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It's good that you're back. How was prison? We're all kind of surprised that you're out so early given what they got you on. Which raises the obvious question how *do* you manage to manage to commit a bank heist *and* stage a catfishing operation together?! Gosh, where *do* you find the time?! :) :) Good to see you posting again. :)
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Welcome back - you've been missed. HM the Queen definitely knows everything. She is knowledgable in intricate detail about every aircraft taking part in the flypast.
agree! not for nothing was it called "the wooden wonder" - able to outfly most enemy fighter, carried a useful bomb-load, and was agile enough to perform bombing raids almost from street level. And they were the aircraft that BOAC used to fly civilian flights during the war.
Don't forget the P51 Mustang. Built in the US to a British design requirement, but didn't reach its full potential until the American Allison engine was replaced by the British Merlin.
The Queen absolutely knows what aircraft they are she has a massive interest in her military she meets officers from different branches every week (not sure about now due to her health) to find out what they’ve been doing. And her daughter Princess Ann has also had a keen interest in the military I believe she’s taken part in a few military exercises.
Welcome back Sarah. We've all been missing you. It's always a privilege to see the Lancaster fly as only a handful of them have survived. The only other one in flyable condition is at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum near Hamilton, Ontario, not far from where I live. I've been meaning to visit and take some pictures for years now.
Nice to see you back. Hope you were OK. My mother worked on the Lancaster Bombers during the war. She was a Tailoress and was tasked with sewing the wings, as they were fabric covered.
I think it could have been the control surfaces that were fabric covered. The Lancaster had an all metal airframe, as Dave_H_ says the Vickers Wellington was fabric covered as were many earlier aeroplanes, but during WW2 some overwise all metal aeroplanes still had fabric covering on aileron, elevator and rudder surfaces.
The kids in uniform are the Royal Air Force Cadets, a uniformed youth organisation for 14-19 year olds who learn aviation, engineering etc type subjects and also get flights with the RAF and during the summer spend a week on a RAF base, there is no direct link into joining the armed forces.
The USAF only became an independent service post WW2. Before then, the USAAC/USAAF was part of the Army. The Chinook is made by Boeing in the US, and exported all over the world - including the UK. You'd know the Dakota as the DC 3 (civilian) or C-47 (military) built by Douglas, and again a massive export success for the USA. It was reputedly one of the four weapons which won WW2. The Avro Lancaster is the Vulcan's grandmother - a heavy bomber like your B-17, but capable of carrying much heavier loads. Both designed by Roy Chadwick. The Spitfire and Hurricane are difficult to tell apart at this distance. The Hurricane was the latest in a long line of fighters designed by Sir Sidney Camm at Hawker - before 1941, it was the most numerous fighter in RAF service, gradually being supplemented and replaced by the superior (but more difficult to build) Spitfire. Hurricanes outnumbered Spitfires by more than two to one during the Battle of Britain. Her Grace was an ATS driver/mechanic in WW2 (she is now the only living head-of-state to have served in the conflict) as well as having a son and grandson who were helicopter pilots, she's probably kept abreast of such actions. The Red Arrows fly Hawk trainers. I'd suggest the Hawker Hurricane as one type to look at, a great fighter unjustly overshadowed by the legendary Spitfire. Oh, and welcome back.
Hi Sarah great to have you back. V formation helps the birds use less energy, as a Soldier I was told the RAF use the V formation because the one at the front has got the map lol
Did you see the magnificent flag flying over Buckingham Palace, sometimes silhouetted against the sky? That is the Royal Standard, massively historic, and which can only be flown over a building if the Queen herself is actually present inside.
the white stripes on the wings of the WWII aircraft denote that they was part of Operation Overlord and flew on the 6th of June (D-Day). the Lancaster bomber is most famous for Operation Chastise, which is more commonly know as the Dambusters Raid. which dropped the bouncing bombs on 2 German dams, which then flooded the Ruhr Valley. Prince Willian flew an Air Ambulance Helicopter. Prince Andrew flew a Helicopter in the Falklands war. the "V" formation is to do with aerodynamics, which was copied from bird flight. which is why aircraft have coned noses, like a birds beak. you seem to have forgotten that Her Majesty is the Head of the Armed Forces. all her Sons and Grandsons have served with the RAF. so she will be well informed of what she is seeing. you should checkout the De Havilland Mosquito, which was a wooded fighter bomber used in WWII.
Prince William flew a search and rescue helicopter, up until just before they retired the sea king if I remember correctly. Then he moved on to flying an air ambulance. While not to take away from the amazing, and dangerous job that the Air Ambulance crews do every day, the search and rescue helicopters often have to operate in terrain and weather conditions that an air ambulance just can't. A lot of transferable skills between the two though I would think, especially when it comes to putting the ambulance down in a tight spot.
You know that she and the Royal family stayed in London throughout the war years princess Elizabeth joined the home army in 44 to 45 carrying out driving and mechanic jobs within the London area. Before the end of the war.
The Spitfire was an all-metal airframe whereas the hurricane was a wooden airframe. The way to tell them atar in the air was the wings on the spitfire were rounded at the ends and hurricane were more squared off. The hurricane also had a rising fuselage so it looked like a hump. The Royal Airforce was originally the Royal Flying Corps which was founded in 1912. The USAF was originally formed in 1907 as part of the American Army. It became the USAF in 1947 due to the national security act of that year. The Queen would have been well versed in the WW2 aircraft as she is the oldest head of state who served in the military in WW2. You mentioned the Vulcan which was designed by Roy Chadwick who designed the Lancaster which you saw in the video. The Lancaster's main claimed to fame was the raids on the german dams which carried the bouncing bomb.
The Hurricane was a metal airframe with wooden formers bolted to it. It was not a "wooden airframe". The RAF was formed by the merger of the RFC and the RNAS in 1918 as the world's first independent air force. The way to tell them apart in the air is that the (early) Spitfire's wings are eliptical and the Hurricane's are not. The Lancaster was famous for much more than the Dam Busters raid. Sinking the Tirpitz and destroying most of Germany's industrial capacity are rather well known too, along with the fire bombing of Dresden and other cities.
The Hurricane was a sort of transition from earlier construction methods used by Hawker on their biplane fighters and more 'modern' all metal stressed skin. The fuselage was formed from metal tubes connected by bolts and plates with wooden formers which were covered by doped fabric. Early models had fabric covered wings but by the time of the Battle of Britain the switch to an all metal wing was well under way. Compared to the Spitfire the Hurricane was quicker and cheaper to build and was easier to repair. It was also easier to land due to its wider inward retracting undercarriage. It had a thicker wing making installation of the guns easier, they were concentrated in 4 gun batteries whereas the Spitfire had them spaced over the span of the wing. Later when 20mm cannon replaced the machine guns the Spitfire needed bulges on the wing skin to accommodate them.
@@iatsd Precisely. Wooden airframe construction was already becoming old fashioned before the end of World War 2. By the late 1920s, most wooden framed aircraft had been replaced by aircraft built up using tubular metal frames - effectively a warren truss spaceframe technique. In the RAF, aircraft such as the Bristol Bulldog and the various Hawker biplanes (Hart, Hind, Fury etc) all had metal tube frames. The Hurricane was built using that same technique. There was some wood in the structure but that was mainly to provide an aerodynamic shape - such as the rear fuselage area behind the cockpit.
@@EricIrl The Germans biggest dread was the fighter bomber the Mosquito and was made almost entirely of??? O.K. a pre war design but what a machine. Also worth remembering is that the Hurricane shot down more enemy planes than any other type in WW2 but still remains the underdog to the Spitfire.
@@rubberyowen1469 The Hurricane most definitely did NOT shoot down more enemy aircraft than any other type in World War 2. What it did do was shoot down more German aircraft in the 4 months of the Battle of Britain period in 1940 than all other defences (that includes Spitfires and other fighters as well as anti-aircraft and barrage balloons). However, by 1941, the Hurricane was being increasingly outclassed as a fighter, especially in Northern Europe, and was gradually replaced as a front line fighter in RAF service.
The queen is the commander in chief, she knows all the kit they fly. It's her job as commander in chief. That's why it's called Her Majesty's armed forces. Hope that helped
She knew! She was Commander in Chief and she has been involved in the Armed Forces Army, Navy and Air as a wife, daughter, grandmother and a service woman as well. There is a documentary about her as Commander in Chief and many top generals expressed their respect of how much she knows when she visited them.
Welcome back missed your vids 👍🏼 The Lancaster was the heaviest Bomber of WW2 (Little known fact the Lancaster could have dropped the Atom bombs, it was capable of carrying them months before the B29, which had to be remodeled to make the bomb bay big enough to carry it, but American pride kept the war going because they wanted the bombs dropped by an American aircraft.) It's not obvious from the angle you were looking at but the spitfire and hurricane have different shaped wings i think you were right though the 2 outside aircraft looked like the hurricanes, the spitfire was made of aluminium and although it is the most famous of the 2, it was actually the hurricane which was made of wood and cloth that actually shot down more Germans in the battle of Britain. And yes the Chinook, Hercules and globemaster are all American designed and made aircraft.
Those youngsters in Blue are in the Air Training Corps, AKA RAF Cadets. I served between 1984-1987, best days of my life. Flew planes, gliders, became a Marksman with rifles, learned Fieldcraft, went abroad to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, RAF Bruggen in Germany etc etc. and all in the pre health and safety period when boys could be boys.
