aviation remaining the exclusive backyard of France, UK, USA, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Japan and Russia ...
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  1078. Ed Nash videos are always a must watch.
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  1079. Literally looks like a SCAR-L clone
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  1080. Cracking video, as usual
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  1081. Simply Top Shelf for my fancy Ed !! Thank you 🙏 for your excellent work 👏👏👏
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  1082.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  thank YOU 🙏
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  1083. Interesting!
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  1084. I will agree not to laugh about the FAP no matter how many times you say it in this video, on the condition that from now on I can only take them seriously when described as "the Peruvian Air Force".
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  1085. Actually, I had already known this but enjoyed hearing it again. Wikipedia has an article on this subject. How about a history of "In God We Trust" on American money Ed? Mark Twain had some interesting things to say about it. Tom (a 69 year old American).
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  1086. If the day comes when you run out of aircraft to discuss, I’d watch you talk about “Malcolm hoods” on mustangs and the history of Rotol propellers 👍 Great stuff👍
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  1087. I just realized majority if not all the ships at battleship row were dreadnought ships just refitted for WW2. If you ever compare the size of WW2 built ships to the Nevada they were much bigger and longer
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  1088. And Yellowjacks before Red Arrows of course.
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  1089. Great Video Ed. Apparently, the name Vildebeest, the Afrikaans word for Wildebeest, was used because Vickers (international arms-dealing company that it was) had high hopes of selling it to South Africa. There were so many different misspellings of the word, even in official documents, that in 1934 the Air Ministry had to take the unprecedented step of sending out a memo specifying how to spell it. To be fair to Vickers, the Air Ministry had specified that the name had to be that of a land mammal, and since Vickers liked to use alliteration when naming their aircraft there were only a few names to choose from. The other two names considered were "Vicuna" and "Vulpes".
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  1090. While doomscrolling/following news can be even somewhat depressing at times like this, it's so jolly nice 😁 of you to make us smile as it's April fool's Day - I might even dust the cupboard for the movie (I know I have/had it on a VHS.. Dirty Harry goes to Moscow;)
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  1091. Ed, Love your videos. They are the most interesting and entertaining aviation videos available. but 1) Mach rhymes with "mock", not "mack". I shan't quibble about the "ch" being not quite the same as the english "k" or "ck". Don't take just my word for it. Ask any german speaker. 2) I can't believe you dismissed the idea of a mig-31 being in US custody. Joe Biden personally flew that plane out of Russia. "not a joke" Also +1 on your videos on the russia/ukraine conflict.
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  1092. I know what you're thinking. 'Did he fire six missiles or only five'?
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  1093. I don't know Ed , there's something fishy about this story .You'll have to call "Gold (fish ) finger" 😂😂😂
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  1094. The birds eye going red made this video
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  1095. Another gem Ed. Thanks .
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  1096. Well presented Sir!
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  1097. I'm so glad I found this channel lmao
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  1098. I can’t wait to read this! I finished Desert Sniper a fortnight ago, it’s a cracking read with some great insights into modern insurgency warfare. Your last paragraph got me worried about what the future holds for brave men returning to the UK though, Ed.
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  1099. This is exactly the content I needed but didnt know I did after that FW vid. I read your book and even the photos didnt do the objective justice. Never would have figured night camo. Reminds me of Desert Night due to the radical departure in philosophy of function. Proper soldiering ingenuity with its construction. Did you notice if heat on the barrel from firing caused the adhesive to peel, melt, or run in any way?
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  1100. Never heard of this one! I also confused it with the Douglas B-23 Dragon. Never heard of a situation before where the USAAF had two different aircraft of the same class with the same popular name.
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  1101. Yay! Hello from SA! Always nice to hear something cool about our country.
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  1102. Amazing. As U're well aware, a GR8 continuation of the OV-10 concept. Some images had US insignia. Was it in competition w/ the Skywarden? Enough of my 2 cents. As always, many thanx Ed. 👍👍
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  1103. No worries. More of these forgotten planes Ed! I leave the Swastika in my flight sim videos, i hope i wonÂŽt be sued for that...
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  1104. commenting for algorithm boost! I also loved your book!
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  1105. Cool video. HI Sutton's Covert Shores website has a good article on explosive boats from the early ones to the Houti operated ones.
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  1106. amazing video as always
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  1107.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  goung to be a rough day at work tomorrow. Lol
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  1108. I like hearing nature in the background and stereo can be a real treat.. W.r to unclear speech there is a CC button on youtube that kind of does an ok job, and if it is really bad I think the content creator can also curate/include soft coded subtitles. Not that this upload is that bad (some channels unfortunately do have to address this actively because of bad recordings, speech impediments or odd/slurry dialects). Anyways, thanks to both of you for sharing.
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  1109. Congrats on passing 50k!
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  1110. That was awesome! There’s hardly ever video content or love for the RPG-2 and it’s something that really interests me! Great vid
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  1111. Thank you Ed for putting up this very interesting video. The British aircraft industry was in a lot of turmoil after the war. Too many little companies trying to do their own thing while governments and defense priorities changed. There just wasn't enough money to go around.
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  1112. I genuinely look forward to these as you talk about aircraft that are generally forgotten or never got much past development. Your accent is very pleasing to listen to as well.
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  1113. All you need to do to learn to pronounce Finnish words and names properly is watch every episode of the Moomins 20 times in a row.
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  1114. Homepage of the restoration project, like you probably know: https://www.vlmyrsky.fi/
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  1115. Again a brilliant episode, your research is excellent, really look forward to these posts 👍
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  1116. “Flies conquer the flypaper!” Thanks for this video, sir.
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  1117. Just seen Putins speech.Two things sprung to mind. 1) Never seen him so animated. Almost looks as if he has woken up. Proper startled 2) He reminded me of Hitler post 1943 when the wheels were falling off the campaign in the East.
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  1118. 1:57 "War Were declared" ^^ You could be quoting Futurama... or Othais from "C&Rsenal" ! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClq1dvO44aNovUUy0SiSDOQ
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  1119. Ed your knowledge, presentation, research given your back ground amaze me, keep up the good work kid!
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  1120. Ed, you sound a bit off. Probably you should take a little bit of rest fam, and get well soon
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  1121. 3 points - 1 - You did it again. Another aircraft I have never even heard of before. 2 - the French - pre-WW2, militarily - were absolutely pathetic. Another example was that their main fighter in 1939 was one that a tiny, Dutch company (in less then 100 days) came up with a design noticeably better. 3- I am not Jewish. But I always get a kick out of Jews who flew that disgusting Nazi government...coming back to bite the ass of the Nazis later in the war. Thanks for the video.
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  1122. Sorry mate but its not John "Winkle" Brown but Captain Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown
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  1123. Why can't it be both?
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  1124. Not much I can say that hasn't already appeared in the comments but will share on FB to try and get more interest in this horror story Ed.
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  1125. When I became a USAF Fighter Pilot in 1975 we were mixed in with Vietnam Vets. They always spoke of the AD-1 with love in their eyes. If you were down in enemy country if you had Spads overhead you knew you were going home. The loiter time and the firepower kept the VC at bay until other Aircraft and choppers could arrive. You should do a video about the USAF operated Skyraiders in nam. Love the channel, Ed.
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  1126. "which stood for... iÂŽm not even going to try and pronouce that" LOL CanÂŽt blame you on that one. IL-2 has such a heritage, i wonder, are there any left today? Especially ones in airworthy condition? Me, iÂŽm a big fan of the IL-20, i just LOVE the ugly ones.
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  1127. "Where do you want these bombs loaded?"   "On the Bombay."   "You mean in the bomb bay?" "No, on the wing racks on the Bombay." "The wing racks are on the wings." "Oh hell, they are all 24 pounders. Just hand them to the crew."
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  1128. Blackburn Firebrand next plz Ed. Good onya for doing some Aussie stuff 👍 🇩đŸ‡ș I’d buy you a beer or ten 😁
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  1129. I had a strong feeling you might upload on this subject, in good time too!
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  1130. As usual, no word of this in the news, but Ed keeps us informed. Thanks for covering this conflict when other sources sadly just can't be bothered.
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  1131. Ok, I'm sold! I have a personal interest in the Danish underground, so I just hope it's as good as 'Desert Sniper. That Penguin is always reassuring.
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  1132. One of your references - Dalrymple's "The Anarchy..." - is terrific as an audible audiobook. The whole history of The Company. Your videos are always good, but this is an especially fine and different one to the norm. Deserves to spike into viral territory.
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  1133. Nah man this is not cool. Please use time stamps on a long video like this
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  1134. Love your videos. Downed your book in one sitting. Thank you. Btw, Subscribestar is a less censorious version of Patreon.
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  1135. Not usually a fan of “What Ifs” , but that was very amusing and informative. I knew nothing of these or the designer. Well done mate
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  1136. Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
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  1137. Belgian Milan at systems were taken out of stock back in 2010. The missiles were no longer "stable" The Milan launchers to be sent to Ukraine will be brand new Milan 2 ( to be bought and paid for by Belgium)
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  1138. This might be your funniest video yet - to me. Again, I knew nothing of this. Thank you, Ed. Man, this gunner must be praying like mad that the pilot doesn't get killed. Because if he did? There is literally nothing the gunner can do but wait until the plane crashes. He cannot grab the controls. And even if he had a parachute? He cannot jump out without getting chopped to bits.
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  1139. Ed i am former Navy F-4 Phantom 2 pilot in my 80's i agree with you on this one.....This is a great breakdown of prop Warbirds Planes 👍 ShoeđŸ‡ș🇾
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  1140. How do you feel with that 20 foot vehicle dispersion? I cant imagine working with incompetent convoys. Leaving flanks both sides, no bump and go on crossings. Could definitely use some training which I assume there isnt much provided there. I feel for you man, thank God you made it out alive.
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  1141. Fine point about the XP-72 Ultrabolt: The 28 cylinder Pratt&Whitney R-4360's front and rear power-section mounting faces were identical. That allowed the planned pusher-propeller system for the B-36 Bomber to be implemented easily. It would also allow for P-38 style Left and Right Hand turning engines if desired. The XP-72 was NOT turbosupercharged. Instead a giant auxiliary supercharger was mounted in the aft fuselage and it was driven by a shaft and variable speed coupling off the 4360's sturdy rear mounting face. It didn't have the big long titanium exhaust pipes running from engine to turbo. Instead the engine got shorty "ejector" stacks that made a small amount of thrust and helped pull cooling air through the engine cowling. Small but interesting difference, I think.
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  1142. Very interesting video, I had never heard of him, as you expected. Thanks for your hard work! Great channel
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  1143. I never like videos....I liked this video. Well done.
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  1144. Just binge-watched 8 of your vids and decided to subscribe. You, Sir, is one of the myriad of reasons that makes Youtube worth keeping in the bookmarks.
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  1145. Mr Nash. I owe you an apology. I had penned you in the wrong pigeon hole. While I’ve loved your work genuinely I’ve though of it as the usual type of ‘superficial’ overview of the world. This has shown me wrong. Well done. And all done on this video. Although it has scared the living shite out of m, it’s very very well presented scripted and thoughtful. Good man!
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  1146. i've come across this aircraft just recently and i got ecstatic when i saw a notification from one of my favourite channels talking about it
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  1147. You did it again!!! The Ikarus S-49?!? Never heard of it before today. Thank you for this. BTW - I find your video ending VERY refreshing. None of this 'please like, subscribe, ...' that almost everyone else includes. And which I find silly as obviously I will do all this if I like the videos. Peace.
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  1148. Great video. Iran only actually took delivery of 79 of the 80 F14’s. The 80th’s delivery was denied because of the revolution and is rusting away outdoors at USN Lemoore NAS.
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  1149. Well done, Ed. That was a good intel summary of an issue the public press has been ignoring until recently. Perhaps the pendulum of Taiwanese support by the free world is finally swinging in their favor, but will it swing fast enough to prevent China from attacking them or will it hasten CCP action to fulfill its ultimate goal of reunification by force? The world wonders.
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  1150. Ed Nash- the war did end officially in September with the surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay. The end of hostilities was in August, but that's a very different thing. Just ask the Koreans both North and South.
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  1151. Very interesting, ever thought of setting up a channel, these sorts of aviation and interpersonal histories, including often little known actions?
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  1152. AgradecerĂ­a bastante que pongas subtitulos en español, saludos desde Argentina đŸ‡ŠđŸ‡·đŸ–đŸ»
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  1153. Jep. I've got the book in the form of a 2010 German reprint. A true witness acount of the times. I am however not sure how acurate it is. He namely claims he also flew the Me 262, totally untrained, just because some ground personel officer did not mind when he asked for a chance. In the last stages of the war that is just imaginable but still not very probable. It is known the jet-engines of these things where very temperamental. Shoving the throttles a bit too quickly could already make them flame out.
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  1154. Taxiing must have been "interesting"! đŸ€š
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  1155. Had my own doubts, but Zelensky stayed in Kyiv and Yanukovych ran before impeachment vote.
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  1156. Fella obviously had the skills, it looked right so given the chance ?
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  1157. Good topic.
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  1158. Way to go Ed, Onwards!
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  1159. Congratulations! Have a wonderful festive season.
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  1160. im really happy to be able to say that ive seen j29 tunnan, saab 105, lansen, draken, viggen and gripen fly and i have been able to sit in cockpits of both the draken and viggen which you can do up in Östersund Teknikland in sweden. I remember as a kid when my dad lifted me and my sister up into the afterburner portion of an out of service viggen.
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  1161. I must disagree about Abrams and Bradly. Ukrainian comander in chief General Zaluzhnyi outlined in his article army needs for 2023. 15-20 new manuever brigades on NATO standard kit, i.e. M1, M113 and M2. Soviet era tanks are running out in Europe, so American kit is what needed. Besides US does have very deep reserves of armoured vehicles that was properly stored. Marines got rid of their tanks recently, and US manufactured M1 for years for the sole purpose of keeping the last plant running. I mean, where would America need 3700 old Abrams tanks? Not to mention all those still in service. Providing them to Ukraine would be a win-win situation. US does not need to store them anymore, it's much cheaper than buying new ones, and they will be used to deplete tank reserves of the future potential adversary. If there would be a new big ground war in Europe or Arctic the adversary would certainly be russia.
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  1162.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  You did Nedash, bloody top content as usual! So now that Blighty has stopped nuking Australia and its territories, I feel like it's high time you started making reparations and did a video on the Avon Sabre. It really seems like the right thing to do... ;-)
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  1163. Well son, when a Seamew and a T-34 fall in love....... o___O
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  1164. Well done! I've been in aviation for nearly 50 years and this is becoming the go-to place learn about airplanes I had no idea existed. Minor anal-retentive quibble: cannon shooting through the engine block is better described as shooting through the propeller gearbox. The cannon barrel is actually sitting on top of the engine block and is firing through the hollow propeller output shaft.
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  1165. I have to say I have been watching YT videos about the Short Stirling since 2015 and this is one of best if not the best. You've included all the detail that many lack & have put to bed the myth about RAF Hangars. I like the photo on SOE and the Russian interest. I thought 3 Mk1 Stirlings had been gifted to the Russians. You forgot to add that the runways were extended using the rubble taken from London. Also the crucial clip where Lady MacRoberts says she has no more Sons to give! All Honour to the Men who fly the Stirling. Well Done.
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  1166. Thank you for another informative video. That reminds people to not judge anything by its appearance alone.
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  1167. Making a comment now before I have some Whiskey later, and unable to spell the world: "Algorithm".
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  1168. Disagreeing with you, to drive engagement - for the algorithm.
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  1169.  @SolarWebsite  Rating comment for the algorithm.
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  1170.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Maybe a follow-up?
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  1171. Now potentially on its way to Solway Aviation Museum at Carlisle Airport!
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  1172. There is also a replica d21 at the Dutch Military Museum (NMM). There's even footage of it being built in the late eighties or early nineties on youtube
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  1173. Ed, your research and output is outstanding. You make great use of historical resources, both stills and film. Another terrific video.
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  1174. What on earth is that vertical stabilizer, it looks like it would roll of you used the rudder.
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  1175. Dobby gave master a sock
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  1176. HO! HO! HO!
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  1177. As a Vietnamese that "Vietnam oooh" makes me laugh. On May 31st 2019 Capt. Toai Dang (Đáș·ng Đức ToáșĄi), from Vietnam People's Air Force (VPAF), graduated from the Aviation Leadership Program after flying the T-6 Texan II for more than 167 hours. Then in last June the U.S. has agreed to "sell" T-6 trainer aircraft to Vietnam to help improve pilot training, the exact number of aircrafts were undisclosed though. After retiring MiG-21 fleets, VPAF has been seeking for replacement(s). So, there is indeed something happening between USAF and VPAF backstage.
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  1178. Sweet, ERA for light un-armoured vehicles. Worst thing about IED's, IMHO, is their indiscriminate nature, even when remotely triggered by an observer they can do massive damage and injury to innocent "non combatants" and civilian infrastructure.
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  1179. Thanks, Ed. I've been wondering what kind of response there has been to all this recent drone development. Great vid!
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  1180. Underwater ejection! Do you get a snorkle instead of a tie?
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  1181. Been waiting for this one. Thanks Ed! Legend.
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  1182. To complement what was said in the video, the IAĂ©-24 Calquin did not initially foresee the RR Merlin as a motorization, probably because they knew for sure that due to the war they could not be available at that time. The plane was designed from the beginning to carry Pratt & Whitney R-1830-65A SIC3G 1200 HP radial engines and its resemblance to the Mosquito is not accidental, in fact Argentine engineers had regularly visited the de Havilland factory where it was provided to them. some technical information. After the first flight, the specialized press and the newspapers of the moment highlighted that a second version with liquid-cooled in-line engines would begin to be designed. This version that is named in the video was the IAĂ©-28 also known extra officially as "Super Calquin", it would have two RR Merlin 604 engines and all the modifications that the new engine and the experience in the use of the IAĂ©-24 demonstrated, among they include the adoption of radiators on the wing leading edge, between the engines and the fuselage, reinforced landing gear, etc. The project was advancing, however, in parallel, work was being done on the IAĂ©-30 "ÑamcĂș", a twin-engined "destroyer" type equipped with two RR Merlin 134-135 engines. The advanced stage of this project (which flew in July 1948) led to the cancellation of the IAĂ©-28 and efforts to focus on this new metallic twin-engine. Its resemblance to the de Havilland Hornet was not accidental, since the visits and exchanges with the English manufacturer were maintained. In fact, the original technical information of the plane describes that the hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical systems of the IAĂ©-30 belonged to the de Havilland Hornet, with the necessary modifications to adapt it to the Argentine model. A prototype of this aircraft was completed and two more in different stages of construction. In 1949 a two-seater version was planned, and two motorized with two RR Derwent V turbojets, one for fighter and one for bombing. It had also been planned to transfer it in flight to Farnborough and for this long-duration flight practices were carried out together with two Avro Lancastrians that would support navigation during the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, but in the end it did not materialize. In 1951 it was assigned to active service and assigned the registration I-101 (following the Gloster Meteor ending in I-100) however it was destroyed in an accident before entering service. Another consideration about the Calquin, his bad reputation was not entirely true and the results of extensive tests carried out in 1951 demonstrate this. It should be noted that their engines were similar to those used by proven aircraft such as the DC-3/C-47, so nothing can be objected to the motorization if we take into account that for the Calquin they had to operate with a maximum weight of just over 7,000 kg, while with the DC-3 the same engines had to do so with twice the maximum weight, about 14,000 kg. Despite this, it was planned to try other engines and studies had begun for the adaptation of the P&W R-2,000 and Bristol Hercules. I also want to add that Argentina did not have any type of difficulty or refusal by England or Rolls Royce to purchase Merlin or other engines, if they were not purchased it was because those purchases were not managed, either because the projects were canceled or were not produced in series. Another thing to keep in mind is that starting in 1948, a lot of British-sourced material was incorporated. Just to name a few whose engines are related to the topic discussed in the video, 30 Avro Lincoln BMk2 were incorporated; 15 Avro Lancaster BMkI, that meant a number of 180 RR Merlin engines in the bombers, plus some new ones for replacement, added to the test stands installed by Rolls Royce and full repair capability and inspections at all levels... too 100 Gloster Meteor FMk4 were incorporated which meant that the planes alone had 200 RR Derwent V turbojets, to which were added new engines for replacement, a large number of spare parts and the materials and licenses to manufacture them in series at the Instituto AerotĂ©cnico (Derwent V and Nene II), where the Pulqui I, Pulqui II and other prototypes carried both the Derwent V and the Nene II, plus other projects that would see the light of day on the design tables that contemplated the use of the most modern RR Avon, such as the IA-36 Condor transport plane (design by Kurt Tank) or the IA-48 (design by Reimar Horten), and others... Definitely England was the first interested in making all these projects prosper and in selling all kinds of materials that many nationally designed aircraft models used to have: engines, systems, ejectable seats, brakes, tires, etc. I forgot to mention that the Calquin never carried 20mm guns. The armed versions carried two types of 12.7mm machine guns. Long-barreled Brownings and short-barreled "DL" Nationals
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  1183. Had a chuckle about your drone comment towards the end as have just finished your book.
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  1184. I think Arnie summed it up perfectly ! Thanks Ed.
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  1185. Bra. FortsĂ€tt med det goda arbetet. Tack. 😂 (Say this 3 times fast)
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  1186. loved it - sorry more folks have not (YET!) found it - best wishes on 2020
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  1187. Almost 100k!. Congrats
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  1188. I was at RAF Cosford museum a few years ago, taking turns with a gentleman to take photos of various aircraft when we came across the Pucara. "Looks a bit different to the last time I saw her," he said. "Why, have you been here before?" I asked. "No: I flew her back from the Falklands..."
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  1189. Pronunciation note (if you will excuse me); Woomera is pronounced 'wUmera' by most of us, as if you were from the North of England (as in; "Eh Up! It's bUms that count 'ere, not 'ats"). Similarly, the preferred pronunciation of Boomerang is 'bUmerang', though few of us do this.
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  1190. The barrel is 13 inches length, its shorter than M4's 14.5 inches. For all that major medias announced that effective range is longer than current type 89 (16.5 inches). In theory, even if they adopts new ammo like M855A1, muzzle velocity would be lower than type 89. Therefore their annoucement sounds strange a bit. Probably the longer range may be achieved with LPVO scope like mounted on the rifle in the video. But, the mounted LPVO is March-F, and it costs 2000 dollars on market, would not be standard issue. So they may change to other inexpensive LPVO like Light Optical Works's 1-6x24M(costs 600 dollars, and already used by some troops of JSDF).
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  1191. It looks like something from the second half of “Flight of the Phoenix”
 
only not quite as good.
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  1192. Thanks Ed. At least common sense prevailed in the end ! Sometimes you do wonder what makes America tick .
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  1193. Slap that "Like" button around!!!!.....That's right !!!....Show it who's Boss !!!!
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  1194. Right on the button again Ed . Although l was slightly confused by the mk14 as l thought it to be the "Standard eliptical wing " Griffon powered Spitfire . And Frank Furlong was "cavorting " with Jeffrey Quill when he met his very untimely end . Apparently they were flying back to base after the various testing regimes and started fooling around . Frank inverted the Spitfire at very low altitude and plunged to his death . Jeffrey in his book , said he believed Frank to be one of the greatest test pilots he had the pleasure of meeting and was adamant the control's must have jammed . Jeffrey flew the Griffon prototype , a Mk Xll , itself a modified Mk lX DP 845 and declared it to be the best and most exciting Spitfire he ever flew ! They were hurried into production to challenge the V1 'buzz bombs " (Oh dear ! I've got carried away ! Sorry Ed ! ) Jeffrey Quill was Supermarines Test pilot and flew every Spitfire Mark .
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  1195. The best video I've ever seen of the P-66, well done!!!
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  1196.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I just finished the video (very informative by the way, thank you) but someone in the military must have a sense of humour, launching martlets from wildcats, that can’t be a coincidence
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  1197. Incredible stuff. Why do these rarities always get scrapped? Well done, Ed. Gold star ⭐.
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  1198. Thanks for sharing this, the more people know the more pressure to intervene somehow will become..
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  1199. Uh oh ! The "Night Witches" will come and get you ! đŸ˜±đŸ˜±đŸ˜±đŸ˜± You obviously don't subscribe to "Flypast " Ed ! And it seems many of us do ! 😆😆😆
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  1200. Thank you for that informative and interesting film.
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  1201. What a great Video! Love this airplane. It's a shame it wasn't as popular as others. Thanks for uploading.
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  1202. I never knew this existed......i am gobsmacked!.........thank you for this.......
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  1203. Just found your channel ! Forgotten weapons lead me to your fantastic book Desert Sniper, keep up the great work mate.
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  1204. 1st again...woohhaa!
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  1205. Makes you proud to be British!
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  1206. That whole story do smells... fishy.
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  1207. Lol nice UNIT clip. Interesting video. The truth is so often stranger than fiction. You should do a video on the op to protect the rare Red Kite in the Brecon Beacons during the early 90s. I was a staff officer in the brigade at the time. It was all quite exciting ironically.
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  1208. Wow 
 I have the greatest respect for the Kurdish Fighters and our Brave Troops 
Thanks for this fascinating episode 

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  1209. At the beginning of the video you mention some companies that made previous big planes, but neglect to mention the Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant! The Me 323 shares many aspects with the AN225, including the 6 engines, large front loading hatch and style of landing gear.
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  1210. V interesting stuff. Its funny, in my review of your book on Amazon (I think) , I describe the way that you write and think as like a soldier, and I was surprised you weren't ex Army. Listening to you talk, you still remind me of my old CSM, I guess it must be in the genes. Look forward to watching many more.
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  1211. Thank you for making a video on Chuck Yeager! Not enough people acknowledged his astonishing life and significant contributions when he passed away. You forgot to mention that he was also one of 12 people personally selected by President Reagan to investigate the Challenger explosion!
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  1212. What are the chances! I identify as an attack helicopter😂 But seriously, another great video. The channel gets better and better👍
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  1213. Love your channel and content sir. One thing which appeals to me is your lack of an annoying intro and outtro. Keep up the good work my friend.
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  1214. Hello you are the best. THANKS FOR CORRECTLY IDENTIFYING AND NAMING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA đŸ‡ș🇾 . Saludos
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  1215. Ed Thank YOU 🙏 AGAIN 🙏 for your excellent work... you are a magician and you found another program I knew very little beyond the F111 & F14 👏👏👏👏👏👏
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  1216. guinea pig squee-e-e-e-k
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  1217. A "Bi Mono" aircraft? How very naughty of Hillson!;) HF-40: Wasn't there a Canadian aircraft designer who thought that "all of this monoplane rubbish" would fade away and the biplane would resume it's primacy after the war?;)
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  1218. Excellent discussion of one of the real "coulda, woulda, shoulda" aircraft in US history. Just one thing. The B-24's directional instability in flight, especially at high altitudes, was actually a pretty big deal for the type's service in the 8th USAAF over Europe: it made the tight defensive formations used by B-17s impossible to maintain, thus exposing the Liberators to greater risk from Luftwaffe interceptors.
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  1219. Thank you for reporting. Have an excellent day!
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  1220. Nice to see this aircraft covered! Originally it was to be the Payen-Melot Pa-22/1R Flechair powered by the Melot 1R steam-oil powered ramjet type engine. This aircraft was built and had four wheels, the main landing gear, a tailwheel, and a 4th under the engine as it was so heavy the aircraft "bounced" as Monsieurs Payen and Melot tried to get if off of the ground. It was hoped to enter it into the Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe air race, but when the aircraft failed to perform, it was re-engined with the conventional propeller piston engine. During this same period, another canard aircraft was built in Italy, only with a pusher propeller, the SAI Ambrossini SS.4, destroyed in a crash in 1939. Germany investigated this concept with the Henschel He.P.75 of 1941. In the United Kingdom this concept was continued with the Miles M.35 Libellula in 1942, then came the American Curtiss XP-55 Ascender of 1943, the Japanese Kyushu J7W1 Shinden in 1945, and the Russian Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-8 Utka of the same year. Many nations were curious of this concept.
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  1221. So pleased to see this one. I love your work.
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  1222. looks like a bee. insane design. thanks Ed. Great book by the way.
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  1223. Full size replica in omaka,nz.
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  1224. Ed, you have such great content. Cheers.
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  1225. The first time I saw a video with my lower jaw dropped on the ground...😳 Never heard of these planes.
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  1226. I ve seen this plane a number of times at the excellent Pima Air Museum and wondered about it's history. Thank you for answering a great many questions.
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  1227. Great vid mate. Reminded me to buy your book too.
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  1228. Nice chronological development. Lots of facts but easy to follow as the years of development are highlighted. Another great video Ed. Time to start building my Supermarine Swift model kit. Love the side nacelle/ engines on these 50s jets. Hopefully visit the F A.A museum now lockdown is lifting. Great museum and plenty to see.
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  1229. Hi Ed! As to the fate of the aircraft, recent research by Scott Thompson (of the Aero Vintage site and author of the B-17 book Final Cut ) has found that the first XP-46 ended its days at Burgard Vocational High School in Buffalo, NY, being used to train future aircraft mechanics.
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  1230. Goodness another video from Mr Nash. Excellent!!
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  1231. do you WAAAANT to come back to my place ? Bouncy Bouncy !
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  1232. It is interesting reading some of these comments about the Abrams tank - since I worked in the tank-automotive R&D center from 1978 on. The documents of Pentagon meeting (written minutes) clearly show that the Army Training and Doctrine Command (responsible then for setting requirements for war fighting equipment and it’s employment) did not want the (then) 60-ton Chrysler design - but the lighter GM model. Yet in a Pentagon meeting, General Abrams himself told the gathered officials that it would be almost impossible to sell a “standard” design for a new tank to congress. They needed to sell the speed and power of the turbine engine and the newly developed COBOL armor technology available from the British. This meant that any design would have to be more than 45-tons and be more likely a 60-ton or more tank (like the Chrysler version). This is of course a short version of a lot on in-house fighting over budget and requirements creep and so on. The original documents should still be available to support this. Maybe they are hard to find which is why I believe Mr. Nash’s title for this video is correct although the reasons are not. General Abrams, not McNama was the prime-driver of the decision to go with a very heavy tank with new armor protection and the power to give it the needed mobility (i.e. turbine engine in a ground application). By the way, this decision to go with a very heavy and thirsty tank drove the logistic community nuts and caused the generation of a number of support vehicle requirements and funding that would have not been needed by a lighter fighting vehicle. Only the US at the time could support these sorts of wild expenditures on the logistical tail. One of the factors in “winning” the Cold War
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  1233. Hi Ed. I'm pretty neutral on this BUT ! Without boring you sh****ss about 20 years back my wife and l definitely saw 2 UFO's come over the horizon about 10 seconds apart , very high , very fast and very quiet and bearing in mind their height , very bright and very large. We took a picture but the phone camera just wasn't up to it , not enough pixels !
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  1234. I really appreciate the history and perspective of Steinbeck in this video. Thank you! Great job!
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  1235.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  and pronounced as in 'FILE'... :-)
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  1236. Bout dam time I find a video on it, okay hear me out he162 airframe buzz bomb pulse jet engine possible? Legal?
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  1237. It occurs to me that a Double Wasp had the same diameter as a Twin Wasp. Imagine the tiny (well, relatively) Messerschmitt being dragged through the air by a 2000 hp R-2800, and... Never mind, I think I've just basically reinvented the F8F Bearcat.
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  1238. Interesting, never heard of this one, good vid Ed!. Also, what I always find interesting is people still believe single inline engined WW2 fighters were faster & more aerodynamic than single radial engine radial engined aircraft. The fastest single engined fighters of WW2 were the P47M at 473mph(some pilots claimed to have reached 480-490mph, a couple claimed 500mph, all at altitude), & the P47N, at around 465mph, heavier, bigger, but faster than all inline fighter aircraft, except the FW TA152 with its huge Jumo bomber engine, at between 469-474mph. Only around 43 of these were ever delivered. The XP47J was the first & only propped aircraft to OFFICIALLY break over 500mph in level flight(The Chysler 16 cylinder inline XP47H also claimed 500+, but officially, if memory serves. And you say radials are less aerodynamic than inlines??? Greg's Airplanes & Automobiles has excellent, fair evaluations of numerous WW2 era fighters, one in particular comparing aerodynamics between the radial engined FW190s & the P51 Mustang. Oh, the radial engined Corsair was as fast as the Mustang. All speeds were derived from numerous sources, some differ a bit, I try to take all into consideration.
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  1239. In an alternate steampunk universe, the day operation Barbarossa began, Stalin shouted: "Release the polymorphic fighters!" Jokes aside, great video!
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  1240. The transformer sound miiiiight be a bit too loud haha
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  1241.  UncleJoeMedia  More like a first word problem, am I right? 😂
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  1242. Thanks for that Ed 👍 Please do a video on the Wyvern. It looks like another relatively unknown but fascinating aircraft.
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  1243. As always Ed. Very concise and accurate! Thankyou .
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  1244. Well done Ed, R “double A” F
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  1245.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  here is link https://youtu.be/UmNEJFEDCJw
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  1246. Great looking plane. I knew about the Skyray, but not the Skylancer. Great episode. Concise, informative, and interesting. Well done.
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  1247. Its service with the fleet was fleeting.
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  1248. Hi Ed. You were correct ! I didn't know this either ! It has a definite resemblance to a number of projects of that era. Yet another "nearly " aircraft. But in this hectic period l guess you had to have many cards up your sleeve . Just make sure you put up a Tempest or something next time !😂 Thanks Ed.
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  1249. interesting end there xD Fuc-
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  1250. Aircraft on the ground are not a kill. The kill must be in the air. Richard Bong took out a landing Japanese aircraft during a mission. His superiors wanted to give hime credit saying the aircraft was bouncing off the ground during landing and was thus airborne. Bong stated the airplane was smoothly rolling down the runway, no bounce. He was not credited with a kill. His wartime tally stands at 40, not 41.
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  1251. To squeeze more juice out of the lemon ...
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  1252. Imagine a plexiglass bubble rather than the framed glasshouse and..... maybe?
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  1253. 4:36 A picture paints a thousand words...
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  1254. Ed, I noticed for the past year that your microphone quality hasn't been as good as the year before. I'm wondering what happened, because your voice was much more clearer to hear before and now you sound like a different person. No complaints about the content of your videos, just about the quality of the voiceover!
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  1255. I really love your videos on current military events and also the ones about doing inventory on a militaries vehicle fleet
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  1256. Congratulation's on reaching 40K It is very well deserved. You listened to your audience and gave us what we asked for. What more can we do but watch your excellent videos. I think one of the other factors here is that there is a very good audience all willing to chip in and add what they know. It feels like a group of like minded people. Always enjoyable to read the comments.
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  1257. Thats what you get for putting out good content..... congrats dude.
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  1258. First of all....Congratulations, you deserve this In my opinion, For 50000 subscribers, you should do a list video of top 10 underappreciated aircrafts which should be more recognised.
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  1259. First to say Thanks Ed 
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  1260. Well he's going to be the butt of all jokes!....." they don't like it up 'em Captain Mannwarring "...."apparently they do Jones ;" ......Hey man , l'm going to blow my mind ! .........Now when's that next militaria auction coming up ! " That blokes bonkers ! " Well l'm not sure . I'm going to have to sit on it for while đŸ€” .... Thanks Ed ! Did actually hear this on the BBC news last night ...."and coming up in the news tonight "! đŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł
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  1261. It looks like a de havilland Venom! Cool video👍đŸș
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  1262. Not exactly true. G.1s never fought the German Luftwaffe. Only the DXXXI fighters did. The G.1 only flew one mission in May 1940. 2 escorted 1 Fokker T.V. bomber to bomb a bridge to slow German soldiers and tanks down. 2 bombs hit the bridge but didn't destroy it. 1 G.1 was shot down by German fighters the other landed and was captured as German soldiers were on the airfield. Source: JG 26 Luftwaffe Top Guns of the Luftwaffe book Great video btw
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  1263. I'm very glad I subscribed to your channel. I've been working my way through your content. I hope with time a lot more people will find you and do the same, at which point you'll start earning from this excellent content in a big way.
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  1264. This is why I always say please and thank you to alexa . . . . At least when the robot war starts I might be spared, or suffer a more compassionate end . . .
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  1265. Just a nit, but Sen. Eagleton's backing of the F-15 likely had everything to do with the fact that it was designed and built in Missouri where he was Senator. But maybe I'm just too cynical.
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  1266. That was excellent that C version is a good looker too, love these posts, thank you, from Wales UK.
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  1267. One thing about Yugoslavia's ambiguous position vs-a-vie NATO and the Warsaw Pact was that the Yugoslav Army had all these Sherman Tanks that could be used in making Kelly's Heroes. .
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  1268. As always, it's fantastic that someone (you) goes thru the trouble of keeping us informed on what happens in the world concerning important events but the type that don't get into the general news we usually read. And that's not to say that I don't enjoy ugly aircrafts also;-)
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  1269.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  take ur time mate
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  1270. I really appreciate this update boi. The last time you made an update on this topic, the you toobz took it out of my subscribed-to content for some reason. Just FYI. So you might want to do a community shoutout next time, just to make sure no one misses the video.
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  1271. The Bristol Centaurus was an eighteen cylinder, sleeve valve engine, not an 'eighteen valve, sleeve cylinder' engine (@04:02)! Minor error aside, an excellent video as usual. Keep up the good work.
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  1272. It appears his experiments with kites led him astray regarding the nature of lift. An aircraft wing uses a combination of stagnation pressure and the Bernoulli effect. Kites generally rely on stagnation pressure, which would produce too much drag for an airplane wing. This is particularly interesting given his work with hydrofoils.
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  1273. top vid mate just bought your book
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  1274. Well , if you can't beat them , Join them ! 😂😂😂
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  1275. Hi Ed. Yes it's amazing how one thing leads to another. Those Me 110 's were deadly with the upward firing cannons. It's fairly common knowledge that the Americans frequently made emergency landings in Switzerland. Thanks Ed.
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  1276. Do a video on the Malmo mfi-9. The smallest ground attack plane used in a war.
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  1277. Arguably the BEST video made on this war. Nice to even see the order of battle and tactics, which no one else has done, not even some Spanish speaking documentaries dedicated to this war.
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  1278. Nice one, another well researched and presented documentary about a lesser known subject, didn't know the Brits had them at all!
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  1279. Congratulations! Well deserved.
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  1280. Keep the videos coming. Onwards to 200k subs.👍
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  1281. All this Elboniaphobic talk grates my soul! I pray that they uncover this perfidious traitor before these purchases are made!
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  1282. Congrats Ed, Well deserved!
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  1283. Absolute congratulations Ed YOU EARNED IT So, now to argue. Keeping the Soviets out and thereby winding them up? Tsk. Not the rules of the game. So now we have a suberb fighter option - Weaselling permitting as it first flies 30 Dec 1945. The Mig 9. A jet - It brings a whole new level of technical & logistical complexities but it has every prospect of seeming the absolute last words in the dog's danglies stakes. A whole new level of speed & altitude opens before them. Impressed? The Elbonian Politicos will give you the order of the golden commode with Oak Leaves AND give you a pass on the soon to be obvious K-wrap the rest may begin to look like rather swiftly. Just ......... Its range is that a superannuated wren with an arthritic wing with the throttle open. Plus its VNE is well under 600 knots it can exceed (once) in a decent dive. Best of all if hasn't fallen apeart diving on its target .... The moment it fires its guns, the engine routinely flames out.
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  1284. The Obscurity Oscar goes to.........Ed Nash!
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  1285. So this is basically Ed's vacation videos. 😜😁
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  1286. Nice vĂ­deo men!
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  1287. Another absolutely superb presentation _ thank you, Mr. Nash !!!
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  1288. I think the HMS Formidable was Britain's most formidable carrier. I'm here all week, folks.
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  1289. Great video! I am really liking all of your content. Rest in peace Colonel Short.
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  1290. Thanks Ed, love the insight.
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  1291. I admire the people of Myanmar for taking a stand and fighting for a better future for themselves. I can't imagine how difficult a decision it must be to take up arms, knowing the scars it may leave on your home. But I appreciate how necessary it is, knowing how much deeper the scars of dictatorship leave. We who live in democratic states already need to shame our leaders into remembering why it is important to support those who struggle every day to obtain the freedoms we so readily take for granted. Those who battle for their right to have their fair say know all too well how quickly the black rot of authoritarianism seeps into our society and destroys all we hold dear. For everyone out there who doesn't know what they can do to support the people of Myanmar, simply have a conversation with a friend, a family member, or anyone willing to listen, and tell them about their struggle for a better life. Our words have power and a simple conversation will spread until it reaches the ears of those who have the ability and will to give the freedom fighters what they need to achieve success.
