When a CIA Agent Fell to Earth

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  • Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2024

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  • @Yarnhub
    @Yarnhub  2 года назад +435

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    • @k3xa1300
      @k3xa1300 2 года назад +6

      2 hours ago? How

    • @burroball7794
      @burroball7794 2 года назад +5

      wtf 2 hours ago

    • @TheMemeApprover96024
      @TheMemeApprover96024 2 года назад +5

      2hours what

    • @Irobert1115HD
      @Irobert1115HD 2 года назад +2

      can you guys make a video on beate d köstlin in the future? she was a transfer aviator for the luftwaffe during WWII and might even have been the first woman to learn how to fly a jet plane. oh and she invented the sexshop.

    • @Alliesisthemostmedicalstudent
      @Alliesisthemostmedicalstudent 2 года назад +1

      @@Irobert1115HD
      You guys asking why this comment made 2 hours ago? This dude right here is speaking up ideas

  • @novemberdawn8145
    @novemberdawn8145 2 года назад +2590

    Honestly guys the moment of 6:30-6:40 is just absolutely incredible. The music, the visuals, just perfect. I think this is my favorite video yet.

    • @zzaronn
      @zzaronn 2 года назад +59

      for a moment i was thinking "this could be some James Bond movie" when i got to this part

    • @glitchy_weasel
      @glitchy_weasel 2 года назад +27

      What's most impressive for me personally is that, If am I not mistaken, they use Unreal Engine 4 for their animations. It's so cool to see that technology repurposed so creatively!

    • @veezerrscharnhorst
      @veezerrscharnhorst 2 года назад +5

      Yess, this is the best moments of all Yarnhub animations

    • @eviltuqueque8800
      @eviltuqueque8800 2 года назад +11

      wallpaper material ngl

    • @DrewTheRotund
      @DrewTheRotund 2 года назад +6

      @@unknownlox6971 Agreed

  • @theloosetrigger4514
    @theloosetrigger4514 2 года назад +989

    No way, I thought you guys would never cover him! I'm the great great grandson of Francis Gary Powers! I recently did my junior year U.S. History presentation on him! I'm so glad you decided to do this.

    • @Yarnhub
      @Yarnhub  2 года назад +199

      Wow! We hope you and your family liked the video !

    • @theloosetrigger4514
      @theloosetrigger4514 2 года назад +187

      @@Yarnhub My family aren't really history buffs, but I adore your work and have been following your progress for quite some time! My father did enjoy the video as well, and even learned he died in a helicopter crash. He had no idea. Proud of you all, keep up the good work and continue making amazing content! I get super hyped when you upload.

    • @DNS-Freakz
      @DNS-Freakz 2 года назад +10

      @@theloosetrigger4514 Thats cool man

    • @TribusMontibus
      @TribusMontibus 2 года назад +32

      Hello Robert, my congratulations to you on your studies and your presentation.
      I am just a bit surprised that this video calls your great great grandfather a “CIA agent”. I would have thought of him as a ‘pilot’ (and a rather competent one, considering what he was flying). I would expect the word “agent” from a cold-war Russian propaganda article, not in a modern video 😉.
      Kind regards,
      Garret

    • @theloosetrigger4514
      @theloosetrigger4514 2 года назад +39

      @@TribusMontibus He was an agent, he simply flew for the agency!

  • @memecliparchives2254
    @memecliparchives2254 2 года назад +2073

    Who the hell is this?!
    He's a high weather enthusiast who went off course.

  • @Glen.Danielsen
    @Glen.Danielsen 2 года назад +59

    I was privileged to meet Francis Gary Powers. Delightful gentleman. Thank you for being fair in describing him and his actions during his captivity by the Soviets. He later died when the news helicopter he was flying ran out of fuel.

    • @AlexKarasev
      @AlexKarasev 3 месяца назад +2

      He was a forthright person - before, during, and after the Soviet incident. His helo running out of fuel due to a faulty gauge - anything's possible of course, but that's a highly unusual malfunction, not to mention the helicopter's main rotor blades are designed to auto-rotate - i.e. you can land a helicopter with no engine power by first letting the blades spin up as you fall and then use that stored energy to flare and soft-land and it's not some circus trick but is a thing you train for as a helicopter pilot.

    • @_Juanaev._5.5
      @_Juanaev._5.5 26 дней назад

      Как мне жалка Пауэрса😢

    • @kleanish
      @kleanish 8 дней назад

      Did you watch the video

  • @teymurj2966
    @teymurj2966 2 года назад +1081

    It was so beautiful when the missile detonated behind the plane, I love how much work they put into this

    • @VideoSpectator1223
      @VideoSpectator1223 2 года назад +1

      It's really crazy to think the CIA Operatives basically have a "Suicide injection" to avoid being captured and tortured for information 👀

    • @grummanf-14tomcat31
      @grummanf-14tomcat31 2 года назад +2

      If the missile had detonated behind and part of the explosion was touching the flammable jet blast how did it not catch fire and blow up instantly?