I grew up next to RAF Northolt. All the WW2 planes would assemble there ready for flyovers. The Lancaster Bomber would shake the house as it went over. The spitfires and hurricanes both used the Rolls Royce Merlin engine. Once you've heard one you never forget the amazing sound. One year they had an American Mustang P51 join them. Fun fact, the Mustang was originally fitted with a general electric engine but it wasn't as fast as the spits, so they swapped them for the Merlin engine making them one of WW2s most affective fighters. ✌️♥️🇬🇧
A big fan of Mr Holland. I've read most of his books. Regarding the RAF, he's written a book covering The Battle of Britain and one on The Dambusters too - both well worth reading.
@@EricIrl Yep. I volunteer in a D-Day museum and he visited in March. Got him to sign my copy of Sicily'43 for me. An absolutely magnificent bloke, and what you see/hear when he's on podcasts/TV is exactly what you get in real life.
Good to see you back Sarah! There were quite a few US designed planes there. The Chinook, C47 Dakota, C130 Hercules, E3 Sentry, RC135 Rivet Joint and C17. There were no air-worthy V-bombers in 2018. The Valiant being retired in the 60s due to metal fatigue problems and the Victor in 1993 although 2 Victors, Teasin' Tina and Lusty Lindy are still capable of being taxied along with 2 Vulcans (I think). As for other planes to cover from WWII, The Hurricane (sometimes called the plane that actually won the Battle of Britain), Mosquito and Vickers Wellington. From the 1950s The Hawker Hunter and the Blackburn Buccaneer (AKA the Banana Bomber).
The 'V' formation used by Birds actually helps them save energy, there's less drag from the wake of the bird in front, they take it in turns to be in the lead, think of Cyclists slip-streaming each-other in the Velodrome. I believe fast Jets fly close formation to hide radar signatures in combat zones too, I'm no expert and I'm sure I'll be corrected. Edit: And yes, I'm sure the Queen knows what is going on, She was a Mechanic in the Army in WWII and she probably was briefed on things she didn't know beforehand, from what I've seen from interviews of people close to her it seems she always takes a keen interest in things that she is involved in, and Prince William flew Sea King Search and Rescue Helicopters for the Coastguard and Navy, while Harry flew Apache's in active service out in Afghanistan (there's a famous clip of him in an interview where he's scrambled halfway through and immediately leaves the interview to take off), while the Queens Son Prince Andrew also flew Sea Kings for the Royal Navy (notably during the Falklands where he helped in the rescue of the stricken HMS Sheffield Crewmen, sunk by Argentinian Excocet Missiles)
The Spitfire gets the credit for winning the Battle of Britain, but the Hurricane actually shot down more enemy aircraft than the Spit. "Hurricanes destroyed more enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain than did all the other air and ground defences combined." - RAF Museum The Lancaster bomber was the RAF's main heavy bomber; it carried out the Dambusters raid, amongst many other feats. It was powered by 4 Spitfire engines. ps Edited to remove erroneous statement.
The Hurricane was NOT made of wood and canvas. It had a metal airframe and then wooden formers were attached to that. WHY does the falsehood about it being a "wooden plane" persist?!
Hi, Sarah, its so good to have you back. The planes and helicopters you thought were American are, we obtain a fair number of planes from the US. It was fascinating to see the old WW2 planes. If you want something detailed about WW2 planes I recommend The Thirteen Hours That Saved Britain from Free Documentary History Channel. Its really good
As others have said, nice to see you back. Can I recommend an addition to your list of aircraft to checkout. The English Electric Lightning an amazing aircraft with great speed and operating ceiling.
Us Britons love a “turn out” Sarah 😉😃 events like this, Royal events, parades and pageantry, The Lord Mayor’s Show and Remembrance Sunday - anything like that - we will “turn out and turn up” for it! It’s what we do really well! Hope you do a “reaction” to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee - now THAT was a huuuuuge crowd watching! And a brilliant four days it was too! Hope you can find some good clips - there’s lots out there on t’internet!
HI S! The RAF was formed in 1918 by combining the naval Royal Naval Air Service and the land based Royal Flying Corps. It became the first independent air force in the world, ie not controlled by the other services. In the US they kept their air operations split between navy and army, certainly till after WWII. ( not sure they are unified now- but I think they are) Yes the UK buys a lot of US kit. It also has built in collaboration with its European allies, but most front line aerocraft are a bit expensive to build on our own now. There was a huge scandal in the 80s, in Thatchers govt about whether to acquire helicopter's from US or have them built by the UK firm, Westland. The old Dakota is a US transport plane from WWII sometimes called the dc3. It could lift 3 tons, which isn't a lot but it was rugged, reliable, and frequently used to deliver paratroopers. The civy version was the c47. The Lancaster is the best WWII bomber. It dropped more weight of bombs than all other allied types put together. Reliable and much loved. It could fly further and carry more than any of its contemporaries. Famous for being used in the dam busters raid. Later in the war it carried the grand slam 10 ton bomb. You should do a video on it. Birds fly in V formation to reduce drag, they benefit from the one in front. After WWI there was an inclination to fly plane's in tight formations, but in WWII it was found to be too restrictive. The pilots were too busy watching each other to keep an eye open for the enemy. Looser formations were better. It was only the US day bombers who huddled in tight formation for mutual gun protection that kept doing it. That statue at the end of the Mall is in front of Buckingham Palace, it's the Victoria monument. Final note. The Spitfire fighter gets all the glory, but it's companion, the hurricane, in many ways was a better fighter. Not so fast, it could outturn the spit. had a better gun configuration in the wings, and the pilots view from the cockpit was better. It was also more rugged and easier to repair and maintain. There is a smashing documentary video on you tube about it. Called unsung weapons, or something. I'll post a link for you when I find it..
Decisive weapons. The forgotten fighter. The Hawker Hurricane. It's only 25 min long, narrated by Sean Bean (Sharpe!) ruclips.net/video/2hdVmVdyuEw/видео.html
A few errors in your post, I'm afraid. The Douglas DC-3 was the pre-war airliner. A military variant was built for the USAAF and was referred to as the C-47 Skytrain. In US Navy service it was called the R4D Skytrain. In RAF service it was called the Dakota. The Spitfire was, in truth, a superior and more advanced fighter than the Hurricane. The Hurricane was very important to the RAF in the first two years of the war - simply because they had more of them. As the war progressed, the Spitfire gradually took over as the RAF's main fighter - and was developed into 24 different variants.
@@EricIrl the Hurricane was not more important because there were more of them. It had qualities that the spitfire lacked. For instance they only sent the Hurricane to fight in the battle of France, as it could cope with the rough field conditions found there. It was also easier to maintain and operate. The numbers game is because it was easier to produce too. When it came to the battle of Britain, again it proved itself up to the job. It's turn aound time for refuelling and rearmament bending about 10 min or so quicker than the Spitfire. Its turning circle was tighter, its visibility better, and it's gunfire more concentrated. The Spitfire was beautiful to fly, was faster and had a better rate of climb, but in the dogfight, there was nothing wrong with the Hurricane. After the Battle of Britain it continued to offer good service, as it's thicker wing chord could be fitted with heavier guns for the ground attack role. It was still in use at the end of the war, bombing and straffing the Japanese in the far east.
Welcome back Sarah, Scarlett and Roger!😊 Some of the aircraft in this fly past have since between retired by the RAF, these are the E3-D Sentry, BAe 146, Sentinel R1, the Hawk T1 (except for those flown by the Red Arrows) and of course the Tornado GR4. The youths in uniforms in front of Buckingham Palace were air cadets, members of the Air Training Corps (13-18 year olds) which is a 26,000 member organisation funded by the Ministry of Defence. The Queen is well aware of the workings of the RAF, various members of her family having served in it, she has also toured RAF stations regularly and met many serving members of the force. I agree with others that the Mosquito is a good aircraft to study as is the Harrier.
The Lancaster was a heavy bomber. My Grandad flew 14 operations in Lancasters before he was shot down. If you want to know more there's a documentary on my channel.
Oh, it's wonderful to see you back on here, I've got nothing else to add but my gladness that you're back with the shades and winging-suit, stay flying Gal!.
The Lancaster was a heavy bomber, used for night bombing, to drop the Dambuster's bouncing bombs and even toe Tallboy (6 tons) and Grandslam (10 tons) "earthquake" bombs used to bust through the U-Boat pens concrete roofs
@@charlestaylor9424 I was an engineering student and fascinated by Barnes Wallis, from the R100 airship, Wellington bomber, through the bouncing bombs used by 617 squadron against the German dams to the Tallboy and Grandslam bombs. He managed tp get a Wellington bomber to test the bouncing bomb prototypes by mentioning he designed it... Videos about Mosquitos, Welling and Lancaster bombers, 617 squadron, (I believe they used Mosquitoes later in their path finder role) and the 2 earthquake bombs are all on RUclips with simple searches. I've spent/waster hours (probably days - I'm retired) watching many of them.
Spitfires have "pointy" wings, Hurricanes have rounded wings. Both are famous fighters from WWII. Earned their reputations in the Battle of Britain in 1940 (you should watch the film of that name.) The Spitfire was the only aircraft to serve throughout the war and into the 1950s, undergoing many upgrades. There was even a "Seafire" variant. operating from aircraft carriers. Many US-made aircraft are used by the RAF. The A400 Atlas is made by "Airbus" a multi-national European collaboration. Birds flying in V formation - they use the slipstream coming off the wingtips of the bird(s) in front, so using less energy. Same with aircraft, but also avoiding turbulence from the one in front that they'd get flying directly behind each other. The Tornados and Typhoons are named for British WWII ground-attack aircraft (made by the same company as the Hurricane - hence the names) and the Lightning II is named after a 1960s/70s UK fighter jet and is the US F35. The Concorde passenger jet was fast enough to outpace any contemporary fighter jet...except the Lightning (Lightning 1, I suppose it should be called now.)