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  1292. A very interesting guest
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  1293. thank you for doing video on my people
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  1294. The channel Forgotten Weapons had a video on the airborne Lewis machine gun today. It explains why the Vickers gun was used in a fixed position and a Lewis gun was used by the air gunner. Go check it out!
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  1295. Technically any aircraft can "land" on water, it's the floats that let it 'take off' from water. :-) Love the intro.
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  1296. Well if that's the worst thing that happens this year then Happy Days !
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  1297. I’ve never seen before a photo of IK-3 with Luftwaffe markings, just have heard of. Awesome job, Man!!
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  1298. I feel lucky to be able to se one of thd remaining planes infront of it's hangar at Altenrhein. Such a beautiful bird especially te turbo prop variant.
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  1299.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  keep up the great work. And yeah, YouTube kinda sucks lmao. I think your channel is gonna blow up sometime soon. Your content is definitely underrated.
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  1300. Dam Im early. Great video as always man
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  1301.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  To be clear, there is an unsubstantiated rumour that the RAF is engaging in operations in Irish airspace but the nature and extent of any air defence bilateral between Ireland and the UK is unclear and you should be careful about making statements about "the reality" unless you can cite evidence of what "the reality" actually is. Article 15(6) of the Irish constitution prohibits a foreign military from conducting operations in an Irish sovereign domain and any bilateral with the UK must adhere to the law - this would imply that any air defence bilateral is extremely limited and most likely only permits the RAF to transit Irish airspace without prior diplomatic clearance. Even transit rights of this nature would be legally dubious.
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  1302. Rapid fire comments: -crazy and unfair ordinance requirements can create some quirky designs -pre-war stuff all has a very awkward design style, not yet tempered by war -completely unaware of this aircraft's existence as a lot of prewar equipment tends to fade from the public's mind -the stock footage around 3:40 of the u-boat attack is raw and quite striking -unfamiliar with the raid on Genoa or the significance of the bombing on Bergen Harbor. The Second World War keeps revealing secrets Thank you
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  1303. with this pandemic and the major recession or depression coming up, a made in Canada solution is the only solution to create jobs... So whichever gives Canada the most jobs should likely be chosen.. Saying that, gripen may appear most interesting but the F18 super hornet has the growler variant, is twin engine, possible conformal weapons bay and still has superior performance to an F35...PLUS Boeing is a known partner and perhaps, our old F18s can be converted into something useful with that contract.. more jobs.... The snowbirds need gear too..... this can be an interesting contract.
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  1304. The F-15se is the best option for a huge country like canada. Or even f15
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  1305.  @johndell3642  Thank you for the detail. Norway is an 'old boy' of my college and I should have read a biography of him by now.
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  1306. Haha! first:-) - keep up the good work with the videos Ed!
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  1307. Life long avation nerd, first time hearing of this. Fantastic find Ed.
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  1308. I flew 400 hours on the Quite Star in1970-71. Had one engine failure and successfully did a dead stick landing.
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  1309. Awesome learning experience for me as always. Yet another thumbs-up from me to Ed Nash. I'll keep hounding you to re-do (re-record) the NA-Grumman mix-up in the intro to the NA P-64. You don't make mistakes like that, at least until NA-Grumman mix-up. And with your awesome factual and analytical record comes great expectations. With your documentary superpowers come great responsibilities. I certainly could not do what you do.
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  1310. I have often commented that the Ki-61 "Tony" did not resemble either the Messerschmidt or any of the Italian (ostensibly why it was called the "Tony") fighters, but rather, the Heinkel He-100, especially viewed in profile. Basically, if you hang a radiator under the He-100, it is almost identical in profile to the Ki-61. What I did not realize until watching this video was the direct connection between the He-100 and the Ki-61's designer. Thank you for reporting that no fewer than three He-100s had been sent to Japan, for study by Kawasaki. I appreciate the great information you're putting out. Good job!
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  1311. Finally, a waaagh plane.
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  1312.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I stand corrected, I checked on the Australian War Memorial site and on 26/12/42 P/O John S (jack) Archer shot down a Japanese Nakajima KI43 Hyabusa (Oscar) in his Wirraway while on patrol. Post war inquiry found the Japanese pilot had been shot through the head. Very interesting channel, keep up the good work.
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  1313. Between you and Mark Felton, I am very up on military history and entertained and informed. I just ordered your book. Thanks!
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  1314. A bunch of ice cold viewers you seem to have. No one watched this. My message to them. Have a kid grow a heart
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  1315. Nope, sorry Ed. You say "warthog" and "retire" in the same sentence and it's too late, the pitchforks are out. Some dopey brass or tech magazine reporter covering military issues thought that the A-10 might get left behind? laughs in brrrt
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  1316. Another great one, Ed! I sure wish I had discovered you when you started up. I'm just skipping through at random and leaving my perspective on occassion. I'm a private pilot, scale modeler and 55 year student of aviation and I can sometimes add to the discussion. Or kick a bees' nest! Just for fun. All kidding aside, I'm in the process of cataloging my room full of books and I'm offering free access to people like yourself. Just reply and I'll get you an index when I'm done compiling. I'm not trying to sell them or give them away but, if a title stands out, I could easily send some info your way. I even have some files of technical drawings and specs from both world wars if you want to build a Gnome rotary and a Fokker D.VIII to stick it in. Cheers!
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  1317. The Wellesley also had another recod, that seems to be forgotten, It was fitted out with a temporary oxegen system and achieved a height record for a piston engine.
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  1318. Thank for video
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  1319. God bless the Karen!
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  1320. ​ @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Certainly was, so glad when I saw him running out of it
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  1321. U-boot (pl. U-boote) is the abbreviation of Unterseeboot. In English they were called "U-boats", so, yes, that's a colloquialism - in English. And most people including naval personnel would use the term "submarine" for diesel boats rather than "submersible".
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  1322. Conventional Steam: Use wood or fossil fuels to heat water. Nuclear Power: Use magic rocks to heat water.
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  1323. Makes sense. They will keep getting smaller and more powerful. Small drones elecronics would be burned out in less than a seconds exposure.. Cheers for the vid and info.
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  1324. This channel is a goldmine, love your videos man :)
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  1325. Fantastic opening to the video. Wish I didn't have the sound on while I was sitting in the office. LoL.
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  1326. Muito interessante! GratidĂŁo pelo vĂ­deo e pelas informaçÔes! 🌟
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  1327. I don't think it looks good at all, so the first rule still applies ;)
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  1328. The best summing up of the turret fighter I have seen for a long time... nicely balanced.
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  1329. You really butchered Bayerische Flugzeugwerke there ;) still a well done video as always
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  1330. Fook me, that's proper weapons grade fugly, Ed. Makes the Blackburn Blackburn look like Kylie Minogue.
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  1331.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  As Mr Burns would say....EXXXXXCELLENT !
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  1332. Another obscure aircraft.....but you can see a little of the future F-100 in the YF-93A. Thanks for the post. May I suggest the Northrup C-125 Raider?
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  1333. Amazing video has always. Ed could you talk about the navalized sabre.You can barely find videos on them
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  1334. It's pronounced Pyörremyrsky
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  1335. (1)'Minor revision, "Pucara" is pronounced stressing the last "a", "pucaRA". (2) Good documentary about a beautiful airplane. Thanks! (3) A jet propelled version was considered, but never went beyond concept and proposal.
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  1336.  @sosasabillon1991  are you the Sosa? The one flying? It’s an honor sir. I’m also a pilot, or was. I got my airline pilots license but unfortunately could not pursue that career. That being said I am a complete aviation fanatic, specially the old days. That makes people like you my heroes. I have to ask, did you fly the Corsair? Again, an honor sir. All the best
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  1337. Thanks Ed.
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  1338. "a shit design" by the guy selling the Cybertruck.....
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  1339. F-16/79 Failcon
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  1340. Another great one ED!
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  1341. Excellent videos, Ed!
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  1342. Didn't Clint Eastwood get fly this?
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  1343. This is the most EPIC military/troll job EVER for April Fools. Just found this channel and have enjoyed it immensely...up to this video. No (expletive deleted) bloody (major expletive deleted) way I'm seeing this, right? Flipped to comments and see the disclaimer. Well done, Mr. Nash, no way this flies by if I saw it 1 April, but you've left an unbelievably funny time bomb for all to enjoy.
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  1344. The Clint Eastwood among planes ;)
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  1345. Common misconception , it actually was Major Mitchell Gant
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  1346. Brilliant thank you
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  1347. Fantastic video and subject.
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  1348. if you are doing civil war can you do the trigay war which started back in 2020
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  1349. Too bad Drach doesn't delve into post-WW2 ships. I wish he did, but you can't have everything!
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  1350. The twin is stored in the Antonov facility at Kiev about 20km from Hostomel. However I did hear the other day this airfield was also shelled but nothing on any damage to the 2nd airframe.
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  1351. Nice. Did you pay for your own weapons and kits? Or did they supply them to you?
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  1352. Interesting history, Bell did good in the development of the attack helicopter. -- But, I wonder about Robert Mcnamara's role in putting American troops into Vietnam, As Secretary of Defense and his relationship to the military industrial complex, were they motivated by the prospective profits that they would make by launching the war in Vietnam? -- I would say YES! War is good for THEIR business, but not for the average man's business. -- Good video Ed, thank you.
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  1353. File AVIA 18/779 Mustang aircraft: gunnery trials: 1942-1945 at UK National Archives is most likely the file you are looking for.
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  1354. I've been enjoying your videos for a while, mostly the air power videos, but I decided to check out the rest of your offerings. I've really enjoyed your content. You have an interesting wit and I appreciate it. Good luck to you and please keep making videos.
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  1355. Fascinating.
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  1356. 0:16 the only reason it didn't got any attention from USA is because there's no oil over there
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  1357. Curtiss still had a happy ending, though they no longer make planes, they still very much supply parts to aerospace and other industries. So unlike many they didn't vanish.
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  1358.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  You could just show film from the Army-Navy American football game!
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  1359.  @joelrodriguez9661  No argument. One thing I've learned dealing with contracts is that you can suggest, beg, and even demonstrate why something "should be", but in the end, the contract is the contract. GD/N was smart; I remember reading a book that interviewed one of the Northrup engineers who pretty much admitted that two different unique airframes would be needed. I think that GD/N used the B to get test data on various systems that were then integrated into what the Navy really wanted...what became the F-14.
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  1360. All valid points. But in hindsight the DoD wasted money and time on the development of the F-111B, the Navy variant of the TFX. If McNamara had not been so dismissive of the admirals he might have realized that the needs of the two services could not be realized in a single aircraft. Something it appears Boeing realized from the outset. It seems the General Dynamics/Grumman team either knew this and decided to adhere to the McNamara directive of a single aircraft type for two vastly different roles. Or they thought they could actually develop an extremely flexible and adaptable airframe. In the end they couldn't create the fleet defender that the Navy envisioned out of the F-111 design. Although it was a fine aircraft in the roles the Air Force intended it for.
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  1361. Until the post-WWI S-boats (with conning towers based on captured U-boats), USN submarines were designed with underwater streamlining, though not a high battery capacity. They went to the extreme of temporary piping-and-canvas bridge structures for surface use atop the streamlined conning tower, which of course interfered with rapid diving. North Atlantic convoy escort service in WWI showed that this was inadequate when surfaced in any rough weather. USN L-boats and others had "chariot" bridge shields backfitted for better surface seakeeping. The USN's L-boats and O-boats also had partly retractable 3-inch deck guns for streamlining, resembling a stanchion when retracted.
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  1362. Capable maybe, but the Junkers J1 was more forward thinking. It was for its time a radical design, a metal skinned monoplane 😼.
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  1363. What an epic video !! I knew it was really long for me (anything longer than 20 minutes) to find the time ...but I cleared my chores and sat thru this in AWE !! Kudos Ed and Thank you.👏👏👏
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  1364. I'm reading Ed Nash's Desert Sniper book. It's a good read so far. He had some close calls!
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  1365. Elbonia needs an air force! I hope you've heard of the Elbonian armed forces. Ian of Forgotten Weapons and The Chieftain have done episodes on arming the newly independent nation of Elbonia in 1946. (Scott Adam's Elbonia of the Dilbert cartoons, the one whose chief export is mud.) I'm hoping you can do one for their air force. The premise is they're building an air force from scratch, and the catch is the Minister of Defense is a traitor and wants to saddle the country with the worst aircraft available. He also wants to create the worst logistical mishmash possible.  The parameters are the aircraft must have existed during WW 2 and be a superficially plausible choice to the cabinet, who are naive about military aircraft. No Swordfish string bag, I'm afraid, although there are of course better looking planes with worse combat records. If there are too many choices, feel free to limit it to planes that actually saw combat or were operational. Elbonia needs a fighter, medium bomber, heavy bomber, and troop carrier that will support paratroopers. Definitely a torpedo bomber and dive bomber. These can be land based but Elbonia is contemplating an aircraft carrier, so perhaps these could be part of a separate episode including a couple of carrier fighters. I've recently started following your channel and become a subscriber, and realized you'd make a great mischievous Minister of Defense.
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  1366. Wow Ed, you can really pit a nice little summary together. Great work! The last time there was a border clash there I researched it a bit. It really is 1 of a long list of border fuckeries by the soviets.
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  1367.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Not too big of a deal for me. I adjust the volume on my end. I see how it could be bad for listening for people using only the phone's speakers without earbuds, or casting to TV. Sorry, I have no solution for volume on your uploads though.
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  1368. Very interesting, as always. Thanks dude.
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  1369. Good one, Ed!
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  1370. THE BURMA ARMY SAYS AA-ARMY IS LOOSING,...... & THE AA-ARMY IS SAYING BURMA ARMY IS LOOSING,..... SO WHO IS RIGHT & WHO IS WRONG,.... ??? = M M M =
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  1371. Thanks for your information
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  1372. Nice vĂ­deo
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  1373. Excellent video. Documentary standard. Well researched. I both enjoyed that, and learned things I didn't know. There is no higher praise! One pedantic point which I raise only because you're also an author, and because anyone who's been in the RN will also tell you the same thing: HMS does not take the definite article. It's not the same as USS. HMS Victorious; the Victorious; but never 'The HMS Victorious'. /end pedant
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  1374. Sorry to keep saying it...but I just LOVE the way you end your videos. No 'don't forget to like, subscribe, blah blah blah.'..like we are morons who need reminding of the obvious. You just end the video like one would end any article/book. So refreshing (I watch a LOT of YouTube videos). Another interesting video, btw. I had heard of the Scimitar...but knew little about it. Thank you. Peace.
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  1375. She's a pretty aircraft though, a sort of sexy mermaid Hunter.
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  1376. "...An aircraft well past its sell-by-date, which in typical Finnish fashion was still being used effectively." Is somehow an extremely hilarious line to me. It's a bit like... "This aircraft is essentially a piece of jetsam, piece of flying junk... BUT LET'S FLY IT ANYWAY AND SEE WHERE IT TAKES US!!"
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  1377. You've done it again! the more the wierd the more the wonderful, thank you. Hm mm, whatever next?
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  1378. Truth! I remember ALL the MSM wailing over its fuel consumption. Still, the M1 has proven to be much more effective than we dared hope.
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  1379. You need to read a book titled King of the killing field. It's an actual account of the development.
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  1380. Always wanted to fight for the Kurds. Instead spent many years assisting Kurdish refugees settle in Australia
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  1381. The most dangerous command in the RAF in 1944 was the Strategic Air Force . After D Day 700 Hawker Typhoon pilots were shot down and killed , 99 % by ground fire. Six years later in Korea the attrition was to be repeated upon allied fighter bombers. F-80 Shooting Stars were having such a rough time that many units were given P-51's which then shared the same fate. The South African bought 90 P-51's and allocated them to No 1 Squadron. During the Korean war lost nearly all of them and 70 pilots , until the Americans showed pity and gave them F-84 Sabre's. Arguably the best novel written about the war in the air is a 1930's publication by ex RAFC Camel pilot V.M.Yates who's book Winged Victory is regarded as a classic. The main character has nightmares about low level ground attacks , and with reason . The narrator on this Vid mentions Cambrai , well the Brits lost 400 aircraft in the battle.
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  1382. Ed, you must be a Millennial accustomed to wandering down to your local Tesco or Sainsbury store for all your provisions. You showed a squat milk pitcher instead of an authentic British quart milk jug, suggesting you have never actually seen a circa WWII milk jug that was still in use during the mid-latter 20th century in the UK. I lived in the UK in the early 1980s and I very well remember the quart milk jugs that our milkman delivered to our front door every day or two. Those quart milk jugs do indeed resemble the shape of a P-47 fuselage. In general I very thoroughly enjoy your normally well-researched videos and subscribed to your channel shortly after seeing the first of your videos. However, to use a British term, your sensationalistic conclusions in this video are absolute rubbish. Bollocks! I say!
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  1383. When in High School in 1983 I had the great honor to meet Charlton, Terry J. of the Tuskagee Airmen. Mr. Charlton was living in Beaumont Texas where I grew up. He came to our Aerospace Class at West Brook High School in 1983. It was so wonderful to hear in his own words the struggles and triumphs of his life. Rest in Peace Mr McGee. Rest in Peace all fallen warriors. Great Channel, please continue with wonderful content.
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  1384. Recently cam across your channel, love it mate ♄ Keep up the good work Ed 🙏
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  1385. PFEIL - Arrow
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  1386. Hey Ed, Pfeil Is The German Word For Arrow, Pronounced File. Great Video As Always!
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  1387. Didnt expect this topic to come full circle lol
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  1388. Who's been watching Mark Felton hey, just watched that episode on Aphrodite yesterday
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  1389. I was going to nominate the Chinese combat kites.
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  1390. Only missing the torch (flashlight to our American friends) shone upwards from beneath the chin! 😉
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  1391. Nice one Ed, what a tale to watch on my birthday! Great content for Halloween 🎃
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  1392. Much awaited, much appreciated, looking forward to excellent insights as always from you.
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  1393. War is on the horizon, so the French go on strike... The Dutch get a plane off the drawing board and into the air in two and a half months. The duration of an average French lunch... Yet another plane that managed to fly under my radar. Many thanks, sir.
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  1394. Very nice you make some Dutch aircraft that are quite household types among the Dutch enthousiasts a bit more known. May I suggest the Fokker T5, T4A and T8W as future candidates?
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  1395. I always enjoy your videos and learn something every time. Thanks Sir
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  1396. Hi Ed, Excellent work, sir! I recommend “TORCH”, by Vincent P. O’Hara. A fascinating and detailed read about the invasion of French North Africa. It details the Vichy French Air Force and Naval Air operations against the three invasion fleets by unit and type noting the differences between the Allied and Vichy operational reports. Marylands were a significant portion of Vichy air power!
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  1397. I am 82 years old and have been a diligent of aircraft World War II. I believe this the first time I have heard about this aircraft. It is great looking plane, and had quite a service record. Thank you for introducing such an plane to me. Great video.
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  1398.  @SolusGar Hiyo!!!
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  1399. Yes! I mentioned the Firebrand in one of your previous vids hoping you would cover it. Made my day.
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  1400. YAAAAAAS after 2.5 years of asking for it 👍👍👍👍 đŸ˜đŸ™đŸœđŸ™đŸœđŸ™đŸœđŸ™đŸœđŸ™đŸœ I’m going to have to wait Nightshift calls (I’m in 🇩đŸ‡ș) so I’ll have to kickback with a coffee in the morning and enjoy Thanks Ed.
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  1401. Thank you for demystifying the "Balloon". I have a question that I would like to hear your opinion on. Now that Germany has given permission to donate Leopard tanks to Ukraine, there is a debate about whether Ukraine will also be able to use old Leopard 1 tanks, Denmark has the option of donating 99 pieces of which approx. 80 will be able to be made combat-ready, but some military analysts believe that they are too old and cannot compete against the Russian tanks, and that ammunition cannot be obtained for them, others say that they will be absolutely useful for the Ukrainian army . What is your opinion on this?
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  1402. mIrage 50 ? ok I've not heard of that development...that's why I like this channel. Well done and keep it up
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  1403. Named bombay but don't have bomb bay : \
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  1404. Terrific stuff yet again Ed. And yes l did know of this nearly made it ! But l'm a nerd on aircraft of WW2. Your knowledge is far greater in many more subjects but l think your enjoying this subject perhaps more than you thought you would . Thanks Ed.
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  1405. The Sturgeon in the photo's is a nice looking machine. But those twin, contra rotating propellers, and the timeframe ... surely that would indicate RR "Griffon" engines, not the "Merlin"? Edit, seems they were Merlins, didn't think that contra props were fitted to the Merlin, you learn something new every day
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  1406. I wander how they arrived at this cure all ! Can you imagine if someone tried this in jolly old England what !! 😂😂
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  1407. Another little nugget is that the XB-51 at 9:09 was never ordered for production. But the English Electric Canberra was. is there a video in this story Ed?
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  1408. For some reason, my laptop hates loading some of your videos sometimes! The wheel of eternity just keeps spinning, but the advert saying I was too fat played just fine!!
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  1409. Your channel is growing! Congratulations 🎉
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  1410. Great video with a number of interesting photos. One correction though I think. I believe the modified M-16 shown at about 8:44 I think is actually a line projector rather than a grenade launcher. I know that has been misidentified in at least one museum in Vietnam. Also the barrels of the grenade launchers shown at 8:54 are ribbed. This may be a local modification for reinforcing the barrels. I seem to recall seeing this somewhere else. But the basic design does trace back to the US M79. Still, thank you for gathering and sharing these images.
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  1411. "The french were made of sterner stuff"? More like, "the ones ordering the plane into service didnÂŽt have to fly it"...
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  1412. Hey I'm early again. I was at the Omaka aviation Heritahe museum last week and they had a whole section dedicated to nacelles fighters which was really interesting.
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  1413. If you play War Thunder, you know that climb rate is just about right
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  1414. ​ @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  That would be brilliant. He was a true hero in my opinion and a man true to his convictions. I hope that you get back there and that we get such a video. It is a shame that our licence funded media hardly touch on the real history of our best men. Thank you for your efforts.
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  1415. đŸ€Ł willdo
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  1416. Of all the history channels on youtube, your work is always welcome and informative on subjects that always delight and excite my aviation curiosity.
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  1417. You dared to dream. When others were content, you worked harder. When others settled, you reached higher. You are one of life’s inspiring characters. Enjoy the happiness from this great achievement.
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  1418. Thank you for clarifying the wrongly called soccer war. Another Chanel made a video of how two countries went to war over a soccer match. As a Honduran I can assure that was not the reason both our countries went to war. It is stupid to think two countries would send their citizens to kill each other because of a sports match, even so this so called historian who's Chanel I Don't d Follow anymore made a video stating so.
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  1419. Always enjoy your videos and the effort you invest in making them. Thanks
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  1420. Thanks, I needed this.
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  1421. A point to mention is that fragments of an HE shell that fly around causing devastation are "splinters", not "shrapnel". Shrapnel is steel balls shot from an airburst shell, rather like a giant shotgun. Those shells burst in the air above trenches and troop formations to rain down on troops. The Brodie, for example, was designed to deflect shrapnel raining down.
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  1422. Safety first, always.
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  1423. I cant believe the government did this!! I hope someone tries to raise it or build a replica. This ship deserves so much more!
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  1424. Say it fast enought you get Seagull
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  1425. Congrats on 50k Ed!
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  1426. Your video about the Free Burma Rangers motivated me to donate to their cause. Keep up the good work Ed! I would like to see more content on the subject of modern and historic insurgent forces.
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  1427. Hello Ed. It is somewhat depressing to see this ravaged country continue to suffer with no obvious help from the UN . .......no change there then !! Well congratulations Ed. I'm not entirely sure but l'm pretty certain l joined you before you reached your first hundred ! Well l guess in no time we'll be celebrating a 100 k ! Thanks Ed.
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  1428. Great channel Ned, just found it and subscribed straight away. Shame I'm not the 1000th subscriber, but 999 is still cool! Going through and bing watching your content now. Great work, thanks for sharing. And congratulations when you get to 1000 subs. Cheers
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  1429. Hey Ed ! I wonder if "Speck Savers " sell them . !!😂😂😂
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  1430. True fans know that this video was posted before a few days ago in the forgotten aircraft playlist :D
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  1431.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I think its a matter of disinterest. If an aircraft carrier group or a fast attack sub can't handle it, well that can't possibly be!
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  1432. That decision is a head scratcher, but not to much if you really think hard and long. Happy New Years Ed and everyone.
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  1433. Love yer stuff; it's my favorite. And now U R poking around the Balkans, the great mysteryland 4 WW2 aviation affairs. So now i am hoping 4 a vid on the Ikarus 14 (i may have the designation wrong); she was a twin crew trainer/light transport w/ a very Mosquito-like cockpit canopy & scaled-down Lancaster compound tail endplates, could B one beauty of a rabbithole in Tito's time
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  1434. I've been an aviation enthusiast since late 70s... and never ever heard of the Varga! Thanks again Ed.
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  1435.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  great work Ed, I will be waiting eagerly for it. Thanks from Brisbane Australia!
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  1436. Another really enjoyable video (thanks) (But 5.55min the Boeing what now Ed?(
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  1437. Big Boy Aero Design!
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  1438. A great presentation, Ed. Thank you for bringing us up-to-date on the research about this 'kite. I'd also recommend you check out Greg Baughen's series of books on the RFC and RAF over the 1910-1945 period (not yet a completed series. Currently at approx 1942). While not specific to the Westland Whirlwind, his study of the RAF's interwar planning and procurement sheds additional light on why the Whirlwind's production was curtailed. As you point out, it had as much to do with economic and production considerations as with shortcomings in its design and performance. While one of my favorite aircraft of the period and certainly an aesthetically attractive machine, it sets the lie to the old adage "if it looks right..."
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  1439. Ed, while I was stationed at the Pentagon from 2001 - 2007 I had partial responsibility for COOP (Continuity Of Operations Plan) which included evacuation by helo of critical personnel. Without going into classified information, suffice it to say the air assets available were a joke. I doubt that has changed much. Even if you had a fleet of modern helicopters standing alert, there simply isn't enough real estate around the critical office buildings to land and retrieve anywhere near the number of critical personnel required to relocate operations to other sites in a timely fashion.
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  1440. 100k is so underrated, anyways, thank you for great content!
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  1441. I'd vote for the Ryan FR Fireball. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_FR_Fireball One issue is that the initial American jet engines were lucky to last eight flight hours between overhauls. The 1044 cancelled Fireballs could be made for the Elbonian Air Force.
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  1442. Congratulations Ed.
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  1443. Happy Holidays, Ed!
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  1444. Well made video good information 👍 I actually saw the video hoping to learn about Viggen STOL capabilities and how it managed it. Wikipedia:- The airframe also incorporated a thrust reverser to use during landings and land manoeuvres, which, combined with the aircraft having flight capabilities approaching a limited STOL-like performance, enabled operations from 500 m airstrips with minimal support.
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  1445. The Brits originally went to North American Aviation to ask them to built the Curtiss P-40 fighter under license. NA instead offered to build a better fighter that would outperform the P-40 on the same engine, and the P-51 was born. The Brits used the Mk I in the same low altitude roles they used the P-40 in because it suffered from the same inadequate V-1710 supercharger, but that doesn't mean it was not designed as a fighter, which it was, just like the P-40. The later fighter bomber or attack version of the plane was the A-36 Apache. The Army turned it into a dive bomber to call it an attack aircraft to get around the lack of funding for new fighters at the time. They must have learned this trick by earlier getting around the ban on funding for twin engine fighters by inventing the term "interceptor" for the P-38 specification. They saw potential in the new design and wanted to get it into US service.
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  1446.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  A compliment well deserved. A great channel. Many thanks for it, sir.
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  1447. Hi Ed. I can see you're starting to get noticed , about time too ! I think you'll crack 10k this week ! The one l didn't know about was the civilianized Mustang . Slightly more expensive running costs than a Piper Cub !! Thanks Ed.
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  1448. 17:20 perhaps the professor meant T-62? Did not see any videos of T-55 so far.
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  1449. Grenada... Lovely little island. The food is great, people are nice and welcoming.
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  1450. "Epithet", not epitaph (I hope)!
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  1451. Hi Ed. I love all the armchair critics ! I enjoyed it Ed , short , sharp and concise . That picture of the Valiant was taken by Charles E Brown the most reknowned aerial photographer of the period . It's so evocative and menacing !! Thanks Ed.
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  1452. My father flew CH-21's in '62-'63 and remembered when the UH-1Cs took over close support from A-1 Skyraiders. He was not impressed. The loaded UH-1C could barely keep up with the CH-21s and could only make one pass over the LZ whereas the A-1 could make a pass with the landing '21s and make a pass as they were departing. He left before the ACH-47 was in service and came back in '71 after they were gone. After flying the CH-21 for about 10 years he was more than happy to fly the U-21 (Beech KingAir)
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  1453. Kudos to your ability to analyze these aircraft & military matters in general. Really.
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  1454. Well balanced vid
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  1455. Bahrain not Bairahn. ;-)
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  1456. Other countries: "Whole lotta bugs to work out.(plane barely takes off)" Finland: "I don't see a problem. Plane's fine.(achieves 20:1 kill ratio)"
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  1457. Hey Ed, I see you didn't mention the Hawker Typhoon, did the FAA not even consider this aircraft? Or did the RAF horde them to the point that the FAA could not acquire them even if they wanted to? Or was it even worse a candidate due to handling or size?
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  1458. Thanks for posting. A great video - a great channel! So excited when I see another video going up!
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  1459. I love these videos - you've hit on a niche nobody else has explored: the unknown prototypes, blind alleys and aviation weirdness that really ought to be better known. If I could recommend a topic for you to cover, how about the collected imaginings of Dr. Richard Vogt, Germany's go-to genius and mad-scientist proponent of asymmetric aircraft? The BV-141 was his most famous creation, but Vogt was forever desigining weirder and weirder contraptions that actually (on paper, at least) probably would have flown very well. At the end of WW2 the US swept him up in "Operation Paperclip", so he must have been on to something.
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  1460. Hi love the channel could I humbly suggest you make some videos on french ww2 bomber aircraft , there are no reviews on YouTube so I think it would be popular in the long term.
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  1461. I coulda been a contender!
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  1462. Morning Ed. You're on a roll with these . Keep it up , very enjoyable . And it really does remind me of the Scimitar. Kurt and Willy were both formidable designers .Thanks Ed.
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  1463. HF, not HR sigh. Lol. Get some rehabilitated goose stepper to design you some spectacles -- with lasers on.
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  1464. Thanks for this informative video, it's saved me a lot of research time. I'm transcribing my uncle's war diaries - navigator/observer on Stirlings - and will be adding some info on the planes he trained on and served in. Sadly he was shot down and killed on his 8th mission. Such a shame there's no extant examples on which to get a real feel for what his flight conditions were like. His diary mentions 'gardening' runs in early 1942; dropping mines off the coast.
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  1465. I actually had the honour of taking to a veteran who flew in them , and he loved them.
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  1466. Thank you for your video. I think you have assessed the current situation and outlined some good options. I think the T50 Golden eagle is the best candidate for the role. I would love to see the Eurofighter in irish markings. It would be fantastic to see the Aer Corp with an up to date fighter, something comparable with our European neighbours.
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  1467. Delusional the lot of ye :D
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  1468. poor old Annie.....faithful to the end......
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  1469. I knew of the plane but not its combat successes- thanks and good luck with the channel.
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  1470. Well Done Sir! My first viewing of your work. Really enjoyed it. It's worth a subscription. Thanks.
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  1471. as a Canadian it would be foolish not to give swedes good and fair look. Boeing tried to screw Canada can they be trusted those responsible are still at front office would you buy from them, as for f35 maybe beyond our fiscal means do not forget we ordered frigates so how about a mix seems logical hornet cheapest with f35 or saab with f35 as we need to fulfill nato and norad certification that put saab in tight spot. I no expert that for sure but swedes come armed with common sense i know we cannot have all kinds of aircraft. Oh before i forget move maintenance outside Quebec let see what others cando
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  1472. If you ever are confronted by dutch O's, followed by a single consonant, in the future "Coalhoaven"
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  1473. Thanks. I love these videos. If you're planning more Koolhoven videos in the future, you pronounce "Kool" like the English "Coal" and add "hoven" like you already pronounce it.
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  1474. Absolutely fantastic story telling. Bravo, sir.
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  1475. First? Thanks for the update!
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  1476.  @uingaeoc3905  Indeed, However, after the success of his novels "ruined City" and "Whatever Happened to the Corbetts" he left Airspeed sometime around 1937/38. In May 1939 he began working directly for the Admiralty on top-secret torpedo delivery systems and glide-bombs (the "Toraplane"and "Doraplane"). It is from this time that this design dates. He was later commissioned as an officer in the Royal Navy.
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  1477. Norway was chief designer at Airspeed Aircraft - this is not mentioned as a design in the sources I have!
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  1478. "Priority remained low, understandable as Gloster were building Meteors". For Glosters, yes. But while Britain was struggling to build straight-wing jets of minimal ambition, Russia and the US were driving ahead into the swept-wing, transonic, mass production fighters that would provide the expertise to underpin the fantastic leaps in speed and capability that would characterise the 1950s. It was in the late 1940s that the British aero industry really lost its way, in part by romanticising what could be built in sheds.
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  1479. Brilliant video, I love WW2 history and I have learned a lot from this. Thank you for sharing.
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  1480. Mr Nash that's the most perfect use of that last clip I have ever seen.
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  1481. Just saw this today at the Seattle Museum of Flight. Even among all those historic and cool planes, this one caught my attention and I immediately wanted to know more about it. A very cool little plane.
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  1482. You leave the Blackburn Blackburn alone. And the Blackburn Shark and Buccaneer were arguably very handsome aeroplanes (the former if you have an eye for inter-war bipes).TFP
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  1483. A brilliant well prepared and presented video. As a U.S. Veteran of Foreign Wars (VFW) local Post and District Historian in South Florida I appreciate your video and send a smart hand salute!
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  1484. It flies again. A restored example is now airworthy in Hoogeveen
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  1485. Thank you, Sir. Great video and an accurate description of the Fokker's role here in Finland. And the pronounciation wasn't bad at all 😉.
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  1486. For those interested, here is the website of the group of volunteers that is restoring Fokker D-21 '229' to flying condition. https://www.fokkerd21.com/en/ It's almost finished and first flight won't be long now.
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  1487. Probably not the message you intended to convey with this video, but what it really did for me was remind me how cool the OV-10 bronco is.
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  1488. Another good video Ed. Wackett had designed the Tugan Gannet small airliner before the war (the Gannets served in the RAAF throughout the war) and he had a long history of producing one-off designs for the RAAF experimental section, dating back to 1924. There was a lot of opposition in Britain to Australia setting up its own aircraft production - Led by the editorials in "The Aeroplane" magazine by the odious CG Grey, who thought the "colonies" should stick to producing agricultural goods and leave manufacturing to the "mother country". When the Wirraway was ordered, based on a US design and with a US engine, Grey's editorials were purple with rage! History was to show the Aussie's made the right choice, the "mother country" could not supply Australia in its hour of need and the Beaufort only made it into production in Australia because the Aussie's had access to American engines to power it.
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  1489. Hi Ed. There's been speculation of the longevity of the BUFF for some 30 years . Even back then it was said the 52 would see a century of continued updates . I think the RR contract was finally signed earlier this year . Of course we all know what BUFF stands for don't we ! 😂😂 Thanks Ed.
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  1490. First comment baby
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  1491. Amazing video has always
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  1492. I do admire your work, Mr. Nash. I realy do. The pieces of information, and, especially, the angle of view. Your book is incredibly good. I absolutely recommend it to those who are interested in what wass going on a very short time ago in the Middle East. Thank you so much!
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  1493. Great story! Really enjoyed that one.
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  1494. 6:45 It’s always hard for me to wrap my head around how young these boys who flew and fought were. Just kids! I take a lot for granted, especially my freedom, that these youngsters sacrificed for.
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  1495. Hey Ed, Is That You On The Cover? You Have Big Hands! Love Your Work, No Matter How You Record It. I'm An Anglophile & Subscriber.
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  1496. There is cctv footage out now. Looks like det goes off and primary charge failed or was a very small device. Driver then gets out and car begins to go up in flames. Lad is very very lucky to be with us. Burst ear drum were the worst of his injuries. Lord knows what his psychological fitness will be like after this.
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  1497. looks like he was still inside the taxi when it went off ,, drivers a lucky man and a real hero .
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  1498. Yes, a new video from Ed!
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  1499. Probably been mentioned already, but the US Dept of Interior dropped beavers by parachute over the American west. In boxes. That opened automatically. It worked. BTW, as long as the cats aren't overweight, they don't even need parachutes. Cats falling from high-rise windows almost always survive. I'm not going to be the guy throwing the cat out of the airplane though.
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  1500. Great video, but the the short clip of the B-25s really made me think "Oi! Thats not a sheep! Thats a wolf in Sheeps clothing, that is!"
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  1501. Yes. It still ugly even though it's been many years since l saw it last. Thanks Ed
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  1502. Brilliant Ed ! Provided the've ironed all the bugs out ! 😂😂😂 Seroiusly , it really has a lot of potential and relatively cheap to make and not the end of the world if it gets lost or disabled. Thanks .
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  1503. Well, yes, i checked your other videos and i must say that i actually found something else of interest: everything! đŸ‘đŸ» Thank you Ed!
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  1504. No, you need something stronger. I know I do.
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  1505. Thanks!
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  1506. Ed, your final pronunciation was spot on. JyvĂ€skylĂ€ is indeed pronounced ‘sigh’.
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  1507. Greetings from JyvÀskylÀ :D
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  1508. Hi Ed.
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  1509. Well Ed .Back to normal ! I really knew nothing of either of these aircraft . Which isn't surprising really . Thanks Ed.
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  1510. Talking about NATO naming Soviet planes, the workers and higher ups at MIG, Sukhoi and Tupalov and others would sometimes bet on what they names their planes will get. Also there were mild rivalry between them on who would get the coolest Nato name. Example of how important this could be, when SU-25 was named Frogfot it was a big slap in the face of the workforce and higher ups. It was weird name and they did not understand it while the people over at MIG were making fun of them. One interview I read long time ago told of when the chief engineers at MIG sent their counterparts at Sukhoi large chocolate cake that looked like a big frog with wings.
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  1511. Fascinating video, again!
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  1512. Love these videos about the little known small scale wars. Please keep them comming 🙏 And hello from Denmark đŸ‡©đŸ‡°
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  1513. Super Sabres anyone? I simply love this channel! Great work Ed Nash. You have made yourself a truly original and unique you-tube channel .
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  1514.  @richardpatton2502  Hi Mr. Patton, i'm his son, but I will more than gladly give you his email and if you wish I can share even more images than the ones show in Ed's fantastic video. I truly take pride in my dads years of service and unfortunately almost nobody. knows what Honduran pilots from the 80's were capable of. What I can say is that one of the main reasons my father joined was because of the Corsairs, those were a huge deal here in Honduras and boosted recruitment here in the 1970's. But unfortunately my father and his peers from the same promotion were destined to fly the A-37, Canadair Sabre Mk4, and the Super Mystere. The Corsairs were being phased out so he never got the chance to even start one up. Thank you for your comment, I assure you my father is also my hero and its tremendous hearing that from someone else.
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  1515. Indeed its very possible that they could not hear the Mysters, but out of several Helos im pretty sure they had spotters looking around.
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  1516.  @sosasabillon1991  first of all let me thank you for taking the time to explain. I’d love to know more about it, as much as possible in fact. I’m already doing some research. I had no idea about some of the conflicts that took place in that part of the world. I’m from Portugal and here we had Spitfires. Everyone wanted to fly them. But the Corsair is a rare or rarer beast. Gorgeous too. It’s not easy to see one fly, even in air shows. I’ve seen a static one in England and it blew my mind! I mean, the Spitfire is beautiful. But it’s very small and looks delicate. The Corsair on the other hand looks menacing. Looks invincible I could be here all night talking about these flying legends. So I can only imagine what someone like your father has to say. He must have some incredible stories. It’s easy enough to find the airplanes, museums, air shows etc but it’s really hard to find the people who flew them. So I envy you. And your father! Thank you again All the best
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  1517. Really good video (as always Ed) and i agree with all you say. My only counter to you would be that you failed to really discuss the phycological effect of the A-10. I'd imagine seeing an A-10 flying 'low and slow' is a huge moral booster for our troops and a massive cause for concern for the bad guys. I doubt if a drone or F-15E flying at 30,000 feet would instil the same primeval fear as an A-10 bearing down on you. Still, keep these videos coming - i look forward to every new one!
