Comments by "Simon Nonymous" (@Simon_Nonymous) on "Ed Nash's Military Matters" channel.

  1. I think the same German designers were sent to the USSR and then worked for World of Warplanes and War Thunder... possibly.
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  2. Bloody hell just finished Matt's video and you pop up - will I never get to eat my dinner?
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  3. As much as I love the main content, I love working out where your little funny clips come from too.
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  4. I've just got back from the pub after a six pint session and got this gem to watch. Thanks Ed!
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  5. Bloody hell - would you have liked just half that haul yourself Ed when you were doing your thing?
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  6. I was about to post a comment "find a plane that DIDN'T do well in the hands of the Finns"!
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  7. 102 - a man who used his years well! What a legend, what a man to look up to.
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  8. Interesting that as the IL-2 was originally a single seater, what a balls up to make the conversion from the two seater version back to a single seater a bit of a mess! EDIT - thank you to my learned friend below.... it was originally a two seater after all. But still a balls up :-)
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  9.  @loddude5706  over most of the young ones' heads I suspect but it made me laugh 🙂
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  10. Aw come on Ed, I'll not get a pot washed today if you keep releasing stuff.
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  11. Good to see you back on top form Ed.
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  12. Thank you Radu - good to hear more information!!
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  13. I am old enough to have seen Gnats flown by the Red Arrows. Did we have some reluctance to let Israel get their hands on these, as I would think this would have been right up their street?
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  14. Captured British battle dress was supplied to u-boat crews.
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  15. 1:13 and 4:14 - Madsen LMG (again); Ian's Forgotten Weapons series is very fond of this LMG that was introduced in about 1902 but carried on in active use until possibly 2010. And also I think this is the origin of the phrase 'a banana replublic'.
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  16. As will anyone who's fired one!
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  17. I think I would have seen them at either Bawtry or Finningley, and yes in those days, you didn't need binoculars to the the planes, you needed ear plugs and to tie your hat on!
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  18. Great video; Churchill's rather famous quote emerged quite a time after the battle had been won, as he shone a kind light on himself after the battle had been won. But is possibly the most important campaign fought by the west in the period.
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  19. It shows him - and his black comrades - as being all the better for rising above the racism.
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  20. ​ @xanten69 excellent knowledge of French... Thank you for sharing!
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  21. 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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  22. My thoughts exactly... but before we laugh too much, Ed's note about the Gladiator is a good reminder that even in the early 30s, biplanes were almost the rule, and so it was in Germany, Italy and Japan. By 1936/37 - stressed skin monoplanes are in Squadron service. What a fast moving time for technology.
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  23. I like its looks! It was so cutting edge yet so 20s - evaporative cooling, stressed metal skin fuselage, potentially a great engine, yet open cockpit, fixed landing gear, and using Vickers MGs. As Forgotten Weapons would say, a bit of a cludge. I like the Bf 109 type rudder, and also when you shows pics of the Westland competitor, it was funny to see what looks like a Lysander with an inline engine: I guess some plane makers build the same plane more or less, until it finds a niche :-)
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  24. Interesting stuff Ed, thank you. If Iran did actually supply weapons to Putin, either covertly and get caught, or overtly, what might be the consequences? Would the US give Israel carte blanche to intervene? Worrying times, but personally glad to see more support for Ukraine from the USA.
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  25. Weird isn't it, periods of rapid development then eventually you get plateaus where planes seem to serve forever with occasional upgrades
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  26. You're doing the commentary on the fly.... most amusing Ed! 🙂
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  27. 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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  28. Excellent work Ed - there are a lot of unknowns and changing bits of information/disinformation to process when you do a survey like this! Wouldn't it be interesting to compare the monetary value of aid given in proportion to each nation's GDPs or 'normal' military budgeting, and see who really is going the extra mile to help a victim of aggression? Maybe don't attempt that until your migraine has worn off.....
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  29. I can only say - or maybe admit - I now have five 1:72 models of the Folland Gnat on my mantelpiece with two more to follow, and Ed's Sabre Slayer video is my go to vid if anyone goes "Why?" (plus of course I am old enough to see the Red Arrows flying them.)
