Youtube comments of Ed Nash\x27s Military Matters (@EdNashsMilitaryMatters).

  1. LOL I am once again corrected, so well done to everyone who pointed out that the Saab 21 is a great example of a pusher type that did get into service. 😁
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  2. ERIC "Winkle" Brown, not John! That's what I get for reading other history at the same time as working.
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  3. Before you comment, this video published on April 1.
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  4. I can only assume this needed to reviewed because I named the naughty H man.
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  5. Another excellent example.
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  6. And for those wondering what happened to Meyer, I believe he went on to become CEO of Grumman. Have to do a video about him one day.
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  7. Hey folks! First video on a new computer. How are people finding the sound?
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  8. I was just thinking about doing a Forgotten Aircraft on this as well!
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  9. That's all that really matters
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  10. And no, I don't speak Japanese.
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  11. This video has suddenly started picking up traction again, so I'll just point out it's four years old. I did look at a follow piece a few months ago, the Irish Air Corp is "still reviewing options" - make of that what you will.
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  12. For everyone outraged at blocking out the swastika, I refer you to Ian's video for explanation: https://youtu.be/of8okKZg7UA
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  13. UPDATE It appears that Wagner have taken the HQ of the Russian Southern Military District in Rostov.
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  14. Yes, I managed to mispronounce "Mriya" every time... :(
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  15. Reminds me of what the RAAF pilots said when they first saw it: "When you get attacked the pilot can run around in the fuselage and hide" πŸ˜‚
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  16. "Kind of pricks" - A perfect description of the leaders that have cursed the country.
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  17. Correction NAA built the Apollo command and service module, not the landers as depicted at the start of the video.
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  18. EDIT - U-559 was taken in the Eastern Med, not the Red Sea
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  19. No. And that still sounds like it needs proper investigation.
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  20. As this video was uploading news came through that the Poles are indeed handing over their old MiGs - https://www.overtdefense.com/2022/03/08/poland-ready-to-hand-over-fulcrums-immediately-in-exchange-for-used-american-aircraft/
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  21. I feel a video on the Kestrel might be in the offing.
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  22. Agreed. It is excellent.
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  23. Russian troops have now moved into the separatist areas of control.
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  24. UPDATE: Russian MoD confirmed that Moskva has sunk.
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  25. The flares of the military aviation world 😁
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  26. Yep, misspoke on recording, apologies.
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  27. Update: HTS have entered Hama and may have taken it already.
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  28. They were great, coukdnt be helpful enough. Still waiting on the USAF and info on the b52 updates :(
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  29. 7.20 is a CA-11. My bad.
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  30. Yeah, I just had to include that when I saw it. Top marks for effort though.
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  31. Excellent! Though please check my videos before showing him, I do have bad language/adult humour in a few.
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  32. Β @onceamothΒ  Yep. Wanted to release this 12 hours ago. At least they didn't spend days on it, but utterly baffled as to why it needed review.
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  33. We got one of these in Syria and were super excited to use it. But if was in .50 browning and we couldnt get the ammo anywhere! Bloody annoying. Got palmed off on another unit in exchange for couple of other rifles. Bet they were as annoyed as us when they had same issues 😁
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  34. I thought about mentioning B2, but the video ran too long as it was.
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  35. Some of those designers, they start building with fabric biplanes, end of their careers they're building mach 2 jets!
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  36. Ha! I was going to watch that this morning, but decided to leave it until I got the video finished. Yes, guessing we wont see an Abrams X as is in service, but suspect a number of the features will be integrated into the SEPv5, or the Abrams replacement.
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  37. Correction: $20 billion in military assistance (added to the previous $13.6 billion already spent), $8.5 billion in economic aid and the rest for humanitarian/refugee programs.
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  38. Both seem appropriate.
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  39. Reading between the USAFs lines, they were really not interested and got it shoved on them by Congress.
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  40. Ha! Nice little detail, John.
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  41. Think its the second one. I reckon he planned another fuel dump and misjudged it. Be interesting to know what damage the Su 27 had. Probably whistled a bit on the trip home.
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  42. Very high praise indeed! I dont pretend to be as professional or as knowledgable as Dr. Felton. But thank you for the compliment!
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  43. Thanks to everyone pointing out that I said "Lycoming" wrong. For those who don't know (which included me) it's "Ly-comb-ing" 😁
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  44. Lol when I decided to do this video, I was umming and ahhing between this, the 209 and the 309. I was going to do the 309 first, but was feeling lazy and knew this would be the easiest :) The others I will get around to soonish.
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  45. Oooo! A guy who must have some fascinating stories!
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  46. Damn! Quite right, my mistake.
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  47. Ah! Yes, sorry! The eyebrows always grab my attention.
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  48. Don't forget to click the link to get your free seven day trial with Blinkest: www.blinkist.com/militarymatters
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  49. You're more than welcome. I mourn for Myanmar.
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  50. UPDATE Figures being cited are that the F-16's would cost around $300 million, while the lesser number of JF-17s would be more than $650 million.
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  51. That's a good point and comparison.. Must admit, as I was writing this up, I kept thinking "Is this like WW1s Do335? Great performance but just too late". Lol probably should've titled it that.
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  52. Check out my video on the vietnamese t54M. Theyve done a pretty thorough job.
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  53. My bad!
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  54. Also confused as to whether they built one or two of these. If anyone knows for sure, let me know in the comments.
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  55. Maybe one day. Got a few issues going to the States because of my time in Syria, but hope to resolve that at some point. In which case I'll be hitting as many military museums as I can :)
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  56. One I hope to cover one day.
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  57. Everytime I sit down to look at it, I find something else and go "ooooo...!"
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  58. I should probably get a job with a defence contractor on marketing :D
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  59. Yep! Then BACK to A-26! Yesh!
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  60. Indeed. My bad
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  61. Wish I had had the chance to chat with you before I made the video!
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  62. Correction: Fokker followed with the T.IX, not T.X as I say in the video.
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  63. Full credit to John Dell for the pics. I told him I was going to do the Bombay, he said "Got some stuff for you." I reckon I used maybe half of what he sent me 🀣
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  64. It was ammo. I'll cover it in the next vid.
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  65. LOL excellent video as usual. Thanks for the shout out as well.
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  66. Indeed. Hence the Mauler, skyraider and the Kaiser-fleetwing!
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  67. Posting on a sunday! An unexpected treat!!
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  68. That Blackburn crack made LOL :D
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  69. Check the date
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  70. I've just noticed that I don't seem to be able to pronounce "pearl".
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  71. Yes, it was a detail I had wondered at too, only got the answer when researching this aircraft.
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  72. Lol I've been practicing...it ain't good ;D
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  73. Indeed. When making this video I wanted to come up with the USN aircraft that was equivalent. But the closest, in terms of requirement and timing, was the F4, IMO. Because you are correct, the USN could go for a broader approach and not just try to shoehorn the fighter-attack-nuclear strike role into a single aircraft. And those few years of advances between the Scim and the Phantom made a big difference.
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  74. Yes, very much so! Good comparison.
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  75. Thank you!
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  76. It is on the to do list, never fear :)
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  77. Lol I was waiting for someone to bring up the J.I. On my "to do" list 😁
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  78. Β @chrisjohnston9454Β  Next time I'm in Vietnam Ill have to check it out!
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  79. Further Update: HTS are now reported to be on the point of taken Homs, south of Hama and a step closer to Damascus. They are moving at a heck of a pace. This could be the end of the Assad regime.
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  80. Thanks for clarifying.
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  81. Nope, me neither. This isnt my usual stuff, but cant resist this little oddities when I find out about them.
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  82. LOL! Ahhhh, yes that is a lot easier, I shall bear that in mind in future. Thanks! :)
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  83. Absolutely. Quite remarkable aircraft.
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  84. I like to share my worries. Apologies.
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  85. Some are, but not all. Hundreds of individual groups now, some just a dozen guys, some thousands strong. All sorts of different ideologies.
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  86. Ahhh...my mistake!
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  88. I'd love to. Have to talk the wife into it :)
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  89. Lol if only I wasnt so crap with money I wouldve :D
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  90. Something strange is going on when I upload to youtube. I'll have to try and figure out what's wrong :(
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  91. And I'd be delighted to have a beer with you! And dont feel inadequate. Most of what I get up to can be explained away as sheer stupidity. 😁
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  92. Thanks for filling on the blanks. A lot of the info on these aircraft is erratic.
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  93. Indeed he is. I thought about doing something on Utkin in the past, but Prigozhin has become the man of the hour. Let's see if he stays there.
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  94. I couldnt resist including that one ;)
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  95. Bronchitis
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  96. Plenty of history out there for everyone ;)
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  97. Ohhh...it was better than that. The Davis gun fired lead shot out the back that weighed the same as the projectile - the whole "action counteracted by reaction" principle. So in effect, you had a gigantic shotgun blast backwards. Get that wrong, and you'd blow away the whole back of the aircraft 😳
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  98. Want to do Burma very soon. Terrible situation out there.
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  99. Entirely possible: https://youtu.be/CPhFoptpkiE
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  100. There was also XB-21 Dragon! I'm tempted to do a "curse of the dragon" video πŸ˜‚
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  101. Thanks. I need to do an update on all that's going on, but had a family bereavement so things are a bit slow currently.
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  102. Thanks! Must admit, have to go back to doing a few more aircraft videos over other topics. Love the non aviation stuff, but forgotten aircraft pays the bills 😁
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  103. AluminEum 😁
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  104. Haha, would love to have more experts on, have to find them first and get them to agree to come on 😁
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  105. Excellent, I'll bear that in mind when I get around to more japanese planes. Thanks for that.
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  106. Me too. Really wouldnt want to take one into combat though.
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  107. Indeed they are. And theyve been well covered by others.
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  108. Thanks for the support. :) I half expect leo 2s to turn up, things are going so fast!
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  109. Merry Christmas to you too Aaron.
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  110. Haha, yes I provided him info for a video on Kurdish weapons.
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  113. When they cite your comment as evidence, itll be down to you...
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  114. Ov 10 is very much on my radar 😁
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  115. Yeah, had 5 months under house arrest when I got back, then all dropped. I've heard the Aussies got really difficult with volunteers.
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  116. It also had a good reputation with the dutch east indies. A brit pilot who had a chance to fly it after his own buffalo reckoned it a vastly better aircraft.
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  117. Oh I am, but I suspect that if f16s get sent they will be American variants with the very latest gizmos. Of course, that all depends on whether any get sent at all.
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  118. True! Although I always think the p47 as a sledgehammer - never elegant or necessarily stylish, but absolute the right tool for a certain job. Also horsepower...an absolute s**t tonne of horsepower :D
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  119. Very true! Though Venezuala is suffering for it.
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  120. It trys to be, but Beijing is a long way from the borders.
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  121. Hahaha apologies for the sound. I was up really early and recorded this about 5am, so spoke quietly to not disturb the missus in bed. Should be back onto normal schedule with the next video.
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  122. Well, I guess they decided enough was enough.
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  123. Lol thanks.
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  124. Cheers John. Know a few people and keep an eye on things best I can. Really need to do a Burma update. Things are heating up there as well. We live in interesting times :(
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  125. IMO, most have drawn back and become complacent on peer to peer warfare. The govts just didnt think a shooting war in europe was a possibility. Germany screwed up completely by making their energy policy basically reliant on Russian, and the brits have wound down armoured warfare as obsolete and refocused on COIN and cyber. TBF, there isnt infinite money, and defence policy needs crystal balls to make right choice. Problem is, they havent.
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  126. Bu-dum-tssch 😁
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  127. I think you are correct!
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  128. Mate, thatd have been beyond awesome!
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  129. Yes, I did a video on that incident. Tragic.
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  130. If my schedule holds up, see tomorrows video ;)
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  131. Lol I'm english. My accent is Essex.
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  132. That's an excellent point!
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  133. One I'll do one day properly
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  134. Do you believe in democracy, and right of people to not live under foreign occupation and tyranny? I mean, sure, it ain't your problem. Just dont expect people to care if suddenly it is.
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  135. I love the Avenger, I'll admit.
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  136. Yes! I definitely got that very wrong! And very glad too, though my heart breaks for the people of Ukraine.
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  137. One can hope...
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  138. 3 once completed. But I have a sneaking suspicion (though only that) that the Leopard IIs might end up in Ukraine at some point if things carry on the way they are. In which case it will be two.
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  139. Haha, that was before I did youtube, where I had to do my own voice overs. Prior to that I had no wish for my voice to be heard. Noone likes the sound of their own voice, after all. Really glad you liked the book.
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  140. I'd love to, but so many topics to cover 😁
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  141. Ohhh...I'll have to check that out!
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  142. You know, I thought the same! It doesnt look bad as such, just...not quite right.
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  143. Reckon at that point you set the vehicle to "go kill everyone" mode and wait for evac. I have reservations on these autonomous systems - especially in urban environments.
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  144. ;)
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  145. Β @LeopardIL2Β  LOL yes, the rules seem...inconsistent. I much prefer to NOT alter pics, but, hey, what you gonna do?
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  146. I am confident it is just a matter of time until the military collapses. The question are 1) how long? and 2) what comes after?
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  147. Certainly. I've been toying with an "SF of the World" series. Problem is gathering decent footage/info on many of them.
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  148. Yeah! I dont know why that is! On the recordings and video files it's fine, but when it uploads to youtube it gets this odd up and down sound. I've tried several recording programs, but seems to persist. If anyone has any ideas on what causes it, please let me know.
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  149. The credit goes to Alex. Without you, I couldnt have told the story :)
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  150. Just released, so might take a bit for it to get going.
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  151. Yep, commonwealth troops during the Malaya Emergency. Well spotted.
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  152. Oooooo! Now that's quite a find. Yep will do the Mohawk and Bronco one of these days 😁
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  153. Oh yes! They're on the list, never fear :)
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  154. Lol exactly what I said when I first read about this. Followed by "how have I never heard of this before!?"
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  155. Cant say I'm familiar. Any idea what was it called?
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  156. Bah dum tish
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  157. Bangladesh? Must admit I know nothing really about the place, so probably not. Sure there are good folks on here who are though.
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  158. Thank you so much!
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  159. Excellent! Thanks for filling in the gaps!
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  160. At the same time a man was landing on the moon!
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  161. I really want to, but detail is difficult to get in english. I'll have to tap lee ann up, see if he has anything.
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  162. Thanks Andrew, so pleased you enjoy the videos.
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  163. Ah! Thank you! Next time I need a movie gag! :D
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  164. Yes, I dont do enough justice by not going into more detail just how much fighting they did! But I have to limit it somewhere. Dutch Martin's fought to the end.
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  165. Wow! He was far luckier than I imagined.
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  166. Question: have you actually looked into the events of 2014? Or are you just repeating what you've had parroted at you. Im not attacking you. Serious. Look at what happened.
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  167. Those m16s are normally vietnam era - lot of them have been in Burma since 70s and 80s
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  168. Grumman love their fs and 1s, apparently.
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  169. I do have the Sterling on the list. Manchester is in front of it though ;)
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  170. Lol the Bucheons are on the to do list :)
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  171. Thanks for the extra information. It's sparse in English language sources.
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  172. You're more than welcome 😁
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  173. I have. Could do a whole series on parasites, tbh.
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  174. Lots and lots of reasons, all green....allegedly...
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  175. You're right! Teach me to look more closely at the pictures I want to use.
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  176. 😁
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  177. I'm tempted to do videos on aero designers just so people can appreciate how much they advanced during their careers, Heinemann being a great example.
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  178. Lol yes, partly my thinking with this video.
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  179. I may have to do some normal ones soon. Scrambles the brain :)
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  180. Was tempted to clip some of them for this, but resisted 😁
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  181. There is a cunning plan afoot...
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  182. The military was still independent even when ASSK was notionally in power. What condemned her was not criticising them for their actions. But, seeing as they launched a coup as soon as she started to look like getting too much support, it's likely the military would have just moved sooner against her. Basically, the democratic reforms were always a facade, the military never relinquished power.
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  183. Yep, reminded me of Glasgow as well.
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  184. Β @Irobert1115HDΒ  it was, but it never flew, nor would of done, I believe.
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  185. Yeah, I didn't go in too deep to all the shenanigans, others have covered it better. Have to say, love Grenada though.
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  186. That is entirely possible :)
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  187. Hope to :)
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  188. You maybe right! The crashes were so close together it's even possible stuff has got intermingled over the years.
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  189. Lol I'm planning that next!
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  190. Lol very happy to hear it :D
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  191. Ooooo! That is interesting! Must admit, I dont intend to do anymore on the CA15, but if you post it please feel free to put a link in here and let me know. I could pin it for those interested. Otherwise I could upload it as is and give you credit.
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  192. I've worked with several NGOs in Myanmar for the last 12 years. In fact spent most of March helping an ambulance program in the Karen held areas.
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  193. It's on the list, never fear. :)
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  194. Thank you, much appreciate the kind words.
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  195. Yeah, zoom sucks for this.
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  196. One of very few indeed!
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  197. "Euro fighter" was just a pun on "european fighters". I'll admit, a bad one :)
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  198. Glad you enjoyed it
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  199. Willdo :)
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  200. Thank you. Though I can get any with far more speculation, so I'm lucky like that. :)
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  201. Ahhh! Silly mistake! Apologies.
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  202. Quite right! Added them now. Apologies.
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  203. It is murky. Modi has expressed concerns over the situation, but India is one of the country's accused of selling arms to the Burma army. Plus looking at a lot of the weapons that the Arakan Army use to fight the Burma army, a lot of them appear to be Indian. I think there are a lot of connected people making money (in all the surrounding nations) from both sides.
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  204. That's a Beaufort pictured as I said. Confused as to what you are talking about.
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  205. That's awesome that you worked of them. Maybe one day I'll get a chance to see one for real.
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  206. Sounds completely reasonable 🀣
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  207. :D
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  208. Good point! Have to get around to that aircraft one day.
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  209. Lol well I intended to cover all sorts of military topics, but obscure planes are what the people want πŸ˜‚
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  210. Plus the bribery by Lockheed. Big factor in the F-104 selection.
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  211. Youre right. It doesnt have to be your problem. But I suspect you are a believer in freedom. Is it only your freedom that counts? Not an attack, just a question.
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  212. Lol I thought the same! But apparently the IAF was flying mustang's, so that is what influenced them.
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  213. I'm inclined to agree on the imperialist argument. But Russia didnt put weapons in Mexico, and it isnt a American invasion we are talking about - we had all that with Iraq. This is an invasion launched at the behest of effectively one man that threatens the lives and freedoms of 40+ million people. That is the reality we have to face.
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  214. Many thanks! Should get the 50k request video done later this week.
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  215. Today is the anniversary of the attempt to blow up the monster 😁
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  216. I looked at it and went "nope!" ;)
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  217. Lol spoilers!
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  218. Pleased to oblige :)
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  219. Not an SOE op, and Chindits deserve there own vids. Should do one on Wingates work in Palestine, actually. Though that might get loud in the comments...
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  220. I wondered that. Integrated electronics, maybe? The older takks have them as bolt ons, and can manage without them. The later tanks cant? Speculation on my part.
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  221. The Karen are just wonderful people. Have many friends amongst them.
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  222. Yeah...they dont seem to have got the memo on that.
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  223. It's because of support from you guys that enable me to do it. So thank you :)
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  224. I'll be in that neck of the woods soonish, so can get a more accurate picture. Tbh, china has always been involved. They supply both the Burma Army and various EAOs with weapons.
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  225. Thanks!
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  226. Excellent points, and you are almost certainly correct. If theyd got Beauforts, their loss rate may have been better, but suspect you are quite right it wouldve been the same result.
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  227. Glad to oblige ;D
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  228. I believe that some of the tests by the US after the war used a jeep to tow it, so yeah, entirely possible. Disclaimer: I in no way encourage anyone to try building one of these things! 😳
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  229. We all have to find out niche :D
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  230. Ha! Good spot! Yes, got my caption wrong alright.
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  231. You know, that is an interesting one! I'll put it on my (long) list. Thanks for that. :)
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  232. Dark Shark was Ryan's successor to the Fireball.
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  233. Ain't my fault you dont talk proper.
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  234. Will make this the pinned comment as it provides additional info on the story. Thanks for sharing.
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  235. I think (and happy to be corrected) that Joe Kennedy, who was ambassador to UK from USA at the time. He thought the Brits would have to do a deal after dunkirk, so bad was the situation. But he was out and about and saw some old men practicing with pikes to fight any invasion, and wrote that then he realised that Britain was going to fight no matter what.
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  236.  @UJLMedia  Yep, but I can't all be doom and gloom 😁
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  237. Excellent! Thank you for the additional information!
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  238. Hope I answered some of your questions :)
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  239. Nothing. But they wont do it for free.
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  240. There is a flight article from 1919 that I read for this, unfortunately only partially online, but they seem confused as to whether the D.IV is as good as the Germans claim it is.
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  241. I've seriously thought about doing a vid on the deuce and a half titled "most important vehicle of ww2". But I cant face the inevitable screaming in the comments πŸ˜‚
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  242. Let's say I never miss an opportunity ;)
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  243. Haha no, I generally avoid this as well, but with the report I thought it worth covering. Dont worry, I'm not going to go all "x-files" on everyone 😁
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  244. Lol well I try my best :)
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  245. I need to do a follow up.
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  246. Funny you should say that! I was literally Enny meany minny moeing between doing the Mirage iv and the Milan.
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  247. Lol thanks John. But I know my limitations - if I got any sort of power I'd go full Stalin!
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  248. Β @olivergs9840Β  Ironically the Falklands War, I believe, technically wasn't. All up there with "special military operation".
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  249. Sorry about that, normal service should resume now πŸ˜‰
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  250. ;)
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  251. Absolutely my pleasure :)
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  252. Always a measure mate. Maybe have a crack at building one :)
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  253. It's a long one as well πŸ˜‰
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  254. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARA_General_Belgrano
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  255. Good suggestion!
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  256. No accounting for taste 😁
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  257. Lol I mainly worry about getting Messerschmitt right...which I often get wrong anyway :D
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  258. My pleasure.
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  259. Except the A-10.
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  260. Very much on my imminent to do list, but like you trying to make sense of everything, especially all the territory that the army seem to have lost recently.
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  261. Lol that explain why when I googled for images I got lots of people in boats 😁
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  262. The Joy's of historical debate 😁
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  263. Lol I intended Othais.
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  264. Not a bad idea!
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  265. Nope.
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  266. Lol, that makes a change then! Many thanks :)
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  267. Cheers! And the video will still be there tomorrow ;)
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  268. Excellent points!