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  1518. Great work Edwardo. Your narration is so good now. Very pro, mate. Well done etc etc :)
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  1519. Saw these aircraft for the first time at Dhahran Air Base in Saudi back in 2018, part of a big exercise involving various Muslim countries, nobody actually knew what these strange aircraft were when they first arrived, it took a bit of Internet trawling to find out, they didn’t look out of place sitting alongside the F-16’s and Typhoon’s that were also participating.
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  1520. Now that lS funny ! 😂😂😂 l guess she has no idea of what you're typing ! I have an American cousin , actually he's pretty cool and l'm sure your lady is as well .
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  1521.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Thanks for the WW1 content Ed, much appreciated.
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  1522. Full points for intro joke. Well done.
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  1523. Interesting history Ed, IMO, we don't need that pledge, but we do need people teaching real history about the real the powers behind the thrones in the world, much like yourself. Because history is written by the winners we're always getting an altered, or censored version of history. That other guy and his buddy Benito Mussolini used that salute, they didn't invent it, it's the old Roman Hail Caesar Salute and the Third Reich was the revival of the Holy Roman Empire, AH was Catholic and so was Mussolini.
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  1524. Er... what Aaron Lopez says! Nice one (again) Ed 👍.
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  1525. Absolutely FASCINATED. Thank you for your channel and content. South Carolina Nurse ⭐đŸ‡șđŸ‡žâ€ïž
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  1526. Rest in Piece old girl.
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  1527. Thank you, it's very interesting. Bréguet=> braygay
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  1528. Great content and thanks for the videos. One point, your pronunciation of the name Breguet, should be as a ‘G’ not as a ‘J’. It is the same company who build excellent up market, high end watches or horology and it is always pronounced as Breguet with emphasis on the g.
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  1529. I believe Mr. Petter was so fed up with the aircraft Industry and government he left the industry and became a monk . And l also thought the reason the Whirlwind failed was Rolls Royce stopped production on the Peregrine by order to concentrate on the PV12 . The Merlin . In it's time it was faster than the Spitfire Mk 1 and with it's 4 20mm cannon and 2 250lb bombs it was a potent machine . Thanks Ed.
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  1530.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  KaffeemĂŒhle, NĂ€hmaschine ... yeah the ĂŒ and Ă€ are tricky for most english speakers.
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  1531. Somehow it looks to me that the Dehavilland Hornet took over this role..how did they compare..?..but what a shame the Whirlwind was not given a chance to be fully upgraded as it was a war winner.
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  1532. Tops. I don't think there are any remaining examples left. From the old Aussie.
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  1533. I've never heard of this plane. It is a beauty. I' am 71 and read a lot about WO-2. In Holland we had the G-1 a beauty too.
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  1534. August 1, 2020---A great what if aircraft would be making a model of this plane with the Merlin engines it was originally designed for.
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  1535. Apart from the 'Jockey' and the 'W' series of names used from the 1930's to denote aircraft using Geodesic structures, I think all of Vickers named aircraft start with a 'V' so definitely not a mistake.
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  1536. Ed your content is the best. I know it must take forever to compile all this information and create these awesome presentations for your fellow curious aviation buffs. I really appreciate your efforts, your production quality is top shelf and the occasional bit of well placed, dry British wit goes perfectly with the thoughtfully presented, well informed and fascinating information. You've got one of the best aviation documentary series of all time going on here, please never quit.
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  1537. I am not optimistic. Trump won't find Myanmar on a map, and Musk is in bed with the Chinese.
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  1538. Wonderful. I was wondering where you were going with this one. Now my sides hurt from laughing. I am amazed that you were able to keep a straight face and not laugh during your narrative.
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  1539. What's todays date again?
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  1540. All together now
.. April fools! LOL! Neat movie
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  1541. Thanks for this episode smiles for miles.
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  1542. The Perch: The British Army's greatest enemy.
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  1543. Once again I am proud to be British .
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  1544. The "dramatic reconstruction" with clips from Predator had me rolling. I wonder if they played Long Tall Sally on the way to the pond?
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  1545. I'm just here to listen to Ed say "aluminum". That the information is highly entertaining and interesting is just a bonus.
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  1546. Oh yeah !
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  1547. A query, How long does it take for military vehicles to become available for surplus, I want to buy a tomcat. No other reason.
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  1548. I never regretted even a bit about subscribing this amazing channel. Ed Nash, you are a Legend, mate. Thanx!
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  1549. I'm a simple man, I see a video opening with footage of HMCS Bonaventure, I press like!
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  1550. Pity you did not mention the war time Junkers aircraft, even more ahead of their time! Junkers DI all metal monoplane fighter and CL 1 two seater version, and the all metal ground attack J I! All saw service. Finally there was the never built but wind tunnel tested R I... A high speed monoplane bomber that looks like a mid 1930's aircraft!
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  1551. I am not military, I am a guy who bought a piece of camo net, knocked on my friends door he walked out 6". I smacked him in the calve got a quick boot to the chin out of reflex. The power of camo.
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  1552. This vid bouta blow up
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  1553. A funny but true story about my meeting this flying legend. I was bumped up to first class on a routine business flight and was seated beside an elderly gentleman who seemed wrapped up in his own thoughts. After a few glances I realized I was sitting beside Mr. Yeager, himself. I was torn between acknowledging this icon of flight and simply leaving him alone since I was certain he'd been celeb'd to death. Finally, my excitement got the better of me and I turned to him and said, "You must be Mr. Chuck Yeager", to which he nodded. I exclaimed that my father was a fitter with Rolls Royce and that he might've worked on the very engine type, the Merlin that powered the Mustang. Mr. Yeager seemed to come to life just then, squinted his eyes annoyingly and said, "Packhard". I didn't have the heart to counter that Packhard built the Merlin under license. I'm pretty sure he knew that, anyway.
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  1554. I just finished reading your book. I enjoyed it immensely, but I agree with those who said you were/are mad. I'm glad you survived.
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  1555. First love your videos
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  1556. Hi Ed, great episode, the second half really points to 'possibilities'. Also good views of a Lavochkin La-15 at 12.44.
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  1557. Another amazing vĂ­deo !!!
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  1558. Very good presentation! Bravo 👏 I’m Karen
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  1559. Thank you , this is a good documentary, gave a good idea on the Burmese conflict with minorities
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  1560. Ed Nash thanks for your hard work much appreciated!
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  1561. Interesting pronunciation of “Lycoming”.
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  1562. Most of us focus primarily on the content of the video, not the pronunciation of any terms or names. We all know, to what you are referring.........Curtiss was up against the wall on this one, with an unproven airframe, engine and propeller set-up. Even at the end of the war and following years, the highest-performing propeller planes (reliable ones) used progressive improvements in fuel and supercharging technology to get the huge power output needed from proven engines to push these fighters into the 500 MPH arena. Bearcat, Seafire, Sea Fury and Mustang, Thunderbolt, TA152, among others.
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  1563. Another fantastic video Mr Nash. There are a lot of channels out there but yours really stands out PS. In a previous video you mentioned issues with getting the channel monetised. Hopefully you have made some progress but if not I suspect your early videos from Irag/Syria may have caused your channel to be flagged for violence/terrorism etc. Unfortunately YT doesn't seem to be very good at distinguishing between good and evil. May be worth considering starting a new channel before you really blow up
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  1564. Very interesting video
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  1565. MORE videos mate! :-)
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  1566. YouTube really, really doesn't want anyone to watch your video. Not just did I get the age restriction warning, I also got a violent content warning, then, I got a warning telling me there were images of bodily harm. I get the first one, but if you are subscribed to you, we know what we're in for.
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  1567. Ed: During WWII, USN UDT developed a technique to recover swimmers into a running boat, using a "ring". Doubtless, Schulmann passed this along.
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  1568. Hi Ed. I've deleted my comment.
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  1569. BTW there were multiple flying prototypes with delta like wing designs in USSR in 20th https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%98%D0%A7-3 and 30th https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%98%D0%A7-7
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  1570. Another great video, Ed...👍
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  1571. As a Father, that child rescue really got to me. I told my wife the story and we're both in tears. Thank you for what you do and thank you for sharing your story!
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  1572. Fascinating aircraft. Thanks for this👍đŸș
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  1573. This is one of the best researched, foreign video on that matter, that i have seen on youtube. You covered most of the caveats, that were missed elsewhere. Great job, and greetings from Poland.
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  1574. Genius Idea Ed! I'm serving RCN. I have begun reaching out to shipmates and we are collecting all spare unopened socks hats and gloves we can get. In Canada there are Ukrainian Congresses across the country. I have reached out to investigate shipping them in. I will E-mail you if I'm successful with a link.
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  1575. I help take care of Race 57 today! I clean her off after every flight! She is well taken care of and flies quite often! Here’s a recent video I took of her flying with a P-51! https://youtu.be/30dIqzBYTAU
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  1576. watched most of your videos about aircraft in the first half of the 20th century..all excellent 👏 cheers đŸ»
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  1577. This is one of my favorite, Cold War combat aircraft. Thank you for this. ☟
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  1578. Beautiful, yes, but resulting from the aerodynamic design of the time, like the Lockheed F-104, although this Dassault Mirage IV was perhaps the most elegant of them all. Also with area ruling. The Fairey Delta 2 also might compete - I will look at your video of that aircraft now. I have subscribed. Keep the videos coming, and best wishes to you and all your subscribers and commenters.
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  1579. Nice job, mate!
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  1580. Very nice video!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  1581. The Mk VIII was also given to the RIAF and was used in Burma from mid 1944 onwards.
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  1582. Thank you for your videos, they are really interesting. But in this case I think you've been too forgiving with the aircraft. Heavy planes are very dangerous to operate from carriers, and this plane showed that. What is excruciating in this case is that it was needless heavy and complicated. When all is said, the Scimitar in spite of being a heavy plane with two powerful engines was just a daylight, good-weather strike aircraft. It had no avionics worth mentioning, not great range or speed nor even great bomb carrying. Only 76 were produced because as Bill Gunston said “the long passage of time, as in the parallel case of the Sea Vixen, had made a basic type designed just after WWII obsolescent by the time it got into service”. At the time the Scimitar was entering service in the RN, the Americans were receiving the A-4 Skyhawk (almost 3000 built in 20 years), that could already do as much and more than the Scimitar but with a fraction of weight and cost.
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  1583. Attempting Finnish pronunciation is very doable, just take it easy on the sauce
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  1584. Awesome video. That's a really great source you used from Plane's Encyclopaedia... That chap must know his stuff... Certainly not self promoting or anything. Just came across your channel, will be binging the videos.
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  1585. Great video Ed. As always you have amazing details and make it interesting. I thought I knew the Privateer, but you kept the history going. Keep up the great work!
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  1586. Ed, did you just offer to give us a video on the history of the Golden Triangle with your unique insight on Burmese affairs? I'll have you know that offer constitutes a verbal contract with your 99,000+ subscribers. And also a pretty good idea for a 100K subscriber special episode.
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  1587. All the history I never knew about a little-known family of aircraft and wondered about. Thanks for the deep dive into the Corsair! Semper Fi!!
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  1588. Uncle Bob # ! in the House! Thank you ed!
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  1589. Erm, Ed.... Where do you get this stuff from???? Have you got special privileges to area 51?"
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  1590. IT seems to be the popular meme to blame the "Chrysler bailout' via the administration of that time and the DOD, headed by Rumsfeld. But, an examination of the time shows that it really wasn't Rumsfeld making the decision, the decision was as most things dealing with military procurement, it falls to the Congress and their somewhat and often-times confused priorities. Don't forget, this was the time during the 'gas crisis' that drove US manufacturers to produce smaller vehicles (which they didn't do so well) and the resulting fall of Chrysler. Unlike in the 2000s when financial and production problems convinced the Obama administration to basically bail-out GM, with the abandonment of its investors, Congress pressured the DOD to go with Chryslers' version of the main battle tank for the US. Its a tribute to the DOD and its efforts to have developed the tank into a world-class vehicle that has successfully fulfilled its core missions. It can be argued that the thirsty turbines reliance on massive amounts of fuel, it simply a following of the US's overarching military doctrine that has been successfully used for almost 100 years, of the ability to out-produce any potential adversary. This means that the adversary isn't just fighting against a single weapon system or unit, or event the entire military, it's fighting against the capabilities of the entire nation. It can be argued that this was one of the strategies that the Chinese (and others) have (had) sought to effectuate from the 1990s until the present day.
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  1591. Man what a Nice story!!! Almost doont delieve hahaha Nice vide9q
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  1592.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Well deserved indeed Ed. Numbers will just keep going up as word spreads.
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  1593. Congratulations Ed. You just reached 10k subscribers.đŸ‘đŸ» 🎉 Well done and many thanks for all your hard work.
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  1594. another great video!
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  1595. Hi Ed. Another too little too late ! But aircraft technology was advancing at a meteoric rate but yet still in it's infancy . To think 20 years later the Spitfire was entering service , incredible ! Thanks Ed.
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  1596. Just to upset a few more people Ed you should investigate why the bulges on the underside of the Hawker Hunter were commonly known as 'Sabrinas'?
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  1597. Loving your videos, keep up the good work!
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  1598. And "IF" me grandma had wheels she would be a race car............
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  1599. Unbelievable that such and important and useful plane could get largely forgotten. I'm glad you highlighted the many jobs it undertook. Great video Ed.
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  1600. Very interesting, thanks for the video. There’s an ongoing discussion, mired of course in semantics, as to what constitutes a UAV, whether unguided cruise missiles qualify as such or merely as glorified artillery shells, and whether the contributions of weaponized meteorology to the design and/or the timing of the release of certain devices is sufficient to remove them from the category of “unguided” munitions. But the real value in that discussion is in spurring those engaged in it to learn more about history and gain a greater appreciation for the ingenuity of our forebears, misdirected as those energies may be at times in the pursuit of destruction. And on those key points, this video is a valuable contribution.
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  1601. Another good video Ed, keep 'em coming! One point to stress (if you'll forgive the pun!). The Martin-Baker designs were NOT stressed skin, that was their whole point. Captain Valentine Baker had been a test-pilot for the Vickers Aviation company. In the mid-1920s he was given the job of overseeing the assembly, and flight-testing, of 26 Vickers monoplane parasol "Scouts" ordered by the Chilian Government. The "Scouts" were built on a construction technique licensed to Vickers by the French Wibault company that allowed the construction of internally-stressed monoplane wings. The wings were covered with metal panels, but those panels did not add to the strength of the wing, so it was not a "stressed skin" design. In the Wibault system, the metal panel coverings were riveted to each other along raised lips. This meant if any panel had to be removed all the rivets had to be drilled-out manually, a long and time-consuming business. It was the experience of doing this that led Val Baker to go into business with the engineering genius James Martin, to adapt the concept of the Wibault system so that all the panels were held in place by quick-release fasteners, making construction and maintenance much easier. Their first aircraft, the little civil MB1, showed the system worked. The MB2 fighter used the new method on the wings and front fuselage, but still had a fabric covering for the rear fuselage and tailplane. The MB3 and MB5 used metal coverings throughout. Most descriptions of the MB1,2,3 and 5 completely ignore or understate the revolutionary and unique construction method used in them. Martin-Baker also constructed the revolutionary ARIII autogyro for Raoul Hafner, worthy of another video in its own right.
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  1602. Six 20mm cannons, ye gods! That's not an aircraft, that's a disintegration machine. Subscribed and Thumbs Up henceforth. Now to go catch up on the previous vids. I really enjoy your forthright delivery. That and "War Were Declared." - hilarious. Othias is grinning somewhere. That capped it for me. xD
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  1603. "As a smarter man than me put it, 'War were declared.'" Did you just quote Othias?
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  1604. "Carteled up to drive him out of business" is where similarities with Edison ends: Edison WAS the cartel 😂
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  1605. Thank you for sharing another obscure weapon.
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  1606. Wow, yet another obscure aircraft which I had not heard of. I thought that I was a bit of a buff, but you've pleasantly surprised me with your channel = Subscribed. Thank you and keep up the good work! 👍
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  1607. Would be a experimental class in USA , but can you even register a pulse jet? With FAA?
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  1608. The Brewster Buffalo was almost the zero. That would make a good video. The Performance of the F2A-1 and F2A-2 was excellent, the problem occurred when the Brits and Dutch put armor on it AND the US only allowed derated Cyclone engines to be exported in them. In addition the F2A3 was weighed down with armor and extra fuel tanks with the same power as the F2A-2 and it was designed by a long range recon fighter, not an air superiority fighter or an interceptor. Unfortunately the exigencies of war forced the F2A3 to be used improperly at Midway as an interceptor. And the Zero was generally inferior to the P-40, but the Japanese had the advantage of initiative in 1941-2 with better trained pilots and tactics.
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  1609. Shame it was not developed for the FAA.
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  1610. New Forgotten Craft!! Love the stuff Ed o7
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  1611. "Special Kay", the B-26K restored to fly, unfortunately suffered a mishap a while back when one of the main gear collapsed. The group who operate "Kay" are raising funds to get her back into the air...she's a spectacular airplane.
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  1612. Thank you for another very informative video about a plane that I did know to some degree. But your video filled in a lot of my gaps of knowledge about this specific aircraft. As a former history teacher and plane geek. Your videos are first rate entertainment. Well Done!
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  1613. Ed, maybe you said before and I missed it, but what led to your interest in the Myanmar civil war?
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  1614. Fuck this was well done docu!
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  1615. Great Video. (and I love itÂŽs successor, the Wyvern !) But meanwhile, out in Santa Monica, they were building the SKYRAIDER !! (what a contrast in the record)
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  1616. as hard as it is to "like" this, I have...and thank you Mr Nash for keeping this (and other) "low level" conflicts in the public's mind and face.
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  1617. A good friend of our family flew Skyraiders in the 1950s. He swore it could carry far more than the official record states. He even showed me a photo of his aircraft fully armed and listed the weight of each piece of ordnance. The total came to over 10,000 pounds, at least matching that of the Mauler. I did some checking on the Smithsonian website and found the following quote. I do not know if this includes fuel, but presume it does. "On May 21, 1953, and AD-4B operating from Naval Air Station Dallas set a new weight-lifting record 6,791 kg. (14,941lb.) that exceeded the aircraft empty weight of 5,363 kg (11,798 lb.)."
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  1618. Agreed, it’s not like they would be facing old tanks T-62 in the


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  1619. Thak you for the very informative video. I have two Swedish aircraft of the WWII era I would love to see you cover on your channel. The first is the FFVS J-22. An aircraft that looks a look like a small German FW-190. The second aircraft is the SAAB-21. Which does not really look like any other airplane of this time period. Maybe the Fokker G-1. Both of these aircraft prove Sweden could build an excellent aircraft. Even if it did not have a lot of manufacturing experience.
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  1620.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Sir, if You need some help with swedish, or maybe some books about GRG Carl Gustaf, let me know. I have some books... 2Lt Jansson
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  1621. Never mind the Mustang, i'm getting a severe Martin Baker vibe.
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  1622. I bloody love your videos Ed but for the love of god could you buy yourself a decent mic?
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  1623. Aussie here. Good job Ed!
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  1624. Hey! That's our Mustang at 4:55. A68-71. It's under slow restoration at Moorabbin. I've been working on the Aft Radiator Duct. I could use some help..have to finish a P-40 first.
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  1625. Great work Ed!
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  1626. So we now know it was a ftc 2000g from the wreckage
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  1627. But how do your REALLY feel about the East India Company?
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  1628. Similar lines to the Beaufighter. Love your videos 👍
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  1629. Ed. You really do find the odd balls . Another one l've not heard of ! Thanks
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  1630. Way To Go Ed! Not Your Usual "What Could've Been" But Interesting All The Same. Maybe Belyaev Was Sniffing A Little Glue Along The Way!?!
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  1631. Ha, I'm sure I was at university with Dr Lomas. He was absolutely top of the class back then. I was very much in the middle.
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  1632. Thanks for your videos really enjoy them
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  1633. Be sure to listen until the VERY end! lol
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  1634. Love to see to ov-10 bronco convert to gunship use by philippines
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  1635.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I just figured it was a normal thing to do after finally completing the recording ;) Easter eggs may make people watch the video till the end :P
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  1636. If your book is a good as your YT Channel it should be an excellent read.
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  1637. first!!!!!bad ass~!!!!!
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  1638. Awesome! I am a new subscriber and love your channel. :)
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  1639. It's always a good morning when I wake up to discover you have posted a new video.
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  1640. Thanks Ed .
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  1641. Interesting stuff. These AFVs have been around for a while, but are starting to develop significantly.
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  1642. RCVs would solve the nearly 100 year problem of Air Cav Armor. No longer would you deal with the problems of the m551 Sheridan which sacrifices armor for weight.
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  1643. I must say, just incredible! I am thoroughly impressed with your subject matter and dialogue. Thank you very much for introducing, for what I am sure is the majority of us, all of these absolutely lovely aircraft! You are providing a great service to all of these forgotten aircraft and the very rich history that accompanies them. Just brilliant sir! Please continue with your very impressive work. Godspeed my man! Cheers!
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  1644. Merci pour cette vidĂ©o. Il y a si peu d'informations sur les avions Renard.👍👍👍🙂 Thank you for this video. There is so little information about the Renard planes.
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  1645. If at all possible could you cover the Avia B-534? It's a fairly cool aircraft being part of one of the last generation of biplane fighters and actually saw some combat with minor nations in WW2
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  1646. It's good to pair that book with "Blood and Oil" by Bradley Hope & Justin Scheck. It's give a good insight in to Saudi internal politics with role of Prince Turki in it.
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  1647. People surprised the VPA still use Vietnam era American weapons. Me: Remembering when I got to my first unit in the Army back in 96 and being issued the 45 Cal "GREASEGUN" M3A1 lol. Six months later I got issued a new M4 the unit had gotten. But up till that moment. The Greasegun was still MTOW for M88a1 operations in some units lol. I did get to take it to the range 2 times before I turned it back in for good. Years later I was deployed to Iraq as part of the first rotation there. We took over a Iraqi Air base but all that was left was an engine on a stand and concrete hangers. But I did find a Iraqi Army helmet that was still never worn. The leather headband was still new as was the helmet and camo netting. Also allot of WW2 submachine guns and pistols were floating around. Other FOBs had weapons left over from the Iran Iraq War. There were old British tanks and American 113a1's and Paladin artillery tracks as well as the usual Soviet garbage and tanks. Also some WW2 tanks and tracks were found. Including a very rare pocket tank in great condition. That went to a museum back in the US. Iraq was a treasure trove of multiple wars hardware.
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  1648. Nice, Ed. We expect you to update this video weekly. 😉
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  1649. Great video. Just one very minor correction. The Convair B-36 was called the Peacemaker, not the Peace Keeper. Not a big deal and you're right. The B-36 really did make the B-54 unnecessary.
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  1650. Straight from the off I have to disagree with your analysis, the B-29 wasn’t the “pinnacle” of the WWII heavy bomber, the A.V Roe (AVRO) Lancaster was holds that lofty position, maybe not from a technological standpoint as it had many new and untested innovations, and as you pointed out they didn’t all miraculously work from day-1, teething issues that General Le-May obviously didn’t appreciate or need, especially when he first took over the USAAF In the pacific theatre of operations, teething problems that on any other new aircraft would be an inconvenience at best and problematic at worst, but for the “Super-fortress” they put lives at risk and for the crews, General Le-May, Boeing and the USA it was embarrassing, after all the hype and bluster about how technically advanced, designed and built, by American craftsmen, by the best aircraft manufacturer in the world it could not be allowed to fail and not enter service, even more so because if it didn’t or couldn’t then the atomic bombs would have to be dropped by the totally untechnical, string-bag, A.V Roe Lancaster, the only aircraft capable of delivering instant sunshine bombs to Japan, how embarrassing would that have been, America, with a huge number of other countries including Great Britain 🇬🇧, could build the world’s first real WMD but could NOT actually get it to the target, not very good for American pride, and even then it couldn’t be loaded without some major digging of pits and special cradles etc, but the good old Lancaster, with modifications to the bomb bay could it could easily lift the bomb, it weighed less than either “Tallboy” or Grand Slam”, so, for me the B-29 was the second best heavy bomber of WWII, but let’s face it, the Lancaster and B-29 were the only two real “Heavies” from either side of the war, and in addition the Lancaster was the father of other iterations of the design culminating in the A.V Roe Shackleton, long after the B-29 or any of its lineage were sent to the scrap heap. Serious question, why, as a general rule, do American aircraft manufacturers believe bigger is better????, and yet they have produced some of the small aircraft to ever see service, the A-4 Skyhawk being a prime example. Despite my opinion differing from yours regarding the B-29 i would still like to say thanks for another excellent episode, interesting, informative and well presented, please keep up the hard work, big thumbs up đŸ‘đŸ˜€đŸ‡ŹđŸ‡§đŸŽó §ó ąó „ó źó §ó ż
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  1651. Pusher proponent: "Propeller goes in the back!" Tractor proponent: "Propeller goes in the front!" Spad: "Propeller goes inside the fuselage!"
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  1652.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Nope!!!
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  1653. Ed, I really enjoy your channel. Thank you.
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  1654. Conflageration?? :)
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  1655. Hi Ed . At last !! One l know ! Although l wasn't aware of all the varients ! Thanks Ed.
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  1656. Thank you so very much for info on this little known fighter. I am inspired to go fly my c-714 in WOWP well armed with knowledge if not firepower !!! Kudos for your efforts, this series is inspiring and I folllow you here on U-tube.
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  1657. I had a little giggle when Ed mentioned that production of the aircraft was hampered by French industrial action and poor workmanship of the time. Seemed like a good idea but again execution of said idea lacking. Another rare aviation 💎 gem Ed.
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  1658. such a awesome vid and a really interesting aircraft.
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  1659. Algorithm comment. I really like your channel. When I need a laugh, I watch your video of the car being squashed by a fast moving tank set to appropriate musicđŸ€“
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  1660. The Football war. Never seen such a video before, very educational. Congrats.
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  1661. I want one. For the missus. It might stop her dropping her bloody phone for a start.
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  1662. At the 6:02 mark you made me laugh out LOUD, albeit inadvertently. With your British accent I heard: "the engine shit some of it's compressor blades...." when of course, you were saying: "shed".... Thanks for ALL your great videos and for a laugh now and again!
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  1663. Either phrase would be accurate!
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  1664.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I mean, I guess I could watch it again...
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  1665. YOU CAN’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!!!
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  1666. Don't all firing ranges have to have butts?
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  1667. ed this is something i would have never never expected to see mason jars,bottles,fruits and vegetables i see but this never
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  1668. Was it a Lemmiwinks round?
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  1669. This illustrates how pathetic and pointless war is. Nobody wins and the complete and utter waste of life and probably trillions of pounds both countries have wasted over the many years of conflict. This definitely wasn't on my radar. Ed . I get the impression that you were a serving soldier . Does the title of your book have a deep knowledgeable meaning? Your knowledge of military history is widespread where as mine is more or less limited to World War 2 and immediately post war Aircraft . However, you're never too old to learn so l Did find this Interesting . Thanks Ed.
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  1670. At roughly the midpoint, an extended sequence featured what I'm pretty certain was an RC MODEL in flight, probably a modern color sequence turned to B&W. The multiple loops of surprisingly small radius are a potent giveaway.
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  1671. The following link is quite impressive for the G1. https://youtu.be/pr5DW2ZTKR4
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  1672. Greetings from Argentine Patagonia. What was expressed for use by our country is correct, but one more use was missing: At the beginning of the 50s Argentina's strong presence began in Antarctica, but there was no good landing strip, so the Lincolns were used for "bomb" the bases with food and other supplies. A very anecdotal use was the bombardment of the Perito Moreno glacier (I don't remember the year) because the glacier did not break like it usually does every 4 years, and a lot of water was accumulating with the danger that this entails. By The way 0:21 Narrator:"- But no plane last forever......" C-130: "-Hold my jet A-1"
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  1673. You found a new subscriber ed I loved your vid about the IRA using the boys against navy best wishes from Scotland
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  1674. I have already admired a number of your interesting contributions regarding, e.g., military aviation history. But this one, I've flagged for some distinguished American law professors who study issues such as (mis)use of high technology, human rights, and such. [Being a student of history myself, I suspect and fear that this particular genie might be out of the bottle already. We shall see .... ]
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  1675. Scary stuff
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  1676. è‡ȘèĄ›éšŠăźæ­ŁćŒæŽĄç”šć°éŠƒă ă‘ă©ă€é…ć‚™ăŻăŸă ć…ˆă«ăȘりそう。
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  1677. What's with the snide against the Su-27? I think it is the most beautiful of all modern fighter jets and the way they managed to decrease the wing loading without increasing drag by making the body create lift and act as a 3rd wing is quite ingenious, kind of a "eat your cake and still have it"-thing, as anyone who knows something about aircraft design and the necessary trade-offs and compromises made between maneuverability/wing loading and speed/low drag knows and should be able to appreciate. That is quite a feat, from an engineering perspective. Add to that the enormous internal fuel capacity making external drop tanks optional instead of mandatory and that despite being more maneuverable, it still has a decent max speed and it is a very impressive machine, at least in theory. It might be let down by the avionics, radar and the training levels of the pilots flying it, or the commanding officers deciding how it is flown and when, but it arguably is the better aircraft, compared to the comparably simple "modern boom and zoom fighter with a big radar"-design of the F-15. And no, I'm not a Russian troll or military fanboy. I am a interested outsider from a country that neither operates F-15, nor any variant of the Su and have no personal, nationalistic dog in that game. Subjectively, as a "aircraft porn pervert", I like both. The F-14, not so much to be honest. It always looked too bulky to me and kind of lazy in its design. It looks like something a amateur using a 3d modeling software to design his own fighter aircraft would come up with. Just 2 engines with a cockpit and all the other stuff a fighter needs slapped on to it in kind of a slapdash "good enough to work" matter. It is nowhere near as elegant as a Su-27, which looks like a mix between a eagle, a crane and a shark. I think without the original Top Gun movie, only a small niche minority among military aircraft fans would count it as one of their favorites. In that regard it kind of is like the "Paris Hilton" of fighter jets. People find her sexy because the media told them so but nobody really can explain why they ride the bandwagon of finding her hot. Yeah, Paris Hilton is a 20 year late, dated reference, but I don't know enough about modern "sex symbols" to make the comparison with a more up to date example, hehe.
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  1678. ...another great vid. I'm glad that this channel is getting the views that it deserves- personally, I look forward to each post, as I'm a fan of aviation in general, and the uncommon aircraft that are rarely covered, in particular) Cheers!
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  1679. Dear Ed................get some cough medicine! :P
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  1680. 😎 new video. love snowdon climbed it twice 😂
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  1681. Can you do a video on the J-8B “peace pearl”? It was recently announced for DCS and I would love to learn more about it, a Chinese and American collaboration
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  1682. First to say Thank You Ed Nash 
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  1683. Ah the joys of German pronunciation! And his next fighter was a dinga it seems ;-)
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  1684. french CAESAR 155 mm howtzer to be snet to Ukraine !! (or maybe it's already there)
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  1685. Excellent as always Ed!
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  1686. Blimey early today ! great presentation as usual 🙂👍
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  1687.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Oh yeah, that's probably a good shout actually. A question for you to ponder on a rainy day maybe.
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  1688. CC&F technically, still exists today. They were baught out by A.V. Roe, aka Avro, merged into Hawker Siddeley Canada, then acquired by... Bombardier. Their factories still produce, Trains, planes, and snowmobiles.
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  1689. ​ @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  with this thing being designed by someone with such an odd name,even by German standards,how could it not fail....obviously its an april fools joke but you did have me fooled at the start.nice 1 Ed.👍👍👍
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  1690.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  You got me for a moment, there,
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  1691. Great Video. Thank you so much for covering this aircraft. Love ww2 era aviation aircraft but I have to admit...I had never heard of the Albacore. Thank you once again for this video. Great work!!!
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  1692.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I've managed to find a pair of proposed layout drawings on secret projects forums, and that's about it. My coworker tells me they tested the aerodynamics with an RC miniature version
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  1693. Can recommend Ed's book. Memoirs are sometimes the only meaningful way to understand armed conflicts and his is both entertaining and enlightening. While I'm normally a huge Orwell fan, Ed's memoir of the fighting against ISIS in Kurdistan is much more enjoyable than Orwell's Homage to Catalonia. Now, there's a literary comparison I bet he wasn't expecting!
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  1694. Thanks, Ed, most interesting as always. The triple rotor layout looks a bit awkward though – the Chinook-style twin seems simpler and stronger to me, and it’s a bit surprising that the designer didn’t try it. The Hitchcock version of ‘The Thirty Nine Steps’ (the best version, IMO) features a shot of a Cierva C-30A, G-ACVC, looking for Hannay (though it may have been a model). I’ve flown a couple of Magni M-16 autogyros as a pupil, and they are huge fun. There is (or was) a small autogyro museum at Rufforth Airfield.
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  1695. that Vincent Price insert....priceless 😂
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  1696.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I think it's because all products out of the Curtiss production and main company in Buffalo are called Curtiss, everything that is build in St. Louis is called Curtiss Wright, where a Wright factory was located. Curtiss merged with Wright in july 1929. The CW21 was built in St. Louis not in Buffalo where the P36 and P40 were build, hence the wright name associated with it.
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  1697. Just discovered your channel, keep up the great work! I love your unique defence technology analysis style.
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  1698. Great video on a little known incident. There is, however, one correction to be mentioned. Johnen's Bf-110 was equipped with a Lichtenstein radar set, actually it had both the earlier C-4 and the newer SN-2 installed, which is easily noticeable by looking at the nose, having the smaller central antenna for the C-4 set (for close range targeting) and the large SN-2 antennas for search. The Naxos set you mentioned was a passive set for homing on the bomber's own radar transmitter and was usually not carried on the Bf-110. And yes, the Swiss did a complete teardown and analysis of the radar, complete with circuit schematics, and passed it to the RAF. In fact, the schematics and report can be found online.
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  1699. Your channel and style is awesome! I'm so happy that I came across it, and have recommended it to all of my friends I know are interested in history & aircrafts.. And Burma etc. Well done 👍 Wish you all the best!
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  1700. Really good video, excellent channel. Underrated.
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  1701. They've apparently organized a proper foreign legion. Are foreign civilians allowed to join?
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  1702. Thanks Ed.
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  1703. Hay can you do a video on the b-18 bomber that won over the first b-17 models in America's first major bomber competition. It is really forgotten even though it proved to be critical in the Caribbean campaign.
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  1704. OMG!!!!! MY FAVORITE WW2 FIGHTER GETS ITS OWN, ABOVE 5-MINUTE VIDEO!!! I remember when you did that original video and thought "holy crap! My favorite WW2 fighter gets its own video!" Thank you much for both! Sounds like the production was set to fail from the start due to its design compromises, prop changes, and bureaucracy.
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  1705. everyone is missing the point, it looks as sexy as F*** and that is the main thing.
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  1706. Congratulations on achieving 100k!
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  1707. Fantastic stuff. Laughed like a drain!
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  1708. Fighter - Soviet La-5. Short range, sucks above 3000 meters, high pilot workload, poor build quality, etc.
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  1709. Great work on this video, and kudos on showing the correct videos and pictures of the JA 37 variant when discussing it -- aside from when you were talking about the cannon in 5:35, but I guess you were talking about both the Oerlikon KCA and the ADEN cannon pods ;) Embarrassingly, I sometimes even see Swedish sources mislabeling the attack variant as an interceptor. You already know this, but for other people who might see this, a quick way to tell the Jaktviggen (JA 37) apart from the other variants (aside from the weapons) is by looking at the vertical stabilizer. The one on the JA 37 is a bit taller and "bends" back at the top, pretty clear at 9:09 compared to the AJ 37 in 1:20.
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  1710. If Viggen was a human being, it would have been Lemmy.
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  1711. Gold! Another triumph!
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  1712. Excellent video, Ed. Thanks.
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  1713. Just a note regarding the relevant aerodynamics - compressibility comes from Mach number, not airspeed or groundspeed. Because Mach varies with altitude (same actual speed over the ground equals higher mach at higher altitude due to temperature changes), you get compressibility "earlier" at higher altitude. Meanwhile, the same true speed "looks like" lower airspeed to a wing at higher altitudes, because the lower density air provides less lift (and less drag) for a given airspeed. This leads to a "coffin corner" where the aircraft needs to fly faster in order to maintain lift, yet adding any speed causes mach limit issues. That "coffin corner," where those lines converge, is often the reason for an aircraft's ceiling. High aspect (long and slender) wings help with the lift part, but if materials requirements mean they have to be extra chunky, the compressibility gets worse. Just 15 or so years later, the U-2 would use extremely long, thing, and NON-chunky wings to get its coffin corner up to ~80k feet.
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  1714. Hallelujah Ed ! I actually knew about the floatplane Spitfires ! That's made my day ! 😁😁😁
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  1715. While I'm not a B52 fanboy, I will relate something that happened in 1991 when the USAF sent several B-52s and F-117s that took part in the air campaign out to airshows so we taxpayers could drool at them but not put our noses against the windows. ;-) The B-52 was spotted on the tarmac and unlike the F-117, didn't have a fence, armed, and sternly looking Security Specialists guarding it. Two guys and younger boy were standing there talking; the younger man in a flight suit, the older man in a flight jacket, and the boy in normal clothes. I went up to the (assumed) pilot to thank him for his service and got to talking with all three...the boy said that this was the plane his granddad flew and that his dad flew, and that when he was old enough, he was going to fly. The older man, the granddad, nodded and said that he flew most of his SAC alert missions in that very plane, and when his son (the pilot) told him the tail number of his new assignment he was surprised because it was his own. I have no doubt that if that boy worked hard, he'd have likely been flying over in the sandbox. Thus, when it comes to the B-52, it is the ultimate "Hold my beer" survivor.
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  1716. ​ @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I take your point but allow me to make this observation. Your content is superior to most of what's available on Youtube. You're presenting well researched material lucidly and without the irritating distractions like music or poor graphics that bedevil other channels. It's a shame to see that being let down by the poor audio. Even a simple pop filter, which you could pick up for less than a fiver on Aliexpress or Ebay, would be an improvement. Given the standard of your content you could look at monetizing your channel which would help defray future costs and probably even turn in a bit of a profit. Best of luck.
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  1717.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Thank you, my father was one of the more junior designers working on it at Prestwick, and I would love to know more about it. There is nothing in depth out there really.
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  1718. 4:32 this is a real life picture of Ed Nash
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  1719. F-5A *Freedom Fighter
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  1720. Thanks for including the stuff I commented on in the YC-14 video, though I suspect you already had this written. When the program that concluded with the C-17 was ongoing, there were LOTS of voices opposing the program because the range of the proposed aircraft was too short. In fact, it was WAY too short. The C-17's were designed for a "Red Storm Rising" style of theater war and we really needed a longer-range airlifter akin to the C-5. After 71 were built, the remainder were fitted with center-wing fuel tanks increasing range by about 15%. That's still not enough. Consider the C-5M and KC-10 have nearly twice the range with a similar cargo.
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  1721. I have to say that through all the different WW2 Aircraft sites on YouTube, This one by Ed Nash is far better than the likes of Dark Skies and Dark Docs.
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  1722. I am a Kachin man From Myanmar. Thank you for such a great informative video of our people.
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  1723. You did it again...an unknown aircraft. Personally, I think it is pleasantly plump. Anything compared to that HIDEOUS Short S.B.3 you reviewed is an improvement. Peace.
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  1724. Say hello Ed.
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  1725. You did a stand-out job with the Slavic names Ed. Well done.
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  1726. Love the videos. And guys, if you haven’t read Ed Nash’s book on his experiences as a sniper with the Kurds against ISIL, buy it. Consider it a payment for Ed’s awesome videos. Ed, you need to turn your book into a movie.
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  1727. Ed Nash Constitutionally there is one military in the country
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  1728. India is regretting their purchase of the F7 according to some YouTube defence "experts". The Irish are a nation of savvy business people, I'm sure they will do what is best for Ireland. I agree with you last option Ed, contractors and at the same time build up the infrastructure for their own air force, two dozen Gripens would do the trick when the Irish are ready to spend. Ireland also has their own aircraft industry at Short Brothers, they know a thing or two about flush rivets. Bought the Desert Sniper, good read, appreciate the lack of gore, thanks,.
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  1729. Sub contractors would be the way forward, ireland don't have any fighter pilots.
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  1730. Good channel, thank you. I believe I shall buy your book.
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  1731. Another fantastic video. Hope you continue providing us updates on the smaller conflicts. Your Myanmar reports have been great as well as greatly appreciated.
