I sailed on RFA Engadine, pronounced a different way to this film. It was a helicopter training ship, so still involved with aviation. Good times.
@SteveBrownRocks20238 күн бұрын
Great video! Next, do Halberstadts & Pfalzes! 👏🏽😎
@shootingwithmitch592121 күн бұрын
I had never heard of this aircraft till i saw your rather excellent video.
@hankw6928 күн бұрын
The D.V always reminded me of the WWII A6M5 & ME-109G. They were marked improvements overall to the earlier models of their legendary series...but not nearly enough to compete with new allied high performance fighters. And like the Albatross V they soldiered on to the bloody end, still giving a good show in the hands of a quality pilot.
Ай бұрын
Very informative video, thanks! I'm glad i found this channel.
@shootingwithmitch5921Ай бұрын
Excellent video!!
@N0die2 ай бұрын
leibe die Albatros Flugzeugwerken
@bradmiller95072 ай бұрын
Thanks, Not Many Remember! Pilots CRAFT!
@billevans79363 ай бұрын
Cool
@classicalvintagecollector3 ай бұрын
Hilarious. "quite what the sheep thought of this is not recorded."
@kenrobba58313 ай бұрын
Great history ! I have; since a small boy. been interested in preWW I aeromachines ! That was a delightful piece of history; I had no clue - where the name “Nieuport” originated ! Bravo !!!
@classicalvintagecollector3 ай бұрын
Thanks for putting together a video on this plane. Are you able to do one on the Halberstadt cl.ii?
@Cazador601403 ай бұрын
Let us not forget Harriet Quimby 1875-1912 and and Mathilde Josephine Moisant 1878-1964
@hhhhfdjtf3 ай бұрын
ealih❤❤❤❤❤😊
@MrNethianrogga4 ай бұрын
If you were the rear gunner in a Ca.2 or Ca.3, you definitely would want a safety harness or something similar, to insure you did fall over the rail into the rear propeller!
@MrNethianrogga4 ай бұрын
...DIDN'T, rather, lol
@williamleadbetter96864 ай бұрын
The Austrians built the best Albatross D.3 of the war.They did not have the lower wing failure problems because they strengthen the lower wings and they had much more power for download engines than the german mercedes. Another interesting point is albatross.Also ended up building the fokker D7 and folker didn't produce blueprints.So albatross had to produce reverse engineered blueprints and produced better quality fokker D7 with none of the quality control problems Fokker had. they also were lighter weight
@cratecruncher49744 ай бұрын
It is such a beautiful plane. I've been really diving into the pioneer era and the Taube was probably obsolete in 1910, forget 1914. Compare this to the 1914 Curtiss Jenny which was only intended as a primary trainer yet years ahead of this.
@DarrenWalley4 ай бұрын
This channel is addictive & thank you for sharing your knowledge & taking the time to produce such quality material. I had never heard of 'Wing warping' or 'Tractor configuration' before, amongst other things. Also, a big 'Hello' 👋 from Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. 🏴
@DarrenWalley4 ай бұрын
I've finally found the aircraft I have been trying to Identify. Thank you Forgotten Aviation & also, a big 'Hello' 👋 from Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. I've also subscribed. 😁
@madzen1124 ай бұрын
Redesigning an old Bleriot and making the best plane of the early war, maybe Fokkers greatest achievement
@notbobrosss36704 ай бұрын
Just now finding this channel. It’s very well done. Looks like it maybe abandoned. Thanks KZbin algorithm ppl who watch Drachinifel like me would probably love this channel. But no, just finding years later. Even though I’ve searched for content like many times.
@jamesbetz3334 ай бұрын
Are you familiar with Cross and Cockade?
@malcolmtaylor5184 ай бұрын
Well explained.
@sezginacar8755 ай бұрын
Turkish artillery skills 💪
@JohnKSedor5 ай бұрын
Whitehead had over 10 eyewitnesses who signed affidavits that he flew in 1901, 2 years before the WRONG BROTHERS.
@JohnKSedor5 ай бұрын
SHAME ON THE SMITHSONIAN FOR SHUNNING GUSTAVE WHITEHEAD'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 1901, 2 YEARS BEFORE THE WRONG BROTHERS EVER DID. WHITEHEAD MAY HAVE EVEN FLOWN AS EARLY AS 1899!!
@JohnKSedor5 ай бұрын
Thank you for giving credit to Gustave Whitehead beating the Wright Brothers in 1901 in Bridgeport Connecticut.
@asd36f5 ай бұрын
In response to the 1914 Gordon Bennett Air Race, Gustave Delage of Nieuport undertook design of a new and relatively small machine. This craft, which he christened the Bebe (Baby) on account of its size, was built in only four months. It featured conventional wood-and-fabric construction with highly staggered, swept-back wings. The lower wing was slightly shorter than the top, possessed only half the surface area, and was secured by distinctive vee struts. The racer was fast and demonstrated a good rate of climb with superlative flying qualities. Because World War I canceled the air race, the Aviation Militaire (French air service) decided to adopt the airplane as the Nieuport 11 scout.
