The XB-19 project had its origin in a secret Army Air Corps project of the mid 'thirties for an advanced long-range bomber. On February 5, 1935, the Army Air Corps initiated a secret project for an experimental long-range bomber, with the goal of seeing just how far the state of the art could be pushed. It was assigned the codename "Project D", and was classified top secret. No production was envisaged, since "Project D" was more of a proof-of-concept vehicle than it was a serious proposal for a production military aircraft.

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The Boeing XB-15 (Boeing 294) was a bomber aircraft first designed in 1934 as a test for the United States Army Air Corps to see if it would be possible to build a heavy bomber with a 5000 mile (8000 km) range. It was originally designated the XBLR-1 (experimental bomber, long range). When it first flew, it was the most massive and most voluminous airplane ever built in the United States. It set a number of load-to-altitude records, including a 31205-pound flight to 8200 feet (July 30 1939). The aircraft's immense size allowed for passages within the wing, which the crew could use to make minor repairs in flight. Due to the technology of the time, a 5000 mile flight took several days; the crew was made up of several shifts, and bunks allowed them to sleep when off duty. The XB-15 was designed around liquid-cooled 1000 hp (750 kW) engines. Unfortunately, these were not available, and 850 hp (637 kW) engines were used instead. These engines left the bomber significantly underpowered; its top speed of 200 mph (322 km/h) was far too slow for a combat aircraft, and the project was abandoned. Even without the improved defensive armament that would have been needed in service, the XB-15 had a maximum takeoff weight 5000lbs greater than the later B-17G, but with a total engine output of 1400 less horsepower. No B-15s were put into service; the Army Air Corps converted the only prototype into a transport designated the XC-105, which carried freight around the Caribbean during the <b>...</b>

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By popular demand the entire aircraft graveyard scene from the 1946 movie "The Best Years of Our Lives" that I used in my B-17 movie (Bit O' Lace)

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Jean Batten, (1909 -- 1982), was a New Zealand aviatrix whose daring and adventurous flights made her a global heroine and broke barriers of time, distance and gender. Jean competed in a male bastion of dashing bravery and proved to the world that a woman could equal and even exceed their exploits. Jean's love of flying was matched by her desire to prove herself equal to any man. These driving forces combined to create 'the Garbo of the skies', a glamorous daring adventurer who courted world wide attention to further her ambitions and then shunned it in later life. We love the fact that Jean was able to literally rise above the confines and expectations of her time, both as a woman and a pilot. She dreamed of doing something that had never been done before; a solo flight from England to Australia in under 20 days. She persevered, keeping her dream in focus, and eventually did fly to Australia, breaking the record by five days. For good measure she established another record by becoming the first woman to make the return flight as well. She then went on to even bigger dreams. Jean astonished the world with her daring feats, flying solo to make to the first flight across the southern oceans from West Africa to Brazil. She was also the first person to fly across the Tasman. On some of these flights she encountered storms which meant she did not know if she was off course or not for much of her flight. She had to trust to her instruments and keep flying. Approaching New <b>...</b>

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Part of an Authur Godfrey special sponsored by Eastern Airlines called Flying with Authur Godfrey

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More Super Connie and DC3-6 footage

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First of a three part series Air Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, MC, AFC (1897--1935) Kingsford Smith was in the army cadets until 1915; when he turned 18, he enlisted in the AIF. He became a signaller and despatch-rider and saw war service on Gallipoli and in Egypt and France before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps (RFC). The young pilot joined No. 23 Squadron RFC on the Western Front in July 1917. He soon destroyed four enemy aircraft in combat, but in August he was wounded and shot down, resulting in the loss of some of his toes. He was awarded the Military Cross. After the war flying became his passion and he piloted joy-flights overseas before returning home in 1921. In the following years he tried to establish viable aviation companies. It was an expensive business and he regularly sought publicity and sponsorship for record-breaking flights. One epic flight, above all his many others, established "Smithy" as one of the greatest pioneering pilots of all time. On 31 May 1928 he took off from California with Charles Ulm and two American crewmen in a three-engined Fokker, the Southern Cross. For aircraft of this era it was an immense distance, over water all the way. They flew via Hawaii and Suva to Brisbane, fighting storms and near exhaustion, completing the journey in under 84 flying hours. For his achievements, Kingsford Smith was given honorary rank in the RAAF and awarded the Air Force Cross. He continued on more record-breaking flights to show the <b>...</b>