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  30.  E Van  he never said Ukraine would win, or that anyone would win. He said the war might be over. Thank you for excessive use of capitals and calling people 'dude' - it means I can be 100% sure of putting you on my block list.
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  31. I saw an Eyetie antitank gun in the War Museum in Malta that was sent over to bolster the defences during this time, as things were that bad, and believe there were a few dispatched; I'll try to dig out the specs but let's just say that a) the 2 Pdr was a better gun vs armour and b) against a KV-1 or KV-2 it would have been somewhat irrelevant in any case.
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  32. Looking at the wings, I might say German B-24 perhaps? Good video as always Ed.
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  33.  @gunner678  the question is what else could have been done in the east, with a French ally that was keen not to have to go on the offensive. Indeed eastern Europe was carved up by wearers of jackboots - both German, and Soviet - and there was little the UK could do in 38, 39, or 45. Still a good question to ponder on though, and all these years later, we're still in the same quandary I guess. Reflects badly on us as a planet I suppose.
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  34. and the Peter Jackson reference too!
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  35. Why does the engine look odd on this plane - looks like one of my first bodged Airfix kits - I assume it's mounted on the same axis as the standard Corsair engine but the cowl looks smaller or lower down, and just looks 'wrong'. Is it something to do with that hump between the engine cowling and the cockpit? Would love to know!
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  36. me too Dave - I'm bracing myself to make a Manchester conversion from a Lanc in order to complete a 1:72 Bomber Command line up, but would love to make a Lincoln just to end the story
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  37. Apart from unrealistic expectations from SONAR, that isn't really true. Many of the tactics of the Battle of the Atlantic were based on new technology, and the ones that weren't and had historic pedigree, such as convoying, were introduced very very quickly.
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  38. The best summing up of the turret fighter I have seen for a long time... nicely balanced.
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  39. What bothers me is that here in the UK this story gets nowhere near the news, unlike the Jubilee, Boris Johnson's adventures, or footballers' wives stuff, so if you try talking to the average bod about it, you get blank looks, and that is a bad thing. I wouldn't know much if it wasn't for Ed to be honest.
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  40. Well spotted! (Although the USSR would probably insist they were Soviet bombs and werry stronk!)
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  41.  @johnstirling6597  I am not sure if we know he was shot down, but it was indeed a P-38 he was flying on the flight he never returned from over Italy. I think wreckage has been found and identified as his plane - if I am wrong, my apologies. I would love Ed to make a Warby video - I think he deserves remembering - and maybe it would cover his last flight, and what we now know.
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  42. I want one. For the missus. It might stop her dropping her bloody phone for a start.
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  43. Another great story of paper planes not working out quite so well in the real world!
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  44. Smashing video, and yes, I'd love an video just about the development of AI radar sets either just in WWII or even right up to the present day if that's within your capacity!
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  45. It's a really complex subject - Greg's Airplanes does the most in-depth look at it that I have seen. Liquid cooled inlines need to have coolant radiators and oil coolers which cause drag etc, and usually are heavier units. The other issue - if you look at how far in front of the wing the Merlins extend in Ed's video - is a change to the centre of gravity too; the Merlin powered Wellington had to have some work done to deal with the change of CoG, and looking at the Beau, I bet it really buggered the balance up!
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  46. it's fugly isn't it?
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  47.  @AutismIsUnstoppable  advertise for new pilots on War Thunder - they are all trained aces ;-)
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  48. It'll be guinea pigs next, or Ed in a tight t-shirt firing a gun for us
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  49. Yes please.
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  50. and altitude sickness ;-)
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  51. I never thought there was a US/GB dichotomy on such an everyday word. It seems to be used here in proper context - no one knows if a Merlin equipped plane would have been a good step forward as it never flew, so it is a point yet to be decided. As Ed is English, seems to work for him, and for me too.
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  52. Cookies? Biscuits!! Remember that PIRA were the people who managed to land home made mortar bombs in the garden of 10 Downing Street too... some smart cookies at work there ;-)
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  53. I loved it too!
