Top 6 Innovations for Aviation in World War 1

[@MilitaryAviationHistory]

Here is a run down of some of the things that happened to aviation during WW1. As mentioned, many innovations were already being worked on before 1914. However, it was the Great War that made sure that the funds were freed up and that inventions and tangiable results came out of the ideas.

[@clintmorgan1491]

Bismarck Good job man! I love your history and info based videos. I think a lot of others do as well. please keep doing these. bitte shön? Aufweitersein!

[@ryanmerlino1003]

what games are the footage from

[@illiminatieoverlordgurglek140]

The Dutch word for mud is modder. So in the Netherlands we have this stupid little joke about Anthony Fokker designing plane that could land on mud, called the modder fokker.

[@Ralphieboy]

I came to find out that "vokken" in Dutch means to breed. and "paard" (pl. paarden) is the word for horses. So the story goes of the Dutch Prime Minister meeting John F Kennedy and announcing. "I vokk animals!" to which Kennedy asks "Pardon?". "Yes, horses!" responds the PM.

[@Ralphieboy]

I first learned that when I read a Dutch newspaper article about "Verbod van het vokken van pitbull terriers" and wondered "Why do they need a law for that?"

[@Mr_Fancypants]

@@Ralphieboy vokken? It's fokken

[@Diztinct1]

Great, informative video! Some other developments that I would love for you to cover: - Supercharged engines. - Reflector sights like the Oigee. - Tracer bullets. - Davis recoilless gun. - Engine mounted cannons. - Puteaux 47-mm Aircraft Bombardment Cannon. - Giant strategic bombers like the Riesenflugzeug. - Aircraft carriers like the HMS Furious. As others have pointed out: - All metal aircraft. - Acoustic aircraft locators.

[@vasilis23456]

M K oooh I don't really understand superchargers that much. Odly enough I do understand turbochargers.

[@thekev506]

A further note on parachutes - parachutes were available to British and French pilots towards the end of the war but had to be purchased by the pilots. Very few did so, less due to the cost but more to the machismo of squadrons - being the first guy to have a parachute spoke very poorly of your faith in your wingmen.

[@Cancun771]

This in an age where really plenty of planes went down without any enemy action purely due to technical failure...

[@lordilluminati5836]

yeah, people were not the smartest back then.

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

Pro bicyclists rode without helmets almost entirely until the '90's and weren't required until 2003.

[@miskatonic6210]

@@lordilluminati5836 I've got the feeling KZbin commenters like you are a lot dumber. Many pilots were highly educated noblemen. These guys read dozens of books a year, had real life skills and spoke multiple languages. And how many wooden biplanes did YOU manage to get into the air and back to where you came from...

[@lordgarion514]

@@miskatonic6210 Education and smarts aren't exactly the same thing........

[@erictaylor5462]

4:00 I would think the opposite was true. A pilot would be more willing to risk being shot down (and thus have a better chance of shooting the other guy down) if he had a way out.

[@Caseytify]

Nope. A similar attitude was seen among IJN aviators in WW2. A parachute was seen as cowardly. When ordered to wear them, the aviators would include them on the plane, but just use them as seat cushions.

[@TheRockstarFreak9]

Omg i have a presentation about technological advanced in WWI next week. Thank you for this video!

[@Sebonotik]

RNGesus is with you!

[@trainedwarrior502]

Good luck with that!

[@spiritualreality4327]

Lolol

[@tdolan500]

FearMe410 I'd recommend listening to dan Carlins hardcore history podcast. I think he talks a lot about military technological advances in the first "blueprint for Armageddon" podcast.

[@TheRockstarFreak9]

Sebonotik Insertnonamehere, TrainedWarrior Thanks!

[@tommy-er6hh]

You asked for other innovations in WWI aircraft. Here are two you did not mention: 1. the round/circular fuselage - it was lighter and stronger than the square shapes previously 2. aerial photography - cameras mounted on the planes, instead of hand held

[@trainedwarrior502]

I wonder how WWI soldiers would react to seeing a Sabre chase a MiG right above their heads. Fastest thing they've seen?

[@gaybarbosa269]

TrainedWarrior Lol

[@xavierh.5102]

the real question is how would 1100s European foot soldiers react to an F/A-18 booming overhead...

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

They would think it was either angels or aliens, depending on their upbringing.

[@saxwastaken]

MAX300?

