The Plane that No One Dared to Face

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In the aftermath of World War 2, as the dust settled on its ruins, France emerged from the shadows of occupation. The nation was eager to reestablish its military prowess following a dark period in its history.
A new era was dawning, and with it came a revolutionary aircraft: the Sud-Ouest Vautour.
This sleek machine was a force to be reckoned with, with some design similarities to the Soviet Yakovlev Yak-28 but a soul entirely of its own.
As the crown jewel of France's Cold War arsenal, the Vautour instilled fear in the hearts of Soviet strategists. Its seemingly portly appearance belied its raw power, and it served the French Air Force with distinction for an impressive 15 years.
But although the Vautour had its share of shortcomings, another Air Force eventually transformed the aircraft into a lethal night fighter and a fearsome attack aircraft, securing its rightful place in aviation history…
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  • @whiskey_tango_foxtrot__
    @whiskey_tango_foxtrot__11 ай бұрын

    8:20 The Six Day War was a war of annihilation of Israel and not about some water rights.

  • @vanguard9067

    @vanguard9067

    11 ай бұрын

    Yeah, how could anyone write that and read it out loud without recognizing how ridiculous it was?

  • @themadmoderator8465

    @themadmoderator8465

    11 ай бұрын

    well they also said it served for sevral decades now i think hes confused with b52

  • @stuartwald2395

    @stuartwald2395

    11 ай бұрын

    Without disputing that the script dramatically reduces the issues and depth of the clash (because that is not what the video is about), the reference was correct in referencing the Syrian efforts and threats to cut off the headwaters of the Jordan river before it got to Israeli territory; this was a major ecological threat to Israel, and started years before the Six Day war of 1967.

  • @whiskey_tango_foxtrot__

    @whiskey_tango_foxtrot__

    11 ай бұрын

    @@stuartwald2395 Yeah...cut off some waters...using invading armored divisions, long range artillery and bombing Israeli airfields...happens all the time with water disputes.

  • @vanguard9067

    @vanguard9067

    11 ай бұрын

    @@stuartwald2395 So many factors leading to the recurring conflicts and wars between Israel and its various adversaries. I think this channel should paint with a broad brush and not attempt detailed drawing from subtle aspects of that history. Just my opinion, and not worth all that much.

  • @dutchman7216
    @dutchman721611 ай бұрын

    I swear this aircraft looks like the love child between a British Hawker Hunter and an American B-47.

  • @richardjohnson9275

    @richardjohnson9275

    11 ай бұрын

    Good way to describe it!!!

  • @dutchman7216

    @dutchman7216

    11 ай бұрын

    @@richardjohnson9275 Thankyou

  • @stephmaccormick3195

    @stephmaccormick3195

    11 ай бұрын

    I swear you have zero knowledge of post wwii aviation, kiddo.

  • @NRCJ65

    @NRCJ65

    11 ай бұрын

    At first glance looks like a mini B47.

  • @marbleman52

    @marbleman52

    11 ай бұрын

    Dutchman 72...Look up the U.S. Air Force B-66 Destroyer and notice how similar the two look.

  • @readmedottext
    @readmedottext11 ай бұрын

    "completing the two person crew was a pilot" .. well.. that's good

  • @tomleonard5277
    @tomleonard527711 ай бұрын

    I’ll have to go back and watch again, I missed that part why “no one dared to face” this one

  • @andreteissierducros4756
    @andreteissierducros475611 ай бұрын

    Only one thing. French aviation industry wasn’t as annihilated as you said in 1945. 100,000 workers were still active producing mostly German designed airplanes and their components.: Junkers 52, Fieseler Storch, Siegel 204 (NC Martinet)… The SO 6000 Triton jet plane was developed from retro engineering (at night!) the Heinkel 178. It was for a brief moment the fastest twin seater jet in the world (all jets were single seats at the time..,) The Heinkel He 274 high altitude bomber was entirely built by Avions Voisin working directly for Ernst Heinkel who paid them from Switzerland and saw his plane flying too late, …. wearing French colors. It was very useful in launching the SO-M1 glider model of the jet powered SO-M2, first French plane exceeding 1,000 km/h (621 mph). From 1940 to 1945 the French industry manufactured over 4,000 planes and 12,000 engines. They were obsolete but it kept the factories and design engineers busy…

  • @andreteissierducros4756

    @andreteissierducros4756

    11 ай бұрын

    Siebel, not Siegel

  • @obi-ron
    @obi-ron10 ай бұрын

    The Canberra was already in service with the RAF and was so good that it was licence built by Martin as the B57 in the US and was in service from 1953. The voiture was just a way for France to appear to have a capability they didn't have until they were able to produce much better designs.