    • @Flyingcarrot321
      @Flyingcarrot321 2 года назад +22

      @@grummanf-14tomcat31 The blast of the jet is the exhaust it is just hot air

    • @badbeardbill9956
      @badbeardbill9956 Год назад +4

      If there’s any unburnt fuel you’re wasting it

    • @karantikoo9302
      @karantikoo9302 Год назад +2

      @@Flyingcarrot321plus the high speed winds push back any blast-fire waves

  • @RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE
    @RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE 2 года назад +202

    3:13
    THE greatest Soviet invention ever: the *telecomb*

    • @Andeez684
      @Andeez684 2 года назад +9

      bruh you can comb your hair while at the same time calling someone

    • @gaming_gamer483
      @gaming_gamer483 7 месяцев назад +3

      oh yes you can

    • @XstonedmonkeyzX
      @XstonedmonkeyzX 7 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@gaming_gamer483 No... No you can't

    • @Guardrailkid
      @Guardrailkid 6 месяцев назад +4

      @@XstonedmonkeyzX propaganda

    • @niczim123
      @niczim123 3 месяца назад +1

      Ahh yes the telecomb! Which led to the *'Combile Telephone'*

  • @Coffelvlojlka
    @Coffelvlojlka 10 месяцев назад +12

    Oh, they forgot to mention that the pilot didn't take advantage of the ejection due to the fact that the system had a built-in system to kill the pilot, so he got out of the cockpit on his own😅

    • @Bladsmith
      @Bladsmith 14 дней назад +2

      It says gullible on the ceiling

  • @neuroo_1691
    @neuroo_1691 2 года назад +793

    Can literally outrun SAM's and can fly higher than MiG planes
    "Weather plane"

    • @justsomedepressedguy2512
      @justsomedepressedguy2512 2 года назад +155

      Trust me bro he is just high altitude weather enthusiast

    • @totallynotthefbi3164
      @totallynotthefbi3164 2 года назад +58

      @@justsomedepressedguy2512 that flew off course

    • @stevenpg9517
      @stevenpg9517 2 года назад +43

      @@totallynotthefbi3164 due to issues with his oxygen equipment.

    • @JoelTVarghese
      @JoelTVarghese 2 года назад +22

      Okay that sounds plausible waait a minute why does he have a gun and a poison needle?

    • @shars104
      @shars104 2 года назад +5

      @@JoelTVarghese so they dont interrogate him he can can have a painless death then getting tortured

  • @GlitchyGamers18
    @GlitchyGamers18 2 года назад +80

    The one thing that was wrong is that the u2 was never a fast plane. It was just much higher than the ceiling of everything else. It actually flies only a few knots above it’s stall speed when it is at 70,000 feet.

    • @strakhovandrri
      @strakhovandrri 2 года назад +18

      Maybe above it's stall speed?

    • @badbeardbill9956
      @badbeardbill9956 Год назад +18

      It’s above the stall speed, but also just short of its critical mach. Either case - it loses lift and sees more drag. Something called coffin corner.
      It’s fairly fast for that altitude but it has to be. The only way to go faster is to sweep the wings and/or use supercritical airfoils, and probably stronger engines. A fighter can most certainly go faster.

    • @gregburkett16
      @gregburkett16 Месяц назад +3

      It was basically a glider one at altitude

  • @F16boi
    @F16boi 2 года назад +788

    I was so relieved until yarnhub mentions a random event of powers riding a helicopter
    I already knew he was gonna die

    • @micahgotracksplays2875
      @micahgotracksplays2875 2 года назад +5

      Same

    • @jeezymclovin2215
      @jeezymclovin2215 2 года назад +21

      He got helicoptered

    • @blitz9197
      @blitz9197 2 года назад +41

      @@jeezymclovin2215 Helicopter Helicopter

    • @GeorgeSemel
      @GeorgeSemel 2 года назад +29

      He was a helicopter pilot, there is more to the story, Powers was a good guy. I spent more than half my 45 years flying both airplanes and helicopters flying the same model of the Bell 206 jet ranger

    • @jeezymclovin2215
      @jeezymclovin2215 2 года назад +1

      @@GeorgeSemel whoa that is a good lengthy career

  • @vivalaitalia8613
    @vivalaitalia8613 2 года назад +117

    He was shot down near my city where I live, our locals gave him water and tried to provide some help until the army and police arrived
    greetings from Russia the city of Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk)
    No war.

    • @Alexander_Grant
      @Alexander_Grant 4 месяца назад +12

      2 years late, but I've always been floored by how much Russians just want peace. Being raised by parents who grew up during the Cold War and growing up in the USA, I had been propagandized into thinking that Russians were evil. When I grew up and actually started looking into the history of relations between the two countries, I realize that there were a lot of heroes in the Soviet Union, far more than there were in the US. Our heroes were never the ones who advocated for peace, yet there are stories of the people on the ground like those locals, or more importantly, the story of Stanislav Petrov. I know from the outside it seems like many Americans hate the Russians, but I think that's a consequence of what the media wants to portray as normal. It is sad that the countries are antagonistic towards each other, I'd love to visit one day.