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  54. 1:15 a plane called D-AISY. Aw I want one like that too Ed.
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  55. it's an interesting point - if Russia had shot it down by missile, gunnery or other means, they have still attacked an aircraft of a country they are not at war with in international airspace. I wonder why they did it this way, and not another?
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  56. ... with someone's greenhouse and Pinocchio.
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  57. There's a lot about the first plane that shouts Hawker and Hurricane at me. And yes - you are up there with Drach and Ian McCollum!
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  58. I think it's a Malta specific camo - we saw lots of it in the museums there on helmets, Bofors guns etc
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  59. Best laugh of the day was when you called it a simulator:-)
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  60. This where I think combat flight sims should look next - 1920s and 1930s just to see planes like this in the air. And I must get to Dayton one day when I tour the USA!
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  61. @mdscott6 I think that's a very good point you make, these were built in small numbers and saw no large combat testing to see if they really were as good as hyped. And as others have said, any plane appearing at the end of a long war is almost inevitably going to be more advanced than something one two or three years older. It's great to see this plane in Flying Circus IL2 but.... along with the DVIII it was as rare as rocking horse poo, and seems to have been inserted to give the Luftstreitaboos a boost!
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  62. Give yourself a pat on the back Ed, you walked this tightrope very well. I wasn't initially in favour of the PM's increase in defence spending, but after a few days of reflection since Zelensky returned from Washington, I can start to see why this might be a necessary evil. My hope is that all countries in Europe contribute as equally as they can in terms of % GDP. Terrible times really ; I know we enjoy our history videos with you, but when you're living in 'interesting times' that one day will become history. I hope it has a happy ending. (No, not that sort of happy ending!) Nice one Ed!
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  63. Ah the joys of German pronunciation! And his next fighter was a dinga it seems ;-)
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  64. Thanks Ed - Dinger's webpages look great, and his page on the Whirlwind was fab. As someone else has said, I wonder what Greg's Airplanes would make of this.... (probably an excellent 45 minute video with lots of NACA references and at least three graphs!)
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  65. Well up to your usual standard. Interested to see that the reference to a God was such a late addition, and the conflation of atheism with communism.
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  66.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  thanks Ed... Not much you can do about it really. Hands up anyone who likes the YT algorithms?
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  67. Thank you Ed and Prof. Searle for a deeper insight than the TV and radio news gives me. I hope for the best possible outcome for everyone.
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  68. Excellent - I realised I never knew anything about this plane, I didn't even know it existed. Shame on me! NB - I think I am right on this, another reason that the superprop bombers were discontinued so quickly was due to a wee plane called the Canberra making its way off the drawing boards at the war's end, and jets were seen as the future? What a shame the surviving planes were scrapped too :-(
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  69. yes, I hate it when I hear that word scrapyard
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  70.  dimapez  at least they bought some of our British airplanes until things got 'complicated'; I am glad the UK never had to fight the Finns!
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  71.  @kalui96  I think that is a fair point.
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  72. Dear Mr. Erixon; one good comment like yours makes all the faults of the internet go away, and restores my faith in the human race. Thank you.
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  73. no crew accounts seem to survive... well would you own up to it? Great vid - love this approach to the dustier corners of history.
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  74. Pretty typical of the behaviour of our ex-allies the USSR in those darker days; even when we were trying to fight Hitler together they were problematic.
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  75. One of your best Ed; well done on the 50k barrier, it speaks volumes about you and your channel. I'll bet you a bottle of Scotch* this plane appears in Warthunder or WoW in the next 18 months as another 'blueprint' design with amazing superpowers! *single malt if you win the bet, LIDL's blended if you lose ;-)
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  76.  @pickeljarsforhillary102  Let me know when you find a dictionary. Mwah xx
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  77. Another winner! And great comments from the community too - very educational, I learnt a lot. I will try one of these in 1:72 to fit in my Bomber Command project as and when I can get the conversion parts!
