Supersonic Firsts
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2021
- On August 20, 1955, United States Air Force Colonel Horace A. Hanes set the world’s first supersonic world speed record in a North American Aviation F-100C Super Sabre. Although we are well into the supersonic age, aircraft that can exceed the speed of sound are still rare machines, and marvels of engineering and pilot prowess. The early aviation pioneers who tested the terrifying sound barrier have helped scientists better understand the dynamics of superfast speeds.
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A viewer noticed that at the start I say 76 years ago, when, of course, 1955 was 66 years ago. I apologize for the extra decade...
I’m sure everyone wishes we could skip a decade in our past present or future 😉🤣
@@JohnM-ko4xe Amen brother.
As one born in 1955, I thank you!
Being born in that year, it only FEELS like it's a decade longer...
If that's what people are concerned about I think they're missing the point of this video entirely
Back in the late 50s/early 60s I was a kid in the rural Deep South. My best friend, 2 years older and my hero, lost his dad in Korea and my dad also fought in Korea but came home. His dad and mine grew up together back in the 30s and were also best friends. They joined up together and went to Korea together in different units.
On any given bright, glorious summer's morning you'd find us 2 boys playing soldier in a forest full of tall pines and massive old, Oak trees.
One beautiful summer morning we were in the forest soldiering on when the entire world shook with a gigantic boom that knocked us to the ground. We looked at each other and both just KNEW that the Russians had nuked us and that the shock blast would be upon us any minute.
All of a sudden my 9 year old war-brother rolled on top of me yelling, "They got Daddy. I won't let 'em get you." He was protecting me with his own body from the nuclear blast wave that we knew was coming.
Of course we hadn't been nuked. It was just a fighter jet from the Naval Air Station breaking the sound barrier.
I tell this story now, as an old man, to remind everyone that the real casualties of war are the little boys and girls left behind to grow up without mom or dad. The children left behind pay the price for the rest of their lives. It hurts down to the center of their Souls. I know it because I saw it.
Forget the cursed politics of the moment and say a prayer for and offer a warm smile to all the children whose mom or dad isn't coming home from Iraq or Afghanistan.
My best friend lost his dad flying a P-40 in a training accident during WWII. My dad flew B-25’s and survived the war. We were very close because of this. We both had long careers as pilots for the airlines. Very touching rememberence .
What a great friend he was, indeed! 👊🏼
Thank you for telling your memories! It sent tears in my eyes..
An unexpected and deeply moving account.
I guess its not too unworthy to blag THG's phrase and suggest that, at a very human & indivdual level, that too is history which deserves to be remembered.
Glad you shared it although I sort of choked up as I read it.
@@Farweasel Well, even at that young age I was able to intuit how much losing his daddy hurt him.
BTW, I re-read my comment and realized I had dates wrong. I was born in '53. He was born in '51so this happened around '60, '61, '62.
Thanks for your response. I know it'll never happen but just for a moment let's "Imagine" there's no more war and no more young men and women that have to fight them. Peace.
Jackie Cochran was a friend of our family when she lived in Indio, Calif. She was a wonderful person and did so much for the community and youth sports, Jackie was simply a great person.
i thought her husband owned the company hat made the saber jet
And hence the airport nearby named for her. I actually didn't know she lived in Indio and wondered why that airport was named after her.
@Ronnie Mozingo She was against the so-called "Mercury 13" group of female astronaut candidates. They were never actually astronaut candidates and she had good reasons for saying that they shouldn't be allowed to go to space (at least not right then, anyway). But it seems some people today consider that act "wrong think" and have tried to memory hole her.
@Ronnie Mozingo "Military" (Esp. Western Military) doesn't fit the Left's agenda, sadly. I'd love to see a movie about the aviation feats of Jackie Cochran or the entirely "out of the box" thinking of Hedy Lamar. But for "Women's Inclusion" we get: "Ghostbusters...but with GIRLS!" to placate so-called "feminists". Lame Hollywood 🤦♂️
@@peteranderson037 Yep! It's the "My Way or The Highway" thinking of the left.
"The cancellation of the M-52 was the most catastrophic event in British Aviation history"
Hold my Avro Arrow
- Canada
I would even argue the TSR program. That would have been a neat plane.
Dont forget the TSR.
@@fredrickmillstead6397 Don't forge the... ehm.. what was the name...