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  1732. Gripen at Red Flag on the red team https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh7_SYsi79w&feature=youtu.be&t=668
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  1733. Love the way how most Canadians think that there fighter pilots deserve second best with anything other than F35. Its a waste of time buying ANY 4th gen fighter. 5th gen is already here and 6th gen is just around the corner. Lets see how far back Canada will be in 20 years time with a 4th gen fighter like Gripen.
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  1734. happy 30k subs
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  1735. Great gems Ed . Like your work in all spheres !
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  1736. "Which probably seemed like a silly name for an aircraft company" If only they knew.
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  1737. I love Dinger's stuff - the drawings/paintings in particular. I finished a biography of Frank Whittle "Jet Man" last month, it's a decent read if you wish to know more, albeit I think it's rather gentle on Whittle and his way of working. Just my opinion of course!
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  1738. This must be the Clunker that Glosters' CTP Bill Waterton, refers to in his book 'The quick and the dead'? Ah, having watched the whole video now, it was!
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  1739. There was also that Spitfire that somehow landed on a sandy Dunkirk beach...
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  1740. Good effort on pronouncing Walcheren Ed!
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  1741. my father destroyed as much as he could my father was hit in the back by a cannon shell and was taken by a small boat run by a doctor
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  1742. I was wondering if you'll mention Black Hawk😁
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  1743. From a cousin, I love these videos across the pond.
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  1744. lol we speak a little differently on this side of the pond 😀 hope all is well wit u guys over there, peace and love from ur black Haitian American cousin lol âœŒđŸœ PS. those french men right 🙄 😂
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  1745. Thanks for that Ed. I never have found favour with the KKK but had no idea how vile and murderous they were . Makes you realise that how ever imperfect our government is l know which side of the Atlantic l'd rather be!!
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  1746. Ed, while we're on the subject of British transport planes - how about the Shorts Belfast? I couldn't see a video on this in your extensive library.
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  1747. Less than a decade after the Beverley retired, the Belfast followed, despite being far more advanced & capable (I was on board the final service flight of one Belfast, which ironically then saw use during the Falklands War after being contracted from its corporate owners...). The UK NEVER has enough transport assets to cover its commitments - perhaps not 'sexy' enough for the RAF...
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  1748. Hopefully the last Beverley might be moved to the Yorkshire Air Museum near York .
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  1749. 0:03 Oi, don’t be silly. Haven’t you seen the Blackburn Buccaneer? It is a beautiful nuclear bomber. An acquaintance of mine, Ian Pringle bought one and restored it and offered flights in it at Thunder City in Cape Town. Edit: I believe the tail # is ZS-NIP
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  1750. Buccaneer would beg to differ Ed!
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  1751. I really enjoy your Forgotten Aircraft series, I think you have a nice laidback style while also being accurate and insightful. I read your bio and decided to buy your Desert Sniper book because of your fascinating journey and the unique perspective it undoubtedly brings. Thanks 👍
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  1752. Great job, diligent and lucid! Small details on the Danish D XXIs: while it is true that the D XXI was tested by the Danes with a 645 HP engine (a spare engine for the 18 Gauntlets operated by army Air Force) this aircraft was subsequently reengined with a 830/840 hp type, the same as on the 10 license produced aircraft and the other aircraft bought from Fokker. It was planned to fit all 12 with two Madsen 20 mm cannons and two 8 mm mgs - by April 9 1940 most were only fitted with 2 mgs. They were based at Vaerloese. The base was strafed and a recon aircraft that had taken of was shot down by a BF 110. No Fokker D XXIs were able to get into the air.
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  1753. Had the ship been hostile & armed with even basic light AA defences, the slow & lumbering Keystone B2 bomber used would have been blasted out of the sky before it could drop its single heavy experimental AP bomb. It did force the US Navy to develop AA defences on naval vessels though.
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  1754. The whole Billy Mitchell getting in trouble thing was not as many Airaboos like to suggest Mitchell embarrassing the navy, it was that the navy offering up the Ostfriesland as a testbed to see what aircraft could do against ships, the plans were to let the navy come aboard to inspect the damage maybe repair a bit write reports, conduct more testing inspect it again conduct more testing , Mitchell’s ego was set to say I can do whatever my mind sets it’s self to do. Result was Mitchell wasted a lot of time and a lot of money and produced only the data that aircraft could sink a stationary ship with no crew . Which any naval officer with a brain already knew. If the test was conducted as planned maybe Pearl Harbor would have been better maybe force Z would have been saved or augmented, maybe musashi and Yamato would have been used better. Mitchell screwed aviation and the response to it , he wasn’t a hero. Hell of a comment for a 3 second section of the video huh?
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  1755.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  This was one of the few times I had heard of what the video is about. A suggestion for a video in line with little known dog fights. The Border War.
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  1756. Hi Ed. Regarding you final comment . A number of months back l watched a video of a guy l subscribe to . He was filming the Chevrolet Corvette Museum . The museum paid tribute to the man who had single handed brought Chevrolet to the fore in sports car technology and the V8 engine. But made no mention of his background. It transpired that he was a Polish Russian Jew who escaped to America during the outbreak of Germany's invasion of Russia. On his arrival in the US he could speak no English but in a few very short years became one of the most influential and important figures in America. I mentioned this per say to Sam in comments and on his response noticed that virtually all of my utterances had been edited out . ........funny that ! Hope this makes it !
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  1757. Thanks for the videos as there is so much information that I was unaware of. I purchased your book before I viewed the YouTube chapters and I am awed by your skills in life threatening situations. I was pleasantly surprised when I found all this as well.
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  1758. Don’t let it happen again!:-) Very fine vids and content. Thanks for posting.
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  1759. :)
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  1760. Oh, you tease..."Curtiss XF14C", with photo... 😃
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  1761. But you didn't mention why it's called the BUFF!😂😂
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  1762. Has to be in my top ten fugly aircraft of all time.. Thanks for your efforts by the way. Really enjoyed your Burma info. Met a young 80 yo Lady once who was in SOE in the far east.. They had managed to finance the whole thing through various legal and other ways. Lovely lunch lots of Gin, "Follow the money"!
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  1763. Well thanks Ed! I was already racking my brain to find some Dobby joke before being brutally slammed down! If I was American, I'd be brandishing indignantly my First Amendment rights high in the air!😬 But seriously, great video as always. 👋
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  1764. I love this story
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  1765. Very well done. Of course, it's only speculation, but yours is well reasoned.
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  1766. The NGAD would be much more expensive as the Raptor and the F35. Remember my prediction.
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  1767. As an Israeli let me help, the countries are Cyprus and Morocco
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  1768. I do enjoy your work. Please carry on and don't have a stroke!
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  1769. Hang on, it's not April fools day yet, is it...................... so they were serious.
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  1770.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  LOL! ok that was scary, but I meant prop infront of the cockpit (at the front) but large radial behind cockpit, linked via a shaft (like the AirCobra)
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  1771. Fun fact, I had heard of the Wapiti before but I had not wondered until now how many that have known the plane know that its name means 'white-ass' or 'white rump'. For those that know Wapiti is the Cree name for elk (and in Ojibwe is pretty much the same word) and refers to the white ass end of elk, pronounced Wauh-pih-tee Waapi is light or white, tiy is a rump, hip or bum. There's some fun unrelated trivia for you.
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  1772. Slightly off-topic. Not only "heard of" Barnes Wallis", but as an RAF air cadet, got to meet him in his lab/office at Vickers In Brooklands Weybridge, in maybe 1960/1, I guess. He showed us a model that looked exactly like the later shuttle. Using the curvature of the earth and stratospheric altitudes, this would reach Australia in a few hour. We were 16 year-olds and probably didn't appreciate much of the significance of what a privilege that visit was. He then took us down to see VC10s being constructed.
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  1773. A very odd place to see the type namechecked, but 1960s folk singer "The Singing Postman", best known for his "'Ave you got a loight boy"?, in his song on the frustrations of recording in a studio under the Wattisham flightpath says, on the subject of the BAe Lightnings ruining his recording sessions: "We all know they'll be obsolete, if there's another war We all know they'll be obsolete, like the Wellesleys was before" https://youtu.be/dZYkse1x-ys (relevant bit at 2:10 if you're not in the mood for Norfolk dialect whimsy)
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  1774. Ed, sorry I cant buy your book from the link... I have owned a copy since it was released
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  1775. thank for you feel karen people
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  1776. Dear Ed, I built a plastic model of the Beaufighter in the late 50s, early 60s. I read it was originally designed as a night fighter, first such aircraft for the RAF. One keeps reading more. You make excellent presentations but I do note occasional errors in English syntax, pronunciation, ermm ... and I'm a pedantic Irishman. Dinnae fash yersel as they say in Scotland. Most enjoyable expositions. Slante! ☘
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  1777. Fantastic video! I love your channel, keep up the good work! Can you Please do a video on the Crusader III? I think the US Navy and Marine Corp made the right choice in choosing the F-4 Phantom II-BUT I think that it would have made a truly awesome Vietnam era fighter for the USAF (with the carrier equipment removed that is). Thank's Ed.
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  1778. Nah, it is quite insane.
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  1779. 15 minutes' flight time happens to be just right to cook a bag of vegetables to perfection in the steam exhaust. Not so crazy now, is it?
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  1780. If you got an enemy on your tail you would just have to run around inside thus avoiding the bullets.
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  1781. Sounds great to me. I think you are a little too close to the microphone though.
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  1782. Unfortunately, this documentary repeats erroneous information about the Bf-110's combat record, claiming it was mediocre during the Battle of Britain. I highly recommend reading Christer Bergstrom's book on this air campaign. Using original sources, he shows that Bf-110s usually out performed the Bf-109 in terms of air-to-air victory ratios against Hurricanes and Spitfires whenever the Bf-110 units were allowed to exploit their altitude advantages by diving, shooting, and then using their speed to climb before initiating another attack. This tactic worked very well against even the vaunted Spitfire. Bf-110 victory ratios declined when the aircraft were ordered to fly close escort for the bombers, which negated the Bf-110's advantages. The tragedy for the Luftwaffe was that too many air fleet commanders did not grasp tactical details associated with air-to-air combat. This cost the Germans dearly. Also, there were too few Bf-110 units in comparison to the Bf-109 units, which limited this remarkable aircraft's ability to exert an operational impact on the air campaign.
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  1783. If it looks right , it goes right. A Beauty , especially on the picture when you talked about 3 of them being stationed in Norway. With that canopy open , it really does look like a Falcon.
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  1784. I reckon it looks fkn EPIC.
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  1785. 1:21 "Certainly enough to give any German attacker a nasty surprise." -- Sorry, had to do it: https://youtu.be/L_xTTqhEeLk?t=126
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  1786. Not sure if I'm genuinely happy because I learned something new, or genuinely miffed because I didn't know anything about this ugly bugger .... Nope! Happiness at learning something new wins :D
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  1787. It makes me so happy to see some consideration for the aircrafts of my country! Really good work, here theese thing are obscure and no one talks about it
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  1788. Minor correction. The Calquin is pronounced Kal-Keen, not Kal queen. Q followed by U in Spanish is silent before E and I.
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  1789. I understand the Russians had a secure phone called Era. This would help them talk to each other without being listened in on. The reason it is not working is because they destroyed the Ukrainian phone masts which they needed for their phones. The latest death of a Russian general was discovered on an expletive laden call between two people from the FSB. Which was not secure. Do they have a WhatsApp group do you think. A US expert has been looking at photographs and footage of the Russian trucks which have flat tyres. From what he has said the problem comes about because the trucks have not been moved for a long time which means that with the heat from the Sun and other weather factors has made the tyres fragile and subject to splitting. He believes these trucks have not been moved for a year.
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  1790. In the escalating arms race of LA traffic, I see no point in playing with larger tires. Yes, the MPG (or more correctly, GPM) of an Abrams is lackluster, but getting my kids safely to school is an "over-riding" consideration. Hey, Arnie had an H1. Anybody have a good contact for 120 mm ammo?
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  1791. At the start of the War and during the time the Roc was operational the German fleet was equipped with the A-1 version of the Ar196 which had no forward-firing cannon - only a single rear-mounted machine gun for defence. The cannon-armed A-2 was at first reserved for shore-based work. It was the speed of the Ar196, rather than its firepower, that would have been the biggest problem for a Roc in 1939/40. But of course, the German Navy did everything it could to avoid big fleet engagements. It would have been interesting to see what an engagement between a Roc and a Japanese Kawanishi E7K or Italian Meridionali Ro 43 would have resulted in.
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  1792. Also very pleased with my copy
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  1793. I have 2, but I'm not worthy to unwrap the Holy book. Thanks for the view of the inside.
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  1794. The French were the country that put hotels into naval service, after all. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ygXLnRAm-A&t=3s)
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  1795. Is it April 1st? C'mon Ed - I know you like weird, but I'm beginning to think you're pulling our legs.
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  1796. "located at silence, 😂😂😂😂difficult to pronounce name. đŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł You just killed me their. Thank you for your humor.
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  1797. A Like for the pun ;)
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  1798. The Bloch 150 and its derivatives 151 and 152 would make for an interesting video - there's material online in French and a wikipedia article but a cool english language video would be nice.
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  1799. And now the rest of the story
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  1800. @EdNashsMilitaryMatters >>> Great video...👍
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  1801. Cracking insight in these vids. Love em.
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  1802. Very Noice!
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  1803. This is a good case of "what if" that in a very positive way was caused by never having to be pushed into service. Had the situation been different, the problems would have been sorted with trading the lives of pilots and crew, which was sadly all too common with other nations that had a more immediate threat.
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  1804. I wish we'd kept the blue-white roundel after the war. I feel insignia adopted by necessity during wartime should be retained, to honour those who died displaying it.
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  1805. Nato called the Tu-22 the 'Bullshot', the 'Beauty' before finally settling on the 'Blinder'. However, Russian crews called it 'The Supersonic Booze Carrier' as well as some other not so nice names.
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  1806. I love your channel!
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  1807.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  At least they know to went with M-LOK and not quad rail
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  1808. Great vid. You should do a vid on the Super MystĂšre and maybe and the also mentioned Ouragan. Two french aircraft totally put in the shadows by the Mirage III although they also equipped and serve well Israel and other countries in conflict.
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  1809. Lol many thanks!
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  1810. The bit they cut off and left in the desert 😀
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  1811.  @elennapointer701  Harsh
but fair :)
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  1812. Well if practically begging is all it takes to get photos and an interesting narrative about a whole class of sky lemons, here's my attmept. I love seeing the designs of absurdly ambitious scale, regardless of whether they're successful or failures, forgotten or famous. The monstrosities like biplanes that look like they could swallow a boxcar or that flying wing that had passenger cabins stuffed in the length of the wings.
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  1813.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  thank you!
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  1814. Best Fighter Never Built? The F-14 Super Tomcat 21.
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  1815. Thanks Ed.
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  1816. The pilot Flt Sgt Peter Dunnell was my cousin some 17 years my senior, thanks Ed for this Vid
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  1817.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  well in fairness, there's a lot. But nothing that captures the sheer drama and ballsyness of it all. Also can't find any good details on the actual flight.
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  1818. Fascinating video, never heard this story before. Sorry to pick hear that you were having some fun and games with the comms on this soundtrack. Hope all got sorted in the end. Well done with the Spanish names, they can be quite difficult for a Brit. Thank you.
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  1819.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I am from Quito. :) cool to know, thanks
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  1820. BTW, I just made a video on this and uploaded it to my YouTube channel. Also, small drones will never likely be able to intercept high speed high altitude aircraft and laser counter measure will likely soon be able to take out drone swarms.
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  1821. Meh..the Meh! Perfect name for a ridiculous idea!!! Hey buy our not really good plane, heavier, slower, crappier. But really good value at only 7/8ths the price! OMG what is the next one!!?? So cruel for the geeks who are not quite geeky enough, man!!! You should know that the, what I shall call "ordinariness" of the delivery is a massive plus! No gimmicks, no hype, just great clear info! Thanks. Please never cave to the ones asking for "more excitement" or "more graphics" or whatever. It's brill already. If you want to know what I mean, watch a few "Harry's Garage/Farm" videos, and compare them to the rubbish that's out there like Top Gear (and any other moronic, crap car/bike channel). Also Allen Millyard's bike channel. Thanks again.
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  1822. Oh yeah and thanks a lot now without even watching your video I have to do more research and then come back to it. Great like I didn't have anything else to do today dang it LOL it can't be true it's just too funny looking
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  1823.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  well, i can't speak for them but I would say you did not upset. It is just that when we hear such things is a bit like when you scratch a school board with your nails: very annoying to here. Appart from that, great video as always! Cheers!
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  1824. I f**king loved this video. Chuckling most of the way through. Thanks Ed!
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  1825. Thanks Ed, love your videos and I really enjoyed reading your book.
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  1826. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO FOR SO LONG ITS FINALLY HERE
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  1827. Ed I watched this hoping you would have the answer. I wanted your opinion so badly. I fought in Afghan and I’m confused and hurting about recent events. Ok so u bummed out with the opinion but then I respect you more for being honest. You say you weren’t invested in Afghanistan and I believe you. Syria was never of much consequence to me either ( Altho I kept a side line interest like you in afghan.) youre right we did our jobs I gave my all and Ed I actually needed you to tell me that. Stupid as it sounds but it’s so hard to come to terms with this. Im consumed by guilt and dismay đŸ˜©.
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  1828. My dads ship.
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  1829. glad she was found
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  1830.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  several battleships are still out there. Alabama, New Jersey, Missouri and I believe the North Carolina and Massachusetts also. Ive seen the USS Alabama and USS Texas. Definitely worth seeing.
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  1831. If someone could answer this just curious. Can radiation still be detected all these years later?
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  1832. The stories she could tell
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  1833.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  this size difference could point to the decision not to save Nevada for the nation, the top men wanted to save might rather than history. Such a shame, even with the nuke damage, she would be quite a sight today.
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  1834. Thanks for this, very enjoyable. By the way you pronounce Folland like Holland with an F. Not like Poland.
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  1835. Jesus, I had never heard any of this. Thanks, Nash. Also, the next time somebody brings up how Lock-Mart or Boeing or whoever in the West plays fast and loose with the rules & plays politics to cut somebody else out of a aircraft contract that they shouldn't have gotten, and bemoans how capitalism ruins things...I am going to point to this, to show the grass is not greener on the other side of the fence, or the Wall, as the case may be.
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  1836. Brilliant channel Mr Nash, you're getting better and better in my humble..
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  1837.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  😂
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  1838.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  and then i will step forward and point the finger on Gavin Menzies 👉
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  1839. Very good video and script mate. Hope more people will see your content in the future. Good luck.
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  1840. Watching this a month after April 1st was a bit confusing. Fantastic video though!
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  1841. Ummm ....is it April the First? Mach 6, stealth, thought interface, .... Not so sure. Edit: Watched this min-May, and only after doing so checked its release date. Solved :)
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  1842. What I find the most exciting about the Mig 31 Firefox is not just the speed, but the fact that it is so flexible. How many mach 6 planes have extensions like Adblock Plus or YouTube Downloader. You can pirate videos while pirating the plane. Yes, Wonder Woman's plane is invisible (I don't think it actually exists, I think she flies like Superman, just kinda weird like), but the Firefox has Duck Duck Go - the Internet's Phased Array Radar.
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  1843. LOL - very well done :)
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  1844. Ha ha ha ha very good!!!
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  1845. Took at least 2mins...I blame the fact that it's Friday night and I've had far too many beers 😁 quite excellent 👍
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  1846. Watching this on May 6th was confusing, until I heard a slight smirk, and then checked the date of upload :P
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  1847. Good april fools joke.
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  1848. Well done 😆
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  1849. Bring forth the holy hand grenade of Antioch etc etc
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  1850. The fish in 1:59 is a common carp
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  1851. Questions were asked in Parliament.
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  1852. This is what happens when you call the Royal Engineers in. Their motto is "I don't know what the problem is, but the solution is explosives".
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  1853. Didn't Shakespere have something about this ? '...Perch-ance to Bream...?!
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  1854. "We're going to need a smaller boat"...
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  1855. Came faster than a RPG
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  1856. 4:40... I need to double check that in sacred data banks but this construct don't look like something sanctioned by Fabricator General.
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  1857. The twin-safety issue is a bit of a moot point. The Jaguar was never a hot-rod & had a comparatively low TWR, especially when taking-off with a heavy combat load. Moreover, it's wing-loading (despite possessing double-slotted flaps & full-span slats) was high for a naval aircraft intended to operate from small-carriers. Both factors meant it would have needed both engines to be operating correctly for it fly safely in such a scenario. Because both engines would have been needed there was double the chance of engine failure causing the loss of the aircraft compared to a single-engine type - I.E. it had two points of failure instead of just one. Even when lightly loaded, such as during approach & landing, the Jaguar would have been a handful as it was particularly prone to handling problems flying on one engine at low-speed, which is a somewhat less than desirable trait for an aircraft operating off a small aircraft-carrier.
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  1858. Hi Ed, I was recently at a military museum in Bucharest. They had a obscure I.A.R aircraft that looked like a La5. It had a weird blue paint scheme. They also built their own weird version of the jaguar that was part of the Romanian airport. You can see some of the pictures if you go look at the pictures on google.
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  1859. Thanks Ed. One of my favourite moments is witnessing two Jaguars coming in to Exeter air day early in the morning and beating up rhe airfield for 5minutes ......sensential ! (about 1982 ish ) ironically the very last airshow !
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  1860. That'll be the IAR 80! Ed of course already has a video on it. Search for iar 80 in YouTube - it's the first one that comes up.
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  1861. Hence, everbody is sporting F-35Bs. Superlative piece Ed! Many thanx 👍👍😉
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  1862.  @Jon.A.Scholt  True true true.
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  1863. The R4 that I used in the South African army had all the metal parts painted brown, with the grips and butt stock made of black plastic. It camouflaged surprisingly well in African bush.
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  1864. Your AK reminded me of the green and yellow camo on the Australian Owen SMG.
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  1865. Bloody good video. Thank you for a great video and for bringing your smarts to bear against the daesh scum. Enormous respect for that
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  1866. Hi Ed. Chuck was a hero of mine . Unfortunately l saw an interview some years ago and he made some pretty unkind remarks about the British which tarnished his reputation and sorry to say he lost my respect. Which is a shame.
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  1867.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  The Castle Museum also has a B-18 on display. Come in on Open Cockpit Day (Memorial Day weekend and 1st weekend in October) and you can look around inside as well.
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  1868. I don't know where you found this one , I have never heard about it ( and I thought I knew a lot about American bombers...)
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  1869. Dude! ( am retired US Coast Guard C-130 crew/technician) ... you NEVER fail to amaze me about sh**t that I never knew! Keep it up! Am a Big Fan!
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  1870. Hi Ed . I just finished your book . Desert sniper. A fantastic book.
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  1871. Thank you. I suddenly found myself working along side a large group of displace Burnese here in the US and I did not know their history. Now I am learning. So thank you for these videos.
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  1872. This is a really great video! Keep going!
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  1873.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  just read on wikipedia there has been insurgencies between 1948-1950 and pakistan has listed as being involved during those dates. Thanks for replying anyway! x
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  1874. I know its a stretch, but we could we have a video on the four successful Blackburns? I know its out of character for Blackburn but I really like the Shark... And its amazing the Finnish built Ripons were flying in the Winter War
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  1875. 4:40 - I laughed out loud at that one ('with this...'). Once again, Ed... ...a plane I have never heard of. Thank you. ☟
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  1876. Nice video, thank you :)
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  1877. Dude you make great videos and I read your book....keep it up bro
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  1878. Another really good video.
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  1879. I actually got the opportunity to job shadow at, what was then known at "AHRLAC" for a day back in 2018-2019. I was very surprised to have been taken to one of the board meetings, and to see the the already awaiting customers and countries for such a new and unknown project at the time. However, AHRLAC collapsed due to funding reasons I think, but was revived under the new the name and new funding. I have no idea if the previous customers stayed, however as in your video you mention 2 'undisclosed' nations, which, if that figure is accurate, would mean that they lost quite a sizeable number of nations / customers. Which is honestly a tragedy...
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  1880. Excellent Presentation Sir.
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  1881. The Liberator will never get as much fame as the Flying Fortress, but there's one thing the B17 never achieved : Being flown in combat missions over Europe by legendary Jimmy Stewart!
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  1882. For new viewers: do not start here, go through the entire list to get the full picture.
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  1883. Jeez Ed, for a long time I thought you were saying EMPTY boats instead of MTM boats! My bad! I wonder how any of these young men could walk while carrying such large balls around swinging between their legs!
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  1884. Very nice! My father was one of the first Yochai Ben-Nun recruited, was also the first diver of SH-13 who survived O2 poisoning as the scrabbers of the early Uwatec-Dragger closed loop system failed/ Some of the original pictures in your clip are on my grandparents house living room wall :)
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  1885. Given the british influence on the (then Royal) egyptian navy this boils down to: Italy vs Britain proxy Edition.
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  1886.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Form follows function, but never under estimate the power of cool! I myself was only yesterday complementing Dutch shipyard Damen on their very sexy frigate design proposed for the Hellenic Navy lol
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  1887. it's more of a tandem wing than a canard & wasn't built with supersonic flight in mind at all, but whatevs.
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  1888. Another great find Ed ! This time it's actually pretty sensible to look at . And l thought the Germans were the first with the delta wing ....SHUT UP ! VE ASK ZE QUESTIONS ! Thanks Ed .
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  1889. Tom Poberzny’s favorite aircraft. (Founder of the EAA
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  1890. Oopsie! Glad you caught it
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  1891. hah, I really thougt you're gonna say in the end Necessity is the mother of invention :D
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  1892. I had no idea Ed was such a badass, I thought he was just some nerd who did airplane history videos. and holy crap, Dave is a Soldier of God. doing the Lord's work all over the world.
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  1893. 4th of July = Battle of Hattin....
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  1894. Almost at 30k!
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  1895. lt's always makes for a good day when l get to see one of your fine videos👍 ....Thanks Ed Nash fro an ols Navy flying ShoeđŸ‡ș🇾
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  1896. Funky! I love it.
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  1897. Prevention is better than the cure ! Great reactions and l wonder if you could smell fear !
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  1898. Finnish military is a bit like Russian, never throw anything away, it might be useful and there is a lot of space to store things... The Suomi SMG was still in list of equipment while I was in the service, but not for front line use.
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  1899. Ed you've done it again your site is head and shoulders above all the others of it's type! Always a pleasure and each new episode is anxiously anticipated!!! Enjoy your show totally!!!! Keep up the inspired work!!!! And thanks!
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  1900.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  EXCELLENT, SIR! Keep up the good work. My respect goes out to you.
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  1901. Many thanx 👍. GR8 Vid. Tail wheels issues had them mostly locked down. Towards the end of the War, other than the intake & tail wheel, the XIII & IX were nearly identical. Be safe 🩊
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  1902. Absolutely spot on Ed . Jeffrey Quills all time favourite was the prototype Mk XII the first Griffon engined Spitfire DP 845 but he certainly thought the mk IIIV was the best Merlin variant . Thanks Ed.
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  1903. We like to say 'R DOUBLE A F' . cheers
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  1904. Great video. Please Ed, stop saying ‘the’ HMS 
.. it’s incorrect. HMS is an Acronym for Her Majesty’s Ship; so adding ‘the’ before is hugely incorrect. As an RN veteran of 23 years service, it’s hugely irritating.
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  1905. Ah yes, the plane in War Thunder who's rudder doesn't work . . . Great video though!
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  1906. about the Twin Wasp engines: Finland had a state-owned engine factory, but from what I hear it mostly spent the war(s) rebuilding existing engines (i.e. salvaging reusable parts from worn-out/damaged/outright destroyed engines in order to refurbish other worn-out/damaged/outright destroyed engines), I don't know what kind of machinery the factory had for making new parts, but I suspect there was a lot of working with hand-held tools.
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  1907. as a Finn i can say that you absolutely butcheret the myrsky name :D (no worries i know Finnish is a very cursed language)
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  1908. Interestingly, the crash of MY-3 on the 19th of November 1943, was one of the first, if not the first time the cause of a crash was solved utilizing a black box. MY-3 had been equipped with the Finnish "Mata-Hari" black box, developed by Veijo Hietola in 1942. Data from the black box was crucial in solving the cause of the crash. Only around 10 or so Mata-Hari units were made before the end of the war and at least one still survives in the Vapriikki Museum in Tampere, Finland.
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  1909. ​ @EdNashsMilitaryMatters I hope that you are ok Ed. All the best.
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  1910. You know much about my country. Thanks for covering up bro.
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  1911. Hi Ed. This is typical of the Russians .......full of hot air !!😂😂😂
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  1912. Nagas with you all Watching from Nagaland
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  1913. Well DAMN that just ended up costing me money I thought 'What about the Sopwith Dolphin'? Thinking with four machine guns it was intended for ground attack too (It wasn't) But looking for that gave me a link to Cecil Lewis's 'Sagitarius Rising' (book) and it would have been rude to turn that down. But then that linked to the 'restored' DVD of Aces Hgh. And as I saved postage by buying 'The Blue Max' at the same time .......
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  1914. I need ed nash, doctor mark Felton on dark docs educating all of the world right now!
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  1915. A lesser known fact about the Mosquito was that it was primarily made out of wood to save strategically important steel and aluminium.
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  1916. In how many outtakes did Ed accidentally say Marble? Asking for a cousin’s friend’s ex-roommate.
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  1917. The testing story at 07:00 is astonishing and literally incredible but I 100% believe you!
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  1918.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I hope 'computer says yes' happens soon!
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  1919. Been with ya since the very beginning, take my money and keep making videos lol
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  1920. Well I guess there's a lot of people out there who enjoy your content just like me. Great. Thanks. I don't feel so special anymore.
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  1921. Oh c’mon man, you had nailed it with the Do-335 puffufuf, you could have AT LEAST tried pronouncing the Me-262 sch, the sschwla, the Messerschmidt 262 squabble.
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  1922. FI - FELL - Pfeil !
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  1923. This has prompted me to look into the deployment of these airborne lifeboats and it is fascinating. The first were the Mk1s (71built) which fitted the Lockheed Hudson and were first used operationally in May '43. The Lifeboat-Warwicks used the Mk 1A (402) and later the larger Mk2 and 2A (241) and were operational from Oct '43. It was a very tricky operation...first the survivors had to be located of course, and the boat was dropped from about 700 feet. Large parachutes were deployed but the boat would still hit the sea at quite a rate and was sometimes damaged or turned over. (They were wooden after all!) During the drop a CO2 bottle was triggered which inflated the buoyancy chambers, and on reaching the water a battery switch would trigger 2 rockets (yes!) to fire out lines to either side for survivors to grab , and another rocket would fire out a line from the bow to deploy a sea anchor. If the boat was not close enough, or the sea/wind conditions were not helpful, the survivors did not always make it on board. Sometimes multiple drops were needed to save a crew. If they did make it, there were two small 2-stroke engines, or 1 larger engine in the later versions , and they could attempt to head to a friendly coast. The vast majority were picked up by patrol craft directed by the rescue plane. Perhaps Mr.Nash could give us a video about wartime Air-Sea rescue development? It's an interesting story.
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  1924. 19secs. mmm ......let me think . Was it the Luftwaffe ? They used Henchel guided missiles launched from Hienkel bombers. The Americans tried time expired B17's loaded with high explosives and J.F.K.'s brother was killed in one . Go on Ed , I bet it was WW1 . OK now l'll have a look ! At 1.20 , of course it was balloon 's ! Better just check. Thanks Ed.
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  1925. Excellent Rod Serling/Twilight Zone narration, Ed. slightly marred by your unexpected revelation that the tale was actually a Load of Old Boll**ks. Up to that point I was cacking my boxers and swallowing the whole yarn, hook, line and sinker....
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  1926. Thanks Ed. .....Spooky ! đŸ˜±đŸ˜±Wasn't the C47 used in Vietnam called "Spooky"? ( Puff the magic Dragon ) l read that somewhere very recently ......can't think where ! đŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł
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  1927. :)
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  1928. I love your channel. I cant get enough of obscure aircraft history!!!
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  1929. rusian bias
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  1930. Watch the latest episode of The Chieftain for a concise explanation by an actual line officer with armoured battle engagement experience who’s currently in the armour corps. An expert one could say.
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  1931. That Dumb and dumber reference got me coughing.
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  1932. Hi Ed. Considering the work you put into these informative snippets l thought you would have captured a greater number of subscribers. Oh well ! I see l have 25 + still to peruse over. I probably will skip a few but l 've already seen a couple that l found to be very educational. You do wonder how the war would have gone if it hadn't been for dear Adolf ! Thanks Ed.
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  1933. Thank you 🙏 AGAIN 🙏 for your excellent work 👍👏👏👏 Btw that dumb and dumber clip SO MONEY and I nearly hurt myself laughing đŸ˜‚đŸ€Ł thank you 🙏
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  1934. Greetings from Oregon....wow...you got me watching this video with interests. I'm 58 yrs old and I been reading about WW2 airplanes since 1967 when the movie "Battle of Britain" came out. i love this F5 and what a cool model it would make to have to my collection (I have over 1,000 kits and 300 on shelves). Thanks for sharing this unusual airplane. That Baker one you mention was really ugly though!
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  1935. Bf-109X, the Messerwulf? Fockeschmitt? Ed, you sound a bit under the weather. Get some rest. Thanksgiving is only two days away, or do you celebrate it on your side of the Pond?
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  1936. I got unsubscribed for some reason. Youtube playing around? I hope I didn't get the boot. Thanks for the videos, I love them.
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  1937. i worked on the B-26 back in the 60's in the Air Commandos. Even flew in them from time to time. One heck of an airplane.
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  1938. Love your show up here in central British Columbia, sir!! 🇹🇩🇹🇩
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  1939. You've done it again, Ed. I have never heard of this aircraft before now. Thank you. ☟
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  1940. 9:12 - Forgotten aircraft? I take issue with that comment. I think the... the... what aircraft are we talking about again? ☟
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  1941. This channel is a treasure trove of fascinating information about lesser known aircraft.
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  1942.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Very nice, thank you for explaining.
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  1943. Hamilton, Canada calling...heard half the currently flyable Lancs off in the distance earlier today. Pulling for Just Jane to make our Vera that bit less rare! (And, well, another tour over there where the Lancs were in vic three would be quite nice too.)
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  1944. " .. turreted fighter, waste of time ! .. " ???? ..... WHAT !!!! ... No! No ! no ! no ! :D
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  1945. Fascinating stuff. Some fantastic images and footage of the Firebrand there 👌👍
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  1946. I love how your channel introduces me to aircraft I'd never know about otherwise!
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  1947. Bro you just got a sub from me very informative
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  1948. All the problems you mention re carrier deck landings afflicted the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver too - in it's earliest incarnation, at least. It, too, had a frame weakness in the rear fuselage that saw tails snap off on heavy (or even not-so-heavy) landings, and it's heavy control, sluggishness and sheer size (it replaced the much-loved Douglas Dauntless) led to crews giving the aircraft the nickname "Son-of-a-Bitch, Second Class" after its SB2C initials, or else "The Beast". Unlike the Mauler, though, Curtiss was able to address the Helldiver's myriad problems, hammer them out and end up with a very good bomber. Maybe, with time and with the pressure of wartime to get things done, Martin might have been able to take the potential of the Mauler, fix its issues and turn it into something good. Yet another aviation "what-if"...
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  1949. Thank you for another informative video! I knew about this 'also ran', but not any details of its problems. BTW, US naval aircraft have never had navigators; being primarily oriented to day operations (unlike the RN, who had always trained for night ops), pilots could handle navigation tasks.
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  1950. Well Ed. You finally beat me ! I really didn't know this one ! It certainly got a mauling and defines the saying "a lame duck! " .lmpressive payload though , getting on for twice as much as a B17 . As you said , the progress of power ! Thanks Ed. ( Your certainly getting very popular ....can't understand why ? 😂😂😂)
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  1951. Subscribed, Ed!!đŸ€©
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  1952. Very interesting new plane for me. 😎 Try pronouncing the name company as Dass-o. 👍😁
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  1953. 1:25 ok now THAT plane the Victoria or vernon I forget which it is, now that plane looks antiquated lol. The Bombay doesn't look cutting edge but at least its a metal monoplane BTW I got curious and looked up the specs on some of the other types mentioned and oh joy ! The Cruising speed of the Vickers Vernon was get this,.... 75 MPH I mean you could take a train or a car and get to your destination almost at the same time as your flight in those shaky unsafe Biplanes
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  1954. Good ol' Bill Gunston, RIP 💜, unreplaced.
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  1955. Thanks for the advice, definitely going to focus on quality over quantity. And yes I've encountered the imperial vs metric clans already lol
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  1956. Oh yes, you dare ... YOU DARE!!
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  1957. So, you are trying to find a plane that I didn't know anything about? Sorry is difficult... When I was a child I had a plastic model of the CAC Boomerang. Thanks for the CA-15 was a good plane.
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  1958. Thanks especially for this one, mate. My Dad was an engineer at CAC, located at the evocatively named Fishermans Bend, Melbourne. Once the pride of our domestic aviation industry, with Government Aircraft Factory next door, the runways and vast halls of plant and machinery are demolished and long gone in the name of urban renewal. May I humbly point you in the direction of the CA-11/A23 Woomera, a design by Lawrence Wackett that almost made it into service? As a young volunteer with the Australian Aircraft Restoration Group, I used to clean the remote-control gunners turret from one of these aircraft. Convention in pronunciation of acronyms and the like is sometimes difficult to establish. My Dad always used to refer to the Heinkel bomber as a 'One-one-one'. As he spent his formative teenage years at Barnoldswick, where he would later work for Rolls Royce, telling me tales of lone 'One-one-ones' droning over the moors at night (yes, he could identify enemy aircraft type by engine note) trying to locate the Rolls Royce factory (no doubt riding their not-so-secret beams), I've always thought that this was the authentic way to refer to the aircraft but have never heard others do so. Cheers.
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  1959. This channel is a gem. Aviation nut and jewish engineer emigrée here..
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  1960. Not a bad video, for a pom , well done mate , from downunder
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  1961. Goodday to you! Albany WA
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  1962. I just wanted to say I love this channel. For the Almighty Algorithm
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  1963. Merry Christmas Ed! 🎄 Have a wonderful day.
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  1964. Sir you've done it again another aircraft of little renown. But hell it is soooo ugly, wouldn't climb on board that even if I was seriously pissed.
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  1965.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Amazing how far they developed that engine! AFAIK the very first pre-production "test" engine produced 750 hp in the mid 30's and the first production engines were around 1,000 hp. They finished the war producing 2080 hp with the same 27 liter displacement... that's an amazing development One high altitude version (RM.17.SM) achieved 2,640 hp
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  1966. Looks crazy! 😂
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  1967. Life has shown us, don't be dismissive of Ugly Ducklings. For some reason I like some of these oddities you show, keep up the good and interesting videos Ed Nash MM.
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  1968.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  By the way, thanks for covering this,bro. Well reportđŸ˜Šâ€ïž
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  1969.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Yes, may be i'm not sure. But the jet fell down from the sky without much smoke. I don't think that is an engine failure. The jet might be got some damage from the ground shooting.
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  1970. I found a tiny book in a free book stand that was Washington's memoirs about his adventures with the French. It has more action, hardship and heroism than any action movie or fiction novel I've ever come across. All in a book that measures 2x3 inches. Find it read it thank me later
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  1971. Technically, Washington was not the first president. He was the first to be elected after the constitution was ratified. But there were a few others that served as the president of the Continental Congress, and then president of the independent united colonies, before him.
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  1972. Ed interesting but you are ignoring the role of Jean Francois Dupleix in starting the ball rolling in India independent of George Washington.
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  1973. Bruh the End of Ze World clip. What a quality throw back!
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  1974. Very interesting video. I am rather new to this channel and Ed Nash you really amaze me, how do you come upon so much information on such odd and rare aircraft? I really came to love your videos for being seemingly very well researched, and good to deliver the facts in a short and comprehensive way. After watching the first 15-20 videos I am looking forward to watching the next ones. Thanks for sharing.
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  1975. Note that wearing a gas mask due to exhaust fumes would have been futile, as it wouldn't block carbon monoxide. Most likely a mistranslation of oxygen mask. The Hawker Typhoon has similar issues & several pilots were killed before it became mandatory for them to wear their oxygen mask from engine start to shut down.
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  1976. Ha ha!! Airplane reference! Excellent!
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  1977. Just finished your book Desert Sniper. Cannot recommend it enough. If you enjoy this channel you'll certainly love it.