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  78. So, it seems that the current owners had enough money from the crowdfunder to buy the plane, and to dismantle it for movement to another site, but not enough to reassemble it. (Source: various similar news reports from April 2022 found on Google). I cannot find any active fundraisers or campaigns to bridge that financial gap - does anyone know any more, as it seems almost criminal to let this old girl be recycled into pots and pans.
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  79.  @Ni999  great answer - so that's why it appears not to match the fuselage like the normal Corsairs. Four rows of seven - what a monster!
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  80.  @allangibson2408  you're right on the money here old boy, even if technically it only entered squadron service in Jan 1951 (what sort of a pillock argues the toss over a month!) You could even argue it was a 40's plane, and was only done away with when there were suitable replacements in its role, see also , Shackleton, Vulcan, B-52, F-4, Buccaneer and so on, where with avionics and weaponry updates they could still fit their design role nicely, or take on new roles like laser designation in Gulf War II etc. I think it might be truer to say that the cutting edge tech in each decade raced away from the last, but some good solid designs trundled along just nicely thank you :-)
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  81. I'm glad this had a happy ending. No, not that sort, the nice jolly sort.
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  82. I think to be fair, it was there just in case the Nazis used chemical or biological weapons on the United Nations forces first.
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  83. Allow me to post you a Terry's chocolate orange for your excellent spot!
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  84.  @Oligodendrocyte139  pfft mere details, you have added to history! Plain or milk chocolate?
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  85. Nice one - it would be great if someone who was qualified could opine on why a plane such as this was a bugger to fly - was it really just underpowered, was it the airframe where the wings look quite small compared to a Mosquito, was it in fact just as good/bad as a Mosquito, or was it just pilot training?
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  86. Fab! Love the aid section at the end - have 160 Mosquitoes, Tito!
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  87. Left wing and right wing are inaccurate and subjective terms - I prefer your last comment about totalitarianism, it matches Mussolini, Mao, Franco, Stalin, Hitler and certain South American rulers at certain times in their history. But good debate, as are Streuner's thoughts - much better than the very eloquent Katy "Grow up" Jones.
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  88.  @GreatPolishWingedHussars  I am not sure if Ed will see your comment as it is a reply to my comment... maybe offer him your expertise when you're not busy with your own videos? A very interesting adddition to my knowledge - thank you.
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  89. Quadriplania.
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  90.  @bacarnal  glad to have an expert on board! Semper fi sir!
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  91. none that I know of - they appear in the background of The Dambusters film - but the only one I know in existence is at RAF Cosford as a ground exhibit.
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  92. A very good question; you can find on Wikipedia why the RAF went for eight MGs in the Hurricane and Spitfire. Essentially it was felt that when air to air combat might depend on split seconds bursts of fire, lots of lead in the air all at once was more important for causing damage than being able to fire for longer. So, as Vickers guns were replaced by the Browing, the focus was on high rates of fire from multiple guns. Right or wrong, it was not done on a whim.
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  93.  @skylongskylong1982  please do tell us which Council this is, so we may ask them to explain their decision.
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  94.  @samulilahnamaki3127  that is a very interesting fact Samuli, thank you for posting!
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  95.  @jpjpjp453  I know - embarassing isn't it?
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  96. Thank goodness they didn't call in the RN....
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  97.  @johnladuke6475  ​ you've made up your own defintion of conflation there John, here is the dictionary one : to combine two or more separate things, especially pieces of text, to form a whole. The irony to me is that Bellamy was a socialist Christian, as Ed noted. Atheism and communism are two separate things.
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  98. Another gem - looking forward to the next episode!
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  99. and my sausages, bacon, and fried bread. And tea.
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  100. The Seawolf missed the boat.... not really what you want to hear in a carrier aircraft ;-)
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  101.  @pavarottiaardvark3431  that is a very good piece of knowledge.. I wonder how many parts on those four engines were interchangeable too? I would bet the answer is 'quite a lot'
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  102.  @John.0z  I understood that to be the case too - as Grahame Pigney notes further down with the B.II Lancaster - that Halifaxes, Wellingtons, and Lancs all had RR and Bristol engined variants to make sure they worked - just in case of supply interruptions.
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  103. Great video - glad you mentioned the F-16 as there's a few features that reminded me of the similarity too!