Cancellation of the Black Knight, and Britain’s independent rocket program in general, is also up there. Unfortunately, Britain after the war prioritized short-term social spending over long-term technological investment.
The History Guy does a fantastic job of getting it right, which is very important these days!
I rebuild Sabre Jet engines, and have just recently completed testing one.
The American F86-F Sabre was powered by the GE J47 turbojet which produced about 5500lbs of thrust at max power, sea level.
The Canadian Sabre 6 was powered by the Orenda 14 turbojet, which produced about 7200 lbs of thrust at max power, sea level.
My shop has rebuilt Orenda 14s and J47s, and I have posted videos of both types being test run in our test cell.
In my humble opinion, the J47 has more of a "jet" sound. It has a more intense metallic shriek to it that reminds me so much of those classic jets in the movies.
The Jackie Cochrane story was great.
Sweet I love the F-86 and go to Chino once in a while just to be close to that awesome plane.
and the Aussies put in a roller and it out performed the lot....
AgentJayZ has a great channel for those interested!
Biggest problem with supersonic speed prior to the jet age was hinted at when you showed a short clip of the P-38 in flight. Although the aircraft could not go supersonic, airflow over its control surfaces could, freezing the controls in what was called at the time, compressibility. And because this occurred during a dive, several airmen lost their lives until an airflow modifier was added to the plane. This phenomenon was documented in wind tunnel studies here in 1918 but forgotten between the wars. I have a copy of the three-volume final report and was puzzled until I saw that these books had last been checked out of the Fairchild Aviation Library in 1930 😱
During the war, Farnborough was tasked with assessing the critical mach numbers of a number of types. In his autobiography (Wings on my sleeve) Eric Brown said that the Lightning and P47 had lower critical mach numbers than the contemporary ME109 and FW190s, while the P51 had a higher value. This led to the decision (he says) to equip the 8th Air Force's fighter groups with P51s.
One factor to be taken into account with piston engined aircraft at high speed was the drag of the propeller itself.
@@ross.venner Yes, the Jug too. Brown is a hero of mine...omg, all the different aircraft he flew!! And one thing I should have noted is that ALL SORTS of wind tunnel test were conducted. Many of them strange. But most were aimed at reducing drag and basic improvements - not checking for areas of supersonic airflow beyond Vne.
And the props, yes. Not only did they create drag but the tips could easily go supersonic....as anyone listening to some jerk take off at your local airfield in even a high-performance GA aircraft with a constant speed prop knows....or, rather, can't help but hear. 😒 😞
@@BlueBaron3339 At that time - teh early 1940s, there was no way to get useful wind tunnel data at transonic speeds, due to teh unpredictable interactions with the shock waves generated and the tunnel itself. Subsonic tunnels produced great results, and supersonic tunnels also worked well - but there was a region, between about Mach 0.7 - Mach 1.4 where you weren't getting good data at all.
(Transonic speeds are the region where the flow over the aircraft is supersonic at some locations, and subsonic at others - quite chaotic.)
The only way to gather data was to actually fly into the region and take the risks.
Late in 1944, the Germans worked out the slotted-wall tunnel, which provided better data at transonic speeds - but that data still had to be verified with real world testing.
Those late fees must be horrendous.
@@Supernaut2000 😂 🤣
Coincidentally I recently finished Chuck Yeager's autobiography, "Yeager." Fascinating book. He talks extensively about his friendship with Jackie Cochrane and all the other test pilots of that era, not to mention his WWII experience. One fascinating story is when he went to South Korea as a consultant after a North Korean pilot defected with his MiG. Hey History Guy, maybe a video on that?
Excellent book. Jackie would have been one helluva woman to know. "Gender boundaries? Meh!" You could hear Chuck's admiration for her in his writing, nearly as much as for his wife.
It was Yeager’s book that told the truth about his flying abilities. In The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe implies that Yeager is the best of the best. In Yeager’s book he confesses that he was “lucky”. He says other, better, pilots died but he lived. No matter. He had The Right Stuff…
@@samiam619 After all these years of loving The Right Stuff, both movie and book, Yeager's description of all that stuff at Edwards AFB indicates that Tom Wolfe was being very metaphoric in his portrayals. For instance, Yeager wasn't hired to fly the Bell X-1 in Pancho's the day before the flight. In fact, he'd flown it a number of times during the preliminary tests leading up to the famous supersonic flight. Also, Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom and Deke Slayton weren't at Edwards during the X-1A flight. Doesn't make me like the movie any less, but it's fascinating how the small details are different from the movie.
