Comments by "MM2" (@MM22966) on "The Washington B.1; Britain’s B-29" video.

  1. Can never tell if the Brits were tweaking noses by re-naming all their "colonial" planes with names with Revolutionary War/War of 1812 significance. Washington, Boston, Hudson, Baltimore...
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  2. I had never heard of this bird, and the political background adds a lot. For example, I NEVER understood why the UK sold examples of Rolls-Royce jet engines to the USSR...but by showing the nuance of the political climate between the US-UK at the time, it makes slightly more sense. Slightly.
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  3.  @bholdr----0  Cheese Peak?! Look, I know the Brits like giving stuff odd names, but that's taking things too far!
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  4.  @meyou6556  Washington. (war of 1812)
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  5.  @derek6579  Yeah, but given the aircraft are American in British service, I always thought the actual choices were the result of a private joke.
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