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The de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth was a 1930s biplane designed by de Havilland and operated by the Royal Air Force and others as a primary trainer. The Tiger Moth remained in service with the RAF until 1952 when many of the surplus aircraft entered civil operation. Many other nations used the Tiger Moth both in military and civil applications and the ubiquitous little trainer still is in great demand worldwide as a recreational aircraft. Design and development The Tiger Moth trainer prototype was derived from the de Havilland Gipsy Moth (DH 60). The main change to the DH Moth series was necessitated by an effort to improve access to the front cockpit since the training requirement specified that the front seat occupant had to be able to escape easily, even wearing a parachute. Access to the front cockpit of the Moth predecessors was restricted by the proximity of the aircraft's fuel tank directly above the front cockpit and the rear support struts for the upper wing. The solution adopted was to shift the upper wing forward but sweep the wings back to maintain the centre of lift. Other changes included a strengthened structure, fold-down doors on both sides of the cockpit and a revised exhaust. It was powered by a de Havilland Gipsy III 120 hp engine and first flew on 26 October 1931 with de Havilland Chief Test Pilot Hubert Broad at the controls.[4] One distinctive characteristic of the Tiger Moth design is its differential aileron control setup. The ailerons (on the <b>...</b>

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To be rich and British in the 1930's. Short film promoting civil flying (and Moth sales)

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Random footage I took, thought I'd post it up for the lulz xD

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Multiplex Cargo conversion. Build thread here: www.rcgroups.com

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The Parnall Peto was a small seaplane designed to Air Ministry specification 16/24 in the early 1920s for use as a submarine-carried reconnaissance aircraft. Half a dozen examples were designed and built by George Parnall and Company, one being lost with the submarine HMS M2 when her hangar flooded. It was one of the most challenging projects which the company undertook, because of the very small hangar in which the aircraft had to fit, mounted immediately in front of the submarine's conning tower. Of mixed wood, fabric, aluminium and steel construction, it had unequal span, Warren-braced folding rectangular wings. The first aircraft, N181, was powered by a 128 hp Bristol Lucifer engine and had mahogany plywood "Consuta" type floats. Performance was generally satisfactory but improvements were made and the machine was rebuilt with new wings, metal floats and a 169 hp Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose engine. Tests both on the sea and in the air showed that designer, Harold Bolas, had met the requirements and it was officially judged to be exceptionally good. The aircraft was launched using a compressed air catapult mounted on the forward casing of the submarine and recovered using a crane. HMS M2 was a Royal Navy aircraft-carrying submarine shipwrecked in Lyme Bay, England, on 26 January 1932. She was one of three M class boats completed. M2 was laid down at Vickers shipyard at Barrow in Furness in 1916, and launched in 1919. After the accidental sinking of HMS M1 in 1925, M2 <b>...</b>

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The Graf Zeppelin ruled the uncluttered skies like no other monarch could. The sight of the silver ship gliding over head brought crowds of people streaming from their houses and into the streets. No other aircraft in history , with the possible exception of the Spirit of St. Louis, has been the focus of so much admiration by so many people. The Graf Zeppelin was Dr. Eckner's crowning achievement in the concept of the zeppelin. Even though the Hindenburg and the Graf Zeppelin II would be technologically superior to the Graf Zeppelin, no other air ship would be so loved by nearly all the world. The size of the Graf was dictated only by the inner dimensions of the construction hanger. When completed, the airship was 100 feet in diameter, and 110 feet high including the gondola bumpers, bringing her within TWO FEET of the rafters of her shed. Many new innovations were incorporated into the Graf Zeppelin during her construction in Factory Shed number II in Friedrichshafen. The most revolutionary of the innovations was the inclusion of a new fuel system for the engines. Previously, all airships had used engines that burned either gasoline or diesel fuel. The main problem with using a liquid fuel was that as you burned off the gas or diesel, you lost weight, and as you lost weight, you had to vent off hydrogen to keep from floating up. This had been a problem that had plagued zeppelins since the beginning, but was solved in the building of the Graf. The Graf had special gas <b>...</b>

