The Importance of the Moustache in Early Aviation
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- It is a little known phenomenon, but the quality of an early aviation pioneer’s moustache goes a long way towards predicting their success. In this video, specially released on April 1st, I examine this under-appreciated circumstance.
Dangerous by Kevin MacLeod
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I’m amazed at how few views your high quality productions have attracted, I have only recently discovered you channel , watched a great deal of your output and sincerely hope you will continue
This is truly inspired! Now I realize the reason for my father shaving his moustache was because he had retired as a US Air Force fighter pilot and no longer needed it.
Glad you enjoyed it. I had fun putting it together. But you've raised an interesting point. Perhaps next April 1st I should do something on aviation pioneers after they shaved.
@@Forgotten_Aviation 😂😂😂 you must ! You must !
Come back to us, Jerry. We need you.
You are someone who has a great channel... I found it in the past week and it is fantastic.. this channel does for airplanes what drachinifel has done for the warships of pre 1950 era. Thank you for your work.
Jolly good! I'd like to see more.excellent content like this.
A moustache is also a great trim indicator in an open cockpit aircraft.
Most early aircraft didn't have trim indicators in the cockpit.
If you felt the wind on the left side of your face, you needed more left rudder pedal.
Brilliant
Thank you!
Damn, I just watched your video on the Etrich Taube, and I was happy to find another hidden gem of a channel, it's a shame there haven't been any uploads recently, I hope you come back.
Love your comedic take on this subject.
It was rather fun to record.
Comedic, true - but the scary thing is that JC makes a truly compelling case 😳
Let's not forget the aviation pioneer and dreamer leonardo devinci, he had quite impressive facial hair, enjoy april.
I should have thought of that. I did consider including some of the pre-20th century pioneers, but that would have caused the joke to overreach.
I believe Icarus was clean-shaven.
@@rutabega2039 But Daedalus, his father, is often depicted as being bearded, and it was he who designed and built and flew the wings with which he and Icarus escaped Crete.
5 months have passed... God, it hurts to have discovered this channel so recently and to see it become inactive, I do not know what happened but I wish you the best
your great content has won you a new fan, especially for the ww1 aviation videos
greetings from Chile, South America
It is not so much inactive as on hiatus. I damaged the tendon in my shoulder, which has made using a keyboard significantly painful. Unfortunately only time will repair it.
Jerry, Please continue your fantastic work as soon as you are able! One of the best channels on RUclips! Many Thanks for your efforts! Regards, GS
"Face fungus": I almost choked from laughing!
I had a minor challenge coming up with synonyms for "moustache." Very glad I made you laugh ... which after all was the whole point.
Face fungus? I resent that ugly expression of beardophobia! Facial hair, and in particular, the beard, is a glorious thing, a declaration of puissance, of superiority and dominance; comparable to a lion's mane! Face fungus indeed! You should be ashamed.
The success of a small minority of aircraft engineers, builders, and pilots -- those who were handicapped by bare faces -- may be explained by strength of character, and their exceptional ability to overcome obstacles.
Is this channel dead? This channel is fantastic.
Having been aware of the term "face fungus" for the last half century, I find the ignorance of the concept most alarming. What do they teach kids at school nowadays?
Personally I am undecided on the true function of a 'tache in the pioneering days.
Firstly, when working in an engineering environment, and rags are not readily to hand, a 'tache is a convenient device for removing oil and grease from your hands.
Secondly, when flying at altitude, a larger, grease-laden 'tache will stiffen and can be shaped to produce an aerodynamic structure capable of acting as an extra wing and so provide the extra lift needed in a dogfight.
Hope this could provide further support for the need for this much neglected item of facial engineering in the early days of avionics.
G'day,
Great minds thunk alike mate, a few weeks ago I added a video to my "Personal Aeroplanology..." playlist ; please feel free to backtrack me to therein locate,
"The Aviator's Moustache..., Mystery Solved !"
Such is life,
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
It hardly can get more British, and I mean this in a positive sense :) Who said Monty Python! Very well done.
Are there plans to make more videos?
RUclips keeps unsubbing me from you. 3rd times the charm maybe.
This was published a day early in the US, at least. Still 3/31 for me.
That's my excuse for taking a good halfway through the video to realize what was going on....
I think I will call that "mission successful."
G'day,
Yay Team !
My own take on this matter is anchored on a Photo-Feature Article from a November 2021 New Scientist magazine.
To have a few giggles at Biggles..., please feel free to backtrack moi to my Videos, therein to locate and view,
"The Aviator's Moustache..., Mystery Solved !"
Alternatively, find a picture of an Inca tern...., and be amazed.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery..., y'see !
Such is life,
Have a good one.....
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !