Comments by "" (@Allan_aka_RocKITEman) on "The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered" channel.

  1. You could say the Romans wrote a TRUNK-ATED version of their victory... 😊
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  2. "There's never enough time to do it right the first time, but there's always enough time to do it right the second time." — From a Chief Petty Officer I used to work for in the US Coast Guard
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  3. Her husband REALLY WAS a literal PAIN IN THE NECK....
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  4. "Rapid Unplanned Disassembly".
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  5. FWIW: The venerable DC-3 airliners have been so 'long-lasting' because they are unpressurized. Their airframes don't have to deal with the wear pressurization causes....
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  6. The Wright brothers were very methodical in doing research and experimentation FIRST, before building an aircraft. Perhaps if Mr. Morrell had taken that route, he would be remembered differently
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  7. R.I.P., Taffy. You done good, dude. As Chuck Yeager has said, YOU had "The Real Stuff"....
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  8. oceannavagator >>> "F.T.F.A." = "Fly The...Airplane" I work in aviation - although not as a pilot - and I have heard F.T.F.A. many times. The Eastern Airline L-1011 crash in the Florida Everglades around 1973 is a good example of that. The cockpit crew got preoccupied trying to troubleshoot a landing gear indication problem, and allowed the airplane to gradually fly into the ground....
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  9. As I mentioned in another comment, I personally worked on Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft in the US Navy and then the US Coast Guard. With that experience, it SOMEWHAT AMAZES ME that aircraft like the C-124, and the C-54 and C-47 earlier during the Berlin Airlift, were able to HAUL all the stuff they hauled while being powered by radial {reciprocating} engines. One of the IMPRESSIVE THINGS about the C-130 Hercules in the 1950s was the improved power-to-weight ratio afforded by turboprops {gas turbine engines driving propellers}.
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  10. R.I.P., crew of the Orzel.
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  11. HG: "According to Barnum, who didn't always represent events accurately..." Now THERE'S an understatement if ever there was one...😁
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  12. In the B-52 crash - what little I know about it - the pilot in command had a history of 'reckless' flying, often ignoring safety regulations. He was never officially reprimanded as he should have been, and eventually his 'shenanigans' caught up with him AND THE OTHER THREE PEOPLE on the "BUFF" he was flying. Unfortunately.
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  13. This reminds me of something a Chief Petty Officer I once worked for in the US Coast Guard used to say: "There is NEVER enough time to do it right THE FIRST TIME, but there is ALWAYS enough time to do it right THE SECOND TIME."
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  14. Like what Chuck Yeager called the folks in the USAF who maintained the aircraft: "The REAL Stuff".
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  15. @JazznRealHipHop >>> Does this make you an "INTERNET SCROLL????" 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
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  16. I teared up a bit as well....
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  17. ​​ @TheHistoryGuyChannel >>> Just don't go to The Dark Side. {Unless it's Duct Tape...🤭}
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  18. GOD HELP YOU...😊😊😊😊
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  19. @URKillingme100 >>> I see what you did there...LOL
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  20. Helium Road >>> Here's some trivia for you: If you watch Slim Pickens as he says that, it looks like he says something other than "Vegas". I noticed that years ago myself. When they filmed the scene, he actually said "Dallas", as in Dallas, Texas. President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas just before the movie premiered. So Kubrick changed the dialog to "Vegas".
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  21. "Thou shalt maintain thine airspeed at all times, lest the Earth rise up and smite thee."
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  22. He missed that turn because HE NEVER SAW ALBUQUERQUE...😝
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  23. IT WAS ONE OF YOU TWO!!!! 😜😜😜😜😜😜😜
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  24. I ❤️ AVIATION! EDIT→ FWIW, I was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. My first full-time job, from 1979 to 1980, was working the line crew at "Bay Air Services" at Albert Whitted Airport. That airport is very close to the site where the "St. Petersburg - Tampa Airboat Line" operated from. ALSO FWIW: My job at Albert Whitted... "Seems a thousand centuries ago." -- APOCALYPSE NOW [1979]
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  25. Tim Walls >>> WHAT ELSE would New Jersey be good for? 😝
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  26. P.T. Barnum: The man who looked NOTHING LIKE the actor that portrayed him on film. 😊😊😊😊
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  27. Great video, THG...👍
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  28. "Our source was THE NEW YORK TIMES."
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  29. Eleven year old me watched Apollo 16 launch. In person. My parents -- with me in tow -- drove from our home in St Petersburg, Florida to Cape Canaveral to watch...👍 "Seems a thousabd centuries ago." -- APOCALYPSE NOW [1979]
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  30. "I can see POLAND from up here!" 😜
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  31. BA DUM TSSS...😊
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  32. "Even if it hairlips everybody on Bear Creek!"
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  33. At 12:01 in this video: That is the Swedish Saab 37 "Viggen" fighter -- itself a BEAUTIFUL AIRCRAFT...👍👍
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  34. "Do"? More like "doo-doo"...😊
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  35. "What's the matter, Colonel Sandurz? Chicken?!" -- SPACEBALLS [1987]
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  36. Agreed....
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  37. LMAO....
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  38. Great video...👍
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  39. I heard the sax murderer thought he got away with the crime, but he made mistakea, and in the end he just blew it...😁
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  40.  @TheHistoryGuyChannel  >>> You ditched the tie to subliminally represent the M8...😊
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  41. I would like to see how you are going to TOP this video. 😉 "How's THAT for a TOPPER!" -- LIDSVILLE
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  42. Maybe it had the CORRECT DESTINATION, it just tried to go THE LONG WAY 'ROUND...😊
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  43.  @luisbperez368  >>> 👍👍
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  44. Agreed....
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  45. Great video, HG...👍
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  46. Great video...👍
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  47. I ❤️ FLORIDA & 🦩
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  48. "How's that for a topper!" -- Sid & Marty Croft's LIDSVILLE 😊😊😊😊
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  49. The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered >>> FWIW: I'm an 'AVIATION NUT', but I ALWAYS thought the KC-135 was developed from the 707, not the Dash 80....
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  50. Did you happen to hear the moose say "HEY, ROCKY"? 🤭🤭🤭
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