Whilst working at B.A.C. Stevenage in 1966 l was used to seeing a stream of Handley- Page Victors on the flight path from Radlett ,however one day imagine my surprise when in amongst these is what l took to be a Hornet. This is of particular interest to me as my father worked at D.H. in WW II building Mosquitoes & he may have worked on Hornets,l know that he worked on Vampires .

I'm a bit surprised that these aircraft didn't have problems with the bonding agents used in construction in tropical conditions. I had read somewhere that these bonding agents in the Mosquito stopped them from being used in tropical areas. Maybe I'm flat out wrong, or they changed the agents in the Hornet.

British named her but Disapproved overall, Unfortunately!

Somewhat similar. If the Whirlwind had been fitted with decent engines rather than the underpowered Peregrines, it would have been outstanding. Eric Brown rated it highly - enough said!

Just some grammatical nitpicks .... the plural of cannon is cannon - not cannons. Similarly, the plural of aircraft is aircraft, not aircrafts. This poor use of the English language really detracts from an enjoyable short video on a forgotten and underrated aircraft.

As I understand it, the Hornet’s Achilles heel in the far east vs Japan would have been that although it had long range, its range was still not long enough for the great distances that would have been involved. Other than that it was a fantastic aircraft which came on the scene just too late. And it was Eric Winkle Brown’s favourite aircraft, which is all you really need to know!

Possibly the most beautiful aircraft ever.

Sweet looking bird

Counter-rotating props? And yes, fabulous looking bird!!

The Hornet must have been right, because it sure looks right.

Eric Brown didn't say it was ''one of the best''. ...He said it was The Best plane he *ever* flew.

This aircraft bears an uncanny resemblence to the Westland Whirland

One of the most beautiful aircraft to ever have air under its wings: after the Corsair (sentimental favourite because Dad flew them), it’s a tie between this and the Tigercat as to which is my absolute favourite…

Absolutely beautiful aircraft! It's practically criminal that a few examples were not preserved!

That Was Great! Was It Wooden Or Metal? Thank You. (Like #42 - Comment #4)

A really brilliant video ,with some superb a artwork, to celebrate a really amazing ,forgotten aircraft which ,I think, simply could not be improved upon - in the time when it was flying.

Keep 'em coming

Thanks mate. Cheers

John Bateup was riding a 500cc TriBsa not a 650cc.

Did those Soviet fellows Thank Us on this one?

Now this is different, what an interesting museum and event!

I always wanted to go on board a PBY Cat..I heard it has a gally and a full size head..

hey are sill in serice

Loved these aircraft from when I found out they were made in San Diego, CA. The building still exists although on its way out.

Nice + Appreciated 👍 here in Perth Western Australia 🙃🍺🦘🇦🇺 where i love WW2 aircraft (my favourite FW 190 'Butcher Bird') i recall my Dad built a large Catalina flying boat model when i was a kid & whilst alone i could'nt resist pushing & breaking those 2 bubble windows on it - he was'nt happy with his 1st born son but passed on over a decade ago 🤔 maybe i should buy a model now & build it in Recall ☝️ but 'Butcher Bird' be more up my alley 🤣

You forgot to say, it looks great too!

from the german point of view this airplane was completely nonsense. Using to many resources in this critical days for the german military Industrie. - Me 262 was better - FW152 was better perhaps the best piston- engined fighter- plant of WW2 was the FW152

A P-51 came across the 335, he came in behind fired a burst, he thought he struck the 335 it was smoking, but it was the methanol injection the 335 pulled away the mustang like it was standing still.

XP-47J… clocked under test at 504 mph. Still, the 335 had serious performance. Truly untested, and undeveloped, the captured 335s flew very little, and were prone to engine fires, failures.

IDK, I saw a video that there's a P-47 version that was faster. That said the 335 is my favorite WW2 aircraft, after the F-4F Wildcat of course.

