Comments by "peabase" (@peabase) on "CRUX" channel.

@arupmallick3923 It will be hilarious to watch India curry favour with the same American "slaveholder". India needs US weapons to replace the Russian ones. Russia can't deliver, and China is busily arming itself to the teeth. Leave your self-respect at the door before you enter.
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@alexanderinsubordinate1861 You're talking to a silly conspiracy theorist.
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Big-ass nuclear subs are far from ideal for the Baltic Sea. The Swedes know it, the Russians know it, but you don't.
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@darkmatter6714 Don't flatter yourself. I didn't fall into any traps. Rather, it seems you tripped over your own cleverness and tumbled head-first into your own trap. Actually, the Meteor first flew on 5 March 1943. The Gloster E.28/39 demonstrator made its maiden flight on 15 May 1941. It's painfully clear that the two designs are very different. I added "operational" to set the real fighters apart from the experimental ones, where the Germans also scored a first. I'll leave you to speculate about the reasons behind Britain falling behind in jet engine technology despite an early lead. Oh, and naming foreign kit is not a great accomplishment.
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@darkmatter6714 Don't be sorry on my account. The Heinkel He 178 was the first jet to fly, on 27 August 1939. Neither the He 178 nor the Gloster E.28/39 were armed, so it's a bit of stretch to call them fighters.
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@darkmatter6714 You're losing track. The question was whether or not the Meteor was the first jet fighter. The answer is a resolute "no". The Me 262 flew before the Meteor did. Even if you were to claim that the Gloster E.28/35 did qualify as a jet fighter, there was the Heinkel He 280 fighter prototype, which, likewise, wasn't mass-produced. The He 280 first flew on 22 September 1940, so well before the Gloster. I'm not German and I don't own shares in German aircraft engine manufacturers. Hence, it's inconsequential to me how things stand now in terms of market share. You were applauding pioneering British work on jet engines and you insinuated that it gave Britain a lead in getting jet aircraft off the drawing board, but no, Germany did it first. My factual observation seems to make you unhappy.
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@darkmatter6714 You're unable to admit that you've lost the argument. That's stubborness, and it won't stand you in good stead. I have no problem admitting that Frank Whittle invented the jet engine. Yet it is interesting that the Brits proved laggards in applying jet engine technology when compared to the Germans. For reasons unknown, you can't admit the fact, despite crystal clear evidence to the contrary. I can't help noticing that you edited your earlier comment to include the He 280 and Caproni -- after I had mentioned the He 280. Don't you know YouTube sends notifications of a new replies by email? I can see your original comment, which makes no mention of the He 280 or the Caproni. Not only are you stubborn as a mule, but also, you're a charlatan.
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