To add a bit to that, the leading bird(which being in the lead is obviously not saving energy) is regularly relieved by a trailing bird. (When a truck is seen tucked in tight one behind another on a highway, it's also to save energy by being in the leader's slipstream; by periodically leapfrogging they share the savings).
Both Princes William (RAF) and Harry (Army) were helicopter pilots for a while during their Military Careers, William ending his as a Search and Rescue pilot. Prince Charles was also a Royal Navy helicopter Pilot, he even used to fly himself in the Royal helicopter at times, once visited his Mother, landing it in the Buckingham Palace Garden. Prince Phillip was also known to take over aircraft controls at times, although more at home on the Bridge of HMY Britannia.
There is a subject you might like to look into. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution RNLI. Manned( and womanned) by volunteers and funded by donations they provide maritime rescue all round the coasts of Britain, Ireland and the Crown Dependencies. The BBC makes a series of programs "Saving Lives at Sea" using footage, recreation and interviews of actual rescues, some seeming trivial, some dramatic and give an insight into coastal life in UK and Ireland.
If you were going to check out the RNLI Sarah. You might want to watch 'Cruel Sea The Penlee Disaster', a documentary on the Penlee lifeboat disaster. It's the British Perfect Storm, but you will need a box of tissues to watch it.
So nice to see you back. We missed you. The Chinook twin rotor helicopters are American (Boeing) and the DC3 Dakota is American too, and most probably quite a few others too. I'm not an expert. The Supermarine Spitfire has a beautiful elliptical wing which is the easy way to tell it apart from the Hawker Hurricane which has a straight wing. The Avro Lancaster was a huge 4 engined bomber with 4 Rolls Royce Merlin engines. The wheels are as tall as a man. I was in London in 2002 when the legendary Concord flew over Buckingham Palace with the Red Arrows. People (including me) were actually crying with emotion. It was truly amazing.
Welcome back. Still plenty of significant, memorable aircraft for you to review fromm WWII onwards. The Avro Lancaster (WWII bomber) famous for the raid by 617 Sqn. on the dams in Germany. The DeHavilland Mosquito, all wood fighter-bomber with a significant history in WWII. I was talking to a nice old guy in Townsville Queensland, Australia during the VP 50 celebrations who told me how during the war he was working in UK fixing battle damaged Mosquitos - he was a carpenter! English Electric Lightning - cold war interceptor, with a reputation for it's speed achievements. The Hawker Harrier, original design and vertical flight development - Sea Harriers in the South Atlantic. Looking forward to seeing more.
The Chinooks are American and made by Boeing and called a CH47 in America. There is a long history of US aircraft in RAF service being given American names ie. P51 = Mustang, C47 = Dakota etc. The US Navy uses the British designed Hawk trainer used by the Red Arrows and it’s called the T45 Goshawk.
Queen's 70th year as monarch of the UK 🇬🇧 so fly past as well in the same year. We like to do things a little less showy. Her Majesty has a very sharp brain and eye, she takes a lot of interest in the regiments.
The US had various land based air arms prior to the formation of the USAF. There was the US Army Aero Service, the US Army Air Corps and then the US Army Air Forces.
Harrier Jump Jets? There's also the Eurofighter which was created between UK, Sweden, France and Italy I think. Chinnock are US. AVRO Lancaster is a heavy bomber used to flatten Germany in WWII.
You should look at the DeHavilland Mosquito from WW2. Wooden fuselages made them different to most other planes of that era. My Grandfather was a cabinet maker in Birmingham, England and was foreman of a small factory that built the wooden fuselages to be sent to the main factory. I have photos of my Grandad and the workers building them. My Dad was a small boy and remembers his Dad going to work. We are lucky we have pieces he has made for us and fond memories of him and Grannie too.
Being of wood constuction helped make them the successful night fighter they were, only the engines would reflect enemy Radar signals making them a small Radar target often lost in the clutter and interference of the Radar of the time.
Herman Goering's quote sums the Mossie up perfectly. 'It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy. The British, who can afford aluminum better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building….They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops.'
13:29 Those kids in the Uniform are RAF Air Cadets, a cadet force formed in 1941, is one of the 3 main cadet forces that make up the combined cadet force (Army Cadets, Sea Cadets and Air Cadets). It's an organisation i had the pleasure of being a part of as a sergeant The easiest way to describe it would be that they are similar to the US Air Force's Civil Air Patrol.
The yellow and black Helicopters are from RAF Shawbury near me and that's the RAF training centre for air sea rescue and attack helicopters like the Apache.
Not sure if anyone's answered already, but I believe the reason for formation flying in birds is so the birds behind can basically get a boost from the air that's been pushed under the wings of the ones in front.... I probably haven't explained it very well, but it's sort of like tailgaiting in your car. your car doesn't have to work so hard because the one in front of it has lightened the load....
The Lancaster was our four engined long range bomber during WWII, the Hurricane was our most numerous fighter, who were tasked with shooting down German bombers... The Spitfire (with beautiful rounded wings), we're tasked with taking out the German Fighters (mostly ME109s and ME110s...
Sarah, back in the 1990s I got to visit what was at the time called "Confederate Air Museum" in Midland Texas. About a week later the van broke down on the highway out towards El Paso and by coincidence it was a former USAAF serviceman, who had been posted in England in WW2, that gave us a lift to get it recovered.
The kids were Air Cadets (age 12-18), who were appropriate for the RAF’s 100th anniversary. We also have Army Cadets and Sea Cadets (including Royal Marine Cadets, since the Marines are part of the Navy).
Prince Charles, Prince Andrew and Prince William all trained as pilots. Andrew saw active service in the Falklands War during 22 years service and William put his training to use when he left the Forces by working (unpaid) for the East Anglian Air Ambulance as a pilot until he was required to do more Royal duties.
5:53 - 3x Puma (French), 6x Chinooks (American) 6:30 - 1x Jupiter, 2x Juno (All Eurocopter, multinational) 7:01 - Dakota (American) 7:28 - 1x Lancaster, 2x Hurricane, 3x Spitfire (All British) 9:13 - 3x Prefect (German) 9:56 - 9x Tucano (British, developed from the Brazilian EMB 312 Tucano) 10:13 - 2x Shadow (American) 10:45 - 2x Hercules (American) 11:19 - 1x Atlas (Airbus, multinational) 11:25 - 1x C-17 Globemaster (American), 1x BAe 146 (British) 12:25 - 1x Sentinel (Canadian, modifications by Raytheon) 12:46 - 1x Voyager (Airbus, multinational) 13:14 - 1x Rivet Joint (American) 14:17 - 1x E-3D Sentry (American) 14:40 - 9x Hawk T1 (British) 16:21 - 9x Hawk T2 (British) 16:50 - 9x Tornado (Panavia: UK, Italy, Germany, built in the UK for the RAF by British Aerospace) 17:17 - 3x F-35B Lightning (American) 17:30 - 22x Typhoon (Eurofighter: UK, Italy, Germany, Spain, assembled in the UK for the RAF by BAE Systems)* The Red Arrows, known officially as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, fly the Hawk T1A, which is conventionally used in the RAF for advanced fast jet training. The Blue Angels for comparison fly the Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet, which is a front line, carrier capable fighter jet (and very expensive compared to the Hawk.) The UK actually doesn't have a counterpart to the Blue Angels, as the Red Arrows would actually be analogous to the US Air Force Thunderbirds, who fly the F-16C Fighting Falcon (also known as the Viper), which is also a front line jet (not carrier capable) used by the US Air Force (and being replaced by the F-35A Lightning II [although not the Thunderbirds.]) *BAE Systems was also responsible for building the front fuselage (including foreplanes), canopy, dorsal spine, tail fin, inboard flaperons, and rear fuselage section on all Typhoons.
The Tucano (Toucan in English) started as a Brazilian design and won the competition for the RAF's new trainer aircraft. The contract to build them under licence was given to the Shorts company, I believe in Northern Ireland at that time, so these are technically British-made aircraft, of a Brazilian design.
@@bujin1977 Edited. To be really pedantic, it’s actually the T1A but my phone autocorrected me for some reason to T2 and I didn’t notice it at the time.
In 1975 I went to a concert to see Pink Floyd at Knebworth Park, which I think is in Herts. The concert opened with two Spitfires (I think) flying overhead. Stunning I wonder how much that cost them?
As a kid lived near Ballykelly aerodrome, where RAF Shackleton planes ( a successor to the Lancaster) used to roar over the treetops... unforgettable...today the place is called Shackleton barracks...
The Statue is the Queen Victoria Memorial, some times called the Prince Albert Memorial ( but incorrect ). The Lancaster Bomber is the most famous WW2 bomber, flying nightly raids over Germany. Most famously known for the Dambuster's Raid, 617 Sqn. (617 Sqn. still exists, not sure what they fly now.)