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  269. His greatest work.
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  270. I have deep suspicions on how youtube ads will run on a fragment of wifi you pick up on a rusty coat hanger, but the vids dont work ..
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  271. Depends on whether the supporting countries maintain that support I reckon
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  272. Lol indeed, but compared to the Skua, or even the Fulmar the F2A was a rocket ;D
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  273. Thanks man, really glad you enjoy the content and the book 😁
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  274. Because I've been reading about abolition, that's why! LOL dimwit I am.
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  275. It's believed she is currently. By the time this ends...who knows.
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  276. Didnt matter, video is demonitized anyway by look of it. Oh well, still think it's interesting :)
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  277. It did go against the sky warden, made in florida and called "bronco ii".
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  278. Yep, and drones.
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  279. Boeing Vertol built both the Sea Knight and the Chinook. Nice business for them!
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  280. My pleasure.
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  281. I thought about avoiding trying say it, but its the only way to learn 😁 Notable I didnt attempt the german nicknames πŸ˜‚
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  282. I have not! Have to see if I can dig anything up!
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  283. πŸ‘
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  284. A surprising final use ;)
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  285. More than welcome. Glad you enjoy my content.
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  286. I think it's initial high altitude acceleration was better than the F100, but in just about everything else it was worse.
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  287. I prefer Burma, but that's me.
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  288. Another great video. I'd add the M777 howitzer. HIMARS is defo one.
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  289. Not me. Must be YT playing up as usual.
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  290. I think so. One of those "perfection being the enemy of good enough" situations.
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  291. Might be why the RCAF went with Goblin 🀣
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  292. Honestly, I thought the same. Trouble is...it's the same microphone! It could be that because I move around a lot it is different rooms affecting the sound quality, or it could be that this microphone is wearing out.
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  293. Oh yes, want to do more Soviets, never fear :D
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  294. It's a subject I've thought of covering in a full video, but I think I covered most of the available details here. One wonders if they had dropped bombs (which would have been largely pointless, I agree with the chinese there) if the Japanese might have been a bit more concerned with home defence earlier. All speculation, of course.
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  295. Thanks. Though I should clarify, 1957 was with the National Guard, forgot to say that.
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  296. All in good time... πŸ˜‰
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  297. My pleasure.
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  298. Β @jensnimike176Β  Football War is one I've intended to do since I started this channel. Maybe one day LOL
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  299. Playing both sides to get the good stuff. Can be a bit dangerous though...
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  300. Lol yep. The amount of times I had to rerecord 'sea eagle' was annoying 😁
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  301. Yep, mention that designation when talking about the aircraft, but seems to have been dropped, probably because it was so unwieldy.
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  302. I'd like to do a series on the worlds less well known SF forces, so that's a great recommendation! Thanks.
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  303. Indeed.
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  304. The Chinese are essentially backing anyone who can afford their products and will protect their investments. I'll admit this is a massive simplification, but essentially true.
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  305. Well, I've done the F20. You want the F-5 A/B/C? I'll get to it one day 😁
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  306. NOTE: The XP-47J was lightened by about 450kg, not 300! Thanks to @enstamud for pointing that out.
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  307. Bwahahaha yes! My sound editing messed up. I didn't pick up on it until the video posted on youtube. And I figured no one was going to watch that far - my mistake πŸ˜‚ Maybe I should start putting in easter eggs 😁
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  308. One of these days. It's very much on the list ;)
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  309. That's at 4.21 ;)
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  310. Maybe. Though traditionally theyve been known to simply grab boys of the streets and force them to serve. Quite a few of the LID got there that way, from what I understand.
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  311. I bow to you expertise :D
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  312. I think there was, yes.
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  313. My pleasure, glad you enjoy it :)
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  314. I was thinking the very same. It's on the "to do" list...but that list is very long :D
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  315. I was just watching it when I thought "You know what... need to make a video on it!"
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  316. You're right! How the hell did that happen!?
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  317. Fair enough, hence my recommendation to look at the Red Cross. Theyll be setting up refugee camps in poland and Romania right now.
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  318. Thank you! Very kind. And never fear, I like less obscure stuff as well - though there are a shocking amount of forgotten aircraft out there :)
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  319. LOL I think that idea was the guys at Junkers hitting the Benzedrine too hard. As far as I am aware it was always a very theoretical idea, but thanks for pointing it out, I might have a deeper dig into it.
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  320. Forgotten AT guns, hey? You know, I am tempted to create an "Almost Weapons" category.
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  321. Way ahead of you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBr6WV5MTN0
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  322. Reckon you might be better off talking to Drachinfell ;)
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  323. Lol be very careful what you say on the internet. My whole channel is a stern warning on that πŸ˜‚
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  324. The very reason I DIDNT post this on the 1st :)
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  325. Fear you'll be waiting a while on that one...
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  326. I reckon if they can be made operational and ammo is available, then something is better than nothing. Suppose it depends how desperate the Ukrainians are. Leo 1s are certainly old, but later models had pretty good night vision gear. Dont get me wrong, wouldn't be my first choice to be a crew on, but beggars cant be choosers.
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  327. Let fell apart a few days ago, I believe.
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  328. I was thinking about it, but there are loads of videos out there on it already. Think I missed the bus :)
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  329. Off top of head, I think the Soviet I-153 was the most advanced biplane to actually see combat use.
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  330. No, just the same ol same ol in Burma.
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  331. Β @TordogorΒ  I know I've done at least one czech aircraft, and planning on doing some Polish ones soon :)
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  332. I'll check it out!
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  333. Oooohhh...nice! I've been meaning to do a few transports.
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  334. The video goes on to show the whole event. I decided against showing it. Tragic.
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  335. Hope he doesnt mind.
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  336. I did the nanchang j12 a while ago, but youtube demonitized the video almost immediately and wouldnt explain what the problem was with it. I can only conclude that chinese planes are not welcome on youtube so I probably wont do anymore. :(
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  337. Pretty much :(
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  338. That crash was in April 1942.
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  339. Nice!
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  340. Hello
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  341. You can award yourself a cookie John ;)
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  342. Way he was talking, he might want all of Ukraine.
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  343. He's just so caring.
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  344. Lol! Yes yes, one day! ;)
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  345. I think it was "...think there is something out there..." at 200 to 300 miles. With this sort of radar in its infancy, bet it depended mainly on how good the operator was.
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  346. Lol already have. Watch Ian's vids the first chance I get. And yes, cracking video!
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  347. I'll look into it, but is problematic as YouTube is twitchy about current stuff.
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  348. I'll have a look!
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  349. I've thought about doing something like that, may consider something in the future.
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  350. Yourube are twitchy about it. I uploaded the video on monday but it got red flagged.
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  351. Cheers!
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  352. Might interest you then: https://youtu.be/olxue1D5tp8
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  353. I actually wonder if it was, ironically, elements from the mirage 50 program!
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  354. Lol not that young, alas.
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  355. Good catch!
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  356. So, when I was there it was fairly early in the coalition supporting the fight against ISIS. I'm guessing you mean food mainly. Rojava had established a pretty solid government structure and there was a substantial population. So most of our food was purchased locally by the administration when in barracks. On campaign we got fed generally with canned stuff that got bought in Iraq and imported. MREs (when I was there) were not popular with the locals. Hardly surprising, many folks dont like foreign food, and that is exactly what it was to YPG/J. They much preferred cooking their own stuff that was supplied by the logistics Corp or bought locally. Hope that helps.
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  357. Ironically, the best aircraft for shooting it down would the one I used in the thumbnail - the sopwith camel. Would have mincemeated the po-2.
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  358. After commenting on the RCAF comp last week and the A-10, thought I'd hide from current stuff for a while 🀣
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  359. Thanks πŸ‘
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  360. If you look up "Chu XP" or "Thai" you should find some videos on that on the channel.
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  361. I suspect a bit of both.
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  362. One I've been meaning to do for a while now. Have to get on with it.
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  363. I did wonder at that. I assume they cleared out all the survivors they could find before the sappers went in. But, tbh and as you can probably tell from the content, my research on this was brief and mainly of the "Are you f**king kidding me!?" variety. Still dont understand this machine gun business!
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  364. Well, I have personal experiences in syria and burma, so tend to look at them more. I did do this video on tigray though: https://youtu.be/lEwm22opyDM
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  365. That's what I said...
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  366. Apparantly the salvadorans had some madden saetters as well, a post war design. And yep, banana republic refers to countries under influence of the giant fruit companies. Bizarre!
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  367. Check out my other Burma vids for background. I've done quite a few.
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  368. It is a great little plane, I'll put it on the list.
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  369. Lol it's on the list.
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  370. Lol
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  371. I was a crowd funder too. As said, been waiting for this for a while :)
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  372. They did, but are now basically a one party "communist" state, for what that means.
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  373. Cheers John.
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  374. Entirely possible one day :D
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  375. I wonder the same myself. I can only guess that performance was so marginal already it was an attempt to save weight, as you say. I suppose they thought "if the turret cant get the enemy, wing guns wont either," but I'm speculating there.
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  376. Lol yes I was thinking about doing an update as i have the press releases from saab and Raytheon on the new guided round.
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  377. Indeed. "Star Wars" lives...just a wee bit smaller.
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  378. Mabuhay!
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  379. I'm in good company apparantly :)
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  380. Thanks for correcting.
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  381. I've been to the village where seagrim handed himself in. Want to do a video on him one day.
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  382. Oooo...a story to be told, by the sound of it!
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  383. Yep, my bad. That's what you get foing talks like this on the fly.
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  384. Good points. Reporting the story as I was told it. Perhaps the helis were on alert and spotted the fighters? The Americans had radar stations in Honduras at the time, suspect the Cubans or Soviets had theirs in Nicaragua. In which case the mi's probably got warning.
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  385. Still a few places using them in the frontline, even today! https://youtu.be/KxEVbGG7N0k
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  386. Wow! High praise indeed. I dont pretend to be an aviation historian, just someone with an interest.
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  387. I'll admit, I'm jealous :)
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  388. LOL you're more than welcome!
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  389. Lol high praise! Thank you.
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  390. That's ephraim mattos, a friend of mine. He got shot in the leg just after that moment.
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  391. Thank you! I'm now trying to get my head around how to say Kfir as I'll have to do that plane one day 😁
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  392. Completely agree. If you want to contribute there, I'd suggest a donation to Free Burma Rangers who I used to volunteer with.
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  393. The irony is politics tends to kill good aircraft. If my suspicions are right, then politics made this one happen!
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  394. One of his best is him flying an su-27 and his buddy sneaks up on him in an f-22. Makes me chuckle everytime 😁
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  395. See my recent vid.
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  396. Sure thing. These Burma vids are always demonitized by YT so that's prob why they dont send it out, though they should 🀬
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  397. Made my day this πŸ˜‚
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  398. Cheers Jack :D
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  399. Many thanks. We knew this day was coming, but it is still deeply worrying.
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  400. My pleasure
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  401. Lol literally was uploading, thought "hmm, see what's going on" and the news was up. Too late to amend so put OVDs article link in the pinned comment. And I've been waiting to see if theh would go this for days! Oh well :)
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  402.  @grahambuckerfield4640  LOL I've told him him he should many times 😁
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  403. Aha! I'll explain that when I get around to the Harrow :)
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  404. Β @paynekiller75Β  yep, no .50 browning available in...think it was early 2016. We stuck with Zags
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  405. More than welcome John ;)
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  406. Β @billdyke9745Β  πŸ€£πŸ˜‚
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  407. salute
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  408. Lol excellent points!
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  409. The shack deserves it's own vid in time:)
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  410. Ohhh! I'll check it out!
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  411. Pity that... ;)
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  412. Easy for you to say! ;)
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  413. Possible. But if the option is hope or murder or a massive scale, I'd take hope, personally. And the Tatmadaw generals are certainly mass murderers. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
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  414. Afternoon!
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  415. FH-1 if I remember correctly. The original Phantom.
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  416. The one used in Congo? I was seriously looking at covering it, but had trouble getting enough worthwhile pics/footage so it's gone on the backburner for now.
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  417. Yesh! Sorry to hear that man. Hope it all works out.
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  418. Lol indeed!
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  419. Thanks man!
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  420. Lol well, the Vulture is very much one of the engines that likely had the same problem!
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  421. Massive, isnt it? Apparently the roll rate on the aircraft was excellent... I wouldnt fancy trying it though...😬
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  422. Lol I'm impressed, wondered how you guys had found it before I'd set it to public 🀣
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  423. LOL people shout at e for saying "aluminium", I wasn't going to touch Wapakoneta 😁 Good directions.
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  424. There were a few, but this one was particularly frightening. https://youtu.be/Bkvh5auBoV0?si=txtHzaB0bUhYi20z
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  425. ;)
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  426. And there was me worrying so hard to get the museum right at the end :)
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  427. Haha, this is brilliant! Love the scathing tone. Have you addressed "Hitler went to Argentina," yet? Dr. Daly-Groves seems to spend his life correcting people on this.
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  428. Oh yes, will do Draken one day - the Danish variant is especially interesting :)
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  429. Thanks man, you too.
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  430. That seems entirely plausible.
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  431. Those v50 engines are rough. I think zaloga talks about how the Soviets would change the oil after the first few hundred kms and get several kilos of steel shavings out it.
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  432. Oh wow! Never come across that before! She's a beauty! As for Belgians, I've covered their Renard fighters, might be of interest to you.
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  433. One I need to cover one day :)
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  434. Not that I could find.
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  435. Honestly, think I'll never run out of planes!
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  436. Cheers man
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  437. Indeed. The Mosquito XV I mention only had 4x.303 machine guns. Guess that was considered enough to put holes in a ju 86.
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  438. Alas, cant edit it once it's up on youtube very much. I've cut the section where I said they built the landers, but that is all I can do with it.
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  439. Thanks! Really appreciate the kind words and support.
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  440. Β @ArisenfromDogmaΒ  Cheers man. I'd love to cover more obscure current wars and events on here, but they generally get demonetized (as this video currently is) and doing them is because I think it's important to highlight what's going on, so I take the hit.
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  441. LOL well never say never
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  442. Honestly, think a better parallel is this: https://youtu.be/axCkaeDDyKc
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  443. Not at all! Mic probs have always been an issue in my vids. It also seems it gets really bad after i upload to youtube. I'll keep playing with the recording settings, see if it can be improved.
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  444. Cheers man, appreciate the support :)
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  445. From when he was in iraq: https://youtu.be/LakUnJx7hg0
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  446. Β @johnstirling6597Β  Ki 43 i think it was. And yes, will do one day.
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  447. Boeing archives are in process of moving at moment. But hoping I can ask them for some bits on the XF8 next year.
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  448. Merry Christmas to you too :)
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  449. Lol indeed I did, and the A-37. Great planes, but not the heavy hitters the USAF wanted.
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  450. Yes! Tank was interested in working with the brits before Argentina, but they dont seem to have wanted him.
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  451. Possibly. I already covered the B-54: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-PltyHaWaE
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  452. Yes I am, this video is kind of a prequel.
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  453. I dont think they are there yet either. But watch this space I reckon.
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  454. Β @terrynewsome6698Β  TBH with so many people covering it I tend to leave it alone. Not a place I've been to or have any real in depth knowledge of. As I see it the principle aim of Hamas attack was to drive a wedge between Israel and the Arab states, which was likely instigated by Iran. Hamas hoped their actions would infuriate the Israelis, which it did, and get them to rashly attack Gaza which would allow the Hamas prepared positions to inflict heavy casualties. The IDF recognized the trap which is why they are painstakingly leveling the place and digging the Hamas fighters out piecemeal. Still too early to tell, but think it may work out as a strategic victory for Iran in achieving an Arab-Israeli relation break (though if they antagonize the US into hitting them that may backfire altogether) and a catastrophe for Hamas. But as said, not my field really and an immensely complex military and political situation.
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  455. Nice!
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  456. Yep. Maybe I'll do a short video on them one day :)
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  457. No, I was just putting examples up. CIA specific pics are...difficult to get in quantity 😁
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  458. All thanks to Mario Overall and Dan Hagedorn. Theyve done some great research.
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  459. Yes, sorry, I wasnt very clear on the fact that v21 was an existing aircraft that was reused as the test bed. Thanks for clarifying.
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  460. Β @athelwulfgallandΒ  Honestly, I get the basic information form books, but the easiest way to find images is a Google image search. As for kits, not my thing, I must admit. Have you asked @ModelMinutes ?
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  461. Lol I didnt say it, but a tactic used by Bombay crews on night time nuisance raids against the Italians was to have a load of light bombs in the hold, cruise around over the target area most of the night and every now and then one of the crew would chuck a bomb out of the side door :D
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  462. Lol nope, they wouldnt touch me with a barge pole! Very much retired now.
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  463. My pleasure 😁
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  464. Thanks :)
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  465. Indeed! When I get around to a dedicated video on the SMB2 I shall have to be sure to include that fact.
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  466. I have done one on the jaguar ( check that out) plus I want to do the vijayanta (think that is spelled right) and one on the SDF armoured units (which I keep putting off, but may do tomorrow). Trouble with tanks is, so many great channels out there already!
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  467. Β @someoldguy383Β  I should probably look into that!
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  468. Maybe I'm already there...;)
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  469. Sorry, my bad. This what you get with this quick turn around videos. :(
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  470. I was surprised he hadnt covered them!
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  471. My wife's American, I wonder every day :D
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  472. πŸ˜‚
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  473. I'll certainly loo into it ;)
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  474. You know, I'd love to see the Grumman Troll!
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  475. Ooooo....now that is interesting!
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  476. The big air power theorist was an Italian, General Douhet. But I think you might be thinking of Billy Mitchell? He managed to show that warships were vulnerable to aircraft bombing and ended up court martialled.
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  477. Oh, I will check him out, thanks
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  478. One day...:)
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  479. Afraid not.
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  480. ;)
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  481. Indeed.
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  482. Haha indeed!
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  483. sigh yes, that's what I get for reading about other history in my breaks. Brain farts.
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  484. Better stop watching youtube then, it's their policy.
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  485. Thanks. Will have some other Thai oddities in the near future as well.
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  486. Dont do it! I'm warning you! πŸ˜‚
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  487. not a bad idea meme
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  488. ;)
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  489. Think they both operate a-37s, and FAH has handful of F-5s
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  490. Entirely possible!
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  491. The Myanmar military has an extensive arms industry, but yes advanced stuff like the SAMs at the parade are purchased internationally. The Burma military has an extensive list of countries that supply it, high end stuff mainly chinese and russian. More interesting is the stuff the EAOs have, which ranges from ww2 stuff dropped to anti japanese forces to mysterious super rare stuff that has regional militaries like india or bangladesh tearing apart the QM divisions looking for the supplier.
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  492. Tbh, I dont ever recall anyone ever saying the name around me. I'm guessing they said it like "Holland"?
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  493. Good spot ;)
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  494. Thank you. It's been a trip 😁
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  495. Nope. Sweden requested an export license should they decide to buy the F-16, which was granted and then rescinded by Carter's decision. Of course, they never followed up, instead developing Gripen. I think they were one of countries that accessed the 16/79 after f-16a was taken away. Norway was one of the 4 NATO countries exempted from the block, they were allowed F-16A the whole time.
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  496. I think it was part of the experimentation that was conducted with the aircraft.
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  497. Lol that would be nice, but people always scream when you drop one or other.
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  498. Β @lugenfrankwood5234Β  He doesn't?! Huh! Maybe I should expand my purview πŸ˜€
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  499. Oh yes, and I MIGHT get another one out later today. No promises though.
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  500. Yep. Anything like that I reckon would be appreciated.
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  501. Lol yes, a fair comment. A mistake I have made before.
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  502. I'll look out for it
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  503. I need to fit a Vultan clip into a vid one day 😁
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  504. Β @1IbramGauntΒ  Yep, on my "to do" list"!
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  505. Check my latest videos. Think I've resolved the issue 😁
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  506. Get off Fox news. They're lying to you.
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  507. Me too 😁
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  508. One day. So many to cover :)
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  509. Congratulations, today you won "1st". ;)
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  510. Yep, misread the script somehow sigh
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  511. Many thanks, much appreciate the kind words and glad you enjoy the content :)
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  512. Absolute pleasure mate :)
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  513. LOL many, many planes out there :)
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  514. Gonna have to that one day...
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  515. Yep
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  516. They stole two C-130s
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  517. Lol I had to cut run time as it was. The AIDC will get it's own video one day 😁
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  518. Quite right, my bad!
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  519. I'll get around to it one day ;)
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  520. I've emailed them asking for info, but nothing back ☹
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  521. B 18 is very much on (long long long) list :)
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  522. Excellent point.
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  523. Oh that's right! I never remember how that is supposed to be pronounced.
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  524. All on the list :)
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  525. Lol, oh, this one is pretty conventional compared to some of them!
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  526. Very much on my agenda, I have to source enough footage.
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  527. Not yet, but I want to do the HAL Ajeet this week, so prob fold them in together.
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  528. See my previous video on MANPADS in Myanmar.
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  529. I've been putting off doing a summary video until it settled down. But I figured it might not!
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  530. Check the date of video release.
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  531. Good suggestion.
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  532. Yep, General Gott. I was considering putting that in, but cut it for time. John's article covers it.
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  533. I suspect not well. But it looks cool, which is what was intended, I reckon 😁
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  534. Good question, and I'm inclined to agree that the workload would likely be intense. Though without knowing the exact nature of the interface control and the level of autonomous action drones like LM have, we can only speculate. From what I have heard sounds like the idea is for the controlling aircraft to stand well off and send the drones in. So guess at that point it's more like a computer game.
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  535. Lol hope you enjoyed it 😁
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  536. Courtesy of @The_Chieftain: https://twitter.com/Chieftain_armor/status/1372637049187090433?s=19
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  537. I plan on getting around to the early junkers, as you say remarkable aircraft.
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  538. Haha yes, the dangers of word spellchecking just doing its thing without checking with me first.
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  539. My pleasure
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  540. ;)
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  541. Lol evidently your eye is better than mine :)
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  542. Yes, covered the Czech B.135, which got used by the Bulgarians. Some Polish aircraft are on the agenda.
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  543. Lol thank you. Not my call on the movie :D
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  544. Yes, I write it kyiv, but never quite know how to pronounce it. I'd say I'm quite famous amongst my regular viewers for my terrible pronunciation of foreign words and names :)
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  545. More than welcome :)
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  546. Very much enjoyed it and hope to see it get released to a wider audience soon.
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  547. The change happened with the CW-21Bs that the dutch ordered. These switched to wing storage. The chinese planes had the pods.
