What Happened to Soviet Chemical Bombers

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9 ай бұрын

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The dark side of the legendary record-breaking ANT-25 aircraft, which was adapted to serve as a long-range bomber.
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@PaperSkiesAviation 9 ай бұрын

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@keannaemilyelizebethmark8919 9 ай бұрын

yes

@OmegaPaladin144 9 ай бұрын

Watched this on Nebula, real interesting video. Puts an interesting spin on the later development of novichok agents.

@SoulMist17 9 ай бұрын

Please put these videos on youtube too at some point.

@ddegn 9 ай бұрын

I sure wish Nebula had some sort of comment feature. Part of the fun of KZbin is reading the comments. I also wish Nebula had some sort of rating system.

@Slinkypossum 9 ай бұрын

I always watch Paper Skies on Nebula, then come back here for the comments

@erichluepke855 9 ай бұрын

"The test pilots joked that the plane took off because of the curvature of the earth" That is hilarious!!!

@Jehty_ 9 ай бұрын

@@DivineInterceptorI knew it. The earth being round is communist propaganda. Take that globe sheepel.

@MicrowavedAlastair5390 8 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the A340!

@kiwitrainguy 8 ай бұрын

I can just imagine saying that to a Flatearther and them countering by saying "The wings generate lift, how could you be so stupid"🤣😂

@cv990a4 7 ай бұрын

@@MicrowavedAlastair5390 A340, the only commercial jet airliner certified for bird strikes - from behind.

@artificernathaniel3287 7 ай бұрын

"If the earth is flat then how does the An225 fly? Checkmate" 😂

@botstowo 9 ай бұрын

Aerial chemical weapon vesicant sprays were very common at the time. Italy used them to great effect during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, for instance. This tactic was so commonplace that many countries (including the US, Germany, Yugoslavia, and the Czech Republic) developed what's called individual protective covers or gas capes. These are essentially large plastic bags that are brought over the entire body of a soldier. Think of a quick-don chemical suit that can only protect from vesicant sprays.

@jwenting 9 ай бұрын

yes, but only from very low altitude.

@tedparkinson2033 9 ай бұрын

It was effective against an army that couldn't afford boots for all its soldiers, let alone protective equipment like gas masks.

@JonathanGScott 9 ай бұрын

In Ethiopia Italy experimented with spraying but very quickly abandoned it, instead they used bombs the C500 T which was filled with 250 liters of mustard gas, for maximun effect the bomb needed to detonate 200m from the ground for optimum dispersion while maintaining concentration

@samsonsoturian6013 9 ай бұрын

CW is basically poor man's nuke and nukes didn't exist at the time.

@frostedbutts4340 9 ай бұрын

Or any AA guns against a large, slow bomber that has to fly at low altitude right over the enemey@@tedparkinson2033

@cube6435 9 ай бұрын

Always a good day when Paper Skies uploads

@papadopp3870 9 ай бұрын

A great day!!

@georgem4713 9 ай бұрын

yes it is

@AnimarchyHistory 9 ай бұрын

These are special aircraft. Built by the Soviet Union for special purposes. A special aviation operation... if you will. No war crimes here! No sir absolutely not! After all... we are the most peaceful country on earth!

@beyondrecall9446 9 ай бұрын

what was the war crime here?

@bulletflight 9 ай бұрын

@@kristoffer3000 Try harder or you'll be placed in the mobik meat cube.

@CptJistuce 9 ай бұрын

@@kristoffer3000What the hell is a fashion sensor, and what does it have to do with Russia attempting to conquer a neighboring country?

@CptJistuce 9 ай бұрын

@@kristoffer3000 Stopping NATO... by invading a country that wasn't a NATO member and had no intention of joining NATO?