You can tell the Hurricane compared to the Spitfire by the cockpit the Spi has a separate cock pit and the Hurricanes cockpit is in line with the fuselage. The Lancaster is a heavy bomber which only has two dedicated gunners with the radio operator as spare. The A/C can carry a maximum of 22,000 lb’s with special munitions, recently be made public that a Lancaster Sqd was volunteered to carry the Atomic bomb to Japan because US didn’t have a suitable A/C to carry it. The U/S refused the offer so the war carried on for for up to a year while modifications to enable an American bomber to carry it. The Lancaster was not able to fly higher than 15,000 ft and would fly slower so it would be a suicide mission for the crew, they carried on training for months just in case though.
The Apache Helicopters we have here are made under American licence BUT with Royals Royce Engines and Improved Radar and Weapons Systems, our improvements were so good, The US licenced our redesign in return so they could improve their own fleet. The Army Air Corps fly the Apache however ours were also adapted for sea launch and can be flown from a Naval Aircraft Carrier by Army Pilots if needed. My Dad and I watched this flypast from the Olympic Park in Stratford, we were lucky enough to get right under the flight path.
To get a perspective on use of the Lancaster...good "topics" to research are The Dambusters, and "What the Dambusters did next". There are only 2 flying Lancasters remaining. Nice video. Glad you are back (I missed the notification..so am a bit tardy watching the vid). I hope you have attended or will have a chance to attend an airshow. I am blessed this year in that I've seen the Blue Angels (St. Louis), and hope to see the Thunderbirds (in KC) on Labor Day weekend. I got to see the Red Arrows when they visited the US a couple years ago. I do love the artistry they put into their shows. You might also check out the Canadian Snowbirds (similar show to the Red Arrows)
Welcome back Sarah with another interesting video.👏🏻 You say something interesting, Americans are very patriotic, there is no doubt about that, but I never see big military parades in the news like in the UK,Victory day in Russia, El Zocalo en Mexico,Chile, etc etc.🤷♂️🤷♂️
Thanks, Pedro. The U.S. doesn't like to show off its military power via big events, etc. They save it for the battlefield. We show our support for the military in smaller ways every day instead, and the military has a constant presence in our society in smaller ways as well. For instance, we get military fly-bys all the time at football games. They do it as part of their training.
Before 1918 the Air Force was a division of the Army. It's importance was recognised during WW1 and it became a service in it's own right at the end of that war.
If you are going to be doing one on the Spitfire, I really recommend one on the 13 hours that saved Britain. We havent always been so great on celebrating our military history, the 50th anniversary of the RAF was not marked by any offical fly past, an RAF pilot took matters into his own hands. He flew an RAF Hawker Hunter to London, flying over the Houses of Parliament three times, dipping his wing as he flew over the Battle of Britain memorial finishing with a flight under the span of the Tower of London Bridge. The United States Air Force was formed in 1947, before that the aviation of the US Military was the responsibility of the United States Army Air Force, which was part of the US Army. The RAF was formed out of the Royal Flying Corps on the 1st April 1918. The USAF began as the United States Army Air Service in May 1918 until 1926 when it became the United Army Air Corps, which became the United States Army Air Forces in 1942. Before the formation of the USAF in 1947, all of these command formations had been temporary. It would seem it took the US Government and Military a lot longer to realise the importance of military aviation having its own command. The RAF has procured aircraft from the US, but with specific design alterations to suit our militaries uses. The Chinook, F35B and Apache have all been adapted for British use. The fly past was of all flyable RAF aircraft that served in its 100 year history. The Chinooks are not of British 'origin', they are made by Boeing, an American company, but adapted for RAF use. The RAF has a Chinook air display team, the British Army Air Corps has an Apache display team called the Blue Eagles and the Royal Navy have the Black Cats that fly the Augusta Westland Wildcat helicopter. The Dakota is the British Military transport version of the Douglas C3 airliner, it is known as the C47 in the US. Spitfire and Hurricane were single seat and single engine fighters used by the RAF during WW2, it is the aircraft rear two aircraft in the Battle of Britian Memorial Flight formation. Hurricane was built by Hawker and made of canvas and wood, while the Spitfire made by Supermarine, was the RAF's first all metal fighter, which gave it the rounded wings. Both aircraft were powered by the same engine, the Rolls Royce Merlin. The LANCASTER was the heavy bomber of the RAF used during WW2, designed by the same man that designed the Vulcan, it was powered by four of the same Rolls Royce Merlin engine used in the Spitfire and Hurricane. The Queen lived through the Second World War, and served in the ATS as a mechanic. Prince William served in the Royal Air Force as a search and rescue pilot on Westland Seaking helicopters, while Prince Harry trained to fly the Apache with the Army Air Corps. C130 Hercules was deisgned and built by Lockheed, it first flew in 1954, becoming operational with the RAF in 1967. The aircraft after the C130 is a C17 Galaxy Globemaster, another American made aircraft. The Voyager is made by Airbus, which is a German company. The kids you refer to are part of the Air Cadets, or Air Training Corps. They are a volunteer military youth organisation, that carries out all kinds of activities from adventure training, to air expierence flights on visits to RAF bases. I personally was in the ATC for four years, very happy memories of activities outside of school rather than hanging around on street corners. Flying in the finger four formation allows all round vision for pilots, it replaced the Vic formation that had been used by the RAF. Display formations are very different, to those used on operational flights. The Queen has an excellent grasp of everything going on in her country, she has seen 170 Prime Ministers come and go, the British Millitary swear an oath to serve under the Queen and her sucesors, not to the Government of Britiain. The Queen carries out visits to military bases, as well as presenting military medals to personnel within the military. The Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers, are named after her. The 'flags' are the Ensign of the RAF, and are flown from poles at every RAF base. The fly past was not an 'air show', it was a military parade like the Trooping of the Colour, to mark the 100th anniversary of the RAF formation. You would not of seen any of the V Bombers, as there are none airworthy, the last flight of the Vulcan was in October 2015.
Great video I always get goosebumps when I hear the sound of the merlin engines on the spitfire hurricane and Lancaster, just gutted they didn't fly the mosquito with them as it played a important role in ww2
Queen Elizabeth most definitely knows about the aircraft. During WW2 Princess Elizabeth at the time served in the British army as an apprentice mechanic and as a vehicle transport personal. During the war she still lived in Buckingham palace and witnessed the battle of Britain as it happened. Her father king George VI decide to remain in London during the blitz on London for moral support for the Londoners. So I think she really appreciates the value of the RAF especially the Spitfires and Hurricanes as they held back Hitler's onslaught of the Luftwaffe to save London.
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u need to watch a red arrows display video.., they are COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Great to see you back! I hope all is well
It's good that you're back. How was prison? We're all kind of surprised that you're out so early given what they got you on. Which raises the obvious question how *do* you manage to manage to commit a bank heist *and* stage a catfishing operation together?! Gosh, where *do* you find the time?! :) :)
Good to see you posting again. :)
Loved the videos and for typoon. I recommend the typoon quick reaction alert video ruclips.net/video/3hijzP1zzLI/видео.html and keep up the good reactions. As a brit and historian, I love your videos
Welcome back - you've been missed. HM the Queen definitely knows everything. She is knowledgable in intricate detail about every aircraft taking part in the flypast.
2 of her sons her sons were pilots, both of her grandsons are pilots. She knows exactly what is going on.
Yes she knows them better then anyone also the trooping the colour parade
The Spitfire gets all the glory, but my favourite of WW II RAF aircraft is the Mosquito - one of the most versatile aircraft of the times.
Lots of votes for the Mosquito in the comments!
agree! not for nothing was it called "the wooden wonder" - able to outfly most enemy fighter, carried a useful bomb-load, and was agile enough to perform bombing raids almost from street level. And they were the aircraft that BOAC used to fly civilian flights during the war.
@@franl155 You forgot them fitting an auto-loading 4 or 5 inch gun for anti-submarine warfare against subs caught on the surface.
@@SoGal_YT Not the best video but one that probably fits your time constraints
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Don't forget the P51 Mustang. Built in the US to a British design requirement, but didn't reach its full potential until the American Allison engine was replaced by the British Merlin.
The Queen absolutely knows what aircraft they are she has a massive interest in her military she meets officers from different branches every week (not sure about now due to her health) to find out what they’ve been doing. And her daughter Princess Ann has also had a keen interest in the military I believe she’s taken part in a few military exercises.
Welcome back Sarah. We've all been missing you.
It's always a privilege to see the Lancaster fly as only a handful of them have survived. The only other one in flyable condition is at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum near Hamilton, Ontario, not far from where I live. I've been meaning to visit and take some pictures for years now.
Nice to see you back. Hope you were OK. My mother worked on the Lancaster Bombers during the war. She was a Tailoress and was tasked with sewing the wings, as they were fabric covered.
Interesting!
Lancasters are all metal.
Wellington was part fabric.
I think it could have been the control surfaces that were fabric covered. The Lancaster had an all metal airframe, as Dave_H_ says the Vickers Wellington was fabric covered as were many earlier aeroplanes, but during WW2 some overwise all metal aeroplanes still had fabric covering on aileron, elevator and rudder surfaces.
The Lancaster Bomber was used in The Dambusters film which is well worth a watch if you like the old planes and a cracking true story.
The kids in uniform are the Royal Air Force Cadets, a uniformed youth organisation for 14-19 year olds who learn aviation, engineering etc type subjects and also get flights with the RAF and during the summer spend a week on a RAF base, there is no direct link into joining the armed forces.
The USAF only became an independent service post WW2. Before then, the USAAC/USAAF was part of the Army. The Chinook is made by Boeing in the US, and exported all over the world - including the UK.