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  548. Ah! Knew I had seen something similar and couldnt remember where! Think it was the SEAL museum in Florida. You might be right on Shulman.
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  549. When I first saw this plane, I literally swore. But it grows on you πŸ˜‰
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  550. I was thinking maybe friday 😁
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  551. Technically I'm a nerd first, badass second.
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  552. Ah! You want Matt Moss at The Armourer's Blog. He literally wrote the book on the PIAT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-aC7VmoxEE
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  553. I think it was the Royal Australian Air Force, off the top of my head.
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  554. Bah! "410s" not "210s"
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  555. Not a major combatant.
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  556. Oh yes...one day... 😁
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  557. 🀫
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  558. I have an odd blind spot with that company. I can never remember the correct pronunciation and end up different each video :(
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  559. Blimey! So I did! And it's thanks to all you folks who watch and encourage me along.
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  560. Eyes and ears open ;)
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  561. War films dont generally bother me because they arent normally realistic. This one did bother me.
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  562. Listen out for whenever I say "wall".
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  563. I sent them an email, they responded next day.
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  564. The Bucc is the exception to the rule :)
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  565. I'd say that's a good call
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  566. Chauchat light machine gun I believe
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  567. Check out John's article. Masses of info in that.
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  568. At the moment they are only working on buried IEDS. The company want to look at other threats after they get that sorted.
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  569. Lol yes. I was going to make the picture a linc, a b29 and a tu4, but then thought "what's the point?" :)
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  570. J7W shinden :)
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  571. With the 37mm? I'm thinking about it 😁
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  572. My pleasure
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  573. More than welcome!
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  574. A rather crude term for "testicles"
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  575. Colombian Kfirs. Too cool a bit of footage not to include :)
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  576. Lol drunk or not that's a good point. My bad.
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  577. Oh! Good spot! Yes, I missed that. Too keen to get the video finished.
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  578. It will get it's own video.
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  579. greatsuccess.gif
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  580. Sorry there doesnt appear to be any other pics of it :(
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  581. Essex, originally.
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  582. Hi, sorry for late response, but this literally crossed my eyeline by chance. As you can imagine, have a constant flood of comments coming in all the time and impossible to track them all. I think for modelling your best bet might be a simple image search on google, though for source material you have to dig around for a decent book. If you set the search filter for large you might find image's with enough detail that you can zoom in on to examine, though with older aircraft those will likely be extremely rare. No time for modeling myself, I am afraid, this line of work tends to consume all your time. Hope this helps :)
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  583. Oooo! Thanks! Yes, sound interesting.
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  584. Yes, the tanks and AFVs were very carefully husbanded.
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  585. And yes, the sound goes odd. I had to change room during recording.
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  586. That scene wouldnt have been the same with "YMCA", I agree.
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  587. More than welcome.
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  588. If there is one thing I've learnt is that no matter what you say or do on youtube, some people will start screaming - quite often about totally off topic stuff shrug
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  589. They get a brief mention :)
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  590. πŸ€” that's a good question! XB-70? I dont know how much that cost, but my bet is a government funded project will be the winner.
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  591. And one very much on my list.
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  592. Β @keiranallcott1515Β  Indeed! I forgot about it!
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  593. I did hear they were already inoperative before the war, that's why they are just sitting around like that. But the truth of it? Who knows. Information is difficult to confirm with things like that.
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  594. On the list, never fear :)
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  595. Yes, got confirmation last night but was too tired to post anything. Have added a pinned comment.
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  596. Lol, way the b-52 is going, that wouldnt surprise me!
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  597. To be fair, I've used stuff in combat almost as old myself. :D
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  598. Hmmm...sounds very odd! In those days bangladesh was east pakistan, so there was a border. If he was sent officially, he may have been part a military training mission. Burma kicked the british mission out in 1950, so maybe the Pakistanis stepped in? It could also be he was sent on a more... underhand mission. Anti indian rebels have long used the Burma jungles as bases. Maybe he was sent on something like that? This is all complete speculation on my part, tbh. Prob need to see if the pakistani ministry of defence will release his military record.
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  599. 🀣 willdo
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  600. No, believe that was an F-111 promotional. Firefox may have used it. As for strangelove, well, I cant find any actual footage on admirals and generals brawling :D
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  601. Lol we do spell it that way 😁
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  602. Quibble noted 😁
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  603. Tbf, the -EX wasnt around when the RCAF ran its competition. But you make a good point. Maybe theyll consider it if Boeing let them build it in Canada.
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  604. Happy new year!
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  605. On my list ;)
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  606. I'll admit, its pushing it putting it in forgotten aircraft. It was more a combo of public demand and me loving it. (Wait until I do the A10 - outrage πŸ˜‚)
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  607. No. It is 'Karen', as in 'Karen National Union.'
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  608. πŸ€£πŸ˜‚
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  609. Oh, one day, never fear 😁
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  610. Ah, thanks for that. I knew the french used f8f in indochina, but thought it was just the air force.
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  611. Aloha.
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  612. My pleasure :)
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  613. Oh yes! I'll get around to it one day.
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  614. Huge! I am tracking it hoping to do a video.
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  615. All the more reason to remind them who they ACTUALLY work for ;)
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  616. The SPADs were single bay, they reinforced one set of wires to cut down vibration so they looked like a second set of struts. Thus the appearance of being double bay.
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  617. Tank stronk..until ukrainian farmer steal it.
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  618. Yep, just gone live :)
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  619. Not at all! Good suggestion.
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  620. Might be talking about the piaggio p.119? Should be a link at the end of this video to my video on that.
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  621. Something from Buck Roger's? Yhe black and white one :D
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  622. Hopefully tomorrow ;)
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  623. There are a few of them. Someone pointed out that some of the most vocal have got quieter since russian banks got frozen. Sure it is just a coincidence, mind...
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  624. Yeah, fair assessment I reckon. I find it bizarre how the "anti-imperilaist, anti war" crowd are cheerleading an invasion which is clearly...imperialist. As you say, it's probably just habit for many to take a contrary position.
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  625. Hmmm...honestly dont know. If there are any ukranian communities near you, they might have ideas.
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  626. Reckon youre right there!
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  627. That is a very good question. I suspect it is better shape than the conventional forces...but ultimately I'm not even sure the russians could say for sure.
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  628. NRF engaging taliban heli. Full marks for his enthusiasm, lower grades for aim :)
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  629. Check out the links at the end of the vid :)
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  630. I believe at least one of the corsairs and one of the mustang's are still about with the CAF!
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  631. Thanks John. And thanks for the use of the pic :)
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  632. Fair point well made.
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  633. Wow! Thank you! :D
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  634. Yeah I'm inclined to agree.
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  635. Believe the russians made a version based on the an-12, though not positive on that.
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  636. LOL indeed. And I came across that when doing my research, but figured trying to explain it all would double the run time. On the old SAAB English language website it just says "translates to Thunderbolt". I guess whoever translated it couldn't be arsed either :D
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  637. Yes, Entirely possible!
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  638. Lol missed this years April's fools alas. Was out and about.
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  639. There are quite a few pics of germans using carriers. I guess many were also captured from russian lend lease and later campaigns in italy and europe, but a lot must have been from 1940.
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  640. One day :)
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  641. I'm certainly not their biggest fan as a rule. But they can be persuaded to do the right thing normally, with enough prodding ;)
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  642. Thanks so much!!
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  643. I'd say that was considered more the RN F***ing up :)
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  644. Yes, it certainly went up! From what I've read he rejected after 30 seconds and they even managed to repair the plane!
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  645. Thank you. Yes, these old vids I did the audio on my phone. My newer ones use a mic and pop guard And constructive criticism more than welcome :)
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  646. Β @tigerpjmΒ  LOL one day.
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  647. I think the problem for YouTube is that it is banned in Germany (and, I think, Austria). So as far as YT is concerned it's easier to just stop it altogether. I don't agree with it, but I don't make the rules.
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  648. Β @DrFatalChunkΒ  evidently you're a man of excellent taste :D
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  649. Hah! Yes, my bad!
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  650. Ahhh...stay tuned :)
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  651. You might as well nip over to Burma to dig up the 50 spitfires buried in crates in the jungle while you're at it ;)
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  652. Lol yes, kicking myself over that. But it's not an Ed Nash video without at least one mistake :)
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  653. Blimey! It literally just went live!
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  654. Indeed! The Bristol Freighter (which I'll get around to one day) was essentially an evolution of the Bombay.
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  655. Must admit I'm out of the loop. Been meaning to catch up and do an update.
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  656. Very true, and as people point out, it probably would've all happened anyway! But the fact that GW played such a role is often overlooked and an interesting little detail :)
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  657. Oooooo! I'll have to look that up! Nice one!
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  658. The amount of time I spent practicing that πŸ˜‚πŸ€£
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  659. Hmmm....think thats better left to governments. Lots of weapons are being shipped to UKR. Honestly, i think the best most can do is humanitarian work. Lot of refugees needing feeding.
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  660. Oooo! Didnt know that! Wheres my 'indiana jones "belongs in a museum"' clip? :)
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  661. Nakajima built the "Rufe".
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  662. No, must admit not yet. Closest I have is one on Venezuala bronco shot down by f16 during a coup there.
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  663. Going to have to get around to it some day.
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  664. LOL thank you
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  665. My pleasure. Always nice to be able to chat with an expert on interesting topics.
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  666. Lol I need one I can travel with, that's the problem. Hopefully I can get a better one soon.
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  667. Indeed it is.
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  668. Lol it is on the list...but so is just about every other aircraft :D
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  669. You're very welcome 😁
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  670. I'm kinda of the same opinion.
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  671. Would have been great to chat to your mother. Too few of the generation remain now.
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  672. Very much on the list.
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  673. Funnily enough, just after this video published the Slovak announced they are shipping s 300s to UKR.
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  674. Yes indeed. Apologies, I shouldve clarified, the first British raids.
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  675. Personal experience largely. Glad you enjoyed the video :)
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  676. I'm thinking about doing a series for patreon supporters on that subject 😁
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  677. LOL I record directly into my phone. I don't get paid for these, and likely never will so I'm not inclined to throw money at them - they're just for fun. Hope that explains the poor audio :)
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  678. Talk to YouTube.
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  679. I'll certainly try
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  680. Cheers mate.
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  681. Nice detail, thanks for adding!
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  682. Yeah, they did. Stop being an apologist for mass murderers: https://www.opcw.org/media-centre/news/2021/04/conference-states-parties-adopts-decision-suspend-certain-rights-and
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  683. Funnily enough I was contemplating that the other day. I get around to it at some point.
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  684. Morning! Hope you enjoy both :)
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  685. Yep. Too many swastikas.
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  686. Lol more than welcome!
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  687. Planning it, but have to be careful. YouTube hates current stuff. I say "taliban", it all gets demonitized and wastes my time. But I do intend to do something on this.
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  688. You are more than welcome.
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  689. LOL! You know, I just assumed that was how it was said and didn't think to check. Should have realised American's have a different pronunciation. My bad
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  690. Very welcome.
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  691. Possibly, but it's never been proven.
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  692. Lol seems to be working out like that!
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  693. One of my earliest vids :)
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  694. Welcome aboard ;)
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  695. I do want to do something on that, as the FAA played an important part in proving the type.
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  696. Β @kkang2828Β  I have done a couple already, will no doubt do some more in the future :D
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  697. Been lining one up for a while on afghan, but suspect youtube will penalise it because I'll be talking about the Taliban.
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  698. Quite right! Apologies.
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  699. Didnt see it, I'm afraid. I'll keep an eye out for it.
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  700. NGAD? fingers crossed
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  701. I've been contemplating April's fools, want to come up with a fake plane. Alas, with stuff like the nighthawk actually created, every idea I have isnt outlandish enough :)
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  702. They have similarities, and the Bombay beat out the harrow in the original competition. But ironically, harrow got selected for a later bomber spec because it was a simpler design to build!
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  703. And 20 years after the Spit, we had the f104! Aircraft development certainly whizzed along.
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  704. Many thanks! I found it a fascinating subject.
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  705. Lol it's on the list
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  706. Ahhh...check my recent vid on the new Carl Gustav munitions 😁
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  707. I have done a few, but always more to do ;)
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  708. I take that as a great compliment.
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  709. Much easier :)
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  710. Pretty well, from what I understand. The XXI was agile enough to keep up with them even in a dive, according to some books I've read.
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  711. Japan has changed its policy. It now can export weapons, it just is picky about to who.
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  712. Get around to them all one day... even the bucc ;)
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  713. Want to do something one day on Operation Paper, the CIA op to arm those guys.
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  714. Excellent points.
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  715. For Operation Torch, I believe.
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  716. Cheers Aaron.
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  717. I shall have to dig deeper then :)
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  718. I think it's because Wright, the engine company, was part of the overall group. When curtiss used wright engines, they used "curtiss-wright". But the P36 often used pratt and whitney engines, and the p40 used Allison's, so guess "wright" wasnt applicable.
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  719. Ooooo...good one!
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  720. It is a silly claim, and I think insulting to both countries.
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  721. Not a bad idea...
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  722. There were, in fact, two me 209s. I'll get around to them sometime.
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  723. I believe it is "Return of the Fly" (1959).
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  724. Oooo....now that sounds like an interesting story!
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  725. Fw 56 IIRC
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  726. That's very kind of you, thank you. Alas because of past travel in interesting places the US is a place I'm not currently allowed to visit.
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  727. When I saw the BBC footage, I couldnt believe it either :D
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  728. Not that I'm aware of, possibly the Vincent's. I need to a video on them sometime.
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  729. Insert meme of trawling the dark web in the middle of the night, chuckling madly
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  730. Β @LeToplache007Β  Thanks for the advice! I'll see if I can clean up the sound or else replace the mic.
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  731. Yes, apologies, misread script. Should have been "Potential fighter".
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  732.  @elektrotehnik94  Thank you, very kind!! I'm working on a Myanmar video right now and I am going to quote Peter's assessment in it because it tickled me so much 😁
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  733. Sorry, forgot to say in the video. I believe there are two in a museum.
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  734. More than welcome:)
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  735. It is. YouTube doesnt like anything ISIS related so they demonitize videos like this and then they dont appear unless you go specifically looking for them. Have a few other videos that cover similar stuff that are the same. Also means video makers have no impetus to cover the subjects - no views or money from them, what's the point of making them?
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  736. Plan on a video in the near future.
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  737. Cougar get it's own video. In fact I was thinking about doing the Cougar when I came across the XF10.
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  738. Good point!
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  739. Hey covering what others have covered before, John :)
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  740. Spiteful is a "to do" and I mentioned the float spits in the B20 video, but that's all.
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  741. Ha! If I could, I would!
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  742. You seem to have misunderstood. The two aircraft I mentioned were designed by Erich Schatzki, a german jewish aero engineer who had to flee persecution by the Nazis, just as Fred David did. These aircraft saw useage against the Luftwaffe. Schatzki also played a part in designing the P-47 - an aircraft that very much had a role in crushing Nazism.
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  743. Sorry, I also seem to mispronounce it! Done it on a couple of videos now πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ
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  744. Merry Christmas Serval.
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  745. Hmmmmm...lots of vids on that already though...
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  746. Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.
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  747. Not me. Mut be YT
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  748. More than welcome ;)
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  749. Lol excellent point!
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  750. Meant to be, evidently 😁
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  751. I spent way to long trying to find something proper, and then gave up πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
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  752. Yep, my bad, misspoke.
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  753. Lol thank you! And watching them ain't mooching, happy that people find them interesting :)
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  754. And the XB-21!
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  755. I think you're right! If the Skyraider hadnt been there, and the Mauler was the only choice, it might have developed into a useful aircraft. As one other commentator said: "the main difference between the two was ed heinemann."
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  756. Lol I dont boot anyone. YouTube is just messed up.
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  757. Ahhh! I think a video today/tomorrow will be of interest to you.
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  758. Cover of the book? Lol no, it's a model they got for the photoshoot.
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  759. You can see my hands in this video though πŸ˜‰ https://youtu.be/Zcsv1Ba0LxI
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  760. Lol hang in there 😁
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  761. It is on the list, promise 😁
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  762. Part of the "sale-of-the-century"
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  763. Many thanks!
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  764. LOL this video originated because I did a video for my patreon supporters on Operation Beaver Drop and found out about the cat mission while researching that :D
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  765. Β @skeletonwguitar4383Β  Meh, I'll take it as a compliment :)
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  766. When the US entered the war, it was horribly unprepared for the German u boat offensive that followed. The period was known to the sub crews as the 2nd happy time. So getting into charleston seems entirely likely, though off the top my head I dont know for sure. I know ships were burning in sight of miami.
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  767. Could well be both.
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  768. Please do. I'll have to visit the museum one day.
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  769. Several years before them. I did wonder, when I came across this, if they ripped it off the Italians. But think it was just one of those ideas people just kept coming up with.
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  770. Lol the wheezing? That climb was much steeper than the video shows. :D
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  771. Well, I'm sure you'll be delighted that a number of Germans seem outraged at my failure to do the same for them πŸ˜‰
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  772. Thanks for listening
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  773. Yep
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  774. I think so too.
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  775. Much appreciated!
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  776. Sure do. Should be details in the video description. Plus I post a video a month just for supporters. And call me Ed ;)
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  777. To many "109s" in the script :)
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  778. I'll admit I have no current plans on that subject. But anything's possible 😁
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  779. Just had the opportunity to crawl over a wrecked AN2 a few weeks ago 😁
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  780. I'm glad you bring up Nazis. I despise them to. So I'm sure you'll appreciate this: 1. Zelensky is jewish. 2.https://twitter.com/JimmySecUK/status/1498248431088939008?t=IhZCjjYzbK-YYDSTYYU0zQ&s=19
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  781. I suspect one could be kit bashed! Do what they did - take a P51 and tweak it 😁
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  782. The fitting of the APU was a game changer for the M1. But I think that only came in on the m1a1 (might be wrong on that). And I should make clear, the M1 is an exceptionally good tank.
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  783. A plane that was just right.
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  784. ;)
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  785. Many thanks.
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  786. My pleasure :)
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  787. Lol it was a pad with a mapping program. Stick the point you wanted hit on the map, it sent (no idea how that was achieved) and it went through to coalition command who would relay the request. And yes, friendly fire did occur, but surprisingly few considering the method. Medical, ammo, other stuff normally purchased by the Rojava govt. No doubt coalition supplies began to supplement this as time went on. Oh, and massive source of supply was capture from ISIS.
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  788. I will prob talk a bit about the army weapons in the follow up 😁
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  789. :D couldnt resist.
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  790. Oh! Indeed! My bad. The Tiger name came after Skoshi.
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  791. The Huey, no. But type ach-47 or bell 207 into the youtube search and you should get something thatll interest you πŸ˜‰
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  792. One day πŸ˜‰
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  793. They already have there own weapons that do the job well enough.
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  794. Love to!
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  795. Burma is still the official name recognised by the USA and some others. The name Myanmar was created by the military as a rebranding after the 1988 revolt where they murdered 1000s (possibly 10000s) of civilians. It has it's own colonial implications as a name because it harks back to an old Bamar kingdom, iirc.
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  796. 70% of the battalion tactical groups. Yep, they ain't messing about.
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  797. Lol I was trying to think if I could get flash hart into this vid, but settled with Bryan instead 😁
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  798. Many thanks. And it is a great book.
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  799. Brilliant, thank you for buying! Hope you enjoy it 😁. As for YT/Google they say I have an ad sense account. Problem is i dont, and never have done. And Google doesnt appear to have any humans in the loop to remedy it. Trying various things to sort it, but it's a brick wall so far πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
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  800. IIRC those are Mk.IV's
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  801. A-7 served well with USAF and with 30mm cannon was considered as an alternative to the A-X program.
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  802. πŸ˜‚ couldnt residt
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  803. Dave's a man of very strong faith.
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  804. Yes, apologies.
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  805. Lol Thanks. Misread my script and missed it in editing. Least I picked up I got the date of the end of ww2 wrong πŸ˜‚
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  806. Wow! Thank you! 😁
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  807. When I read it I had to include it.
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  808. Ahhh...probably not licensed there ☹
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  809. Indeed it is.
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  810. :D from my Blackburn Blackburn video.
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  811. Morning!
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  812. Haha yes, I avidly watched ian and the chieftain's episodes on elbonia. Not sure I'm best qualified for this if I'm honest, think there are other aviation channels out there with greater knowledge of the subject. But I'll have a think about it!
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  813. Thanks! Appreciate the support! I used to do outros, but the analytics shows that as so as they begin, people generally switch off. So I figured they were kind of pointless.
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  814. My pleasure
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  815. Cheers!
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  816. Β @terrynewsome6698Β  I'm guessing that's aimed @HISuttonCovertShores
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  817. Yes! USMC put bazooka on helis in korea as well. That must have scary!
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  818. Agreed. Notable that the pics of the P-47M all seem to have tanks.
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  819. More than welcome.
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  820. Check out some of my others ;)
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  821. People keep saying that, I really need to figure out how all that works πŸ˜‚
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  822. I did wonder that myself, and their are pics of Stirlings flying with the rear wheel both up and down. Couldnt find an answer, so possible change, could be maintenance issues. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
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  823. Β @koko_441Β  Kachin sources personally confirmed to me that an FN-6 was used in the helicopter shoot down. But the FTC-2000G is, as far as I am aware, has not be revealed at this time. Perhaps even engine failure?
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  824. I would like to do more PRC aircraft, but the one I did got demonitized and I have no idea why. So I am very dubious about doing more.
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  825. The sequels are always worse than the originals.
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  826. I spent time in Kachin. Beautiful country and people.
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  827. I havent! I will have to keep an eye out for it.
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  828. Tunisia, hey? I'll admit, I'm intrigued!
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  829. Way too slow to keep up though 😁
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  830. Ooooo...one day ;)
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  831. It isnt, I just want filthy lucre off them before I advertise :D
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  832. Lol
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  833. Drachinfell did a video talking to the author of the book I recommend, he talks a bit about it, you should be able to find it on YT. He does a fair bit in the book about that aircraft, but I figured I had enough just covering the standard seafire without getting even more into the weeds. Hope this helps.
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  834. Although... https://youtu.be/QbC6dLG_dQY
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  835. Because then someone always says "are you not going to mention his complex relationship with the aero industry?" πŸ˜‰
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  836. Lol yes, and the meteor, which Petter played a role in. You can see the evolution, cant you?
    3
  837. Yep, I thought about doing the woomera first. But there was too many people yelling for this first :)
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  838. Reckon so
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  839. Β @Godvana_Β  wish I had time to play it. Looks like a cracking game.