  • @pspboy7
    @pspboy711 ай бұрын

    I know that the US and Russians get a lot of the glory for their aircraft designs, but I've always had a soft spot for the incredible British, French, and Swedish aircraft designs.

  • @PatrickCrossfire.

    @PatrickCrossfire.

    11 ай бұрын

    Would have to agree. Like the Saab J39 Grippen. My favorite fighter.

  • @rooramblingon895

    @rooramblingon895

    11 ай бұрын

    The English Electric Lightning. One of my favourite aircraft ever. I used to watch them on the east coast as a child on holiday in the summer. If it had had a better range it would have been truly a world beater, especially when you consider its prototype-the P1- first flew in 1954. Love the SAABs, all very clever and capable aircraft, and the Mirage has proven itself many times, even against us in the UK through the Argentinians (painful, but true).

  • @thiggy2005

    @thiggy2005

    11 ай бұрын

    As much of a die hard supporter of the USAF I agree the sweedes, Brit’s and French designs are awesome as well

  • @HighSideHustler81

    @HighSideHustler81

    11 ай бұрын

    @@rooramblingon895 am absolutely extremely jealous that you got to experience that!! I’d do anything to be able to see one of those take off full burn cause it is also my all time favourite tied with f104

  • @obi-ron

    @obi-ron

    10 ай бұрын

    As an English viewer, the EE Lightning was better than most other interceptors of its time, but I have a soft spot for the Saab Draken. I understand the need for lower radar and heat profiles which make the Lightning an inappropriate vehicle for modern engagements, but I wonder what it would take to tweak drakens with up to date flight systems and radar and use more modern materials in the frame and skin. I know the grippen is a beautiful plane, but drakens were probably the cleanest most efficient looking aircraft that ever flew.

  • @marbleman52
    @marbleman5211 ай бұрын

    This plane reminds me of the plane that the U.S. Air Force developed in the 50's: the B-66 Destroyer. The Navy used a variant of the B-66 and called it the A-3 Skywarrior. The B-66 & A-3 were bigger but looked similar. I was enlisted in the U.S. Navy ,1971-75 and in an aviation squadron. We had four of these A-3's and they were used as Electronic Counter Measures ( ECM ). That changed the designation to ERA-3B. I was a Plane Captain ( Air Force Crew Chief type ), for our ERA-3B's, and I sure did love taking care of "my" planes....!!

  • @johnschmitt5259

    @johnschmitt5259

    11 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your service sir!

  • @joshuacryst2810

    @joshuacryst2810

    10 ай бұрын

    You're right. It reminded me of the A3. My father was in naval air and taught ground and flight crews the intricacies of the plane's fuel system, NAS Whidbey Island, early 60s. He'd bring me along when there we night sessions.

  • @marbleman52

    @marbleman52

    10 ай бұрын

    @@joshuacryst2810 After Navy Boot Camp....real easy....I went to AE school ( aviation electrician ) for 22 weeks, then on to Alameda N.A.S., California for fuel systems school for the A-3. It wasn't until towards the end of that school that I was told that I was being sent to a squadron at Norfolk. I was always curious as to when I was chosen to be in my squadron: Was it by the time Boot was over, or sometime while at AE school ?? At AE school we learned basic aircraft electrical systems and no particular aircraft, so no clue there. Anyway....I loved being in my squadron and working around not only the A-3's, but the A-4 Skyhawks and the two F-4's and one EC-121 Super Constellation.

  • @fawnlliebowitz1772

    @fawnlliebowitz1772

    9 ай бұрын

    Well close, the whale was originally a bomber and it was the AF B 66 that was developed from the A3. So the 66 was a variant of the A3... jus sayin

  • @sleat

    @sleat

    9 ай бұрын

    It reminds me of a baby B-47. Right down to the landing-gear!