@@GrinderCB In any story you need to get the characters together. Creative license is often used. That said, I think the story is always better from those who lived it, even if it may be skewed by viewpoint. the truth often lies more in the middle.
The ones who have 'been there, done that' in any military or aerial event are rarely boisterous about it to the outside world. The greatest pilots, from Richthofen to present day, will speak more of luck than skill, because skill is practiced, honed, and unremarkable. Luck, good or bad, is a moment outside of their control and is therefore remarkable, regardless of how good of a pilot they are.
Thank you for including the Miles M52 in the story. Being British, I still feel sore about our government's cancellation of that project. Sometimes I wonder if our government has an 'anti-prestige' minister, who has the job of cancelling or disrupting any project that looks like it could put the UK too far up on the world stage.
As anyone who has suffered from broken ribs will attest, doing ANYTHING 2 days after the injury is quite a task, let alone testing a plane at super-sonic speeds without anyone noticing your pain...
Mr. Yeager was made of rare stuff indeed.
The F-100 "The Hun" is one of my favorites...I knew a lot of Hun pilots from my days in the Air Force. Most loved the plane, but they respected it. The Hun looked lethal just sitting on the ground. OTOH, the F-86 was designed by artists and then the engineers were told to make it fly...gorgeous airplane.
I was always into fast "modern" jets as a teenager in the 90's, like so many other young lads. Seeing a CAC Sabre in the metal for the first time really sparked my interest in what came before, and I'm so very glad that it did.
The F-100 is a gorgeous aircraft, but disruption of the airflow over the tail surfaces could cause the infamous "Super Sabre Dance" on landings, of which, some pilots didn't survive.
Still, I'd love to have one. There's even a guy that (for the price of fuel) will give you a ride in a two-seater.
Speaking of which, a year or so ago, there was an auction for two of these birds at Mojave Airport, that had been sitting for a while - one was a two-seater.
And there is the mentioned F-104. The joke is that the F-104 is proof that if you had a big enough engine, you could make anything fly!
There is a great interview with a US pilot about his time on the F100 on the aircrew interview channel.
It’s nothing but aircrew interviews from around the world I recommend it 👍
@@korbell1089 Interesting to compare that to the elegance of the F-86 and F-100. With the limitations of early jet engines, aircraft had to be designed to fly well with limited power, primarily subsonic. This produced some rather elegant-looking aircraft. But as power increased, for one thing thrust could be relied upon to get it in the air so aerodynamic cleanliness was less needed so factors like maneuverability and stealth could be more emphasized, and for another they would spend more time flying supersonic which calls for different, generally less aesthetically pleasing, designs. The F-104 was the first of this new approach, basically just some sheet metal wrapped around a new more powerful engine.
Growing up in the 60s it was always a thrill the hear the unmistakable BOOMBOOM of a jet breaking the sound barrier somewhere overhead.
Yea, those summer days out playing and then ba..booooom.
My Dad being a scientist and fighter pilot patiently explaining the phenomenon to us kids......
Fond memories.
Living in Milwaukee near Mitchell Field in the ‘60s, the National Guard took off at 9 pm every day and broke the barrier like clockwork. The Sonic boom announced bedtime for many years of my youth.
@@tedmulthauf7434 Son of a gun, are we that old already?.......lol
Dennis, in general I would agree. The one notable exception was during October 62. Super sonic speeds had been prohibited over Chicago where I lived. Suddenly, due to the crisis, military restrictions on flight levels and sonic booms were lifted. The result: ask THG
11:01 the CL-13 that Jacqueline flew was a Mk. 3 with the Avro Canada Orenda turbojet (Orenda 3 with 6,000 lbf (27 kN) thrust). The only one built.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadair_Sabre "The sole Sabre Mk 3 was the first of the Canadian Sabres to use the Avro Canada Orenda turbojet (Orenda 3 with 6,000 lbf (27 kN) thrust). The Sabre Mk.4 retained the General Electric engine and was destined for the RAF and was later passed on to other overseas air forces. The Sabre Mk.5 was the next production version, equipped with an Orenda 10 with 6,500 lbf (29 kN) thrust. A change to the Orenda 14 with 7,440 lbf (33 kN) powered the Sabre Mk.6."
@@petersilva037 The only Mk. 3.
At one time I was a crew chief on an F-100. We used to call it the "triple threat", it could bomb you , strafe you or fall on you.