    • @booognish
      @booognish 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Alexander_Grant We are natural allies with much in common culturally, it is one of the greatest tragedies of our lifetimes that we have been manipulated and used against each other like pawns on a chess board. I’m no fan of communism, and I understand why many things during the Cold War were the way they were, but it is solely political and military industrial propaganda that maintained that division beyond the collapse of the Soviet Union The relatively cozy relationships we’ve maintained with nations that truly view us as their enemy and are guilty of countless unspeakable atrocities, I mean we keep breaking the record for largest weapons deals with Saudi Arabia, which they use to fuel the massacre of civilians in Yemen.. Allegedly women are allowed to drive cars there now, but how many are tortured by the sharia morality police still? Right now, while hardworking Americans are struggling more than they have in decades, billions of dollars is sent to Ukraine to fund this nonsensical war. If it was put to a vote I don’t even think 25% of Americans would support it, yet on it goes. Billions to Ukraine, billions to Israel, billions to illegal immigrants, while they just take more and more from tax paying Americans. It is the very definition of taxation without representation….

    • @jabloko992
      @jabloko992 2 месяца назад

      "No war, just special military operation", eh comrade?
      Here's my line for you, d0g:
      No sympathy.

    • @jabloko992
      @jabloko992 2 месяца назад

      @@Alexander_Grant "The consequence of the media?" Yeah, because shooting missiles at hospitals and kidnapping tens of thousands of kids is just propaganda, correct?

  • @JG-xm8jy
    @JG-xm8jy 2 года назад +551

    This is a new age of content you're putting out. Exquisite quality and story telling.

  • @rsoldat1
    @rsoldat1 2 года назад +20

    This is beyond incredible.. everything about the music, the narrator's voice, and the visuals.. it's just beautiful

  • @Ethan.YT.
    @Ethan.YT. 2 года назад +3281

    I was expecting to hate the sponsored segments but somehow Yarnhub managed to make it good and I even found it kind of funny

  • @gigachad5563
    @gigachad5563 2 года назад +611

    Exquisite animation quality especially during the explosion. You guys have done it again!

  • @copernicus702
    @copernicus702 Год назад +3

    and that's how the Lockheed Martin SR-71 "Blackbird" was born.

  • @skepticalmagos_101
    @skepticalmagos_101 2 года назад +1087

    Never knew about the friendly fire incident on the Russian side.... The channel teaches you something new in every upload. 😃

    • @guts-141
      @guts-141 2 года назад +53

      After playing DCS world and learning about missile locks I realized the systems would not distinguish between a friend or foe if the Radar lock is not carefully utilized
      Then this video appeared

    • @nekomasteryoutube3232
      @nekomasteryoutube3232 2 года назад +29

      Thats why despite being subbed to several channels that may cover similar topics at one point or another (Sometimes around the same time on multiple channels) I still watch videos on the same topic as you learn other litlte things that people dug up, or related tangents to the topic at hand.

    • @Cybersharky_
      @Cybersharky_ 2 года назад

      @@nekomasteryoutube3232 d egenerate

    • @flyingsac
      @flyingsac 2 года назад +8

      @@Cybersharky_ r etard

    • @Cybersharky_
      @Cybersharky_ 2 года назад

      @@flyingsac deviant

  • @epikstickbot
    @epikstickbot Год назад +6

    that was the hardest nordvpn add

  • @kuruvillageorge1735
    @kuruvillageorge1735 2 года назад +167

    Everything in the video was absolutely brilliant. Can't find a better History channel than this...

  • @KommanderEd
    @KommanderEd Год назад +308

    i think the pilot did not use Nordvpn.

    • @wangtina7432
      @wangtina7432 7 месяцев назад +5

      Best comment 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @stephennyangau5959
      @stephennyangau5959 5 месяцев назад +5

      He could have evaded the radar while doing his weather stuff at high altitude. Very interesting.

    • @realdjoffski
      @realdjoffski 3 месяца назад +2

      Bono owned him regardless.

    • @VikromBookung
      @VikromBookung 2 месяца назад +1

      Fr

    • @booognish
      @booognish 2 месяца назад +1

      He did use established titles though, so at least he was a lord according to Scottish custom.

  • @karl_franz_prince_and_emperor
    @karl_franz_prince_and_emperor 2 года назад +583

    "he's a high altitude weather enthusiast, who flew off course."
    "Oh, ok that seems reasonable. Wait a minute, why does he have a gun and a poison needle?!"
    "He's a... Very naughty high altitude weather enthusiast who flew off course."

    • @VK-jy3pi
      @VK-jy3pi 2 года назад +13

      Ah, an Oversimplified reference. Classic.

    • @captainvanghn
      @captainvanghn 2 года назад +3

      how much I would pay to have yarn hub and of a simplified do a collab just even if I hear oversimplified voice that would be blessing in disguise

    • @BreadBreeder42
      @BreadBreeder42 6 дней назад

      oversimplified haha

  • @livethefuture2492
    @livethefuture2492 2 года назад +25

    I know everyone is talking about the incredible missile hit scene, but i just want to say i think that dice scene at 10:26 was absolutely hilarious!