@yb7875 9 ай бұрын

@@kristoffer3000 You are such a loser you cannot even write a proper communist wall of text despite being a communist

@jaywung7616 9 ай бұрын

On a lighter note, I've been to the Pearson Air Museum in Vancouver, and it has a nice set of photos and anecdotes related to the ANT-25 landing. One funny note was a conversation among the AN-25 crew after landing. As George Marshall was heading out to the aircraft: 'Chkalov banged on the side of the plane and called for his crew to come out. "Sasha! Baiduk! General Marshall is here, come meet him." Perplexed, Baidukov asked Belyakov, "I don't understand, is he a general or a marshal?" "I can't say," replied Belyakov. "I don't know if the Americans have marshals, but they certainly have generals! Time to go."' It should be noted the original goal was Oakland, but they were worried about their fuel situation. They considered landing in Portland, but were fearful crowds that had gathered would take parts of the plane for souvenirs, so they opted for Pearson Field just north of the river. I also laughed when I saw the newsclip map at 0:26, that's incorrectly pointing to Vancouver, Canada (north of the border), not Vancouver, Washington

@interstellarsurfer 7 ай бұрын

So Portland has always had destructive mobs. 🤣

@hpux735 2 ай бұрын

I came here to point out the vancouver/vancouver mixup, too :) It happens a lot. I heard tons of stories of people reserving hotel rooms in Vancouver WA for the winter Olympics!

@philtkaswahl2124 9 ай бұрын

I remember discussing with my friend his idea of having a crop duster as a chemical weapons delivery system, and I argued with him about how the idea had too many downsides to be practical. Turns out the Soviets had the same idea as he did, but on a larger scale-and just as impractical.

@jwenting 9 ай бұрын

it's been postulated many times. The concept is viable, but only against an opponent without air defense capabilities. Which these days means against anyone except undefended civilians (the most likely target for any chemical warfare attack, obviously).

@krzysztofwaleska 9 ай бұрын

@@jwenting it is viable at small scale and specific conditions. It does not mean that this idea is useless. It's just ,,specialized''. Just like poisoning someone with a special cane, spoon, hotel towell or t-shirt.

@naamadossantossilva4736 9 ай бұрын

@@jwentingSo it's worse than useless,because it all but guarantees your enemy will now kill as much of your population as possible in revenge.

@agentmueller 9 ай бұрын

@@krzysztofwaleskaThose were all surgical small examples you just used, a total far cry from even a bi plane coming over the heads of an enemy tench and crop dusting them. There is no actual application for this, or it wouldn’t be obscure.

@joshuahadams 9 ай бұрын

Iirc the US Military’s turned to a turboprop crop duster recently. Easy to get them up in the air quickly and can be loaded up with pretty much any payload a that much be needed, along with guidance hardware. Add in, since it’s built around a crop duster made to take off on farms’ dirt runways, it’s convenient for anywhere with a kinda long road.

@wethermon 9 ай бұрын

"even if the neighbors don't want it". 😂 I love your videos because of this kind of humor.

@Who-ck6yy 9 ай бұрын

As you can see, russians have not changed at all. Not too funny for ukrainians. Anyway, hope you have a great time!

@peekaboopeekaboo1165 20 күн бұрын

@@Who-ck6yy Zelensky arresting Ukrainian Men in order for them to die !

@islandrevenant5746 9 ай бұрын

“I know it’s difficult for a mentally healthy people to read passages from Soviet propaganda, but unfortunately it’s necessary.” lol

@torginus 9 ай бұрын

I think I can answer the question of why didn't they reverse the plane direction based on Wendover's video - wind direction. Wind tends to blow in one major direction and taking off against the wind adds to your airspeed, and can shorten takeoff runs. Taking off in the opposite direction can have the opposite effect.

@samwise7538 9 ай бұрын

Yep, I'd agree

@stevie-ray2020 9 ай бұрын

Was going to make the same comment about prevailing winds!

@west_park7993 9 ай бұрын

they could easily add accelerator carriage, that drops at the end of the runway. they could have used the hill as a trampoline for vertical acceleration and for stopping slope

@Headbreak1 9 ай бұрын

That doesn't explain why they built the airfield in a place with a hill at the end of the runway the wind would force them to use though.

@TheSmarq17 9 ай бұрын

Taking off against the wind adds to the lift of the aircraft, not necessarily the airspeed. This is why aircraft carriers turn into the wind to launch their aircraft.

@horusfalcon 9 ай бұрын

We can always count on you to bring us real history with just a touch of dry humor. Thanks again!