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  104.  @Nastyswimmer  what a fascinating language we share - thank you explaining!
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  105.  @assafperetz7470  that's not totally true. Lead with enough energy can go through steel.
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  106. Did he wear his grubby mac when he flew?
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  107. Great name - are you old enough to remember Kenny Everett?
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  108.  @tsk13  ah of course, I totally forgot that. Did that involve the fort at Bomarsund or am I making things up?
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  109.  @tsk13  ah thank you - I knew the name from this YT video... forgive an old chap for his fading memory 🙂
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  110. It's a very interesting question to ask - and the answer isn't quite as simple as 'appeasement', but concerns the state of the rearmament programme in the UK, the perception of German strength, plus France's defensive strategy... amongst many other factors. But an interesting why noy/what if all the same.
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  111. A really good point. Despite what some commenters here might say, it wasn't that easy to go monoplane - the E.III wasn't so good due to its wing configuration, quite the opposite, it was using prewar wing warping technology, and was a bit of a bugger to fly. It did the damage with it's interrupted/synchronsied forward firing machine gun. Engine design had to advance to a point where the power could drag a plane along fast enough to reduce the lift needed to what could be provided by a monoplane; this I suppose was also linked to the ability to build airframes strong enough and light enough to take the power of the newer engines. But - yes I have always pondered this too, and such a shame that war took a massive part in driving technology so far and so fast.
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  112. Yes it is a Rubicon moment in sophistication, but not in intent or responsibility. Mines - on land and under the sea - go back a long way, and as you say so called smart weapons require smart and ethical operators. Thanks for keeping us informed Ed - my fear is that they will be used by so called 'friends' of the west against soft targets in separatist areas.
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  113. Good analysis. I know the situation changes almost hourly, and there is a lot of shadow boxing going on, but keep us informed Ed. You're trustworthy, objective, and skilled enought to spot the bollox when it matters.
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  114.  @neiloflongbeck5705  that's fascinating - details of his life I didn't know, thank you.
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  115. And also in original UK form, in early versions of the Hawker Hunter and Handley Page Victor, and all Gloster Javelins. Wiki nicked info btw.
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  116. There was one flying at the Southport airshow in 2019 - mindbuggeringly loud it was!
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  117. Ed, can't fault your love for this warbird. But no. I'm sat on the edge of Bomber country tonight before I get married, lots of RAF Bomber Command strips quite close. My money goes to rebuild Just Jane at East Kirkby. We have two flying Lancasters left in the world, I'd like to make it three. I have no doubt that the Catalina deserves more recognition, I love it as a plane and for what it did to pull us out of the clag. There must be some US millionaires who can fund this and use it as a tax dodge (joke!), but I hope they get the money to keep her going, and you are right to flag this up to us. Old warbirds are very precious.
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  118. From a Brit - thank you for making me good about my silly old country!
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  119. After those lovely Belgian planes, we get this. There must be a good reason that tandem planes didn't catch on and it's not just about their interesting looks!
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  120.  @jameshodgson3656  a good summary thank you; I thought that Israel has felt threatened by Iran and vice versa for a long while, eg the strikes to destroy Iran's nuclear programme as an example of intervention or US assassinations of a Republican Guard General. May be these were justified, may be not, but I would worry that Iran supporting Putin may lead to a spread of the war. I am probably wrong as usual, but thank you for your opinions about Iran's capabilities in this case.
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  121. You clearly know little about which you pontificate. Try Gordon Corrigan's 'Mud Blood and Poppycock' or anything by Gary Sheffield to try and expand your horizons.
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  122. A tightrope walk of great dignity Ed.
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  123.  @Farweasel  damn right! I've just been over to Normandie and my school French doesn't cope with their accents, but I bet their BBC English/Hollywood Amurican wouldn't cope with a trip to my area (Burnley) or my parents' area Whitley Bay. Vive la difference, our kid.
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  124. Good lord what a beast!
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  125. Not as amusing as the Sopwith Titwank.