[@sean668]

Many of them probably got to live to at least know of their existence. I'm sure it would be amazing to see how far technology has come, though.

[@grahvis]

I believe one of the reasons why Garros used deflector wedges was that Hotchkiss machine guns rounds had a tendency to hang fire and so would have been unreliable with any sort of synchronisation mechanism. The Germans did experiment with the wedges after capturing Garros' plane but found the hard jacketed German ammunition very quickly shattered them.

[@Caseytify]

There were several instances of pilots shooting their own propellers off.

[@mbryson2899]

@@Caseytify Immelman allegedly had this happen. Shot off half his prop and the unbalanced engine tore apart the Eindekker's airframe.

[@Project-Air]

As a university history student who is rather obsessed with aviation ... let's just say that I'm glad I found these videos.

[@MilitaryAviationHistory]

The feeling is mutual ;)

[@Astraphic]

Now I know how to count to 6 in German

[@mitchellhogg4627]

Astraphic thats the ONE thing you took from the video?

[@Cancun771]

It's easy if you try ;-) The neat thing about German, compared to English, is the pronunciation is much more consistent with the spelling, so if you know how to pronounce the letters, it's fairly easy to fake linguistic prowess even without any idea what you're reading out loud.

[@aaronseet2738]

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[@Crimethoughtfull]

@@aaronseet2738 YES! You beat me to it!

[@ruscellotwitch4617]

Yayy, I'm learning!

[@Statist0815]

I noticed in a book that the "interrupter gear" was actually a trigger gear . Furthermore it was mentioned that A. Fokker had little knowledge about machine guns during interrogations after WW1 by the allied forces. The engeneer responsible for this development was named Heinrich Lübbe.

[@JorisKoolen]

Nice video, thank you! It makes sense to put aircraft design under one item, because otherwise that could become quite a lengthy list. It would be nice to have seen the designs that paved the way ahead, though, mainly with Fokker and Junckers: steel and aluminium constructions, and monoplanes with cantilever wings that did not require bracing or pylons like the early monoplanes!

[@CitizenSmith50]

In 1916, Sopwith company foreman of Works Harry Kauper developed the The Sopwith-Kauper interrupter gear; the first successful mechanism used on the Sopwith Pup and Triplane and was fitted to many early Camels, and replaced earlier gears in 1½ Strutters and other Sopwith types. After the War, he started an Aviation Company (the Butler & Kauper Aviation Co. Ltd ) with Australian Fighter pilot Harry Butler who's Bristol M1C is on public display in a hangar in Minlaton, South Australia, which I can see about 100 metres from where I sit at my computer !

[@screamingeagles2670]

this is probably my favorite you tuber rn

[@JTelli786]

One advancement that I find interesting is the fatter wing (idk the actual terminology for it). The D.VII used this and it was mainly because of this that it became one of the most (hell probably THE most) feared fighter of world war 1. Engineers were so keen on limiting drag that most of everyone believed that a thin wing was the way forward, but with a fatter wing this allowed for much more lift, which is why the D.VII had such a terrifying climb rate and such amazing stall characteristics. This feature was implemented all the way to the Korean war, the F-86 Saber actually made this idea obsolete as a fat wing created a vacuum along the surface of the wing at high speed which would render the control surfaces useless. Thus we have since gone back to the thin wing.

[@Django333]

I love it when you get all historic.

[@HB-ps6rn]

Congrats on the nearly 50k, and thanks for the uploads!

[@MilitaryAviationHistory]

Thank you very much

[@malcolmlewis5860]

The role of air recon preventing surprise attacks and strategic flaming moves was the determining factor that pushed the war into static defences of trench warfare. This was the immediate impact of few aircraft.

[@Medic1945]

“Mk. 1 eyeballs” im going to be using that quite a bit more now...

[@CZ350tuner]

All metal airframes and majority metal airframes. At the beginning of WW1 the terminal velocity of typical fighter was less than 110 MPH (The Nieuport 17 had a top level flight speed of 105 MPH and a terminal dive speed of 107 MPH). By 1917 fighters such as the SPAD XIII with metal airframes had appeared allowing a top level flight speed of 138 MPH with a terminal dived speed of 233 MPH. This allowed "Boom & Zoom" tactics to be developed by Allied pilots. It also allowed for divebombing. Artificial Horizon instruments (prevented disorientation in clouds and fog). Air speed indicator instruments (Refer to the dire need for pilots not to exceed terminal dive speed and also avoid stalling at low speeds). The aircraft carrier (HMS Argus).

