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

  1.  @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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  2.  @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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  3. 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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  4.  @Nastyswimmer  what a fascinating language we share - thank you explaining!
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  5.  @assafperetz7470  that's not totally true. Lead with enough energy can go through steel.
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  6. Did he wear his grubby mac when he flew?
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  7. Great name - are you old enough to remember Kenny Everett?
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  8.  @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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  9.  @tsk13  ah thank you - I knew the name from this YT video... forgive an old chap for his fading memory 🙂
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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14.  @neiloflongbeck5705  that's fascinating - details of his life I didn't know, thank you.
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  15. 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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  16. There was one flying at the Southport airshow in 2019 - mindbuggeringly loud it was!
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  17. 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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  18. From a Brit - thank you for making me good about my silly old country!
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  19. 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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  20.  @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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  21. 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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  22. A tightrope walk of great dignity Ed.
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  23.  @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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  24. Good lord what a beast!
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  25. Not as amusing as the Sopwith Titwank.
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  26. whereabouts was that Big Blue? Love the history of things like this :-)
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  27. Lovely stories - peace to you all
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  28.  @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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  29. NB - https://www.blackbirdmodels.co.uk/avro-lincoln-conversion-x2872x29-1492-p.asp
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  30.  @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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  31. Nicely done Ed!
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  32. Polikarpov I-15 influences? Still looks sexy and racy! Great vid as usual Ed, great research too.
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  33. 02:53 - Spitfire type undercarriage? Or Bf 109?
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  34. 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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  35.  @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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  36. 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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  37.  @allangibson2408  that was something I never knew. Synchronising/interrrupting a machine gun was no easy task.
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  38. 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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  39. Another hit! Thank you Ed
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  40. 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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  41. Again source please, that withdrawing the helmets was actually considered in seriousnaess. Thank you.
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  42. Jeepers - you had to earn your danger money as a Soviet test pilot!! That was a very close shave.
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  43. 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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  44. I think he said 50 Kg
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  45. 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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  46. 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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  47. I send my regards to you and your extended family.
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  48. 5:25 nice shot of a Blenheim nightfighter in sexy black with radar aerial on the port wing.
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  49. Just do what you do - you're brilliant too.
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  50.  @Pete-tq6in  nice info - thank you!!
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