@satagaming9144 9 ай бұрын

Him subtly dunking on Russian incompetence/Russian-ness every two sentences really ties these videos together.

@bentilbury2002 9 ай бұрын

@@satagaming9144It's not really that subtle 😂

@horusfalcon 8 ай бұрын

@@bentilbury2002 Yeah, but it is dry... If we lived under Communism, I would think our outlooks would be much the same as his...

@hydrolifetech7911 7 ай бұрын

@@bentilbury2002you wouldn't want to be subtle when explaining Russian incompetence if you've experienced the horror of Ruski Mir 😅

@delsydsoftware 9 ай бұрын

You had my attention in the first 10 seconds, because I frequently drive past Pearson Field in Vancouver, WA. In fact, there is a Fred Meyer supermarket next to the airfield. When planes come in for a landing, they fly very low over the parking lot. :)

@a.p.2356 6 ай бұрын

Fun fact: It's the oldest airfield in the US! There's also a cute little air museum there, featuring a bunch of photos of this plane at the field.

@wyattr7982 9 ай бұрын

I had no idea the USSR was ahead of the curve in chemtrails

@090giver090 9 ай бұрын

Isn't it a common knwledge that is is reds who are turining frogs gay? ;)

@a.p.2356 6 ай бұрын

Fun fact: Pearson Field is actually the oldest operational airfield in the US, and has a little air museum on site which still makes a big deal out of that ANT-25 flight. Source: I grew up in Vancouver.

@andriy1000 9 ай бұрын

This content is an absolute masterpiece. I've never heard about DB-1 version of ANT-25 before. Thank you

@fffUUUUUU 9 ай бұрын

As a former USSR citizen I can tell quite many things in USSR were dual purpose designed. Cigarette factory production lines were designed to be quickly converted into the firearm cartridges manufacturing plants.

@Kirillissimus 8 ай бұрын

It was all intentional. Noone wanted you to know about the embarassment until noone cared anymore.

@kiwitrainguy 8 ай бұрын

The US Interstate Highway system was built to move around missiles.@@fffUUUUUU

@JBRAI22 9 ай бұрын

Exactly what I feel like watching today, a 20 minute technical video on an aircraft in a similar vein to Mustard

@kutter_ttl6786 9 ай бұрын

When Paper Skies did the collaboration on Mustard's most recent video, that was a very pleasant surprise.

@JBRAI22 9 ай бұрын

@@kutter_ttl6786 I loved it, I actually took a guess in the French air disaster video and I actually got it right!

@michaelsamuel9917 9 ай бұрын

The TV show "Babylon Berlin" mentions the illicit trade between Germany and the USSR in chemical weapons, even showing Luftwaffe airfield in Russia which was banned by the Treaty of Versailles an excellent show i might add worth watching.

@evgeniyyakutin9728 8 ай бұрын

As a native russian speaker, i wana correct the autor. At 6:06 there is a part of pre ww2 era film where, actor words " хорошей войны" doesnt mean "good war" as opposed to evil war, but should be translated as "big, massive war".

@Michael-fk3ik 8 ай бұрын

@@IvanDmitriev1 his quality used to be better it seems since the war dunking russias become the main purpose of the videos, sure he did that earlier too, but in more subtle ways

@Ambichook 7 ай бұрын

@@Michael-fk3ikalmost like his home is being invaded or something...

@stevepayne3094 9 ай бұрын

I love this channel so much, it's criminal that your excellent and important work doesn't get the recognition it clearly deserves. I know a big part of that is because a lot of folk can't get past your accent but for me that's one of the very best things about Paper Skies. "Thank God I am not a Russian... or an American." Thank you for teaching me the concept of smekalka and how Ordzhonikidze's name, which I'd only ever read and not heard, sounds, and many other things besides. I am currently a poor man, but one day I promise ill subscribe to Nebula specifically for your content.

@drydoc5778 9 ай бұрын

I was going to go to bed, when this popped up in my feed. Bed could wait. I went and watched ad-free on Nebula and then came back here to enjoy again and help the algorithm. Always enjoy the content. Thank you.