@peterworsley46995 ай бұрын
I guess they had to stand inside the framework of the DH2 to swing the prop and then jump out?
@georgeshelton62815 ай бұрын
Certain mono planes are manageable, certain monoplanes have definitely perished. The Fokker DVIII Bruno Stachel flew had definitely failed.
@kengilbert26205 ай бұрын
Enjoying all your videos since finding them on YT. Getting a much better understanding of the ebb and flow of WWI aerial combat, well done!
@richcain645 ай бұрын
Very good !
@VintageTechFan6 ай бұрын
Wasn't the lower wing problem of the D.III and worse D.V one of aerodynamic flutter, mostly due to the V-Strut allowing relatively unimpeded twisting, and a spar not stiff enough in that regard?
@kevinboeck61546 ай бұрын
Your videos are absolutely amazing. I love ww 1 aircraft and the photographs are very unique, and interesting. Awesome job!!!
@jollyroger10097 ай бұрын
Not forgotten by me.
@ianmorris49227 ай бұрын
12:58;"ZED"!!!
@ianmorris49227 ай бұрын
8:44;"Zed"!!
@ianmorris49227 ай бұрын
8:15;"ZED"!
@ianmorris49227 ай бұрын
6:57;That'll be "Zed",NOT "Zee".
@James-re6co8 ай бұрын
Manned, heavier than air flight is not a big deal, bro. Lot's of folks did that. Control it....... That's what the Wright Brothers did.
@ianmorris49228 ай бұрын
10:46;blunted by the French?What ALL ALONE WHERE THEY?!?NO British FE2b&d's and DH2's then?? Neoredtripe that!
@cratecruncher49748 ай бұрын
I thought it was a Morane Saulnier N at first.
@dootscat37988 ай бұрын
Wonderful, thank you. ❤
@mikhailiagacesa34068 ай бұрын
Sorry this is late (2 years). I'm an Amateur WW2 historian specializing in Italy, and this Video hit the spot, answering many questions about the RA in its early formation, personalities and doctrine. Thanks ever so much!
@classicalvintagecollector9 ай бұрын
I enjoy your presentation, style, and dry wit. I am currently on a binge building 1/72 WW1 aircraft, so these videos are right up my alley. Thank you for putting these videos together.
@SCjunk9 ай бұрын
11:12 Firstly the replacement Schwarlose was the 12/RM16 (M16 was a cavalry weapon similar to the land service le MG 08/15 in Germany -compared to the so called "Sandau" the aircraft variant of the le MG 08/15 with the perforated barrel jacket) but importantly Schwarlose M 07/12 functioned in the Alps at elevations at least up to 3000 metres and at equally cold temperatures and far worse weather conditions. The chances are the problem with KUK aircraft Schwarlose at altitude had more to do with failures of the interrupter gear, and possibly water being driven into the fabric belts causing swelling and thus stoppages -a problem less common in land service as crew were disciplined to prevent these belt problems -and a fighter pilot can't access belts to prevent ingress of water in flight.
@SCjunk9 ай бұрын
Main problem and difference between "spandau" LMG 08/15 and the Schwarlose 07/12 was weight the LMG 08/15 weighed 12 kg with a dry slotted barrel jacket, whereas the 07/12 weighed 20 kg (dry, later M12R16 had the water jacket removed, the Schwarlose barrel jacket did not support the muzzle which was the case in Maxim type) hence the tendency to fit single guns rather than twin -the Schwarlose being nearly twice the weight, in addition the Schwarlose being a blowback bolt design was very difficult to sync to a high rate semi-auto fire to fire though the propeller arc. The LMG 08/15 being a closed bolt system that was amenable to a high rate semi-auto fire, it was far easier to sync. The Schwarlose is NOT an open bolt weapon, the firing pin only is held back on release of the trigger the bolt feeds a round from the tray with a squirt of oil into chamber and it sits there until the trigger paddle is again pushed forward or the end of firing / clearing procedure is enacted, which is 1). set safe (locking the trigger bar), 2) remove the belt, 3) rack the operating handle twice - the first clears the un-fired round in the chamber and that allows the round sitting in the tray to chamber and a second throw of the op. handle clears this second round, allowing the weapon to be closed down safely, This is a standard operating procedure for the majority of closed bolt Machine Guns, a few only require a single throw of the op handle to clear the chambered live round in the weapon. Open Bolt weapons such as ZB and BRENs only require the removal of the magazine, a visual inspection, or in dark conditions careful manual release of the bolt/op rod group to make safe, but in either instance closed bolt or open bolt types -range safety must be adhered to, especially with closed bolts systems which may "cook off" the round in the chamber after prolonged firing.
@petekadenz946510 ай бұрын
What was the best fighter plane in WW1?
@Forgotten_Aviation10 ай бұрын
No idea. I don’t think there’s an objective answer.
@C.A._Old10 ай бұрын
*Think about it before first world war 7 years ago.*
@rjwintl10 ай бұрын
Love the teardrop design of the fuselage on the Nieuport 11 !!