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  1978. Concerning the Brewster Corsair, I never heard the Royal Navy complaining that their Corsairs were shoddy or defective...or that they fell out of the sky, etc. Brewster built 735 Corsairs with 430 going to the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm and they seem to have survived tough sea service on Britain's carriers. As I understand it Brewster had a poor reputation and that rubbed off on the Corsairs when they built them.....and they built them behind schedule. In contrast to the Royal Navy Corsairs, the ones that remained in American hands had speed limitations placed on them and went to training units. As far as I've been told, the Corsair could be a tough plane for a novice pilot. Likely that caused a number of crashes among American planes. If anyone knows of any Royal Navy complaints, please do share them. As far as I know, the Brits were happy to have them....but maybe there's something I don't know. Maybe the Brits refused delivery of any that did not meet their standards?
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  1979.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Since I have a copy, I'll let you & your channel viewers know. I'm pretty sure you know the answer :)
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  1980. Ed: "...who are now using 3D printers in remote jungle hideouts to mass-produce long-range drones..." The 2020s in a nutshell.
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  1981. If its on the ground, then its a ground target. If we start to count aircraft on the ground as a kills then we're going to have to reevaluate some of the 'top aces' lists to include some US Navy bomber pilots who sank a carrier full of planes. It opens a huge can of worms, does a B-17 that bombed an aircraft factory get credited for dozens if not hundreds of aircraft kills?
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  1982. Suitably inspired I dropped in to the The Jet Age museum at Gloucester and can thoroughly recommend it. As well as the Gamecock they have a selection of early jet aircraft.
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  1983. Thanks for the very informative video, as a volunteer at the Jet Age Museum I shall add some of the information that appears to our talk around the Gamecock. Link to our video on early aircraft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MFGeRC2bsg
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  1984. Nice work, Ed.... extremely interesting as always 😎👍. I'd have a look at Roderic Braithwaites book, Afghantsi, for a political insight from the Soviet perspective. Brezhnev didn't want to go in, apparently, but "the party" was being embarrassed on a weapons-grade scale by two factions of red clowns on the Afghan side, being shooty with each other and was pretty much obliged to intervene. Interesting book.
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  1985. Ed you did it again and pulled a rabbit ..a BIG Rabbit out of your hat.👍🙏đŸ’Ș .. đŸ€” on another note to keep you in the "know" his name is pronounced more like Toorki and definitely not like that bird đŸ€“đŸ˜Ž
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  1986. Ed Nash haha 😂, I just accidentally click on your videos and know I am searching and watching them, I really love it.
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  1987. I found this video unironicly hilarious, great video
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  1988. Subscribed
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  1989.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I think given the current situation with China, it would be a shrewd (and cheap) move.
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  1990. There is a guy here in Saigon who refurbishes old US Jeeps. He does a fantastic job and you'll see them around town on weekends. The last time I talked to him a few years back, he was selling them for 7500USD.
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  1991. https://youtu.be/S4YRiJM-BLw
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  1992. Big fan of your book, I've listened to it quite a few times. It's very interesting to see some footage to go with it
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  1993. Top effort mate!
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  1994. What blew my mind was the type designations, "B-50" and "B-54". I thought is was a universal rule that Boeing aircraft always had a 7 in them. From the obvious ones (B-47, 747) to slightly less obvious B-29 (9 -2 = 7) and B-52 (5 + 2 = 7). It seems to always work but not with B-50 nor B-54. The closest I can get is to ignore a digit and go with 5 to the power of 2 is 25, and 2 + 5 is 7. Has everything I ever believed been a lie? Is earth really flat? Did Oswald fake the moon landings? Was Police Academy 5 really funny? Not sure I'll be able to sleep ever again.
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  1995.  @DraftySatyr  Yeah, I hear ya. 😉
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  1996. Ed, you might look at using a different phrase than “ crash program “ when discussing prototypes. 😅
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  1997. I thoroughly enjoy both the subjects matter and presentation of all of Mr. Nash's videos. Thank you, sir !!
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  1998. Mon Ami ! I put my thermos under your seat. Be a good chap and pass it over . ...........Oooops ! I take my hat off to these poor fellows ....unfortunately they could take there own heads off ! Which gives me an idea for the next revolution !! Thanks Ed !
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  1999. The idea of a heavy patrolling bomber interceptor had some legs, though. Lots of night fighters would fit in there, and maybe the Tornado ADV? BTW: 3:00 "The Supermarine Nighthawk being a great example": a set of words I never expected to hear.
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  2000. Interesting. As a totally different aside,how about a video about WW2 Autogyros and their use for Chain Home radar system calibration ? A little known subject.
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  2001. You're one of my favourite YouTube channels, keep up the great work.
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  2002. Missed this and thanks for letting us know... I needed a Christmas present for myself.
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  2003. Its tempting Any chance they'll let you have a promo code for the channel Ed? 🙄
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  2004. Totally unrelated but what the EAOs have done for the Bamar majority during this coup is remarkable. The Bamar majority have called these EAOs terrorists and Tatmadaw heroes for as long as I can remember but when the coup happened and the people had no one to turn to, These groups stood for the civilians. Anyway, Great video as always.
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  2005. There is one "bombing" operation the USAAC carried out on US soil that I know of. Dropping food to isolated Navajo families after a very heavy blizzard. And Ed, if you're ever this side of the pond make three aviation museums must sees. The Air and Space in DC, the USAF at Wright-Patterson and the USN at Pensecola.
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  2006. That vertical stabilizer seems bigger than I-16's wing
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  2007. Great video as always thanks from JDS in AZ usa
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  2008. Technically you might want to call it TBM Avenger since Eastern Aircraft division of GM had taken over production in late 1942 or early 1943 so Grumman could concentrate on the Hellcat, GM produced the vast majority. . There is a very good chance no Grumman built Avengers were used against the Yamato. As far as the Sea Wolf, it is just so Fugly, the old adage if it looks right it probably is right was more than likely in the minds of BuAer. Keep up the good work.
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  2009. Mazal tov from Israel !!! --now I wanna see 500,000 before April 1st 2022 !!!
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  2010. Congrats!
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  2011. Well done on 40k subscribers Ed :)
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  2012. Huzzah! What do I want? More of the same, which seems whatever you're interested in at the time.
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  2013. I'd like to see a video about you having taken a revitalising holiday somewhere nice. It's plain to see that you put a tremendous amount of time, effort, and dedication into your excellent content, and I'm sure you richly deserve at least a bit of a break. Cheers and all that.
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  2014. When I heard "paddle wheels" I said "come on!" so loud that I got a very surprised look from my wife (I was using earphones). đŸ€ Another unbelievable piece of history.
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  2015. Great vid about an interesting topic..... buuuuuuut... they might not be the first fresh-water carriers. The USS George Washington Parke Custis was a balloon barge used on the Potomac River during the Civil War (but I don't know where the Potomac becomes brackish/saltwater)
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  2016. "The quality of the crate matters but little. Success depends upon the man who sits in it." Manfred von Richthofen
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  2017. I must admit your Spanish names pronunciation isn't as bad as you thought. I've heard Americans rather killing; assasinating Spanish, but you at most, gave it a slight headache!
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  2018. "This thing's GREAT. Get on it and take off. It'll take you right where you need to go. Then when you get there, just jump right off!!! "Ummm........đŸ€”"
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  2019. Ed unlike Australia with the RAAF the US never referred to the Army Air Forces as double A F, always A A F or USAAF.
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  2020. the P47 is my favorite aircraft of all time! thank you for this vid! earned a new sub here!
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  2021.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Thank you for such a prompt response. An excellent resource would be a book titled, The Most Dangerous Moment by Michael Tomlinson... if you are interested.
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  2022. Thank you very much for this - and other - updates (in addition to your normal 'unusual plane' videos). So, the American Navy seizes a boat of unknown origin carrying large amounts of arms - apparently from Iran - destined, apparently, for Yemen (a war that both Obama and Trump - supported the Saudi-backed side. Plus, the Saudi's have been trying to prove an Iranian connection to the other side for years...to strengthen their hand in the conflict.) And this was SO important to someone higher up, that the Navy personnel were instructed to spend hours & hours to breakout the weapons from their boxes and cover the deck with them in neat rows - to look more impressive and, hopefully, more newsworthy. Now who benefits the most from this - if it were true? The Saudis (massively), Israel (somewhat) and the US neocons (largely) Saudi's - they can get America to keep helping them as Biden is publicly waffling on the conflict. Israel - because they despise Iran...period. US - the neocons in Washington whom want a war with Iran, want to support the Saudi's in Yemen and do NOT want Biden to re-start, the Iranian nuclear deal. And how does this hurt Iran? Hugely - if it convinces Biden to NOT re-start the nuclear deal. As it is suffering from the boycotts. Iranian involvement in the Yemeni Civil War has NEVER been factually proven. But the Saudi Royal family desperately want a link to be proven. https://www.thespec.com/opinion/contributors/2019/12/06/gwynne-dyer-saudis-are-the-big-losers-as-bloody-war-in-yemen-sputters-out.html I smell a rat. Me thinks that someone who wants an Iranian-Houthi connection proven. So, they got hold of some arms, threw some Iranian-captured weapons in, amongst the bunch, stuck 'em on a un-registered boat and made sure the US Navy found the boat...and ta da!!! The Saudis/Israelis and US neo cons have their Iranian/Houthi connection. Why the 'f' would Iran send arms that could easily be identified as theirs to the Houthi's right on some boat that is sailing where the US Navy is patrolling? And why would they include in said shipment some arms that would point a big, red arrow right at Iran? That is taking an AWFUL lot of chances just to send the Houthi's some arms that they could use - but they will not lose without. I am quite sure that sending the Houthis money would help them at least as much - and be untraceable...especially if done with cryptocurrencies. Sorry...I ain't buying it. One thing people have to learn about international relations is that when something is found/happens? And it when you look behind the headlines? You realize that this hurts the people that are accused of doing the naughty thing FAR more than it ever could have helped them had this naughty thing gone unnoticed. It was like when their was that 'gas attack' in Syria - supposedly by Assad on a small village. I mean - why the 'f' would Assad risk a bunch of international condemnation AND US airstrikes to simply gas a tiny village? It made NO sense. Yet, because the anti-Assad coalition were starting to lose (after Russia came in) - they were desperate for American help? It made a TON of sense for the rebels to stage a fake attack on the village (or a real one and kill a few civilians') with gas shells they had confiscated from Assad warehouses at the start of the civil war. This would horrify the world - because the world are mostly idiots/naive - and get the world to help them. And it worked...sort of. Trump launched some air strikes. But nothing else. ALWAYS look behind the headlines on EVERY story. Thank you again for this video, Ed Nash. Very informative. And as I have stated in the past - VERY refreshingly presented.
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  2023. I feel like I just dodged a bullet. It's good public service information like this which keeps me returning to this channel, bravo!
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  2024. OK Captain Buzzkill.
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  2025. 2020 can’t stop surprising me
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  2026. Already got one. Oh dang, it's with a friend! I could use a copy with a little John Hancock on its pages! I'll enter into it.. Also, having no theme with videos is beneficial. There's more to the world than The Second World War. Got burned out on Mark Felton for that reason.
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  2027. https://youtu.be/dKT1T02aa24
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  2028. Most people don't know the G-1 design was German by Erich Schatzki.After escaping the Nazis to America he designed one of the most powerfull fighters of WW II The Republic P47 Thunderbolt.
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  2029.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  l've just been watching a number of video's on Westland 's Factory in the mid 30's Wessex , Wapiti and Lysander. Then a couple on another "failure" the Whirlwind which had it's future decided by Rolls Royce. Faster than the Spitfire in it's time . Yes, l'll have a look . Thankyou .
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  2030. The aircraft pictured @8:37 are MiG 17s. Still good video. And if Airfix puts a Lincoln kit out, I'll buy it without a second thought.
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  2031. I'm not sure if Lincolns and Lancs where used at any coup in Argentina. Specifically in 1951 and 1955, the planes used in the bombings where from argentine Armada's trainers and some strafing from the Meteors of Fuerza AĂ©rea. That were the only two times that argentine Armed Forces where used against civilians. And I'm pretty sure that no Avro bombers was used against argentine guerrilla at all. The only time that Fuerza AĂ©rea took part in a combat against the guerrillas where the Skyhawks in 1975 over TucumĂĄn rainforests.
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  2032. A similar argument has been made in support of the m-91 carcano rifle; not the most modern battle rifle - not even in the Italian inventory - but adequate to the task and far cheaper than retooling and replacing the existing inventory at a time when resources were severely constrained.
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  2033. All it took was to stick a sheet over it! Il n'est pas la science de rockets!!!😂😂😂
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  2034. The poor man's Jane's strikes again. Thank you, very much for this Ed. More details: Here is the original video: delvinoescutia Deeve at T__T__. (I cannot post the link - it keeps getting erased) Go to Ruben Hofs tweetter page. Also, if you look at the left hand side towards the end of the video? And then look at the twitter linked, satellite photo? It is clear that they are performing major renovations/changes to at least the paved areas. Also, if you look at Bing Maps at this location: 34°48'40.7 N 117°17'54.7 W You can see what appears to be a lineup of construction equipment on the area that appears dug up in the video. Possibly this equipment was prepositioned - ready to be used for the major renovation? Perhaps the video was from a construction worker with a construction company, contracted by Lockheed Martin for the renovations? But SURELY, were that the case, Lockheed Martin would either NOT let them keep their phones with them at the site. Or know to not just slowly drive, top secret airframes right in front of the workers in the middle of the day. The more I look into it? The more it seems like either a deliberate rouse? Either for a laugh to watch the contracted workers freak out? Or hoping said workers would film it and throw a curve ball to the Russians/Chinese. Or the site employees simply moving around items that hold little/no secret value any longer. I am guessing the middle of the three. Thanks once again Ed for this.
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  2035. I am sorry to hear that. Hopefully that will change one day in the future.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters 
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  2036. Jesus... What a cock up.
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  2037. Fantastic video, IMO. Thank you. And I agree with you 100%. IMO, these autonomous drones should be made illegal by international agreement. But, I fear they will not be until - as you say - a BUNCH of innocent people are killed by one or more of these ridiculous devices. ☟
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  2038. Thank you 🙏 AGAIN 🙏 for your excellent work 👍👏👏..this was equal parts of eye opening and horrifying at the same time đŸ˜łđŸ˜±
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  2039. Saw this news on arfcom. They're getting in on the trend of a SCAR copy to replace their AR18 copy. I think sumitomo has a substantial advantage by being domestic. It's a well deserved modernization for a force that's getting a good cash infusion.
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  2040. Looks good overall especially the picatinny rails as the main issues with the Type64 and Type89 is the lack of being able to mount attachments. So them being included is step up in modernization
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  2041. CaR Neth eye= approximation of Carneddau for English speakers. Great video as always btw. Very interesting btw.
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  2042. Looks beautiful, but i really don't want to visit it with several hundred kilometers per hour in heavy fog and the ground coming straight at me.
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  2043.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I’ve done a lot of potholing and stuff like this as a kid most of the mine are now closed to well some but yeah what a great place 👍
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  2044. I grew up in Wyoming(USA), and our mt.s were much higher. Always got me that, when you got close to a summet, there would be a spring babbling along, even in the late Fall. I still wonder where the heck the water was coming from. Not that far away would be the down side of the mountain. On one side, the water would eventually end up in the Atlantic Ocean, and on the other side, the water would end up in the Pacific Ocean. There was a pond, on the Continental Divide, where the water on one side went to the Atlantic and on the other end went to the Pacific. As an adult, I moved to Montana, where I still live and at 81, I'm still a Rocky Mountain boy, living about 10 miles from the Continental Divide in that State. Thank you for taking us on a stroll up one of your mountains.
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  2045. sweet jesus I remember when it was 1.5k lol congratulations
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  2046. Yes! The day has come! I remember when I asked you for it under the Pyorremyrsky's video! Loving the vid already!
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  2047. Great video. Just one snippet you mentioned: Romanian Hurricanes fighting against the USSR!?
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  2048. Loving this channel's content, aircraft history of the obscure kind. Pleased that the YouTube algorithm suggested it.
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  2049. Hi Ed. Another gem ! The Yugoslavians grabbed what ever they could obsolete or not . You could see immediately it was a Yak . Great information as always . Thanks Ed .
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  2050. Pronounciation of Gregor's name could go like: Gree-goh-rah-SHVEE-lee (meaning 'Gregor's son' in Georgian) Didn't know him for such a prodigy of Russian pre-WW1 aviation
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  2051. Good stuff. With some of the (many) YouTube channels I enjoy it occurs to me that the content providers are in danger of exhausting the supply of worthwhile subjects - Mr Jago Hazard and his splendid monologues on the convoluted history of the London Underground network for example. But any true aviation enthusiast will surely know that the ranks of obscure 20th century aircraft are legion - indeed this particular "Rabbit Hole' is virtually bottomless. So I look forward to future videos on the Blackburn Botha and Vultee Vengeance with some sense of confidence!
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  2052. Myanmar PDF Commander: "We need a man portable air defence system" Some Crazy Dude: "Haha, tööb go blööp"
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  2053. Having studied aviation development for 50 years, and being quite familiar with a multitude of types most people have never heard of, it amazes me that you can always seem to come up with something that is completely new to me. You are an archival prodigy, sir.
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  2054. Aaah, thats why i thought it was a reupload
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  2055. Thanks very much for your very kind words. Greatly appreciated. And I appreciate the candor of your assessments. Credit where credit is due. Criticism where criticism is due.
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  2056.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Nice! Will be looking forward to it.
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  2057. Well, Mr. Nash, I said I'd give all your vids a "like" as atonement for being a non-subscribed mooch. I think I finally got them all. Yes I'm subscribed.
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  2058. Thanks for the story had not known of it before. If you ever get to the Smithsonian Hazy museum you can see one of the F4 I helped maintain.
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  2059. You Mr. Nash are another case of British excellence like Wilkinson Swords and Purdy shotguns too quality every time
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  2060. 0:47, What is THAT? What the F**K is that?!? WHAT IS THAT!!???!!
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  2061.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  yeah man, it's a scary situation that's happening over there. By the way, found your channel just today and I'm REALLY enjoying your content. Solid job mate, you got a new sub!
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  2062. I worked the 2001 Chinese incident. The CCP pilot had a reputation for thinking he was much better than he really was. His attitude cost him his life. The Russian pilot appears to be in the same category and is lucky to be alive. I doubt we'll arm the drones with AAMs, but it is an option. Failing that we can always send up fighter escorts, but I don't see any of this happening unless the Russians decide to make this practice a habit.
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  2063. I say old boy ! These foreigners don't know how to pronounce aluminium ! 😂😂😂 Hi Ed. Yes it' s one of many that fell at the first fence . It certainly looked pretty fragile and underarmed . I have seen this elsewhere but as usual , you've done your homework. Thanks Ed. TALLY HO !
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  2064. Wait what, we bought them? I'd love to have sat in the room for that conversation. Who ever it was could sell rubers to a monk.
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  2065. I'm sure by now that you know "junta" is pronounced as "hoonta"...
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  2066. Please post it when it happens
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  2067. Great video! Pronunciation tip: it’s roughly SHRAYguh mooZEEK.
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  2068. That was fascinating, for a bunch of reasons, but not for the first time, this edition has got me wondering: Where the heck do you find all these ‘What If’ types, Ed?Are you just setting us all up for one massive April Fool joke in a year’s time?
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  2069. I woke up in the night so I gave this a look - no, no, no it’s ‘orrible, I couldn’t get back to sleep đŸ„Č nice post though Ed, where on earth do you keep finding your gems?
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  2070. Excellent: well-informed and concise. 10/10
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  2071. Too bad the Vulture was a poor engine. But the work was not lost in the end! By the way, the Hampden would make a good candidate for a future video.
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  2072. Banana War don't sound that good as Football War.
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  2073. Hmmmmm 
.. should have waited ‘til the end.
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  2074.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  cheers Ed, appreciate your reply! I'll do some research and see what I can find!
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  2075. Donated $13 in memory of the Snake Island 13, those madlads and their infamous "go f yourself" will never be forgotten
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  2076. Thanks Mr Ed....ShoeđŸ‡ș🇾
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  2077. Good work avoiding pronouncing "Valsts elektrotehniskā fabrika."
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  2078. Nice video. Fyi, the photo starting at 12:23 is the specially modified, high speed aircraft. You can see the bulged fairing to smooth air over the exhaust manifolds, and the shortened tail.
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  2079. Outstanding, concise, revelatory and without a doubt, entertaining, historical and educational. Put you're feet up and have a drink.
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  2080. Love your work Ed and a big fan of the Airacobra don’t know why I just like underdogs I guess đŸ€·đŸ»â€â™‚ïž still waiting for the.. Blackburn Firebrand.. video I’ve only been asking 2.5 years but that’s ok take your time. 😁👍
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  2081. As always a superb presentation ! Thank you so much for all of your videos - great stuff !
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  2082. Well done Ed. I do know that this was the pilots favourite but as you say the powerplant was it's Achilles heel . That and in high speed manoeuvres the front of the aircraft had a habit of falling off which normally killed the pilot ! l believe the pilots were told not to do high speed manouevres ! ....simples ! 😹😹😹 Thanks Ed.
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  2083. 60th like, 4th comment for algorithmic support
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  2084. The Gloster Javelin might be worthy of a video
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  2085. Congratulations Ed, much deserved. But we're still waiting for your 2nd book 😁
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  2086. Thank you too Ed. Your videos are good.
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  2087. Thankful this came up in my feed. Went outside, took a long drag off a cig, came back inside, cracked open a beer and then watched the utter calamity bestowed upon the Elbonian Air Force. RIP Winged Bisson. Brilliant!!! I hope the next up is the Elbonian Navy. Will Drachinifel answer the call?
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  2088. Would it make sense to use one of those new-fangled "helicopters" for Liaison duty? The Fa-223 seems quite capable, and I hear both France and Czechoslovakia are planning to build them, so spare part supplies should be ensured no matter how the political situation develops...
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  2089. Ed. Congratulations and thank you for your hard work. Merry Christmas. The land of Bulvania ~ Elbonia
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  2090. I'd go a completely different direction on fighters and recommend the F8F Bearcat as Elbonia's main fighter. It's going to be an extremely easy sell; after all, it's probably the best piston-engine fighter available in 1945, but it's also going to be pretty expensive. This is going to give Elbonia two options. The most likely is to penny pinch and procure only a small number of Bearcats, thus losing out on any economies of scale. It doesn't matter how good the plane is if you can only field 12 of them. The other option is that Elbonia goes all in on the Bearcat, sets up license production, builds hundreds of the things, and uses them for everything. This works too, because while the Bearcat was a pretty capable multirole vehicle, it wasn't suited to specialist roles like strategic bombing or anti-submarine warfare. Better yet, committing to Bearcat production is going to lock Elbonia in on piston engines just in time for the dawn of the jet age. Congrats on 100k!
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  2091. For a fighter, the Czech Avia S.99 would have been better. A Me-109 fuselage with an engine from a He-111. A complete terror to the Israeli and Czechoslovak air forces.
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  2092. Congratulations. Really enjoy your channel. That was a very clever and fiendish selection.
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  2093. Herzlichen GlĂŒckwunsch 🎉👍,, always a pleasure that vids, thx for that. Have a wonderful Christmas time, all the best, alles Gute,, greetings from northern Germany đŸŒŠâ„ïžđŸ•ŻïžđŸŽ‰đŸŒČ🍀
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  2094. 100k ?? Hurray for us ! Thanks for the Avenues, Ed.
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  2095. According to SAAB:s official site, the name Viggen is a huge dad joke. "Viggen" can mean "the thunderbolt", but also "the duck Aythya fuligula". The latter is a reference to the Viggen having canard wings. Canard in turn having a double meaning of foreplanes mounted ahead of the wings, and "duck" in french. (From the Santos-Dumont 14-bis aircraft that was said to resemble a duck in flight.) So, a double pun in three languages that would be understood only by people who were both aeronautics nerds and birdwatchers familiar with swedish bird names.
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  2096. Curious - do you play War Thunder? Seems coincidental that they just released this plane in the last week! Beautiful aircraft, great video. Thanks for all your content.
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  2097. Just to be clear, the JA-37 Viggen’s Oerlikon KCA did not fire the same exact rounds as the GAU-8 Avenger. It fired the same caliber and cartridge length (30 x 173 mm) but still wouldn’t be able to fire the A-10’s depleted uranium ammunition because they are percussion primed and features a plastic driving band. Instead it fired its own proprietary ammunition which was incredibly heavy and packed a large high explosive filler.
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  2098. Indian Air Force was interested in Attack version of Viggen, but United States embargoed its export as Americans didnt trust us back then and they thought we will reverse engineer American tech involved in it. And as a result Indian Air Force had to select Sepecat Jaguar instead
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  2099. The P-51 Mustang was originally designed as a tactical reconnaissance aircraft and fighter bomber because that is what the British wanted when they ordered the aircraft. So the Mustang may have been more fragile, it was designed as fighter bomber among other variants. The weaknesses of the Mustang when being used in a ground attack role were obvious: next to its light airframe, it had an in line engine and a stray bullet or piece of shrapnell could cut its cooling liquid channels and the pilot would have to start looking for a place to land before the engine overheated. The P-47 Thunderbolt was much more suited from the start for the role of fighter bomber: next to an almost 'tank like' frame it had a huge radial engine which could suffer quite some damage without giving up. According to pilots who flew it, you could blow out a cylinder and it would keep flying. A comment regarding its size: according to US fighter ace 'Gabby' Gabreski, the best way to take evasive action in a Thunderbolt was to 'undo the straps and run around the cockpit.'
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  2100.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Wouldn't be military if they didn't!
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  2101.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  probably slightly past my skills . . for now :P
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  2102. As a controller at Eglin when this thing was tested, we hated it.
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  2103. Just a point of clarity, it's Miami University in Oxford, OH, not the University of Miami in, well, Florida.
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  2104. 1:06 3rd of April 1940, you say?
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  2105. 👍 Another excellent video which I enjoyed, thank you. Saw your comment about perhaps making a video on the Short Sperrin - yes please! In terms of post WW2 British jet bombers, while the Valiant gets less attention than the Vulcan and Victor, the Sperrin is often not even mentioned.
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  2106. Thanks Ed, I just found your channel today, and subscribed. I will get a copy of your book as well. I am here in Oz so I will have to see who is stocking it, cheers
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  2107. It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no senator's son, son It ain't me, it ain't me I ain't no fortunate one... Sorry I had to do it Quagmire
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  2108. Fascinating documentary presented so nicely that I had to subscribe.👍 Thank you!
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  2109. Using an M1 as cover, running into the fire line with two guys suppressing with AKs and then doing it all over again and again... It's terrifying but it's inspiring. Thank you for covering this Mr. Nash. I am going through your "The Long War" Series and trying to learn about this topic more. Thank you again sir!
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  2110. The guy with the AK at 2:44 was a friend of another youtuber, MrBallen. He did a whole video on that rescue.
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  2111. Great video Ed thanks
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  2112. At the Grand Strategic level, this is one reason why the Germans mobilized first. Don't give your enemy the opportunity to out-think and -produce yourself.
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  2113. Ed you are a god, not the god not a god. I thought I knew a shitload about WWII aircraft, but damn you keep on bringing up some fascinated obscure warbirds. Keep on finding Dory, and you rock da casbah!
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  2114. you should read Dale Hanson's book, it tells you more about the double agent and a mission were enemy documents were captured proving it
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  2115.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  haha! 😆😆
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  2116. new to/really enjoying your channel, just a handful of vids watched and already 3 unique/rare planes I'd never seen before, cheers
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  2117. In the end seeing as Typhoon evolved into Tempest and it into Sea Fury some Typhoon DNA was used for naval aviation.
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  2118. Hi Ed . Now that you have made a video about the maritime Spitfire you have no choice but to make a video about the maritime Me109 , the 109T . Biggest claime to fame is the first shoot down of a B-17...and that B-17 was not flown by americans. Anyone interested in the Messerschmitt 109T should get a copy of Francis Marshalls book "Sea Eagles ".
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  2119. It looks a lot like an overwing A4 skyhawk... neat. Narrator sounds like the plant director from chernobyl also. Nice.
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  2120. Well done Ed. Another good insight into what if ? And another one l hadn't heard of !! Thanks .
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  2121. Not that you ever will but IF you do you can always bring us a video on any of these odd French bombers from the 20's and 30's because there's literally dozens. I have a small and unimpressive book called The "World's Great Bombers" by Chris Chant nothing to recommend about it but there a couple of great quotes about French bombers of the 20's. When discussing the LeO 20 he says "The french began to develop the type of angular ugliness that typified most of their bombers until the later 1930s" And then best of all with he says: " With its mass of excrescences such turrets, gondolas and fixed landing gear, the Bloch MB 200 virtually epitomised the concept of aerodynamic drag." A perfect description of a lot of bombers not just French from the 1920's.
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  2122. Beep boop Lost connection (again)
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  2123. New fan. As an old infantrymen I can confirm your thoughts.
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  2124. I have to be honest, I found it difficult to watch, although I did get through it. Superb movie, but I cannot watch it again. I'm also ex British Army. Everyone should watch this film at least once, because of the realism.
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  2125. Thanks Ed. Sadly, the chances of me seeing it are pretty slim as 'er indoors hates anything as powerful as this. I watched "platoon" at least 25 years back and she still gives me grief ! However , there's always more than one way to skin a cat !! Thanks Ed , l really enjoy and look forward to your concise and honest reviews.
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  2126. FWIW: I tend to 'go' for aircraft the are functional, rather than just sleek: The Fairy Swordfish, Blohm & Voss BV 141, Junkers JU-52, Vickers Wellington {due to its spaceframe construction}, Ercoupe/Aircoupe {I once knew two brothers who owned a 1966 Alon 'Coupe}, Lockheed C-130 Hercules {which I worked on in both the US Navy and US Coast Guard}, Transavia Air Truck {first seen by me in MAD MAX 3}, and other aircraft. All that said, Ed's "Top-Quality Fugly" definitely applies in this case.
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  2127. Hi Ed. There's an interesting postscript on the Skoshi Tiger from Wings of Fame Vol 5 (1996). "Sometime after the war in Vietnam ended, Lieutenant Colonel Dick Williams was in Malasia when it received F-5's from the United States. The country had ordered 65 aircraft, which were flown to Malasia in five C-5 transports. He was standing on the ramp as another C-5 came into the landing pattern. William asked the Malaysian air force chief of staff why they had not ordered any ground support equipment for the F-5. There was no direct answer. About an hour after the C-5 had landed, some large Soviet transports arrived. They were carrying ground support for the malaysian F-5's. It was all crated, and on the yellow instrumentsinside the crates was stensiled 'Skoshi Tiger'. It was all the F-5 equipment that had been captured when Vietnam fell. The Malaysians has bought it from the North Vietnamese and had been delivered by the Russians"
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  2128. I did know of this little testse ( and l read the letter and also heard the rumours !) That B57 looked pretty beaten up . Thanks Ed.
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  2129. been watching your stuff for over a year. just noticed i wasnt actually subbed. sorry about that. rectified now.
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  2130. as for the pronunciation, I reckon a job as a translator for the UN!!!đŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł Top report dude! really enjoy these unknown warriors.
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  2131. Ed, why are you talking American? Zed looks like 3 in Cyrillic, and Zee is merely an American noise.
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  2132. That organisation is very easy to pronounce, don't know why you have any issue with it :))
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  2133. Can you do a story on the Swiss navy?
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  2134. Super cool to see reviews of airplanes I had never even heard about. 🙂 I thought I knew all WW2 airplanes... not so. :-) Many thanks!
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  2135. Me too
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  2136. Top drawer again👍 awesome channel.
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  2137.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Sounds great. Sorry looking at my earlier post that I didn't mention how much I enjoy your videos. Well presented! You did well with what you presented. The entire Swiss neutrality during WW2 is an interesting story all in its own. Waaay more complex than most people may believe or understand. <smile>
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  2138. https://youtu.be/r0veWIf5_wQ
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  2139. Thank you 🙏 AGAIN 🙏 for your excellent work 👍
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  2140. Some great content, keep it up. You'll surpass 100k subscriptions in no time mate.
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  2141.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  It is a pleasure for me to be able to contribute something that may be interesting and perhaps little known. As a former researcher for the Argentine Air Force (still working as a collaborator) and as an author on military aeronautical issues, I had access to very valuable historical documentation, after more than 35 years dedicating myself to these issues and others. I don't usually participate too much in social networks. However, your videos were particularly interesting and valuable to me. Many greetings!!
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  2142. Dear Ed, your videos are very interesting which, I must confess, I discovered very recently, in fact I recently posted a comment with some considerations about the IAĂ©-24 Calquin. I would like to say a couple of things about the HAL HF-24 Marut that I think will be cause for disbelief if not seen with perspective and common sense. Unfortunately, photos cannot be shown here that would be enlightening of what I am about to say. The Marut was designed, in 1954, in Argentina, with the name of IA-40 Pulqui III. I would like to explain a few things. After the first flights of the Pulqui II it had become evident that it was not going to be a supersonic fighter, so experiments began on modified RR Derwent V engines with afterburner. They also concluded that in order to achieve Mach-1, the prototype had to be extensively adapted. The idea with the afterburner tests was to emulate the tests that England was carrying out with the Derwent V-R turbojets whose technical information was prohibited because it was a new and secret technology. Despite the fact that the tests were very satisfactory, the need for a new aircraft project was evident. In 1954 under the direction of Kurt Tank, the engineers MittelhĂŒber and Bansemir began with the conception of the IA-40 Pulqui III. With the appearance of new and more powerful axial-flow turbojets, the group of German technicians began to analyze the options. In the first place, the most viable to be repowered was the RR Avon (which was going to be acquired for the IA-36 Condor, of which Rolls Royce had already authorized the delivery of up to six engines as soon as they were finished, as well as the immediate delivery of a mock-up as physical model for the design and installation of systems and equipment). They were also presented with the Armstrong-Siddeley "Sapphire" as more suitable as they knew that the British were experimenting with afterburners on the ASSa.7LR model however, as in the case of the Derwent V-R, no technical information was available. After not renewing his contract, in 1956 Tank and a small group of collaborators; Evers; Geissler; Melzer; Mittelhuber; Pabst; Puffert; Rothkegel; Ruth and Starke traveled to Bangalore, India, where they finished and adapted the already conceived IA-40 Pulqui III for the use of the Bristol-Siddeley "Orpheus" 703. As a witness to this, at the Centro de Ensayos en Vuelo (Flight Test Center) of the FĂĄbrica Militar de Aviones de CĂłrdoba (Military Factory of Aircrafts), a large model for the wind tunnel of the IA-40 from 1954 is preserved that which is undoubtedly identical to the HAL Marut. Ing. Wilhelm Bansemir, builder of the FW-200 Condor and the IA-33 Pulqui II and co-designer with MittelhĂŒber of the IA-40 Pulqui III, did not accompany Kurt TankÂŽs group to India.
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  2143. Bro, the HAL joke got me rolling.😂😂😂 Thanks for the great videos
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  2144.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  That make sense. Thanks Ed.
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  2145.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  It's the age thing, Ed. Gets to us all! LOL.
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  2146. Herbert Hoover? He wasn't the best President but nothing worth a You Tube ban.
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  2147.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  This might just be because the Nazis invaded my neutral country in 1940 but personally, I think all small countries should always contribute to their own defense by air land and sea. Foreign Allies and Friends can't stand by you if you don't stand up for yourself.
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  2148. Another option, which wasn't mentioned, would be to attach the air corps to the RAF. The RAF would train pilots and crew and do long-term maintenance on the RAF fighters which would be seconded to the Irish Air Corps. The Irish Air Corps would then operate as an RAF location would rather than having to operate the entire supply chain themselves. Why might the RAF do this? The RAF is, along with Ireland itself, the prime benefactors of a functional Irish Air Defence. In effect, the Irish Air Corps would be 'RAF Dublin' with Irish military personnel using lent RAF equipment. Benifits? No supply chain investments and no Englishmen in the country.
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  2149. Despite all that I've said, I'd love if the Air corp got something impressive. The Saab Gripen or F-16 would be nice. Dear Santa......
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  2150.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Also, sending a civilian type aircraft to intercept wouldn't be a provoking tensions, but an act of protecting civil airspace. Irish air space is a busy area for transatlantic traffic. If the aircraft were to be fitted with maritime radar, all the better, as it would greatly assist the Irish navy, which is small, to survey territorial water, as well as being a serious asset for search & rescue missions. Such an aircraft could also provide "top-cover" during a coast guard helicopter mission.
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  2151.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  They were the trainer model
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  2152.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Article 15(6) of the Irish constitution prohibits the RAF from "doing the job" unless they are authorised by the Oireactas - the Oireachtas has given no such authorisation and it is illegal for the RAF to conduct any operations in Irish airspace. There is allegedly a secret bilateral between Ireland and UK relating to air defence, but any bilateral can only allow the RAF to transit though Irish airspace, it would be illegal for them to conduct actual operations in an Irish sovereign domain.
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  2153. Wait? You actually fought ISIS in Syria? That's so cool and badass
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  2154. Great video. The little SAAB trainer the US has just purchased would be a fantastic pick or, and this is just me, Ten to fifteen Gripen aircraft and rotate them would be my first thought.
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  2155. Always love your videos.
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  2156. To sum up Ed . The Narvel was no marvel !!! Thanks Ed.
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  2157. Yea.... That movie is shit....but..I could watch your Kate Beckensale bag potatoes for 3 hours and be perfectly content!
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  2158. Fantastic history. Well done.
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  2159.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  perhaps in the case of the Skua but you can't argue the Roc ticked the boxes as a carrier fighter regardless of the flawed concept due to its poor endurance/speed etc
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  2160. I read your book it is well written and a good read. You are a brave man. I salute your need to help others.
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  2161.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  it's like the T35 of the skies with how out of place it is. Its neither fish nor foul, and is made with the assumptions of the previous war. At least it worked!
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  2162. Good shout out to armoured carriers. They have some fantastic videos especially about royal navy ww2 carriers
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  2163. If Canada had bought the F-35 in 2016, they would have been buying a beta jet, that struggles to this day from development problems. It also would have been the only country operating the F-35 as its only fighter. Canada has waited for the F-35 to become the plane it was promised to be, but so far, the latest Super Hornet seems to be the more logical choice.
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  2164. I would say the Grippen or Super Hornet are the front runners, but after Canada selected the more pricey/advanced frigate in the Type 26 for the CSC program, anything is possible, in my wildest dreams Canada just splits the deal with 50 super Hornets for homeland defences and the remaining 38 f-35 for our NATO obligations and strike roles.
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  2165. another fine vid! thanks >>
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  2166. Interesting to hear about the FK9. And especially how it's performance was ruined by perfectly reasonable requirements. Poor Frits Koolhoven, the man behind a lot of "almost" and "what if" planes. Have you covered the FK55 already?
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  2167. You should cover the Fokker V.8 It’s this, but German. And natural that implies ingenious engineering stupidity.
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  2168.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  cool idea :D
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  2169. pretty cool oddball there :)
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  2170. “Two Wings Good, Four Wings
Better?”.................who has read Orwell's Animal Farm Ed.????????..........great upload.......btw.................merry xmas
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  2171. Very informative and enjoyable. I will note about the incidental "tip tanks" at 00:32, on that particular aircraft they are sampling pods to pick up debris from the nuclear test explosion there in the background. it's a great pic, I used it a decade or so back for some sort of update. It deserves to be seen and discussed more. People forger about the fallout, if they even knew.
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  2172. The Heston clip was INSPIRED!
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  2173. Mister Nash: You have introduced us to 277 aircraft that nobody ever heard of. Now you're just making aircraft up. O.k. maybe not.
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  2174. 1:17 😂😂😂😂 I'm dyin over here. Thanks Ed now my side hurts lmmfao 😂😂😂😂
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  2175. That photo of a B-57G overlaid on the Statue of Liberty was EPIC, my good man! I've never seen a better visual jest in any YouTube video on aviation.
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  2176. I am going to form a rock band and call it "WARTHOG WITH SYPHILIS." đŸ€­đŸ€­đŸ€­đŸ€­đŸ€­
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  2177. 2:00 been a while (40+ years) since I last looked at a MAP control line model plan 🙂
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  2178. The Pulqui would be a good aircraft to cover. Kurt Tank in Argentina.
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  2179. Outstanding video, thanks! Pairs well with a recent video by Tank Encyclopedia about reused British tanks esp in Barbarossa. https://youtu.be/gbEvYxeoke0 if interested.
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  2180. Love the video Ed, could you do a video on more werid ww1 aircraft I think you could hours of content just covering them
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  2181. Beautiful research and narrative, thanks a lot mate!!
