Since I was a kid and found out about Faith, Hope ad Charity I have long had a soft spot for the Gladiator. The that it achieved so much just adds to my admiration for this aircraft. It's interesting that not having managed to get a piston engined monoplane accepted by the RAF Gloster's next aircraft was the jet engined meteor. So from the last biplane used by the RAF to the first jet used by the RAF.
Good work. I like how balanced and fair your video's are. No over blown claims or hyping of the aircraft you cover. Just the facts and enough history to make it very interesting. Good work so far.
To understand where finnish airforce got Gladiators one needs to study history. Swedish government send a voluntary group called F19 to finland which came with loanned 12 Gladiator MK I later British government doanated 20 Gladiator MK II and Finland bought additional 10 MK II. This was how we got Gladiators.
Thanks for the fantastic story of America’s first ww2 ace, a Chinese American I noticed there was a constant speed prop on the Malta gladiators in the pictures. Heard you mention a metal prop, but didn’t hear it was a H-S. Pretty major upgrade But then the one in the Valletta museum has a Watts prop
Finland did sign the revived Anti-Comintern Pact of November 1941. Britain declared war on Finland on 6 December 1941, and when Finland signed the peace treaty with the Allied powers in 1947 it described Finland as having been "an ally of Hitlerite Germany" during the continuation war. But you are right, Finland never signed the Tripartite Pact & as soon as they regained their land Finland attempted to start peace negotiations with the USSR. And it avoided annexation, keeping its independence after the war, threading a tight needle between the USSR and US.
A nice summary by content telling me stuff I didn't know about an aeroplane I've always liked Downsides include: * The speach rate is VERY slow (I ran it at x2 speed with no loss) & * Sometimes voice sounds like AI / mechnical - eg, Junkers ........... JU ............. 88 Hope this feedback's helpful because the content is good enough to take a punt on subscribing to your channel
Feedback is most welcome. Cheers. The voice is eleven labs AI. I do take care to make as accurate as possible. But I use it due to my own voice being quite unsuitable, and the fact I flubb so much it would take days for me to do 10 minutes.
The Greek Air Force operated Gloster Gladiators in early 1940 against invading Italian and German forces. The 21 Mira squadron claimed 10 destroyed enemy aircraft.
Same folland who founded Folland Aircraft that built the Gnat, but the Gnat was designed by W. E. W. Petter, who also designed the Westland Whirlwind ruclips.net/video/b3ZKUNUEsF8/видео.html
@@Aircraft_Files Sounds to me as the phony war is some sort of preemptive attack on Germany... i.e. that the Allies started the worst of it (WWI & II).
Pilot’s vision was restricted by the built-up fuselage behind him, the wing and bulbous engine cowling in front and the lower wing blocking the ground view. What a terrible design.
shout out to @gumpyoldbugger6944 for suggesting this remarkable old bird.
Coming soon: The Seversky P-35
Very well done and informative video. No false drama, just information. Cheers.
Glad you enjoyed it
Since I was a kid and found out about Faith, Hope ad Charity I have long had a soft spot for the Gladiator. The that it achieved so much just adds to my admiration for this aircraft.
It's interesting that not having managed to get a piston engined monoplane accepted by the RAF Gloster's next aircraft was the jet engined meteor. So from the last biplane used by the RAF to the first jet used by the RAF.
That's a great point. Cheers.
Thank you
You're welcome
Good work. I like how balanced and fair your video's are. No over blown claims or hyping of the aircraft you cover. Just the facts and enough history to make it very interesting. Good work so far.
Cheers.
Hadn't idea they were used in night combat! Have loved these ships since forever!
To understand where finnish airforce got Gladiators one needs to study history. Swedish government send a voluntary group called F19 to finland which came with loanned 12 Gladiator MK I later British government doanated 20 Gladiator MK II and Finland bought additional 10 MK II. This was how we got Gladiators.
Much better articulated. Thank you.
Thanks for the fantastic story of America’s first ww2 ace, a Chinese American
I noticed there was a constant speed prop on the Malta gladiators in the pictures. Heard you mention a metal prop, but didn’t hear it was a H-S. Pretty major upgrade
But then the one in the Valletta museum has a Watts prop
A somewhat belated honour, but a good one. We the metal prop for the mark 2. that comes from here www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/gloster-gladiator
Finland was NOT in the Axis alliance, it was a co-belligerent against the Soviet Union only!
Finland did sign the revived Anti-Comintern Pact of November 1941. Britain declared war on Finland on 6 December 1941, and when Finland signed the peace treaty with the Allied powers in 1947 it described Finland as having been "an ally of Hitlerite Germany" during the continuation war.
But you are right, Finland never signed the Tripartite Pact & as soon as they regained their land Finland attempted to start peace negotiations with the USSR. And it avoided annexation, keeping its independence after the war, threading a tight needle between the USSR and US.
A nice summary by content telling me stuff I didn't know about an aeroplane I've always liked
Downsides include:
* The speach rate is VERY slow (I ran it at x2 speed with no loss) &
* Sometimes voice sounds like AI / mechnical - eg, Junkers ........... JU ............. 88
Hope this feedback's helpful because the content is good enough to take a punt on subscribing to your channel
Feedback is most welcome. Cheers. The voice is eleven labs AI. I do take care to make as accurate as possible. But I use it due to my own voice being quite unsuitable, and the fact I flubb so much it would take days for me to do 10 minutes.
@@Aircraft_Files As an italian, i like this very slow speech rate: i find it very easy to follow!
@@Riccardo_Silva That's good to know. Others can pop it on x2 speed methinks.
The Greek Air Force operated Gloster Gladiators in early 1940 against invading Italian and German forces. The 21 Mira squadron claimed 10 destroyed enemy aircraft.
A prolific aircraft. But im sorry I missed that.
You better do the Fiat CR.42 Falco now :-)
Maybe... :-)
The same Folland who designed the Folland Gnat?
Same folland who founded Folland Aircraft that built the Gnat, but the Gnat was designed by W. E. W. Petter, who also designed the Westland Whirlwind ruclips.net/video/b3ZKUNUEsF8/видео.html
@@Aircraft_Files Ah, interesting!
at 7.45, white shirt, collar and tie, what we used to call "gentlemen fitters."
Its a classic shot of a by gone age, deserving of a spot in the Cheers intro.
My model of the Mk2 Gloster Gladiator has a three bladed propeller
Mark ones had two.
Didn't it replace the Hawker Fury?
yep, and the Bristol Bulldog
I think Ronald Dahal flew a Gladiator.
He did. I didn't know how to fit in some of his quotes about it being a fire trap, and how he couldn't conceive how the bullets went through the prop.
Seems my replies to the post nearby and lower, have been removed. They were valid and polite :/ sad UT.
Not by me. I just checked the "risky" folder and not there either sorry.
@11:38 Phony war by France!? Seems this sort'a thing happened up to the mid forties.
The name given to the period of ww2 after Poland and before rest of Europe, When French troops invaded Germany's Saar district.
@@Aircraft_Files And we wonder why Germans attacked France?
Well, england and france both had declared war on germany as soon as poland happened, and not without warning. So i think fairly inevitable.
@@Aircraft_Files Sounds to me as the phony war is some sort of preemptive attack on Germany... i.e. that the Allies started the worst of it (WWI & II).
The first aggression perhaps, but they were very clear that Poland was a red line.
The UN should expel Russia just as the League of Nations did, and for the same reason!
Too true
Pilot’s vision was restricted by the built-up fuselage behind him, the wing and bulbous engine cowling in front and the lower wing blocking the ground view. What a terrible design.