Everything is going this way. IQ's are falling in the western world (Im currently studying this in Anthropology) and now they have a short attention span and poor perspectives on a learning experience. IE everything has to be a fun fair experience. Otherwise the little darlings get bored. Its all going this way. Take a look at aeroplane magazine of the fifties and now. fifties... lots of text and technical explanation. Now pictures,.. trying to work an ethnic in here and there....

I would go to Duxford more, BUT the fee is to high. More so if I add the fuel cost.

Duxford has shot itself in the foot, scrapping all the shows they used to put on,and are left with mediocre shows at best.when the new head took over at museum she wanted to know why they're are tanks here.says it all there,most of the military vehicles are loaned to the museum,its on a downward spiral after what it used to be like.RIP.

Matt, I volunteer at Duxford and the master plan that will take over 5 years will produce themed displays. It will improve the visitor experience which may not suit the enthusiasts as it means change but the museum needs to engage with the new generations. That means more interactive displays and a joined up historical narrative. Museums like Duxford must change to maintain the interest of the public. In terms of Land Warfare the reality is is that the building has reached the end of its viable life. The vehicles will be redistributed throughout the museum in themed displays.

A huge shame the Land Warfare display is going. Sorry to have it confirmed. They are getting a bit funny with the airliner collection too I believe. Got rid of the ham radio station too (likes lots of museums). Journalists do distort and misquote at times. To examples I have had recounted to me. The guy who helped me study for my ham radio exams was interviewed by a local newspaper about amateur radio. The journalist asked why exams were needed. My tutor explained about knowing how not to cause interference to radio users as well as interfering with television and radio reception. This was condensed into "Len says if he wants, he blot out all the TVs in a hundred yards radius". Then there was the chairmen of the 2CV club of Great Britain. A journalist quoted him as saying the chairmen was pleased 2CV production had ended as his cars would now be worth more.

Arnhem Rail Bridge look at any map of Arnhem AO that has landing zones and a scale of miles/km and you will see LZ Z is 4 miles/6k from the rail bridge. "the first of those bound for LZ-Z came in at 13:19. This lift contained Major-General Urquhart's Headquarters and approximately half of the Divisional Units, included amongst which were the Jeeps of the Reconnaissance Squadron, two batteries of the 1st Airlanding Light Regiment, and also the 1st Parachute Brigade's vehicles and anti-tank guns." Pegasus Archive The First Lift (Sunday 17th September)

@19:44 - Matt, I believe the biggest issue these days is exactly the type of knee-jerk reactions you speak of - on both sides of the aisle. In many cases, asking oneself 'is this actually the case, or are we missing an attributable source?' would help a lot. It would have made a difference in the Dux plan debate too.

I hadn’t thought about it, but it’s interesting how we view air support in hindsight, but thru the lens of modern capabilities supported by modern military movie cinematography!! For the allies it’s still an evolving concept forged by learning & experience. It seems it was missing the vital Three pillars of modern air support (all of which are in their infancy); • Cooperation & Communication, • Availability & loitering and • Accuracy of firepower

My grandfather, Lieutenant Colonel Clayton E Joyce, hump pilot and commander of the army cargo bases in China, Burma and India. He would help design the fuel pods that would go in the C46 to help it make the journey over the hump. He was a commercial airline pilot for United Airlines and flew the Seattle Honolulu Tokyo route. His nickname was old iron ass because he could sit in the cockpit longer than anybody.

Please call the RASC Lads Air Despatchers as that is what they where .

Im surprised Al didn't mention that Brereton prevented tactical ground attack air support because he wanted the skies clear for his planned 3 days of drops which ballooned into a week due to the weather. Even down at Aalst near Eindhoven on the second day, no tactical air support helped the Guards Armoured Division deal with the German anti tank gun position. Vandeleur requested air support but was told there wasn't any. That had nothing to do with distance and everything to do with Brereton not wanting ground attack bombers in the way of his drops.

I don't know if this is the same plane but I saw a B-36 on static display at what was then Greater Southwest Airport in Tarrant County back in the 1960's. I also got to go inside one at Lowrey Field in the early 1950's but I was only about 5 years old so my memory is fuzzy, I do remember getting to go through the tunnel from the flight deck to the crew area. Good memories!

Love his war documentaries as you get the real perspective.

B58 and F105 were my favorite models. Yeah ! On the deck and under the radar is the way to do a tactical mission if you don't want a reception. Air Force has a tradition of putting petty politics before the efficiency of the Force for some kind of overhyped goal of getting more influence than the other services. The B52 is a good bomb truck and maybe the bigger difference between Khe Sahn and Dien Bien Phu. But the Hustler was a B1 before It's time.

The 97th Bomb Wing at Blytheville AFB in the 1980’s had one Col. Charles “Chuck” Quinn. Col Quinn as a Radar Navigator served on the B-36, B-47, several models of the B-52, and the B-58. He was the fountain of knowledge on bombing & navigation, with a Texas drawl and a great sense of humor.

Grew up in Farmingdale, New York, the home of the Republic Aircraft Corporation. An early memory was driving past the Republic airfield northbound on NY Route 110 and seeing a long row of silver jets parked wingtip to wingtip…105’s all. Later worked security at the by then Fairchild-Republic factory with A-10’s going down the production line. Almost all those production buildings were demolished in the 1990’s.

Yes, I still read paper books !! These ebooks are too irritating to "own" and lose constantly on the whim of your reader. Real, bound books, do not disappear in the night. !!!!!!