As Harrier ground crew we visited the Danish Air Force at one time in 1972. Their squadron had F100 Super Sabres. The Danes called it the 'Notso' - work that one out!
When the SST Concord flew over our school the principle brought the school outside to hear the boooom.
Thank you for the memory history dude! 😎👍
Awesome, where was that?!
👍🏼 I remember being very surprised at the size of a Concorde, compared with other passenger airliners: looked so small! 😎✌🏼
@@donaldstanfield8862 Arlington Heights, IL. 10 miles from O hare airport, landed there or used its flight paths. If i remember correctly 72-73.
@@richvanek1363 Supersonic overflights were banned in April 1973, so there's some way to confine it.
@@Markle2k Don't know what ya mean, all i know is i got out of the classroom, avoiding getting another D or F of subjects that don't help you in life.
Yes as a person born in 1955 just a little early this month thank you for not adding that decade to my ever climbing age.
"Breaking the Sound Barrier" was billed as the premier event of a mid 1950's "Air Show" as part of the CNE (an annual 3 week summer exposition at a permanent site along Toronto Ontario's lakefront) The air shows were performed on the last two days culminating Labour Day and displayed aircraft from (mostly) Western allied Air Forces, new civilian models and stunt and precision flying. The American fighter flew westward along the waterfront at low level in full view of the packed viewing stands and park areas, disappeared in the distance gaining altitude, turned and returned eastward barely visible at supersonic speed. The resulting rolling BOOM! literally brought people to their knees, broke windows for miles along the lakefront, created a mild panic among those who were unaware of the event and set dogs baying. I was there in the stands and it truly was the most appalling sound-you could feel the shock wave passing (in fact the flat calm water behind the breakwater was disturbed). Not surprising that the next day's planned reiteration was cancelled.
Also a great movie of the same name and subject loosely based on de Havilland. Well worth watching.
Fuel consumption is one of the greatest limfacs of sustained supersonic flight, but in an oddity of aviation technology, the SR-71 with its J-58 engine actually became more fuel efficient at its top speed.
It got better mileage the faster it flew. This is a matter of it covering more distance per second, rather than burning less fuel.
It is not quite that simple. In order to double the speed of an aircraft, you roughly need four times the thrust. The J-58 has six tubes that take a massive amount of airflow from the compressor stage, bypasses the burner section, and is re-injected into the airflow just in front of the nozzle. It creates a de facto ram jet. Rather efficient for creating thrust. Why other engines do not use this same technique is beyond me.
The X-1 was certainly a technological marvel of its time, but it wasn't the first aircraft built solely for advancing aerodynamic research. Strictly speaking, it could be argued that practically any aeroplane manufactured before the First World War fell into that category, but the bizarre Armstrong Whitworth Ape of the 1920s is especially noteworthy as perhaps the first 'X-plane'. Two Apes were built for the Royal Aircraft Establishment, specifically designed to be flown and tested in many different configurations in order to further aerodynamic knowledge.
That's a hilarious stretch to compare with the X-1. What's next? The Bleriot XI?
Would agree with you on that - the X-1 was just the first of USAF "X-Planes," a series that continues today (though some are rather mundane, slight modifications to production small planes to test some little idea), but certainly not the first aircraft built primarily for aeronautical experimentation. I'd consider Otto Lillienthal's gliders to be such, aircraft to figure out how to fly (glide), in much the same manner as the X-1 was an aircraft to figure out how to fly supersonic. Same with the Wright Flyer 1 and Flyer 2, as it wasn't until the Flyer 3 that even the Wright Brothers themselves considered it a "practical aircraft," the earlier ones were just to experiment with flight. Along with their earlier gliders and kites. I have to imagine a lot of private companies built small-scale experimental prototypes, often to validate and develop an idea for a larger "useful" aircraft on a smaller, cheaper scale.
What about Howard Hughes experimental planes?
My favorite episode so far... being an aeronautical engineer by training, a tinkerer in practice and a lover of flight at heart.
I always think the Super Sabre was a fantastic looking aeroplane.
Thank you for this. In college getting my degree in Aerospace Engineering, the stories about the race to the sound barrier (and the people who said it couldn't be done) were some of my favorites.
Random guy on the ground: "Hey, look at that condensation over the wings of that F-86... I think he's supersonic!"
2nd random guy on the ground: "Huh. How you gonna know for sure?"
Science: BOOOOOM!!!!