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  126. whereabouts was that Big Blue? Love the history of things like this :-)
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  127. Lovely stories - peace to you all
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  128.  @TheDkeeler  yes I beleive so - what I saw were resin parts to apply to an Airfix Lanc including different engine nacelles and presumably a filler for the outboard engione nacelles etc.... try searching on Scalemates
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  129. NB - https://www.blackbirdmodels.co.uk/avro-lincoln-conversion-x2872x29-1492-p.asp
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  130.  @kyle857  I did look, thought it was a B18 in the WT tree but I am usually wrong. And yes, placeholder cockpits that are 5 years old and more when new content appears every month now.... get a grip Gaijin.
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  131. Nicely done Ed!
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  132. Polikarpov I-15 influences? Still looks sexy and racy! Great vid as usual Ed, great research too.
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  133. 02:53 - Spitfire type undercarriage? Or Bf 109?
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  134. I look forward to the next one in December, thanks to you both. Paying Russian troops to surrender/defect with promises of safe conduct and resettlement - possibly a cost effective measure? Keep safe everyone.
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  135.  @GreatPolishWingedHussars  I am sorry that was because I edited my comment then deleted it while editing. NB - I make model kits, my latest kit is a 1:48 Humber Mk IV armoured car - with the markings of I Armoured Division (Poland) with the winged hussars painted on it - what a coincidence! Good luck with your own videos!
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  136. 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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  137.  @allangibson2408  that was something I never knew. Synchronising/interrrupting a machine gun was no easy task.
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  138. Crikey - I was just saying something similar to the wife last night. As a kid, my dad always made me visit Mr and Mrs Jameson next door to my grandma to see if they needed anything doing, as she was chairbound, but he was a Great War flyer, and would always tell me a few tales and give me some Smarties. I remember a photo of him in uniform, then looked at that kind old man sat in his armchair.
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  139. Another hit! Thank you Ed
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  140. Another ace video, and on a plane I have never heard of either. Those stacked engine pods look very unusual, especially the ones which have different engines top and bottom! Were there any precedents or subsequent designs that use this vertical stack? Cheers Ed!
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  141. Again source please, that withdrawing the helmets was actually considered in seriousnaess. Thank you.
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  142. Jeepers - you had to earn your danger money as a Soviet test pilot!! That was a very close shave.
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  143. Great video, and great to see all our friends from Suomi here mocking us poor English persons who can't even say 'sauna' correctly. Loved the pronunciation jokes!
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  144. I think he said 50 Kg
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  145. Halifax video - yes please! I still haven't read the Haynes manual I bought, nor have I been to the one at RAF Elvington. My grandfather was an instrument fitter on the Mk IIIs from 1944 onwards, it'd be cool to know more.
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  146. I'd say World War I, and definitely WWII - even though the USA was on my side in the UK, amazing to see what got 'borrowed' and 'lent', seems to be the same in France. Nice guitar pic - rock on dude.
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  147. I send my regards to you and your extended family.
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  148. 5:25 nice shot of a Blenheim nightfighter in sexy black with radar aerial on the port wing.
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  149. Just do what you do - you're brilliant too.
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  150.  @Pete-tq6in  nice info - thank you!!
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  151. @ if you believe him - he's been asked to name and shame them here twice, it went strangely quiet after that
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  152. @ you've been asked twice (at least) to name and shame. Still waiting....
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  153. How much more criminal can that regime get? Scary stuff Ed, but thank you for the analysis.
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  154. Jeepers what a horrorshow. It is indeed sad that this isn't front line news here in the west every day, and that our Governments don't seem to care. Looks like we have gone nowhere fast in the last 100 years to make the world a better place for everyone.
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  155. Any experts able to tell us whether this turboprop would be less of an IR signature to MANPADS etc than a jet?
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  156. Ah...anyone fancy a quick game of Boots and Saddles? I still have all that GDW series of games, plus Air Superiority/Air Strike... I should dust them off and be very retro.
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  157. Hopefully this video wasn't all based on Meyer's book! It's another interesting tale of a plane/tank/ship/gun/boiling water vessel that never saw service.
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  158. Fugly.