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  2182. Your videos are top notch very professional I've learned a lot from your video's keep them coming
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  2183. Hi Ed, I have seen in your Military Matters a lot of rare and curious planes but a real fighter as the Romanian IAR 80 didn't appear. A modern plane when he enter in Romanian Royal Air force, low wing ,entirely metal made, with a Romanian made engine of 1000 HP(under French Gnome-Rhome license) he was a first line fighter up to 1942-1943 when superior Russian fighter appears. Used after 1943 to defend the petrol industry against American bombers, as he has two 20 mm canons and two machine guns. In June 1944 it was a fierce fight between IARs and Lightings at low altitude and I have seen a part of this fight (it was near my 13 years birth day) About 250 IARs were made at Industria Aeronautica Romana; They served up to the end of the fourteens. Bye ,Paul. p.s.I am an old (91) Israeli now. Born in Bucharest.
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  2184. :)
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  2185. This seems like the ultimate ‘what could have been’. Too bad this was not a Kelly Johnson special. The swept wing! Holy cow.
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  2186. Thank you 🙏 AGAIN for your excellent work 👏👏👏👏👏👏...reminds me of a similar Japanese aircraft at the last days of WW2 .. the name escapes me
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  2187. This just popped up in my recommended list!!!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs3wOBwuejc A really cool model and good performer. Take a look!
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  2188. Good video, thanks Ed. Any plans to do a video on the Beechcraft QU-22?
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  2189. Please stick to the Jag-you-are pronunciation. Jag-war hurts my ears, and I live in Kentucky. lol.
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  2190. Sorry Ed but I think you are wrong about the origins of the swing wing . Barnes Wallis had the idea during the war and called it a wing controlled Aerodyne.
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  2191.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  absolutely, worked pretty well in Iraq after all 🙂 thanks for getting back to me by the way! Love the videos 😁
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  2192. Someday a Woke movement will cancel this channel, for making fun of poor Blackburn đŸ€“
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  2193. The ugly aircraft clip in the first 30 seconds made me laugh - awesome
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  2194. Usually I agree with you, Ed. But I actually think the Beverley looks rather cute...in a portly kind of way. It definitely looks very purposeful to me. ☟
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  2195. Ed how about the Shorts Belfast
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  2196. 3:12 "the aircraft looks rather bulbous"... Cue casual photobomb by the Bristol Brabazon! 😂
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  2197. 0:14 😂😂😂
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  2198. Ed, if no one has told you this yet, your aircraft shorts are first-rate aviation history. I have the same feeling watching these that I do when reading a good technical history book: I'm getting the goods on these topics. Well done.
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  2199. Well, it's here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvfsZQcYHfo
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  2200. update about the D21 being restored, it is restored and airworthy.... its flying!
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  2201. The famous Douglas Bader story, where he talked about his experiences as a fighter pilot at a girl school. "I had two fuckers to the left of me, two fuckers to the right, another two fuckers below, and one fucker coming in from the sun" At this point the headmistress interjected "I must inform you girls that there is a type of aircraft called a fokker spelled f-o-k-k-e-r" "I don't know about that", said Bader, "this lot were all flying Messerschmitts"
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  2202. Here is a link to the latest press release (in dutch) on the soon to fly replica of the Fokker D21 constructed by using 397 of the 416 original drawings. The plane carries no. 229 https://www.upinthesky.nl/#google_vignette Exiting!
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  2203. In the meantime the newly build DXXI is in the final fase of testing: https://youtu.be/RHox99194hY It contains some parts of the wreck of an original DXXI which were found at its crashsite with tactical number "229". That is the reason that this number is on the newly build one.
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  2204. I've discovered your channel with this video and i'm not disappointed. +1 sub
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  2205. The Adeptus Mechanicus takes offensive to your Warhammer remark, because the implication they might have designed this monstrosity hurted their feelings. A letter of complaint has been send to the Inquisition. Expect them to invite you for tea and a good talk..
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  2206. Bast line in a YouTube video. "Unless the pilot was dum" brilliant 👏
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  2207.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Interesting.
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  2208. I did some research on the google, the Hawker Sea Fury was the only prop plane that literally shoot down a Fighter jet and that jet was MiG-15 and that as during Korean War.
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  2209. The entire Beaufort story is a case study of the deep stupidity of Australian governments in the pre-war and early-war periods. The deal relied on Britain (Bristol) providing a large proportion of parts (such as engines and undercarriage) to be assembled in Australia with other locally manufactured parts (such as the bulk of the airframe). This was bug-fucking mad, considering the whole point of building them in Oz was because we expected supply from Britain to be difficult! Of course, when the war started, Bristol were prohibited from exporting the engines and other parts (presuming they had the capacity to fill the order anyway, which is open to question), and the aussie-made Beauforts had to look elsewhere for engines. They ended up using P&W R-1830s, made under license by CAC. Strike a friggin' light!
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  2210. Another really good video! The CAC was established not just in the face of government indifference, but in spite of active discouragement. Our governments were aggressively Anglophile (British Empire and all that), and CAC was suspect because of its American connections. CAC was established with seed investment from BHP, ICI and General Motors. Australia had no auto manufacture back then, but General Motors had a presence, providing support, parts, maintenance etc for imported cars. Their presence at the inception of CAC gave it the American 'taint' our governments mistrusted. Consequently, their expertise and capacity was criminally under utilized until after Pearl Harbour.
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  2211. Good to see you down here again, Ed. Liked and commented.
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  2212. Really exciting seeing you get closer to 100k subscribers. A lot of what you went over in this video is new info to me. Some of the pictures I've not seen before either. Thank you for creating and sharing. đŸ›©:elbowcough:
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  2213. "Hope you found the video interesting" HELL YEAH! thanks.
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  2214. Flat pack, M.F.I.,....... Bensons for Fishbeds? Oak Flanker land?
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  2215.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Mr. Nash, do you have a Patreon account? I would like to support your channel. It would not be much. I appreciate your work. Your channel and you deserve some compensation for your excellent work.
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  2216. Big Ugly Forever-Friend
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  2217. Back in the 90's when I was a kid, I wrote Boeing a letter asking about aircraft they had in development at the time. They replied with a pack of laminated cards with information about these aircraft, one being a potential upgrade for the B-52, which it's main change was replacing it's 8 jets with 4 turbofans. Obviously this never happened, I'm actually surprised something like that isn't what they're doing now. Also, I've been lucky enough to climb inside a B-52 here in Michigan, the Yankee Airforce, of which I used to be a member, has one. The inside has a most unique smell that I can only describe as 50 years of sweat, leather and coca-cola.
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  2218. B52 after the update: How do you do fellow Bombers.
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  2219.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Lol :)
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  2220. 3:06 The "lots of other stuff" guy! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnes_Wallis)
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  2221. Outstanding video of a hot topic! Excellent on the USAF's plans, best analysis I've read or seen. Thank you.
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  2222. Collective pronouns are usually singular.
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  2223. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! (C-130 not added)
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  2224. Just a small correction the first raids on Berlin were on 7/6/40 by the French with their Farmans
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  2225. Thanks for that. I didn't know much about the Hampden, now I know ten times as much! I'm going to the Lincs Aviation Heritage Centre in a few weeks time to see Just Jane, and I will certainly look at the Hampden whilst I'm there.
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  2226. I think the USAF guys had set that name Dragon aside for something special and were just dying to use the name on SOMETHING. But just never were allowed or able to.
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  2227. Where do you dig up these obscure aviation nonentities? ....Doesn't matter you are keeping history alive.
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  2228. Thank you Ed! A lovely little plane I had no idea existed.
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  2229.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  thanks!!! if possible check out the Russian carrier borne MIG-29K multi role fighter derived from the MIG-29 & in active service with the Indian Navy!!!
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  2230. This is great video. Thank you, very much. I enjoyed it, immensely. I'm American and seeing these videos on these aircrafts is very informative. We know the big histories of the big planes, but hearing about the overlooked, but critical contributions these planes made is great. Thank you, again. Keep up the good work and I'll keep watching. Merry Christmas.
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  2231. Excellent video, really enjoying your content
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  2232. So let me get this straight, an outdated, slow and low capacity bomber that could NOT fly over Europe gets sent to Africa. They then SAVE the British Army by blowing up Italian Fuel Depots. When those target run out, they perform as ASW (Anti Submarine Warfare) patrol planes. They force the capture of an intact U-Boat and capture an Enigma Code Machine. Which leads Britain and the Allies to Victory in the Battle of The Atlantic!
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  2233. 1st time to watch your channel. I subscribed. Great story. Enjoyed hearing about something I knew nothing about. That last part about the enigma machine codes is fantastic. Too bad they could not have grabbed the enigma itself. Happy Holidays.
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  2234. I have loved ww2 planes since i was like six years old and I don't remember ever seeing this type before. Thanks very much for the vid squire. Much appreciated.
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  2235. A great account and supporting photos.
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  2236. Just LOVE your content, Ed....!! Merry Christmas 🇹🇩
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  2237. What about the Wellington? "I need a Wellington" "And what argument could I possibly put forward to get you one?" "If you told them I designed it? Do you think that might help?"
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  2238. I must say that every time I get a notification that this channel has published a new video my first order of business is to stop what I'm doing and watch it. Thank you Ed - I literally can't get enough of this stuff!
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  2239. IS the USAF fed up with the F35? USAF is a singular, it is a name for an organization. Let me learn you English good.
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  2240.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  fair enough. I will say you're content is highly informative and covers some of the lesser known military matters - I particularly enjoyed 'The Long War' series and subsequent Myanmar coverage.
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  2241. ​ @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  oh, I wish you a speedy recovery then!
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  2242. I ain't no Senator's cat...
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  2243. your puns are truly bad
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  2244. Excellent video. The name Doble is pronounced 'doughble' and is Cornish in origin, I believe. The cars were fine machines.
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  2245. If anyone is curious about the engine Jay Leno did a great piece about the Doble steam car on his YT channel
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  2246. "An unfortunate ending to an aircraft that, had things worked out differently, might have been a real asset..." -Almost every single Ed Nash aircraft video. Just not the Brewster ones.
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  2247. Very interesting video. Greetings. Aleơ 😎👍
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  2248. Thank God those 5.0 calibre coming through the wall in your book the Desert Sniper missed Ed, we would not be reading this now otherwise. Nice read.
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  2249. I will definitely do so! Oh I know, but your exposition skills are pretty darn 👍...another of my obsessions is the British Phantom ..P 1121? I'd kill to hear a chat about that! Good weekend unto u Sir!!
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  2250. Ed. Have you considered a video on Axis 4 engined heavies. The three that spring to mind are the German Focke Wolfe FW200, Italy's Piaggio P.108 and the Japanese Nakajima G5N. We don't hear much about these.
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  2251. Classic obscure aircraft video. Ed: I see you....
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  2252. Ed, I truly appreciate your great work... but to understand the full name of the IMAM, I had to "back translate" it from your "Italian" to Italian. ;-)
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  2253. I love this channel!!!!
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  2254. Great video, Ed...👍
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  2255. I came here from Arsenal-Delanne 10C2 just to make sure that this was not an April fool's joke. Holy cow! It really existed...
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  2256. Hope it was interesting?! Look at your public and what we say ... It was interesting all right ... you just caused a whole new science of aircraft genetics to come into being!!! Brilliant! 😆
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  2257. Ed, I heard a very wise General say "An invasion with out logistics is just a riot" Putin deluded himself into believing his own propaganda. And now thousands of young men will die because a fool's hubris.( Have you thought of doing a live chat)
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  2258. Thanks again for the updates Ed . Such a waste this conflict, should not have happened... Never expect old Boring Boris to have any interest in helping anyone but himself and his friends as usual.
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  2259. Ed, this is still the best video you’ve ever posted.
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  2260. Just watched your video on the Skua and was wondering if you did a video on the Roc or not. Lol 😂 got my answer. Good video
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  2261. I should add to that , it's absolute proof that if you get the center of gravity right , and with enough thrust , you can even make a brick fly lol
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  2262.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I have , damn thing looks like it was made from spare parts and designed by a demented cartoonist
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  2263. Well done, again, Ed! The 162 would make a beautiful model. The proportions are almost the same as the Bf 110 which, though I've never actually owned one myself, is one of the best flying WWII scale planes and one of the best twins. I think the relatively small nacelles compared to a Mosquito or Tigercat, both of which are tricky, are a huge factor for a model. Cheers!
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  2264. I’ve read it! It’s a great book.
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  2265. The first book was sent to France well over a month ago. It made it to Paris, but not all the way to me. They sent me a new one almost two weeks ago and the tracking says it left Miami on the first of April. Nothing has changed. I guess it’s a waiting game until things get sorted out with the virus.
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  2266. I love ugly planes. Have you ever seen the Belyayev DB-LK? I would love to know more about that... flying wing?
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  2267. I'm calling bullshit. Ed ran out of weird planes and now he's just making this shit up ;)
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  2268. His titles are very catchy. You have a similar, deadpan, delivery - witty enough for Brits to have a laugh without bamboozling those with English as a second language. Like the septics ;-P
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  2269. That's what I'd say if I was pulling your leg ;-P
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  2270. I think it looks awesome 😂
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  2271. I have given up waiting for the video to finish before I give it thumbs up 👍 or thumbs down 👎, now I just hit thumbs up, it saves time. Another excellent episode, thanks for adding another obscure aircraft to my aviation knowledge, you’re top banana 🍌 much appreciated. đŸ˜€đŸ‘đŸ‡ŹđŸ‡§đŸŽó §ó ąó „ó źó §ó ż
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  2272. Thank YOU 🙏 AGAIN for your excellent work 👍👏👏👏... you found another one đŸ’Ș
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  2273. Ok, thank you, YOU PILLOCK !!! When you said this thing was meant to be a fighter, I dropped my coffee.
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  2274. Beautiful helicopter and I want it to remain operational for many more decades.
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  2275. Nice
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  2276. I hope you do the XF-84H Thunderscreech. Though, maybe it is too well-known. Cheers. ☟
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  2277. The linguistic moans are audible and palpable.
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  2278. Best damned aviation video title ever
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  2279. You do good work. Educational and fun, also highlighting little seen types. Watching you try to pronounce those words was amusing.
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  2280. Gagged on my coffee at Google translate, nearly lost my breakfast at the sound you made at the end.
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  2281. Ahah! You found one I've never heard of before, bravo Mr. Nash! What a fascinating design! That image at 3:22 reminds me of a love child between an F-16 & maybe a Reggiane Re.2005? LOL
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  2282. In german the word Sappe ( see french sappeur) is nowadays outdated, and the a is not spoken À. Pickelhaube ( literaly pickaxehood) was not the official name, this was Helm mit Spitze/ helmet with point, and this helmet was only used by line infantry and dragoons, other units used other headgear.
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  2283. Thank Ed.
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  2284. Wow, I have just started your audiobook. The prologue made my hairs stand on end!
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  2285. Do you think you could cover the XF-108 Rapier?
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  2286. Muy bueno el video. Es PucarĂĄ, con acento en la Ășltima "a", se pronuncia como palabra aguda.
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  2287. Thank you for introducing us to all these fascinating aircraft!
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  2288. I don’t really care if you give us forgotten or not at all forgotten aircraft. You always deliver an entertaining video and I always learn something even if I know a lot about the topic of the day.
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  2289. Thank you Ed, for your informative video.
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  2290. Shame the Australian Government order the scrapping of the CA-11 along with the CA-15 because they where obsolete when they should of been saved and given to a museum.
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  2291. Yours is always an exciting and insightful program on little known aircraft, to which I look forward too, On the pronunciation of Aussie place names: Woomera, has no accent on the first syllable., rather the Woo is as the word wool, So woom-a-ra. We have some tricky words, not as commonly in use as the North American Indian tribal or place names.
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  2292. Not a criticism. But as an Australian I would like to mention this. The woo in Woomera is pronunced like the Wo in woman.
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  2293. I would love seeing some polish or French aircraft! I feel they don't get as much love
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  2294.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  yeah 2 times each 😆
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  2295. Pronunciation of Bloch is like the English word “block”. It’s Marcel Bloch, who became Marcel Dassault after WW2.
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  2296.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  - thanks a lot for the reply.
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  2297. The Poles have restored the Olympic Curtiss of Udet's from the same collection.
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  2298.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  when they came in in 1992 ish they were supposed to be the best thing since sliced bread. As to the picture, I did point out to the MoD that it wasn't the best thing for a medic to be seen doing.
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  2299.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  do you think the French thought enough of the idea and that is what lead to the over wing launcher/pylons on the Sepecat Jaguar? or BAE overwing tanks? Also, I think you just help sell of Corky Meyer's books.
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  2300.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Thanks, I had never heard of that. With only an amateur's understanding of fighter aircraft, that doesn't sound like a great idea to me either, but I'd certainly watch a video going into more depth!
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  2301. I would also add the super crusader. The military was all excited by the phantom, but Vietnam improved that the phantom was not a fighter, Instead , it was an interceptor who was struggling against MIG fighters.
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  2302.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Thanks mate ! Yeah, it sure looks weird and complicated, to me...; but maybe they knew how to make it work (?). Have a good one... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !
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  2303. So pleased that I'm back to watch your show again. My internet was down for almost a week because of stupidity and incompetence. ( not mine.) now i can watch this on a 32" screen again!
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  2304. With the notable exception of the FA-18 Horner series, allied air forces that buy American tend to buy aircraft flown by the US Air Force for commonality in training, tactics, logistics, and interoperability. This was especially so during the 1960s. So, as good at the Super Tiger was, it really didn't have a realistic chance for foreign military sales. I had a friend who flew the original F-11F. One of it's design quirks was that it had a fuel tank in the vertical stabilizer. As a consequence, as this tank drained constant adjustments had to be made to the aircraft's trim. Also, the F-11F was a bit short on range and not really supersonic except in a dive, so after a very short stint as a first line fighter they were used as advanced trainers to give new Naval Aviators experience in advanced jet fighter tactics before moving on to fleet squadrons flying more advanced aircraft like the Crusader or Phantom. If it hadn't been for its use by the Blue Angels, the Tiger would have been merely an asterisk in naval aviation history.
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  2305. You always post such interesting stuff
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  2306. I enjoyed your Book Mate, a really good yarn. Thank you. The insight into the YPJ and YPG was enlightening, Great vid of a Plane I have never heard of. Cheers. G.
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  2307. A aircraft featured in a Ed Nesh Video not becoming a full success, being mass produced and serving for decades? What a surprise!
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  2308. Really appreciate all the aircraft video on your channel. Sets your channel apart, big time. Thank you.
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  2309. So... You like doing videos on aircraft with an obscure history behind them.... I have a challenge for you... Try the Denel Cheetah C, D, E and R. Or maybe not, you will have a high risk of having incorrect information and sifting through incorrect stuff for teeny bit of possibly correct information is dreadful. Information on the development on those are very scarce and more often wrong than right. If you do decide to make a video on that though, a good place to look for information are people who were involved in the projects, they can be found on Facebook groups dedicated to the subject. I can help a little with the limited knowledge I have and send pictures from books I have that I know have it right up to the specific tail numbers, but there are still some things not clear to me. Then on top of those if you dig deep in enough you will find the Super Cheetah with a Klimov RD-33 engine and Project Carver... Good luck if you attempt to enter
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  2310. Dear Ed Nash, Every American XB, XP, and XF 'never entered production' subject not already covered on your channel, please. Sincerely, A Fan.
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  2311.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I didn’t know that . I knew he was a comedian and just that fact he’s an average guy has me rooting for him more.
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  2312. Hi Ed - just a few comments. I don't believe PCL is passive radar. As far as I am aware PCL uses multiple receiving sites and uses the Time Difference Of Arrival algorithm to calculate where an actively transmitting aircraft (whether it be comms, data link or seconodary radar or IFF transponder) to provide a 3D location, Era's VERA NG falls into this category. It may also simultaneously use other techniques like sophisticated wideband automatic direction finding. Era, Hensoldt, Elta, Thales and others have passive radar - either as products or still in development. The problem with passive radar has been the massive computation power required which is why these are only appearing now as compute power (especially using graphics processors) is finally sufficient. In the civil world, this is called bistatic or multistatic radar with the receive antenna(s) being at different locations from the relevant transmitter antennas. The reason passive radar can detect stealth aircraft is because 1) frequencies are used which makes the Radar Absorbent Material (RAM) ineffective - it is designed to prevent radar electromagnetic waves in the 3 - 4 GHz area reflecting off the surfaces. 2) Passive radar can use forward scatter of radio waves which the stealth aircraft's shape is not designed to defeat. These are low-angle reflections of RAM-resistant (lower) frequencies which are picked up by the passive radar receivers. I hope this was helpful. All the best, Rob in Switzerland
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  2313. How tall can the biplane be? Yes.
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  2314. Floh is pronounced like the English “flow,” if anyone cares.
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  2315. Great video on a series of planes that didn't know about, though I knew the design office. Thanks Ed!
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  2316. J! J! J! Ed, it's a J.
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  2317. Nomination for "Best use of a ......oooooooooooh in a youtube video".
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  2318.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  so you aren't actually avoiding the comments! LOL
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  2319.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  The UK media seem to write 'tonne' automatically now. AFAIK, that's really only correct for a metric ton (1000kgs=2205lbs). Standard Imperial ton is 2240lbs, and US short ton is 2000lbs, but journos don't do numbers!
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  2320. Thanks Ed, I don't know if you remember but I asked for a feature on the Spiteful a while ago, you said one was coming, you've outdone yourself. Thank you
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  2321.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  So cool. I'm already trying to figure out if I could scratch build in balsa for about a 90mm EDF. Ooh-ooooh. I love the looks of all these earlyy jets, they are all so unique yet all share a look somehow. This plane is like the poster child of this transitional age. Taildragger jet fighters are so rare. Preproduction ME-262 comes to mind and then my mind goes blank.
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  2322. Another great video. I liked and Subscribed
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  2323. You've done it again, Ed. I have never heard of this plane before today. I am just leaving now for China to go and find these planes in the caves. Surely there must be some market here in the 'West' for them today. And even though I have no money, no idea where these planes are, cannot fly a plane or speak Chinese...plus, I have a tattoo of Chiang Kai-shek on my forehead...these facts will not deter me. Will let you know how many I flew out, when I get back. ☟
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  2324.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  sorry to be a nag. It's just that rankels me. However, with smart phones and their predatory keyboard spell corrections, one never really knows. Fascinating video on a little known WWII aircraft, by the way! ,
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  2325. Not to be picky but to be picky, your title should be "than" and not "then" - as in "..more of a Rear guard than a Vanguard".
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  2326. That last frame brought a tear to my eye.
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  2327. Ed, thankyou for having the courage to show your convictions, and express an opinion about the horrors in Myanmar.
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  2328. It should be obvious to any reasonable man that this plane's intended role is as a platform for achieving aerial supremacy. In the same way the allies tried to sabotage german engine production by going after key components like ball bearings, the brilliant mind behind this plane obviously sought to monopolize and use up the worlds entire production of wings, thereby denying their use by the enemy.
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  2329. Planely the only reason for 7 wings is cuz it was a week attempt...
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  2330. Excelente informe! Saludos Ed!
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  2331. Desert sniper huh? I'll check it out.. Quick question for ya, do u have a favorite author? If so, who? I am currently reading the Expanse Sci fi series by James S. A. Corey. It's amazing.
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  2332. 1QđŸ’„Q DESERT SNIPER.!. From Texans . . . . . . . .
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  2333. Very interesting thanks Ed Nash
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  2334. Thanks Ed .
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  2335. It would've been if they'd preserved the Nevada as a museum ship however it would've had to have been thoroughly decontaminated after it had cooled down enough to be safe to be on.
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  2336. Just a side note: Breguet is pronounced /Brayghay/ and not /Brayjay/😉(tricky treacherous French pronunciation). Another common mispronunciation being /Dazo/ instead of /Dasso/ for Dassault.
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  2337. Wait: there was a Voight Corsair before the Voight Corsair???!!! Do tell.
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  2338. The husband of the third daughter of Thai King Rama 9, Princess Chulabhorn, in 1982 married "vice-marshal" Virayud Tishiasarin (he wasn't a vice marshal at the time). He was given promotion and development of the RTAF museum as one of his royal duties since when he got married he was an RTAF officer. They later got divorced. I remember well watching him get married on Thai TV in 1982 which was a big deal at the time, he never stopped shaking! I met him many years later when he owned a restaurant or two in Northern Virginia USA.
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  2339. Enjoying the book Ed!
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  2340.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I forgive you! 😜
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  2341.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  But now I want to know! lol
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  2342.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  ;O)
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  2343. Superb, but Folland like Holland not like Mr T. rex.
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  2344. Addendum: Finland were prohibited from buying fighter aircraft (as they had been a Nazi ally), but were able to buy the Gnat because it was a theoretically a "trainer". This trend continued, and they later bought the Hawk for the same reason.
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  2345. Hi Ed, I Love your videos because the topics you cover are often new and unheard of to people who have an interest in military history. Keep up the good work. Would you be able to make a video on the Ark Royal (ww2 era)
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  2346. Posted that just as I looked up to see picture of it being shoved up a Dornier 335...
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  2347. ​ @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  That's a relief. YT I can handle, with irritation. Keep up the great work Sir! đŸ«Ą
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  2348. You got me in the first sentence, you sound so urgent, like your life depends on telling us about airplanes... ;)
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  2349.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  And the Swedish J-21 and/or J-22 and/or B-18!! :-D
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  2350. Thanks for the great aviation history! You forgot to mention that the British intelligence were loaded up with Russian spies. Like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy in real life. Not that the US was much cleaner from commie spies but maybe a reason why they guarded the A Bomb secrets?
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  2351. Great video. Just one thing though: it's called the - P.O. 2 no Poe 2.
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  2352. Great vid as always Ed especially with a cup of char and a biccy!
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  2353. I can’t see it doing any better than the me110, might be lighter but still the same niche. Also it did not have good vision down wards looking forward. Not being enough to be a night fighter like the Beaufighter. Thanks for the history.
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  2354. I knew Harry Lomas. who was a developement engineer for Rolls Royce and believe me, they were far from the magicians that many people think. Like the Vulture, the Peregrine was not a good motor and RR didn't have the time to fix it.
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  2355. Thank you, it's an aircraft I know little about and always assumed was a late-war design. There must have been some politics involved because I can't believe it wasn't possible to rejig the design to accommodate the Merlin.
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  2356. Great video thanks. PS Hispano 'Sweeza' 👍
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  2357. Teddy Petter doesn’t seem to get the recognition that he deserves. Whirlwind; Lysander Canberra; Gnat. What a mix! Also I think that he had something to do with the EE Lightning
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  2358. Very informative thank you very much for doing this
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  2359.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Ha ha ha Forgiven :-D :-D
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  2360. The later marks of the Vildebeest had an entirely metal wing structure but they still retained a doped fabric skin. The wings were never metal skinned.
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  2361. Wildebeest should be spelt with a W but pronounced as a V, as in Irwin Rommel, but either way, people will know what you mean. The word is of S.African origin, and refers to a large antelope otherwise known as a gnu..
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  2362. Good stuff, I like the Wilderbeast, Excited to hear RNZAF are puttin, maybe put one together. just over the ditch from there, although with the pandemic. Thanks m8!
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  2363. The PC game "war in the Pacific admirals edition" Brought me here.
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  2364. A Vincent is being restored in New Zealand for the RAF museum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5xj0Wx6LM0
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  2365. if Trump is true to his word they will not get military aid or american tax payers money in the form of military equipment or large amounts of cash as he despises war and the military industrial complex/machine
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  2366. Enjoyed that, thanks, but now what's the truth behind all those other great stories you keep digging up?
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  2367. Got to the thought interface before I checked the date. Well played.
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  2368. I am moving to Italy to work in the spaghetti fields. I just can't trust British accents anymore.
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  2369. Interesting how many folks make such claims on "rumors". Including that such whistleblowing tales or rumors were published by one "Craig Thomas". Though much like Mitchell Gant on source information. The same could be said about the credentials of Craig Thomas's intelligence career. Some claim that another, Tom Clancy chronicles about a mythological super submarine known as the "Red October".
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  2370. FFS, I was so excited to watch this, I was 6 mins into one of the best videos I have seen about Cold War planes, then I scrolled down and saw the video release date. You have just ruined my entire evening, and perhaps my whole life. I hate you forever. Ok, not really. I would give a tip though - more clues that you are not entirely sincere? Maybe a fragment of the plane was found at Chernobyl, or Kyshtym, or retrieved from one of the storage ponds at Sellafield. Please do another one in time for 1st April 2023. You had me fooled!
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  2371. Let’s not forget the only American qualified to pit arm, fuel and quick turn the Firefox on improvised runways was Cliff Claven from Cheers :)
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  2372.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Clearly JAWS was inspired by Kent Monster .
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  2373. Can you say overkill?
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  2374. Mate I just looked up and read about you a little bit. I gotta say Respect! from Lebanon. I was already recently subscribed to your channel, this is just a great surprise :)
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  2375. Hilarious :P
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  2376. A gripping tale. đŸ€Ł
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  2377. If it looks good it will fly good, but do we actually ever need to build it? Hell yes yeah! Flipping heck the Mavericks of that era!
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  2378. Thank you for another video about an aircraft I did not know about. I am a retired teacher. I used to tell my students. Try a point to learn one new thing each day. Your channel helps me do that in a very enjoyable way.
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  2379. Your assessment on Prigozhin is spot-on! The research is solid and your deductions are solidly rooted in the facts. It's very well done!
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  2380. Book? .... Giving the Desert Sniper a go. Take care.
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  2381. dunno, it was pretty rough on the yanks, too. i wouldn't have wanted to be on the deck of the forrestal in '67. a terrible accident and some very brave fire crews aboard that ship. 😔
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  2382. Haha that’s funny you joked about the price of 30 Tommy guns, cause that definitely jumped out at me as well (even within the context of an expensive aircraft.)
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  2383. Today's equivalence to $47 million in 1972 would be $340 million. Divided over two prototypes, makes each plane cost $170 million. The US Navy's AV-8B program got 342 units for $9.1B in 1981 ($30.1B 2023) or $26.6 million ($88 million 2023) per unit. Even without the cost overruns, the off-the-shelf proof of concept demonstration was a pretty costly proposition. The PW F-100 engine was the most powerful fighter jet engine at the time, so I can imagine the disappointment when the XFV-12 turned out to fail at vertical takeoff, the main reason for its cancelation.
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  2384. Hey Ed, can you make a video on Russia supposedly now bringing out T-54 tanks for use in Ukraine? Thanks.
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  2385. A rare occasion when your research misses part of the story, Ed. I'm certain that GI JOE secured funding to put these into service against COBRA in the late 80s and early 90s, I recall the Saturday morning news reports quite clearly.
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  2386. Wow...that was exceleent....cant spell excellent ....ooh just did !
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  2387. Lockheed C-130, not Douglas. I've seen that C-99! It dwarfed the nearby C-54's.
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  2388.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  ok my mistake thankyou
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  2389. a great fantastic very interesting video and aircraft Mr.Ed.have a good one.
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  2390. Ed Nash including the iDubz tape measure meme, what timeline are we in?
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  2391. Another awesome video Ed, you have an excellent channel.
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  2392. Excellent Video !!!
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  2393. 2:51 ♫Cause suicide is painless It brings on many changes And I can take or leave it if I choose♫
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  2394. I've nothing really to say just thought this video should have 100 comments rather than 99... the 100th comment now posted lol. As usual great video thanks for making it.
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  2395. And don't forget the Other Dragon that didn't wind up in it's intended role- The Douglas B-23. Obsolete by the time it would have entered service, it at least made the short list for the Doolittle Raid, but was rejected by it's wings were too long. Some found service in the postwar era as executive transports. For those of you who find themselves in central California, there is on on display at the Castle Air Museum in Atwater, CA.
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  2396. Yet another WWII bomber that I hadn't heard of. I like that you have taken the time to research this.
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  2397. The ex-DH technician I knew (he worked on Mosquitos at first and eventually retired an electrical fitter for engine nacelles @ Rolls-Royce) pronounced like Gyron like "Giro". It had a lot "not right" with it. :P
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  2398. You should do Tom Scott videos.
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  2399. You keep saying Bell Truxton. 😂
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  2400. Really interesting. Love your book, by the way.
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  2401. I got The Book Ed!
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  2402.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I just ordered Kurdish armor against Isis. I look forward to reading it. Best of luck with your youtube channel.
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  2403. Ah yes, the final stage in the Military AIDS Program. Did I really just make that joke? Damn... that's low even for me...
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  2404. Im pretty certain that someone has been testing fartbombs on my missus,,
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  2405.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Ah, the old Tiswas Protocol as it was known as. Although Tiswas used the Nazi's and the music wasn't as good. Actually I heard "Stayin Alive" playing at the Square Shopping Centre in Tallaght, Dublin, last weekend, and it took everything I had not to do the dance.
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  2406.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  thats a "day made" kind of response. Cheers
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  2407. I lost my job due to the pandemic so I took a job at Amazon and, evidently, the Burmese are the majority of employees in the numerous facilities in this area of Indianapolis. I find it is a good idea to learn about these people so I can interact in the best way possible.
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  2408.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  All I know is they are Burmese refugees. There is a large population here in Indiana. When notices go out they are in Burmeese as well as English. I spoke with one woman and she has been here for 29 years and is now a US citizen. I am not certain if the entire population came here at the same time. I have learned that a few churches helped them by giving them housing but I am not sure how that works long term.
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  2409. Close enough, especially for a Brit. :). Not like you guys don’t have names/words that I’ve wrecked. I’ll have to check my ‘William Herschel’ book on aircraft powerplants. I know he’s some Lycumming examples but I’m not recalling this one. I’ve worked on their 8-cyl 720 series but I guess I thought that was their largest. Guess not. The O-1230 is pretty impressive looking., as is the H type.
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  2410. Am I the only one who starts humming 'Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines' whenever one of Ed's videos starts playing?
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  2411. "Nookyoolar." Ed, are you a George Bush fan? 😀
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  2412. Never heard of this project before today. Thanks Ed!
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  2413. Aardvark? No! Pig!
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  2414. Really enjoyed your video! đŸ‘đŸ‘đŸ€
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  2415. Nuclear not Nucular
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  2416. Been in the military for over 20 years and you know your stuff man
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  2417. Thank you!😃 You have illuminated and focused the spotlight on an a diagram in a book by Salamander on the F111 , by Bill Gunston!The caption reads ' Boeing Wichita destroyed almost all their records on their excellent TFX submission. ' Great work as always!
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  2418. According to a US Air Force officer on an internet forum that I frequent, it has really loud noise signature because it uses a shorter propeller in order to avoid propeller strikes on the ground during landing, at least according to some US Air Force Special Operations Command pilots that were involved in testing it. Because of loud noise signature, the USAF deemed it unsuitable (according to those pilots).
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  2419.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  - Thank you...
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  2420. Minor comment on a terrific video: The US House and Senate declared war on Germany and Italy via a joint resolution on December 11, 1941.
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  2421. A very interesting video regarding the Me 264 but also highlighted Willy Messerschmitt with his meddling with the Nazi party and intriguing, by promising performance and and other optimistic figures that couldn't keep. It can also be said that the deep hatred between Willy Messerschmitt and Erhard Milch created damaging effects on the Luftwaffe and the production of much needed airplanes. One was ordered to put in production and the other did everything to stop it and so on. Perhaps Milch was more realistic and vetoed production of absurd airplanes or simply far too expensive. Good job again and looking forward to see your new videos 👍👍👍
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  2422. Only flaw is the fact currently oil is worthless.
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  2423. You were right, just heard on the news about Palma being seized
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  2424. I guess it's fair to say you're keeping your ear to the ground ! Thanks Ed.
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  2425. I agree with you that ISIS is a detestable ideology. however, As long as the US and allies keeps supporting despots in the middle east and Sunni world they will have fertile recruiting grounds.
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  2426. I rearly comment on youtube, but as an engineer working in a start-up developping tilt wing drones (Dufour Aerospace, check it out), I'd like to point out that tilt wing and tilt rotor, even if seemingly similar im concept, are distictively different for two reasons: 1) With a tilt wing, the whole wing and not "just" the nacelles or part of them rotate. Thus they show significantly different aerodynamic behaviour. 2) The tilt wing typically uses propellers instead of rotors, thus not offering any cyclic control making the correctly mentioned tail propeller necessary for pitch control in hover. Therefore the control scheme is as well quite different. Other then that interesting video and cery cool to see a somewhat niche topic covered that I myself happen to work atm :)
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  2427. So Youtube's content lizards have age restricted this. Bugger. Maybe worth a redo & a new title etc? Cheers from GC Aust.
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  2428. Plus, yt deleted/held my comment the first time. Double bugger.
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  2429. seconded
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  2430. What, what? war were declared... is my guinea pig a joke to you?
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  2431. First time first....... Love your work 👍
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  2432. I was just watching C&Rsenal right before this, I wasn’t expecting an Othias cameo!😂
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  2433. A very uplifting video
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  2434. Fantasticly stupid whilst at the same time absolutely ingenious.
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  2435. I appreciate the wild othias
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  2436. C&Rsenal crossover! does happy dance
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  2437. good use of a meme sir
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  2438. Ed watches C&Rsenal...because of course he does.
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  2439.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I will thanks!
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  2440.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Yes indeed!
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  2441.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  nice. Look up the ca-23 and ca-31 trainer.
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  2442. Gday mate, great videos. Any chance you have looked into Australias Commonwealth Aircraft Corp. Jets? Love a video on some of the advanced jet design that werent built.
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  2443. I always found the the Firecrest a cool plane that seldom gets mentioned, thankfully Ed Nash has made this video to help correct that. Regarding the Mauler mentioned late in this video, the type did see service with the US Navy, the Navy operating the type with the Atlantic fleet. The Mauler proved hard to maintain with its R-4360 "Corn Cob" engine, and a handful to fly, especially from a carrier. Had it sen action in Korea, maybe combat experience would have altered the perspective a bit. Nonetheless, another super video by Ed. The single seat prop aircraft of the late '40's are so interesting to me. Cheers!
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  2444. Seen one of the privateers at a US airshow in a navy livery. Also flew in a twin tail liberator from the airport near willow run at another airshow. A lot more room inside than the B17 or Lancaster.
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  2445. My grandpa was a nose turret gunner on a B-24. On one of his missions, one of his machine guns had jammed. Naturally, he leaned forward in order to fumble with the gun and get it unjammed. While he was working out the jam, a considerable amount of flak (probably from an 88) ripped up through his seat and out the top of the nose. Essentially, he wouldn't have made it home, and I wouldn't be here today if that gun hadn't jammed. It may sound too good to be true, but my grandpa never seemed like the lying type. He passed in '08. A family member has a journal that he kept during his time overseas, though I haven't gotten a chance to look at it.
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  2446. Privateers were a real mongrel of a plane, armed with cannons, rockets and jet assist for take off. Looking at the history they were rather 'experimental'. I wonder if they might be worth a video of their own? Certainly one of my favourites!
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  2447. My uncle was a U.S. Navy yeoman in a PB4Y-2 unit in the Philippines very late in WW2, I think out of Clark. Somewhere in our collection of old family photos is a picture of him in a field camo hut with a PB4Y-2 in the background. Although not a quintessential version of the B-24, the PB4Y-2 with its single tail always caught my attention because of that picture. It’s kind of extra special to me at this moment because my wife and I are currently in the Philippines on vacation for a few weeks, only about an hour away from where he was way back then.
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  2448. Very much not the case.
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  2449.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  As a modeler I REALLY liked the additional information on the type. I thought it seemed weird that every source seems to conflict; It turned out it wasn't just modeler references. I also liked seeing the Fi 167 in Croatian markings as where I hadn't ever before! I'll need to look more closely at that as I'd like to build one in their colors. Thanks Mr. Nash!
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  2450. Thanks! Very informative, as always! I woke up this morning certain there should be a new Ed Nash vid to watch and sure enough there was. I had an issue viewing your video on my TV (Roku) for some reason. Checked internet connection, played other videos, go back to Ed’s video, buffering. Reboot Roku and TV, try again, buffering, that’s when I remembered YT was messing with your channel so I put the video on every other device I had in the house muted while I watched on my iPad, liked the vid on every device (which probably doesn’t work but it made me feel better). Don’t mess with my routine YT! When you said “Here’s the story” I was like “of a boat named Brady?” Sorry couldn’t help it, lol.
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  2451. Hi Ed , another what if that kind of links in with the French connection is a post war super sonic project by the Farie aircraft company on Britain which as usual did what they wanted until like the TSR 2 the vandals in Whitehall did there usual number on it . It also had a drop nose like another Anglo French design. Great videos mate , thanks .
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  2452. Thanks. You didn't let me down. 0:52, I am hiding behind the sofa, just as I did with the Daleks. My cup and saucer are a bit shaky at the moment - rattling against each other. Did that thing actually fly? Okay, going to watch the rest now.
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  2453. a puller engine flying Dorito????? WHAT!!!!!