Great stuff THC.
I am definitely a fan of yours.
Never underestimate the incompetence of the British Civil Service.
The Bletchley computer, sharing jet engine knowledge of the jet engine with the Soviets, cancelling TSR2 and CVA 01.
Their ineptitude is boundless.
If Welch broke the sound barrier, he had to do it in a dive - the only way the F86 could gain that much speed. So Yeager's claim to break the barrier in level flight stands regardless.
Now I suspect if his front wheel hatches were not properly recessed that is more likely to mean he didn't than he did.
The reason for thinking that is drag. Its already increasing as a square of the speed so the last thing you need is to add form drag. *But* ............
One of the 'tricks' used to help early supersonic aircraft achieve that speed was 'the Coke Bottle shape'.
And I can't help wondering - given the claims a sonic boom was heard on the ground - did the 'bump' in the airflow of a baddly recessed wheel give a similar filip?
My father flew F-86s in Korea and was later a test pilot at Edwards, flying the F-102 and F-106. The Sabre was his favorite by far. He, too, said over and over it could only go supersonic in a dive. He talked about George Welch taking it supersonic on its first flight, but not in the manner of him being there (he was barely out of flight training at that time). It seemed more of in the manner of a proud F-86 pilot himself. Given the landing gear issue evidence listed in the video, I'd think it's safer to assume Yeager was first of any kind of supersonic flight, level or not.
Ed DeCook.... Yes, according to my dad the 86 could not break the sound barrier in level flight, only in a dive.
Also, I believe it was Yeager, who flew a captured mig 15 and said it got mighty unstable approaching the sound barrier.
(Also in a dive).
First to break the sound barrier, period, is more prestigious. Also, F-86 was a jet and fully functional airplane. X-1 was a rocket plane that needed a ride. So the records are distinct. F-100 gets the first production jet in level flight record, and the F-100 gets the first jet in level flight. F-8 is the first naval Mach 1 aircraft.
Yeager was first, period (but with a rocket). Yeager was first in level flight (with a rocket), but Welch was the first in a jet, and the F-100 was the first jet in level flight. Crossfield in the D-558-II was first to Mach 2 (rocket), F-104 was the first jet to reach and sustain level flight at Mach 2. X-2 was first to Mach 3 (rocket). I believe the A-12 (later SR-71) was first jet to go Mach 3, but not 100% certain. X-15 was the first to reach Mach 4 and higher (rocket). All distinct records. And there are even more supersonic firsts and records as well.
Welch’s F-86 was incapable scientifically of going Mach 1. Irresponsible report full of much disinformation
The History Guy just keeps breaking his own record: Excellent, informative and interesting stories about History.
Is there an Award for the History Guy's ability to make History interesting and just keeps on going?
Thanks again.
Always love THG's aviation content and as always, I learned some things tonight. Thanks once again for your hard work Lance!
You learned false info. Read Bob Kempel’s treatise
My dad worked on F-100's in the early sixties at Luke AFB.
After he was stationed at Clark (in the Philippines) his Wing Commander, Col Charles Yeagar, took him up in a Super Sabre and broke the speed of sound.
He gave him a cool little wallet sized 'Mach Buster' card. He carried it around until the day he died.
RIP Pop's......and General Yeagar
Excellent as always, especially the section on Jackie Cochran who I sadly had not heard of before now.
Try to find a copy of "Yeager", Chuck Yeager's biography, there's a chapter about helping Jackie and lots of other amusing and amazing stories about her in it.
My apologies for being away for a bit but just wanted to let you know I love your channel, history, and enthusiastic narration
I often wander away and follow other topics for a while, but it's never too long before THG releases something which brings me right back. :)
Excellent research and presentation. Thank-you.
Shock waves also apply to propellers, which is a speed limiter for airplanes which use those.
It's also why piston aircraft often sound REALLY LOUD climbing out on takeoff. Seriously, do the math on a 82 inch propeller at 2800 rpm. It's going 0.89 Mach. The air PAST the airfoil is transonic. The acceleration over the top of the airfoil sends it supersonic.
A lot of those experimental planes ended up at Write Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. Well worth a visit.
I really need to go up there some time. It's been on my to-do list for years. I even worked on an AFMC base for a while, but still never been to Wright-Pat.
@@vbscript2 You won't be disappointed. Every TDY to WP, I go there but could literally spend a week inside. Marvelous.
