Hearted Youtube comments on Ed Nash's Military Matters (@EdNashsMilitaryMatters) channel.

  1. Great video as always Ed. Be good to see you topping 100k subs soon
    29
  2. Love this channel, totally my bag.
    29
  3. To be honest, the old spit fire would be enough to take care of any Russian aircraft.....even the su35
    29
  4. I'll just start with "wait, they did what..."
    29
  5. 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.
    29
  6. I live in Rochefort! Thank you for making this video! I'll be sure to share it with the naval air museum staff!
    29
  7. 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...
    29
  8. Another fantastic video Ed! You've quickly become one of my favorite YouTube channels!
    29
  9. 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.
    29
  10. 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.
    28
  11. 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 :)).
    28
  12. 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.
    28
  13. you answered a question i didnt even know i wanted the answer to.... thanks as always👌👌👌👌
    28
  14. 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.
    28
  15. The XP-46 could be called a victim of 'requirement-creep' Awesome video on this forgotten bird :D
    28
  16. 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).
    28
  17. Just wanted to say the improvement in audio quality is both noticed and appreciated Ed. Nice one.
    28
  18. 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.
    28
  19. 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.
    28
  20. "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.
    28
  21. You find so many interesting aircraft, thank you for researching and sharing otherwise barely-known planes.
    28
  22. 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.
    27
  23. 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.
    27
  24. Japanese version of Navy Seals
    27
  25. @Ed Nash's Military Matters: 2:59 STOL stands for Short Take off and Landing, not "Slow". 😉😁 Otherwise yet again a superb presentation! 😎✌️
    27
  26. 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
    27
  27. 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.
    27
  28. Always waiting for this channel to rise up! Keep going Ed!!!!
    27
  29. Proving beyond doubt, a turd can be polished👍
    27
  30. 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
    27
  31. 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!
    27
  32.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  Certainly no need for apologies, your content is epic.
    27
  33. You're the only person covering this conflict I've seen anywhere. Great work!
    26
  34. 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?
    26
  35. I came here to find and like this comment
    26
  36. "The cost skyrocketed" nice one!
    26
  37. Best analysis of the new Challenger3 I've seen. Top work!
    26
  38. 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.
    26
  39. "Perhaps I'm being too delicate." No, you're pretty much dead on. Pardon the pun.
    26
  40. This is a fine compliment to Mark Felton's series of videos on the Falklands War.
    26
  41. Fascinating! Didn't know about the Bellamy salute! 😂
    26
  42. The D.21 reconstruction in the Netherlands was completed this past summer and has now flown. Magnificent piece of work.
    26
  43. Alistair Cooke wryly commented on the Eisenhower addition, that it would perhaps have been better to say 'One Nation...Under Canada'
    26
  44. 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...
    26
  45. 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.
    26
  46. Thanks for putting this out, the first time Ive heard of it
    26
  47. Ed . You obviously have your fingers in a number of pies ......you deserve far more recognition than you get ....thankyou .
    26
  48. 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.
    25
  49. its muffled, slightly dull.
    25
  50. 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.
    25