@ericyang3332 9 ай бұрын

At 0:28 seconds. It looked like the plane landed near Vancouver BC in Canada instead of Vancouver Washington. I think.

@Dat-Mudkip 9 ай бұрын

I really do love all the -dark humor and sarcasm- serious and factual remarks about the -physicslly and morally questionable- glorious and peaceful Soviet Union you put in your videos. Keep up the good work!

@marcusott2973 9 ай бұрын

Much awaited, much appreciated excellent insights as always from you.

@kilcar 9 ай бұрын

Amazing accomplishment. I used to work right next to the Pearson Air Park. It is still a very small airstrip, still in use.

@krzysztofwaleska 9 ай бұрын

I'm positevelly surprised by this content. I did not expect that from the title of this movie or channel. Great work!

@mattl3729 9 ай бұрын

I have to stop thinking that 'this is the best Soviet story ever' because there's always another one- they're just so full of madness, it's incredible. If they weren't so awful (and still are) I'd say they're a never ending source of amusement. And I'm now going to use that AMAZING Ukrainian saying 'Thank you God I'm not Russian' all the time. Oh and you should have told us how much money was wasted on all this in your 'Soviet bucket' valuation system- that is too good not to use at every opportunity ;)

@ostsan8598 9 ай бұрын

So crop dusters don't work very well when the crops can fire back at you? Who knew?

@battlefield_hackers_exposed 9 ай бұрын

"thank god I'm not russian", we are all glad in this regard.

@paulmaxwell8851 9 ай бұрын

At 0:25 you show Vancouver, B.C. in Canada. I think this plane landed in Vancouver, Washington, on the other side of the border.

@nokokusovai4415 9 ай бұрын

The Soviet Union and its culture/technology - especially in the world of aerospace and defence - have always fascinated me, so I enjoy and appreciate your videos. Would you consider a video on the evolution of Soviet interceptor aircraft? There are a lot of really iconic planes that I'd love to see you take a deeper dive into. Anyway, keep up the great work!

@isaacwest 9 ай бұрын

What culture?

@Tom-uk2ow 9 ай бұрын

@@isaacwestthat culture is far beyond yours...For sure,get in school kid..

@isaacwest 9 ай бұрын

@@Tom-uk2ow doesnt explain what culture. The one involving drinking, violence or killing their own?

@Tom-uk2ow 9 ай бұрын

@@isaacwest So you only describe anglosaxon culture...You are non educate garbage....You dont kniw anything about woeld culture..You are i can surely say one consumering idiot..

@erikcrouch7881 9 ай бұрын

@@Tom-uk2ow But of course! Soviet Union, ideas so good they're mandatory! Idiot.

@bchoward0000 9 ай бұрын

Love your channel and thank you for another great video. And thank you for not using a robo-voice - you have a great voice and it makes your videos feel much more personal. Keep it up!

@spladam3845 9 ай бұрын

This was an amazing piece of history that our contemporary world would benefit from paying closer attention too. I hope a lot of people see this video. As always, love your animations sir, fantastic.

@adamk3017 8 ай бұрын

i like how the military just casually think "hey how could we turn this extraordinary plane into Warcriminator 9000?", and the designer just said да tovarisch, it would be really easy

@HereticalKitsune 9 ай бұрын

Fascinating video, thanks for the work!

@lequack8861 8 ай бұрын

For the airbase, it is possible the orientation is like that because of winds. Pilots tend to take off into the wind to maximize the lift, which is doubly important with a sluggish plane like ant25. Maybe in that area, the wind tends to blow in 1 direction, so the airbase is oriented like that intentionally.

@JBRAI22 9 ай бұрын

My Mum and I have done some form of Smekalka before, we were building a lego set and a few pieces were missing throughout the build, the first one that went missing we just bought another of online, the second one though, well we determined that it wasn't vital so we just skipped it. Not really Smekalka but more of a ef it moment, just felt like sharing

@beyondrecall9446 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment because you used the word Smekalka, as I am learning Russian and Ukrainian and just added a new word to my vocabulary

@Jehty_ 9 ай бұрын

@@beyondrecall9446Paper skies explained the concept of Smekalka in the video about Missiles hitting toilets. So if you haven't seen that video you should definitely do that.