I haven't been there in forty-five years. I guess there are a few new planes by now.
Great video. I wish you would do one on Bob Hoover. Perhaps America's greatest test pilot. He was flying well into his 90s; after a long fight with the FAA who had revoked his pilots license for literally no reason
I was living in Los Angeles when the SR-71 made its last flight. One hour and four minutes, LA to DC. It left Edwards AFB, headed out over the pacific, was refueled, turned around, and then blasted east. I heard that unique "double tap" sonic boom of the SR-71.
I've had a woody for the Blackbird ever since. YT has certainly fed that hunger.
When I visited the USS Alabama in Mobile, AL, there was a Blackbird, on the grounds with several other planes. It was a lot smaller than I thought. I touched it.
Bucket list complete.
George Welch may, or may not, have been the first person to fly supersonic, but he certainly did it in a cooler looking plane than Chuck Yeager. That F86 has a classic look.
he certainly didn't do it in level flight. THG should've clarified that the f86 was not capable of mach 1 in level flight. had to be done in a dive.
@@oldfrend Indeed, there were possibly some piston engined aircraft that broke the sound barrier shortly before the pilots broke the surface of the Earth. This was part of the solution with the all flying tail versus an elevator on a fixed horizontal stabilizer.
@@oldfrend Well, he did get to do it in level flight, on the first flight of the YF-100, in May, 1953.
@@Markle2k Uhm, no. Not possible at all, for the following reasons - piston-engined propeller driven aircraft of the time (and now, too) aren't shaped well for transonic flight the airfoils and fuselage contours are too thick, and transonic flow starts early.
The propellers themselves are moving through the air much faster than the airplane they're attached to - the sum of teh airplane's velocity, and the propeller's rotational velocity - propeller drag is so extreme at speeds above about 450 mph that on several high speed dive tests in the UK and US, the propellers were physically torn from the airplane.
As a transonic airplane descends, the ambient air temperature gets warmer, reducing the Mach Number for a particular airspeed. The thicker air also increases the drag force on the aircraft, slowing it down.
Welch did not break the sound barrier.It's an old tired story started by George Welch himself.
Being born in the early Fifties I can say that for me "every schoolboy knows" applied to this subject. I had cards from breakfast cereal boxes that featured all these aircraft.Bell X1 all the way to my idol at the time. the X15.
Those were good times not to know more than we did as kids - it was also the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Quite a surreal background for the exploits of the X15.
@@flagmichael "Those were good times not to know more than we did as kids - " I know a little more now, but I still think the X-3 is the most beautiful object ever produced.
Yes and it was not uncommon to hear sonic booms over the Jersey shore and Long Island.
Look up an early F100 test pilot named Wheaties.
The legend about George Welch (as I heard it) was that he had made a boast with Pancho Barnes that he could go Mach 1 in the Sabre which he had been testing for a while (not the maiden flight). But Pancho was confident Chuck Yeager would do it first in the X-1. Allegedly Welch took the XF-86 up to 41,000 feet near Barnes's Happy Bottom Riding Club and did a power dive that momentarily exceeded mach 1 and created the reported sonic boom. Supposedly Pancho was so angry that she would not talk to Welch. The story collected enough support that Yeager's record had three words added to it a few years ago; "In level flight".
Favorite time of day is when I can listen to your program.
One of the great things of USAF pilot training when I went through in 91-92 was you got to do a Supersonic flight in the T-38. Smooth ride
Great stuff History guy! I'll never forget how excited I was to see the X1 up close inside a Quonset hut outside the Smithsonian "castle" back before the Air and Space Museum opened. After the new museum opened the X1 was hung from the ceiling the way I hung the model aircraft from my bedroom ceiling, I also had a model B29 hanging from my bedroom ceiling. I felt a strong connection with the Enola Gay. My father was a SeaBee who helped build the runways on Tinian (which can still be seen on Google Earth).
Another awesome chunk of history delivered by a talented narrator.
Awesome. I learned something before breakfast!