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Newsreel introducing the de Havilland Mosquito

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Dad's converted $7.95 hand chuck foam glider

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B-36, B-60 and B-52 newsreel footage

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Farnborough Air Show 1950

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Prior to the United States' entry into WWII many Americans volunteered for service in the RAF and RCAF. The Battle of Britain raged from May though October 1940. The stories of the RAF pilots flying their Hurricanes and Spitfires inspired many to look into joining the RAF. Of the thousands that volunteered, 244 American pilots were to fly for the Eagle Squadrons; Number 71, 121, and 133 Squadrons of the Royal Air Force Fighter Command. From the time the first Eagle Squadron was formed in September 1940 until all three squadrons were disbanded and incorporated into the USAAF in September 1942, they destroyed 73 1/2 German planes while 77 American and 5 British members were killed. The basic requirements for those interested in joining the Eagles were a high school diploma, between 20 and 31 years of age, eyesight that was 20/40 correctable to 20/20, and 300 hours of certified flying time. These requirements were somewhat less strict than those required for service in the USAAF which is the reason some of the pilots joined the RAF or the RCAF in the first place. The reason most of the pilots volunteered was quite simply for adventure. Leo Nomis wrote "I think that all of us, with very few exceptions were simply adventurers and romanticists, and perhaps idealists." Robert Patterson noted "I joined the RAF not primarily for patriotic reasons. We all knew a war was coming. I used this as a quick way for some flying excitement." Howard Stickland observed "We were all motivated <b>...</b>

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The Stirling was the first four-engined British heavy bomber of the Second World War. Built by Short Brothers, it was to have a relatively short operational career. Throughout the 1930s, the Royal Air Force was interested primarily in twin-engine bombers and invested heavily in development of huge engines in the 2000 horsepower (1500 kW) class in order to improve performance. In the US and USSR were developing bombers with four smaller engines, which proved to have excellent range and fair lifting capacity, so in 1936 the RAF also decided to investigate the feasibility of the four-engined bomber. The Air Ministry Specification B.12/36 had a mixture of requirements.[citation needed] In addition to a 14000 lb (6350 kg) bombload carried to a range of 3000 miles (4800 km) (incredibly demanding for the era), the aircraft should also be able to be used as a troop transport for 24 soldiers. The idea was that it would fly troops to far corners of the British Empire and then support them with bombing. To help with this task as well as ease production, it needed to be able to be broken down into parts for transport by train. Since it could be operating from limited "back country" airfields, it needed to lift off from a 500 ft (150 m) runway and able to clear 50 ft (15 m) trees at the end, a specification most small aircraft would have a problem with today. The wingspan was limited to 100 ft (30 m) so the aircraft would fit into existing hangars. The wingspan limit was also imposed <b>...</b>

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More Mosquito footage, some good quality stuff. The de Havilland Mosquito was a British combat aircraft that excelled in a number of roles during the Second World War. It served with the RAF and many other air forces both in the Second World War and postwar. The Mosquito was powered by a pair of Rolls-Royce Merlins with the pilot and navigator sitting side by side. In the conceptual design stage, de Havilland designers found that adding any defensive armament would significantly reduce the aircraft's maximum speed. Realising that the loss in performance was not worth the benefit, the initial bomber version was designed without any guns. The various roles of the Mosquito included: tactical bomber, pathfinder, day or night fighter, fighter-bomber, intruder, maritime strike and photo reconnaissance aircraft. The de Havilland company conceived the idea of a wooden aircraft to take advantage of the underused resources and skills of the furniture industry at a time of great pressure on the conventional aircraft industry combined with wartime shortages of steel and aluminium. The Air Ministry was initially not interested in the innovative approach; de Havilland, under chief designer Ronald Bishop, developed the Mosquito on a speculative basis. The ministry became interested when they saw the Mosquito prototype's performance. Throughout the 1930s, de Havilland had established a reputation in developing innovative high-speed aircraft such as the DH.88 Comet mailplane and DH.91 <b>...</b>

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RC Slope soaring on Grass Mountain 8/26/2007. Conditions: Perfect. First flight for Tim Le's Discus. No gliders were harmed in the making of this film

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Newsreel of the B-35 Flying Wing

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A free flight aboard a Stratocruiser was the prize for a lucky passenger

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Collection of news reels honoring the 617 Sqd, one with Guy Gibsons wife being interviewed is particularly sad in retrospect

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Just a couple clips of Constellations forced to make belly landings

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This is a film by Chevrolet showing the parallels between driving and flying aircraft but it has some great flying scenes and vintage aircraft

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Excellent documentary about manufacturing the B-29

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A Battle of Britain retrospective made in 1960.

