"Miracle Planes" | Boeing Age of Aerospace, Ep. 2

[@kirtreeves7777]

Very proud of my hometown of Wichita, KS. Not only did our city build the B-29, but we also restored one of only two flyable B-29 anywhere on Earth. It now resides in its new Museum/hanger, the DOC B-29 Museum. Why DOC? , because this particular B29 was once part of the Snow White & the Seven Dwarves reconnaissance wing. She was rescued from a bombing range in Arizona. She has only been put back into flyable shape since 2000, & makes the summer air show circuit all over the United States. The story of her rescue from a bombing range in Arizona is on Utube as well.

[@Conradt1996]

this is such a good series. Whoever put this together is great

[@niceboiboinice9046]

ik i cant belive a big compony would just randomly produce smtn like this for free

[@rantofajriawanfajriawan4642]

MlU U Uk.h 😢mluj uk 😢UM😢😢 ​

[@aerotube7291]

Good on you for having the guts to proudly show your part. What you guys did with the b29 in particular I think we owe you a big thank you, despite the association with carnage...it was us or them

[@wallochdm1]

My grandfather was Superintendent of Sub-Assembly at Plant 2, home of the B-17.He used to literally sleep in his office during the war. He was dispatched back to Detroit during WWII to help set-up the automobile plants for B-17 production. Reading his letters to home shows that he had self-censored in order to not reveal what he was doing, so the letters were completely generic and made zero mention of what he was actually doing, which couldn't be revealed until much later. It's also possible that they had to be run past the military to ensure there was nothing revealed about his true purpose. Fascinating period of history.

[@cobra1010]

Fascinating to see how man and women were working together in the factories. All forces united.

[@Ifr_vfr]

Not the Boeing entrance I was hoping for

[@pro_gamer106]

Heil

[@Spaceman20150]

I thought I clicked on the wrong vid at first

[@KuostA]

wym?

[@ralphdavid9609]

Same 😂

[@KuostA]

howso?@@ralphdavid9609

[@mayattv4986]

I learned so much from this. Thank you Boeing! I am an avid fan of learning world history and the industries born out of the war.

[@benchapple1583]

A little known fact. Had the B29 not been ready there was a back up plan that was ready, called the Black Lancs. RAF Lancasters, painted black for some reason and hence the name, modified to carry fuel rather than bombs and trained to drop the nuke. A whole squadron, trained tested and ready. That bomb was going to be dropped come what may.

[@_khornelius]

This part feels more like a WW2 documentary and less of Boeing....

[@johnhopkins6260]

34:48 Obviously in over his head, Patton can only stare into the sky. While General "Hap" Arnold believed that Japan could be defeated by bombing, only General Curtis Lemay was cold-blooded enough to prove it.

[@MickeyMouse-zu2yk]

Boeing has descended to the quality level of GM / Ford / Chrysler-Stellantis

[@Historybuff_769]

Actually the avro landcaster could also carry the atomic bomb so it was the back up if the b29 didn't work

[@NetCerpher]

narration: “ the D-Day in the Pacific was set for June 1944. “ That must be wrong. June 44 was D-Day in Europe.

[@sebastianbangheri6311]

I love the B17 greetings from Austria:-)

[@ahmadfirdaus4183]

Didn't expect that opening to be so "visible" from a corporate youtube channel lol

[@johnhopkins6260]

Keywords: "...transformed all of American aviation, from a collection of businesses (i.e. Boeing, Douglas and Lockheed, et al), to an (arsenal of democracy) industry."

[@abrahamlevi3556]

Packard built those engines under license in America for the Mustang as well as the Lancs built in Canada.

[@robertphillips2983]

Much better than an ethics video..... 🙂

[@haroldmclean3755]

Absolutely Boeingly Brilliant 👍 Sky High Kudos 👍

[@byrondaniel4410]

Such a proud American company look what its turned into make a video about that

[@mattmitchell1646]

lol right!!?? some audacity to upload this right now.

[@thomasgadiz7770]

Magnificent historical review👍👍

[@aeropuertosmexico7472]

Gran documental.

[@pcbest385]

Simply amazing. Thank you very much 🙏

[@johnshields6852]

Its always the same, some general or politician who wont be in the planes saying, "attack" from his big soft cushy chair.

[@joerodriguez3028]

Amazing ❤️

[@sharoncassell5273]

My aunts worked in factories to build planes and minitions. They were born in 1921. Philadelphia. My Dad went to south Pacific in ww2 infantry.

[@rogerrees9845]

Thank you for an interesting documentary.. Roger.. Pembrokeshire UK

[@sharoncassell5273]

The B29 had a habit of overheating prior to takeoff and would burn up. The female WASP US test pilots who delivered the planes from factories to bases taught the men to not rev the engine on the ground to prevent overheating due to the fact they were aircooled not liquid. This worked and the B29 became useful and no longer a death trap.

[@JonathanEzor]

Donald Miller, shown in the video, is the author of "Masters of the Air," the history book on which the new Apple TV series is based.

[@yakacm]

The B-17 and B-24 were both flown by the RAF prior to the US joining the war.

[@sharoncassell5273]

I contribute always to aircraft restoration to museums even our air museum in Britain, wasp museum in USA and p51, p47 from Tuskeege airmen museum in kansas, US. Some museums had to be built to house the stationary planes & of course needed money.

[@SandhyaTayshetye]

Now this is America at present

[@terencenxumalo1159]

good work

[@johnhopkins6260]

"WOW" fact learned: in the course of WWII, the number of fatalities within the U.S. armaments industry, out-numbered the total U.S. KIA... by a factor of twenty-to-one.

[@sharoncassell5273]

They are thinking about H liquid planes. Mentour pilot did a video of that on KZbin channel.

[@txkoutdoorfam6911]

23:29 is that a body flying through the air?

[@KennethSappjr-rb4bu]

Awesome

[@baddestmofoalive]

😮

[@hussienalsafi1149]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@SCM_Germany]

Will you ground the Dreamliners after yesterday’s whistleblower news? ALL current active 777 and 787 should be checked for quality issues.

[@stevecallagher9973]

hey check it out...my B29 has a self deploying door!

[@gandalfgreyhame3425]

Sad. Boeing used to be one of the greatest American companies ever. Now it's been taken over by bean counters with their eyes glued only on the stock price and profit margins. It is rapidly going the way of Curtiss-Wright, and the post-Kindelberger North American Aviation.

[@antoniolillo1079]

💀

[@KuostA]

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[@ragrle]

Diesel or whatever generator over electric powered engines < perfect. Why is Boeing not looking into hydrogen engines?

[@DuyLuanHo]

im 40 year old and iam also readbook when I was young and im think this better more phone this is make you member but the phone not

[@stall162]

Boeing HQ:

[@KuostA]

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[@johnhopkins6260]

Footnote: Goering killed himself before changing his name to Meier.

[@Uranium_uwu]

An idea that a friend of mine gave me, is that he asked Boeing, can you make a kc11? Btw the person that asked me this is @thetrainandplaneguy