  • @andrew1000rr
    @andrew1000rr 2 года назад +224

    More than 25 years ago I read a book about Powers & U2 which was released in USSR. Soviets stated that Powers decided to jump from damaged plane instead of using catapult as he was afraid that plane could be mined with explosives by CIA. Another mentioned fact was that Su 9 (ceiling of 20km!) was used as it was the only soviet fighter capable to have visual contact with U2. Book did not mention destroyed Mig 19, unarmed Su 9 or a dozen lunched missiles.
    Thanks Yarnhub, that was great video!

    • @masterofreality926
      @masterofreality926 2 года назад

      Jeez, the US were more evil then Empire of Evil itself

    • @OleDonKedic
      @OleDonKedic Год назад +13

      OFC the soviets were going to leave those important details out of their "official story."

    • @yurikropotov3135
      @yurikropotov3135 11 месяцев назад +17

      @@OleDonKedic how looks the truth of american 'official story' 10:30

    • @po4itatel_
      @po4itatel_ 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@yurikropotov3135You don't understand, this is different)

    • @alexlo7708
      @alexlo7708 9 месяцев назад +1

      That is a sauce in the story. SA-2 is not self guidance missile. So it cannot fire without target indication.

  • @harbingerd.8457
    @harbingerd.8457 2 года назад +740

    Khrushchev: Who the hell is this?!
    Eisenhower: He's a high-altitude weather enthusiast who flew off course!
    Khrushchev: Okay that seems- wait a minute! Why does he have a gun and a poison needle?!

    • @captain61games49
      @captain61games49 2 года назад +56

      Oversimplified

    • @rudragupta2491
      @rudragupta2491 2 года назад +36

      I see you are a man of culture

    • @Pvt_Wade
      @Pvt_Wade 2 года назад +14

      what is the poison needle for?

    • @markgeorge447
      @markgeorge447 2 года назад +4

      @@Pvt_Wade American spies have a poison needle in there kit so they can kill themselves before falling in the hands of the enemies so no one interrogates them and the secrets are kept secrets

    • @Pvt_Wade
      @Pvt_Wade 2 года назад +7

      @@markgeorge447 but the dude didnt use it, why??

  • @LIFAD97
    @LIFAD97 2 года назад +12

    Lots of praise for the U2 and it's justified. Personally, I'm in awe that the Soviet officer was able to talk on the phone through that comb.

  • @GuyPipili
    @GuyPipili 2 года назад +101

    Wow! These illustrations are just beyond incredible. I also liked the little humor that gets "slipped" in. I didn't know about the friendly fire incident that occurred. There's always something new that isn't general knowledge. Keep up the great work guys!

  • @burnt7882
    @burnt7882 2 года назад +3

    The suspense was very well done with that missile, the music, the narration, EVERYTHING.

  • @captain_commenter8796
    @captain_commenter8796 2 года назад +682

    U2: “Im flying so high that they can’t hit me!”
    Surface to Air missile: *“are you sure about that?”*

    • @retard6552
      @retard6552 2 года назад +51

      U2: "I fear noone, But that thing..."
      SAM: *exists* *
      U2: "it scares me"

    • @blackfacts6137
      @blackfacts6137 2 года назад +34

      That's how SR-71 blackbird was born

    • @uwuowo4856
      @uwuowo4856 2 года назад +27

      Mig 25:why out range it when you can out speed it

    • @taktuscat4250
      @taktuscat4250 2 года назад +11

      Sr71: Nah anyway

    • @Frosty_tha_Snowman
      @Frosty_tha_Snowman 2 года назад +12

      So glad that we then made the SR-71 that was even more advanced and badass.

  • @jenclydelemosnero2529
    @jenclydelemosnero2529 2 года назад +8

    gotten me chills by the slow-motion is just incredible with a realistic stain on the rockets,i really hope i can find some more sick details,good luck yarnhub!

  • @LancelotChan
    @LancelotChan 2 года назад +92

    Thanks for the story. Never heard of this one before! The final selfless act spoke highly of Powers.

  • @KellyAnnDavis
    @KellyAnnDavis 10 месяцев назад +2

    NO WAY, I THOUGHT Y'ALL'D NEVER COVER HIM! I'm the great great grandson of Francis Gary Powers! I recently did my junior year U.S. History presentation on him! I'm so glad you decided to do this. My name is Robert Edward Powers!

    • @Yarnhub
      @Yarnhub  10 месяцев назад +1

      We hope you and your family like the film

  • @lj6284
    @lj6284 2 года назад +52

    Your momentum on this app is unmatched. Consistently interesting, well made, and informative. They always have something to offer with the animations others dont.

  • @Lonsite
    @Lonsite 2 года назад +4

    USSR : who are u ?
    CIA : weather reporter
    USSR: then why u have a gun?
    CIA:I'm a very nauty weather reporter

  • @Q-lowGoblin
    @Q-lowGoblin 2 года назад +10

    Now THAT, is a watchable sponsor break

  • @flechette3782
    @flechette3782 2 года назад +4

    Fun fact: at 70,000 ft the stall speed of the U-2 was only 10 mph above the speed of sound. This meant that if the U-2 turned much the inside wing would slow down and stall, and/or the outside wing would break the sound barrier and snap off because it was long and thin. Thus, the U-2 could only travel in a pretty straight line when that high.
    Remember, unless an airplane is turning a hard "knife edge" turn there is still an inner and outer turning radius for each wing tip.
    There is speculation that the missile did not actually hit the U-2 and damage it that much directly, but the blast simply stalled a wing. The Soviets displayed wreckage for propaganda purposes. The pieces were fairly intact without any shrapnel damage.