You'd know the Dakota as the DC 3 (civilian) or C-47 (military) built by Douglas, and again a massive export success for the USA. It was reputedly one of the four weapons which won WW2.
The Avro Lancaster is the Vulcan's grandmother - a heavy bomber like your B-17, but capable of carrying much heavier loads. Both designed by Roy Chadwick.
The Spitfire and Hurricane are difficult to tell apart at this distance. The Hurricane was the latest in a long line of fighters designed by Sir Sidney Camm at Hawker - before 1941, it was the most numerous fighter in RAF service, gradually being supplemented and replaced by the superior (but more difficult to build) Spitfire. Hurricanes outnumbered Spitfires by more than two to one during the Battle of Britain.
Her Grace was an ATS driver/mechanic in WW2 (she is now the only living head-of-state to have served in the conflict) as well as having a son and grandson who were helicopter pilots, she's probably kept abreast of such actions.
The Red Arrows fly Hawk trainers.
I'd suggest the Hawker Hurricane as one type to look at, a great fighter unjustly overshadowed by the legendary Spitfire.
Oh, and welcome back.
Hi Sarah great to have you back. V formation helps the birds use less energy, as a Soldier I was told the RAF use the V formation because the one at the front has got the map lol
Did you see the magnificent flag flying over Buckingham Palace, sometimes silhouetted against the sky? That is the Royal Standard, massively historic, and which can only be flown over a building if the Queen herself is actually present inside.
the white stripes on the wings of the WWII aircraft denote that they was part of Operation Overlord and flew on the 6th of June (D-Day).
the Lancaster bomber is most famous for Operation Chastise, which is more commonly know as the Dambusters Raid. which dropped the bouncing bombs on 2 German dams, which then flooded the Ruhr Valley.
Prince Willian flew an Air Ambulance Helicopter. Prince Andrew flew a Helicopter in the Falklands war.
the "V" formation is to do with aerodynamics, which was copied from bird flight. which is why aircraft have coned noses, like a birds beak.
you seem to have forgotten that Her Majesty is the Head of the Armed Forces. all her Sons and Grandsons have served with the RAF. so she will be well informed of what she is seeing.
you should checkout the De Havilland Mosquito, which was a wooded fighter bomber used in WWII.
Prince William flew a search and rescue helicopter, up until just before they retired the sea king if I remember correctly. Then he moved on to flying an air ambulance.
While not to take away from the amazing, and dangerous job that the Air Ambulance crews do every day, the search and rescue helicopters often have to operate in terrain and weather conditions that an air ambulance just can't.
A lot of transferable skills between the two though I would think, especially when it comes to putting the ambulance down in a tight spot.
You know that she and the Royal family stayed in London throughout the war years princess Elizabeth joined the home army in 44 to 45 carrying out driving and mechanic jobs within the London area. Before the end of the war.
The Spitfire was an all-metal airframe whereas the hurricane was a wooden airframe. The way to tell them atar in the air was the wings on the spitfire were rounded at the ends and hurricane were more squared off. The hurricane also had a rising fuselage so it looked like a hump. The Royal Airforce was originally the Royal Flying Corps which was founded in 1912. The USAF was originally formed in 1907 as part of the American Army. It became the USAF in 1947 due to the national security act of that year. The Queen would have been well versed in the WW2 aircraft as she is the oldest head of state who served in the military in WW2. You mentioned the Vulcan which was designed by Roy Chadwick who designed the Lancaster which you saw in the video. The Lancaster's main claimed to fame was the raids on the german dams which carried the bouncing bomb.
The Hurricane was a metal airframe with wooden formers bolted to it. It was not a "wooden airframe". The RAF was formed by the merger of the RFC and the RNAS in 1918 as the world's first independent air force. The way to tell them apart in the air is that the (early) Spitfire's wings are eliptical and the Hurricane's are not. The Lancaster was famous for much more than the Dam Busters raid. Sinking the Tirpitz and destroying most of Germany's industrial capacity are rather well known too, along with the fire bombing of Dresden and other cities.
The Hurricane was a sort of transition from earlier construction methods used by Hawker on their biplane fighters and more 'modern' all metal stressed skin. The fuselage was formed from metal tubes connected by bolts and plates with wooden formers which were covered by doped fabric. Early models had fabric covered wings but by the time of the Battle of Britain the switch to an all metal wing was well under way. Compared to the Spitfire the Hurricane was quicker and cheaper to build and was easier to repair. It was also easier to land due to its wider inward retracting undercarriage. It had a thicker wing making installation of the guns easier, they were concentrated in 4 gun batteries whereas the Spitfire had them spaced over the span of the wing. Later when 20mm cannon replaced the machine guns the Spitfire needed bulges on the wing skin to accommodate them.
@@iatsd Precisely. Wooden airframe construction was already becoming old fashioned before the end of World War 2. By the late 1920s, most wooden framed aircraft had been replaced by aircraft built up using tubular metal frames - effectively a warren truss spaceframe technique. In the RAF, aircraft such as the Bristol Bulldog and the various Hawker biplanes (Hart, Hind, Fury etc) all had metal tube frames. The Hurricane was built using that same technique. There was some wood in the structure but that was mainly to provide an aerodynamic shape - such as the rear fuselage area behind the cockpit.
@@EricIrl The Germans biggest dread was the fighter bomber the Mosquito and was made almost entirely of??? O.K. a pre war design but what a machine. Also worth remembering is that the Hurricane shot down more enemy planes than any other type in WW2 but still remains the underdog to the Spitfire.
@@rubberyowen1469 The Hurricane most definitely did NOT shoot down more enemy aircraft than any other type in World War 2. What it did do was shoot down more German aircraft in the 4 months of the Battle of Britain period in 1940 than all other defences (that includes Spitfires and other fighters as well as anti-aircraft and barrage balloons). However, by 1941, the Hurricane was being increasingly outclassed as a fighter, especially in Northern Europe, and was gradually replaced as a front line fighter in RAF service.
The queen is the commander in chief, she knows all the kit they fly. It's her job as commander in chief.
That's why it's called Her Majesty's armed forces.
Hope that helped
The bomber with the Spitfires and Hurricanes was a Lancaster bomber, the best bomber of WW2.
this is not about British made aircraft, it's about the Planes the RAF have, doesn't matter where they are made
She knew! She was Commander in Chief and she has been involved in the Armed Forces Army, Navy and Air as a wife, daughter, grandmother and a service woman as well. There is a documentary about her as Commander in Chief and many top generals expressed their respect of how much she knows when she visited them.
Welcome back missed your vids 👍🏼
The Lancaster was the heaviest Bomber of WW2 (Little known fact the Lancaster could have dropped the Atom bombs, it was capable of carrying them months before the B29, which had to be remodeled to make the bomb bay big enough to carry it, but American pride kept the war going because they wanted the bombs dropped by an American aircraft.)
It's not obvious from the angle you were looking at but the spitfire and hurricane have different shaped wings i think you were right though the 2 outside aircraft looked like the hurricanes,
the spitfire was made of aluminium and although it is the most famous of the 2, it was actually the hurricane which was made of wood and cloth that actually shot down more Germans in the battle of Britain.
And yes the Chinook, Hercules and globemaster are all American designed and made aircraft.
Check out the WW2 RAF Mosquito. The best multipurpose aircraft of the entire war. And mostly made from wood.
Will do!
Those youngsters in Blue are in the Air Training Corps, AKA RAF Cadets. I served between 1984-1987, best days of my life. Flew planes, gliders, became a Marksman with rifles, learned Fieldcraft, went abroad to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, RAF Bruggen in Germany etc etc. and all in the pre health and safety period when boys could be boys.
I grew up next to RAF Northolt. All the WW2 planes would assemble there ready for flyovers. The Lancaster Bomber would shake the house as it went over. The spitfires and hurricanes both used the Rolls Royce Merlin engine. Once you've heard one you never forget the amazing sound. One year they had an American Mustang P51 join them. Fun fact, the Mustang was originally fitted with a general electric engine but it wasn't as fast as the spits, so they swapped them for the Merlin engine making them one of WW2s most affective fighters. ✌️♥️🇬🇧
First guy talking is James Holland. An absolutely magnificent historian. If you want to know anything about WW2, James is your boy.
And he does an excellent podcast with Al Murray.
@@markwilliamson2864 Absolutely. We Have Ways is fantastic.
A big fan of Mr Holland. I've read most of his books. Regarding the RAF, he's written a book covering The Battle of Britain and one on The Dambusters too - both well worth reading.
@@EricIrl Yep. I volunteer in a D-Day museum and he visited in March. Got him to sign my copy of Sicily'43 for me. An absolutely magnificent bloke, and what you see/hear when he's on podcasts/TV is exactly what you get in real life.
@@MarkloopRAF good stuff...
I have missed you SoGal. Been watching you for years, since the Napoleon series. You are great. Big hugs from Brit guy in Jakarta Indonesia.
Good to see you back Sarah! There were quite a few US designed planes there. The Chinook, C47 Dakota, C130 Hercules, E3 Sentry, RC135 Rivet Joint and C17. There were no air-worthy V-bombers in 2018. The Valiant being retired in the 60s due to metal fatigue problems and the Victor in 1993 although 2 Victors, Teasin' Tina and Lusty Lindy are still capable of being taxied along with 2 Vulcans (I think).