@Jehty_ 9 ай бұрын

If you want to be smart about it, instead of using Smekalka, don't buy missing Lego pieces. Lego will send you missing pieces for free. Even for old sets. Or sets that you bought second hand.

@JBRAI22 9 ай бұрын

@@Jehty_ yeah we did that for the first piece but it took two weeks to come so we just skipped it

@VicodinGH 9 ай бұрын

These videos must require a lot of research! Always love watching :D

@Ob1sdarkside 9 ай бұрын

What a mad concept, great video about a topic I'd never heard of

@reubensandwich9249 9 ай бұрын

So the USSR invented chemtrails.

@williambibb9950 7 ай бұрын

I lived in Vancouver, WA and would often walk my dog around Pearson Field where the plane landed next to Fort Vancouver. They have a Soviet memorial in Russian honoring the event. Vallery Chakalov name is mentioned on there. Very cool interesting peice of history This video made me aware of many things I didn't know previously about the planes design. Excellent work!

@ropinnj.5347 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the awesome and incredible contents Absolutely love your humor Btw love your accent, it adds uniqueness You deserve 1M+ subs Good stuff as always Paper Skies 😊

@lukec31 9 ай бұрын

Another SUPERB video!!!! Well done Sir!!! 🤝🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@MrRobertX70 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for this informative and humorous video.

@simplyaugis9864 8 ай бұрын

While I don’t know much about the location of the airfield mentioned in the airfield, it is possible that the winds there were favorable. Wind is quite important in aviation, especially when it comes to big aircraft.

@salvagedb2470 9 ай бұрын

The Ramp and the Hill bit was actually so Bloody hilarious , That single Prop trying to lift ..That , it would have been something to see in Reality ..Great vid.

@Pectopah123 8 ай бұрын

Thank you. Very well made video and I learned a lot again.

@lilcoffeypot8982 9 ай бұрын

I love your content bro! absolutely amazing stuff bro keep it up!!

@Halinspark 9 ай бұрын

As to why the Soviet leadership ordered so many planes before testing the idea, I'm going to assume it's like any Rex's Hangar video about Soviet development. The guy with the idea had the right political connections, the guy who knew better was sent to gulag/executed for being an enemy of the state, and then somebody else's idiot idea took the focus of Stalin's short attention span.

@WhisperedHistory 9 ай бұрын

Your voice and content are the absolute perfect match. Top 10 channel, well done

@oler777 9 ай бұрын

Awesome i love your content

@antonlindgren9660 9 ай бұрын

This one was really interesting. Every time I watch your video, I learn something new. It is so interesting to learn about this dark, terrible, and secret regime. Do you plan to make a video about the Mi-24? It is such an iconic soviet creation and one of the first things next to Mig that I suspect people think of when they think about the soviet airforce. I would really like to hear about its history from someone who can use russian sources 😊

@GaryIKILLYOU 9 ай бұрын

If someone says "Soviet" and "helicopter" in the same sentence, nothing comes to mind first but the Mi-24. It's so iconic, I can't see why he wouldn't eventually put out a video on it.

@mattl3729 9 ай бұрын

But the Mi24 is actaully a very successful aircraft- not an absolute failure LOL

@antonlindgren9660 9 ай бұрын

@@mattl3729 it absolutely is 😊

@mattl3729 9 ай бұрын

@@antonlindgren9660 Oh? I'll have to do some reading!

@kilianortmann9979 9 ай бұрын

@@mattl3729 The Hind is certainly no failure, I mean it is essentially a Mad Maxed version of the Mi-8 but its development path is ultimately a dead end. By giving the Mi-24 (limited) transport capability it is larger and heavier than it needs to be. This makes her a worse attack helicopter, easier to hit and marginal performance, especially in the hot and high conditions of Afghanistan. Ultimately everyone went to develop dedicated single purpose attack helicopters.

@user-xb1wh5mt4l 9 ай бұрын

Interwar military technology can be so weird... You see that during WWI arms producers easily understood that there must be some innovation in the new era of mechanised and industrialized warfare, but in the absence of a large-scale war (that ultimately came as WWII) military practicality wasn't a well-understood concept.

