Thank you. I’ve wondered about this for years!

Well-done and concise explanation of a complex set of operations. Thank you.

I’m thankful they’re innovative. Ideas eventually had no impact on the outcome of the war and that they were imperial Japanese navy and the imperial Japanese forces were soundly defeated in the world was saved from their tyranny.

Your animation (2:04) shows the the smoke/vapor was going 'upward' (i.e. against the wind) - since the carrier is supposed to sail against it ; Shouldn't it going this other direction (and the pilot would have to see which white line is 'alligne' with the stream of vapor ?

I like this type of presentation and would like to see more!

Had thought this already from historic footage. But nice to know that my thoughts had been correct.

That is indeed a very clever system. I guess it is only a small hole covered with a grating, so it does not take away any space from the runway

Oh the irony of this video being narrated by a guy with a Russian accent ‼️🤣

Very interesting...thank you

OBOE wasn't most accurate in WWII. Most accurate blind targeting system was SHORAN.

Excellent video!

Thank you very much. I always suspected they were to aid in landing or take off but I never knew how. Using steam was indeed very clever.

Rewatched this after your explanation and finally saw it at 0:55 lol, good job.

Good job. The system worked so simply & effectively.

You'd think a lot of this footage, the C-130 and especially the U-2, would be all over the internet! This was great!

Excellent, as always!

Thank you for explaining this. I have heard this terminology on JAG and other shows, but didn’t fully understand what they were doing and talking about until now.

Great video but narrator accent kind of distracting

Love this video! There is seemingly never ending info about American carriers but it is very difficult for an American who does not know Japanese to find highly detailed info about Japanese carriers.

Nope.

空母用カタパルトが実用化されなかったせいでもある。

PEOPLE! SUB TO THIS GUY NOW! We need more of this kind of concise style of content!

Damn that CRAP constant music is annoying AF... MORON

I think you should cut 2:20 - 2:53 or so showing the parts of the system and the various banks of lights and turn it into a short. The algorithm greatly favours that type of video and spreads it to a wider range of viewers.

Almost 40 years. That's how long it's been since I watched Top Gun for the first time and said to myself "what's the ball?" Now I know everything!

I use IFR navigation ( I follow railroads ) .

Clever lads.

1:20

No closed captions.

I've seen several videos that do a horrendous job "explaining" what is going on during a launch. Most of the time you can tell that the person never worked on the deck and tried to explain what was going on after reading a book or maybe watching a video. There were a few errors in what you said but overall you did an outstanding job!

Excellent video and great content! I would like to add a small note. The carrier units always operated in mixed formations of fighters and bombers, so single-seat fighters mostly relied on two-seat and three-seat bombers with dedicated navigators for guidance. Of course, during the chaotic battles over the enemy carriers fighters would naturally get separated. However, a couple of bombers were typically assigned at specific pre-arranged gathering locations with respect to the enemy carriers (e.g., southeast) to wait for any stray fighters and be guided back. There are cases when fighter pilots missed that opportunity as well and were on their own. For example, PO Komachi Sadamu during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons was one such case where all he could do was roughly head in the general direction where his carrier was when he took off. Since the battle took place in the late afternoon, the sun was also rapidly sinking toward the horizon (imagine the stress) but luckily he was heading somewhat west which saved him some crucial daylight time. Still, he could not find the carriers before the dark but miraculously found some friendly destroyers where he ditched his fighter and was picked up. We can only guess how many fighter pilots found themselves in a similar situation but were not so lucky. Regarding land-based naval units in the Solomons, most operations also included mixed formations where the bombers took care of navigation for the fighters. However, sometimes when fighter sweeps were sent and navigation was deemed challenging, they allocated a couple of bombers to handle the navigation. For ferrying operations, twin-engine bombers typically guided single-seat fighter units between islands (that is of course, when ferrying was not done by an auxiliary carrier).

Dankeschön toller Bericht

Elegant solution

A foreigner talking about the American military? 😂😂😂😂😂

Oh. I bet that would work really well. Thanks!

Nifty! Simple and effective!

Just what I like to see in a historical piece, no 'unnecessary additives'.

Information i didn't know i wanted. Thanks 😊

Wind direction knowing method. pilot in canopy thats can't know wind situation.

バシスが、あったんだね。　あくまでも、参考の設備。　自分の目で、降下角を判断しないと。　すると、いつもバシスが適正降下角を見せる。

The title was specific and the video was direct. You deserve so many more subscribers than 16K. Keep it up man.

1:55 During landing, shouldn't the aircraft come against the wind?

Gee, I wish we had us one of them steam/wind direction finders!

Did the USAAF have a similar system for their long range fighters? P-51s flying from Iwo Jima had a loooong trip to Japan over the ocean. Or was a simple ADF sufficient since the island was stationary?

shouldnt the steam go off the ship in opposing direction to the markings as the ship is moving into the wind and not with the wind?

Pacific war?

the best solution is often the simplest one. Super interesting

Pepejeh nu jadi anak tere kehed (sarua)tetep kehel ka duanana ngan pepejeh jaga adek jeng di ulur ,ken ari pajauh mah moal naon naon.

there is nothing interesting or meaningful about anything the axis did in ww2. no axis supporting nation should have descendants today. nazis and the japenese are some of the worlds worst war criminals. there is no excellent information about shitty people and shitty nations

I think it was also an aid to help the ships pilot to keep the carrier heading into wind as well