  • @sudeshpandey5889
    @sudeshpandey5889 2 года назад +62

    I like how one of the clouds looks like a big MiG! Really cool easter egg!

  • @pocucopu3507
    @pocucopu3507 2 года назад +144

    This happened today in Croatia
    "In what can only be deemed a totally bizarre event, Croatia's capital of Zagreb was awakened to a loud blast just hours ago only to find a large crater filled with what appeared to be aircraft parts. Some said it was a plane that crashed and that parachutes were seen nearby, others said it was a missile. After close examination of the visual evidence, The War Zone strongly believes this was actually a Tu-141 "Strizh" reconnaissance drone that must have severely malfunctioned and crossed over the entirety of Hungary or parts of neighboring countries and into Croatia from Ukraine. Flying direct from Ukraine's border to Zagreb is nearly a 350-mile journey."

    • @Ticki
      @Ticki 2 года назад +18

      Impressive that it had fuel for this long of a journey...

    • @tamahagane1700
      @tamahagane1700 2 года назад +21

      What happened near Zagreb, Croatia was a crash of a fuel-starved, repainted Soviet-era drone which was launched out of desperation from a war zone to provoke further NATO involvement in an ongoing bloody conflict. Despite my best effort, really can't see any similarity to U-2 incident very nicely depicted in the video.

    • @masterofreality926
      @masterofreality926 2 года назад

      @@tamahagane1700 Yep, the ukrnazi will do anything to cause a WW3

  • @aaliyahdelrosario4497
    @aaliyahdelrosario4497 2 года назад +2

    I love how the sponsorship part is actually related to the topic, AND it’s entertaining. I LOVE IT

  • @LAH92
    @LAH92 2 года назад +176

    Personally seen the U2 and even though it's made in the 70's what an incredible machine it is 😎
    (Correction in the 50's not the 70's)

    • @lordwintertown8284
      @lordwintertown8284 2 года назад +9

      I think your era is a bit off chief as this baby first flew in 1955..

    • @LAH92
      @LAH92 2 года назад +7

      @@lordwintertown8284 bleeming heck you are right buddy! Thank you for the correction

    • @spit_in_my_mouth420
      @spit_in_my_mouth420 2 года назад

      I also saw the dragon lady fly a few years ago ;)

    • @Hamss_
      @Hamss_ 2 года назад +1

      Thats plane not only spying soviet union but other country of Rivals USA and innocent country.

    • @abunchofiguanaswithinterne2186
      @abunchofiguanaswithinterne2186 2 года назад +3

      literally an f-104 with loooong wings

  • @evosagara
    @evosagara 2 года назад +2

    that was the best sponsor ad i've ever seen

  • @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347
    @odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347 2 года назад +77

    Keep em coming Yarnhub! Definitely an underrated story in the pleats of an ever folding conflict! Love it!

  • @RAKIBULHASAN_404
    @RAKIBULHASAN_404 10 дней назад +2

    3:13 how can you communicate with anyone with a comb😂😂

  • @kingofgameing2774
    @kingofgameing2774 2 года назад +68

    With this content quality it's a crime they are not at a million subs yet.

    • @lokiwiseyt8608
      @lokiwiseyt8608 2 года назад

      Facts

    • @adamnivens4040
      @adamnivens4040 2 года назад

      Very true!

    • @justarandomguylol6481
      @justarandomguylol6481 2 года назад +1

      Yea.

    • @iPodiMaster
      @iPodiMaster 2 года назад +1

      Lower quality channels get more subscribers, such as Simple History.
      But no worries. High quality videos win in the long run, in comparison to frequent but lame ones and I'm sure Yarnhub will be at the very top one day. Just a matter of time.

    • @justarandomguylol6481
      @justarandomguylol6481 2 года назад

      @@iPodiMaster Agreed

  • @csbanki
    @csbanki 2 года назад +33

    4:20 Can we just talk about the fact how brave that Russian pilot was?

  • @projectlessweforget
    @projectlessweforget 2 года назад +60

    Fact: the U2 incident was the main benefactor for the development of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird recon plane that would replace the U2 until the SR-71 was replaced by satellites and the program was terminated in 1989 but was reactivated in 1994 until 1999.
    Fun fact: I was born on Oct-7-99 and the last flight of the SR-71 took place 2 days after I was born.
    Yes I admit that I used the wiki to find the correct designation for the Blackbird and I ended up finding something interesting in my own way.

    • @VandalAudi
      @VandalAudi 2 года назад +5

      You forgot that the U2 is still in service while the SR 71 got retired.

