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It’s my understanding that they never broke any official speed records.

@@dukeofdevon5608 I’m also thinking about starting a new series called ‘Knights Farm’

@@ch4ndemic You RUclips lot are a very picky bunch aren’t you. Don’t you like to enjoy things without finding fault? 🙄

@@stephenguppy7882 You and me both. It’s why I made the video in the first place. To celebrate Yeovil and Somerset. I thought RUclips was a good place for that 🙄 clearly thought wrong.

@@davidreynolds3082 eh?

well it still stands...

My biggest problem is that people don’t watch the whole video before mouthing off. 🙄

Im 55, we have MPH in the UK, never been taught KPH. Car gauges are in MPH, so are speed limit signs. Wow, eh, what ?

@@oddities-whatnot Despite what our colonising ancestors tried to teach us, Britain doesn’t rule the world and we are not the centre of the universe. This was a WORLD record. Not a British one. The units are in both km/h and mph so EVERYONE can understand.

@@oddities-whatnot . I’m older than you, never been taught mph during any maths lessons, same for feet and inches. You would get the occasional question like ‘ John cycles for 20 mins at 20 mph, how far has he travelled’ but never actually taught in imperial units - still couldn’t tell you how many yards in a mile.

Maybe knots is more relevant in aviation?

@@bernardwarr4187 Thank you! I’m glad 🙏

way cooler, more useful and less pretentious. at the time the worlds fastest car didn't even do 200mph.

If you knew the engineering behind the rotor heads and gearbox, you wouldn't have posted such a childish remark

@@Collateralcoffee No. not because of the speed record. Because of the engineers who built and designed it. The technology was groundbreaking and would go on to be used in future helicopters which is still used to this day. Also, do try and spell SOMERSET correctly…that discredits your whole comment. Well done pal, not.

Great response 👏

At one time in Yeovil if you weren’t in the leather (gloving), or railways you were working for Petters later Westland building engineering marvels, like my grandfather and father and various relatives in the last hundred and so years.

@@iandavid8925 it hasn’t been broken since to my knowledge. It is now on display at the helicopter museum in Weston.

@@The_Knight_Tales ok, noted. 👍

@@FloatingCroc It’s a great story isn’t it. Thank you so much, that’s really kind!

You clearly didn’t watch the whole video…did you.

Biggest switch off was the point ten quote! I’m pretty sure kmh is on the plaque because it was over a milestone, 400. Also it’s an international milestone so plenty looking on from other countries thus justifying the kmh figure as well.

@@angry7518 I’ve got to the point now where I really couldn’t give a flying rats a*rse. You crack on and switch off pal,

@@The_Knight_Tales I enjoyed it, just the point 10 tickled me. You presented it well and it’s a worthy subject. Good job.

How to be wrong, incorrect and ignorant at the same time. Since 2010, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) recommends using kilometers per hour (km/h) for airspeed. The previous metric was knots, based on the nautical knot. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations based in Montreal Canada. Nothing mentioned about mph, maybe you are getting confused between the Supermarine and Triumph Spitfires.

Absolutely agree with you!

@@typhoon2827 Thanks. But can I ask why you felt the need to comment on my weight and shape? Would you have posted this comment if I were a woman? Probably not? And FYI I have already lost 6 stone and I regularly run 5Ks.

@@The_Knight_Tales because I care about people and someone was good enough to do the same for me. And yes, I would say, and have said, the same to a woman because I'm not participating in the 'current thing'. Try that too, it is also life-changing. Again, I'm grateful to someone else for helping me with this change of outlook. Edit: great work on the 6 stone 👍🏻👍🏻

@@typhoon2827 The point is, I am a random stranger on the internet. You do not know my story, you do not know my circumstances, what I have been through and what I continue to tackle. If you were a friend or relative then it would be different but you’re not. You are not a personal trainer, nutrition expert or motivational speaker to me right now, you are being rude and unhelpful, and I could do without irrelevant comments like this. Please refrain from watching and commenting on my videos in future.

@@The_Knight_Tales I'm refraining. Best.

@@531c Watch the video again….I DO include mph.

"We're". But not all viewers are.

Maybe knots would be the better unit

What are you going on about? Both the narrator and the plaque itself have it in km/h and mph.

@@jackt3409 If we don’t use it or understand it, then explain Couch to 5K. I digress, watch the video again…I did include both km and mph. It’s an international record remember, so both are included, so everyone around the world understands.

If anything we should be using knots

Don't understand it or Refuse to understand it?

The majority of viewers wouldn't understand knots.​@@Glegh

It was explained in both......you just want attention.

Possibly Blue Thunder too? 🤔 😉

And Magnum😂😂

Thanks very much 😃🙏 welcome!

@@thkempe It was all part of the Service du travail obligatoire ('compulsory work service') which was the forced enlistment of hundreds of thousands of French workers to Nazi Germany to work as forced labour for the German war effort. That’s why I didn’t say fight in the video because they probably didn’t. But they certainly would have helped the German war effort.

​@@The_Knight_Tales Although you didn't say "fight," you were talking about the Eastern Front. Frontline service means fighting.

@@thkempe I was talking about where the German were?. I’m not sure why you’re so hellbent on picking me apart on this. There’s only so much you can explain in 60 seconds and this was the clearest way.

​My father, who was a young boy (12-16 years old) at the time, was somewhat befriended with some of these forced laborers. They were employed on a large estate in the small village where he grew up. One of them gave him an oak leaf with the leaf blades cut out, of which only the veins remained. The parts where the leaf blades were left form the German word GEFANGEN (captured). It is still in my possession. Unfortunately, I don't know exactly who made it. There was a Frenchman and several Russians. The villagers did not speak any foreign languages ​​and mostly only spoke Low German. What they made of the Frenchman's name was handed down as Öschen Löschen. So I think his name might have been Eugène Lejeune. I don't have the names of these Russians, but I do have two portrait photos of the kind used for identification documents, and also a few pages of a Russian songbook with sheet music. I don't know much about the circumstances under which these forced laborers were held. It seems that they were allowed to have contact with the locals. But they also seemed unhappy about their situation, as the oak leaf's message tells.

@@dedy__5622 thanks!…what a shame.

Thank you very much 🙏