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  2454. Ed, this is bad for me. I am getting behind on my YouTube viewing already then you do this..... the comments below assure me that it's worth subscribing though.
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  2455. Grumman sent a tow bill to North American for towing the command module Apollo 13, as of this date, they have never paid it!
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  2456. I fought hard, with the urge to make a "in HARMs way" reference. And i lost.
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  2457. I want to tell you how much I appreciate your videos. Between Ed Nash's Military Matters, Rex's Hangar, and IHYLS, I'm filling in huge gaps in my knowledge of interwar and WW2 aircraft. Thank you very much for you meticulous work!
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  2458. Ed Nash is fast becoming my go to for forgotten aircraft.
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  2459. I'm watching your videos again 💎 Cheers
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  2460. AAHH!! Anther awesome site and I clicked subscribe!!! You'll pay for this!! But after I binge watch...
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  2461. Excellent and informative video Ed! Very good!
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  2462. Just been to the FAA museum two weeks ago and its got to be one of the best in the south of the UK to visit. I was first there sometime in the early 1980's but it's changed a lot and for the better. Thank you for the video.
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  2463. "I suggest you Google the Lockheed bribery scandal" THANKS Ed for having me laugh/cough just as I was trying to drink my morning coffee. Now who would ever make bribes to win a military contract? Maybe ask the Saudi royal family? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Yamamah_arms_deal
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  2464. Never heard of this plane - thanks! Also, I bought and read your book, and it is great. I learned a lot.
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  2465. Very interesting, As always. Thanks dude.
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  2466. Mr Nash; Us Yanks can be a compulsive bunch. And that's not speculation on my part.
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  2467. About the Bismarck, while the Maryland was responsible for confirming that Bismarck and Prinz Eugen had left Bergen, before this they had been spotted by a Swedish aircraft launched from the aircraft cruiser Gotland. This report was forwarded to the british and was the first indication that the Bismarck was moving north
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  2468. What always kills me is that the A-12 was a SINGLE PILOT aircraft... Can you imagine the workload on those CIA pilots to fly that miraculous machine, AND operate the reconnaissance equipment and defensive systems? Admittedly, the defensive system consisted almost exclusivity of bumping the throttles forward into "plaid" mode, but I mean damn!
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  2469. Love the start of the video. 👍👍😂
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  2470.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  ,đŸ˜‚đŸ‘đŸ»
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  2471. If the ME 309 was the exception to the rule, I guess the Dornier Do 335 just disproves it :)
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  2472. Nice work, Ed 😎👍. Wanted to give you a double like for the lol generated by the outbreak of dyscalculia, but there wasn't the option...keep up the great work 👍
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  2473. Cheers Ed, nice work 👍
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  2474. I'm sorry you are having problems. If it makes you feel better this is the first of your vids the algorithm has presented to me. I subscribed to be safe though.
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  2475. Hope youtube keeps you. You and Greg's Airplanes are by far the best aviation history channels I've seen. You are knowledgeable without being pompous. You inform without being boring. You are careful about technical details. You are delightfully whimsical in the variety of airplanes you cover. Shame on youtbe if they drop you. I don't do social media, so, if they do zap you, sayonara and good show.
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  2476. Thanks again! love the strange planes.
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  2477. Oh Ed, you've out done yourself this time. Let's see Rex top this one.
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  2478. Had a hard time hearing this video. Most time it's ok but not this one so please turn up the volume on your end!!. It's easy to turn it down but when everything is at 100% you can't go any higher Some what enjoyed your video but I still gave it a Thumbs Up
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  2479.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Trust me I do. I've seen many strange planes on your and Rex's channel. But when I saw the picture on my screen, I clicked on it straight away. From that moment my jaw dropped at the floor and stayed there the whole time. Amazing plane.
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  2480. Subscribed!
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  2481. I assure you the one “reported to still be flying” is doing well. - Race 57, the red one.
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  2482. Ed, you're doing really good work here! Instead of me geeking back to you about specs, historical tidbits, etc. as my 'comment' I would like to indicate that I'm entertained & edumacated (as we say up here on the mountain) at a very enjoyable level (esp. because you employ a plethora of new - to me - unseen pics/vids as usual in your presentations!
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  2483. Nice one. And over 50k subs. Here's to hitting 100k
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  2484. The Museum of Flight machine is in the restoration center at Paine Field, Everett, WA.
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  2485. Another great aircraft. Thanks for pronouncing D'assaut correctement. Cheers. 💙 💛
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  2486. 2:37 you forgot Su-7B which could also deliver an RDS-4 nuclear bomb at Mach 2 at the same range as F-105.
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  2487. Excellent video. A minor remark to its maker : Dassault is pronounced DAH-SO not DAH-ZO. Just in case you make another one about an aircraft from that manufacturer. Thanks for video !😉
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  2488. Ahm, Ed, which is the game you mentioned early in the video? (BTW, IÂŽve never thought someone would make a video about this thing... BIG BIG THANK YOU!)
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  2489. This plane looks like it was designed specifically to dispel the myth that sperm can't fly
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  2490. thank you for that wonderful informative doco on the Spit. In particular the Darwin stuff.
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  2491. My Dad flew Mk VIII's and Mk XIV's in India. He would have loved this presentation!
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  2492. Would you make a video on Tatmadaw defections? I think that'd be pretty cool
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  2493. The author ignores the attrition losses of Japanese aviators, especially naval fliers. At the start of the war the IJN had probably the finest set of aviators in the world. This was due to the intensive training & selection candidates underwent. To put it in context, Imperial Navy aviators went through the equivalent of US Navy SEAL training. The result are incomparable fighters, but the output is strictly limited. Around 1942 or 43 some lower level IJN officers suggested a greater pilot training program to produce up to 5,000 pilots a year. This was met with the same incredulity of FDR's call for 50,000 aircraft to be built. Many historians mention the crippling loss of veteran IJN pilots during Midway, but fewer discuss the equally crippling loss of veteran maintenance crews. Japan entered a vicious circle of self-destruction from which it never escaped. ... Nothing on the Mark VIII, but it faced a tremendously different Japanese set of aviators in terms of training & experience, not to mention ground crews.
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  2494. I find your analysis and observations fascinating Ed. Not only your encyclopaedic knowledge of aircraft types, but your posts that raise awareness of little known "unattractive" wars that the media ignore, yet still cause untold suffering and injustice. Good for you mate.
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  2495. I bought your book and found it both interesting and amusing. It's a good read. Hopefully you got some money from Amazon
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  2496. Another great video and covers an area of the war in the Far East that seems to always be overlooked by British history, My grandad and his brothers both fought out there and always called it the forgotten army.
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  2497. Extremely informative content as usual, just one thing though and I admit you may have already had comments about it, the Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF should be pronounced "R double A F". Thankyou for your videos, look forward to more in the future. đŸ˜ŠđŸ›©đŸ‡ŠđŸ‡ș🌏
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  2498. All Spitfire Mk's were Beautiful but my favourite was the P.R.XlX Biased because I served on 81 PR Sqdn in Singapore.On 1st April 1954 Spitfire PR XlX PS 888 flown by Sqdr/Ldr Swaby from R.A.F. Seletar because "The Last" Spitfire to be flown on operational Service in the R.A.F.
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  2499. Mate, your channel is always fascinating.
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  2500. Hey Ed! This Reminded Me Of 'Malta Story' (1953), Starring A Young Sir Alec Guinness & Was This The Type That Bob Hoover Was Shot Down In? As Always, You Do YouTube Right!
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  2501. Watching too much APOCALYPSE NOW? ESCOBAR DON'T SURF! 😉
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  2502. well said lol
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  2503. Me too!
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  2504. Bought your book on kindle. Keep the good work up.
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  2505. 4:46 - One NEVER uses the determiner - 'The' infront of the title HMS. Essentially because you are saying 'The Her Majesty's Ship', which is bad grammar. Either use - ''...from HMS Ark Royal'' or ... from ''the Ark Royal''... (My old ship btw....). 6:27 - '' ....landed on HMS Victorious''. . However it is perfectly fine to put a 'The' infront of non-gender-specific titles such as... ''....landed on the deck of the USS Nimitz'' etc...
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  2506. 2:26 RECREATIONAL BOAT USERS BEWARE đŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł
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  2507. there's footage on YouTube of a more modern jet trying to take down a prop plane during a coup it struggled a fair bit! couldn't slow down enough to reliably engage without stalling and had to make multiple passes before taking it down
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  2508. "Let us beat our plowshares into light-attack aircraft." -Tupac Shakur
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  2509. Please nickname this aircraft the Russell Casse. Earth's savior against the aliens. They laughed at him for flying crop dusters.... but look who is laughing now.
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  2510. Time for a coffee break!!
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  2511. You know, your Finnish pronunciation isn't halfbad.
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  2512. Gargling with bleach? Bit harsh 😳 đŸ€Ł worked with a Finnish lady years ago and she sounded like she was talking the elfin language. It helped that she looked like miss world 🌎 but you know.
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  2513. @ I’ve had the pleasure of seeing a PB4Y-2 at Pima Air Museum in the USA which is set to look as if they did in 1945. I’ve also been fortunate enough to go to the National Naval Aviation Museum where they have both a PB2Y and a P5M! Both are massive aircraft. Apparently they have another pb4y-2 outside behind the museum in their “bone yard” for a lack of a better term
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  2514. I love this aircraft, thank you for making content on it. It’s not easy to find any
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  2515. Almost at 100k
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  2516. Great job to you and the Burma Rangers. All stay safe.
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  2517. I don't think China care about the small profit for trading with bunch of warlords. Their main objective is geopolitical goal of building another access to the Indian ocean and bypass the Malaysia straits. So, no, China don't prefer a warring states Myanmar as it constantly endanger China access route and infrastructures. They most likely want the junta to win but the junta is too corrupt and incompetent. They can't fully support the Chinese rebels because they can't even rule all of Myanmar, but must still support them a bit to get leverage against scammers and appease domestic Chinese being sympathic toward Myanmar Chinese. I think China is trying to encourage the Junta to do a power sharing agreement with all groups and return to civilian government. That's still a long shot unless China send it their army which China can't afford due to current geopolitical stand off with the US.
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  2518. Although I knew of this first Corsair, I knew nothing about it. What an amazing and truly eye opening presentation. Kudos to you, Ed, for the work you put into this. Do you do civilian aircraft? WACO, the Waco Aircraft Company (pronounced 'wah-co', not 'way-co'), put out a wide range of civilian biplanes, enough for a quite lengthy video. Many are still flying today. Interested? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_Aircraft_Company
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  2519. Great video on a long forgotten plane. One small item though; there is no such medal as the congressional Medal of Honor. There is a Medal of Honor however.
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  2520. Wouldn't this make the A-7 the Corsair III or even IV?
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  2521.  @magoid  the mustang history includes the purchase of the XP-40 test data, at the request of the british commission. This was done after the deal for 400 NA-50B aircraft had already been ordered, based on the proposal already submitted.
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  2522.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  the musatng designer book points out that Lee Atwood purchased the test data for the XP-40 at the request of Sir Henry, to keep the people in london happy.
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  2523. Actually, I have both XP-46's. My father bought them in an auction on the island of Newfoundland in 1948 on ....no, I am kidding. Another plane I never had heard of. Thank you Ed. ☟
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  2524.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I agree, but the more I look at the Xp-46, the more I see a P-51B? Especially the undercarriage. But anyway, thanks again ED.
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  2525. Ed, Thank you for this-- just discovered your channel and subbed. I tried to get your book on Kindle but it only allows kindle purchase in the UK-- What's up with that?
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  2526. Sorry if I got a bit 'rambley."
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  2527. Great video - I got Ed’s book a couple of days ago - read the into, it looks like an amazing read. Just got to finish a book on the air war of Arnhem first!
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  2528. "...-It's obvious!" To Russians. Never change, Russian design bureaus, never change. :)
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  2529. I will not buy this record it is scratched
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  2530. "you give it a hovercraft as a landing gear." I almost spit out my drink at that line and image.
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  2531. The more important airbases operated in the Tatmadaw are located in the center of the country (Meiktila, Pathein, Hwambi). The majority of these rebels operate in remote areas of the country in the west, north, and east.
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  2532. Good job 👍 bro 👍đŸ’Ș👊
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  2533. PS im sure im preaching to the converted here but, the Royal Engineers RE were the Corp who were given the task of evaluating and developing the new fangled aircraft in the 1st WW, the RE were divided below Regimental level into squadrons, hence the later RFC were also divided into squadrons a title they as RAF hold to this day. I was an RE squadron "squaddie"
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  2534. i would love if u could cover the CF100 canuck Ed, its not forgotton here in canada but many people have never heard of it
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  2535. Weird to think of an aircraft having protection comparable to a main battle tank of its era. That's like if the F-35B had Dorchester armour to protect the pilot from APFSDS rounds today.
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  2536. Pilots of that era were a breed apart. Getting into those flying crates ,they must of had steel nuts.
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  2537. Thank you my good man, I really enjoy your videos.
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  2538. Just stumbled onto your site. Read some of the comments and haven't yet viewed enough of the videos. My father flew a "Jug" with the 9th Air Force in the ETO. Thanks for the info.
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  2539. Thank you, British. I'll never hear the term "bringing the thunder" the same way again... Not to mention the implications on Thor, the god of thunder. 😂
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  2540. HilariousđŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł
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  2541. Hi Ed. I like your style. Understated, and - I'm not sure how I should put this - with an accent which isn't 'posh', if you know what I mean... I thought - 'a youtuber with an accent like mine!'. But who is clearly articulate, and has done his research. Not a blip on that front. I imagine you are reading from a script of sorts, and that does occasionally come through, but you delivery is none the worse for it. I also imagine that you will get a little slicker in time. Just don't lose the 'real person' with it! Having said that, I like the content, and also like that it isn't all about the same kind of hardware. I love aeroplanes, but everything in the sphere of 'hard physical metalwork' does it for me - an engineer at heart. So details that appeal to me are all the usual suspects, and you do that, without droning on for half an hour with filler/waffle. Around 10 minutes is spot on, though the occasional longer one, where content allows, would be fine by me. Just don't go too short, or I find I am just settling in when it's all over. There, that's my two penn'orth for what it's worth (for those who remember 12 pence in a shilling, 20 of those in a pound!). Cheers bro
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  2542. Ed, without any details, why doesn't Google allow you to push this channel forward, all sorts of other chaps have multiple channels. Not fair if you ask me. Great video by the way.
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  2543.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  No worries, mate. If you want to upgrade I recommend this mike, but you could use the headset that came with the phone and it should avoid the popping. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00OFSE5RM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 And you may need an adapter to USB-C or Apple, depending on your phone. Two options that I can recommend. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07Q6K37BD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B089QCNM85/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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  2544. Thanks for posting this. I bought your book & look forward to reading it.
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  2545. about the Do335, well yoy can try and pronounce it like english "file"...is not far from it.
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  2546. Gave you a like for your commendable effort to pronounce 'pfeil'. Others would have just said 'phuck it, whatever'.
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  2547. Another well done and informative video. But it leaves me one question: How did you get that video of me from work?
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  2548. Are you Dave Angel... eco-warrior in a hat and shades from The Fast Show?
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  2549. You leave the impression that the Arrow saw active service. This is in fact not correct, the nearest it got was to be chased by a P51 while on test. It showed the P51 a very clean set of heals. There is no doubt that if they had managed to get it into service it would have been a headache for the Allies as it is said to have been able to out preform the Miskito which at that time was considered the fastest piston aircraft in the world
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  2550. "Pfile". Keep up the great work. Greetings from 🇩đŸ‡č Austria!
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  2551.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  sorry Ed I wasn't trying to imply you were misrepresenting the reliability of the Double Wasp, moreso i just think the lack of discourse around failures and the double wasp is a strong indicator of the quality of that powerplant.
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  2552.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Sorry! I think in my over enthusiasm I have repeated some of the info that you already narrated in the video. Apologies.
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  2553. The Marine Naval Airforce in 1939 were experimenting with using the Loc-narr for air to air refueling. C'mon, it's well documented by the guy that was there.
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  2554. ...first time I've heard Othais DIRECTLY described as a wiser man than someone.
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  2555. " As a better man than me said".......". War Were Declared....." My old friend and yours I presume? Othais from C&Rsenal?
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  2556. Very very....interesting; informative and well spoken. I shall have to subscribe. Cheers from an Irishman in Tasmania (!).
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  2557. My ears heard "Blackburn may have come up with something potentially revolutionary". My brain heard "Blackburn may have come up with something potentially bat ship crazy". Bless those real ale loving, laudanum experimenters at Blackburn. I guess this one might have had some merit, but also I'm thinking a lot of moving parts to go wrong.
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  2558. i just read your book, absolutely fantastic stuff, do you have any suggestions for similar books?
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  2559.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  thanks for the answer Ed!
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  2560. Much enjoying your videos, Ed.
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  2561. Hi Ed. Talk about coincidence ! Have you seen Sunday's Antiques Road Show 18th April . One of the people interviewed, his father bailed out and survived from the maiden flight of the Blackburn B20 ! The son brought in his late father's "Caterpillar " gold badge ! His father was l of the 2 who survived !
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  2562. The MOST BRILLIANT aircraft design I've never heard of! Thank you for producing this episode. Most interesting and educational!
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  2563. It would be lovely if we could send Ed to odd places to do research, and have a bit of a jolly at the same time. I'm thinking of places like Vigna di Valle, the Italian Air Force museum, which is an old sea plane station. The collection there is.......bonkers! The scenery/climate is quite nice too. Bismark has been there - but he majored on the well known aircraft. As a sea plane station they obviously handled a lot of obscure types, and did a lot of development work...not just on aircraft - hydrofoils too. An absolute gem of a museum.
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  2564. This was incredibly informative, not that your other videos aren't this one was just one of the great ones. I love it when I come away from your videos asking "What if?". Thanks!
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  2565.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Wow, See, That's Why You Do The Best Aviation Documentaries! Thanks, Ed.
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  2566. a great very interesting video and aircraft Mr.Nash as always.this aircraft looks like a mix between the b17 b29 and 747 very nice.have a good one.
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  2567. At least it wasn't an FT.
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  2568. Fascinating! Glad I found your channel Sir!
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  2569.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Yeah there is that plus the turret roof is where all the delicate sexy kit like thermal sights are and which might not take too kindly to ERA blasting off on top of it. I also never did put much store in ERA's supposed ability to disrupt incoming fin rounds, rudimentary physics say that the round will be through it before the explosives can initiate. I get its ability to disrupt a relatively slow HEAT round but a slim rod battering along at almost 2k per second? Naaarh. Wouldn't a top attack missile be fooled into initiating too early and too far away from the vulnerable turret roof by the overhead armour that it would presumably assume is the actual turret roof and how do we know that all of these KO'ed T's are the victims of top attack?
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  2570. It's always about resources. German engineers could, and did, design world beating weapons but they couldn't produce them. I'm not saying the 328 was a great design but it wouldn't have been necessary if they had the materials to produce R-2800s, reliable turbos, or even one jet engine that wouldn't burn its own guts out in a few hours. Cheers!
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  2571. New sub! Great Chanel! Looks like I'm going to have to get another tamiya kv2 kit and find me one of those aftermarket german cupolas, and paint ot in german colors for the "potential " german invasion of Malta. Would the german kv2 be painted in tropen camo? That's what I think it would ve. Anyone got any info on this?
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  2572. 2:15 Had to pause to wonder about the "Focke-Wulf VW-190 " affectionately known as "the lady bug?" (or F*** Beetle)
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  2573. Hello Ed. "Oops l did again" ! Another gem ! I too thought you sounded muffled ...up at 5.00 now that's dedication ! As Micheal Miles would have said "And the next one please!" ( You'll have to ask a very,very old person who Micheal was !)
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  2574. Terrific post Ed, love your work matey, keep it up.
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  2575. Its actualy pretty funny everytime, i search for videos of dutch craftsmanship i end up at your channel.😂
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  2576. But did it offer a shmoke and a pancake?
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  2577.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Thank you!
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  2578. Congratulations for your valiant attempts to pronounce correctly french names like "GnĂŽme&Rhone" or "Morane-Saulnier"! Must be a living nightmare for a British...
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  2579. Just wanted to say I enjoyed your book. Don't eat any unripe pistachios!
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  2580. Gutes Video,danke!
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  2581. Just LOVE the planes you've covered! Recently discovered your channel and I'm not disappointed, thank you!
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  2582.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  super cool I love the professionalism and the neutrality of your content. Greetings from France.
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  2583. Hi Ed. Would it be possible to have a video about the Breguet 693 strike aircraft? Thanks!
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  2584. Ed Nash's Military Matters ,I am really grateful for your coverage of these Attack, Bomber, Reconnaissance, Transport, and "other" lessor-known, Allied aircraft (especially the twin engine designs like this A 3 "Maryland"). My interest in these twin engine planes dates back to my childhood, when my dad would describe seeing various types flying over the Orlando Florida area (where he was living and working prior to being inducted to the Signal Corps in 1943, and stationed here for a time after). Thank you for a fun and informative video!
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  2585. Your video said you were looking extra information ,I don't know if you used this source yet, Airpower January 1975 Volume 5 NO.1, about 9 pages of info, Martin's Mercenaries by Walt Boyne ,discusses difference between Martin's 167 and 187 , with experiences differing between the French and British.
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  2586. More great stuff Ed, I am worried there are loads more aircraft I've never yet heard of. If Stalin said he liked it then the sycophants wouldn't dare not to put it into production. Great technical prowess but, nonetheless, not the right plane for the time
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  2587. I lost it when i heard the Transformers sound 😁
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  2588. Yes Ed. You've done it again ! No idea at all ! Although that comment could be aimed at the nitikin ! Aircraft designers certainly had very imaginative ideas in this period that's for sure ! Oh well , l'd better go and polymorph my rusty old bag of nails into an "e"type ! đŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł Thanks Ed.
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  2589. Zero forward vision in taxi, probably worse than the Corsair!
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  2590. Hey, I actually have pictures of the IS4! It's just blue prints, but if you have an E-mail I can send them to you! Edit: I E-mailed your business E-mail with the pictures.
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  2591. Cool Post ! Thanks ! Post something on the Russian installing ram jets on their biplane fighters in the 1930's .
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  2592.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Just Jane is looked after by lincsaviation, plus a chap called Neville Wheeldon does an almost weekly YT vlog about the stages of her restoration. We were lucky enough to afford a taxy ride in her last month!
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  2593.  @stevetournay6103  That would be awesome Steve; I saw Vera flying with our other Lanc when she visited maybe ten years ago. A vic of three - my knees might go a bit weak!
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  2594. As a child who grew up entertaining himself memorizing Jane's All the World's Aircraft statistics checked out from our local USAF libraries, I absolutely love every one of these docs. Well done!
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  2595. It's worth noting Brown didn't like the Corsair much either.
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  2596. I planed to leave a comment, but then i changed my mind, again, again and again😂
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  2597. After slorc comes sac.
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  2598. Thank you for covering this.
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  2599. Is that an Abrams behind Mr. Eubank? How did that get to Burma?
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  2600. Hi just ordered your book BTW and love your videos.
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  2601.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Thanks.
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  2602. Another fantastic video :)
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  2603. Hey Ed, I Had Heard Of The Mauler But As Usual, You Filled In A-lot Of Blanks I Didn't Know. No Shame Lost That The Skyraider Beat It As It Was In Service From 1946 To 1972!
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  2604. 21st century LEO satellites - no one's concern, smile and move on. A balloon - Defcon 3, phone the president, and initiate Wing Attack Plan R. Great video Ed, but sadly this grabs the headlines while Burma burns. Keep putting it out there, there are a lot of sensible people following you.
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  2605. Mr. Nash, just a little remark on the prononciation of Dassault. In french, if there is a double s, it definitively is pronounced 'S' not 'Z'. But at least you got the 'ault' part right. Thank you.
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  2606. Your videos are great
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  2607. Another brilliant video by Mr Nash.
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  2608. Evening Ed, speaking of transports how about a vid on the Douglas DC-5 / R4D definitely forgotten and overlooked ;-)
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  2609. Just a point of clarification: When Carey and three others found a Bombay and flew it from Nantes to RAF Hendon in June 1940, Carey flew as rear gunner. I don't know who piloted the aircraft; if anyone does I daresay the community here would be interested.
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  2610. Thank you! It was certainly a surprise lol, I suddenly find myself beholden to a schedule, time will tell if I can keep it up.
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  2611. Was not expecting to see Dean Winchester in the video, but the comedic timing was perfect đŸ€Ł
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  2612. We refer to it as "Bristol Mumbay " these days. 😂😂😂😛
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  2613. 6:46 Check Jean Demozay story : He was not a commercial pilot. But, after his exploit, reparing and flying a bombay from Nantes to England in 1940, he "lied" in order to be accepted quickly as a fighter pilot.
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  2614. ​@EdNashsMilitaryMatters >>> 👍👍
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  2615.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  the Israeli army has recently adopted the spike firefly loitering munition. Which is basically exactly what you've envisioned. Maybe you can make a video about it?
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  2616. And here we are two years later - from what I hear the Switchblade's been a smashing success in Ukraine. It might not be exactly what this vid's talking about, but I think its true to its spirit. Whenever I look at stuff about it I can't help but think back to how the Soviet Union designed its weapons and wonder if they had it right the entire time.
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  2617. @Ed, considering what's been going down in Ukraine, perhaps it's time to revisit this subject - your musings two years ago were clearly prescient! Man-portable anti-tank and aircraft systems have proven, of course, to be a game-changer in Ukraine, but one can only wonder how much all those missiles have cost. And what it would then take to do it much more cost-effectively.
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  2618. Well done Ed! Hi from OZ!
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  2619. Excellent, love your script, nicely ironic, slightly self depreciating, makes me smile, grin and giggle, oh and the quality of the content, 10 out of 10. I have a vision of you doing the voice over in the bathroom.
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  2620. Yeah please mate its a brilliant channel brilliant interesting short followable subjects and I like you and what you stand for..buy a decent mic asap please buddy
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  2621. G'day cobber!
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  2622. Couple of corrections to a great video: it's Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, not company. It was formed by BHP and General Motors. And CAC did not produce Beaufort bombers, that was the Department of Aircraft Production (DAP) that later became the Government Aircraft Factories (GAF). Both companies were built at Fishermans Bend in Melbourne, side by side, actually, so they could share the airstrip at Fishermans Bend (now covered by the Westgate Bridge). I worked at GAF in the late 70s to 1988, and everyone got the two companies mixed up. CAC followed the Mustang with the Avon Sabre and later wings and motors for the Mirage, they built Wirraways and later Winjeel trainers, too. GAF followed the Beaufort with the Beaufighter, Lincoln, Canberra, Mirage bodies and assembly, and lastly Nomad and F/A-18 assembly. GAF also produced Malka anti-tank rockets, Jindivik target drones, and Ikara anti-sub missiles. They are now part of Boeing, Australia.
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  2623. Now I want someone to make the original layout to put in a game, or plastic model or something. I weirdly like 'W' shaped wings. Speaking of which, you mentioned it in the Henley video, can you do a video on the A-31 Vengeance? Or if you want to talk about superb aircraft that were never given the chance to prove their mettle, maybe the TBU/TBY Sea Wolf?
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  2624. If you ever need to refer to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) it can be referred to a 'the ran'. Keep up the good work mate.
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  2625. how the fuck are ya mate.
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  2626. Mr Ed Nash, just thanks for doing this vid! Bonza bloke you are.
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  2627. Is the day you make the boomerang video the same day i will bring out the garbage eventually? đŸ€”đŸ€—đŸ˜œ
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  2628.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I will do, also I hope to start a new contract to buy a copy of your book.
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  2629. This Aussie says, thanks mate.
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  2630. Congrats on 20k Ed! Good content as ever. By the way, I think a collaboration with a certain nautical Youtuber on obscure naval aviation would be very interesting!
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  2631. Many thanks for all this research. A couple of points. CAC = Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation. Also, the Aussie Beauforts (which were built by reverse engineering an example as the promised blueprints hadn't arrived) were built by the Government Aircraft Factories. Regrettably, both companies are now gone and Australia (population 25.8m and 7.7m sq kms) imports aircraft from countries with a competitive advantage in aircraft manufacturing - like Switzerland and Sweden.
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  2632. CAC also made a Wirraway as well, It's very similar to the Boomerang. Great work on the G'day at the beginning, most non Aussies bugger it up.
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  2633. Please do 1 about the Belgian Renard R36 fighter!
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  2634. Very Nice, Brother! Huge Fan of all things WWII! My Pa served 119th/130th RTIC, US Army, PTO... Interceptin an triangulatin location of enemy code...reckon I don't haveta mention how instrumental that was, to us winnin, yes? :-)
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  2635. Saw Thumbnail. Said That’s a Sexy Airplane. Had to Sub. Content is great for those hungry for Aviation information!
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  2636. I come from jamaica so the closest thing to aviation I get is from the commonwealth and britian.
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  2637.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  hahaha! Gee mate that's given me my first laugh for the day! Good on ya😄
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  2638. ​@EdNashsMilitaryMatters >>> A belated MERRY CHRISTMAS to you, Sir. Also: Great video...👍
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  2639. I am the Walrus!!! Co co a choo!
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  2640.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Hmmm, not sure I believe that is true. Pretty sure I've seen their birds titled "Shorts XYZ", but I'll look into it. Thanks.
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  2641. The real reason Shorts went out of business is that Shorts got sued by Disney for stealing their design sketches for Droopy the Dog.
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  2642. Short SB3 walks into a bar. Bartender asks “why the long face”?
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  2643. Hi Ed. I haven't seen this for some time . I needed to be reminded how hideously ugly it was . By Jiminy, it certainly got hit by the ugly stick ! Thanks Ed.
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  2644. I thought this looked like an ugly piece of junk. Then you said "Merlin engines" and I felt like I would fight anyone who called my new friend ugly. Then you said the Merlins got replaced. What an ugly piece of junk.
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  2645.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  awesome!
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  2646. The Gannett was no looker itself, do you think the Navy specified 'must look like a back end of a bus' into its requirements?
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  2647. Morning Ed, I enjoyed your review! and I had a quick look in apple for the book and bought it like you for 99p! thanks for the suggestion.
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  2648. I'll pic up Mosquito. Your book is already in my library.
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  2649. So instead of this being "caused" by Washington, it had been brewing for decades all over? But of course it had zero to do with British foreign policy or corporate greed, it was just those troublesome colonists and that madman, who incidentally made a fool of the British, that caused it all. Interesting perspective And Washington wasn't the first president of the US. But that's a different tale I guess
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  2650. Brilliant recounting, Professor Nash.
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  2651. 16:47 "On the 2nd of January 1756 ..." Oops- 1757
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  2652. Next thursday, the last ever flight of a Swiss Mirage III will take place, in the early afternoon. Takeoff from Payerne, and overflight of Buochs airport. If you're interested look online for more info.
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  2653. Another 'what if?' aircraft. Gloster also designed a single seat fighter that was almost identical to the Japanese Mitsubishi Zero that became another 'what if?' aircraft. I am sure Ed has done a video on it already.
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  2654. I still want to see a collaboration with, or response from, Greg's Airplanes in the Whirlwind engine/ propeller combination.
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  2655. Brilliant Brilliant Video tonight. Always loved this aircraft and a crying shame it wasnt introduced to squadron serviced. Luved it..Very Interesting indeed. Great Stuff.
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  2656. My confidence in my knowledge of 'all things aricraft 1938 - 1946' keeps getting a kick in the đŸ©ł from the most fascinatingly obscure but often wonderful things ........... which Ed keeps digging out of musty archives.
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  2657. I see my glue made an impression. lol ;-)
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  2658. You pronounced "Belyayev" surprisingly close to original)
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  2659. - I dunno, man... Do you even believe it'll fly? - Yes. I Belyaev.
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  2660. Thank you for the End of Ze World clip... I am old...
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  2661.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  >>> You say "Scrambles the brain" like it is a BAD THING...😊
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  2662. Really, you do these with photoshop and alcohol, don't you ? I am well aware that I don't know every aircraft, but you get me on a weekly basis.
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  2663. The Kaiser logo on 1:20 is from a Brazilian brewery !!! I think It was from the 90s
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  2664. lol. Where do you find them? Look at this predecessor of the galaxy transporter shows picture of the acme albatross or something
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  2665. Yeah, Brewster were basically a case study of naked corruption and mismanagement. Great line, Ed... "the only manufacturer who managed to go broke because of the Second World War." 😁
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  2666. Ed, How about a C-74 Globemaster video?
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  2667. Really enjoy the content. Keep up the good work. 👍
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  2668. love that last sound bite. At the very very end. Just ffing excellent, that is.
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  2669. :)
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  2670. It is a good read..... and it matches the channel in quality.
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  2671. But has it got a kettle ?
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  2672. You should do a video on the high altitude Nasa WB-57 that they use for this solar eclipse. Think they used Dragon Lady and many more fkr the scientific side!
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  2673. my father told me shortly before he passed away that he regularly worked on an AVRO 504 N in Egypt in 1947 (CO's hack)in RAF service the airfields name I.ve forgotten but it had 3 small Pyramids on the perimeter, so should be easily identifiable ! as the 504 was designed about late 1911 the gamecock was probably not the oldest in 'active' service :)
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  2674. I keep selecting an “Ed Mix,” burn thru it, and YouTube gives me yet another one! Yay algorithm (and Ed’s prolific work), boo getting anything done.
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  2675. It would be a capture, not a kill. The Soviet aircraft wasn’t destroyed, rather captured and reused. If you look at all the armor in WWII that changed hands, they were usually abandoned vehicles, repurposed by the acquiring armies. But they weren’t kills. Same applies here.
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  2676. I would have used the Star Trek fight music to end the video
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  2677. Do your part to help Ed with the algorithm.
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  2678. Comment comment comment
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  2679. In reply to the questions that you pose in your video, I offer the following: 1. Was the Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland part of World War II? Yes. To me, the operative word in that question is 'WORLD'. It is not the Axis and Allied War. Granted, there could have been totally isolated conflicts between say Peru and Ecuador, but that is not the case here. This conflict was at least indirectly related to the situation between what were to become major WW2 combatants. I would include the Spanish Civil War as part of WW2. It was a proving ground for much that was to follow. 2. Was the Gamecock a fighter? Yes. First, to me, it doesn't matter what the aircraft is called. What matters is the action taking place. In air to air combat, one aircraft is always the aggressor. That air craft, that is functioning as the aggressor, may be considered a fighter. The other aircraft may be also an aggressor (a fighter to fighter dog fight) or a non-aggressor, a defender. The defender may be a bomber, a transport or cargo aircraft, a trainer, a reconnaissance aircraft, etc. It may be able to fight back or not. 3. Does the action is question constitute a 'KILL'? No. To me, 'KILL' as used in your video description implies air-to-air kill. The victim in this case was a ground target. The ground target may be moving, like a truck or a tank, or stationary. When an aircraft is taking off or landing, when does it change from a ground target to an aircraft in flight? When the wheels make contact with or break contact with the ground? I'll leave that question unanswered. In this context, 'KILL' should refer to air to air, 'DESTROYED' should refer to ground targets. Thank you very much for your efforts. May you and yours stay well and prosper.
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  2680. I love these chubby little fighters. Apart from my fetish 😀, strafing an aircraft on the ground without actually destroying it is not a kill in my book. Note: the aircraft was captured pretty much intact. If the Finnish Gamecocks had forced the aircraft to land on that lake, I'd count it as an aerial victory. No flowers this time, sorry Finland. Anyway, who names an aircraft "gamecock" ? That sounds like a pleasure toy for women. Just saying ...
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  2681.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Not at all, it's where the money is.
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  2682. Ed. If RCV's go around killing themselves then l'm all for it ! Hope you're keeping well and the new year fulfils all your wishes. Take care and stay safe.
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  2683. I like you re channel man....every time i thought i had known all ...just another beautiful fighter of the past shows up...
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  2684. So happy to see those planes on Youtube !
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  2685. Aah... That squeaky- clean feel of a freshly educated brain; thank you very much!
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  2686. Nice looking planes though. Good work mate 👍
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  2687. I am amazed at the beauty of these aircraft, and performance on par with war time airframes. Thank you for this vid, it makes you wonder just how far the designs could have been taken and what else this gent could have done.
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  2688. Another fascinating subject!
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  2689. Good comment, spot on.
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  2690. Thanks Ed. This won't be on my " must get" list . But l'm always of the opinion that we should always hear both sides even if we're biassed towards are own . I have too many other things on my plate at present but never say never ! And l definitely know people who would benefit from this read. Thanks Ed.
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  2691. No flight Performance, but still very interesting 😂
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  2692. Haha, approve of the frisky title wholeheartedly.
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  2693. An excellent episode, interesting, informative and enjoyable, I subscribed in appreciation.
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  2694. Book bought and read many months ago! incredible read. I recommended it to many ex mil friends as a companion read to the "Fighting Isis" programme on the telly box at the time. I'm surprised that the US hasnt offered a maintenance contract to the Vietnamese military for their old gear!
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  2695.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Hello again. I'm writing here since I didn't know where else to contact you. Some time ago I've finished your book and I can honestly say that I like it very much. I was actually surprised that you confirmed some of my thoughts on the Syrian "Civil" War (for example what I thought of the Turkish involvement and my opinion on the opposition). I would not expect British person to see it like that. Looking back I should have expected it as someone who was there will certainly have different view on the matter than some bloke watching BBC. There is one thing I cannot stop thinking about though. The book states that volunteer named Marin Gruden who died in the battle of Manbij was from Slovakia. Everywhere I look it states that he was Slovenian. Now were I from somewhere else I would not care for such a thing, but as I live basically next door to one of these countries I'm curious as to which one is correct. Could you tell me? Provided that you know of course. Now I'll cut my longer than expected rambling with these words: Thank you for standing up to those head-cutting arseholes and thank you for sharing this bit of very recent history with other people.
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  2696. Nice one Ed, I think you could do with a brew now lol
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  2697. I think he made a play on words: Euro(pean Union) Fighters, in the sense of EU for the first time supplying fighters (Mig29/Su25) to another country. Similar sounding, but not the same as Eurofighters. He would have written Eurofighters, if he meant the Eurofighter Typhoon.
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  2698.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Oh, now I just realised there was a space between euro and fighter. :) It's curious though, back in the day when F-35 was a concept, one of the ideas was to make it like the F-16 X-plane. It'd be able to be configured to have controls of any NATO fighter. So anyone with experience with an F-15, F-16, F-111 or whatever could pilot the F-35s in a pinch.
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  2699. Thanks Ed.
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  2700.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Russia not able to 'sanitize' the battlefield. In a global info network atmosphere they have lost before they started.
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  2701. Ed, I love your videos but for fuck's sake, get yourself a newer, BETTER microphone. I'm pretty sure you can afford it now...
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  2702. I suspect that, as you mention Ed, Ukrainians airforce was dispersed and is waiting for opportunities to be used. I also suspect that the US supplied some communication systems, maybe down to the division level, and some advisors. USA undoubtedly currently supplies intelligence, from satellites, AWACS and drones. I cannot think that the Ukrainians were completely unprepared and waited complacently for the attack the USA was screaming was coming.
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  2703. Should have two thumbs up. One for you I never heard B54 until 8:09 minutes ago. I do agree the the general, that plane would of be obsolete within a year. I like the peace maker better. Two for Boeing handing you everything about the B-54 thumbs up for them. Boeing made B-52.
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  2704. Back in the early 90s, a business trip had me near Dayton, Ohio. During some spare time, I visited the Air Force Museum, there, and just shot past planes like the sole surviving XB70, and straight to their B36. That was top priority of exhibits to see ! All the other aircraft were just garnish & gravy.
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  2705. second
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  2706. Learning opportunity: No apostrophe after Fury - if it's (short for It is, hence the apostrophe) a plural just add the s. Don't (short for Do not, hence the apostrophe) you know apostrophes are heavy? It's a fighter and doesn't (does not) need the extra wieght. Understand now? You use an apostrophe if you are (you're) excluding a letter or if you're describing something that belongs to someone or some thing - Ed's spelling is quite good except for the use of apostrophes. The aircraft's wieght is not (isn't) improved by the use of unneccessary apostrophes. It really isn't that hard.
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  2707. - L I T E R A L L Y - I N C H E S - F R O M - Y O U R - B A C K -
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  2708. you need a laugh button. This is great. Thanks,
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  2709.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  We may have to disagree on this. The SPAD was effectively braced as a single-bay biplane but the landing and flying wires were each in two lengths and were bolted between cabane and fuselage and the mid-wing struts on the inboard runs, and then the mid-wing struts and outboard struts. The mid-wing struts, although of reduced chord, were indeed fully functional as support struts and provided a double bay regardless of the unconventional rigging. Not sure where you got the bit about the mid-wing struts acting as a 'sheath' for bracing cables but no bracing cables passed inside them.