[@exerminator2000]

great video as always, bis!

[@casinodelonge]

Bismarck old chap, forgive me if you've mentioned this before, but there is a great TV programme (I say great, but I only saw it one as a very young child) called "Wings" , set if I recall during the Fokker Scourge, it used to be on Sunday nights, and is now available on DVD I think! Worth a watch.

[@mandolinic]

4:03 I think you mean that the idea of the parachute did not attract *universal* support, not unilateral support. Apart from this minor niggle, this is a great video.

[@fredkruse9444]

Garros had a tennis stadium named after him. 2:05

[@faxmachine8132]

Love your videos Bismarck :)

[@Cheka__]

Excellent video, as usual. 👍

[@jerrygee2106]

Love the vid Bismarck. Keep them coming!

[@funkyalfonso]

The Focker interrupter gear is always mentioned, not so the Constantinescu/Colley gear. I learned of this in the finest book of aviation in WW1 (IMHO) titled 'Winged Victory' by a RFC pilot named Y.M.Yeates. T.E. Lawrence was extraordinarily impressed with this book.

[@Crimethoughtfull]

Supposedly, I've read, Meneer Fokker offered it to the Allies first, but just like w/ Mr. Maxim's innovation, they rejected it. The Germans, on the other hand, recognized the benefits of these inventions straight-away.

[@corto4027]

Nice video, Bismarck, but you missed one of biggest innovations that came out of WW1, and that is simply: Dogfighting tactics. The Dicta Boelcke. Without that, many pilots after in WW2 or now, wouldn't have the same foundation that they do for aerial combat, because of the Dicta Boelcke.

[@MilitaryAviationHistory]

I already have a video only on that, which is why I did not include it in here.

[@scottdewey3544]

Thanks (Vielen Dank)--this was a quite useful discussion of the gradual evolution of aerial warfare in World War I (and it's easy for people to forget just how gradual it was, and how it didn't really coalesce into anything very meaningful until 1916). Although they were less effective than they might have been, I suppose it's somewhat amazing that French and British fighters with machine guns mounted on the upper wing of a biplane above the propeller arc--and standing up from their pilot's seats to use them--were even as effective as they were, as a sort of emergency interim measure before the Western Allies properly understood the use of interrupter mechanisms that allowed pilots to aim the whole aircraft as a weapon. [Which no doubt kept the Fokker Eindekkers a threat longer than their other aeronautical features otherwise would have.] [Und auch, weil ich im Gynasium Deutsch studiert habe, verstehe ich "Nummer Funf," "Nummer Sechs," uzw. Just don't ask me to translate an entire section of a German military law or military manual. Because part of the mission of the German language seems to be to make things even more difficult than they really need to be. :-) ]

[@russellhanson7415]

Awesome video man!

[@Flamingskull117]

Super video!

[@Simon_Nonymous]

Possibly explain that gun synchronisation and gun interruption are two separate methods of firing through a spinning propeller? (Or the helix - I like this term!) But thank you for a great video

[@viridisxiv766]

thanks for the history lesson!

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

Most of the advanced, I already know. Nonetheless great video. British tested torpedo bombers and carrier operations. Bot sides used acoustic early warning system(if that count) but not radio waves. All metal monoplane, Junkers J1 though that would go in to aircraft design. Ground attacker which is pretty obvious. The British had some experiments with dive bombing.

[@Cybermat47]

Fascinating stuff :)

[@CZ350tuner]

You missed the improvements in aircraft instruments and gauges such as replacing the wing ribbon approximate speed indicator (via angle) with dynamo propeller electrical airspeed indicators and the more usual pitot head system used still today. I can remember flying next to a allied player in the mid-1990's online WW1 simulator "Red Baron 2" and being hit by the deflected bullets from his Moraine's deflector propeller. Other innovations such as altitude flying with oxygen first appeared on RFC reccy planes in pretty early and been based on the 1912 30,000 Feet British record attempt experiments aircraft oxygen systems. First combat fighters to fly with pilot oxygen were anti-Zeppelin British home defence Sopwith Pups in 1916.