@Kirillissimus 8 ай бұрын

It is always like this and it will remain like this. That disconnect between gear designers, potential users and various clueless managers is an inherent defect of a human society. Only external pressure can bring them together to really make them work to a common goal.

@marksanders768 7 ай бұрын

Dude, your snark and sass are glorious 😀!!! The sarcasm is on point. I love every bit of it.

@iberiksoderblom 9 ай бұрын

By far, the absolutely best episode ever. 👍

@calci2679 25 күн бұрын

This is my new favorite channel.

@ag7898 8 ай бұрын

Being a current resident of Vancouver, WA it is always fun when I hear us (or in this case Pearson Airfield) mentioned on one of my bee favorite KZbin channelsa

@Jonsonsan 9 ай бұрын

Whenever I think "nothing works today", Papierskies comes with a new video about Soviet aviation and the day is saved.

@brianrmc1963 9 ай бұрын

I love your videos. I don’t hear these stories anywhere else.

@Skaitania 9 ай бұрын

It may not work most of the time, but the mindset of making the most out of the tools/inventions you have, is an admirable trait. Of course, they then always go too far, start cheating and in the end have to pretend that the project was supposed to fail from the start and nothing happened anyways ("What secret plane, товарищ? I saw no secret plane, and even if I had it had certainly NOT crashed right over there just now. You must be mistaken, 'товарищ'!"). But the way so many things these days are over-engineered for their purpose, we can still learn not just mistakes from these old Soviet stories.

@minskhanly1988 9 ай бұрын

Really enjoy your uploads, i know ive said it before but i would love Paper Seas ;)

@legoeasycompany 9 ай бұрын

Always love seeing a new upload by you, what soviet wackiness we have this time?

@seanledden4397 9 ай бұрын

One reason I love these videos is that we get an unvarnished insider look at the U.S.S.R. - When I was growing up in the 70's there was a lot of mystery. Plus, many on the left didn't want to highlight the dark stuff, especially when it came to "war mongering." These videos are a corrective.

@marcosalmendras4998 9 ай бұрын

It's good to see you again.

@draysoncrook4898 Ай бұрын

It’s weird to see that wide of a plane with only one engine

@ZhenyaTyoma 9 ай бұрын

that was just exciting thanks for your work

@crasyhorse44 9 ай бұрын

Screw going out on a saturday night, paper skies is uploading!

@MrCateagle 9 ай бұрын

Be interesting to see a video on the 19:55 Soviet flying artillery site based on a modified TB-3.

@alancranford3398 9 ай бұрын

"Solution by dilution." Cropdusters operate at tree-top level for accurate delivery of fertilizer, herbicides, and pesticides. Even the forest-fighting water bombers are severely altitude limited to keep their payloads from scattering--and drifting off-target. It would take thousands of tons from 3000 meters or 10,000 feet above ground level to have affect on the ground.

@Darca1n 6 ай бұрын

Or in other words, you'd need unreasonably ridiculous amounts to guarantee even half-decent results, no?

@kingace6186 9 ай бұрын

Great video

@MeduseldRabbit 8 ай бұрын

"'Thank you God, for I am not Russian." I had to literally pause the video after that line because I was laughing too hard to hear anything after it.

@SergeRibalchenko 5 ай бұрын

As a Ukrainian I can confirm we have that proverb, but literally we don't refer to them as 'russians' (this is their self-name, what they want to be called), we refer to them as 'muscovites', their old-fashioned name from middle ages. So, yeah, "дякую тобі боже, що я не москаль" is a real proverb.

@zinobi 9 ай бұрын

Fine! This video was entertaining enough that I'll give your sponsor another shot! Last time the app was ... sub par .. let's hope I don't have to pull my nails out just to avoid clawing my eyes out from frustration, again. Something's should have improved in ... 5? Years.

@Gulitize 9 ай бұрын

Concerning the airfield, runways are usually build that you have tailwind most of the time, so often you can't simply start from the other side.

