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Thank you mike.. 1958 - Wow.. I was born in 1960 and I am very sure I built many a kit with your artwork upon them. Thank you for the memories you created for us and revisit them with these amazing Videos. Semper Fi

Very, very interesting indeed. I’ve been in aviation all of my working life. You’ve captured a real slice of history with your artistic skills. Excellent work!

I was traveling at the time, but I missed this video. Yesterday my friend and I did a live stream ranking the 'sexiest USAF fighters of the 1950s."

Another excellent and informative presentation! Thank you!

An Excellent and informative presentation. Thank you!

Ps. the R4360 was not the most powerful piston engine ever made. The Lycoming XR7755 was more powerful.

😅🤣😂😅You said with reference to the 1943 field dark room, "The need for speed " Mobile dark room where they can , and I quote , Develop the photos as soon they were " DOWNLOADED FROM THE AIRPLANES " You meant obtained from the airplanes . Computers were not capable of "downloading from airplanes as of yet. Airplanes of the time had very crude computers generally dedicated to one system. None of them were capable of downloading images.

Air West was acquired by Republic in 1980 and Republic was merged into Northwest about 1985.

I never flew on Ozark, but I always admired the logo on their tails.

The evolution of the logo is a neat story in itself.

Great ! Starfighter stands out as probably the greatest of alltime.

Saw the XB-1 #1, at the USAF museum, in Dayton, before they moved it inside. Didn't see the B-58 though, it was being restored. It's a fantastic destination, I recommend it to everyone.

Fascinating Mike, thank you, I had never heard of that proposal before.

Not unlike the McDonnel F-15. However, Asymmetric thrust in an engine failure would have been an issue, perhaps more severe than the F-14.

This is the best thing I ever saw.

The swept wing, cigar fuselage, and podded engines, established the template moving forward.

McDonnell Stiletto & The F-104. I've always found it a bit strange that Kelly Johnson, was inspired by that.

I've heard that the B-21 is significantly smaller, than the B-2. A future topic ?

Thanks!

Original H 50 featured United DC 8 regularly.

Sky bus resembles a couple of Britsh early medium transports.

A lot of people don't realize that before ww2 the swastika was a symbol of luck and nature. Then the german socialists got their hands on it. Now it's a symbol of dread. That's how I felt hearing that the name of this plane was rainbow. Unfortunately rainbows are ruined now because they're so associated with child sexualization and pee drinking.

Thank you for these very interesting informations. Those designs show, how fast the world of aircrafts and generally the technical world changed at that time.

What a beautiful airframe. Classic early postwar lines for a speed design, showcasing an aestehtic that was too quickly (IMO) abandoned.

Everywhere I look I see a top speed of 470MPH which is slower then the XP-47J.

hughes suffered substantial brain damage in the crash.

That was well done, thanks

Great video, but might have been worth mentioning that the effectiveness of AA's bare metal aesthetic was slowly reduced by the increased use of composites in airframes, starting with their a300s (tail and engine cowlings)

You're great appreciation is greatly appreciated.

What a beautiful aircraft, I knew thing about it.

Arms reduction agreement with the Soviets resulted in USAF destroying many of our B-52's.Photos of that destruction broke my heart!

Other than its monstrous size it was just a flying aerial target. Manned bombers already were not really viable without massive fighter support, B-29 couldnt escape/fight off fighter attack how was this flying soccer field going to survive??!! Hell the B-52 got beat up by fighters and missiles.😢

Thanks for a great video about the old Douglas Aircraft Co. I fully enjoyed the information. It was also entertaining due to the skills of the presenter. Thanks again. 🙈🙉🙊 😎 🇺🇸

The technological advancement from 1935 (DC-3) to 1958 (DC-8) is almost unbelievable! Sadly, as of this comment (6/10/24) there are only 3 DC-8s in service. Two in the Congo and one used by Samaritan's Purse, a humanitarian organization. NASA just retired there flying laboratory last month.

Really great video for covering my curiosity about this engine. Thanks for sharing your research and for your excellent video. 🙈🙉🙊 😎 🇺🇸

I haven’t heard from you in a while so I had to track you down….. So why the hiatus from RUclips? Well, I guess you have your reasons…… While it’s sad to see you stop making new content, I’m excited to see what you do next. As you say Mike, Take care!

Germany purchased a lot of F-104's from us.No mention here of all the brave pilots who lost their lives flying this plane in peacetime. I enjoyed this video!

The wasp engine was not the most powerful piston engine made for aircraft.

This is the first video of yours I have seen, Mike and I enjoyed it very much. Great presentation on a fabulous aircraft!

I just have to say these videos are great, right down memory lane. Never flew in a DC-8, but in 1962 flew in an Aerolineas Argentinas Comet, from Rio to New York Idlewild, with scale in Port au Prince. Very exciting for a young lad and thanks for the memories!

Just 8 years 11 months after this planes first flight the u2 first flew, then 9 years 4 months after that the sr71.

what a beauty

(In a Hogan's Heroes Nazi accent) Very interesting...

Sadly the B-36 often had more than 4 burning. Engines overheating and catching fire was one of the vices that never really got solved for this aircraft. I am not sure how Nortrop solved the cooling problem in the flying wing. Both aircraft being pushers certainly increased the challenges of cooling those engines. I never understood why the B-36 was done in a pusher configuration because it would have got better cooling in a tractor configuration and there is not really any reason to use a pusher on a straight wing where Northrop likely found it necessary. Another side effect of pushers on the wing is the props eating disturbed air that is moving at different velocities above the below the wing. This increases noise, vibration, and stress on the prop blades.

Even by today's standards, this Engine is still amazing!! And no Computer Aided Design!! Paper, pencils, slide rules, mechanical calculators and other drafting tools!

Indeed I built a Revell Rotodyne …

Check out youtube Bob Preising RB 36 SAC AIRCREWMAN By NORTHROP N156 one hour long my dad is to right of Bob . The J 47s never failed the Pratt and Whitneys WASPS did a lot . Also the Aircrewman on base were armed with loaded COLT and SMITH AND WESSEN two inch barrell revolvers . And the SAC Gaurd had SW model 15 with target sights and M2 fullly automatic carbines . Both aircrew and gaurd had orders to shoot to kill if someone came over the fence and approched the B36s when the H BOMBS with were on board . craig Allen Santa Barbara Calif.

RIP 🫡✈️

I've been at Sikorsky for almost 3 decades, alot has changed since Lockheed bought us. Enough said.

Very intersting!Thanks and Hi from France!