[@paullubliner6221]

Your attention to detail and excellent overviews of the actual situational impact of battles themselves and the rarely found mention of the politics of combat aircraft development are most appreciated and commendable. That said, on the Nie. 11 colour depiction, please attempt to find a way of correcting the colours used of said aircraft to the correct and actual overall pale off-white, with medium grey perimeter lining-out, instead of the overall ocher with brown / black perimeter lining. The extant Lumiere Autochromes, Lt. Henri Farre's paintings and the written accounts of pilots, do provide all necessary proof that the actual colours used in the earliest pre-camouflaged A/C are as I have described, as well as that of the immediately subsequent Nieuport "Dead Leaf" or " Red, Yellow, Green" Camouflage. And lastly, the "Le Prieur" air to air rockets were used at Verdun with some success in the aerial attacks of observation balloons. They were however, introduced virtually simultaneously with incendiary ammunition which obviated the need for difficult to aim electrically fired, solid fuel rockets.

[@andrerousseau5730]

Also, these: Pioneering development of the turbo-charger and supercharger for aero-engines. Early experimentation with variable-pitch propellers. The development of the bubble canopy.

[@nolanbowen8800]

Danka.

[@mathewritchie]

Airfiol wings.Early plains used angle of attack to get all their lift.

[@DFX2KX]

I've got one, Bismark! You mentioned Aircraft performance. And I'll give one particular improvement within that area. More adaptable fuel systems for engines. Before WWI, carburetors had to be tuned for a pretty narrow range of altitudes in order to work right, and in the case of Aircraft, some engines couldn't even use them (you had manual fuel and air levers and controlled them yourself) By the end of the ward, things had improved tremendously in that area. I might be wrong but I recall something about the first mechanical fuel injection being tested on a German aircraft as well.

[@worldcomicsreview354]

A lot of early cars had manual carb controls, too. I suppose putting them on a plane wasn't that unusual in context.

[@bartstryszowski4277]

wow man, what gane are you runniung in the background

[@TheKommandanteur]

Bismarck, you need to join the RoF Bloody April event, I think you'd enjoy it a great deal.

[@curtyos]

I love the history based videos with the gameplay congrats on 50k keep question I have is what kind of profiles do u run your track ir. I recently got it and am having endless problems tweaking it correctly where I'm having a million issues when trying to dogfight where yours seems to move so flawlessly

[@adamblakeslee5301]

I'm surprised to hear about unmanned fighters. As I understood things, battleship AA suffered initially because they had no targets to practice against.

[@fatdad64able]

Thermos bottle. Astonishing how it knows on It's own when it's summer or winter. ;)

[@robertpayne2717]

Smartest thing in the world...you put cold liquids in it keeps them cold, you put hot liquid in it keeps it hot....How do it know???

[@cruisers90]

I still use the good old MK1 Eyeball in IL2 BoS.

[@orneryokinawan4529]

Bottlerockets? Awesome.

[@Bengtssonsan]

Been a long time since you made videos of Silent Hunter (the submarine simulator) Any thoughts on doing some more?

[@Caseytify]

How about Fokker's innovation of internal bracing, eliminating the use of external bracing wires? Wasn't that one of the advantages of the DXII?

[@johnlansing2902]

I am always amazed that people do not understand why pilots of WW1 always had pistols. They sat on their fuel supply and some of the first planes used a glass container to hold the fuel ...... true courage.

[@antoinegarcia5602]

One suggestion : The invention of the first "moteur-canon" on the Spad by Hispano Suiza.

[@thibaudduhamel2581]

Roland Garros was also a pioneer of aviation, being the first man to cross the mediterannean, from France to Morroco

[@shannonwittman950]

Would be good to see a label on screen that tells the brand and model of whatever plane is in the foreground. I recognized most of the aircraft in this video except for the silver German biplane with water-cooled engine; pilot and rear gunner sitting at same level as the top wing. Is it a Halbestadt?

[@RemusKingOfRome]

Excellent - Question, why were German bombers, in the early part of WW2, so underarmed ? especially considering that mid 30s requirements in other nations required at least 1 x 20mm cannon defensive armourment.