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  2710.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Otoh, both should be possible when the 88 is used in Pre-planned mode.
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  2711.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  OK! News to me :)
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  2712. Good vid Ed.
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  2713. Sooner it end’s the better. Good episode Ed. Well done
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  2714. Cheers edd nash that was fokking great .
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  2715. Great essay! Very enjoyable. I remember the kerfuffle in the papers of the times: nice to hear the background to the story.
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  2716. Great video
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  2717. GR8 vid! Many thanx Ed. 👍👍
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  2718. Thank you for the video. I, also, am doubtful that it will settle many, if any, debates.
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  2719. Brilliant video made better as ever by you humour! Well done sir!!
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  2720. I was acquainted with Adolf Galland, in conversations with him, he stated that the Do-335 would do 811 Kph. TAS at 8000 meters. Understanding that this is only an anecdote, take it for what it is worth.
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  2721. Well, this super-fast piston-powered Dornier aircraft (no, not the one you're thinking of) was an extreme high-altitude bomber/reconnaissance platform rather than a fighter, but it was armed and did pass through the prototype stage with extensive testing that resulted in three preproduction aircraft-- although plans for quantity production failed to materialize. The Dornier Do 217 P (that's right, the f**king Flying Pencil) was torching all the competition as early as 1942 with a max speed of 488 mph up at an impressive 46,000 ft! Look it up :D
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  2722. You forgot the P-47N which had the modifications of the M model to the engine, redesigned wing which was just as fast and could outrange the P-51 and also saw combat in the pacific.
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  2723. Last minute? Is it Christmas eve already? (looks to check calendar on laptop)
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  2724. Cheers Ed, wallet's crying now.
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  2725. I’m still awaiting my copy in the USA! Thanks for this.
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  2726.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  No problem mate! Keep up the good work, your channel is proof that you don't need CGI animations and months of waiting to get your point across, just a calm voice narrating with a few historical images does the trick just fine!
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  2727.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  It is the same microphone?!?! Then there is most certainly something VERY wrong with it! I work with music and audio and honestly, it sounds like the upper 10 thousand Hz of your voice frequency had been simply cut off. Most likely guess would be that something internally broke inside of it and is causing issues, because I remember it went from a realtively respectful clean sound to a cheap dollar store mobile phone microphone. Maybe I'm the first to notice it, but it has been bothering me a bit and I finally know why. When you can spare a few, I'd love it when you'd get a fresh new one. Up until then, I'll manage hearing you like this, for I still have to have my dose of your videos when they come out regardless of your technology!
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  2728. Also Pima Air Museum...just south of Phoenix.
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  2729. A nice summary of the little known B-10 with great visuals. The RAF was still firmly in the biplane era! I would take isssue with you though on the opening statement, that the advent of the atomic bomb finally fulfilled the prediction that 'the bomber will always get through'. That was the result of years of effort against Japanese resources, industrial capability and sustained attrition of military capability and logistics, leading to local air supremacy. The weapon the USAF then delivered was not related to this process.
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  2730. haha the plane from Indiana jones?
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  2731. They got the nomenclature all wrong on this. Instead of it being the Cyclone C.714, it should have simply been called the Cyrano de Bergerac.
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  2732. Take a look at the quite similar Latvian VEF Irbitis I-16.
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  2733. Honestly Ed. We don't care . More of the same is fine by us ! Thankyou .
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  2734. Ed, Your rapid success is well deserved. You bring fresh topics that are not found elsewhere on this platform. Your research and presentation style are clear, informative, entertaining, and delivered so naturally that the mind easily absorbs the presentation. You have a talent for this my friend.
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  2735. Nice! Congrats bro 😎
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  2736. Dont forget we (bangladesi ) host over 1 million rohinga refuge in our land...
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  2737. Thanks Ed! It's great to find someone who's willing to speak of the corruption of all major power and is not just highlighting which is certainly the position of all major news outlets. I've just subbed to your channel. Great stuff! đŸ™ŒđŸ»đŸ™ Another shocker is the US arming the Saudis for their war in Yemen. Cheers Ed! Keep up the good work! đŸ”„
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  2738. Great that you're informing the public on this I'd never even heard of this. And your take is very well put.
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  2739. I was gonna make a request. But then I got to thinking about your likely response. You'd probably say "that's been done to death 100x already". True but it's never been done by Ed Nash so it's not definitively "done". What was the request? Oh yeah: a series on the century series fighters and the leading design lights behind them.
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  2740.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  it is insulting and I thank you for not using the soccer war title as click bait. Your video is informative and very precise with no need to trick people in to see it. Thank you very much.
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  2741. 2:00 Yes. you butchered those little town's names.🙂 Not a problem. Don't feel bad. I can't say Worcestershire with a straight face. đŸ€· Fun and engaging content.
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  2742.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  one day soon, one hopes!
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  2743. Great content Ed. And yes the reason a war begins is not the reason why it started ! Thanks Ed.
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  2744. Excellent info on a little known piece of history. Thanks!
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  2745.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Thank-you Ed. Your videos are thoroughly researched and very interesting. All the best.
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  2746. NACA "Nack-Ah" No. NACA "En-Aye-See-Aye"
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  2747. It belongs in a museum, instead it's in a warehouse next to a crate marked "Do not open under pain of face melting"
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  2748. I will keep an eye out for tech drawings of this aircraft with SIXTEEN .50 cal. Vibration? ammo storage? Hard to imagine.
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  2749. The fuselage is at NMUSAF, along with the XB-42, but the wings are, well, missing.
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  2750. If you want details on the subject, you can see the P47 series on Greg's Airplane and Automotive - there's videos on the compressibility issues and also deeper dives into the P51's laminar flow wing design - he covers airplanes and flying deeper than just about anybody in a manner that makes it easy/possible to understand for just about anyone.. Ed's channel covers a lot wider range of military matters and is just fantastic; in a funny way they complement each other for anyone who's interested in airplanes, especially WWII - but also in general..
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  2751. This Channel is just superlative ! Awesome content and narration ! Kick ass commentary Ed Nash ! (that's a positive thing Ed, from us here in America ) Kick Ass means you rock, are awesome, or otherwise are making us twinge with your latest winge !
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  2752. 1000lbs is ~450kg. Unless you're meaning 300kg, equivalent in lbs...
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  2753. lets go people, need this channel to have like 800k subs so we can work Ed to death with a billion vidoes! Love this channel
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  2754. Excellent Video - not just opinions like most Military You-Tube pseudo-historical videos' - but actual history !
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  2755. Really interesting! Did not know this. We’ll-researched as always. Thank you.👍
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  2756. This makes me think of the work of Fairbairn & Sykes who used steel armor in Hong Kong and their famous knife and fighting style 
 not exactly saving lives though ..!
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  2757. British Army veteran operation Banner this video is very interesting thank you
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  2758. April 1 is early.. oh.. no no no no no.
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  2759. Pedant mode on: Technically, not an artillery shell, but rather (as you said) a 6-pdr (57mm) armour-piercing shell. Although in fairness they were mostly operated by the Royal Artillery in British service. Pedant mode off.
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  2760. accurate summary, especially Russia's position
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  2761.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  No worries m8, I just noticed several comments on the flight characteristics in the comment section. Great stuff going on your channel, keep those vids coming! 👍
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  2762.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Its was quite the little seremony when it roled out of the hanger a few months ago. sorry the below video about the project is in dutch but you can see the aircraft as it stands now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOsPU8YUTdk
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  2763.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  RC models are basicly scaled down version , it doesnt alter flight characterstics. there is some footage of the aircraft doing loops and they are not unsimular Also glad to inform that the Fokker D21 restauration is nearing completion sadly covid kept from sertifying the aircraft.
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  2764. Ed , hello they detained because of wid . Mate it was 1 ton and a half . Because that they got arrested . Peace
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  2765. i have been studying Hmawbi airbase and the most likely location of the aircraft is this: 17.121434485057005, 96.08200000852086, comparing the pics of the new Yak-130s in the hanger by Russian State media, i am confident that those hangars are the location where the aircraft were parked at. Plus the hangars are quite close the entrance and perimeter fence so breaking the fence might have been easy.
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  2766. Here is allegedly leaked audio post attack of an official asking about the damage of the aircraft to airbase crews.I can barely make-out what the guys on the other side but number 1802 was damaged and and there was damage do the "Propulsion unit" and "fairing" . If this is true, that means the aircraft is realistically done for since Myanmar does not have capability to repair propulsion units. Best to check if there are any visits by Russian Mechanics in the future or any shipments into the airbase. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AK9QbMs9No
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  2767. Not going to fall for this! I'm still disappointed over the F19 vs crushing reality that is the F117.
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  2768. Corrected link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Implacable_(1805)
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  2769.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  hahaha while you're at it, look for my keys will you
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  2770. @Ed Nash's Military Matters  Not a criticism. Your pronunciation was OK and you had a go. Your videos are excellent. Welsh pronunciation is straightforward when you know the rules, but that's the challenge!
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  2771. Is it just me that is intrigued by the shadow at 4:48 and wonders that the voice that is Ed might not after all belong to a disembodied spirit steeped in military history? 😜 Utmost respect and reverence for the poor souls lost - avid watcher of your channel Ed 👍 Greetings from Australia 🇩đŸ‡ș
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  2772.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  WELL I was going to suggest it sounded like this one might be his penultimate one the way Ed was gasping on the steeper climb. Sounded like a leaky steam engine. Nearly as knackered as I am. At least Grenada's at Sea Level Ed 🙄
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  2773.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I get that out of breath crossing the road.
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  2774. I was about to make a joke saying he was out of shape, but who I'm kidding? I'm so bad right now that I probably wouldn't make that far...
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  2775. Love you videos! Thank you.
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  2776. Love this website so many planes that you see as a kid in a book with very little real story..well done
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  2777. Anyone seeking more info on the G.59 should check out the book by Nicola Malizia entitled "Fiat G.59" published by IBN Editore. It's got everything and more on the history of the type. Thanks for another great video Ed! Cheers!
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  2778.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I was in the Marines Aviation F-4 phantoms 
 we went for a med cruise 81 during the gulf of Sidrah incident 
we ended up going to the sea of Murmansk 100 miles from Russia
 NATO operation Joint Friendship 
 we got to tell the Admiral Kherov Missile Cruiser to 
 well you know 
 Cheers
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  2779. How the crap do you only have 68k subscribers I watch your vids as much as any of the others. Keep up the good work
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  2780. A gif of Eddy Wally, probably randomly chosen but what a treat for your Flemish audience! Wauw, Geweldig!
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  2781. Nice work, Ed.... here's to the next 50k 😎👍
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  2782. Glad to be among the 50k! Keep up the great videos and can’t wait to see you make 1 million
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  2783. Ed you could do a vid on the history of the 50 cent rubberband balsa plane and we'd eat it up....congrats on 50k!
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  2784. Ed, you're the 'bomb' . . . . . . blasting us away with more previously unknown knowledge . . . . I am forever grateful . . . . . thank you!
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  2785. well that's easy enough. fell asleep watching another channel. woke up: what's this? ok. subscribe! :-)
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  2786. Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
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  2787. dropped the like, left a comment... a happy tube of you algo-guy is a generous algo-guy
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  2788. Nice one Ed. Brilliant stuff as usual. Love the joke,nearly spilt my coffee!!!
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  2789. Sorry l am late on this one....l missed it some how....Thanks Mr. Ed Nash....ShoeđŸ‡ș🇾
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  2790. I hate to give a thumbs up - this is terrible - I trained on B-52's - tho' I went to MAC, not SAC ...
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  2791.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  just came across your channel today, very good stuff. +1 subscriber
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  2792. Hey! You've been doing a lot of aircraft why not branch out a bit? Yugoslavia had an interesting tank force with some very mixed units. They also tried to copy and improve the Russian T-34 (Vozilo A) to little success. The M320 tank project which was a mix of western and Eastern technologies and would also make another good video. Cheers for the videos.
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  2793.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I agree completely , so much out there on the big name planes .. love the more obscure ones .. love the channel too , thanks
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  2794. Oh, and also DaVinci Resolve is a great free editing software if you are still using microsoft movie maker and want something with more features.
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  2795. This is nothing but a Plug for "Les chevaliers du ciel"... cheeky! :P
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  2796.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  It`s somewhat a funny coincidence, but a few hours before I watched your video, I saw one about the arabic military, that also dared to cover some of that deal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOUTu30SYsI It`s only briefly mentioned, but obvious enough, to sow off the amount of bribary that was going on in that deal.
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  2797. 3:28 Awww that was rad as all hell!!! =)
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  2798. As a longtime resident of Canada, I'd heard a lot about this particular exercise in "backwards thinking," and even picked up a few additional bits of information. Some of the work on this aircraft was performed in CC&F's facility in Ottawa. It was located at the intersection of what was then Wellington Street East (now Albert) and Preston Street, near the old Bayview trainyards (now an LRT station). After this fiasco, they built components for Hurricanes and Lancaster bombers, then became an O'Keefe's beer brewery after the war. It was finally demolished in the 1970's, after sitting empty for many years. By the way, our current flag was only adopted in 1965. Prior to that, we had no "official" national flag, but the Canadian Red Ensign was the most commonly used flag back then.😉
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  2799. Story well-told! I got a kick from how you built up to the revelation that Gregor had designed it as a biplane.
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  2800. Hi Ed. Another piece of information that l was ignorant of. There's no doubt that with the continued Pandemic taking huge amounts of air time there are super powers using it to their advantage . The Chinese and Russian are certainly becoming very "chummy" and seem to have the same goals.......very worrying indeed ! Alas , it seems that the late, lamented, H.R.H. The Prince Philip who made a passionate speech at the U.N. (?) in the 1950's declaring the world should cooperate for peace and harmony , probably knew in his heart that it was a speech of passion , not progress. Thanks Ed.
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  2801. According to the PDF fighter that were there when it happened, fhey sneaked up to where the heli landed and shot at it while it was taking off. It hit the Mi-17 in the engine and took it down. There is no photo of it yet but it has been confirmed by locals of that town that saw it happen.
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  2802. Great video! I have never heard of this aircraft. KLF 255...
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  2803. Thanks from France ! This plane comes from Le fanatique de l'aviation first april subject !
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  2804. I'm currently watching this on July 28th, year not important, and had no idea this was a joke until you mentioned the date.
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  2805. I remember that the following year the Fana published a collection of even madder prototypes but each of them was TRUE.
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  2806. Can't believe how few people have commented on Major Spaßen - an apt name for what is clearly a big joke...
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  2807. Nice leg pull. However, there was the Bachem Ba 349 Natter, which at least had one almost successful test flight
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  2808. You got me there! I was thinking all te way through, how the hell does it land if there is no runway?
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  2809. whoa just noticed you are up to 30K Ed congrats
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  2810. Shoulder wing ? And an eighteen valve sleeve cylinder engine shurley shome mishtake
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  2811. This is all wrong. Here's what really happened. One day, someone looked at the GAU-8 and said "I wonder if we can make that fly..." Then the A10 was born. That's the whole story. ;)
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  2812.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I'm not nit-picking - just a fanboy who feels that his (alter ego's) steed got left out!
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  2813. We should have gone with the A-11. See, when you are already at 10, and you need that extra punch, well you A-11.
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  2814. The YA designation was originally developed in Newcastle man
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  2815. ​@EdNashsMilitaryMatters >>> 👍👍
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  2816.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Thank you. ☟
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  2817. At last, someone who can deliver an interesting and informative narrative. Excellent narrative with clear diction, way above the standards of many videos. Well done Ed.
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  2818. iirc, while the Swordfish outlived the Albacore in Britain, the latter actually outlived its predecessor because it was used by the Canadians several years longer. Which makes sense - heated enclosed cockpit is a big deal in the cold north.
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  2819. I don't want to be "that guy" but.... It is Hispano-Suiza, there is an "I" in Suiza, not suza. You know... Lik in Switzerland...
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  2820. Hispano Suusie engine: Suiza, pronounced sueesa. Greetings from Susie, aka Switzerland.
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  2821. Boy, you sure said everything that needed to be said, about Czechoslovakia in your intro. A small country which established not just industries, but premier industries, many of which continue to this day. I am saying that as a son of Hungarian immigrants in Australia. Keep me informed, in my woeful ignorance, please.
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  2822. Thanks Ed.....ShoeđŸ‡ș🇾
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  2823. Surely as Americans the Wright brothers were armed at all times making the first plane the first fighter plane
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  2824. The Heinrich Pursuit is a great looking airplane.
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  2825. While going thru your list of rotor designs, you missed my personal favorite. The Kaman HH-43 Huskie. Intermeshing rotors. Kaman is still in business, and building choppers. Their current gorgeous baby is called the K-Max.
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  2826. Mike Lombardi's the best!
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  2827. 32670c, Avionics test equipment for F4's for 8 years here. Got 4 hrs of backseat time too. Love the F4.
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  2828. Wow this is incredible! I work at an aviation history museum (albeit a quite flawed one) and I read or watch about aviation history all day and night and I’ve never heard of or seen a lick of this. Thanks for the upload
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  2829. ​@EdNashsMilitaryMatters >>> You may have used this book as a reference for this video, but if not, see: "GENIUS AT WORK / Images of Alexander Graham Bell", by Dorothy Harley Eber, ©1982.
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  2830. I really enjoy your little inserts of pics to go along with your jokes. That Brit sense of humor!
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  2831. Cool!! Another video from Ed!
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  2832. When you listed icons of British style, you forgot the Jaguar type E, and the Webley MkVI!😊
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  2833. A heavily armed kite, with a sofa. Absolutely brilliant. Also Pemberton Billing owned a newspaper that was filled with crazy conspiracy theories but successfully won a libel action by simply lying really well. Strange times.
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  2834. So, apparently a wild idea escaped from the mind of "Bloody Stupid" Johnson on Discworld...?
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  2835. Mitchell had to cut his teeth on something. I remember my first attempt at a wooden table at school. Don't leave it next to a heater for a week to dry the wood out.
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  2836. Myanmar has hope. Defections are rising and EAOs are uniting.
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  2837. You can see just how effective the Tatmadaw is at hiding their atrocities from the Burmese public by seeing their posts before and after the Coup. Back then, it seemed like vast majority of the Burmese people strongly supported the actions of the military against the Rohingya. And after the coup, it became the opposite.
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  2838. Hi Ed! I've been watching ur channel for almost a year now and just wanted to thank you for creating such content. Its almost impossible to find reliable info of the conflict in the western world and this is a refreshing change.
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  2839. Excellent Video Ed!
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  2840. How about a video about these UAVs and their history?Have a good one Mr.Ed.
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  2841. Ed, you need a follow-up vudeo on this saga. The contract to sell Danish F-16 to Argentina was finally signed some weeks ago. 😊
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  2842. Just a follow up on the video. It was confirmed earlier today that Denmark and Norway were finishing some details in their contracts to finish the deal and sell 24 f16s (Denmark) and 4 P-3 for (Norway) for 360M usd, plus some help from the US Govt yo pay for them. Argentina has told the russian govt. we will not be sending soldiers for training excercises. I think it is a pretty good deal for Argentina, the US, the danish and norweigian as well. They get to replace their assets and USA sells them their new equiptment as the russian threat to Nato nations is quite real.
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  2843. I'm no expert but it has come to my attention that this aircraft was never actually called 'Demon' The allegation is that this aircraft is called demonstrator and that this title was usually shortened to demon. As in demon-dot.
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  2844. It's quite comforting listening to a southerner (yeah, south east, I know!) try to enunciate properly.
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  2845. A like and comment to feed the algorithm
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  2846. Another great find from a great era in aircraft development that I didn't know about. Thx. and keep it up âœŒïžđŸ‘
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  2847. Thanks for the info never heard of this plane until I played War Thunder and info was limited.
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  2848. Took me watching almost whole vid to get joke in title 😂
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  2849. Been watching quite a few of your videos without realising I wasn’t subscribed. Corrected. ✔
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  2850. great story!, bought the book - thanks.
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  2851. Hey Ed, It's Documentaries Like This Is Why I'm A Subscriber. I Wonder If Johnen's Book Is As Good As 'Night Fighter' By Rawnsley &/Or 'Night Fighter' By J.R.D. Braham? Thanks.
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  2852. Good oooollll
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  2853. Thanks, Ed.
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  2854. Thanks for following up ... lol
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  2855. On behalf of other Ukrainians. We thank you all for support and above most for your guns. We fight for our home. Civilians are helping with what they can. Moral is high as of 28th of Feb. There much more volunteers than there are guns to arm them. Even though I am a civilian, I would pick up arms (if there will be any left) if or when they will move towards my beloved city of Vinnitsa.
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  2856.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I wouldn't go so far as to say they're paid by the Kremlin (probably..) but they're so far gone in anti-NATO beliefs that they can't see the wood from the trees. To be fair, one from Ireland in the EP Left Group seems to be sensible and has thrown his support behind sanctions at least, but many others are just doubling down, sad to say.
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  2857. Russian bots in comments are so angry. It's funny to see them angry because they started to believe in stupid propaganda they were spreading. ХлаĐČĐ° ĐŁĐșŃ€Đ°Ń—ĐœŃ–! Đ“Đ”Ń€ĐŸŃĐŒ слаĐČĐ°!
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  2858. Long live Ukraine! Donation made to the Ukraine Red Cross appeal
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  2859. Thank you for this timely video Ed. A couple more donations are on their way to help the brave people of Ukraine. Though they may not realise, it feels like they are now fighting for all the people of Europe. Glory to Ukraine! This will be their finest hour.
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  2860. Thanks. No way I would have heard that story without you being one of my channels, truly appreciate the effort you put into your videos.
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  2861. Like number 100 over here :D Another great video Ed!
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  2862. I'm getting to the end of your video library now. I pulled this one up, only to realize once I'd started that I'd already seen it. But the video is so good I watched it again. All of these videos avoid the common mistakes I run into in Youtube Aviation content, they're not snarky and conceited, they're not running with the hype meter pegged into doomsday overdrive, they're highly accurate, and they don't have that grandiose 'I love to hear myself talk' quality that I find so off-putting on other channels. Also, generally, what we see is what you're talking about, and if it isn't, you're careful to note that. I have to conclude that you've had formal training in history, or writing, or both. Well done.
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  2863. Argentina had a role. The Fellowship of the Bellows, an Argentine fund raising organization, raised money to build a considerable minority of the Whirlwinds and one of the Whirlwind squadrons was named "Anglo-Argentine".
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  2864. Slight quibble. It would be far more accurate to match the Camel against the Albatross D III / D V. Fokker DR1 was never produced nor fielded in very large numbers. The DR 1 is really only famous because Richthofen was flying one when he was killed. the CamelDR 1 rivalry was created by propagandists as 2 Camel pilots were involved in his last battle (although Richthofen was shot down by ground fire).
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  2865. MAZEL TOV!! Congrats on 100k, your content is amazing and may you have many more good years to come!!!
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  2866. Congrats from Emutopia Ed! 🎉 Quite the list too. As ex-logistics, you'd make a perfectly crap Elbonian Defence Minister, if that helps. 🇩đŸ‡ș,
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  2867. Congratulations on earning yer Silver Play Button! I enjoy yer videos immensely.
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  2868. The Dutch Navy would, with hindsight, gladly sell their Martin PBM Mariner to the Elbonian Airforce in the ASW/maritime role. Look how big It is!
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  2869. Having worked on an actual O-47 at the Planes of Fame museum in Chino, CA, and having nearly two decades on hand as an A&P, I can attest it is the perfect choice as a spotter/observer aircraft. This thing pretty much sucks in every way, shape, and form.
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  2870. LOL Are you sure you're not a British public servant, working to dstroy Britain ? x
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  2871. congrats on the 100k...got your plastic play-button trophy yet?
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  2872. ASW: How about the Kyushu Q1W1? Topping out at 200 mph with only a single 7.7mm MG for defense, and carrying only 2 depth charges for offense, it's not much of a combat plane. A range of under 750 nautical miles should limit its ASW potential fairly well. And being Japanese ought to throw another wrench in the logistics machinery. Selling points: it's new (in service Jan 45), it's not a biplane, it looks modern, and it has radar and MAD. With over 150 built and not intended to fight anything other than submarines, after just 9 months of war service, there were bound to be enough survivors to make a squadron or two.
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  2873. I feel you've made a practical error. If an aircraft went out of service in '44, it would have been mothballed and sold off to the first mug.. I mean nation, that came along..
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  2874. Congratulations Ed I've been a large, air moving device of yours for years đŸȘ­
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  2875. Congrats on the 100K subscribers Ed, well deserved IMO. You have one of the best Military channels on Youtube as far as I am concerned.
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  2876. Huge congratulations to one of my favorite YouTubers!
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  2877. It doesn't matter what planes Elbonia gets. They don't have any runways and they'd all get bogged down the mud anyway.
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  2878. congrats!
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  2879. "I hope he recommends the Myrsky" ... 5 seconds later, there it is 😂
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  2880. Wasn't torpedo bombering as a concept dead by the end of WW2? I thought the whole idea was seen as to vulnerable. Avengers were used world-wide after the war but mainly in other roles iirc. Your problem here is that most crates that can lug a torpedo into the air and carry it over distances useful in maritime warfare are almost automatically useful as multi role aircraft. Although the Barracuda is an inspired choice.
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  2881. I like the idea of a Swiss CAS aircraft. Sell it as a "neutral" option so that the government doesn't have to worry about how to balance the East-West political influence.
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  2882. Just remembered to like and subscribe. Cheers!
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  2883. I hope, for the sake of your nefarious Elbonian procurement alter-ego, that the Elbonian pilots and ground crews aren't as devoted to their tasks and resilient as the Fins. If they are you could give them geriatric camels with glued on wings and they'd make a decent go of it. (talking about the large mammal, not the WW1 plane when I refer to a camel) Well done with the 100K subs, you deserve many more.
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  2884. May I suggest another outlier (that most people don't even know about). Fighter (/ground attack aircraft). First flight '43 -and it was even (one of only 2 a.c. that was successfully converted into a jet) ! So you can say: Lookit ! New design from the industrious Swedes 🇾đŸ‡Ș -and they even have plans to turn it into a jet (you know, -that newfangled propulsion that everybody's talking about) ! SAAB 21 (And later 21-R (R for Reaktionsmotor. Swedish for Jet).
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  2885. Great story. Happy Christmas, Ed
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  2886. You and @forgottenweapons should collab.
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  2887. Well deserved! Quality content. Happy Christmas!
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  2888. Congratulations on 100K!
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  2889. Frank for Fighter 😂 The Nakajima Ki-84 was terrific over the Philippines, wrestling air superiority with the USAAF & USN. It was fast, agile, hard hitting, and many examples can be had.. Great selling points. BUT, by the end of war, 1) build quality suffered, 2) wood and steel material substitution subtracted from performance 3) landing gear failures 4) the engine was a maintenance hog plus hampered further by build quality Therefore, terrific provenance and easy sell while gutted by quality and operational availability.
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  2890. He he, boi😁 Congrats, man. You've earned it and deserve a few k's more.
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  2891. Who would have thought One Day Like This would come.
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  2892. Well done Ed! Always interesting, Always fun👍
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  2893. A Walther rocket powered Slingsby T31 Glider, with the front cockpit faired over and 4x 20mm Hispano cannons in the nose flown by mental air cadets as their point defence/last ditch fighter.
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  2894. Congratulations! I've been here since the nearly the beginning and I've always found your work interesting and entertaining.
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  2895. Yeah, it is gorgeous.. :) I have alot of sources in Swedish, books and sites.. if I can help..? (Lansen and Draken) While the SH and later AJSH 37 could carry RB 04E and RB 15F respectively, its main purpose - in peace and war, was as a maritime patrol or sea suirvaillance.. To map the targets for the AJ squadrons. The JA 37 could carry the m/70B rocket pods but no dumb bombs at all. Yeah the Indian order was for the AJ. But SAAB did, and could tailor aircraft for the customer and that variant could have been a mix of the two. Just look at the Danish Drakens. Good video though!
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  2896. Is it tough? It’s canard!! (Ok ok I’m going
)
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  2897. Actually know the Guy that has the most hours in the 37 viggen:)
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  2898. "Penrose, flying the Welkin" has got to be one of the most ENGLISH collections of words ever.
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  2899. Another fascinating video Ed!
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  2900. It's an idea that keeps coming up, and getting shot down. The problem with such aircraft is that they have very low survivability against an enemy with any meaningful air defense capability. If you are doing COIN against goat herding insurgents they can be effective and economical, but not in operations against a properly equipped enemy force. The USAF learned this as far back as Vietnam. They had low and slow prop planes that could spot the enemy and deliver ordnance accurately, but they had to withdraw them from higher threat areas as the enemy air defense capabilities continued to increase. In these areas they replaced aircraft like the A-1 and the O-2 with fast movers in both the CAS and FAC roles. The SEA environment was relative begin in comparison with today's air defense systems. So yeah, USAF considered the likes of Tucano or OV-10 for the new Afghan or Iraqi air force, but not for USAF itself.
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  2901.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  yep it looked a beast 3245 hp about 2 and a half times more power that a merlin powered P-51.
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  2902.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I forgot to mention jet noise can end an engagment by itself. (and 500kg of freedom can have an affect on moral). good work on the channel.
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  2903.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  l shudder to think what it takes to keep a Merlin running !
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  2904.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I believe that the A36 was specifically built as a dive bomber variant and ... I know what you mean about adding items to a list! 😀
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  2905. 4:18 - why can't British people ever pronounce the name Chinook correctly? It's pronounced "shinook". Not CHIN-ook. The Chinook are a North American indigenous people. And Indian tribe. Real people - real name. It's like us saying "Shinese" instead of Chinese. You'd think that they'd get that right after the helicopter being in production for over fifty years.
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  2906. This is probably the best podcast I've heard on the topic. More please.
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  2907. Hi Ed, That was really interesting, can we have more like this please? I'm sure I saw your name pop up in the side chat on hypohystericalhistory latest 2 hr + video, If I was wrong apologies. Cheers from NZ
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  2908. You're no fun. We can't speculate on the Kerch bridge but Putain's future is ok? I would like to hear an analysis of the truck explosion. Specifically what appears to be many smaller explosions after one large one. Do you know an explosives expert to interview? It seems like a cheaper false flag action could be staged than damaging a major supply line. Redarding those leaving the country, it seems that they are the ones with the money to do so. They're not as likely to drafted, which Putain has avoided, and wont have a major effect on filling quotas but they're more urban elites, a brain drain on Russia's future. Like Lenin in Switzerland they might be involved in a later regime change. Overall a good interview.
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  2909. Parasol wings
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  2910. another fascinating video :D
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  2911. Wonderful Video. Thanks
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  2912. Ahhhh yes, the memefire mark I, mark III, mark Vb and mark IX (kind of a shame that they didn't experiment with griffon spitfires). Can't wait untill it's suggested to developers of Warthunder. Would be wonderful to see them in that thing to make japaneese and german float fighters with their superior speed. Wonderfull episode Ed!
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  2913. I wonder which model company will get the licence to make miniatures of it first . . .
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  2914. Thanks for linking this with your other video about the Vickers Windsor. Great videos to watch together!
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  2915. I'm going to have to quit watching these episodes if you are going to continue to use bad language. TWICE in this episode alone, you said the very bad word of, "SCRAPPED". This is absolutely the worst thing that could be said of ANY aircraft, let alone one that is irreplaceable, like the Vickers Valiant Mk2B, (Low Altitude Penetration Pathfinder Variant), and the fleet of then "in-service" bombers, tankers, photo platforms, etc. Not one example was kept of either. It's a real shame to those of later generations who have not had the opportunity to see such aircraft, even if only in museums. I, personally, believe that all museum aircraft should be ABLE to fly, but not actually fly, as, all too often, the sole survivor of a rare aircraft is lost in a flying accident, usually killing its pilot as well. One that comes to mind was the beautifully done, multi-year full restoration of a Northrop flying wing bomber, quarter-scale flight test aircraft, (of which four were made - this being the last available), and then showing off for the crowds of people. Even though it was "restored" most of its structure was still from the 1940's and it broke apart in mid-air, killing its pilot. It should have been restored and then left on static display. That way, thousands, if not more, could have seen it in all of its glory. Now, there is nothing to see, and a life was lost. What are your thoughts?
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  2916. 9:50 Air Ministry back then: Oh cock.
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  2917. First?
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  2918. A/CH-47, i name it the "Fierce Hotdog"
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  2919. This is the most informative vid on the Guns A Go-Go ever. Well researched and without footage of other birds. I enjoyed it very much, Ed.
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  2920. Aside, it is a tiny bit disappointing that the NATO naming scheme uses two syllables for jet aircraft, otherwise the An-72 could have been called Copy.
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  2921. The YC-14 is like: Do you even lift, bro?
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  2922.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Awesome! I really want to listen to more of your stuff. It’s genuinely interesting. I’ve spent time in radio and voice-work, though, and that sort of production glitch bugs me more than it would the average listener. Thanks very much.
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  2923.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters : I didn’t notice a thing, Ed but well done for responding to member’s comments.
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  2924. One can only imagine how this plane would fair today, with modern avionics, upgraded engines like an RM12 , and weapon systems. This plane would still be amazing. It is said the F 20 Tiger-shark was the inspiration for the JAS 39 Gripen.
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  2925.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Thanks mate. I couldn't remember if it was multi service or just Navy.. I know it kinda became the SEALs, but that's as far as my knowledge goes in the Vietnam era lol
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  2926. Excellent presentation, just subscribed to your channel.
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  2927. Hey Ed............. You mentioned somewhere along the line that suggestions for obscure & curious aeroplanes were always welcome. Weellllllllll, The Westland Wyvern must have been a pretty horrible thing to fly too but .............. acquired one very unique reputation on 13 October 1954 When Lt. B. D. Macfarlane successfully ejected from a Wyvern. Which was by that time under water after his aircraft had ditched on launch and been cut in two by the launching carrier HMS Albion. [According to Wikipedia anyway]
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  2928.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  (Tongue-In-Cheek) LOL! The only ex-marines were thrown out. I don't know where this crayon eating nonsense came from; it wasn't around when I was in, '94-'98. I think the army made it up because we're better than them in every way. Thanks for the recommendation, though. keep up the good and interesting work! I hope you have a nice day! ;-)
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  2929. The accolades of a company-employed chief-test-pilot who's job it is to "make the plane look good" to those with the money to purchase it; sure... sure you can trust what he has to say about it! BTW just found your channel today. Can't say how impressed I am with the wealth of info about obscure aircraft. You've found your niche. Now more people need to find you.
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  2930. these vids are great.
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  2931.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  thanks ed, great points!
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  2932. Gotta be honest with you, Ed. I started watching your channel for a very simple and silly reason: you sound like a rock star. Specifically, the distinctive accent and vocal qualities of the bass player for the renowned UK prog rock group Yes. I had the uncanny sensation that I was listening to a rendition of aviation history by the great Chris Squire, and this after his passing several years ago, which left a great hole in the heart of Yes fans world wide. But I quickly picked up on the sense that not only are your pieces highly accurate and well-written, they're also thoughtful and well-above-average nuanced. This piece proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that you've really got a solid perspective behind your writing and your videos. I'm going to search out this doc, because I want to see it. Keep up the great work.
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  2933. One interesting point of the one or two P-40Qs (-3 and -4) that used of the wings off the XP-46 which as you said were not laminar flow, is that the airfoil used for the XP-46 was NACA series airfoil 23000, 23016.5 at the root and 23009 at the tip. The original P-40 used the identical airfoil to the DC-2, 2215 at the root and 2009 at the tip and almost a DC-3 airfoil which was 2215, 2206. As to the XP-46, the 23000 series airfoil was used on the Beech Staggerwing, D-18 series, Bonanza models 33, 35 and 36, Twin Bonanzas, Travel Airs and all Barons, Queen Airs and King Airs. Also don't forget that Douglas used the NACA 23000 series in the DC-4,6 and 7 series aircraft as well. and used a similar 23000 series on the A-20 and DC-5. The 23000 series airfoil makes one terrific handling wing.
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  2934. Cripes ! It missed the ugly stick ! Thanks Ed.
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  2935. IoT = Internet of Tanks
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  2936. Mr Nash ,are you ex RAF not RAAF as your ability to get into the Nitty gritty of each example is both remarkable and refreshing..which is more than can be said of the lowsome history channel.
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  2937.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I found the source for the 6 x 7.92mm machine guns armament. It's part of the older designs that were made before the prototype was build. The Ontwerp 157 design has 6 7.92mm machine guns drawn on the design. Four are in the tail booms, and two more in the lower fuselage. I suppose this was the original plan before the 13.2mm machine gun came around. The D.23 Prototype mockup showed two 7.92mm machine guns in the lower fuselage, and the 13.2mm machine guns in the tail booms. The ability to swap the 13.2's with four 7.92's does not sound like a bad thing for export.
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  2938. Ed, your channel is bloody fabulous!
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  2939. Just a great f,ing channel you have here mate, I'm glued. Thank you for numerous episodes so far.
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  2940. Looks like a pregnant guppy with 3 engines. Cheers from 🇩đŸ‡ș Ed & all.
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  2941. Great video. I really enjoy watching this channel. Thanks! (I dream of getting to 100k...l am nearly up to 3K 😊)
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  2942. Great vid, I like your narrative style.
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  2943. If anyone wants a Blackburn Blackburn face mask, Dr. Alexander Clarke is selling them on his YouTube channel. The plane has become a meme there. Gotta love experimental technology. The ways people implement it are so wild.
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  2944. Excellent!!!!!! Just when I say I won't subscribe to any more channels, one like yours comes along and I got to! Agreed with other comments on the omission of distracting music...a great idea...just the facts, presented in an enjoyable narration. Good on you and thank you!
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  2945. The Blackburn Blackburn. It was Monday morning,he saw the plane,he named it,and he really didn't care. Its a grasshopper with wings. Thanks Ed. Yep,weird and unsung aircraft is fast becoming your expertise. No probs with that. Thanks buddy. Coffee always taste better watching your videos. The float plane is a cat walk model in comparison,very pretty. Of course now I leap to eBay to see if anyone makes a model kit of your latest attraction and quite often there's a lesser known Eastern European model kit company knocking out 4 different versions! Way to go. The hunt is on! Thanks again,more interesting stuff. Now wheres that eBay gone,I put it down only a minute ago?
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  2946. Well done Ed, a wonderful piece, I own a Napier Lion from a Blackburn Velos and another from a Vickers Virginia, search Napier Lion to see.
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  2947. 0:13 You forgot this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du1OUuJDKPo
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  2948.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  I think there are a lot of Italian & french ww2 aircraft that have huge potential viewers but have no coverage at all on YouTube & are waiting for an ordinance. I'd love to do it myself but i'm not great with computers. Wish you best luck with the channel
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  2949. This does look..... Ummm Yes
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  2950. I'll see your Blackburn and raise you the Farman F.120 Jabiru.
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  2951. I think this beats the polish Zubr as the worst looking aircraft of all times. Nice fight, tho. The blackburn at least worked, the Zubr did not. After quite a few years i'm still discovering planes i never saw before: after seeing this for the first time my reaction was pretty similar to the young lady's at the beginning of your video!
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  2952. Check out the Blackburn Cubaroo as well
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  2953. I've come to the conclusion that this is the only channel worth watching for aviation history. If you're ever nudged out of a top rating, explain it as "reasons"...
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  2954. Still cry laughing after the reveal and cutaway lol
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  2955. J.C., I warned you!!!!!! Love your sense of humor. (by the way, I need a shrubbery. Got one?)
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  2956. 1:39 Ed, u gotta stop doing this. I laugh so hard I have to re-watch the content, hit 1:39 again, crack up, repeat.
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  2957. Fugly. Thanks for the mention Ed, I now consider myself famous.
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  2958. Not round. Make it pointy! Pointy is scary!
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  2959. Hi Ed. New one on me ! Not pretty , not ugly .......pretty ugly!...lf at first you don't succeed..... give up !
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  2960. I don't comment on videos often, but that Sir. Was bloody beautiful. 'Jesus Christ' - 'I warned yea'
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  2961. Much appreciated. The Coast Guard’s undaunted heroism often goes unappreciated. (As a retired Lieutenant-Commander I can assure you it is not always this easy.)
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  2962. "Eye-kay-zee"?? "Eye-kay-zee"?? Come on, man, you're a Brit! It's "Eye-kay-ZED". :P
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  2963.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  mate if I had the money I would have given you an offer to buy the movie rights for your book. I bought audio off Audible and I’ve often played it before going to sleep. That part about the “Sniper Mode Switch” was crackup. And the part where your mate shat himself in combat

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