As for other planes to cover from WWII, The Hurricane (sometimes called the plane that actually won the Battle of Britain), Mosquito and Vickers Wellington. From the 1950s The Hawker Hunter and the Blackburn Buccaneer (AKA the Banana Bomber).
Ps sarah the lancaster was the plane in the dambusters xx
The 'V' formation used by Birds actually helps them save energy, there's less drag from the wake of the bird in front, they take it in turns to be in the lead, think of Cyclists slip-streaming each-other in the Velodrome. I believe fast Jets fly close formation to hide radar signatures in combat zones too, I'm no expert and I'm sure I'll be corrected.
Edit: And yes, I'm sure the Queen knows what is going on, She was a Mechanic in the Army in WWII and she probably was briefed on things she didn't know beforehand, from what I've seen from interviews of people close to her it seems she always takes a keen interest in things that she is involved in, and Prince William flew Sea King Search and Rescue Helicopters for the Coastguard and Navy, while Harry flew Apache's in active service out in Afghanistan (there's a famous clip of him in an interview where he's scrambled halfway through and immediately leaves the interview to take off), while the Queens Son Prince Andrew also flew Sea Kings for the Royal Navy (notably during the Falklands where he helped in the rescue of the stricken HMS Sheffield Crewmen, sunk by Argentinian Excocet Missiles)
glad to have you back, the amount of money and public will that goes into keeping those WW2 era planes flying is amazing.
The Spitfire gets the credit for winning the Battle of Britain, but the Hurricane actually shot down more enemy aircraft than the Spit.
"Hurricanes destroyed more enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain than did all the other air and ground defences combined." - RAF Museum
The Lancaster bomber was the RAF's main heavy bomber; it carried out the Dambusters raid, amongst many other feats. It was powered by 4 Spitfire engines.
ps Edited to remove erroneous statement.
The Hurricane was NOT made of wood and canvas. It had a metal airframe and then wooden formers were attached to that. WHY does the falsehood about it being a "wooden plane" persist?!
Good to see you back 🙌 love your content 🤓. Birmingham UK 🇬🇧.
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Hi, Sarah, its so good to have you back. The planes and helicopters you thought were American are, we obtain a fair number of planes from the US. It was fascinating to see the old WW2 planes. If you want something detailed about WW2 planes I recommend The Thirteen Hours That Saved Britain from Free Documentary History Channel. Its really good
The Lancaster was a heavy bomber and was used in raids over Germany in WW2 it was also used in the dambusters raid the A400 is made by Airbus product
As others have said, nice to see you back.
Can I recommend an addition to your list of aircraft to checkout. The English Electric Lightning an amazing aircraft with great speed and operating ceiling.
Great to have you back, Sarah. Hope everything is well.
Us Britons love a “turn out” Sarah 😉😃 events like this, Royal events, parades and pageantry, The Lord Mayor’s Show and Remembrance Sunday - anything like that - we will “turn out and turn up” for it! It’s what we do really well! Hope you do a “reaction” to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee - now THAT was a huuuuuge crowd watching! And a brilliant four days it was too! Hope you can find some good clips - there’s lots out there on t’internet!
Second that, and also the Lord Mayor's show.
Welcome back Sarah, it's great too see you back on RUclips
Welcome Back Sarah!!! Hope everything is well. I can’t wait to see more.
HI S!
The RAF was formed in 1918 by combining the naval Royal Naval Air Service and the land based Royal Flying Corps. It became the first independent air force in the world, ie not controlled by the other services. In the US they kept their air operations split between navy and army, certainly till after WWII. ( not sure they are unified now- but I think they are)
Yes the UK buys a lot of US kit. It also has built in collaboration with its European allies, but most front line aerocraft are a bit expensive to build on our own now. There was a huge scandal in the 80s, in Thatchers govt about whether to acquire helicopter's from US or have them built by the UK firm, Westland.
The old Dakota is a US transport plane from WWII sometimes called the dc3. It could lift 3 tons, which isn't a lot but it was rugged, reliable, and frequently used to deliver paratroopers. The civy version was the c47.
The Lancaster is the best WWII bomber. It dropped more weight of bombs than all other allied types put together. Reliable and much loved. It could fly further and carry more than any of its contemporaries. Famous for being used in the dam busters raid. Later in the war it carried the grand slam 10 ton bomb. You should do a video on it.
Birds fly in V formation to reduce drag, they benefit from the one in front. After WWI there was an inclination to fly plane's in tight formations, but in WWII it was found to be too restrictive. The pilots were too busy watching each other to keep an eye open for the enemy. Looser formations were better. It was only the US day bombers who huddled in tight formation for mutual gun protection that kept doing it.
That statue at the end of the Mall is in front of Buckingham Palace, it's the Victoria monument.
Final note. The Spitfire fighter gets all the glory, but it's companion, the hurricane, in many ways was a better fighter. Not so fast, it could outturn the spit. had a better gun configuration in the wings, and the pilots view from the cockpit was better. It was also more rugged and easier to repair and maintain. There is a smashing documentary video on you tube about it. Called unsung weapons, or something. I'll post a link for you when I find it..
Decisive weapons. The forgotten fighter. The Hawker Hurricane. It's only 25 min long, narrated by Sean Bean (Sharpe!)
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A few errors in your post, I'm afraid.
The Douglas DC-3 was the pre-war airliner. A military variant was built for the USAAF and was referred to as the C-47 Skytrain. In US Navy service it was called the R4D Skytrain. In RAF service it was called the Dakota.
The Spitfire was, in truth, a superior and more advanced fighter than the Hurricane. The Hurricane was very important to the RAF in the first two years of the war - simply because they had more of them. As the war progressed, the Spitfire gradually took over as the RAF's main fighter - and was developed into 24 different variants.
@@EricIrl the Hurricane was not more important because there were more of them. It had qualities that the spitfire lacked. For instance they only sent the Hurricane to fight in the battle of France, as it could cope with the rough field conditions found there. It was also easier to maintain and operate. The numbers game is because it was easier to produce too. When it came to the battle of Britain, again it proved itself up to the job. It's turn aound time for refuelling and rearmament bending about 10 min or so quicker than the Spitfire. Its turning circle was tighter, its visibility better, and it's gunfire more concentrated. The Spitfire was beautiful to fly, was faster and had a better rate of climb, but in the dogfight, there was nothing wrong with the Hurricane. After the Battle of Britain it continued to offer good service, as it's thicker wing chord could be fitted with heavier guns for the ground attack role. It was still in use at the end of the war, bombing and straffing the Japanese in the far east.
There was also a Lancaster bomber that was used to deploy bouncing bombs to destroy dams. Great documentary on it.
Would recommend this
Welcome back Sarah, Scarlett and Roger!😊
Some of the aircraft in this fly past have since between retired by the RAF, these are the E3-D Sentry, BAe 146, Sentinel R1, the Hawk T1 (except for those flown by the Red Arrows) and of course the Tornado GR4.
The youths in uniforms in front of Buckingham Palace were air cadets, members of the Air Training Corps (13-18 year olds) which is a 26,000 member organisation funded by the Ministry of Defence.
The Queen is well aware of the workings of the RAF, various members of her family having served in it, she has also toured RAF stations regularly and met many serving members of the force.
I agree with others that the Mosquito is a good aircraft to study as is the Harrier.
The Lancaster was a heavy bomber. My Grandad flew 14 operations in Lancasters before he was shot down. If you want to know more there's a documentary on my channel.
Oh, it's wonderful to see you back on here, I've got nothing else to add but my gladness that you're back with the shades and winging-suit, stay flying Gal!.
Thanks, Joanne!
Indeed
Prince William flew Air Sea Rescue and Air Ambulance
Prince Harry flew Two man Apache helicopter on two tours on the front line in Afghanistan.
WELCOME BACK SARAH!!
We've missed you. 🎉🎉
The Lancaster was a heavy bomber, used for night bombing, to drop the Dambuster's bouncing bombs and even toe Tallboy (6 tons) and Grandslam (10 tons) "earthquake" bombs used to bust through the U-Boat pens concrete roofs
There was a special group of Lancaster's that trained to drop the nuclear bombs on Japan if the B26 wasn't ready.
@@charlestaylor9424 I was an engineering student and fascinated by Barnes Wallis, from the R100 airship, Wellington bomber, through the bouncing bombs used by 617 squadron against the German dams to the Tallboy and Grandslam bombs. He managed tp get a Wellington bomber to test the bouncing bomb prototypes by mentioning he designed it... Videos about Mosquitos, Welling and Lancaster bombers, 617 squadron, (I believe they used Mosquitoes later in their path finder role) and the 2 earthquake bombs are all on RUclips with simple searches. I've spent/waster hours (probably days - I'm retired) watching many of them.
@@terryloveuk Arthur C Clarke wrote a semiautobiography of his life in bomber command.
It is Glide Path and well worth a read.
@@charlestaylor9424 I bought the biography by Jack E. Morpurgo back then.
@@charlestaylor9424 B.29 superfortress
Spitfires have "pointy" wings, Hurricanes have rounded wings. Both are famous fighters from WWII. Earned their reputations in the Battle of Britain in 1940 (you should watch the film of that name.) The Spitfire was the only aircraft to serve throughout the war and into the 1950s, undergoing many upgrades. There was even a "Seafire" variant. operating from aircraft carriers.
Many US-made aircraft are used by the RAF. The A400 Atlas is made by "Airbus" a multi-national European collaboration.
Birds flying in V formation - they use the slipstream coming off the wingtips of the bird(s) in front, so using less energy. Same with aircraft, but also avoiding turbulence from the one in front that they'd get flying directly behind each other.
