The Remarkable Soviet, American And British Flying Aircraft Carrier Projects Of The '20s and '30s

[@bilalsadiq1450]

Haven't watched it yet, but I'm hoping there's a mention or clip of the plane chase scene from "Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade".

[@doc_sav]

Nah man, this is serious shit.

[@NM-wd7kx]

​@doc_sav the more I learn in the quarter the more I appreciate the value of cultural comparison & examples

[@quelin1]

Best start of my morning ever

[@wbertie2604]

"Go and check the skyhook" "I'm not falling for that old joke on my first day"

[@NM-wd7kx]

Having read the Great Glass Elevator as a child learning that sky hooks have been (several times) a serious consideration by non-crazy people was crazy

[@FarmerDrew]

"not an actual Camel" Well it could've helped in North Africa

[@jamesburleson1916]

The Goodyear Airdock where they built the USS Akron and Macon is still standing at the Akron Fulton airport in Akron OH. It is a truly impressive building, and is currently being used for subscale lighter than air aircraft testing. It is so large that it reportedly has its own weather systems inside.

[@concretedonkey4726]

I allways thought there is something uberably cute about I-16 and brewster buffalo... chubby and cute. Like child's idea of a WWII fighter.

[@joepapp01]

Just want to say what a great channel this is. I only discovered it late last week and I've watched quite a few videos--some even more than once. Keep up the good work!

[@davidg3944]

Fantastic early movie footage, most of which I'd never seen before. Thanks for putting this together, hopefully the "story for another day" will be forthcoming!

[@jlvfr]

This idea kickstarted an entire genre in science fiction!

[@xxxm981]

>tfw no Crimson Skies game in like 16 years

[@majorbloodnok6659]

Thank you, a great treatment of this fascinating subject

[@xxxm981]

[[[[[CRIMSON SKIES OST INTENSIFIES]]]]]]

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

FWIW: At one time there was a plan by _Hammer Films_ in England to make a movie sequel[?] to *THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT* that would involve a German airship carrying parasite biplane fighters. For whatever reason the movie was never made.

[@ramspace]

What great story telling. 👏

[@smooth0per8r5]

Fun little personal attachment to this video for me. My mom worked for Monterey Bay Research Institute in the 80's and 90's. They are the ones who discovered the Macon's crash site and my mom was one of the people who gave the historical deep dive on the Macon at MBARI's initial lectures about it that also happened to be given in the old airship hangar they stored it in while it was in service. Pretty sure she has a VHS with that lecture somewhere still.

[@AbelMcTalisker]

I`m somewhat curious about the picture at about 3:30, as it shows a wartime BE2c suspended beneath a non-rigid gasbag. Since BE2 fuselages were sometimes used as gondolas for small coastal patrol airships, I wonder if somebody thought of suspending a full BE2 beneath a gasbag to increase the plane's high altitude loiter time. presumably, once a Zeppelin was sighted the plane would be released at a high enough altitude for an interception.

[@am3lia420]

Just stopped for a coffee break, perfect timing to post as always! Looking forward to this one :D

[@williampratt1066]

By the way there’s no such thing as a “type 23 airship”, there was however HMA 23r that was the lead member of her class

[@southronjr1570]

So, while I thoroughly enjoy your channel, I have to point out a few inaccuracies. Macon is pronounced May-cun. I should know, I have live near the city it was named after my whole life. It is in middle Georgia USA. The sparrow hawk used not the .303 cartridge gun, but what is know known as the 30-06. The .303 , used by britain and common wealth militaries is a rimmed cartridge firing a .311 dia, 174ge bullet at around 2500 feet per second, while the US was using a .308 diameter, 150gr bullet going around 2900-3000 feet per second. Bith the US Nd common wealth used the same macgine gun but different cartridges. Btw, the gun was a modified US m1919 belt fed machine gun designed by John Browing modified to be lightened and have an incread rate of fire compared to the ground based gun.

[@gavinhammond1778]

I would've happily sat through the cold war parasite fighter story too, just so you know. Thanks for the content.

[@MADGator]

After watching this video, I bet the folks of Macon, Georgia can't wait to get their mack on! Watch out ladies, it's the return of the mack... with parasite fighter escort! In all seriousness, I love these videos. The phonetic pronunciations have become a quirky signature at this point.

[@melvinbrotherofthejoker436]

I looooove the idea of motherships

[@iaco.mp4210]

Nice

[@keithmoore5306]

Macon is pronounced may-con not may-kahn over here, if you're ever in Georgia be careful wit that some down there can be a might testy to it being mispronounced! if you;'re looking for a follow on to this the Fi-con program using a B36 and the F84 would be a good one!!

[@thelandofnod123]

Sorry, Flying Officer, not Flight Officer.

[@BalshazzarWastebasket]

the reason why it wasnt effective, is that they didnt paint the planes red. red makes things go faster

[@BrettBaker-uk4te]

"Ak-run" "May-kun". Pronounce Yankee please!