    3
  840. Guided by an operator I believe.
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  841. Lol plenty of people have covered that already.
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  842. Β @callejansson682Β  Many thanks! I have some of the press releases from Saab and Raytheon and think this will provide enough info on the CG updated round.
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  843. Messy. :) But I'm originally from Essex. Though as im married to an American I have developed the alarming tendency to say "pants" instead of trousers and occassionally "zee" instead of "zed" ;D
    3
  844. They were flight testing the concept of spine mounted missiles. I guess they didnt fit properly, so the dummies were sliced and attached to the canopy. The concept sounds like an iffy idea, IMO.
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  845. Ooooo....interesting one!
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  846. It's in as far as I'm concerned. I suspect YouTube algorithm rubs comments it flags, but dont expect it to make sense. My vid on the russians using an AT gun on a oil fire is demonitized and I honestly dont know why. Computer says no shrug
    3
  847. Sorry, forgot to say in the video! Only a single mk.i prototype was preserved, non flying, kept at the FAA museum I believe.
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  848. Notice I didnt try "Neuiport delage" πŸ˜‚
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  849. Thanks!
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  850. Indeed! And I think the jet, iirc, was the IAR-93, which was joint produced with Yugoslavia.
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  851. Β @Snp2024Β  Obviously, that must be true. It now says so on the internet :)
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  852. Next time I'm in Egypt I'll be sure to check it out! :)
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  853. I'll bear that mind. Thanks for the correction.
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  854. Lol I was umming and arring about which to do first!
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  855. Easy for you to say...
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  856. I think it was just a question of availability. The battles got yanked from the frontline and were otherwise sitting around - might as well get some use from them.
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  857. Lol I did contemplate that :)
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  858. superman.gif
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  859. Was going to do that this week, but itll prob be monday or tuesday now
    2
  860. Cheers man. As for vietnam, I honestly wouldnt be surprised if new deals werent on the cards in the future.
    2
  861. Direct military intervention seems extremely unlikely and dangerous. But yes, the Ukranians are doing real damage to the Russians. Must admit, I feel sorry for rhe russian kids. A lot of them seem to be utterly confused as to why they are there.
    2
  862. Very true. But even the effort put into "fortress singapore" was half-arsed.
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  863. Indeed they did! Hope to do that very soon.
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  864. Many thanks
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  865. You should ask John Dell. Go to his website in the link and you should find his contact details :)
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  866. I dont think so, it never got a US publisher. I think it is available on Audio book only πŸ˜’
    2
  867. Keep at it, you'll get there.
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  868. No. Bombs hung in racks under the aircraft.
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  869. You know, I assumed there would be a video on youtube covering that already, and was going to give you a link. But there isnt! So at some point I may have to cover it indeed!
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  870. I want to do french stuff as well :)
    2
  871. Think the bomb bay design woukdve precluded that.
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  872. Cheers bro. Mind you, if you read it in the press, it's probably bullcrap :)
    2
  873. Got some new one :)
    2
  874. That's a fair point, and yet another example of just how quickly aircraft were progressing at that time.
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  875. I'll have a dig around. Though most of them are kinda famous 😁
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  876. Lol well one springs to mind... ;)
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  877. Brigitte Bardot ;)
    2
  878. There's always this one, one of my first videos: https://youtu.be/gXMX7rxMKdE
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  879. Kachin rifle based on the chinese 81.
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  880. Yep, entirely possible.
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  881. He did. Badly burnt.
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  882. Good spot, I think you're right!!! Fascinating, I wasnt aware the Chinese operated them. Now I'll have to see what I can dig up on that!
    2
  883. Believe after the double they went to the Wasp Major...which was FOUR rows of cylinders over the Doubles two.
    2
  884. No, afrin was occupied 2018 by turkey. The attack on Rojava occured 2019. The two areas were separated.
    2
  885. Oooooooo!
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  886. Thanks man. Honestly, if someone can figure the arcane and unholy ways google works, they can become rich beyond their wildest dreams. Me, I just knock out videos :)
    2
  887. Already have: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrygHGWdct0
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  888. Thanks!
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  889. I agree. Talk to youtube.
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  890. The early ones had some problems, which was pretty much standard with any radial.
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  891. ! Are you sure on the F-15? Israel operated them from 1977.
    2
  892. It's an excellent museum.
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  893. Lol everything else is true, from what I can ascertain.
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  894. Lol I guessed I'd messed it up 😁
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  895. Oh yes, well aware. Dont have any Nazis where you're from? Must be nice. And I'm sure they love Zelensky. He is Jewish, I believe.
    2
  896. And as you don't like Nazis (kudos) this might be of interest: https://twitter.com/JimmySecUK/status/1498248431088939008?t=IhZCjjYzbK-YYDSTYYU0zQ&s=19
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  897. Not that I could find. Probably available in the national archives, but they're not digitalised online yet if they are.
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  898. Aha! Clickbait works! πŸ€£πŸ˜‚
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  899. Thanks! Have to get on with the 50k special :)
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  900. Lol this was hilarious
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  901. Yep, my mistake. Serves me right for straying into space stuff 😁
    2
  902. Hah! Thank you! Mind you, if you're pulling my leg on "boomerang" I'll be sending the outraged hordes to you after I do the video ;D
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  903. Thanks you! Got some other very interesting American "what ifs" in the pipeline as well.
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  904. Lol I agree. But by the end of its career, it was the F.
    2
  905. Nice shout out for Mile's and Silah; the work they do is great. And, as usual, brilliant video! Look forward to the shooting tomorrow.
    2
  906. You know, I'm tempted to do a series on the designers, just because when you go into the extent if their design careers it's amazing. And the century series are all interesting 😁
    2
  907. Ah! You on amazon.com? It's available on .co.uk on kindle I know, but think it is a international licensing thing.
    2
  908. Lol mainly Spanish ones.
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  909. Indeed! And the Marut was very much a Tank product - tough as an old boot :)
    2
  910. Absolutely. I think the CW wouldve begun to suffer more as it climbed. A 9 cylinder radial was a pip squeak by 1940.
    2
  911. Truly tragic accident. When I researched this couldnt help but feel for the F-100 pilot.
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  912. Lol if only!
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  913. One day...one day :)
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  914. Must admit dont know if its rate was worse than the Hawks. But it seems to have more fragile. The Hawks, whatever failings they did have, certainly were tough. Suspect theyd be less likely to get written off. But this is me speculating tbh
    2
  915. I think it was PKK shooting down a turkish heli (cobra maybe). I might be wrong on that, made the invictus video a while ago.
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  916. More than welcome :)
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  917. That clip at the end?
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  918. Thanks man
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  919. Leopard 2s would actually be my first choice. But I cant see their transfer being authorised by the Germans.
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  920. πŸ˜‰
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  921. Β @Persian-ImmortalΒ  Yeah! I miss him too! Come back Jonny!!
    2
  922. It appears to have been integrated onto both.
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  923. Β @jakoboleΒ  I was surprised too :D
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  924. Glad you enjoyed it!
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  925. Many thanks!
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  926. ;D
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  927. Nope.
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  928. The C-74? No, that's correct. The pop out cockpit is the easiest visual difference. The Constitution's cockpit is more streamlined.
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  929. The 1st Helicopter squadron. Footage of which is at the end of the video.
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  930. Glad you liked the book! And dont feel bad about nit going, I'm a bit of an idiot ;) As for burma, no book in that about my experiences, all very dull all I did was reach people how to fill in the human rights abuse forms.
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  931. Most of those original guys are long gone.
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  932. My pleasure :)
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  933. Aha! See my more recent vid on the Whirlwind :)
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  934. Noted ;)
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  935. I've looked at making longer videos, but the audience drops off rapidly after a few minutes generally. Means you put a lot more work in for limited reasons ☹
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  936. I still get pestered occassionally.
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  937. They pulled out right at the beginning. Same as Dassault. Both said the competition was only interested in an American aircraft.
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  938. Lol no I dont! Lot of people have been saying that though! I wonder if I've been influenced by my YouTube feed. Thinking about it, I've flicked past loads of war thunder videos while scrolling through, probably that which planted Viggen in my head!
    2
  939. Lol one of my first!
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  940. Believe so.
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  941. Oh yes, all excellent suggestions and on the list to get around to one day 😁
    2
  942. You too! 😁
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  943. Not yet, but it is on the list.
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  944. The f106 is, indeed, glorious :)
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  945. I'll admit it is very hit and miss, but there are some interesting websites and books with some details out there.
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  946. Oh thanks! I'll have a look
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  947. More than welcome.
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  948. P-51H didnt see service during the war.
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  949. Guarantee that's the one thing theyve forgot...
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  950. That is a Miles MB.39B...and I haven't gotten around to doing it yet! Apologies, another one that is on a rather long list :)
    2
  951. Thanks! Not sure what the issue with the volume is, so I shall investigate further.
    2
  952. Yep, it's on the list :)
    2
  953. Haha, the F-111 because it is one of the best pics of the aircraft out there, and the dish because Wallis had some involvement with it's design.
    2
  954. Not at all, and you are correct, I misspoke. Wouldn't be so bad if I hadn't already done a video on it :D
    2
  955. Oh, I've covered a few which I think are worse 😁
    2
  956. Ha! Maybe!
    2
  957. I've been fortunate to have been the beneficiary of CAS. Fast jets can have issues if the target is smart, though nothing better than otdnance coming in from what appears to be a clear sky. Personnally, I'm a sucker for a10 and ac130. Love them in support.
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  958. I'll admit to having an apostrophe issue. Thanks for the correction.
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  959. Not currently, but that is a great suggestion.
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  960. Funnily enough I am planning one of the La's, though not one you may expect πŸ˜‰
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  961. Damn! You're right. Too many pics marked kf51 on my computer.
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  962. Have a look around my videos, there is a lot of competition :D
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  963. Indeed. But I used "shot down" because that is often how people ask on internet forums about this episode.
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  964. salute
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  965. Lol you're timing is perfect! Keep an eye out for my next two planned videos ;D
    2
  966. Good question! I think I'd go with what the USAF settled on -"attack" as with the a-26. The gunships really has come to mean the aircraft with side firing guns that use the circling attack.
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  967. I have! Cant find much on it at the mo, butbit is on the list.
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  968. IL2 is most produced combat aircraft, but not a fighter.
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  969. Nope.
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  970. RTAF-5, there is a link to the video on that at the end.
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  971. πŸ˜‰
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  972. Swallowed up by hawker in 1959. There is conjecture that the RAFs acceptance of Gnat was contingent on them agreeing to merge.
    2
  973. I've donated far more money than I could ever make off this post. But, for good measure, any money I do make will also be donated.
    2
  974. Thank you
    2
  975. Yep, not great. And the Turks are building up to another intervention I think.
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  976. I think I shall, there is an excellent source charting that at the moment.
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  977. Ha! Probably.
    2
  978. You know, I'm kind of surprised they didnt.
    2
  979. Β @overworlderΒ  That seems a good explanation. Still a shame though.
    2
  980. Greetings back 😁
    2
  981. Not got around to those yet. Early delta's though: https://youtu.be/T9egienxNe4
    2
  982. Very true, though whether the Do 335 could be said to have actually reached service is questionable. I might do a further video digging into all the options more fully in the future, though that will no doubt cause all sorts of rows :D
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  983. One day. Though lots of others have already covered it on youtube.
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  984. I will be very interested to hear what you find. The 16 gun thing made me raise my eyebrows, and I nearly didn't include it because I thought it unlikely. But all the (few) sources say that is the case. I do wonder if this is the classic "fact" getting into the history and simply being repeated. So very keen to know if actual technical drawings can tell is for sure. Let us know if you can confirm/deny it πŸ˜ƒ
    2
  985. What a difference 3 years makes...
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  986. Lol thank you. I still do this because I enjoy it really 😁
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  987. Really interested to see how this turns out.
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  988. Quite right, I shouldve said "piston engine land aircraft".
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  989. I didnt, but shall give it a look!
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  990. Westerhall no.7 ;)
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  991. Hope you enjoy it.
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  992. Ooo...really cool!
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  993. Shoot them a message and ask :)
    2
  994. Would be a far to logical idea to ever get built. :D
    2
  995. Yep. Terrible i know, but I have to work with what I have :)
    2
  996. Thanks man
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  997. You know, it does :D Welcome aboard!
    2
  998. Thank you for the kind words. And yes, one day I'll see the Viggen fly 😁
    2
  999. Woomera is very much on the list :)
    2
  1000. No, not yet. Plenty other have covered it though, so it's a backburner.
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  1001. Lol dont worry, I cherish them :)
    2
  1002. Sort of, but they just have the warhead on the drone and direct it into the tank. Azeris did this against armenia with their loitering munitions- which is basically a drone with a warhead. Now though, operators are fitting are fitting stand off screens to negate that. The pendulum swings...
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  1003. Thank you. One of my very early ones, I believe.
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  1004. Lots of japanese aircraft I want to do :)
    2
  1005. Indeed!
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  1006. No, possibly have covid :)
    2
  1007. Lol, think youd have to go to Iran for that, and I believe they're still using them :) But a tomcat would be so cool!
    2
  1008. Possible. The turks have shipped a bunch of new drones as well. Numbers are uncertain.
    2
  1009. https://youtu.be/8WOdS1FoL3M
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  1010. Β @bored383Β  lol nah, just a joke.
    2
  1011. Both are firmly on the list, never fear 😁
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  1012. Happy to help!
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  1013. On the list
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  1014. Must admit, dont know. They had aks from literally everywhere.
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  1015. Yep, 4 shipments so far and a fifth on the way from what I understand.
    2
  1016. ;)
    2
  1017. I shall put them on the list 😁
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  1018. LOL, yes, one of the first one I made! Gloster F.5.
    2
  1019. Yes, I'm having problems with recording equipment. Plus once it uploads to youtube, they seem to do their own tweaks that aggravate it. I'll continue fiddling with it, see if I can get it better.
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  1020. The Armistice agreement that stopped the fighting. Versailles came late. Think it's clause 1, subsection 4, iirc.
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  1021. Lol, glad to oblige :D
    2
  1022. Absolutely. I think some people construe this as an attack on the M1. It's not. The Abrams is one of the finest fighting vehicles ever built IMO.
    2
  1023. If there is no war, I will be delighted to be wrong.
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  1024.  @utbdoug  TBH I had to double check 😁
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  1025. Just a smidge slower tha the -M, and didnt see the point of putting more p47's in ;)
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  1026. Appreciate the sentiment, but that really wasnt my intent. Interested in what people think πŸ˜‚
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  1027. Oh yes, Id like to do the LAGGs at one point. And TBH, I've no objection to doing mainstream aircraft -it's just so much is out there on them already and I would largely just be rehashing it. But the LAGGs would be good candidates. :)
    2
  1028. Contemplating it seriously, as it is one of my all time favourites, though my regular viewers might be outraged at such a "NOT forgotten aircraft". 😁
    2
  1029. Ah! Both the same aircraft, just different models equipped with different engines. Curtiss F6Cs.
    2
  1030. Fascinating! Thanks for contributing.
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  1031. Lol yes, it fooled me. I try to be more careful with footage selection now (no guarantees though :) )
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  1032. More to come!
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  1033. Maybe not next, but it's on the list on the list, never fear.
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  1034. Welcome aboard!
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  1035. Many thanks.
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  1036. I think french f100s got into an accidental fight with Yemeni mig21s once. No casualties from what I know.
    2
  1037. Haha love Drachs stuff
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  1038. Lol monday
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  1039. You should check out the Westland Wendover then πŸ˜‚
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  1040. Thanks man.
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  1041. I think with the -10W, it went out of production, and the others I guess (and it is just that) that they were at capacity meeting US manufacturers demands.
    2
  1042. Sure: "Nothing Ventured..." by Philip Jarrett. Part 21. Aeroplane Monthly, Volume 20 No. 1, Issue 225, January 1992. Also you can find additional sources on the M.20s Wikipedia page
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  1043. Morning Warbles. I think the idea was to have some sort of lifting mechanism that pushed the missile up before firing. As noone ever developed it, I'm guessing they decided it was a bad idea :)
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  1044. Prototype
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  1045. I must admit, the only place I found any reference to the mustang/xp46 link was the stuff listed on wikipedia. I'm personally dubious.
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  1046. No evidence that I am aware of of Ukraine assisting HTS, despite Russian claims. Bare in mind that ISIS pioneered the use of civilian drones in warfare ( I speak from experience) and no doubt some of those tech guy ended up in HTS where theyve been refining their craft.
    2
  1047. F-35 does.
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  1048. Not yet. Both are very much on the "to do" list :)
    2
  1049. Oh yes indeed!: https://youtu.be/fP_iE1H0VDw
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  1050. Excellent points
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  1051. It is Boeing's proposal for the new requirement when ASMT was cancelled. They didnt win, something else did ;)
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  1052. They have now, issues with the system.
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  1053. Ahhh...trouble is if I DONT use both, there is a cacophony of screaming. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
    2
  1054. Few people watched it, as soon as an outer starts, people switch off
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  1055. That and the Spanish "pigeon" are on the to-do list.
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  1056. I'm often surprised myself ;)
    2
  1057. https://youtu.be/QUoAq2S5YB8
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  1058. Lol I'm sure.
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  1059. Not april 1st yet.
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  1060. I thought about it, but honestly, it'd be all speculation - the US aren't going to reveal anything significant about it.
    2
  1061. As mentioned in the video, it's an experimental version to test the features thatd become standard later.
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  1062. Diabolical! And as sensible a suggestion as anything the original designers came up with, I reckon.
    2
  1063. Yeah, must have misread my script. Thanks for the correction.
    2
  1064. I'm like Shakespeare, building the English language one word at a time :)
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  1065. Not yet. One day 😁
    2
  1066. Think I heard of that somewhere...
    2
  1067. Lol
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  1068. Thanks Simon
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  1069. My pleasure. Want to do more ww1 stuff, so many odd and interesting designs.
    2
  1070. More than welcome.
    2
  1071. Did one from when i was in Grenada on the wrecks there, it's more opportunity than anything 😁
    2
  1072. The US Army Air Force was from June 1941-47. So the whole of US involvement in WW2 and beyond. Who's talking trash?
    2
  1073. Check out my back catalogue. Quite a few there 😁
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  1074. Ohhh..I'll check it out
    2
  1075. 1:00 Peter resonates with us all.
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  1076. Already did :D
    2
  1077. Had its moments...
    2
  1078. Yes, I was a little surprised as well!
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  1079. Your videos are excellent. I tell folks about them whenever I can.
    2
  1080. Lol. Itll just be "Pz [insert number]"
    2
  1081. I very much agree, but thought I'd put them in as for some it is a safer bet.
    2
  1082. I'm not sure where it ended up, but suspect for CAS it would have been awkward. That nose is huge!
    2
  1083. The Kachin are around 95% Christian. But tbh, the myanmar mil doesnt really care about religion unless it suits them. Everything they do is to retain power and make money.
    2
  1084. Dummy missiles to test the idea. I think you spotted the reason why no one did it :)
    2
  1085. LOL, I knew I should have consulted you first! Thank you for clarifying and the additional info, John. Yes, the autogyro is probably one that could do with a video!
    2
  1086. FW 190 had a BMW 801 radial.
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  1087. Nice! Thanks!
    2
  1088. USAAC, USAAF then USAF. They loved their acronyms 😁
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  1089. Spent a fair bit of time in that part of the world and have quite a few friends/contacts there.
    2
  1090. Ha! You're right, I didnt know that! Now I'm reading about the Great Flag Debate.
    2
  1091. Good question! I generally compile videos in 720 due to size constraints - I'm quite often uploading in places where internet isnt great and so I limit the resolution. Plus I've never known it be an issue. But I can certainly look at doing videos in higher resolution in places where upload is feasible. Hopefully up until Xmas thatll be possible, so I will see about that.
    2
  1092. Indeed!
    2
  1093. I believe the sleeve valves were prone to failure, though I'm not an engine expert.
    2
  1094. All credit to John Dell for this one :)
    2
  1095. Reckon you are right. Suspect with all those spooky planes that NATO had buzzing about before it started,the UKRs probably knew of the "open fire" order before it got to the Russians!
    2
  1096. Nope, fresh video. Might be that a lot of the ww1 planes look similar?
    2
  1097. Horrible. Some you win, some you lose. πŸ˜”
    2
  1098. https://youtu.be/bcYppAs6ZdI
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  1099. Lol, they do look more like c.714s than bf 109s!
    2
  1100. Excellent points.
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  1101. Cheers man.
    2
  1102. Funnily enough was thinking about the Fury today!
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  1103. Ooooo...thanks! I'll have a look.
    2
  1104. ;)
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  1105. Both on the list.
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  1106. Brit ;)
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  1107. Sorry, there seems to be an upload issue with youtube. The original is fine, youtube seems to quiet random parts.
    2
  1108. Glad you liked it :) I havent read any of the other accounts, I'll admit.
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  1109. Already have 😁
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  1110. My pleasure.
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  1111. Today ;)
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  1112. Was thinking about that...
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  1113. It's on the list, promise :)
    2
  1114. Unless something huge happens, I want to go back to some old aircraft for a bit. Tracking this is exhausting.
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  1115. Lol hope so!
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  1116. Β @twunt2000Β  LOL cheers!
    2
  1117. Haha yes, it got sorted.
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  1118. Indeed! Many I couldve have chosen from, tbf.
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  1119. LOL feel free to carry on getting carried away, John :)
    2
  1120. Well, I do have some experience with heavy rifles ;) https://youtu.be/7eZ4MwgViQI
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  1121. I think at least three. Long range aviation (bombers) was one too.
    2
  1122. You should suggest that to @vickersmg
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  1123. Bunch of sources, links to some in the article that goes with the video: https://militarymatters.online/military-history/not-about-football-the-100-hour-war-el-salvador-and-honduras-14-18-july-1969/
    2
  1124. Yep.
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  1125. Lol duly noted on the RAAF. My bad. I will do the Boomerang, but think the CAC 15 is first 😁
    2
  1126. Iraq, syria, iran, North Korea, yemen and sudan are the problem ones, IIRC. Of which I've been to two.
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  1127. Lol fair point.
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  1128. Sure I'll get around to them one day :)
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  1129. Look through some of my other vids ;)
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  1130. Yes, I'd be interested in seeing if anyone has more info on Brit use of Brewster corsairs too! I found a source that said that they also werent used by the FAA off carriers, with only the mk.1 and .2 seeing carrier use, but I wasnt able to confirm this. Considering the number supplied, it would surprising if they were not.