The Tornados and Typhoons are named for British WWII ground-attack aircraft (made by the same company as the Hurricane - hence the names) and the Lightning II is named after a 1960s/70s UK fighter jet and is the US F35.
The Concorde passenger jet was fast enough to outpace any contemporary fighter jet...except the Lightning (Lightning 1, I suppose it should be called now.)
To add a bit to that, the leading bird(which being in the lead is obviously not saving energy) is regularly relieved by a trailing bird.
(When a truck is seen tucked in tight one behind another on a highway, it's also to save energy by being in the leader's slipstream; by periodically leapfrogging they share the savings).
Not all spits have elliptical wings. The later mk9s have clipped wing tips to help achieve the higher top speed produced by the later griffin engines.
Hello Sarah, glad you're back xx it's brilliant that you chose this video.
Both Princes William (RAF) and Harry (Army) were helicopter pilots for a while during their Military Careers, William ending his as a Search and Rescue pilot. Prince Charles was also a Royal Navy helicopter Pilot, he even used to fly himself in the Royal helicopter at times, once visited his Mother, landing it in the Buckingham Palace Garden. Prince Phillip was also known to take over aircraft controls at times, although more at home on the Bridge of HMY Britannia.
There is a subject you might like to look into. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution RNLI. Manned( and womanned) by volunteers and funded by donations they provide maritime rescue all round the coasts of Britain, Ireland and the Crown Dependencies. The BBC makes a series of programs "Saving Lives at Sea" using footage, recreation and interviews of actual rescues, some seeming trivial, some dramatic and give an insight into coastal life in UK and Ireland.
That would be cool...very popular with us on the wirral peninsula bounded by the mersey and the Dee and the Irish sea...geography and rhyme...E
If you were going to check out the RNLI Sarah. You might want to watch 'Cruel Sea The Penlee Disaster', a documentary on the Penlee lifeboat disaster. It's the British Perfect Storm, but you will need a box of tissues to watch it.
Your TopGun look does it for me Sarah. Glad you're back. Good to take a regular break. Enjoyed this video.
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Welcome back! Missed your enthusiastic reactions - someone who actually wants to learn the hows and whys, especially British then and now 👍🏼
🤟Hi there from brighouse in west yorkshire. England. Lov your vidz🤟
Is the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass band still functioning...?
So nice to see you back. We missed you. The Chinook twin rotor helicopters are American (Boeing) and the DC3 Dakota is American too, and most probably quite a few others too. I'm not an expert. The Supermarine Spitfire has a beautiful elliptical wing which is the easy way to tell it apart from the Hawker Hurricane which has a straight wing. The Avro Lancaster was a huge 4 engined bomber with 4 Rolls Royce Merlin engines. The wheels are as tall as a man. I was in London in 2002 when the legendary Concord flew over Buckingham Palace with the Red Arrows. People (including me) were actually crying with emotion. It was truly amazing.
Welcome back. Still plenty of significant, memorable aircraft for you to review fromm WWII onwards. The Avro Lancaster (WWII bomber) famous for the raid by 617 Sqn. on the dams in Germany. The DeHavilland Mosquito, all wood fighter-bomber with a significant history in WWII. I was talking to a nice old guy in Townsville Queensland, Australia during the VP 50 celebrations who told me how during the war he was working in UK fixing battle damaged Mosquitos - he was a carpenter! English Electric Lightning - cold war interceptor, with a reputation for it's speed achievements. The Hawker Harrier, original design and vertical flight development - Sea Harriers in the South Atlantic. Looking forward to seeing more.
The Chinooks are American and made by Boeing and called a CH47 in America. There is a long history of US aircraft in RAF service being given American names ie. P51 = Mustang, C47 = Dakota etc. The US Navy uses the British designed Hawk trainer used by the Red Arrows and it’s called the T45 Goshawk.
Great to see you back. missed you. Can you have a look at the Lancaster Bomber and the Dambuster raid with their Bouncing Bomb
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Queen's 70th year as monarch of the UK 🇬🇧 so fly past as well in the same year. We like to do things a little less showy. Her Majesty has a very sharp brain and eye, she takes a lot of interest in the regiments.
The Queen knows everything about all these planes .
V formation improves aircraft performance as the lead aircraft pushes through the air which flows past the tailing aircraft, saving fuel.
The USAF wasn't founded until 18th September 1947, but the US had aircraft beforehand as we know from the second world war
The US had various land based air arms prior to the formation of the USAF. There was the US Army Aero Service, the US Army Air Corps and then the US Army Air Forces.
Yes. the young people are Air Cadets. My brother was one, many years ago.
Harrier Jump Jets? There's also the Eurofighter which was created between UK, Sweden, France and Italy I think. Chinnock are US. AVRO Lancaster is a heavy bomber used to flatten Germany in WWII.
Eurofighter was built by a consortium of the UK, Italy, Spain and Germany, France and Sweden were not involved.
Harriers had been retired for many years when this video was made. Also 22 Eurofighter Typhoons in formation from 17:34
You should look at the DeHavilland Mosquito from WW2. Wooden fuselages made them different to most other planes of that era. My Grandfather was a cabinet maker in Birmingham, England and was foreman of a small factory that built the wooden fuselages to be sent to the main factory. I have photos of my Grandad and the workers building them. My Dad was a small boy and remembers his Dad going to work. We are lucky we have pieces he has made for us and fond memories of him and Grannie too.
Being of wood constuction helped make them the successful night fighter they were, only the engines would reflect enemy Radar signals making them a small Radar target often lost in the clutter and interference of the Radar of the time.
Herman Goering's quote sums the Mossie up perfectly.
'It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy. The British, who can afford aluminum better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building….They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops.'
My father worked on mosquitos which flew out of RAF Manston during the war. Was his favourite aircraft.
The queen made it her business to be up to speed on the latest developments. Many officers were astounded by her military knowledge.
13:29 Those kids in the Uniform are RAF Air Cadets, a cadet force formed in 1941, is one of the 3 main cadet forces that make up the combined cadet force (Army Cadets, Sea Cadets and Air Cadets). It's an organisation i had the pleasure of being a part of as a sergeant
The easiest way to describe it would be that they are similar to the US Air Force's Civil Air Patrol.
welcome back, the videos you create make people's lives that little bit better...
The yellow and black Helicopters are from RAF Shawbury near me and that's the RAF training centre for air sea rescue and attack helicopters like the Apache.
Not sure if anyone's answered already, but I believe the reason for formation flying in birds is so the birds behind can basically get a boost from the air that's been pushed under the wings of the ones in front.... I probably haven't explained it very well, but it's sort of like tailgaiting in your car. your car doesn't have to work so hard because the one in front of it has lightened the load....
The Lancaster was our four engined long range bomber during WWII, the Hurricane was our most numerous fighter, who were tasked with shooting down German bombers... The Spitfire (with beautiful rounded wings), we're tasked with taking out the German Fighters (mostly ME109s and ME110s...
The Royal Airforce was originally called the Royal Flying Corps.
Good to see you back sogal.
Good to see back on RUclips thanks for posting this 😀
If you want more info on what the Typhoons do day to day, I highly recommend the Sky News video: Fly with the RAF's Quick Reaction Alert Crews
Great to have you back, ❤from England 🇬🇧
Sarah, back in the 1990s I got to visit what was at the time called "Confederate Air Museum" in Midland Texas.
About a week later the van broke down on the highway out towards El Paso and by coincidence it was a former USAAF serviceman, who had been posted in England in WW2, that gave us a lift to get it recovered.
The kids were Air Cadets (age 12-18), who were appropriate for the RAF’s 100th anniversary. We also have Army Cadets and Sea Cadets (including Royal Marine Cadets, since the Marines are part of the Navy).
I was in the sea cadet corp called TS Terranova in the 1970s we did some boat drill and arms drill and dressed up as little sailors
Prince Charles, Prince Andrew and Prince William all trained as pilots. Andrew saw active service in the Falklands War during 22 years service and William put his training to use when he left the Forces by working (unpaid) for the East Anglian Air Ambulance as a pilot until he was required to do more Royal duties.
Was on the Mall that day it was amazing the planes flying right overhead the hundred was the icing on the cake
flying in the v gives birds right at the back so much up lift so its translates to aircraft using less fuel to fly
5:53 - 3x Puma (French), 6x Chinooks (American)
6:30 - 1x Jupiter, 2x Juno (All Eurocopter, multinational)
7:01 - Dakota (American)
7:28 - 1x Lancaster, 2x Hurricane, 3x Spitfire (All British)
9:13 - 3x Prefect (German)
9:56 - 9x Tucano (British, developed from the Brazilian EMB 312 Tucano)
10:13 - 2x Shadow (American)
10:45 - 2x Hercules (American)
11:19 - 1x Atlas (Airbus, multinational)
11:25 - 1x C-17 Globemaster (American), 1x BAe 146 (British)
12:25 - 1x Sentinel (Canadian, modifications by Raytheon)
12:46 - 1x Voyager (Airbus, multinational)
13:14 - 1x Rivet Joint (American)
14:17 - 1x E-3D Sentry (American)
14:40 - 9x Hawk T1 (British)
16:21 - 9x Hawk T2 (British)
16:50 - 9x Tornado (Panavia: UK, Italy, Germany, built in the UK for the RAF by British Aerospace)
17:17 - 3x F-35B Lightning (American)
17:30 - 22x Typhoon (Eurofighter: UK, Italy, Germany, Spain, assembled in the UK for the RAF by BAE Systems)*
The Red Arrows, known officially as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, fly the Hawk T1A, which is conventionally used in the RAF for advanced fast jet training. The Blue Angels for comparison fly the Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet, which is a front line, carrier capable fighter jet (and very expensive compared to the Hawk.) The UK actually doesn't have a counterpart to the Blue Angels, as the Red Arrows would actually be analogous to the US Air Force Thunderbirds, who fly the F-16C Fighting Falcon (also known as the Viper), which is also a front line jet (not carrier capable) used by the US Air Force (and being replaced by the F-35A Lightning II [although not the Thunderbirds.])