Louis Zamperini, "Zamp" was the main focus of the 2014 movie "Unbroken" directed by Angelina Jolie.

Thank you. Maj Gen Russ Violett Sounds like a very, sharp guy. This was amazing, all the details he recalls. The background noise is a little distracting, I'm hearing impaired and have the run the listening volmue quite high.

Very nice programme amazing lady!

As an old man, I grew up watching Jimmy Stewert in films, as well as in flying. By all I know from various souces at the time, he was a "pilot's pilot". He has been doing Air Force doucumentries at the start of WWII. The movie SAC was a wonderful film that highlighted a lot of his flying and documenting of various aircrafts. As for the B58, in my opinion, it was and is a "marvel of engineering". I have seen it fly on several occasions. I was in the Civil Air Patrol when I was ten years old until I was drafted. I studied aviation seriously. I am also a pilot (as can be expected I guess). People will say all kinds of crap. Usually not knowing anything about what they are talking about. The B58 in my opinion, had no more or not less than any of the other aircraft we were building and testing at the time. It was a new "age". People should remember that. These advancements were done without high speed computers and cad. Bottom line is, she was a wonderful bomber and a wonderful aircraft. Thank you

I just finished reading Col. Holt's book "The B-58 Blunder" It's a shame how it all went down but it's also typical of how things work in the high stakes military appropriations world. At least one B-52 crew was lost and another ship lost it's entire tail as they attempted to adapt it to high speed low level tactics, a task the B-58 was capable of performing with ease. tsk,tsk,tsk...

Jimmy Stewart flew the B-47 which was a hotrod in its own right. Darn near supersonic Stratobomber. First flew in the late forties if I recall correctly.

More pilots and aircraft have been lost with pilot's fn'g around showing off than probably all other causes. I got into the USMC flying in the mid-eighties. By that time, so-called flat hatting was strictly forbidden. There was no buzzing the tower as in Top Gun, flying under bridges, doing gun runs on towns, simulated, nada, zilch, it was over. I don't even think we were allowed to fly to our home towns on cross country flights because so many guys had crashed in front of family and friends performing impromptu air shows. Sad loss of Firefly and crew.

Jimmy Stewart was awesome.and the military and America is awesome. Let's never let this tradition waiver

They should have kept at least 50 of these planes operational such a waste a high tech machine but They wanted the B 1 bomber to replace it and even that was Not used to it full potential.

I was billeted in a 1 star hotel in the Philippines one night in the mid 1980's.The roaches were so thick that we had to sleep with the light on. Good times (not).

Jahns Pistons could have made up a full set to go in the 801. I hope you'll do a D9 or Ta152H-1 as well!

RESPECT.

A beautiful airplane! I only saw one fly one time. There was a major war-game/defense exercise (at least in Southern California) in the early/mid 60s. It went over well in excess of Mach 1. A couple of fighters in pursuit, but well behind. Most impressive sonic boom I had ever heard!

There's also a Hustler at the USAF museum in Dayton

This movie was a little before his son became world famous... but Major Henry J. Deutschendorf... Father of John Denver.

Like you said, the Hustler is a shrink wrapped beauty, she is "Bite the back of your hand beautiful"..........

Nothing like experiencing the horrors of the first World war via a touch screen.

Years ago I worked for Keith Larkin, who owned one of the B-25s from CATCH 22. He kept it at Watsonville, CA, airport. I got to go inside it once, but did not fly in it. I'm 6'1", I remember being very cramped, almost claustrophobic inside the airplane. Still, it was a great privilege, great memory!

Wow, deployment was 'just go' no new training, just get loaded and fly. Yikes.

The F-107 was very ugly, right up there with the Boeing X-32.

The F-106 was an absolute wonderful aircraft to fly according to pilots who flew it along with aircraft like the F-4, f-105.

To be fair with the F-104. Just remember this. Its reputation as a widow maker is much more nuanced than just saying it was a bad design. Actually it was a very good design, it flew wonderfully well, and it was very very safe IF YOU KNEW HOW TO TRAIN the young and as importantly experienced high time pilots how to do so. The issue was the F-104’s first flight was March 1954!!!!! Literally this aircraft was being flown by WW2 pilots who’s basic training was in a steerman, advanced training was in a T-6 and their combat missions were in P-47, P-51, P-38 etc…., none of the training or experience of these pilots could possibly prepare them for the F-104! The earlier operators had horribly inadequate training and the attitude of the senior flight instructor set the wrong attitude for the safety of flight. Here is the amazing thing about the f-104, once the right people were put into place to develop procedures, limitations and maintenance programs the safety record fell closer inline with other century fighters like the F-105, F-100, cutting edge platforms of its era. The Spanish and Italians had incredible safety record and so did several other nations. In all the US, Germany, Canada, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Japan, Jordan, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, and Taiwan operated 2578 of these aircraft from 1958-2004! There are still private operators using these aircraft for air shows, testing equipment, and NASA used for a long time as chase planes.

Thanks for publishing this, it was great to see and hear from such a man.

Very cool interview. Now im going to go watch a movie.

I worked on the flightdeck of aircraft carriers during the 1970's. We were warned about standing near the intake of a jet, even off to the side as you could get sucked in. The F-8 and A-7 were especially notorious for this.

Books are always better than any movie!

This gave me goosebumps at this vlog,the sheer terror,but the dedication,bravery,knowledge on the operational unawareness is astonishing. Thank you so much for this small insight

Inspired many guys to want to fly. Prettiest airplane ever built. It certainly scared the Soviets.