The British fighter that showed up too late | Westland Wyvern

The British fighter that showed up too late | Westland Wyvern | History in the Dark

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History in the Dark

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@Swedishman957 8 ай бұрын

I love the wyvern the way it looks and the guns on it it has always been one of my favorite planes since I was a kid

@mac22011964 3 ай бұрын

My late farther flew Wyverns and was in 813 squadron on Eagle. The pilots grew to distrust the Wyvern which had a very high incident rate. The flame out problem on take off was not the only issue, whilst the aircraft was slow it had a high landing speed due to weight making it tricky to land in rough weather. In addition, hydraulic failure was a constant threat and finished a number of aircraft of, including my fathers over mount Etna (the aircraft was called Willie May if I recall). 813 had a MASSIVE party when they were told the type was being withdrawn. He managed to eject whilst trying to maneuver the aircraft out to sea…..and for a while held the record for the lowest level ejection over land. He also had a forced landing at RNAS Ford that nearly did for him.

@johnbuttery1171 8 ай бұрын

One of my personal favourites, gotta love that big fin!

@300guy 8 ай бұрын

I wasn't sure if I heard you mention that the Wyvern served during the Suez Crisis and one was even involved in friendly fire with some Royal Marines.

@tidepoolclipper8657 8 ай бұрын

How about talking about the Fokker DXXI; One of Fokker's final fighter warplanes? There's also the torpedo bomber T VIII. You could also mention how the good looking Gloster Gauntlet led to the cooler looking Gloster Gladiator.

@kelvinh8327 8 ай бұрын

1949 was the year the F-101 Voodoo design was first proposed (and as a mock-up, I believe)

@davyfella 8 ай бұрын

Fleet air Arm museum is in Yo-vill-ton

@MrCateagle 8 ай бұрын

For a good coverage of the Wyvern, see Tony Butler's "Propellor Twilight", which covers the last generation of British prop-driven fighters and fighter-bombers. I highly recommend thia book.

@scootergeorge7089 8 ай бұрын

Multi role strike fighter.

@tidepoolclipper8657 8 ай бұрын

Still got to do more than Ryan XF2R Dark Shark and Fairey Spearfish.

@briansteffmagnussen9078 8 ай бұрын

I wonder if the oversised rudder is a part of an well executed aerodynamic design, or a patch to make up for the opposite.

@grahamariss2111 8 ай бұрын

Both the Wyvern and Backburn Firebrand had these oversized fins, the reason being that as aircraft weights went up whilst British Carriers did not, meant they were given heavily flapped wings to minimise approach speed. On the Wyvern still found to be a little under ruddered hence they added some extra fins to the tailplane as that was limited in height by the night of the hangar deck. However the drag of these big fins is why both the Firebrand and Wyvern had modest top speeds relative to their power.

@briansteffmagnussen9078 8 ай бұрын

@@grahamariss2111 Thank you for sharing your knowlegde, it is very appriciated.

@peddler931 8 ай бұрын

It would have been a nightmare trying to cool the planned H-block 24-cylinder engine buried mid-fuselage.

@ElderNames 8 ай бұрын

Looks a lot like an AT-802 Skywarden, for what the US calls armed overwatch missions.

@grahamariss2111 8 ай бұрын

It was quite an achievement to give something 3500 hp yet make it 50mph slower than the 2000hp Fury and Sea Fire that preceded it.

@guaporeturns9472 7 ай бұрын

Partially due to the giant rudder

@EmyrDerfel 8 ай бұрын

0:27 a few seconds lost in the edit?

@EmyrDerfel 8 ай бұрын

9:44 Yo-vil-tun.

@kelvinh8327 8 ай бұрын

For the power at its disposal, it wasn't all that fast

@andrewbowen4544 8 ай бұрын

When I think of the Wyvern I'm thinking of Ace Combat 7 Skies Unknown.

@Unclesamswingman 8 ай бұрын

Around 7:30 I started to hear war thunder music

@JosipRadnik1 8 ай бұрын

"...Operation Musketeer - which was an armed response (?) to the Suez Crisis....", well, I guess that's a way to put it. Depends on where and how the "crisis" started 😇

@HistoryintheDark 8 ай бұрын

YES. A RESPONSE. DEFINITELY. THAT'S THEIR STORY AND THEY'RE STICKING TO IT.

@JosipRadnik1 8 ай бұрын

@@HistoryintheDark Oh, I don't doubt that THEY see it that way. Question remains what defines how the crisis started I guess. The nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egypt or the attempt to secure its control through force by Britain, France and Israel?