[@corto4027]

Because, as with say, the early He-111s, they were faster that most fighters. In Spain, where the He-111 got it's baptism of fire, it could, as well as the Italian Br-20, outrun most of what Republican pilots were flying. Spanish Republican pilots, like WW1 pilots, needed early notification before they could counter Nationalist bombers or fighters, because flying the heavy NiD-52/62s, etc. it took far too long if they didn't get early notification, to reach altitude and challenge the bombers/fighters. Because the bombers could carry (at the time,) a decent bomb load that wouldn't cut down their speed too much. And considering that most mid-30s engines for fighters weren't all that powerful (the early production Bf-109 models originally had only machine-guns mounted on them, because focusing a canon in the nose was too heavy,) German bombers could both fly higher and faster than most of the fighters at the time. A lot of people fault Italy, because Spain gave them the illusion that biplanes were still a viable form of fighter planes. But Spain also gave Germany the illusion that their lightly armed bombers were something to contend with. Yet the Battle of Britain quickly showed that not to be the case, when you look at the number of He-111s etc. shot down by Hurricanes.

[@RemusKingOfRome]

but commonsense would indicate that it wouldn't take much time for fighters to adopt new technology to out fly bombers, which happened in the BOB. A He111 with a dorsal 20mm or dual MG 131s could have defended off most fighters.

[@CZ350tuner]

You missed out metal airframes. The SPAD XIII had a metal airframe enabling it to dive safely up to 233 MPH. By comparison the all wooden airframe Nieuport 17 had a terminal dive speed of only 107 MPH. Also incendiary bullets (invented by De Wilde), aircraft carriers (HMS Argosy), under wing mounted machine guns, cannons on aircraft and divebombing.

[@cromwellthesynth]

"the good ol' mki Eyeball" XD

[@Bramak17]

All metal aircraft is one of the biggest steps taken. Namely Junkers D1 and J1.

[@kyle857]

So he planned to shoot his own propellor repeatedly at close range while the Germans developed the interrupter? This perfectly sums up the difference between the Dutch and French minds.

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

Can you do a video series on CAS(Close Air Support)? Starting with ww1 then ww2, Korean War, Vietnam war, Soviet Afghan war, and the gulf war, you don’t have to do this idea it’s just a suggestion however i feel like the subject should be discussed more.

[@andrerousseau5730]

You forgot Stealth Technology - Germany produced a prototype with transparent wing and fuselage coverings. .....speaking of which, you also forgot camouflage.

[@TheLampMan-JaE]

This footage looks like it came out of a video game :)

[@Rusty_Gold85]

As an aside , All this was good but the pilot had to survive training first . Then on any take off or landing he needed to survive his crate not breaking up or smacking the dirt hard . Remember there was no airstrip just a flattened pathway . Most had to make it through the first week of combat flying too

[@jamesg8108]

What game did you use for the footage?

[@Easy-Eight]

I would have liked to have heard about engine technology. There are advantages of the rotary and in-line engines. Also, when did radial engines and proper throttles invented?

[@N00KIExM0NSTER]

Can you please make a vid on the pros and cons of WWI aircraft designs both bomber and fighters. i know a lot about military design and aircraft but my knowledge on WWI is very limited.

[@CaptainGrief66]

I was expecting a mention on how the French and the italians were the first to mount cannons on aircraft too, but great video nonetheless

[@alfredopotatogaming7033]

Have you tried out the Albatross D. II yet? It is the only fighter in the game to have a 20mm as a primary weapon, and it is a really good bomber killer.

[@jackdaniels4975]

1:20 Anthony Fucka. Whatta guy.

[@elguitarTom]

Best flight sim ever created

[@orange12v]

Great video I heard that autopilot was invented in world war one?

[@lynndadio1701]

3:31, what kind of plane is that

[@rogersheddy.8497]

Even before the time that Marconi took the credit for inventing radio Nikola Tesla utilized radio waves to create radio controlled electric boats. These were just toy boats about 6-8 long, but just imagine what would have happened if someone had seen the potential in that and started attempting to utilize Tesla's skills in creating a controlled guided weapon that could be dropped off a bomber and operated by the Bombardier!

[@brendanraistrick5923]

I think one thing you missed in this video is one you actually did a previous video on - This being the combat tactics of aircraft and their pilots

[@MilitaryAviationHistory]

Well there are more innovations than just these. Cockpit instruments, materials used to build planes, tactics, training, ammunition etc. but a condensed list to start with is generally better. The Dikta Boelcke is indeed already mentioned in another video so there was no need to add it here. I have however linked it at the end ;)

[@DagarCoH]

I asked this already in some MHV video, but I'll ask here again (as MHV said maybe one day he or you might cover the topic): Can you make a video about the changes in tactics and strategy for aerial combat between WW1 and 2? I know, a broad topic, but I'd like to hear about it.

