The Lawless Early Days Of Aviation | The Amazing World Of Aviation | Spark

In the early 20th century with the invention of the airplane, humans gained the ability to fly. This newfound technology was still in its infancy and would would develop incredibly quickly over a short space of time. Before the outbreak of WW1 when warfare would dominate aviation, daredevils, stunt flying and air races would be captivating audiences around the world.
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[@MsIceBreaker]

“Just a flesh wound?” - The Black Knight

[@carlsaganlives6086]

Julia Child.

[@michaelmurray7199]

And my mom thought the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels pilots were crazy.

[@edwinwhitaker5679]

Another notable aviatrix was Mary Bailey. She was the daughter of Derrick Warner William Westenra (the Fifth Baron Rossmore, 1853-1921) and his English wife Mittie Naylor, 1859-1953. Mary was born on the 1st December, 1890, at Rossmore Castle, County Monaghan, Ireland. At about the age of 15 she left home and was known to be driving a car and a motorbike (it's known she was speeding in one of these). On the 5th September,1911, she married Sir Abraham Bailey (1864-1940) at the Church of Holy Trinity, in Chelsea, London. During the First World War she served as a mechanic servicing British aircraft on the Western Front. She achieved 3 aviation records in 1927 and 1928. The first was a flight on the 7th July, 1927, in a de Havilland Hermes Moth biplane, to an attitude of 17,283 feet ( the airfield was owned by de Havilland. It was in Stag Lane, Edgware). The second record was the first flight across the Irish Sea, in August 1927, which was from Chester to Dublin. Prior to her take off she put on an inflated motorbike wheel inner tube over her waist (the aircraft was a de Havilland Hermes Moth biplane). The last of these flights was between the 9th March, 1928, to the 30th April, 1928. She flew a de Havilland Cirrus Moth biplane from Croydon to Tabora, Tanginyika, where she had a crash landing. She then used a second aicraft to fly to Cape Town. This led to an awarding of a D.B.E. Mary Bailey gave birth to 5 children and her stepson, Sir John Milner Bailey wed Winston Churchill's daughter Diana. Dame Mary Bailey's death was at Kenilworth, Cape Town, on the 28th August,1960. I am genealogically linked to her.

[@chrislong3938]

I've seen some of these videos before, but rarely have I seen some of these extended film sequences which make me queasy! Where the hell did all these crazy people come from? They make XGame folks look like pups!

[@williamoorejr]

My dad got to fly Lindbergh to Mexico in 1969 as a guest of the Bechtel corp. As a "old timey" pilot amongst scientist, they got along pretty good. Lindbergh conceded That were he to see aviation today, he would never have become an aviator due to all the regulations.

[@jamesengland7461]

I love that the Aussie brothers made sure that their mechanics gained equal notoriety and shares of the prize money.

[@mrbbqcraig]

Awesome vid, full of raw history .... it's just amazing what people could get away with before regulations....bring back the good ol' days.... cheers to you 🤟🎶

[@jamesengland7461]

Great history video! We sure have lost that daring spirit and that sense of wonder around aviation.

[@ltdees2362]

I love this stuff !! By the way, are there any stats for how many dumbasses fell off these planes 😛

[@user-hg9fi5ux2l]

Brave soul 😂

[@justinremple7986]

I would love to have been around when this happened the first flights I mean

[@skyedog24]

Yes I would like to have been a barnstormer.😊

[@XselfwillrunriotX]

7:58 I wanna throw up thinking about swinging a golf club mid flight on the wing. ppfffft fccccck that

[@carlsaganlives6086]

And these guys are wearing hard shoes, trousers, button-up shirts..

[@erichstocker8358]

Why is the disappearance of a small aircraft over the expanse of the Pacific so unusual. Even in today's highly connected era planes with hundreds of passengers and very modern tracking and even satellite tracking can get lost between Malaysia and China. Also, why this worship of Amelia Earhart? Even this documentary pointed out men and women pilots during that era that equaled or excelled anything that she did. It is mostly the creation of fame that the press gave her that led to this elevation above peers who did equal or more. Let her rest in peace whether in the pacific or bones on an island.

[@replica1052]

(there should be a world wide network of solar chargers for electric planes )

[@abnurtharn2927]

First time I hear an English speaking person pronounce Norwegian names without butchering them..

[@TimothyJarrett-uq9np]

Sorry to disapoint you but the commentator is not English.

[@TimothyJarrett-uq9np]

He has a very slight accent which could be Scandinavian..by my experience Scandinavians are very good English speakers.

[@abnurtharn2927]

@@TimothyJarrett-uq9np English, Australian, American, it doesn't matter. I said English speaking and he sure as Hell is not Norwegian.

[@abnurtharn2927]

@@TimothyJarrett-uq9np You may be right and I may be wrong, but looking at Stuart Sykes other works I can guarantee he is not Scandinavian.

[@abnurtharn2927]

@@TimothyJarrett-uq9np But yea, we Scandinavians are often very good in English. Most of us are multilingual because we start teaching English at early age in school, then we often later teach German, French or other languages. We Norwegians and the Danes often are a bit nasal when speaking English, while the Swedes often have a more "singing" accent, if that makes any meaning lol.

[@chongli3007]

No way this channel has 1.7M subscribers and gets the views it gets. Dishonest.

[@williampage622]

“The Lawless Days of Early Aviation “ idiot title. Lawlessness is the flaunting, disregarding or breaking of the law. If there are no laws you can’t be lawless.

[@johnrudy9404]

I stopped at about the 30 min point. Just some thoughts. As someone who vslues education and the earning of a degree in a useful career, Lindbergh's dropping out of college gives the wrong message. Sure, he achieved fame and fortune by flying, but he was very lucky. Had he failed, like so many others did(nobody knows their names), he would have been less than a footnote. He should have completed his engineering degree and THEN go flying. And if we're honest, his solo flight really only proved a plane could fly over the Atlantic. In a couple years, it would be done all the time. Nope, not impressed. Did he have guts? Yes. Was he smart...well.....

[@bingeltube]

Video is too long! Did not watch! Up to 20 minutes at most for this subject!

[@jamesengland7461]

Quit crying. Use the pause button.

[@ltdees2362]

Dude, quit bellyaching, your one brain-cell might learn something new, if'n it's capable 😛