    2
  1131. LOL of the theory but not the practice :takeout:😁
    2
  1132. Yep, I stand corrected :)
    2
  1133. More than welcome
    2
  1134. LOL one of my very first videos when I was making them as a hobby πŸ˜„
    2
  1135. We kind of did way back when 😁: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eZ4MwgViQI
    2
  1136. Not currently, maybe soonish.
    2
  1137. Noise πŸ˜‚
    2
  1138. On my to do list, never fear. ;)
    2
  1139. They're a great channel and website
    2
  1140. Yes, great book! Got a review of it on the channel.
    2
  1141. Ohhh....we are working on that, dont worry. Lot of pissed off people on that issue.
    2
  1142. Feel free to put a link in for people.
    2
  1143. Oh yes indeed!: https://youtu.be/T9egienxNe4
    2
  1144. I think that a record has to be set over a fixed, marked course with outside observers, and the war ended that. Afterwards, I guess no one was that bothered about piston engine records so much because of jets.
    2
  1145. I hope to do a syria themed one maybe next week.
    2
  1146. Yes. Alas some of humanity's greatest innovation is inspired by our destructive tendencies.
    2
  1147. Taiwan seem keen on lithium batteries. I guess they have more experience with them because of their electronics industry.
    2
  1148. Willdo 😁
    2
  1149. I suspect you'll like this then: https://youtu.be/pWnkg8V3IGY
    2
  1150. Thank you! Yes, hope to carry on for the foreseeable future 😁
    2
  1151. Quite right!
    2
  1152. Oh yes! I fully suspect this to pass through Congress with no problems.
    2
  1153. I need to get on and do more Burma situation videos.
    2
  1154. Trying to get more solid info. But big blow to the military for sure.
    2
  1155. I'd be amazed if it was, but never say never!
    2
  1156. Oooooo! That one is a complete bloody mess! I think I have a couple of vids on it: https://youtu.be/KxEVbGG7N0k https://youtu.be/EQhNAWj-_4o
    2
  1157. Lol maybe a private for patrons. YouTube wouldnt like it.
    2
  1158. ;)
    2
  1159. Yeah, the sound seems to be an issue with youtube upload, I've never been able to figure why it goes bad on upload. And as for subscribing, yep, youtube is just messed up it seems. Lot of people saying they are having problems :(
    2
  1160. I'd say so! I should've specified "service fighter" :)
    2
  1161. It was like a copy of marine digi camo. Very green. Later issues used digi pattern but with more brown.
    2
  1162. Oh yes. The UK was receiving Cat's in some numbers, I believe, by 1941. IIRC, a Catalina was the first brit aircraft shot down by the Japanese, the day BEFORE Pearl Harbor!
    2
  1163. Thanks Carl
    2
  1164. Oh yes, a pusher radial. That had been played with a bit before, but certainly a novel idea. I'll get around to the J7 one day.
    2
  1165. I believe its aerodynamic studies and how the new pods effect air flow.
    2
  1166. Oy! It's super complicated, I only know fragments of it tbh.
    2
  1167. Glad to oblige. :)
    2
  1168. Think it was slightly slower than the M because of the bigger wings.
    2
  1169. Yeah, that's the problem with the whole issue.
    2
  1170. Lol I was going to do the I-16, but the c.714 predates it so thought it might be best place to start.
    2
  1171. EFW N-20. I'll get round to it one day.
    2
  1172. Mainly working for china, from what I've seen.
    2
  1173. Twitter? Possibly on the oryx blog otherwise?
    2
  1174. ;D
    2
  1175. Thanks for contributing 😁
    2
  1176. Wow! High praise indeed! Thank you.
    2
  1177. Happy to oblige :)
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  1178. You know, I always thought it was the CMoH but after looking into it after your comment you are quite right. I stand corrected.
    2
  1179. Coming up next :)
    2
  1180. Thatll get it's own video in time 😁
    2
  1181. Thank you, really glad you enjoy my content :)
    2
  1182. Cheers John. There are some excellent journos who cover Burma... you just never see them on TV ☹
    2
  1183. Β @jc-hf1bkΒ  cheers man. Here to pay my regular homage to a master :)
    2
  1184. Thinks they're ammo
    2
  1185. The selection of Jaguar is why I guessed they wanted the attack aircraft.
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  1186. My pleasure
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  1187. Thank you! Pleased to oblige.
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  1188. We dont, but my wife is American so she is insisting this year. Oh, and I'm fine, but thanks for the concern. I had to record the voiceover at 5am this morning and so kept my voice down so as to not wake up the missus :)
    2
  1189. Thanks. Really glad you enjoyed it.
    2
  1190. Indeed! https://militarymatters.online/the-day-marines-shot-a-warship-with-anti-tank-rockets/
    2
  1191. Ahhh ... that will have to wait until I cover the Harrow.
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  1192. Thanks mate.
    2
  1193. There are...dozens...hundreds?...of anti-junta groups. Some are communist, some not.
    2
  1194. I've done a few in the past. Should be a "film reviews" in the channel playlists.
    2
  1195. Sorry yes, I phrased it badly.
    2
  1196. Indeed. Any brit deployment will almost certainly be part of a broader coalition.
    2
  1197. Oooo.... yeah that would be cool. Have you tried the Chieftain? Thatd be right up his street I'd think.
    2
  1198. Which makes it totally worth it :)
    2
  1199. Macchi MC.72 IIRC
    2
  1200. Yep, b-26k. CIA had some for their own private air force. My video on them is linked at the end of this one.
    2
  1201. YouTube being its usual efficient self πŸ™„
    2
  1202. Hmmm...think you covered them. A mk.viii tested the first, know that. As for seafires, must admit I'm not sure, would have to look that up.
    2
  1203. Thanks I'll check
    2
  1204. And give them free advertising!? No, I want them to cross my palm with silver first :D
    2
  1205. Yeah, came on the footage of the aussie beau's.
    2
  1206. Oooooh! Nice! I'll see if I can get hold of a copy.
    2
  1207. Yes, brit prototypes had a P marking. And yes, think the intercept system worked very well. But when you're on the ground getting bombed, it certainly seems like more can be done :)
    2
  1208. Same to you!
    2
  1209. Quite agree! I deliberately concentrate on shorter, more general videos because there are excellent specialist channels like Greg covering the more in depth stuff.
    2
  1210. Lol EVERYTIME he would need to take a dump!
    2
  1211. Ah! But that is only half the story! Because I uploaded a video yesterday and YT black flagged it!! Fortunately it has just been cleared by review, so I shall release it tomorrow :D But there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth in the Nash household yesterday.
    2
  1212. Appreciated salty.
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  1213. Congratulations mate! That's awesome!
    2
  1214. Absolutely agree! Said amazon because, for better for worse, most people have an account and can get stuff delivered quickly to the LSL guys. In terms of milsurp, be better to get genuine gear from a supplier with the real deal - that way it's not knock off crap. Thinking as well if there are medical manufacturers who could be tapped up for supply, even if it is out of date and otherwise going into waste. It still can normally be used.
    2
  1215. I need to get there myself one day
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  1216. I can have a look. Quite a few incidents with rb29s I know, but not about the -36.
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  1217. I reckon as long as they continue to tow a chinese line, theyll be protected by china. But times do change...
    2
  1218. Totally agree! Have to remedy that.
    2
  1219. I may have to revisit the Whirlwind. New evidence has come to light...(dun dun deeerrrrr!)
    2
  1220. There is always an exception to the rule ;)
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  1221. This is why I should come to you before posting videos John πŸ˜‚
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  1222. One I am thinking about, but it has had a fair bit of coverage already.
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  1223. It's funny you should mention that... :)
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  1224. As the movie came out in 1982 (IIRC), maybe the Soviets decided to "copy paste" the Hollywood design! ;)
    2
  1225. Same sort of class as the JF-17.
    2
  1226. I did recently think about that. But it is "Still under consultation"
    2
  1227. Β @thefuturist1867Β  LOL the Irish are still mulling it. I don't think I' going out on too much of a limb to say "ain't likely". πŸ˜€
    2
  1228. I might next week, but in brief summary, the EAOs are kicking off. Especially the Kachin!
    2
  1229. Douglas C-133. πŸ˜‰
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  1230. I think very similar, though the HA 300 would have had much better performance, if it had got into service.
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  1231. Absolutely my pleasure :)
    2
  1232. Did you check the other comments or the date of release?
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  1233. To be honest, that's probably the idea they approved :D
    2
  1234. Oh yes! I want to do that fairly soon.
    2
  1235. Well, I did one on the SEPECAT Jaguar conversion, which is not an ideal platform for running off carriers but seems to have worked out OK 😁
    2
  1236. Lol that is entirely possible.
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  1237. You're very welcome.
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  1238. Lol, so its probably subliminal messages from my youtube feed inspired me. That might explain my sudden desire to do the Viggen.
    2
  1239. Not being built anymore.
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  1240. Yeah, that surprised me. A weapon normally reserved for MACV-SOG operators. Sure there is another story there.
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  1241. I'll get around to it one day.
    2
  1242. This is one of my earliest videos. Have a better recording set up now.
    2
  1243. Lol nice one!
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  1244. More than welcome 😁
    2
  1245. Good points. However, interesting news on the cost issue. The thais are talking about f-35 purchase because it's cheaper than Gripen! Might do video on it next week.
    2
  1246. Lol, I'll have to pass 😁 Besides, pretty sure I wouldnt get through immigration πŸ˜‚
    2
  1247. Oh yes, that one is on the list.
    2
  1248. You know, I wouldnt bet against it.
    2
  1249. I'm going to make Othais a meme :)
    2
  1250. One day I'll cover the big air battle the Swiss had when the germans tried to bully them - and had some of their bf110s shot down.
    2
  1251. Thanks John, always an education :)
    2
  1252. https://youtu.be/CNKzmcprp4w
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  1253. Warsaw Pact, N.Korea, PRC and others. China took it out of service in 1972 IIRC.
    2
  1254. Indeed. My bad.
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  1255. He was an...interesting...character.
    2
  1256. Pure clickbait.
    2
  1257. Oops, quite right.
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  1258. Hope you enjoy the book
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  1259. Thank you!! 😊
    2
  1260. Well, there is a strong historical argument that Master Blaster run Barter Town, plus public statements to.that effect.
    2
  1261. Think this guy covered it: https://youtu.be/hHVe-6CLsV0
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  1262. Agreed. I think the projection and testing figures are optimistic. If any had reached service, theyd have been much heavier.
    2
  1263. Yes.
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  1264. More than welcome Bill πŸ˜‰
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  1265. He does not, hope he doesn't mind. I want to "meme" him.
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  1266. πŸ˜‚
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  1267. The latest defence plan from last year says....they're still thinking about it πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
    2
  1268. Oh, I dont know. Check out my video on the SPAD S.A. Now that WAS dangerous!
    2
  1269. The guy has forgotten more about aircraft than I'll ever know 😁
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  1270. On the list. Gave serious consideration to doing it first.
    2
  1271. .... I'm going for a swim. .... I may be sometime.
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  1272. Β @1IbramGauntΒ  I doubt it. Blowing her hull out would have done a lot of damage.
    2
  1273. Just interested in history. I have done some stuff in the past for various groups and organizations volunteering in Burma and Syria, but not currently.
    2
  1274. My advice for it's worth is dont force yourself. People like regular content, sure, but not of you drop your standard. And if it becomes like work, you stop enjoying it, and that's a right ball ache. Just keep.enjoying it :D Oh! And ignore the haters, there's always a few ;)
    2
  1275. Thatll get it's own video.
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  1276. Haha my wife is american, I've picked up bad habits. :)
    2
  1277. Absolutely! The morale impact is definite factor. I still wonder if a drone could do the same thing though. As I say, definitely a lot of thinking should be put into the whole situation.
    2
  1278. Lllooollll
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  1279. Β @geordiedog1749Β  LOL you should defo talk to Matt. He raves on the same way :D
    2
  1280. Plaid mode! Love it 🀣
    2
  1281. Reckon that's what the big windows were for :)
    2
  1282. See some examples here: https://youtu.be/amMOxa4Zfyo
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  1283. I must admit, I havent. Not sure when I'd get time, tbh.
    2
  1284. I dont have exact figures immediately available on that aircraft to hand, but as it was a competitor to the Stirling, suspect it would have had the same wingspan issues. Not to say it wouldnt have been a good aircraft, but certainly one of the "what ifs".
    2
  1285. Many thanks!
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  1286. I check it out!
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  1287. I would really like to have more podcasts with academics/experts on other subjects. Working on it ;)
    2
  1288. Possibly the Boeing P-12E? https://youtu.be/vlbIvbTQDUA
    2
  1289. Love the F-14, but in an utterly different category to the other teen-fighters.
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  1290. There are no f-14s except Irans. The US literally chopped theirs up.
    2
  1291. Lol it has been a major complaint, so hopefully it is sorted to everyones satisfaction now.
    2
  1292. I wish it was, but nope, it happened. Today is the anniversary.
    2
  1293. Wyvern was attack aircraft, props gave advantage in range over jets. The Sea Fury was a marked step up over the sea fire, and the corsair and hellcats where going to be out of service soon with end of lend lease. Once jets got proved capable of carrier ops, the fury's days were also numbered.
    2
  1294. Already done the CW 21 😁
    2
  1295. For Operation Torch, I believe.
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  1296. Nope, not even close.
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  1297. Oil cooler.
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  1298. Bugger! Indeed. That's what you get for rushing off the script. Thanks for pointing it out.
    2
  1299. ;)
    2
  1300. Yep
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  1301. I believe his objection was it was portrayed as under armoured and too easily destroyed.
    2
  1302. Would depend on the type of swallow, I suppose.
    2
  1303. Someone suggested I contact military history visualized to see if they could find something in the german records on the Belgian R fighters. I should ask them about this too. They could do a great vid on this stuff if anything exists on german trials.
    2
  1304. You too :)
    2
  1305. I'll check it out.
    2
  1306. Yep, might have to.
    2
  1307. Yes, it's very much a case of "square peg, square hole". Used in the right circumstance they could be highly effective.
    2
  1308. Glad you liked it!
    2
  1309. Good spot ;)
    2
  1310. Westland Whirlwind :)
    2
  1311. Indeed he is.
    2
  1312. I never use facebook. Got an old page I set up a long time ago.
    2
  1313. Ah, read it. Interesting idea, but TBH I'm crap at fiction. Tried to write it, I'm no good at it at all.
    2
  1314. I really want to do the Belfast. Stunning aircraft.
    2
  1315. Yep, the Lerwick was famously terrible. I have to get around to it one day.
    2
  1316. Lol yep! Looks like u wasnt the only one thinking about this a few years ago.
    2
  1317. Oh yes, very much so. And one on my imminent "to do" list.
    2
  1318. No, it was purely an issue with the process. My footage of syria ive never attempted to monetise, same as some of the ones of Burma. You do each video individually.
    2
  1319. Cheers man.
    2
  1320. Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
    2
  1321. I say to you what I have said to everyone: talk to YouTube. It's their rules.
    2
  1322. The return of the fly (1959). Be warned, it is supposed to be awful :)
    2
  1323. You know, that is actually fair!
    2
  1324. Oh yes, several brit bombers I want to cover, albe is one of them.
    2
  1325. As I understand it that's a common misconception. The SPADs look like they have two bay, but the inner is just reinforcing on the wires, not a true strut. Does make it confusing though!
    2
  1326. That is probably a fair analogy.
    2
  1327. Yep.
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  1328. Already done it ;)
    2
  1329. Very welcome.
    2
  1330. You should try twitter. Within 5 minutes someone has cited Hitler and/or issued a fatwa :)
    2
  1331. I suspect you've answered your own question, though I dont know I must admit. The complexity of mixed prop drives must have been a nightmare to figure out. Plenty tried, but not many were any good.
    2
  1332. Thinking about doing something on Popski, so one on the Saharaina might be order as well!
    2
  1333. You are more than welcome.
    2
  1334. Trouble is if I miss one or other, lots of people complain \_o_/
    2
  1335. Lol I'll have to do a video on it one day
    2
  1336. Apologies. Hopefully this is better in my later videos.
    2
  1337. Lol I'm working on it 😁
    2
  1338. For Operation Torch, invasion of French Norrh Africa.
    2
  1339. Β @billhanna2148Β  Oh, dare say I get around to it one of these days :)
    2
  1340. Oh yes! Very much on the "to do list"
    2
  1341. That's the 3rd bird in this series :)
    2
  1342. Agree to an extent. Question: what news sources do you use? I watch live feeds from the country in question and, in this case, know people in country. I also talk to some of the analysts who monitor this - one thing Twitter is great for. For Ukraine, RALee85 is a solid producer.
    2
  1343. OOOO! I will look into that as well!
    2
  1344. I'm tempted to do that as a one off sometime.
    2
  1345. Have a look around the channel, have a few oddities on here ;)
    2
  1346. You're very welcome :D
    2
  1347. Very flattered!
    2
  1348. Evening!
    2
  1349. Oooo...one day...
    2
  1350. Dont be. As I said, this is isnt on you or any who served. And dont be afraid to talk to people about how you're feeling.
    2
  1351. Very welcome
    2
  1352. ;) thanks
    2
  1353. Thanks! Glad you like the videos :)
    2
  1354. Damn! Wondered why news on her seemed to have stopped. Hope they get her airborne soon.
    2
  1355. Indeed!
    2
  1356. Good point. Notable that the Typhoon was literally just entering service (in a major rush) at the time the choice to build the Seafire was made. Sure the RAF wouldve screamed the place down if the Typhoon had been allocated because they wanted it so bad. And as I mention, the FAA had hopes on the Firebrand at that point, which was a sabre engine interceptor. And actually for the best, i suspect, because I'm pretty confident a naval early Typhoon wouldve been a death trap.
    2
  1357. Lol no. I have commitments currently. I'm also surprised at her announcement. As I understand it, it would be a violation of a British law made after the spanish civil war. That law didnt apply to ypg volunteers because we werent fighting a recognised state. So, I think liz put her foot in her mouth. Hardly a surprise :)
    2
  1358. Sounds eminently sensible! Still think the whole idea complete pie-in-the-sky :)
    2
  1359. Nope. Different surname. But the uncle of another famous business man, who helped set up the RAF eagle squadrons in ww2: https://youtu.be/sh8Uh6LuuY4
    2
  1360. πŸ˜‰
    2
  1361. Their aircraft are all designated "Short (designation)". They do not refer to their aircraft as "Shorts".
    2
  1362. Well spotted.
    2
  1363. Lol his sub video is really good 😁 Hope you find stuff on here you enjoy and welcome aboard.
    2
  1364. The Sinaloa approach to education :D
    2
  1365. You know I hadnt! What an oddball! Not sure there is enough on it for a video, but I'll have a dig.
    2
  1366. Very true!
    2
  1367. Lol many thanks!
    2
  1368. Β @warplanner8852Β  LOL no worries, glad you it pointed out.
    2
  1369. I get yelled out if I dont do metric and imperial. I'm just waiting for the americans to realise when I say 'ton' I actually mean 'tonne' 😁
    2
  1370. Fingers crossed.
    2
  1371. πŸ‘
    2
  1372. I think the Tat generally have zero regard on human rights. The LIDs are even worse, as a rule.
    2
  1373. Possibly. Not a lot out there about it, so it would be a short vid.
    2
  1374. Lol sorry. Wish there were pics of the 209 v6, but showing the engine was best I could.
    2
  1375. One day...😁
    2
  1376. I'll admit, it reminds me of the Tiger shark scene in jaws :)
    2
  1377. High praise 😁
    2
  1378. Believe they were set on assembly. So fixed, but adjustable each time it was reassembled. Believe that is correct.
    2
  1379. Hoping to get a few done this week 😁
    2
  1380. The on mentioned toward the end of this video? Yes, it's on the list 😁
    2
  1381. I will if I can get enough images. Trouble with the concept stuff there is quite often very little.
    2
  1382. Glad you got it. I pretty much get: "THIS IS FAKE! YOURE A LIAR! YOURE AN IDIOT!" on a pretty much daily basis. Lot of fools out there, apparently ;)
    2
  1383. Β @PeteSampson-qu7qbΒ  Welcome aboard and thanks for the offer. Can find my email in the channel info
    2
  1384. I must admit I dont! I think it's an international licensing issue, dont know why it cant be available on all Amazon's.
    2
  1385. All on the list :D
    2
  1386. No, they pulled it before committing it.
    2
  1387. Morning! Think it's a 2S35 self propelled gun.
    2
  1388. Thanks kitbag.
    2
  1389. I have a bit from Jeffrey Quill on thursday's coming video.
    2
  1390. Funnily enough, I was contemplating doing the cheetah and derivatives because I'm thinking of doing the lavi next week and maybe the kfir. Trouble is then everyone will want THEIR national mirage variant covered :) I'll get around to cheetah and carber one day, but might jump back over to some older stuff for a while.
    2
  1391. Ahhh...watch for the next vid on this. That issue will come up πŸ˜‰
    2
  1392. Β @super-cactiΒ  Just seen this, yes, Youtube tends to block links.
    2
  1393. Β @super-cactiΒ  Yes, that makes sense. I'd always believed the 2x 13.2 + 2x7.92 was the expected fit, so was surprised to see the 6x 7.92 come up in my research, hence me saying it seemed uncertain. Offering multiple weapon fits would be logical, same as with the D.XXI. Would have been interesting if they'd offered Madsen cannon in the booms.
    2
  1394. I was desperately trying to find a link for sales, but there are none available. It's an EXCELLENT book, thoroughly recommend!
    2
  1395. Cheers man
    2
  1396. Lol yes! My bad.
    2
  1397. Oh Yeah!! Certainly looks like it!
    2
  1398. G'day
    2
  1399. It's on the list ;)
    2
  1400. I originally started doing that one, but decided the Junkers was more interesting :) I'll do the dornier one day.
    2
  1401. It's on the list, promise :)
    2
  1402. Wouldnt surprise me. YT basically do whatever they want :(
    2
  1403. Nope, afraid they're all gone.
    2
  1404. Indeed!
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  1405. Glad you enjoyed it 😁
    2
  1406. Check out some of my German pronunciations. ...they get really upset... ;)
    2
  1407. Lol It does seem to be headed that way.
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  1408. I'm guessing the spine mounting never worked as no one ever used it (far as I know). As for Jaguar, think the EE lightning had over wing hard points, which I think were mainly for drop tanks but I think also for missiles.
    2
  1409. The P-36 probably deserves much more kudos than it gets. It basically served throughout the war, and stayed a competent aircraft.