    • @projectlessweforget
      @projectlessweforget 2 года назад +2

      @@VandalAudi
      Actually Lockheed and the military have scheduled to retire the U2 recon plane from service in 2025 or 2050 and replace it with the RQ-4 Global Hawk drone (to clarify the US government can't make up their minds to when to retire the U-2 from service, which is why I said 2025 or 2050 but it will be retired nonetheless and it'll retire with a very impressive service record).
      Although the U2 have been upgraded over the years from the U-2R to the U-2S it's increasingly getting expensive to operate in military operations since it'll cost over 2 billion to retire, but NASA has been using the U-2S as a testing platform and we can't forget about the fact of the aircraft has converted into new models without making new U-2 planes which is far more cheaper and increases the service life of the aircraft.

    • @VandalAudi
      @VandalAudi 2 года назад +2

      @@projectlessweforget okay, but that's not an "actually" statement, since as of this posting the U2 is still in service for atleast 3 more years. Maybe more for NASA, which coincidentally was orginazation used for the "weather recon" excuse the US used.for Gary Powers.

  • @thedootguy4444
    @thedootguy4444 2 года назад +2

    he's pretty down to earth ngl

  • @foxhound24
    @foxhound24 2 года назад +55

    Holy heck the middle hit part was amazing and really emphasised the gravity and seriousness of what it was like, I can’t imagine how terrifying it would’ve been hanging out of a plane billowing in flame, plummeting rapidly to the ground as tornado force wind is crushing your face , as you barely hang on to the oxygen cable.
    It’s unbelievable he survived.
    Thank you again for a wonderful new insight to an intresting history momento, and I do love the aviation related stories 😉

    • @masterofreality926
      @masterofreality926 2 года назад +2

      I am more amazed how he did not die there, but years later cuz of faulty gauge... This is sad irony.

  • @stevemc01
    @stevemc01 2 года назад +9

    Not gonna lie, the visuals of this were absolutely stunning.
    I feel Yarnhub saw the UPGRADE button and just kept slapping it every video.

  • @kolobanovmedal
    @kolobanovmedal Год назад +2

    "He's uh... very NAUGHTY high altitude weather enthusiast who flew off course"

  • @strikex9543
    @strikex9543 2 года назад +21

    6:32 the music in the background, the visual, the narration EVERYTHING IS JUST SO PERFECT IT'S SO CINEMATIC! WONDERFUL WORK YARNHUB!

    • @Peter-vz6vp
      @Peter-vz6vp 7 месяцев назад

      bro i want to know the name of that music

    • @lynxian-6097
      @lynxian-6097 5 месяцев назад

      @@Peter-vz6vp
      Horizons - Sylvain Darmon
      ruclips.net/video/4c_zbJxDbkI/видео.html&pp=ygUXaG9yaXpvbnMgc3lsdmFpbiBkYXJtb24%3D

    • @Sk.ull._.Crusher
      @Sk.ull._.Crusher 3 месяца назад

      Name of music?

    • @bedmanGGxrd
      @bedmanGGxrd 3 месяца назад

      @@Sk.ull._.Crusherthe name of the music is probably either self produced or royalty free (like youtube’s music library), unfortunately i don’t think you’ll find it unless they tell you or someone knows it

    • @gunssom0078
      @gunssom0078 Месяц назад

      ​@@bedmanGGxrdthat's Sad

  • @clephedrone
    @clephedrone 2 года назад +5

    The animations are so much better with each videos! Thank you yarnhub for creating all of those videos, they are always interesting to watch.

  • @Khyber_1
    @Khyber_1 2 года назад +48

    My grandfather who lives in Peshawar (from where this U-2 took off for the mission) told me about this. He said Pakistan got into a lot of trouble after this incident. Pretty sad how Americans ignore/forget Pakistan's support to the USA in the cold war.

    • @cjclark2002
      @cjclark2002 2 года назад +6

      Our government, not Americans. Please keep that in mind. The average Joe does not wield any power or influence.

    • @uap24
      @uap24 2 года назад +1

      Pakistan being a terror hub outweighs everything else.

    • @mikesimms5750
      @mikesimms5750 2 года назад

      Pakistan isn't given credit because Pakistan is a faithless "ally" who regularly houses and aids our enemies and those who have done us harm and have done so since it was born as an independent nation.

    • @Khyber_1
      @Khyber_1 2 года назад

      @@mikesimms5750 name one such guy like that before osama.

    • @neoanderson4874
      @neoanderson4874 Год назад

      Pakistan has strong allies nowadays

  • @alexlo7708
    @alexlo7708 9 месяцев назад +1

    The US didn't aware that the Soviet have capability in shooting down this slow jet U-2. A year earlier , China used the new s-75 missile from Soviet , shot down the Martin RB-57 ,the elder brother of the U2 already.

  • @TG_1027
    @TG_1027 2 года назад +25

    The sponsorship alone was probably one of the best parts of the video.

    • @raihanwidodo1042
      @raihanwidodo1042 2 года назад +5

      Most youtubers just read scripts and show videos that they were given by the sponsor but yarnhub actually made their own sponsor video and its awesome

  • @khylesamuelkimmelanio688
    @khylesamuelkimmelanio688 2 года назад +2

    Outstanding! Especially this part 6:34 until 6:50.