[@MilitaryAviationHistory]

Yup, it's planned

[@NoNameAtAll2]

em... what advancements were made in ammunition? Isn't it still the same bullet-gunpowder-casing all along?

[@brendanraistrick5923]

incendiary rounds were a big one developed by the brits to take down zeppelins

[@michael2351]

How would the rockets get fired by the pilot? How would he ignite them from his seat?

[@alan6832]

What I don't get is why the complex bombsights when you can just drop a small practice bomb on your bomb run, see where it hits, and adjust a simple sight accordingly, windage and all, Japanese jetstream and all.

[@austinpundit6321]

UH, how the hell would you know that you were dropping the second bomb from the same spot, and flying in teh same direction?

[@Jackalyte]

What is that lovely biplane in the Rise of Flight footage? I've never seen one like it. 3:13

[@blodiblodmann4267]

Should be a Roland C. II

[@Jackalyte]

Much appreciated!

[@MilitaryAviationHistory]

Yes, it's a Roland

[@matercheff]

is this a game or do you make all of this stuff

[@Tewemeh2ter]

3:15 what is this plane?

[@lynndadio1701]

Got the same question, do you have any new info on it?

[@Tewemeh2ter]

@@lynndadio1701 no I don't sadly. I've looked like everywhere and I couldn't find and German plane of its design that's not like a triplane or quadplane.

[@Thomasnmi]

It looks like a LFG Rolland CII or CIII

[@nicobrucoromanazi4394]

Pensare che in giro per Musei ci vado ma i missili si vedono solo su sto video

[@SebaxW]

Bismark please do one for WWII

[@barakobamadubai]

The Gyro is one of them.

[@miragetime2241]

Bismarck, I have a question. Firstly was the Ilya Muromets used as a bomber by the Russians on the eastern front? Secondly, was it a success for the Russians as a heavy 4 engine bombe? Thirdly, did the Russians even have a bomber wing in their Air Force during WWI AND was it beneficial to any advancements they made during the war. I’m looking forward to your response! As always thank you. -Andrew

[@scottl9660]

Before looking at the video a list in no particular order: Air to air refueling/drop tanks, electronic fuel injection, retractable landing gear, jet engine, gps navigation, radio, controlled airspace for airplanes........Crap I did not read this well enough, this was ww1 only.

[@maciek19882]

What is the plane @ 3:25?

[@jerrygee2106]

It's the LFG Roland Cii "Whale"

[@air-headedaviator1805]

Cantilever wings came into development during the war.

[@Tewemeh2ter]

1:51 wait, does that French biplane have swept back wings?

[@CaneFu]

"A pilot with a parachute would not fight as hard as one without, since he always had a way out." Right, talk about typical bureaucrat thinking. Screw the human life going down in flames, we just want the guy to keep fighting until his last breath. And even when they finally decided to let pilots have parachutes it wasn't to save their life, it was to save their "experience" as a pilot to be used again. LOL, the military commander's reasoning was as cold-hearted as it gets.

[@Thomasnmi]

It has to be cold

[@CaneFu]

@@Thomasnmi Actually NO, it doesn't and American military commanders with that mindset today are relieved of their command. We have an all volunteer army and recruitment becomes a lot harder if people think they're going to be sacrificed.

[@anti-Russia-sigma]

You should have featured armour.

[@yellowsub22]

Why did the Norden bombsight fail?

[@oscarzt1652]

which simulator is this?

[@Skyhawk1998]

Rise of Flight.

[@erictaylor5462]

I can understand why 5 is scared. After all, 7 ate 9. But why would 4 be fear? Unless 4 is feared, which would scare 5 even more, but why would 4 be feared? (Vier sounds like fear in English)

[@Alte.Kameraden]

Took me 2 seconds to realize what game he got his footage from. lol

[@lordilluminati5836]

rise of flight?

[@CZ350tuner]

The bombsight used on the Blenheim bombers, in IL-2 Cliffs of Dover - Blitz, is the exact same 1917 bombsight developed and used on the Handley Page O-400 bomber of WW1. It looks like it was constructed from some scraps of wire, a steel ruler and mechano. It is the least accurate and least sophisticated bombsight in the game.

[@shaggyurmom1800]

What game is this ?

[@SWSagume]

Pfalz D.XII ftw! Best german biplane waifu