  • @markmullins1967
    @markmullins196711 ай бұрын

    Thanks it’s always nice to see planes that I’ve not heard of before 👍

  • @richardom6539
    @richardom653911 ай бұрын

    Unintended humor, the narrator talking about a variant using the Rolls Royce Avon engine (axial flow turbojet) and the film show is of a Merlin (?) piston engine.

  • @jnmrn4069

    @jnmrn4069

    11 ай бұрын

    They heard “Rolls Royce” and said “yeah, we have some video of one of those engines”.

  • @csh5414
    @csh541411 ай бұрын

    So who dared not face it? No need for clickbait, your videos are interesting enough.

  • @itaynoy4042
    @itaynoy404211 ай бұрын

    My grandfather used to be a mechanic on the vultur for the idf

  • @mrbrooks7846
    @mrbrooks784611 ай бұрын

    How is this the aircraft no one dared to face? Whoever is writing your "click-bait" titles lately should be taken out & flogged. Stop! Your content has always been good enough without resorting to lying.

  • @marbleman52

    @marbleman52

    11 ай бұрын

    I absolutely agree....!! People are DISGUSTED with deliberate, LYING click-bait titles. what next...some ocean front property in Arizona that you have for sale?

  • @TomHill665

    @TomHill665

    Ай бұрын

    I couldnt agree more.

  • @dovidell
    @dovidell11 ай бұрын

    Having seen the Vautour " in the flesh" at the Israel Air Force museum , I can honestly say it's a chunky bit a kit , but the Israel Air Force did some amazing things with it

  • @danielescobar7618

    @danielescobar7618

    11 ай бұрын

    Israel has done a lot with not too much.

  • @chriscarbaugh3936

    @chriscarbaugh3936

    11 ай бұрын

    I have seen a few, I think two at the IAF museum and maybe one in Paris. It’s a huge plane. I know the Iraqis shoot a few down w Hunters

  • @ammar1811

    @ammar1811

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@danielescobar7618 Just a ton of US taxpayer dollars and diplomatic top cover at the UN. Not much at all/s

  • @yoamal1187

    @yoamal1187

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@ammar1811 the US had an embargo on Israel until the end of the 6 day war, right after France embargoed israel

  • @ssnerd583

    @ssnerd583

    11 ай бұрын

    When one considers the times in which it was designed and developed, it really is a remarkable aircraft......when one looks at the overall design, it lends itself to the Boeing designs with the mains in line in the fuselage and outriggers to stabilize......that is still in use today, as a result.

  • @woodwick4684
    @woodwick468411 ай бұрын

    I love all of the dark series channels but dark skies is by far my favorite!

  • @foracal5608
    @foracal560811 ай бұрын

    "served for 15 years." The buff, U-2, F-15 laughing in legacy aircraft

  • @kdrapertrucker

    @kdrapertrucker

    11 ай бұрын

    Completely different era of aircraft. The F-86 might laugh

  • @othgmark1

    @othgmark1

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@kdrapertruckerthe Canberra?

  • @MERKAMGCLK

    @MERKAMGCLK

    11 ай бұрын

    You forgot the F4 Phantom.

  • @donferguson-qy5dw

    @donferguson-qy5dw

    11 ай бұрын

    You all fogot the DC 3 / C 47 / RD 4 .

  • @SoloRenegade

    @SoloRenegade

    11 ай бұрын

    but 15yrs was a long time for aircraft in the 1940s to 1970s. Some aircraft were lucky to remain in service for 5yrs.

  • @whiskey_tango_foxtrot__
    @whiskey_tango_foxtrot__11 ай бұрын

    France eager to rebuild its military after WWII... Alegria and Vietnam enter the chat...

  • @gryph01

    @gryph01

    11 ай бұрын

    😂😂

  • @Balrog2005

    @Balrog2005

    11 ай бұрын

    @@gryph01 So ? Algeria was not a military defeat by any mesure. All the contrary a very violent and bloody COIN campaign wich some tactics again used (badly) by the Yanks in Afgahnistan.

  • @gryph01

    @gryph01

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Balrog2005 I took the comment as a joke.... chill

  • @alexturnbackthearmy1907

    @alexturnbackthearmy1907

    11 ай бұрын

    Also they had a lot of german development going on in france, like do-335 and 4 engined He-177.