Single engine is always better from a performance standpoint since fewer engines means less weight and structure required. Even a larger single engine will be lighter and produce less drag than two smaller engines of the same combined power. Those engines need additional propellers and controls and radiators/oil coolers and fuel lines. But most engines were at the limits of their power so the only way to make a plane faster was to add another one. This is why the Mosquito and the P-38 were the fastest Allied planes of the war until 1944. But each of those had disadvantages.. namely the separate nacelles which each add to the drag rather than being incorporated into the fuselage and the awkward configuration particularly the P-38 with its booms and twin tail that causes more drag as well. In addition. Having the engines on the wings increased the rolling moment. Like kids on the outside of a merry go round, it’s hard to start it rolling and even harder to stop. The P-38 I know used differential power to solve this and even have a higher roll rate than many single engine fighters.. but this was very difficult to reverse. A plane like the FW-190 had an insane roll rate and could snap in the opposite direction before the P-38 could follow. Mounting the engines in the fuselage on the centreline simultaneously reduces drag as well as rolling moment. I used to fly a Cessna 337 in the same configuration. Though it had strutted wings and twin booms and tails that made it slow.. it was a very maneuverable aircraft.

So cool ! I thought that the best fighter of the war was the P51 or maybe the Tempest

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We get it. You’re an edge lord that posts essentially the same comment on multiple videos.

Another great video 👍

GREAT VIDIO SHAME ABOUT THE MUSIC

Good job Callum 👍

The ME109 - my first model aircraft over 65 years ago. Thanks mate.

The pertinant variant of Nakajima Homare radial was developed at a time before our submarine blockade when 92 octane aviation fuel was obtainnable in the home islands and it got it's incredible power from uppimg compression and RPM relative to it's contemporary air cooled powerplants while manifold pressure was typically average of single stage superchaged radials. So on 92 octane it nearly reached the power of a P&W 2800 at 2200 cu in. But a high compression engine's tradeoff in longevity on high octane becomes critically compromised in reliability lacking high octane fuel. It's water/ methanal injection only protects it from knocking during combat but. Is not used throughout it's flight. And commpression knock is no friend of aero engines. It's top output was measuured on even higher octane when the US Technical Air Intelligence Unit brought a Ki 84 stateside for extensive testing.The N1K2-J shares that varient of powerplant. Fwiw the Ki84 was tested at 427 mph ar a little over 20000 ft and the N1K2-J at 402 mph at a similar altitude both on high octane using water/methanal injection.

fantastic

Pretty sure the Spitfire V could out turn the Macchi (that wing loading comparison at the beginning of the video shows that). The 202 (with its DB engine) was (much like the 109Fs) faster and could outclimb/dive the Spit V.

Always been a favorite of mine.

cant wait for when in a few years youre up there with Drach, Brick immotar and Oceanliner designs

There is a Ju-52 that does panorama flights near where I live. I can hear the motors from a long way off and always run out to wave at "Tante Ju".

Where the hell did you get this orator from, he sounds as though he should still be in high school learning how to speak properly!! He is not easy to listen to or to comprehend!!! Understandee de englishee??

The B-26 was a "Hot" aircraft with a substantial performance edge. The first B-26's were given to experienced Bomb Groups - who didn't have a problem with them. Then they began trying to put inexperienced crews in them - and - have inexperienced mechanics working on them. The Americans were trying to ramp things up as fast as they could - and sometimes this caused problems. "One A Day In Tampa Bay" was a saying about B-26 units training at Tampa Bay. They'd take off over the water - lose an engine because the mechanics didn't work on it right - and the torque from the remaining engine would put the plane in the water. With Good Mechanics - they wouldn't have been losing engines. With Good Pilots they would not have put the plane in the water when they lost an engine. There was an investigation and they thought of getting rid of the plane - but - the experienced crews stood up for it and they realized that the real problem was with the experience of the crews and mechanics. They slowed down, got the crews and mechanics properly experienced - and stopped losing airplanes. .

The Baltimore Whore. No visible means of support.

Is this the one they changed from B-26 to A-26?

Thanks ! : )

Great video. Keep it up! Your channel will become massive soon 😊