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  159. If only some of these cats looked like Hitler, I would consider my life complete.
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  160. More potential misery caused by corrupt and failing politicians seeking popularity by attacking a peaceful but weaker neighbour, and hoping for a quick win.
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  161. that would have been a good ending - but I got the feeling his brain was asking for mercy!
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  162. Is this a remake Ed? The first half looks familiar... or perhaps I dreamt it.
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  163.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  it was on another channel old boy, my mind wasn't playing tricks with me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WFrfTEZT4A&t=16s&ab_channel=RuairidhMacVeigh but yours is better of course :-)
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  164. The sad thing is that Ethiopia (like a lot of other countries split by ethnicity/religion) has experienced periods of stability in the past, so like you say, people can live together if given a fair chance. It's a big kids on the outside of the circle shouting "fight fight fight" that are the issue; my fear is that we'll only see this conflict on mainstream new if it turns to a mass humanitarian disaster with famine and starvation. Sad news.
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  165. Long live Ukraine! Donation made to the Ukraine Red Cross appeal
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  166. It is a good read..... and it matches the channel in quality.
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  167.  @Justanotherconsumer  neatly put.
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  168.  @johnladuke6475  that sounds like a conflation to me John.
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  169.  @johnladuke6475  I can send you a picture of my paper dictionary if you wish, it's the one I tend to use, but if you want to mention Google, here are the Google synonyms for conflate: meld, fuse, amalgamate, unify, consolidate, converge, unite, blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, network, mix, mingle, pool. Ive checked the next four hits and can't find the word confuse in any of them. Did you really mean to say communism inherently included communism by the way? I am sure you didn't. The interesting thing again is that there is still discussion about Marx and his own spiritual beliefs, and indeed 'religion is the opiate of the people' has been interpreted in many ways, not just to say Marx was an atheist. Marxism-Leninism is a slightly different kettle of fish I'll grant you.
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  170. Nice one Ed, I sat down to watch this one in peace as I knew it would be a corker. What a story. We heard about Adrian Warburton when we visited Malta last year, and perhaps he is a chap who's not heard of enough? (Hint, hint.) Coincidentally, we spent our honeymoon this year in a shepherd's hut in Dorset with a Landgirl/WWII theme called Esme's Escape, after the lady who lived in the farm during the war.. On the wall was a photo of her brother Eric flying - what else? - a Baltimore! Take care, looking forward to your next release.
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  171.  @pavarottiaardvark3431  absolutely... there would have been many bodges and "it's good enough" solutions, but made so much easier by commonality in those engines.
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  172. Again, I find myself totally interested and not fast forwarding or skipping sections. Another fine video sir!
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  173. Another great one Ed!!
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  174. ab fab... and so objective too
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  175. I am guessing it wasn't Ed, as I saw it too on the pic of Milch, but not anywhere else unless I've missed something - I am guessing it was a stock image he reused. I was tempted to comment on it, and how many other swastikas were in the same image that had not been censored.
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  176. Gun nerd alert at 1:47 to see a Madsen light machine gun (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madsen_machine_gun) what's the pic source Ed, as the wiki says these LMGs were around in South America but doesn't mention either of the two countries this video is about.
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  177. Interesting, and I wasn't surprised when they found it didn't really work. I was interested by the thought that planes couldn't climb quick enough to intercept the Luftwaffe, when the Dowding system had proved itself so well already, putting interceptors in the right place at the right time with height advantage. Double the lift, double the drag? NB was the P marking for 'Prototype'?
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  178.  @EdNashsMilitaryMatters  true, I also suppose there's a good history of ideas thayt shouldn't really have worked but did! NB - still got my Bentley Priory museum sticker on my jacker from last month - great place to visit!
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  179. Fascinating as always. Merry Christmas Ed and all the best for 2023. NB - doesn't it look so much like a shark with that air intake??!
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  180. There is also a certain irony that the USA made pretty much the same accusation against Britain in 1914 when Britain's blockade of the Central Powers included foodstuffs as something that would sustain Germany's war effort, and therefore would be stopped.