  • @Yuki_Ika7

    @Yuki_Ika7

    11 ай бұрын

    do you know how hard it is to conquer Vietnam? the French Military is still very strong, they have just made bad choices around the Franco- Prussian war to WW2. i get you might mean your comment as a joke though, and while i am not french, i am just sayin'

  • @swingingbunny3550
    @swingingbunny355011 ай бұрын

    One of the most daring missions of 6 days war was bombing the Iraqi H3 airfield, far from Israel. The Israeli pilots not only completed it successfully but also shot down an Jordanian Hawker Hunter.

  • @markcasey2517

    @markcasey2517

    8 ай бұрын

    Someone always has to be a d78k. Haha

  • @jnmrn4069
    @jnmrn406911 ай бұрын

    Impressive that they were able to make improvements so it could take off with a full load.

  • @Rockwolf50
    @Rockwolf5011 ай бұрын

    Are you basing this stuff on War Thunder? The Vulture was terrible plane. It was designed for nuclear strike, yet lacked radar and navigational systems. They basically navigated with a compass and a map and that was a problem considering this thing was designed to carry several doses of instant sunshine.

  • @paulbalogh4582
    @paulbalogh458211 ай бұрын

    Kool - never heard of this beauty. Thank you.

  • @MrWadstw
    @MrWadstw11 ай бұрын

    Great vid on this aircraft

  • @ronaldwatson1951
    @ronaldwatson195111 ай бұрын

    It appeared to be a outstanding platform, however the Mirage also great platform. Good video

  • @sproctor1958
    @sproctor195811 ай бұрын

    3:57 One of them inline V 16 cylinder jet piston engines there... is that a Packard?

  • @LostSouLVL
    @LostSouLVL11 ай бұрын

    The vautours are armed with four 30mm french DEFA cannons (100 rounds per gun) not 20mm cannons.

  • @maureencora1

    @maureencora1

    11 ай бұрын

    Touche' (smile)

  • @pierreleroy788

    @pierreleroy788

    11 ай бұрын

    @@tfs203 No it feature only one tube per cannon. A "refresh" version is still in service on mirage 2000. So the Vautour had 4 defa cannons

  • @ommsterlitz1805

    @ommsterlitz1805

    11 ай бұрын

    @@tfs203 "only two 30mm DEFA 552 cannons" it's 30mm you don't need more guns 🤪

  • @malebetegrrr5793

    @malebetegrrr5793

    11 ай бұрын

    The vautours are not armed anymore

  • @tfs203

    @tfs203

    11 ай бұрын

    @@ommsterlitz1805 True!

  • @trespire
    @trespire11 ай бұрын

    One of the IAF squadrons that flew the Vautour were the 110th Knights of the North אבירי הצפון, we don't have a " Knights of the Heart " as far as I know. There was a Vautour on a pedastal on static display on the grass lawn in front of 110th Flight headquarters. Their head quarters was not a place I needed to get to on base, but one day I was dropped off there. The Vautour took me by supprise, it's a big jet, almost as big as a Phantom. It seemed ungainly with those huge engine pods and odd bicycle landing gear. Most impressing were that it had 2 seats, very large bomb bay doors, and 4 large cannon openings on the sides of the nose, looked like something from Star Wars. It's aerodynamics looked very basic, even compared to a Phantom or Skyhawk. Later I read up on what plane it was. It was a bit of an odd ball jet, but we found a way to put it to good use.

  • @rooramblingon895

    @rooramblingon895

    11 ай бұрын

    I have noticed this channel isn't always good at accuracy of information.

  • @southbayrickybobby5820
    @southbayrickybobby582011 ай бұрын

    For a first, this planes really not bad. Especially for the early 50’s.

  • @anthonyducoutumany6585
    @anthonyducoutumany658511 ай бұрын

    On many scenes it wasnt the Vautour, but a lookalike, the\Russian Yak " Firebar "

  • @scottmurphy650
    @scottmurphy65011 ай бұрын

    I suspect the Canberra was a better all around aircraft.

  • @leneanderthalien

    @leneanderthalien

    Ай бұрын

    but was not french, with french turbojet engines...you must not forget that France had to catch up considerably due to its occupation for 4 years: the first french turbo jet engine prototype was built in 1939 (Rateau SRa-1) , but project freezed during all the war...