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 2 года назад +28

    6:40 Powers also hears the eternal words, "THERE'S A HOLE ON YOUR RIGHT WING!"

    • @plaxxdhehe3445
      @plaxxdhehe3445 2 года назад

      Umm sir i dont see a hole nor a right wing

    • @missilemans6688
      @missilemans6688 2 года назад

      yoo war thunder

    • @Galaxy-oy4nj
      @Galaxy-oy4nj Год назад

      You've got a hole in your left wing!

    • @h5skb4ru41
      @h5skb4ru41 5 месяцев назад

      There is no wing there because it never existed! hes delusional! take him to the infirmary

  • @Shenalan888
    @Shenalan888 Месяц назад +5

    2:03 --- Soviet KFC be like

  • @j4imeonblitz636
    @j4imeonblitz636 2 года назад +42

    Dear Yarnhub , Can you do Leftenant Adnan's Last Stand in Singapore or how Awang Anak Raweng ( Iban Tracker) managed to hold his ground against 50 Communist Guerillas while defending a wounded British Soldier ?

    • @baiazhar7213
      @baiazhar7213 2 года назад +6

      @Imgladandrewgilllumisnotmykang Technically OP is correct. Leftenant is the Malay spelling of lieutenant.

    • @j4imeonblitz636
      @j4imeonblitz636 2 года назад +5

      @Imgladandrewgilllumisnotmykang you do know that the British always use Leftenant instead of Lieutenant right ?

    • @Fjdjfjsz92938
      @Fjdjfjsz92938 2 года назад +2

      @Imgladandrewgilllumisnotmykang ok? Different place use different words

    • @j4imeonblitz636
      @j4imeonblitz636 2 года назад +2

      @Imgladandrewgilllumisnotmykang you know it's my right to use British English right ? You got a problem ?

  • @emilpelaa6732
    @emilpelaa6732 2 года назад +3

    USSR : lets attack the spyplane with everything we have!!!
    Me: ohhh they are gonna use tanks!

  • @tkthegk_1394
    @tkthegk_1394 2 года назад +11

    Woah, that U-2 animation is so sleek! Man this is why i always wait for your vids without complain!

  • @Cherno35
    @Cherno35 Год назад +3

    The fact that they were willing to ram it with a plane proves how inept the soviets were

    • @POK1111111111
      @POK1111111111 Год назад

      US version*

    • @Cherno35
      @Cherno35 Год назад

      @@POK1111111111 of what

    • @POK1111111111
      @POK1111111111 Год назад

      @@Cherno35 This is propaganda for the US version.

    • @Cherno35
      @Cherno35 Год назад

      @@POK1111111111 US version of what?

  • @batticusmanacleas510
    @batticusmanacleas510 2 года назад +9

    Even the custom ad animations are great. Spoiling NordVPN with some premium ad time lol. Love this channel.

  • @RxSBEET
    @RxSBEET 2 года назад +2

    Bruh dude is goated at doing sponsors

  • @Ryan-ed1lq
    @Ryan-ed1lq 2 года назад +12

    Every part of this video, including the sponsored part, has so much work put into it and it shows. Awesome.

  • @soundwave429
    @soundwave429 2 года назад +2

    They also forgot to mention C4 planted by CIA on the ejection seat in case pilot decides to eject

  • @sayantansaha400
    @sayantansaha400 2 года назад +5

    I don't have any words left for the animation part. Brilliant work. Keep it up.

  • @the_enforcersav
    @the_enforcersav 2 года назад +1

    Animations have improved massively within 2 years

  • @johnryder1713
    @johnryder1713 2 года назад +37

    What is really astonishing about the U2 is she flew so high and is even still in service, almost 70 years after she first flew!

    • @jmy7622
      @jmy7622 Год назад +2

      It shows all these almost new planes they send to the scrap yard in AZ are still good. And they are , good enough to sell to other countries who get decade or more use out of them and they are just as good as what they put out today. A 1980 plane can take out a 2020 plane, it's about the pilot.

    • @johnryder1713
      @johnryder1713 Год назад +1

      @@jmy7622 Yeah that museum, in AZ, I seen a B-24 when we passed thru there was sold to India and shipped back and was still in flying condition at the time! And for planes that stayed in service so long, try the old F104 widowmakers the Greek used over their mountains so long into the 90s I think, and the old Hawker Hunters not just used in Rhodesia up to the 70s, and over the Alps by the Swiss til the 80s!

  • @krishshah3974
    @krishshah3974 2 года назад +3

    @9:54 the farmers are carrying the symbols of the Soviet Union towards the American, amazing easter egg!

  • @MoteofVolition
    @MoteofVolition 2 года назад +8

    When you're watching an older yarnhub video and a new one gets uploaded as it finishes... *I win at life*

  • @O_2og
    @O_2og Год назад +8

    Ah the Chinese weather balloon 10:38

  • @hmmmintresting3770
    @hmmmintresting3770 2 года назад +12

    May 1st 1960 parade
    Event planner : what tanks should we use in our parade?
    General : We use the best of the best ,KV-1 of course

  • @AChit_store
    @AChit_store 21 день назад +1

    "Hey you better find a name for this plane"
    "U2"
    "Alr cya"
    "No I mean that's the name of the plane"

  • @antonysaad3498
    @antonysaad3498 2 года назад +12

    The details in the video is just absolutely beautiful and I loved the moment when the missile detonated and I never knew about the friendly fire

  • @goingoutonmyshield2811
    @goingoutonmyshield2811 2 года назад +2

    Wow this was intense, Netflix better watch out its some new players in town!