    2
  1410. Hmmmm...maybe one day, but that has been well covered already by others.
    2
  1411. No accounting for taste, I suppose ;p
    2
  1412. Thanks mate. Have to see about another collab sometime!
    2
  1413. Mispoke and missed it in editing.
    2
  1414. Not by me. Are you saying something to upset the YouTube AI?
    2
  1415. Β @RemusKingOfRomeΒ  YouTube is getting increasingly erratic all round. Lot of content creators are fed up and quitting. Considering it myself TBH.
    2
  1416. You must have got on to their naughty list somehow.
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  1417. I think (and it is just that) that it was fitted "for not with". But the sources are sparse in english.
    2
  1418. The buildings had ieds in them. So they blew them from outside.
    2
  1419. Many thanks for the high praise!
    2
  1420. On the list πŸ˜‰
    2
  1421. I'll admit to being a little jealous :D
    2
  1422. Lol I'll try not to.
    2
  1423. I'm a bit surprised the civvie mustang's never took off! One of those would be so cool!
    2
  1424. It is on the list, never fear ;)
    2
  1425. More than welcome John :)
    2
  1426. Glad you enjoyed it
    2
  1427. Thanks, you too :D
    2
  1428. More than welcome mate. You should get someone to write it up for OVD ;D
    2
  1429. Yeah, and I'm pretty sure they got the whole apple pie thing from the dutch and germans who settled in the USA. But they seem to have dibbsed it shrug
    2
  1430.  @MissNush22  probably not if you're in UK. Its possible he was caught up in the war in east pakistan/bangladesh. That was a horrible, vicious conflict ☹
    2
  1431. Feel free to post a link. Sure there are people who would love to see your pics!
    2
  1432. I believe it was originally thought up to help with climb rate and then they switched to possibly using it as a fuel tank when the Blitz subsided.
    2
  1433. Do wot guvnor!?
    2
  1434. That's heartbreaking!
    2
  1435. Yes! Much more stuff on the way.
    2
  1436. Live? No, dont think that would suit me. Trying to organise more recorded chats like the previous one with prof.sealre.
    2
  1437. Love the whole region. Would happily live there.
    2
  1438. Glad you enjoyed it! And thanks for being kind on my pronunciations :D
    2
  1439. Oh yes, one day
    2
  1440. That would make sense.
    2
  1441. It's on my list :)
    2
  1442. I am tempted to do the phantom, but some of the more exotic variants first :)
    2
  1443. Marginally slower than the M
    2
  1444. :(
    1
  1445. Thanks!
    1
  1446. Excellent points.
    1
  1447. Spot on.
    1
  1448. I thought about comparing it Korea, but the fact that both sides used significant air and armour as well made me think ww2 better comparison. Honestly, Vietnam 1975 is right too.
    1
  1449. Not really. Chat on twitter with a few folks out there.
    1
  1450. Yes, the X stands for it being a prototype. Only one they made.
    1
  1451. Yep. Kicked myself the first time someone pointed that out!
    1
  1452. See my video on the ac-119. Talk about the -47 in that, iirc ;)
    1
  1453. The Le Pere is a great aircraft that I want to get around to one day.
    1
  1454. Not really enough material a available for a dedicated video. Havent been able to find the original french articles that seem the only source of info. Cant even be sure it was real.
    1
  1455. Check out my vid on bob short. One of earliest, so bit rough.
    1
  1456. Think you are taking about a proposed variant of the Me 264? Was never much more than a vague idea, AFAIK.
    1
  1457. I was thinking about doing one the other day. But there is a lot to cover.
    1
  1458. Ooooo! Think you are right. La-15 I think, ironic because that is one I am working on!
    1
  1459. Lol, that might require a while before I get around to it. It's a big one.
    1
  1460. Lol. Absolutely correct. https://youtu.be/4xgx4k83zzc
    1
  1461. Every cloud has a silver lining
    1
  1462. https://youtu.be/vdeSv3Dn9Rg
    1
  1463. Already covered it. Much slower and flee after ww2 ;)
    1
  1464. Yep. Though TBH, it isnt really a surprise.
    1
  1465. Finnish air force. Believe they used then before the Nazi's
    1
  1466. Nice! That's excellent news! It's a testament to the quality of the work.
    1
  1467. Cheers! Much appreciate the support :)
    1
  1468. Sorry about that, seems to be an intermittent issue with youtube uploads.
    1
  1469. bu dum tish
    1
  1470. Think this is best explanation: https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=155362
    1
  1471. Lol appreciate the comments. I suspect you're right, and f-35 is going to be around for a while. But that's why Gen. Brown's comments where such a huge surprise. I still think it was a warning to Lockheed to reign themselves in "...coz we got other options".
    1
  1472. Glad you liked it!
    1
  1473.  @BC-jh6ln  got to do a vid on that someday 😁
    1
  1474. Cheers man. Big kudos to all the guys like you, Oryx and Calibre who are tracking it all real time ;)
    1
  1475. F-15, not f-16
    1
  1476. Oh yes, one day.
    1
  1477. Believe that was the XP-50
    1
  1478. Yep
    1
  1479. Damn good book.
    1
  1480. Hey John. Yes, frantically waiting for ANY pics of the Moskva to appear. Suspect if it wasnt bad the Russians wouldve published something by now.
    1
  1481. Hello there!
    1
  1482. Thanks
    1
  1483. Sorry, yes, no US publisher πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ
    1
  1484. 🀞
    1
  1485. Tempted to do a video on the bellows
    1
  1486. Wish I'd been completely wrong πŸ˜”
    1
  1487. Moldova is the next one to watch.
    1
  1488. I might have do a separate video on that :)
    1
  1489. Want me to cover more Canadian aircraft? https://youtu.be/4DGlxTBFT8k
    1
  1490. Thank you!
    1
  1491. Absolutely! As said, the centaurus turned into a good engine, but it was a while getting there. P&W really did get it right with the twin and doubles.
    1
  1492. Oooo...nice suggestion.
    1
  1493. Funnily enough he never talked about it ;)
    1
  1494. Indeed, though it wont be dutch, they used a different magazine.
    1
  1495. Yep, have to get around to the b-23 AND the b-18 one day.
    1
  1496. Β @mjw1955Β  LOL maybe next time. Not very close to the US at the moment.
    1
  1497. Shoot them an email and ask. :)
    1
  1498. Lol fair enough. And dont feel bad, loads of people got caught out.
    1
  1499. Possibly, but I think dark docs covered those already? But I do want to do a whole range of stuff 😁
    1
  1500. You should see the reactions in the comments on the German aircraft I've covered :D
    1
  1501. In old days, i.e. of gunpowder days, "spiking a barrel" meant taking a metal spike and hammering it into the cannons touch hole where a flame would be applied to fire it. This would disable the gun, meaning it couldnt be used again. In more modern times, it would involve explosives or things like thermite to actually damage the gun barrel and other parts so they couldnt be used.
    1
  1502. You're quite right! What a silly mistake to make!
    1
  1503. Sounds like a reasonable argument. And if you what to know a little more about Martin Baker: https://youtu.be/L3QBB78TLv8
    1
  1504. Lol considering the amount of screw ups I make in these videos, think you're forgiven :D
    1
  1505. Oooooo...that was a beauty alright!
    1
  1506. Cessna A-37, I believe.
    1
  1507. Combo of books and hunting around online.
    1
  1508. Good idea and an aircraft in my to do list.
    1
  1509. Hmmm...if that's the FBR footage, I hot it straight off them. Think they supplied it to news organisations though.
    1
  1510. Great little books.
    1
  1511. Indeed I do. Looking forward to the book.
    1
  1512. Because the man is legend ;)
    1
  1513. I must admit no to both.
    1
  1514. Ooo...I'll have a look!
    1
  1515. And if you like tanks, you might like this: https://youtu.be/ikJHbhSsoeM
    1
  1516. Thanks! Yep, no one knows what YouTube is doing, lots of channels are in trouble.
    1
  1517. My pleasure
    1
  1518. See description on both points :)
    1
  1519. Of this? No. But it is certainly a parallel case between mirage iii/if development and mirage 2000/4000. https://youtu.be/4IrJcQngAOM
    1
  1520. I deliberately dont learn photoshop so I cant be accused of making these things up :)
    1
  1521. Thanks man. Glad you enjoyed the book.
    1
  1522. Thanks, I'll look into it!
    1
  1523. Good point on that launch! As for the look at the specialist stuff, I suspect other more knowledgable channels might have a crack at that. There are certainly plenty of surprising items being captured.
    1
  1524. I think you are thinking of the Supermarine Attacker, an earlier aircraft.
    1
  1525. That's a fair summary 😁
    1
  1526. More than welcome :)
    1
  1527. Cheers John.
    1
  1528. That struck me too, but suspect it is just a logical design choice. Though the Hind A had that big crew deck, so guess the Soviets had plenty of time to look around and think about what was the best option for the following models.
    1
  1529. Purchased a single example and...that was it! Guess they werent so impressed.
    1
  1530. Hope to do one soon.
    1
  1531. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hziDnNwAjQQ
    1
  1532. Thank you!
    1
  1533. I think the Vampires they had were trainer models (might be wrong on that, happy to be corrected). Still could have operated as fighters, TBF.
    1
  1534. Well done, Sir, on a truly epic effort.
    1
  1535. You know, I'd never realised that before!
    1
  1536. Yes, I'm sure that is an RC aircraft. When I put the video together I missed it, but it has been pointed out quite a bit.
    1
  1537. Yep, my bad
    1
  1538. Lol I was going to give a shout out, but couldnt find the old comment. I get swamped by them.
    1
  1539. See the article on militarymatters.online
    1
  1540. Indeed. Another one I will cover one day.
    1
  1541. D.xxiii I did a few weeks ago. And the others are firmly on the list :D
    1
  1542. Bf 109 was the correct German designation. I believe later Messerschmitts got "ME" because germans changed to using designers initials - hence the TA152 built by focke wulf. Personally, I'm happy to use both, but see the screams of rage in the comments if ever I call it the "ME 109" :D Hope this answers the question.
    1
  1543. I have, and most impressive it is too.
    1
  1544. https://youtu.be/wmyVmCCxtRM
    1
  1545. That's an excellent question and I honestly dont know!
    1
  1546. Must admit i haven't.
    1
  1547. Lllooolll
    1
  1548. Not a full video, but... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CA_6ZcYGj8
    1
  1549. Lol no worries. They do look similar and I had to double check 😁
    1
  1550. Hmmm...I've had to change my computer, so the settings still need playing around with.
    1
  1551. Thanks, glad you enjoyed it :)
    1
  1552. Check this out :) : https://youtu.be/rydFwKPS3xs
    1
  1553. Indeed. But I didn't want to get completely bogged down. Hence not mentioning that squashed bugs on the wings could mess up the flow as well!
    1
  1554. Lol I think you've provided the info already!
    1
  1555. Β @timdavies5219Β  Perfectly fine. Think you added some valuable extra info
    1
  1556. I'm seeing this a lot in the comments , so I shall address it here. YES, Vietnam invaded Cambodia. That is the correct terminology. The reasons - as to whether it was justified (which IMO, it was) are irrelevant. In the same vein the Americans and British invaded France in 1944.
    1
  1557. Β @msoviet409Β  Agreed. It does have a generally negative connotation, so I can understand people getting twitchy about its use. But it is correct.
    1
  1558. Thanks!
    1
  1559. Oil cooler. Sorry, I shouldve clarified.
    1
  1560. A lot of them, yep.
    1
  1561. Indeed. My mistake.
    1
  1562. It is on the list, not sure when I'll finally get around to it.
    1
  1563. ;) happy to hear it.
    1
  1564. Nice!
    1
  1565. Lol well you did better than many. I get at least a message a day screeching "fake!"
    1
  1566. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inline_engine_(aeronautics)
    1
  1567. Oh yes, heyford is a good one. As for comparisons, it's possible. Certainly a good way to show development. Actually tempted to do that with aircraft designers. Sort of have with Kurt Tanks first and last aircraft.
    1
  1568. All in good time πŸ˜‰
    1
  1569. Hah! Yes indeed! Mind you, I think even the Russians will admit that though the PO2 made a contribution, they werent exactly the mainline strength of the Red Air Force 😁
    1
  1570. See John Dell's comments. The aluminium casing is gone, what's left is steel pistons and crankshaft.
    1
  1571. Kind of in the same vein as the Fk58. Check out my video on that.
    1
  1572. Totally agree. But for broad appeal to maximum people it is, for better or worse, an easy option to get stuff delivered to the LSL guys quickly.
    1
  1573. Yes, the australian footage I used was of a joint mission.
    1
  1574. I will now add Italian speakers to the long list of nationalities I have upset by butchering their native tongues 😁
    1
  1575. I've thought about covering it before, but just not enough to go on that I could find. Happy to take any advice on where to find more info.
    1
  1576. Ahhhh...yes, fair enough. But it came along a few years after the P47, and was defo the best US fighter. But the p47 was the first that could really hold it's own, as said.
    1
  1577. Got to remember, as someone said earlier, they also thought theyd be facing gas bombing.
    1
  1578. Draken is an amazing plane (will get around to covering it one day) but it didnt achieve Mach 2 until 1960. I think in '56 it was limited to Mach 1.4. And the swedish export laws meant that it was never going to be a major export success. A shame - I think that it would have been a much better prospect than the f-104.
    1
  1579. Β @politenessman3901Β  I take it that means you will not be watching any videos on YouTube ever again then?
    1
  1580. Kind of: https://youtu.be/W1tDZkDc280
    1
  1581. The Blackburn Blackburn, link to my video on that is at the end ;)
    1
  1582. Lol, now THAT'S a wish! I'd add Drachinfel, the Chieftain and Ian McCollum to that as well 😁
    1
  1583. Thanks Simon.
    1
  1584. Lol is that a zoolander reference!? πŸ˜‚
    1
  1585. I was talking about the c-133. I dont know where you get c-130 from.
    1
  1586. Wait until I get around to french bombers :)
    1
  1587. 6 wings would be crazy. 4 wings though... https://youtu.be/rydFwKPS3xs
    1
  1588. Thanks for the heads up, I'll check them out.
    1
  1589. I must admit I dont know, but assume it was scrapped.
    1
  1590. Hope you enjoy it :)
    1
  1591. No, but they have just started hitting cities with MLRS. Not good.
    1
  1592. Stick a red dot and an rpk 75 round drum on it and you have a video game gun!
    1
  1593. Woomera is on the to do list. As is the Beaufort!
    1
  1594. Oooo...interesting one!
    1
  1595. I've just seen this! No. Ak, SVD, Kurdish Zagros .5 and occasionally a Sako.
    1
  1596. Haha yes! I started writing it up from his description, then realised in his own words was best.
    1
  1597. Lol yeah! Dont want to touch that story πŸ˜‚
    1
  1598. Lol not at all! If I'm wrong, better to get called on it. Funny thing is, I knew it was BMW, just seem to have got Porsche in my head when I wrote the script 😁
    1
  1599. Lol I didnt. A thousand others did in the comments 😁
    1
  1600. Yes, something on the Rhodesian air force would be interesting, be toying with the idea for a bit. Have to see if anything comes of it ;)
    1
  1601. Aussie. Great plane. I might do it one day, but a lot of more obscure stuff I want to do first 😁
    1
  1602. Absolutely! And a Happy Nee Year to you too :)
    1
  1603. Pinochet Argentina?
    1
  1604. I think you are right on the era might not be as effective as hoped. Plus I wonder if the thin roof armour isnt up to withstanding the bang from era detonation?
    1
  1605. A war I hope to do a video on soon
    1
  1606. Sure, this should it: β€Ž978-1800180949
    1
  1607. Wow, thank you!
    1
  1608. Oooo...I'll try, but no promises.
    1
  1609. Not yet, I'll put it on the (huge) list :)
    1
  1610. LOL thank you.
    1
  1611. LOL, you'd be surprised, YT doesnt pay that much. But often the problem is I move around a lot. So I get different sound quality each time I record. The price I pay for my hobo lifestyle.
    1
  1612. :D
    1
  1613. Yes. There is a great book on it, name of which eludes me at the moment.
    1
  1614. Thanks man
    1
  1615. So many to do :D
    1
  1616. It used to be on RTs youtube channel, but they seem to have removed it ☹
    1
  1617. Hows it sound? Too low or another issue? Seems to vary between listeners.
    1
  1618. "Force Ukraine to the table" Do you have any idea what is actually occurring? You know, that whole Russian invasion thing?
    1
  1619. Apparently he is happy to talk in a neutral location. Putin doesn't seem to want to do that.
    1
  1620. News that a meeting will take place on the border. Hope to God this war can be stopped.
    1
  1621. Yes, link should be the end of the video.
    1
  1622. Lol I dont really push it, I suppose :)
    1
  1623. Not yet, very much on theblsi though.
    1
  1624. Haha ISIS already have :)
    1
  1625. I was very surprised not to find any pics of yugo Yak's, considering how important they were in the 1945-48 years. And I agree, try to get accurate photos if possible.
    1
  1626. I dont think there are any left, are there? Maybe a few in private hands, but suspect trying to use it in combat would be very short term as a tank that old without ample spare parts would break down in no time.
    1
  1627. Well, as John points out in his article, the designer of the Gloster Meteor worked alongside Petter for a bit, and Petter contributed on some elements of the design - lo and behold a twin engine, 4 20mm fighter... πŸ€”
    1
  1628. Yep, missed opportunity!
    1
  1629. Reckon you'll have fun with it :)
    1
  1630. Absolutely! Plus the simple use of drones that can drop mortar shells.
    1
  1631. Hey Lescon, think Found and Explained just did a video on that very topic.
    1
  1632. πŸ€£πŸ˜‚
    1
  1633. Lol all on the list, never fear.
    1
  1634. Much quicker.
    1
  1635. Indeed! And the RAF used Gauntlets! Well, about 4 of them. Have to do a video on that sometime.
    1
  1636. I got shouted at a lot in previous videos so try to get it right 😁
    1
  1637. SPADs were single bay. The middle "strut" wasnt a true strut, but a sheath for the support wires. Admittedly, it does make it look like a double bay wing.
    1
  1638. About the same, though the Pfeil never got into operational service.
    1
  1639. Good suggestion!
    1
  1640. Not a warship/didn't resist with armed force. Which is not a criticism of the Pueblo crew or captain - they made the best choice.
    1
  1641. Ahhh...not quite the only dutch built fighter of the time πŸ˜‰ https://youtu.be/JbuZUOrm1tY
    1
  1642. Oooooo...! Now that's an interesting idea! Oldest fighter to get an air-to-air kill.
    1
  1643. Funnily, I was thinking about doing something about small drones. They seem to have evolved into sk.ething similiar to what was thinking of.
    1
  1644. Very much on the "to do" list :)
    1
  1645. Special enough πŸ˜‰
    1
  1646. ;)
    1
  1647. Magisters are armed trainers, not fighters.
    1
  1648. You are very welcome
    1
  1649. Lol there are SO many :)
    1
  1650. Thank you for the kind words! Hope to carry on with videos for as long as I can :)
    1
  1651. Yes, it was an april fool's.
    1
  1652. Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
    1
  1653. Lol yes, I'll be doing the actual corsair ii very soon 😁
    1
  1654. You're more than welcome, I enjoy it :)
    1
  1655. I havent! I will keep an eye out for it.
    1
  1656. Very glad you enjoy my content 😁
    1
  1657. Damn! I shouldve ended with that clip!
    1
  1658. Morning.
    1
  1659. Put gloster f5/34 into the search bar πŸ˜‰
    1
  1660. Quite right, silly mistake.
    1
  1661. I must admit I am not sure, but I think they were stock bombers with camera added for mission as needed.
    1
  1662. This WASNT my april fool joke 😳
    1
  1663. A D-21 recon drone. Was launched from the original A-12 for getting into REALLY well defended areas.
    1
  1664. Already done the d.xxi and g.i :)
    1
  1665. Lol not quite.
    1
  1666. Sorry, I should said. It is on display at the Honduran Air Force museum. May of the other aircraft eventually ended up back in the US in private hands, I believe.
    1
  1667. Stick around, I may come up with something yet 😁
    1
  1668. Hope you enjoy it :)
    1
  1669. I think that law gets "selectively applied".
    1
  1670. Hahaha, yes!
    1
  1671. Lol apologies.
    1
  1672. I think it is! Next time I'm in france shall have to have a proper look at some of the aero museums, they tend to keep their historical aircraft.
    1
  1673. The bad one 😁
    1
  1674. Good suggestion! I put the f8 in because so many people suggested it.
    1
  1675. I said this is the fastest piston fighter, as in it is armed. The fastest piston service fighter of ww2 was the p-47m, as most of the others didnt get operational before end of the war.
    1
  1676. Ahhh...nice!
    1
  1677. Not a piston engine.
    1
  1678. ;)
    1
  1679. I do want to do more naval stuff, but to be fair you should probably check out either armoured carriers or drachinifel. They're the best for something like the Ark Royal :)
    1
  1680. I'd love to, but not sure how much information is available. I'll have a look.
    1
  1681. 😳
    1
  1682. Welcome aboard πŸ˜‰
    1
  1683. I do all sorts of videos, not just planes
    1
  1684. Damn! Knew i'd miss at least one.
    1
  1685. As I said in the video, with literary hundreds of anti-coup groups now in existence, they have masses of different agendas. Resolving these (if they can) is one of the big challenges.
    1
  1686. It was a new one on me too! I need to dig deeper into this.
    1
  1687. ed@militarymatters.online
    1
  1688. YouTube is just weird.
    1
  1689. Thought about it but there are some excellent channels covering that sort of thing already.
    1
  1690. "Kardashian Canberra...bumpy all over". I like it!
    1
  1691. More than welcome :)
    1
  1692. SPADs reinforced the inner wires with wood. Gives it the appearance of having two bays.
    1
  1693. 😏
    1
  1694. Lol
    1
  1695. Better that than a sopwith camel one ;D
    1
  1696. And 1's
    1
  1697. Straight off HMG, I shall confess :) Dont know how operable the as 90s are,, tbh. Hearing bad things about their status.
    1
  1698. Β @medic7698Β  LOL
    1
  1699. Lol you want this one: https://youtu.be/ovRc1zkMDgo
    1
  1700. Cameras. They built fighter/recce models.
    1
  1701. Honestly, I think every available pic I used in this video! If you check out the military matters article on it there should be links in it to other sources.