@Jarlerus 9 ай бұрын

Yeah. I'm surprised he got so blinded by his distain for the USSR that he forgot about that. I mean, someone making vids about aviation surely knows about this

@Jehty_ 9 ай бұрын

@@JarlerusI don't know which is better. "Forgetting" or not knowing basics about aviation as an aviation focused channel.

@leonardooliveira4627 9 ай бұрын

He's Ukrainian. It's only natural the huge amounts of copium would blind him to the most basic facts

@JoeRogansForehead 9 ай бұрын

Best airplane content on the site

@konseq1537 9 ай бұрын

11:35 Why didn't they start the planes in the other direction? Probably because lifting off an airplane is usually done by going against the wind. That is also the reason why most runways are built in East-West direction because wind usually is blowing from the west (on the Northern hemisphere). So simply lifting off in the other direction would mean to go with the wind in most weather conditions which is not favorable or often not even possible. So while it looks like a dumb decision, it is very likely that this is the reason and it made actual sense to do it that way.

@kostya_turyst 9 ай бұрын

One more great video on the channel🙌

@SuperchargedSupercharged 9 ай бұрын

Great video to wake up to. Thank you!

@MichaelYdehag 8 ай бұрын

Thank you. Great entertainment

@mrbharathkiran.1508 9 ай бұрын

Nice video

@bilson7523 7 ай бұрын

It's obvious why the DB-1 was accepted. It's the Soviet Union and it was designed by Russians, it was always going to be given a passing mark. They could have screwed up to literally make the fuel and payload tanks the same volume (as you showed), making it impossible to deliver the special payload without dumping fuel... and the USSR still would have greenlit the bomber.

@bobroyes589 8 ай бұрын

An interesting and informative story!

@tnesp 8 ай бұрын

After WWI, the use of chemical weapons against armed forces was taken pretty much for granted everywhere, and considered very likely against civilians, too. Douhetism was running rampant. But all those long-range planes are more like gliders with auxiliary engines. Or like the U-2.

@tremendousbaguette9680 9 ай бұрын

That subtle dig at 8:14 made my day.

@guyk2260 9 ай бұрын

Hiya PS - just watched this on Nebula do you know if that platform has a notification , as the only time I know you've posted there is when I see it on KZbin ? Another great piece of work btw , I'm glad you're back to a more stable posting regime .

@HaloFTW2408 9 ай бұрын

11:40 I'm not sure if this was known at this point in history, but I would assume so. If the wind in the area would blow one direction for a lot of the time, it's worth building the run way such that you take off in a head wind (as this helps shorten the take off). So it's possible it was a sensible move to flatten the hill & build an acceleration ramp on the opposite end. It could also just be utter incompetence, I'm not ruling that out.

@Isscander 9 ай бұрын

I admire your well-placed sarcasm!

@user-tl5ce5ov5d 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@markplain2555 9 ай бұрын

As a pilot I can answer why they did not use the natural hill as a starting ramp: prominent wind direction - . . . . . You can't simply turn a runway backwards - if the prominent wind is now a tail wind - taking off will require even more runway. . . . Why not make the runway somewhere else? Well I dunno - but I can imagine that there may have been a practical idea for the location such as the existing infrastructure of roads and manufacturing facilities. . . I'm not fully in line with why the aircraft became useless. It would fly in low and slow? - but the intent was to attack civilian areas not military, hence they would be more of a surprise attack. My sense was that the 'need never arose'. Meaning that the Soviet Union held these air crafts as a last resort and never actually went into battle and found themselves needing to turn to chemical war fare. . . As like Nuclear Weapons today, unleashing Chemical weapons in any mass scale in Western Europe would be a disaster - but would be the end of the Soviet/Russia as a nation. The West has the might to take on all of Russia, carve it up into small countries - bar the small countries from speaking Russian (have them speak their regional languages) and disarm them to the point that this crazy culture would be eradicated from the planet.

@BigHenFor 9 ай бұрын

Flying Low and slow in the age of Radar equates to flying with a big sign saying "Hit Me!".

@SergeRibalchenko 5 ай бұрын

"The West has the might to take on all of Russia," -- very questionable statement.