I saw Chuck Yeager at Oshkosh in 1998. At age 76, he flew in to the show in his personal P-51 along with his WWII friend and wingman, Bud Anderson. They regaled the crowds with flight demonstrations by day, and tall tales by night. Fun stuff
i got a model of the Boeing SST airplane when i was very young. one of the few models i actually painted but i dont remember if it was anything close to how it was supposed to be. the wings didnt articulate too smoothly but thats what happens when youre only about 7 or 8. in looking at pictures of the model kits, i believe it was an Atlantis branded kit but i digress. i remember my grandpa remarking that it was cancelled because Washington got complaints about the sonic booms and the pollution.
remarkably enough, i worked in the SR-71 program in the Air Force for 4 years before its (first) retirement in 1990.
great video and thanks for the add of Jackie Cochran. she was my 2nd choice of namesakes for my daughter when she was born, Amelia being the first
Over the past few years I have enjoyed listening to your videos. Between the actual information and your style of presentation, you make history so interesting. I have often wondered and now I will ask. Have you ever considered writing a book on American History? It may sound stupid but with all the garbage that is happening these days. Americans need to know the truth about who we are and where we have come from. We need a source that we can trust to actually tell us the truth. Before it is re written and people are taught lies. One last thing, I am working to save and archive all your videos. I believe they are that important. Thank you sir for your most enjoyable looks into our past.
Very interesting, as usual. Thanks for giving the Miles M.52 a gong. And the first supersonic woman.
As a kid growing up in the 60s in a coastal town in Southern California, sonic booms were a nearly daily occurrence. It was a great time to be a kid
Another great episode THG thanks for the history lesson 👍👍
Another Great Video.
Aviation history is always so cool. Thank you!
Great episode.
Love your aviation videos
Absolutely great edition!!!👍
Fantastic episode!
Absolutely love the information you provide with each presentation, thank you.
Love aviation history. Thanks!
What a fascinating episode, it practically flew by.
As a kid growing up in southern Delaware, F-4s would pass over breaking the sound barrier all the time. It became my favorite aircraft of all times. I would get ecstatic hearing the booms
Starfighter remains one of the best names for an aircraft.
Great video
Sincerely appreciate your channel. Please keep up the excellent work!
The History guy did his home work on this video. Nice job.
Excellent video as allways.
THG, another solid and interesting video. Your storytelling is top notch. Your subject matter is fantastic. I’m very glad you produce and share these videos.
Thanks!
I got here before 1000 subs. From there to 30k was a slow burn. Then the algorithm caught on and 30k ==> 100k seemed to happen overnight. Here you are about to hit 1 million! It seems there are more people than ever that either want to rewrite history or just pretend it didnt happen instead of learning of it and from it. One of the best and most engaging storytellers out there - so happy for your success!
Great presentation
I enjoyed that. Cheers
Great video again, History Guy!
I love history and always enjoy your videos.
Great video.
Good one
Almost to the elusive million subscriber mark! Best history on the planet! Thanks for all you do!
Another great presentation!
thanks
awesome story...
Another wonderful video! If you haven’t done one already, the history of land speed records/attempts would be interesting as well.
As always, great video!
On day as I was driving back to California from Reno Nevada i came up along side a pickup truck with the license plate glamglen. I looked at the driver and sure enough it was him. RIP General Yeager
Thank you for thinking of us over in the UK with the Miles references!!
Superb explanation and analogies; simple explanation of a very complex subject and phenomenon. And of course, fascinating history.
Worked on F-100's in 1969-1970's in Torrejon, Spain, got new F/4E's. I got a ride in the F/4 as a a1c. We broke the sound barrier in that flight. All my co-workers were elated when they heard the sonic boom. Buck
Very nice report on SST and supersonic flight.
Excellent bit of history. Really enjoyed the photographs. They give such a good understanding of what they were working with and what it was like in the past.
As a hopeful future pilot I found this very inspiring. Thank you history guy.
You rock! Thanks so much for all of your history videos! Say hi to the history gal for us!
Great presentation! Good overview of the technical details about supersonic flight. I'll try and include this video in my physics classes as a part of my sound and waves unit.
Thank you. Be safe.
Looking good man! I love the frames, shirt and tie! Very nice!
Love your channel !!!
Every time I hear your openings to your videos I feel it’s Sunday morning and cbs is on.
I Love History!
knocked another one out of the park thg!
Another great episode and as a UK subscriber greatfull you recognised our unsung contribution to the effort. Keep up the good work 😁👍
Thanks again History Guy. That last one would make a mean Central. In a little to no time! 💯 Have a good weekend!
I always learn afdwingen new things. Love it!
Great video bub
Way cool thank you History 👦 🕴
Chuck helped the fastest woman! Luv it!💕💞❤️💖💝👍
Got a stick of Beeman's? I'll pay ya back later.
I might have me a stick.