    1
  1702. Haha I suspect Nick would be distinctly unimpressed by my knowledge in comparison to his own.
    1
  1703. Bwahahaha Worst. Catfish. Ever. 😁
    1
  1704. Good idea!
    1
  1705. He always was a swot πŸ˜‰
    1
  1706. ;)
    1
  1707. In the post apparently 😁
    1
  1708. MACV SOG was multi service, so yes, i believe Project Delta was part of MACV SOG ops.
    1
  1709. Merry Christmas to you too. :)
    1
  1710. I'll certainly have a dig about 😁
    1
  1711. Nice! I should do a story on it!
    1
  1712. Feel free.
    1
  1713. Lol I use my phone to record. Dont have a mic or anything actually professional 😁
    1
  1714. Lol thanks man
    1
  1715. Feel free to add your knowledge!
    1
  1716. Β @marcusfranconium3392Β  Look forward to the D21 getting into the air :)
    1
  1717. With the dragon? Reign of fire
    1
  1718. Tell me about it!
    1
  1719. Hope you enjoy the book :)
    1
  1720. I honestly didnt know that! I thought it was a cavalry thing!
    1
  1721. I've been thoroughly told off by everyone in France on "Dassault" :)
    1
  1722. It's the last acceptable hate topic.
    1
  1723. My pleasure.
    1
  1724. JD responded to the engine business earlier. Think he said it is just the partial remains, which makes it look like a radial.
    1
  1725. Aha! They did! But it was thought tricky with the geodetic design - probably mention that in my next video (which means you might be able to guess what it is about ;) ) Ultimately for four engines they went with the Windsor.
    1
  1726. I really want to cover the Belfast, have to get enough pics and footage to cover it.
    1
  1727. Done a video on that as well 😁
    1
  1728. Thanks Fred 😁
    1
  1729. Well, I'm a huge fan of Drach, so wouldn't say no. But if I'm honest, the guys at Armoured Carriers would be far better on the topic.
    1
  1730. If I can find enough material on it, certainly.
    1
  1731. Yes! Fascinating little plane. I might do a video one day.
    1
  1732. Speaking of nazis: https://twitter.com/JimmySecUK/status/1498248431088939008?t=IhZCjjYzbK-YYDSTYYU0zQ&s=19
    1
  1733. Nice! Got a Phantom vid in the pipeline.
    1
  1734. Check out my video on the blackburn roc, I explain their thinking in that. But yeah, not great idea.
    1
  1735. Lol! Thanks you. :)
    1
  1736. Same to you!
    1
  1737. Check latest videos 😁
    1
  1738. No, thank you!
    1
  1739. Now that I would like to see!
    1
  1740. TBH, I have trouble keeping track of all the ones I've covered too 😁
    1
  1741. Yes, Huskies is on the list ;D
    1
  1742. Thank you, glad you enjoy 😁
    1
  1743. This may be of interest to you: https://youtu.be/vlbIvbTQDUA
    1
  1744. Think you are thinking of the A-26 Invader. Different aircraft.
    1
  1745. Hah! That doesn't entirely surprise me. It did occur very quickly.
    1
  1746. Updated MiG 29. Think only a few have been produced for Russia.
    1
  1747. Married to a septic. Picked up bad habits.
    1
  1748. Lol yes. I'm having problems making it happen though 😁
    1
  1749. No, I'm afraid it seems that licensing only allows it to be sold on kindle in uk :(
    1
  1750. I do wonder if they wanted a ground attack capability. But there is barely anything existing on the aircraft nowadays to say with any certainty.
    1
  1751. I do. "Myanmar" was bought in by the military junta as a PR stunt.
    1
  1752. Thank you.
    1
  1753. LOL thanks
    1
  1754. I didnt know you did one! Lol shouldve checked!
    1
  1755. The airabonita? Not yet, one day :)
    1
  1756. Oh no! I certainly want to yhem at some point. Plus the p.50, if I can find enough material.
    1
  1757. Yes, slurred my words.
    1
  1758. Quoting this from a crash report I found online. Cant confirm it is accurate, but certainly suspect it is. Tragic :( "Divers recovered the nose section of XD240 and Commander Russell's body four weeks later and underwater escape training was improved as a result of the investigation. Trials of ejections through the canopy were carried out in 1959, resulting in the fitting of canopy breakers to the head box of the seat. Underwater ejection trials did not take place until 1962. "Shortly after this accident, the ejection seats of all Scimitars were issued with modified leg restraint garters that had removable D rings to cope with when the cords would not disconnect from the seat pan. According to contemporary reports, it was said that when XD240 sank, the pilot was free apart from his leg restraints. He could not undo them in time, and the aircraft dragged him under"
    1
  1759. Very flattering! But I think dr.felton has me beat 😁
    1
  1760. In kyiv, substantial progress backwards.
    1
  1761. Yes! I know Waco primarily for the gliders, but they are one of those companies worth digging into. Cheers.
    1
  1762. Lol yes, an aero historian I never thought I'd be.
    1
  1763. That's effectively what was happening and why US arms exports to Europe have been so high. But if the Euros invest heavily in their own arms industry (which is what appears to be occurring) expect US dominance to disappear in the next 10-20 years, as I point out in the video.
    1
  1764. Excellent suggestion
    1
  1765. Honestly, because everyone understands mph and/or km/h, but knots is a bit esoteric for most people.
    1
  1766. On the list
    1
  1767. Check out my later videos, should be resolved :)
    1
  1768. ;) he is certainly wiser than me
    1
  1769. You're very welcome.
    1
  1770. William Green says G-45, as do other published sources, so I'd go with that. Hope that helps.
    1
  1771. I recommend the oryx blog. They are cataloguing everything that comes up on social media. Be warned: there's a LOT of photos!
    1
  1772. Lol
    1
  1773. It is amazing footage!
    1
  1774. ;)
    1
  1775. Β @raypurchase801Β  very welcome :)
    1
  1776. Well, I have covered at least one czech aircraft 😁: https://youtu.be/38Kp9CL6zvU?si=68vp8DY-2A96bZ8r
    1
  1777. The IAR80 is on my imminent list ;)
    1
  1778. High praise, thank you!
    1
  1779. Apologies. When I get around to the Beaufort I'll have to remember that.
    1
  1780. Think it's one of the "hang off the deck edge" storage racks the RN used for seafires
    1
  1781. More than welcome.
    1
  1782. I mean, it was quite a feat when you think about it...
    1
  1783. An excellent suggestion. But you are mistaken on the importance of operational art over strategic goals. It's a common one.
    1
  1784. You know, I did wonder at the return of the griffon. Couldnt they just bought one cheap and put the ca-15 in a museum!? RR couldnt have been that desperate for a couple of old engines, surely?
    1
  1785. One of the finest people I've ever met.
    1
  1786. Thank you and welcome aboard:)
    1
  1787. LOL no, not long ago at all. But it does seem to be a different lifetime.
    1
  1788. Had its moments.
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  1789. Many thanks and hope you had a great Christmas 😁
    1
  1790. Glad you liked it :)
    1
  1791. See the video at the end ;)
    1
  1792. Though about it, but other have covered it on youtube already. So maybe one day, but I'm in no rush to cover it. Plenty of other interesting ones still to do. :)
    1
  1793. Oooh, thatd be be better for Greg Airplanes I think. He has forgotten more about engines than I will ever know 😁
    1
  1794. Lol yes!
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  1795. Β @macswadΒ  Thank you!
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  1796. Β @PaxAlotinΒ  LOL I had to go check and make sure I hadn't misspoken.
    1
  1797. Actually, at least one mig(-17 I think) was shot down by A-1 skyraiders over vietnam.
    1
  1798. Whenever I get time - or want to know something about ANY WW1 firearm :)
    1
  1799. Could do, what are you thinking? I'm currently running around in interesting places, but let's see if we can do something.
    1
  1800. Russian tanks popping all over the place.
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  1801. I'll be in touch!
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  1802. I'll get around to it one day :)
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  1803. lol see my video that is coming out later today.
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  1804. Thanks man. TBF lot of channels seem to be suffering. It's very odd.
    1
  1805. Bugger! Missed an opportunity there!
    1
  1806. I remember. ;) Thanks for the continuing support.
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  1807. I've know Ashley for a few years and our paths recently crossed again 😁
    1
  1808. Puff...
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  1809. I'm going to be looking around, as I think everyone is now. Ian at forgotten weapons recommends Utreon, I know.
    1
  1810. Nope, I did misspeak and say -88, a correction should be on the screen
    1
  1811. Indeed! Not fun at all! Check out my video on the Spad SA for an utter death trap.
    1
  1812. Great vid as usual
    1
  1813. I have touched on the subject: https://youtu.be/LK1ncbkG55c
    1
  1814. https://youtu.be/V-Ut_NHRti8
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  1815. Yes, mispoke and missed it in edit.
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  1816. Haha no. Isnt he american? And I'm pretty their production budget and values are quite a bit higher than mine :)
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  1817. Cheers to you! :)
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  1818. British Police tend to be very circumspect on releasing details while investigation is ongoing.
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  1819. Lol when I was writing the script I was thinking "dont forget the twin wheels, dont forget the twin wheels..." then got distracted as to whether they were retractable because I saw pics of them down in flight. By time I had resolved that issue, I'd forgotten the twin wheels πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ
    1
  1820. A few details on various western aircraft supplied at the end of this video: https://youtu.be/4e3kUgL8Dgs
    1
  1821. Welcome aboard 😁
    1
  1822. Probably at some point, again, recommend the Armoured Carriers video on the Barra :)
    1
  1823. Though it uses Leopard 2 chassis components, it is a new vehicle so not sure how much can be retrofitted. Possible the turret could be fitted to Leopards, but they have programs that essentially offer the best that can be done on that platform already.
    1
  1824. The bbc report. Link is in the description. Nope, I didnt make this up!
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  1825. Mon plaisir, mon ami.
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  1826. No. The F20 program was scrapped 20 years ago. A more likely option would be buying/licensing something like the chinese jf17. But few countries can afford the expense of building a modern fighter. More likely to buy from an existing builder. Hope this helps :)
    1
  1827. I thought the same! But apparently, Joseph was his name, John seems to have been applied by mistake. And I envy you, Belfast has some great scenery.
    1
  1828. Essentially what it is...with the ability to decide when it goes off...
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  1829. Oooo! Thanks! I'll have a look.
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  1830. Much of it thanks to John :)
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  1831. Not yet, but she is a beauty
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  1832. Lol eventually no doubt πŸ˜‰
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  1833. Lol yep. Emailed you earlier about the co-op. Should have something for you by end of week.
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  1834. Lol always welcome John.
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  1835. Quite right.
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  1836. Lol sounds like you got a preview. I've only just made it public, but it was in the playlist already, waiting for today.
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  1837. Lol you know, I never knew that was the correct way to say it! I shall now correct my brit army buddies - and probably get a slap for it. :D
    1
  1838. Yeah, I couldnt find a decent bit if footage of an f14 doing wing sweep! Ended up using the mig and tornado, was the clearest examples I could find.
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  1839. https://youtu.be/nzK2CipEhAs?si=x1HmYeZu8or7BrhT
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  1840. Blip on my recording, but seems popular πŸ˜‚
    1
  1841. I believe several thousand razorback p-47D were built before the bubble canopy models.
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  1842. Yep, reckon you are likely right! Finland selection is a big indicator.
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  1843. Thanks man. I've got a lot of ex-US marine buddies, I'm used to crayon-eaters :) in fact you should check out Miles Vining - ex-marine, does a lot of gun stuff, great guy. Yeah, lots of weird "might-have-been-stuff" out there,
    1
  1844. Definitely: https://youtu.be/KxEVbGG7N0k
    1
  1845. Happy (future) Birthday!
    1
  1846. HOOOOOLD........HOLD......Pith helmet mounted cannon?!!
    1
  1847. Indeed :D https://youtu.be/rydFwKPS3xs
    1
  1848. Is....is that Gun Heaven!? I CAN SEE THE LIGHT!!
    1
  1849. The SPADs had wooden reinforcing on the wires to stop vibration. Makes them look like double bay planes, but they're not. One of the quirks of the design.
    1
  1850. Really!? There MUST be something out there!
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  1851. See pinned comment for up to date reports from other sources.
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  1852. How did I not think of that gag!
    1
  1853. It's on the agenda, never fear.
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  1854. Saab. It's their official translation. And yes, I know theyve pulled a language based prank.
    1
  1855. Very true, there are always variables.
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  1856. ;)
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  1857. Ahhhh...all will be explained in the next video on the war (probably next week)
    1
  1858. HMS Barham after being torpedoed. Tragic loss.
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  1859. Many thanks! ;)
    1
  1860. It's on youtube
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  1861. Lol not a competition. Lots of really weird planes for everyone :D
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  1862. Haha yes! Misspelt it on the script and didnt pick up on it. I tend to go ron burgundy with that.
    1
  1863. What date did it release?
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  1864. Oh yes! One day.
    1
  1865. Maybe one day
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  1866. Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, he is an fascinating character.
    1
  1867. HI sutton is the man for that. ;)
    1
  1868. Lol you're welcome to speculate. But with the evidence available any conclusion is possible. But did recently see something from a Finnish military officer, very interesting.he suspected a lot of the conflagration was incendiary explosive like the russians use.
    1
  1869. https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000696919.pdf
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  1870. Thanks, I'll have a look
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  1871. Lol cheers John! And if didnt know the Mauler, wait for today's offering...😁
    1
  1872. Yep, afraid I messed up. Teach me for not checking the details. Well spotted.
    1
  1873. Lol spoilers!
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  1874. Thanks mate :)
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  1875. China sells to and supports some of the EAOs and the military. They're the only real winners in this war so far.
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  1876. Not sure, but almost certainly with the f-17, ironically.
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  1877. If I can find enough information on them, certainly!
    1
  1878. Yeah, I've always referred to "all-metal" as just that, and call metal and fabric "mixed construction", especially on the fuselage. I'm probably wrong with that 😁
    1
  1879. If I get the chance, I'll check it out!
    1
  1880. Thanks man
    1
  1881. Yes, that's a fair point. And of course, as an earlier commentator pointed out, in Baldwin's time, they were thinking in terms of mass gas attack by air. That may well have fulfilled his warnings!
    1
  1882. No problem πŸ‘
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  1883. None, generally. SDF dont like it. Dont know if that has changed. Foreign volunteers often bought their own in iraq before coming over the border.
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  1884. The SDF doesnt fight the assad regime much, only the occasional skirmish throughout the civil war. Dont get me wrong, they really dont like each other, but they both have bigger enemies. For the SDF the issue is keeping ISIS under wraps and, more especially, Turkey. The turks are itching to invade Rojava. That's the tragedy of Afrin, the main kurdish controlled area of syria. Or was. It was the one region that didnt see any fighting throughout the civil war. Then turkey invaded, now it's a bastion for islamist forces.
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  1885. For the SDF (which ypg are part of) to defeat the assad regime would need the russians to stop supporting assad. That is probably about it. Though the Islamists would probably dominate most of the country if that was to happen, and the SDF would likely end up fighting them as happened before. But the Turks are by far the greatest threat to the YPG/SDF. 95% of their defence planning I am sure is focussed in defending against a turkish attack.
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  1886. Yeah I guess so. Though they would struggle with complex equipment like Buks.
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  1887. Oh you are right, Buks would be great. There have just been a bunch of Turkish airstrikes on SDF in syria only the other day. Buks would be useful. But if they were introduced the Turks would go berserk and immediately attack them. Proper foreign intervention is what is needed to stabilise syria, but that will never happen.
    1
  1888. A no fly zone. But never gonna happen.
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  1889. Great suggestion 😁
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  1890. Thanks, and glad you enjoyed it.
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  1891. Covered that one as well 😁 https://youtu.be/GOuQFpUhgKk?si=AKZAZ7GLvmlcgD39
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  1892. Yep: https://youtu.be/6X3IXvYbDrU
    1
  1893. It actually had low range though. The proposed Merlin aircraft would have had extra tanks, but still limited to not much more than a spit, certainly less than a beau fighter. Still think it's a beautiful looking bird though 😁
    1
  1894. Wink wink
    1
  1895. Literally flicked a coin between doing this one and the XP-75 for this video :)
    1
  1896. The highest praise possible :D
    1
  1897. More than welcome
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  1898. Yes, I'm thinking about doing the inflatoplane :)
    1
  1899. Nope. Sweden got an export permit just in case they decided to buy. This was before they began Gtipen development. It was them hedging their bets. Both Norway and Denmark were two of the four NATO countries I mentioned as being allowed to buy the F16 already. They always were allowed the F16A.
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  1900. John Dell addresses this in earlier comments. It's the remaining parts that aren't corroded away.
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  1901. Should have at least kept the Belfasts.
    1
  1902. Indeed!
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  1903. If I recall correctly, they did. But I think Americans wouldnt sell the...superchargers...or turbochargers, I forget which, for the engines. So they were useless. Think that changed with american entry into the war, but that was later.
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  1904. Β @郑钍  Thanks 😁
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  1905. salute
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  1906. I recently (like, two months ago) asked the Irish government if they had any further comment on this subject. The lack of reply says it all.
    1
  1907. He would be better off collaborating with Matt Bearman at the Whirlwind Project. He is the real expert on the WW.
    1
  1908. https://youtu.be/nzK2CipEhAs
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  1909. It was generally volunteers from the catering or clerks. Read John's article, he gives thorough explanation of RAF crewing prewar, think you'll find it interesting.
    1
  1910. Hah! My bad!
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  1911. Many thanks:D
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  1912. I'm tempted to cover the CAC sabre one day 😁
    1
  1913. Haha ALL of them I should imagine :) I suspect fairey's sudden interest in delta's post war came from seeing German research, but as said, that's just a suspicion.
    1
  1914. Lol glad you enjoyed.
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  1915. Many thanks :)
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  1916. Yes, entirely possible.
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  1917. Very much on the list.
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  1918. Couldnt find one!
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  1919. I'm thinking of a series on the mustang charting its evolution. Dont hold your breathe on it coming out soon though 😁
    1
  1920. ;)
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  1921. More than welcome
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  1922. Hope you find it interesting :)
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  1923. I think that's a pretty good description. Certainly seems to be a blend.
    1
  1924. I'm married to an American. I now say "pants" more than "trousers". Mourn for me, I am already lost 😁
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  1925. Apologies, had a death in the family. Should be a video out later today.
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  1926. Indeed! An 18 cylinder, sleeve valve radial. I misread my script somehow!
    1
  1927. It certainly needs a kick up the arse
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  1928. Indeed! Scary time those were. Glad to see you are enjoying scrolling the channel :)
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  1929. LOL entirely possible!
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  1930. Hmmm...that is an intriguing idea. Thanks for the suggestion.
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  1931. Did a video on it if you want to check it out: https://youtu.be/t82ZTyiZG2g
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  1932. Many thanks.
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  1933. On the list :)
    1
  1934. That's always the problem. If I can find enough info and pics, even of concepts, I happily cover an aircraft. But if all that exists are a couple of sketches, doesnt seem worth it.
    1
  1935. Kitbash one up?
    1
  1936. Thanks for clarifying! I did wonder when I did the video if I had gotten the concept completely correct.
    1
  1937. Yes, it's just a replica. But some other very interesting stuff at the RTAF museum, well worth a visit.
    1
  1938. One of my first! https://youtu.be/wmyVmCCxtRM
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  1939. Very kind sir! I must admit I am not an ex-flyer, purely an interested amateur.
    1
  1940. Already done it πŸ˜‰
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  1941. Originally from Essex, cobber.
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  1942. There is always this :) : https://youtu.be/7eZ4MwgViQI
    1
  1943. YPG wore green digi, similar to USMC pattern. It was suitable for fighting in Syria about four months of the year. And the title was the publishers choice.
    1
  1944. Might also be of interest https://youtu.be/Zcsv1Ba0LxI
    1
  1945. Magisters are trainers, not fighters.
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  1946. Thanks. Yeah, the Yemen war is a disgraceful situation. I'd cover it but currently back on trying to report on Burma again. Cheers for the support ;)
    1
  1947. Think I got it from Mario's book. He certainly says both sides used them, and he knows more about the war than I.
    1
  1948. Lol look through my video list, plenty of contenders :)
    1
  1949. A grand suggestion! Enjoy, and get better. https://youtu.be/TR3Nb4matho
    1
  1950. Apart from being alive in the last couple of decades of it, im not sure I'm the best qualified person :)
    1
  1951. Keep watching ;)
    1
  1952. Youre talking about Dave Eubank? It's almost certainly a wrist compass. I tend to wear them in jungle myself as well.
    1
  1953. Thanks! To be honest, there are so many Kaiser logos out there I figured it was probably wrong.
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  1954. Lol thank you, but I'm good.
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  1955. Its appears to be completely f**ked, tbh ☹
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  1956. Apologies, I didnt make it clear. Both proposed engines were radials.
    1
  1957. It was. And they had zero interest in updating the aircraft, allowing Boeing to slide in and offer to develop a major update program.
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  1958. 🀣
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  1959. Completely agree. I dont think the J-10 is a straight copy. But technical defence cooperation between Israel and China in the 80s is a documented fact (as it was with most western countries as well) and so I fully suspect technical data was supplied that assisted in J-10 program. It's a bit like the YAk-41. The F-35 isn't a copy, but technical info from the program helped with development.
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  1960. Thanks!
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  1961. On the list already 😁
    1
  1962. Occasionally I do, but they generally get a lot more coverage anyway.
    1
  1963. Already have :D https://youtu.be/t6_xMrtuxpw
    1
  1964. Cheers! Appreciate the kind words.
    1
  1965. I'll be doing a video on the broader war soon. Thanks for commenting!
    1
  1966. I'd have thought something like F/A 50
    1
  1967. Oh yes, my mistake! That's what I get for doing the math in my head.
    1
  1968. πŸ˜‚ possibly
    1
  1969. Peacemaker. My bad.
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  1970. Yeah, the sound always goes weird when I upload.
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  1971. How's it going salty?
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  1972. On my list 😁
    1
  1973. A few details at the end of this video: https://youtu.be/4e3kUgL8Dgs
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  1974. πŸ˜‰ thanks man.
    1
  1975. None that I'm aware of.
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  1976. On the to do list.
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  1977. Many thanks for the kind words. Glad you enjoy my work.
    1
  1978. USA doesnt have any real interest in the place. China sells to both the military and some of the EAOs.
    1
  1979. Think you are thinking of the A-26.
    1
  1980. ? YouTube is a law unto itself.
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  1981. On the list...eventually :)
    1
  1982. Watch my last video on Burma.
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  1983. More than welcome ;)
    1
  1984. Shoukd be one of the pop ups at the end.
    1
  1985. Yes, I thought about doing that one the other day!
    1
  1986. This video. Sorry, used to be a Patreon, had to cancel it when I was broke but now been meaning to reup for a few weeks now. The work you currently do is totally worth supporting already.