*BAE Systems was also responsible for building the front fuselage (including foreplanes), canopy, dorsal spine, tail fin, inboard flaperons, and rear fuselage section on all Typhoons.
The Red Arrows fly the Hawk T1, not the T2.
The Tucano (Toucan in English) started as a Brazilian design and won the competition for the RAF's new trainer aircraft.
The contract to build them under licence was given to the Shorts company, I believe in Northern Ireland at that time, so these are technically British-made aircraft, of a Brazilian design.
@@stevetheduck1425 Yes, it’s a license built version of the EMB 312 Tucano.
@@bujin1977 Edited. To be really pedantic, it’s actually the T1A but my phone autocorrected me for some reason to T2 and I didn’t notice it at the time.
In 1975 I went to a concert to see Pink Floyd at Knebworth Park, which I think is in Herts.
The concert opened with two Spitfires (I think) flying overhead. Stunning
I wonder how much that cost them?
As a kid lived near Ballykelly aerodrome, where RAF Shackleton planes ( a successor to the Lancaster) used to roar over the treetops... unforgettable...today the place is called Shackleton barracks...
The Statue is the Queen Victoria Memorial, some times called the Prince Albert Memorial ( but incorrect ). The Lancaster Bomber is the most famous WW2 bomber, flying nightly raids over Germany. Most famously known for the Dambuster's Raid, 617 Sqn. (617 Sqn. still exists, not sure what they fly now.)
You can tell the Hurricane compared to the Spitfire by the cockpit the Spi has a separate cock pit and the Hurricanes cockpit is in line with the fuselage.
The Lancaster is a heavy bomber which only has two dedicated gunners with the radio operator as spare. The A/C can carry a maximum of 22,000 lb’s with special munitions, recently be made public that a Lancaster Sqd was volunteered to carry the Atomic bomb to Japan because US didn’t have a suitable A/C to carry it. The U/S refused the offer so the war carried on for for up to a year while modifications to enable an American bomber to carry it. The Lancaster was not able to fly higher than 15,000 ft and would fly slower so it would be a suicide mission for the crew, they carried on training for months just in case though.
The Queen named of her dog's after the Vulcan Bomber, she knows...
The Apache Helicopters we have here are made under American licence BUT with Royals Royce Engines and Improved Radar and Weapons Systems, our improvements were so good, The US licenced our redesign in return so they could improve their own fleet. The Army Air Corps fly the Apache however ours were also adapted for sea launch and can be flown from a Naval Aircraft Carrier by Army Pilots if needed. My Dad and I watched this flypast from the Olympic Park in Stratford, we were lucky enough to get right under the flight path.
Happy days are here again!
To get a perspective on use of the Lancaster...good "topics" to research are The Dambusters, and "What the Dambusters did next". There are only 2 flying Lancasters remaining. Nice video. Glad you are back (I missed the notification..so am a bit tardy watching the vid). I hope you have attended or will have a chance to attend an airshow. I am blessed this year in that I've seen the Blue Angels (St. Louis), and hope to see the Thunderbirds (in KC) on Labor Day weekend. I got to see the Red Arrows when they visited the US a couple years ago. I do love the artistry they put into their shows. You might also check out the Canadian Snowbirds (similar show to the Red Arrows)
The RAF was created on 1st April 1918 by combining The Royal Flying Corps (Army) and The Royal Naval Air Service.
Welcome back Sarah with another interesting video.👏🏻
You say something interesting, Americans are very patriotic, there is no doubt about that, but I never see big military parades in the news like in the UK,Victory day in Russia, El Zocalo en Mexico,Chile, etc etc.🤷♂️🤷♂️
Thanks, Pedro. The U.S. doesn't like to show off its military power via big events, etc. They save it for the battlefield. We show our support for the military in smaller ways every day instead, and the military has a constant presence in our society in smaller ways as well. For instance, we get military fly-bys all the time at football games. They do it as part of their training.
@@SoGal_YT oh yeees, the flyovers of the stadiums look so cool.
Good to see you again. Enjoyed the video (as usual).
Before 1918 the Air Force was a division of the Army. It's importance was recognised during WW1 and it became a service in it's own right at the end of that war.
If you are going to be doing one on the Spitfire, I really recommend one on the 13 hours that saved Britain. We havent always been so great on celebrating our military history, the 50th anniversary of the RAF was not marked by any offical fly past, an RAF pilot took matters into his own hands. He flew an RAF Hawker Hunter to London, flying over the Houses of Parliament three times, dipping his wing as he flew over the Battle of Britain memorial finishing with a flight under the span of the Tower of London Bridge. The United States Air Force was formed in 1947, before that the aviation of the US Military was the responsibility of the United States Army Air Force, which was part of the US Army. The RAF was formed out of the Royal Flying Corps on the 1st April 1918. The USAF began as the United States Army Air Service in May 1918 until 1926 when it became the United Army Air Corps, which became the United States Army Air Forces in 1942. Before the formation of the USAF in 1947, all of these command formations had been temporary. It would seem it took the US Government and Military a lot longer to realise the importance of military aviation having its own command. The RAF has procured aircraft from the US, but with specific design alterations to suit our militaries uses. The Chinook, F35B and Apache have all been adapted for British use. The fly past was of all flyable RAF aircraft that served in its 100 year history. The Chinooks are not of British 'origin', they are made by Boeing, an American company, but adapted for RAF use. The RAF has a Chinook air display team, the British Army Air Corps has an Apache display team called the Blue Eagles and the Royal Navy have the Black Cats that fly the Augusta Westland Wildcat helicopter. The Dakota is the British Military transport version of the Douglas C3 airliner, it is known as the C47 in the US. Spitfire and Hurricane were single seat and single engine fighters used by the RAF during WW2, it is the aircraft rear two aircraft in the Battle of Britian Memorial Flight formation. Hurricane was built by Hawker and made of canvas and wood, while the Spitfire made by Supermarine, was the RAF's first all metal fighter, which gave it the rounded wings. Both aircraft were powered by the same engine, the Rolls Royce Merlin. The LANCASTER was the heavy bomber of the RAF used during WW2, designed by the same man that designed the Vulcan, it was powered by four of the same Rolls Royce Merlin engine used in the Spitfire and Hurricane. The Queen lived through the Second World War, and served in the ATS as a mechanic. Prince William served in the Royal Air Force as a search and rescue pilot on Westland Seaking helicopters, while Prince Harry trained to fly the Apache with the Army Air Corps. C130 Hercules was deisgned and built by Lockheed, it first flew in 1954, becoming operational with the RAF in 1967. The aircraft after the C130 is a C17 Galaxy Globemaster, another American made aircraft. The Voyager is made by Airbus, which is a German company. The kids you refer to are part of the Air Cadets, or Air Training Corps. They are a volunteer military youth organisation, that carries out all kinds of activities from adventure training, to air expierence flights on visits to RAF bases. I personally was in the ATC for four years, very happy memories of activities outside of school rather than hanging around on street corners. Flying in the finger four formation allows all round vision for pilots, it replaced the Vic formation that had been used by the RAF. Display formations are very different, to those used on operational flights. The Queen has an excellent grasp of everything going on in her country, she has seen 170 Prime Ministers come and go, the British Millitary swear an oath to serve under the Queen and her sucesors, not to the Government of Britiain. The Queen carries out visits to military bases, as well as presenting military medals to personnel within the military. The Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers, are named after her. The 'flags' are the Ensign of the RAF, and are flown from poles at every RAF base. The fly past was not an 'air show', it was a military parade like the Trooping of the Colour, to mark the 100th anniversary of the RAF formation. You would not of seen any of the V Bombers, as there are none airworthy, the last flight of the Vulcan was in October 2015.
There is nothing like the sound of a Chinook - it shakes you to the core... And is wonderful...
Great video I always get goosebumps when I hear the sound of the merlin engines on the spitfire hurricane and Lancaster, just gutted they didn't fly the mosquito with them as it played a important role in ww2
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I think it would be interesting to see the history of the "B 52" and the "TU 95 BEAR". both created in the 1950s and still in service today.
Queen Elizabeth most definitely knows about the aircraft. During WW2 Princess Elizabeth at the time served in the British army as an apprentice mechanic and as a vehicle transport personal.
During the war she still lived in Buckingham palace and witnessed the battle of Britain as it happened. Her father king George VI decide to remain in London during the blitz on London for moral support for the Londoners. So I think she really appreciates the value of the RAF especially the Spitfires and Hurricanes as they held back Hitler's onslaught of the Luftwaffe to save London.
The Lancaster bomber was built by Avro, the company that built the Vulcan Bomber that you watched in operation Black Buck,
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My great grandad flew as a gunman in the Lancaster. He has a picture of him with 2 crews all infront of 2 lancaster bombers.
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