  • @ballisticfuryau308
    @ballisticfuryau308 2 года назад +48

    Just an average day in the life of a CIA agent

  • @t.b.5115
    @t.b.5115 3 месяца назад +5

    Powers was tortured. Repeatedly. No one ever mentions it.

  • @n1tr352
    @n1tr352 2 года назад +12

    3:00
    I have no words

  • @alexroselle
    @alexroselle 2 года назад +1

    I thought I knew this whole story, but I didn’t know that the Soviets launched so many SAMs that they shot down one of their own. Thank goodness there wasn’t also an airliner in the area that day!

  • @goatcar4599
    @goatcar4599 2 года назад +6

    you know that your gonna be depressed when yarnhub switches to a random story about powers flying a helicopter

  • @yanniquillopo2370
    @yanniquillopo2370 2 года назад +3

    Animations getting better and better every video. Keep it up!

  • @Sllammyy
    @Sllammyy 2 года назад +26

    Loving the animations Yarnhub! Such a big improvement from your first videos with 2d pictures.

  • @strakhovandrri
    @strakhovandrri 2 года назад +1

    His catapult contained explosives, so if he'd catapulted - he'd died instantly.

  • @RegressPanika
    @RegressPanika 2 года назад +19

    Funny fact: Khrushchev specifically ordered not to disclose any information about this case, waiting for US statements. And when the United States thought that the USSR could not get anything, and the pilot blew up the plane, they announced that they had not conducted any intelligence operations. Then the USSR showed both the wreckage and the pilot who testified. Thereby showing the deceitful nature of the United States to the rest of the world.

    • @mofleh177
      @mofleh177 2 года назад

      Khrushchev was the best leader the USSR ever had, I like that he condemned Stalin and his purges and gulags.

    • @donnguyen3795
      @donnguyen3795 2 года назад

      Then things even be funnier when Khrushchev condemned the US, the US delegate waited for that to pull out "the thing", a big seal of the US which supposed to be gift but actually a bug for spying

    • @aaltuxov
      @aaltuxov 2 года назад

      @@mofleh177
      It's fun to have a good attitude towards a person for revealing the others leader cruel dids, yet completly ignoring the fact that he was the one managing purges in Moscow, and then in the Ukraine 🤔

  • @Phoenix_7789
    @Phoenix_7789 Год назад +2

    Yarnhub and a few others make me actually want to watch sponsored segments bravo

  • @joyboy_-id5yp
    @joyboy_-id5yp 2 года назад +5

    6:40
    Dude needs to work for movie creators

  • @noisyneko1638
    @noisyneko1638 2 года назад +2

    i actually thought of skipping the sponsor segment but thanks to your beautiful animations, i kept on watching it
    Keep it up, Yarnhub!

  • @Lumotaku
    @Lumotaku Год назад +3

    The Sr 71 blackbird has been and gone the U2 is still being used.

  • @Dzeividz
    @Dzeividz 2 года назад +21

    CIA agent was just chilling in the air, watching the beautiful view while everyone on the land was going crazy 😂

  • @panha_reach2019
    @panha_reach2019 2 года назад +2

    That slow-mo of the explosion is fire 🔥

  • @peacehash2953
    @peacehash2953 2 года назад +5

    This Is first time I watched whole sponsorship promotion without skipping......... love from India..your animation team is awsom

  • @AbuctingTacos
    @AbuctingTacos 2 года назад +1

    There's been a U2 in the air at all times 24/7 since

  • @mystlcgreatness
    @mystlcgreatness 2 года назад +4

    I love the new way of animating the sponsors

  • @ivanalfonso5845
    @ivanalfonso5845 2 года назад +2

    in 6:32 i like the slowmo of the plane and the missile

  • @k3xa1300
    @k3xa1300 2 года назад +39

    STILL EPIC AS EVER! love from Philippines. 🇵🇭

  • @ArustwatDaGoat
    @ArustwatDaGoat 2 года назад +2

    " we shot down one of your spy planes "
    " those aren't my spy planes "
    " then what are these ? "
    " those are.... a weather enthusiast "
    " oh... then why is he carrying a poison dart gun ? "
    " because.... he's.... a.... very naughty weather enthusiast "

    • @someone1539
      @someone1539 2 года назад

      𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙧

  • @richiecuzzz1
    @richiecuzzz1 2 года назад +7

    Another incredible video! You all do such a great job animating and narrating the story of this incident and countless others.

  • @big_man_ank1768
    @big_man_ank1768 2 года назад +2

    this has to be the best nord vpn ad i have ever seen

  • @VetrixOfficial
    @VetrixOfficial 2 года назад +5

    That sponsor segment was great!