    1
  1987. Oooo...suspect I've got a few more odd ones for you yet :)
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  1988. My pleasure!
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  1989. Well, if you like steampunk: https://youtu.be/ovRc1zkMDgo
    1
  1990. Yep, it was a crazy one alright.
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  1991. Thanks man. Was a close one.
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  1992. Cheers man
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  1993. Glad you liked it. Make no money off books, but that was never the point of writing it.
    1
  1994. ...carried away by a moonlight shadow
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  1995. Yes, sorry, I shouldve clarified so it couldnt be misconstrued. The airship thing was basically an aside to explain Wallis' original field of aeronautics.
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  1996. Good suggestion! I shall add it to my list!
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  1997. On the list :)
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  1998. Turboprop, not a piston engine aircraft. One I will have to cover one day ;)
    1
  1999. Oooo yes! Plus the P-35
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  2000. Just one their concepts.
    1
  2001. Cheers man
    1
  2002. Thanks man
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  2003. Β @tankgirl2074Β  Thanks! It's a real pleasure making them for you guys! :D
    1
  2004. As I understand it they tended to get hand me downs from the Navy as the newer models came into service. As a result I believe that the USCG used Corsairs for anti-sub patrols early in WW2.
    1
  2005. Lol this video is one of my first I think. Used my phone to record it.
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  2006. Β @phil1112zΒ  ;)
    1
  2007. An update on the info on this aircraft: https://youtu.be/zemIImvfQp8
    1
  2008. That's an excellent point!
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  2009. And we could include the USS Stark in that as well. I guess the justification for the USAF claim (and it is their claim) is that those were "accidental". And that I guess is a topic for another time.
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  2010. Ive emailed you, keep an eye on the spam filter :)
    1
  2011. A fair request. I shall endeavour to use both.
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  2012. Damned unsporting
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  2013. Ahhhh...the vildebeest should be soon! Prob next week.
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  2014. Pretty sure it was June 1955
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  2015. Yep. Same thing in my upcoming video.
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  2016. I will do. It's probably just a mispronounciation. I know I said "planes" instead of "plans" at one point.
    1
  2017. Never outsourced the scripts, though obviously my research is always based on that of others as reference.
    1
  2018. Thanks man
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  2019. That's very kind!
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  2020. I believe at least one is still around with the CAF. Plus some of the Mustangs they flew against, I believe.
    1
  2021. No. Not a fighter ;) I'll get to the R.31 another time.
    1
  2022. I'm now looking forward to SWAT teams bringing back the Suomi and using this technique.
    1
  2023. Absolutely correct, there are two sides. I strongly suspect that some of the allegations about atrocities by UKR troops in the east before the war have validity. However, if Putin is worried about nazis" https://twitter.com/JimmySecUK/status/1498248431088939008?t=IhZCjjYzbK-YYDSTYYU0zQ&s=19
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  2024. Until I knew what it was, I'd have defo got it wrong.
    1
  2025. No, apparently it could carry GAU/13 pods. Those are the four barrel version of the A10s gau/8!
    1
  2026. Happy birthday!
    1
  2027. Must admit I dont know. But that's quite a bomb load for a fairly aircraft. Reckon it was largely empty with crawl ways.
    1
  2028. Just make sure to check the date the video released πŸ˜‰
    1
  2029. Possibly the "pulpit" aircraft? https://youtu.be/Bkvh5auBoV0
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  2030. Yep, will do one day :)
    1
  2031. "It's time to get funky."
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  2032. You are probably saying something to fall afoul of YouTube's algorithm, it tends to block stuff automatically.
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  2033. No idea then. Nothing in the comment review folder.
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  2034. Pretty much :). I travel a lot, so it's a little clip on mike. If you listen carefully to some of my recent vids, there is a lot of bird song I wasnt able to clean out of the recording.
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  2035. Lol cheers! And congrats on the channel! Looks like it is taking off like a rocket. Nice one !
    1
  2036. Thanks!
    1
  2037. Nope. Check the speeds.
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  2038. Β @peterkaye8162Β  Interesting idea! Thanks!
    1
  2039. Very true
    1
  2040. Lol yes, a few screw ups in this one.
    1
  2041. I REALLY dont like drones. The noise still sets my teeth on edge.
    1
  2042. I'm reasonably sure it wont. Mind you, been wrong before.
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  2043. Haha more than welcome.
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  2044. Yes, that particular story keeps going round. I've personally never seen any evidence of western assistance for IS, weapons normally get seized from those they conquer, which often have western origins. As for facilities, IS use the old tactic: "carry on working, and we guarantee your security. If you are muslim/become one, all the better." Note, that doesnt apply to Shi'a or polytheists - convert or die is there option. But in many of the places IS are rising are Sunni, like them. As long as you follow Shari'a and dont cause issues (ie do your job), they'll leave you to get on with it.
    1
  2045. Not for a while yet, I'm afraid.
    1
  2046. Hmmm...friendly fire did happen. I mean, happens in every war. But it was primarily the look. Daesh tended to have big beards and long hair, SDF kept their hair short and not many had beards, if they did kept them trim. It's quite an effect "IFF". Plus our uniforms were different. SDF was pretty standard, ISIS wore all sorts of stuff. As for air strikes, mainly down to the pilot. They were not streaking in on low level passes, they were up high loitering and watching. And the visual gear on modern aircraft is unbelievable. Often when a mistake was made in an airstrike request the pilots would radio back for confirmation, that would get bounced back down the chain to the guy asking for the strike with "you sure about that?" I think i can only recall 2 incidences of friendly airstrikes off top of my head in the year I was there.
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  2047. Sounds intriguing! Email me details, contact is in the "about" part of the channel.
    1
  2048. Bugger! Yep, must've had a typo in the script. Good spot.
    1
  2049. If ever I'm in Finland I will have to check that out!
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  2050. Oh yes, one day.
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  2051. Yeah! C'mon Northrop, we are all waiting!
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  2052. Cheers Matt.
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  2053. Glad to help :)
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  2054. salute
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  2055. ;) thanks man.
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  2056. https://www.barneswallisfoundation.co.uk/life-and-work/other-research/ :)
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  2057. Β @terrynewsome6698Β  First I've heard about it. Cant imagine it will ever happen, the Turks would absolutey freak out.
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  2058. Check my latest video πŸ˜‰
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  2059. Surprised me too! It was a variant of the Mitsubishi a6, but built by nakajima!
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  2060. See my latest videos. Issue is sorted 😁
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  2061. Β @donquixote3927Β  I try to read them all, and respond where I can. But there are A LOT now :D
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  2062. Absolutely. If I hadnt finished when I did I would have turned back anyway because the weather was on the turn.
    1
  2063. Lol thanks. Yes, a lesson I learnt the hard way 😁
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  2064. Now? Practically none. The conflict involves many of the ethnic minorities plus now Bamars fighting the military after the coup.
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  2065. Many thanks!
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  2066. I'll admit I've contemplated it.
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  2067. Glad you enjoy it :)
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  2068. Good question. None that I'm aware of. The IAF and EAF went at each other, but think once Britain and France attacked the EAF gave up. Might be some FAA action (again).
    1
  2069. Nope, he is right, my mistake. The -A was Freedom Fighter, the-C was the Skoshi tiger program and that led to -E being Tiger ii. Got so fogged up researching F20 I forgot that detail!
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  2070. Indeed there is ;) https://youtu.be/olxue1D5tp8
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  2071. I'll make him a meme yet :)
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  2072. LOL no worries, I should have been clearer
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  2073. Give me time, I like tanks as much as everything else :)
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  2074. No, for Operation Torch, invasion of french north africa.
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  2075. Glad you enjoyed it :)
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  2076. Welcome aboard ;)
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  2077. That's kind of my attitude. It was brilliant... but why? Its not like they didnt have other, better avenues to explore, nor as you point out perfectly competent other designs that were more efficient.
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  2078. Yesh! The skyraider was such a great plane!
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  2079. https://youtu.be/LiN9MK4bFgQ 0.35 :)
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  2080. My Pleasure John. And, yeah, if she didnt like Platoon, this will be way out.
    1
  2081. The harpoons? It was added at the end of the Danish section.
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  2082. https://youtu.be/Bf9008QcdVY
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  2083. Yes, I want to do a video on it! But there are literally 3 pics and enough material for a 60 second video. I might just do it one day for the fun of it πŸ˜‰
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  2084. Cheers. Just gotten used to doing it, I guess. :)
    1
  2085. I beleive some parts were recovered as part of the investigation, but that's about all I know.
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  2086. I have it in my head that Marcel Dassault said that "There is no reason that the British couldnt have developed the Mirage - except their government." I may have that wrong, but it was something along those lines.
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  2087. Thanks man, much appreciated. Youtube tends to block links in comments, google Osprey Publishing "Kurdish armor against ISIS" πŸ˜‰
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  2088. Plenty of people out there I know. Theyll write the books on this one.
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  2089. Great suggestions and very much on the list 😁
    1
  2090. Sorry to be nearer of bad news: https://youtu.be/6X3IXvYbDrU
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  2091. Not yet, on the list :)
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  2092. Ba dum tsh :D
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  2093. Who was elected in 1980.
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  2094. Lol it's on the list alright.
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  2095. More than welcome
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  2096. More than welcome John.
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  2097. Check out my video on the MNDAA.
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  2098. I have not, and THAT is s weird plane! I love it!
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  2099. Thanks!
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  2100. Not yet, it's on the list. Though probably do the fokker 23 before that, far more material available on it. But will probably cover other, earlier koolhoven aircraft as well. As you say, he was prolific.
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  2101. Happy coincidence :)
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  2102. :) thank you. Wouldnt be anything without all you guys.
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  2103. Ironically, timber (teak, specifically) is one of the commodities that the various groups fight over in Burma nowadays!
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  2104. Tomorrow
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  2105. 🀣
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  2106. The vengeance is very much on my "to do" list πŸ˜‰
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  2107. Β @geckoboi1041Β  I would, but there is very little to work with on it. I'll keep digging around :)
    1
  2108. Bit short for you today Warbles! ;D
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  2109. Thanks! Glad you are enjoying the content; lots of other bombers out there I’ve covered. Rest up, get well soon.
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  2110. Lol I've been meaning to do French bombers for a while, but you're right - where to start!?
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  2111. How did I miss this video before!? As always, excellent content. Plus must add "hmmmm...late war German weapon designs turning up in south america afterwards...funny that πŸ€”"
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  2112. Got a few other obscure ones on here, hope you find some more interesting ones 😁
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  2113. All skill, no luck, I promise :D
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  2114. While Zvevda make a number of extremely impressive products and have a remarkable history, their ejection seats are limited to a few Russian designs. Martin Baker seats, by contrast, are used by multiple manufacturers in multiple types across the world. So yes, Martin Baker ARE the foremost producer of ejection seats in the world.
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  2115. Mispronouncing German names is basically my trademark now :)
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  2116. Well, one I've already done ;) https://youtu.be/i6BqpInpZ2w
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  2117. When a pedent goes full circle on the details, you know it's a good one 😁
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  2118. Cheers man, appreciate the feedback
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  2119. Ooo...thanks! I'll check them out.
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  2120. Hope you enjoyed your stay :)
    1
  2121. Yeah, I'm sure they....ooooooo....
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  2122. Lol yes, misspoke.
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  2123. Alas, my foreign pronunciations are generally off.
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  2124. Lol I think so that the Americans wouldnt 😁
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  2125. https://youtu.be/_o6Slq1e3CY
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  2126. Not long I suspect, if it hasnt occured already: https://youtu.be/6X3IXvYbDrU
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  2127. Should pop up as one of the end videos.
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  2128. See, you are missing out 😁
    1
  2129. Thanks for contributing (that applies to everyone), been a really good discussion.
    1
  2130. Welcome aboard!
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  2131. Β @nickpapa1721Β  LOL i understand. I'll get to the OV10 one day, promise :)
    1
  2132. Possibly. The one at Dayton needed considerable restoration, I believe.
    1
  2133. Life's about priorities :)
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  2134. No, it was slower and, as you say, after WW2.
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  2135. Haha its "war thunder". Which everyone assumes I would play, but quite frankly dont get the time too. Looks fun though.
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  2136. Lol kurmanji is pretty straightforward. And I'm still terrible at it :D
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  2137. Nope, wanted to put the wow! in for 50000. Guy is legend :)
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  2138. I think some other channels have talked about the American use of the .05cal, but IIRC it was more a case that they had an effective heavy MG that they were happy with while the brits just found it easier to make the jump to 20 because of the prewar work with the french hispano. Kind of a "20mm is better, but .50 is good enough" I reckon.
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  2139. Yep. The Zero was one of the most advanced aircraft designs of its day, especially in terms of metallurgy.
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  2140. Oh yes. One day 😁
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  2141. Β @AugustusDayΒ  cheers man, I'll check it out.
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  2142. Hey Ian. Know you probably wont see this as you get flooded with comments, but in case you do - has youtube lightened up on it's no adverts on gun channels policy? I see them on all your vids now. I certainly hope they have!
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  2143. De nada 😁
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  2144. Guys a legend! Love his vids.
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  2145. Have a look around. All sorts of stuff on here ;)
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  2146. If I was in charge, prob the way we'd go.
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  2147. No! I'd say your exactly right!
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  2148. The Gladiator was Henry Folland's last design, I believe!
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  2149. Cheers. Hope you enjoy it :)
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  2150. No. The Kachin and a few of the other groups get some support from china, but that is thought to be through local relationships, prob not approved by Beijing. The Karen get nothing except what NGOs can provide - and that's not military, the Thais wouldnt stand for it.
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  2151. More than welcome πŸ˜‰
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  2152. I hear about it! If ever I get a chance to visit the Netherlands I will have to check it out.
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  2153. I'm surprised all the Vietnamese watching this havent checked out this video: https://youtu.be/rDWEFgSAjsw
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  2154. Lol yep
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  2155. As I recall, it was one of the shots supplied to me by Boeing because it had a concept model of the 818. I think it was a stand at an expo demonstrating Boeing concepts. Like a lot of concepts (especially in the '60s), they seem to be "ideal" sci-fi ideas rather than practical.
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  2156. Kurnass will get it's own video in time.
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  2157. Thanks for the correction!
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  2158. Appears to have just been a paper design.
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  2159. It is O, the letter, for Observer
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  2160. The irony is that in a few years those first three thousand will be the valuable ones that collectors want 😁
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  2161. Both Dassault and Eurofighter pulled out right at the beginning of the competition on the grounds that Canada essentially put requirements in that only an Americsn fighter could fulfil.
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  2162. Yep UAVs have a long and I interesting history: https://youtu.be/LK1ncbkG55c
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  2163. Covered that one a long time ago ;)
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  2164. Certainly be me :)
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  2165. Talk to YouTube.
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  2166. Haha fair point, I dont like it myself. Trouble is, with my super basic video editor, putting text inserts in is a complication that needs careful planning and adds a stupid amount of work. And on some of my old videos, I didnt do both sets of measurements and the screaming in the comments has to be seens to be believed! shrug
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  2167. Because it hasnt quite. CAS aircraft still bring more and heavier ordnance to the fight at greater speeds and ranges than any helicopter can. Currently the two complement each other. But you do have a point in that maybe the US Army may think that technical developments, especially with UAVs, might make them look at if they can cover their CAS needs themselves. Not sure the USAF would like that, but that's the point really. If they want to stay in CAS, maybe start fielding newer systems.
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  2168. Lol I was looking at going: "What do I call this? Screw it, its canard" :D
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  2169. Ah! Thanks for pointing it out, I've corrected it.
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  2170. Cheers man, appreciate it.
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  2171. Yep. When they launched the coup, they thought it would the same as it ever was. They were critically mistaken.
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  2172. Lol yep, hence apologies in advance. At least I tried ;)
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  2173. Got you covered: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWTOW-aZ8TM
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  2174. I think I shouldve asked you to write the summary for te video! :)
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  2175. Lol a number of people have told me. Alas, I'm not currently in the UK
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  2176. Quite right, my bad. Peacekeepers does sound better, though.
    1
  2177. Honestly, I'm not that inventive! Some crazy designs out there.
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  2178. Plus Zelensky is, I believe, Jewish.
    1
  2179. "Upward firing cannon preferred"
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  2180. It's actually home made! 🀯
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  2181. You, Sir, are far too kind!
    1
  2182. Sawadee Khab! Not a lot of thai stuff on my channel, though did cover the thai air force saying they were interested in the f35. Plus a quite a bit about Burma, though the war, not so much aircraft. Hope you find something of interest :)
    1
  2183. Hi Bryan, afraid the USAAC became the USAAF in June 1941. Guess the American's decided they had to get "air force" in the title because everyone else did :) . The USAAF became the USAF in 1947 when the service became properly independent.
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  2184. Lol
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  2185. ;) thanks
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  2186. Many thanks :D
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  2187. Worth having a look at John's article on this subject.
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  2188. Thank you, appreciate your kind words.
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  2189. Not yet.
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  2190. Well worth the wait.
    1
  2191. It would be fascinating to look at that if the figures were available. Suspect they arent, but maybe regt. diaries would have some information πŸ€”
    1
  2192. Reign of Fire
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  2193. You're welcome :)
    1
  2194. If any of them want to talk, sure. Generally theyve just got on with their lives.
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  2195. I think that is an entirely sensible idea. Actually, something could theoretically be done with the US, which cuts some of the political issues. I still think the whole thing is pie in the sky. The fact the Irish Defence Forces even said they were considering getting jets was extremely surprising!
    1
  2196. Agreed. I think cheap suicide drones are actually what I was thinking of.
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  2197. Still making videos but it is getting increasingly difficult with YouTube.
    1
  2198. Β @Louis-ue7coΒ  Just for you :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._E._W._Petter
    1
  2199. There are a number of Polish aircraft I want to cover sooner rather than later :)
    1
  2200. Ummmm... https://youtu.be/GK-3PyPbWNw
    1
  2201. The Bombay definitely had some trim issues, which touched on and seem to caused several tragic losses. JDs linked article gives more details.
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  2202. Ahhh, you confused me with the Horton. No, the Do 335 was not the fastest. 47J beat it by about 30mph.
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  2203. Done the marut. Thinking about doing a chinese aircraft.
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  2204. Welcome John
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  2205. Yes, the A-36. Though I think (and happy to be corrected) that they were assigned to attack because in testing their engines weren't considered up to fighter combat at altitude, but they were very good at low levels. I should look into it and maybe do a video! (LOL, adds to list...)
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  2206. Lol I'm thinking of doing it on friday 😁
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  2207. Yep, one I'd like to cover.
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  2208. You know, I hadnt heard of it! Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
    1
  2209. Yes, seems I mispronounced it.
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  2210. People have made many, many suggestions. :D In fact, im contemplating a video to discuss them all, but it is far more complex than anticipated.
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  2211. Very generous 😁
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  2212. It appears to be getting worse.
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  2213. It'd be a better name for it!
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  2214. My earlier vids I recorded the sound on my phone. Not great, I'll admit.
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  2215. Yeah, pretty sure it is with hindsight.
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  2216. Alas, no. Pity, it would be a hit at airshows, I'm sure.
    1
  2217. Ah yes! The wendover: https://youtu.be/jlcYX8fWaOM
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  2218. His book is absolutely brilliant. Coukdnt put it down.
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  2219. I did a video before about Brown talking about alternatives to the F-35. People got very upset! I think he is keeping his options open, let's see what NGAD's throws up.
    1
  2220. Nope. RBSL it is.
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  2221. ;)
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  2222. When I drifted into odd plane videos, I thought I'd run out in a few weeks. I was very wrong :D
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  2223. I suspect the low numbers remaining in service meant that it wasnt considered worthwhile.
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  2224. Hmmmm...I covered it building up a bit last year, but truth be told, YouTube demonitizes stuff like that, which means I get very picky about covering stuff that basically costs me money :( https://youtu.be/Uab_75sn6pQ
    1
  2225. Hamel took place in july 1918, I believe. Cambria was 1917. But hamel was the first time it went correctly, I'd say, pointing to how war would develop.
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  2226. Β @ShaneBakerΒ  LOL never fear, plenty of mistakes in these videos :)
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  2227. Nope, a fair point I'd say.
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  2228. :D
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  2229. Even by Forgotten Weapons excellent standards, this was a cracking video!
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  2230. Hopefully you'll enjoy the video I am working on currently then :)
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  2231. High praise, thank you!
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  2232. Finished! I better get and make some more then 😁
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  2233. Plodding through them :)
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  2234. Oh, quite right, it was a 14 cylinder engine! My bad.
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  2235. Indeed. And kudos for making a spirited attempt to watch all my Forgotten Aircraft in a day 😁
    1
  2236. Static. Pretty sure she will ever fly again.
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  2237. Welcome back :D
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  2238. None that I could find. Which is surprising!
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  2239. Interesting idea!
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  2240. Glad you liked it :)
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  2241. Oh yes, certainly have! Will get around to them at some point :)
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  2242. I couldnt resist....
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  2243. You comment without watching, dont you.
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  2244. Check out my video on the MB.3 then. ;)
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  2245. I figure I've inflicted my pronunciation on enough languages already :)
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  2246. Sure, email me at: ed@militarymatters.online
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  2247. Thank you!
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  2248. Getting the exact details would be tricky. Plus it's also about what sort of use/doctrine you are looking at. The Chieftain does a lot on that particular subject.
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  2249. Jaws - which was made in 1976, ironically!
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  2250. Gnome has indeed had words.
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  2251. Thanks!
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  2252. I did look into it, but the information is very sparse.
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  2253. Yes. But there was at the same time a push to build faster bombers. One of the factors that drove fighter development.
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  2254. ;)
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  2255. Enjoy wandering around the channel :)
    1
  2256. I feel compelled to tell you to check the date of upload ;D
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  2257. Well, I covered one of the variants: https://youtu.be/r0IYxrl1D3c
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  2258. Only the three of youtube, I'm afraid. I would like to do more in the future.
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  2259. I think maybe amazon, but not sure as it never got picked up by a publisher there.
    1
  2260. giggity
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  2261. Should get you to write my scripts :D
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  2262. And of course, ironically, the M1 is still a great tank!
    1
  2263. Ooooooo...not good.
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  2264. Oh yes! One day...
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  2265. Yes, I don't know if this would have been beaufighter or me210. The joys of "what-if" aircraft :)
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  2266. Been thinking about that, but there are a lot of videos on it out there already.
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  2267. Thanks man. Currently in an "interesting" place, hence not posting recently. Hopefully will have something on it soon.
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  2268. Yep, theyve flipflopped. Mind you, the way this is going, theyll switch again tomorrow!
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