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  181.  @SCjunk  I would slightly disagree; the civilian population of Germany were starving by 1918, as Germany could not get food into their country effectively due to the blockade. A lot of that food came from the USA, hence their protests were as much financial as ehtical.
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  182. Possibly a step up from WARPAC warfighting doctrine then? ;-)
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  183. ​ @WALTERBROADDUS  maybe because so often when you see simialr or identical ideas put into practise it was the case - reverse engineering, industrial espionage, etc. There are of course genuine cases of invention.
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  184. I still think it's a lovely looking plane.
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  185. Very interesting! A good response to internet instamemes that get repeated without question or scrutiny!
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  186.  @aasphaltmueller5178  that is fascinating - thank you. I also see that it was as effective as the 2 Pdr, plus it had an HE round too!
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  187. https://youtu.be/d7NuyxZz-0k
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  188.  @vaclav_fejt  what is the revolt bit please?
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  189.  @JohnyG29  well said. I forgot the Bristol.
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  190. that is a very good comment, mainly because you are right.
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  191. and could catch fire on take off a lot in the early days if my reading is to be believed. Still awesome though!
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  192. Interesting research Ed, such a shame that some folks assume they are always right and have to use vitriol instead of asking for a proper discussion.
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  193. So why was the fuselage so tall? I can't see what advantage this gives. Top marks for the Jimbo Jet smiley face though :-)
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  194.  @k3D4rsi554maq  well I didn't know that - thank you :-)
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  195. I wonder why seaplanes (aka floatplanes) died out... I can't think why. ;-) Nice vid Ed, one of my mates who does Airfix models did a YT vid on a kit of this aeroplane last month, I've linked your vid to his. https://youtu.be/EJkxpLBpHbk
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  196.  @rudolfthecat1176  apologies I thought I'd posted this earlier, if I've double posted, sorry; the Shinden grounded its prop in its first fast taxiing trials, and a comment made about the Brit version having dolly wheels to protect the prop makes me think this was in fact a problem.
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  197. 6:22 - Armstrong Whitworth Ensign in the background?
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  198. was there any record that his helmet stopped anything while he was lurking at the front?
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  199. I was wondering if anyone else had spotted the Manchester there!
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  200.  @mikepette4422  I (hopefully) appreciate your irony!
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  201.  @patrickradcliffe3837  quite so. If the Centaurus was tried and tested it would have been used, but - it wasn't. And this was a modern bomber, being a tail dragger doesn't make you old fashioned. Please tell us Aftastos who you design aircraft for, then we can look at your genius.
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  202.  @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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  203.  @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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  204. 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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  205. Justified, and ancient and comes from MuMu land. The KLF.
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  206. It is still there but that part of the museum is temporarily closed due to a leaky roof :-(
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  207.  @malcolmrose3361  well said, and well reasoned.
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  208.  @neutronalchemist3241  drag on the pilot, and lots of it, so they decelerate quicker than gravity can drag them down, especially if the emergency exit was topsides, the crew would be above the main wing as they can't fall through it can they, so maybe in a fighter plane no more than 1.5 metres before they pass the tail planes. The poor buggers didn't fall enough to miss the tail planes.. There are enough accounts of air crew hitting the rear tail fins, even in RAF night bombers, to make this not an unusual event.
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  209.  @WALTERBROADDUS  usually the thinner parts of the plane were to the rear - the engine was much bigger than the typical empennage.
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  210. Ooh so similar to the Caudron Rafale in MSFS 2020!!
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  211. Fugly. Thanks for the mention Ed, I now consider myself famous.
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  212. Another great story. There's a silly part of me that wants a combat flight sim which captures that amazing 1930s period with all these oddities in it, like the Heinkel bomber you showed here. If I win the lottery I might be in touch with you Ed......
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  213.  @pickeljarsforhillary102  so the Tuskegee airmen are a tale? What a good place to air your opinion, I bow to your superior intellect and wit.
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  214. Oooh 00:23 - Me 262 prototype with tailwheel! Rara avis!
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  215. Good looking kites all of them. Thanks for the 'normal' content Ed as I guess your inbox is overflowing at this time.
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