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Superdetailed B-17 scale model by Bomberguy actually risks being flown in spite of hundreds of construction hours. The flight is successful. Search here on YouTube for BOMBERGUY to see lots more video of the B-17. Runway is at Apollo field, Sepulveda Dam, Van Nuys, Ca.

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Thanks to BomberGuy we have the first available footage of the Fairchild XC-120 "Pack Plane" plane inspired by General Gavin's 1947 KIWI pods concept described in his book, "Airborne Warfare": www.combatreform.com then brought to life: www.combatreform.com Not only has BomberGuy found motion footage he's found some pictures of pods we haven't seen yet. Having the entire US Army KIWI pod-equipped would force it to be loaded and ready-to-fight on a moment's notice as well as give it hard shelters on the scene that can be made into fortified "BATTLEBOXes" www.geocities.com So why didn't the USAF buy the XC-120s? ...which could have been drastically improved by turboprop engines and then British Mamba contraprop engines like what the Navy's R3Y Tradewind needed: www.combatreform2.com The answer is CORRUPTION. The USAF run by Douhet strategic bombing and fighter jock MIG-ace egotists WANT TO WIN WARS ALL BY THEMSELVES USING FIREPOWER not help the US Army get there and win wars by MANEUVER. This rotten condition continues to the present day. The 1947 National Security Act creating the separate-service USAF and USMC have been disasters for American military effectiveness as its created two new racketeering bureaucracies, one intellectual but selfish, the other imbecilic and selfish, USAF needing to be limited to operations above 10, 000 feet (USAF) with the Army given tactical transport and CAS aircraft missions reforming an Army Air Force dedicated to supporting their ground <b>...</b>

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Britains other white elephant the Princess Flying Boat, another remarkable achievement with no economic use. Collected in newsreels from the 40's and 50's

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Learning to fly 1953, interesting private planes of the time

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Compilation of newsreel footage of gas powered model airplanes from the 30's - 60's

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Newsreel introducing the Short Stirling Bomber

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The flying Flounder, Channel Wing and Horton Wingless

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Some footage from probably 1950-51 of an airshow fly-by. Also some silent footage taken the day(s) of the maiden flight

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Ascender 1931 = 1pChwM; 26hp Aeronca E-107 pusher; span: 38'0" length: 19'0" to 23'3" (uncertain); ff: 12/1/31 (p: Z Granville). Zantford Granville, Robert Hall. Canard configuration with a forward rudder and elevator; used extended Aeronca wings. POP: 1 [X757N] c/n Q-1, claimed to have been built in about one week at a cost of $500. Crashed in a low-level spin on 1/1/32 and was scrapped (more)

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Collection of glider films from 1922 to 1929

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Gladys Ingle of the 13 BLACK CATS changes planes in mid-air ro replace a lost wheel

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This is before the remix when I added music. This version just has engine sounds.

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Curtis XP-55, Gloster E28 and the Bell XP-59

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Please refer to my other video on this subject

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Wednesday, January 27, 1943: The first USAAF raid over a German target is carried out. A total of 55 American bombers raid Wilhelmshaven, losing 3 bombers and claiming 22 German planes shot down. This clip contains the unedited crew interviews following the raid. Notable is (then Colonel) Curtis Lemay referring the the raid as "rather dull". Also one Sergent uses the word "damn" during his description which is quickly re-shot and the Sergent looks at loss for words. I think this un-edited film provides a better perspective of aircrew character and personality than any other film I have seen.

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An interesting look at Connie flight operations, particularly the intensive maintenance required. Confidence inspiring? Judge for yourself

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