  • @thatguyfromcetialphaV
    @thatguyfromcetialphaV11 ай бұрын

    Never heard of this aircraft. I'll read up on it. Btw, your voiceover is much better, nicely paced.

  • @kjfett3
    @kjfett311 ай бұрын

    "The Plane that No One Dared to Face" Overall, a total of 15 Vautours were recorded as lost in combat. /shrug

  • @timpatrick2109

    @timpatrick2109

    11 ай бұрын

    At least they’re not showing footage of a totally different aircraft than the one they’re talking about.

  • @johnreep5798

    @johnreep5798

    11 ай бұрын

    @@timpatrick2109 Besides the T-6 and other WWII footage?

  • @tunahxushi4669

    @tunahxushi4669

    11 ай бұрын

    Only 100-ish made and none used in a combat role for France - then immediately made obsolete by North American Aircraft... Sounds like a failure of grotesque proportions.

  • @Rockwolf50

    @Rockwolf50

    11 ай бұрын

    @@tunahxushi4669 The pilots of this thing didn’t even want to fly it.

  • @elburropeligroso4689

    @elburropeligroso4689

    11 ай бұрын

    They weren't lost in combat. They fatally surrendered...

  • @paulsnickles2420
    @paulsnickles242011 ай бұрын

    Very interesting video 👍

  • @pixelnazgul
    @pixelnazgul9 ай бұрын

    Nothing beats this design, because it's so natural. It's downside is low maenuverability, and being pre-F4. It's upsides are the size which you can make it, and the size of engines you can attach.

  • @MeyerBen27
    @MeyerBen2711 ай бұрын

    Dark _____'s are my favorite YT channels!

  • @davidspiegler6896
    @davidspiegler689611 ай бұрын

    Saw these planes in real life. 1959 to 61. They had the brown blue camuflage but also bare metal. In August 68 near Ramat David there was a raid against Jordan and viewed them and Skyhawks depart and later on return a Skyhawk did a victory roll. Again at that time there was a flyby at the Tel Aviv beach it being airforce day and these two types were the only participants.

  • @rickrickard2788
    @rickrickard278811 ай бұрын

    Not really sure it "struck fear" into the heart of the Soviet Union, since you said it never saw any real combat for the French, & I was waiting to see where this fit in to the video, but didn't. Maybe I missed something? Only Israel fought with it, and modded it into something capable for their needs. So, a fair mention in history? Sure. But not a "Hall of Fame" aircraft, from what I've seen so far. Am I wrong? I know little of this craft, so I enjoyed learning about it- but maybe the title should have been "A plane none in the Middle East cared to face"?

  • @fredkruse9444

    @fredkruse9444

    11 ай бұрын

    Click-bait headline.

  • @PAN_SPATIAL

    @PAN_SPATIAL

    11 ай бұрын

    I think the title was totally false, but super interesting to learn about a jet I knew so little about

  • @HighSideHustler81

    @HighSideHustler81

    11 ай бұрын

    Agreed brother 👍

  • @orcabeast8006

    @orcabeast8006

    5 ай бұрын

    Yeah it’s definitely not a hall of fame aircraft, but what makes it interesting is it could’ve been, yes the title is clickbait but the Vautour was an excellent aircraft, just things didn’t play out properly and it didn’t get the spotlight it could’ve Honestly the IIN models and even the IIA models could’ve been Cold War hall of famers like the F-86, MiG-15, or Hawker Hunter And the Hawker Hunter is in my opinion extremely good evidence of the Vautour’s ability They were extremely similar in all but appearance, in role and performance they were near identical (comparing to the first hawker hunters as they got upgraded later) And that machine was produced in the hundreds and was an amazing aircraft, things just went right for the Hunter and wrong for the Vautour That’s what makes this plane fascinating to me, because yeah it’s not really worth more than a fair mention, but the potential it had was far more than what actually ended up happening Great aircraft, wrong place, wrong time, yada yada I could go on for hours about the Vautour Your comment is accurate and I agree but I just wanted to add why I think it’s interesting to me and (probably only a few lol) other people It’s just a footnote but it could’ve been a hall of fame aircraft Thanks for coming to my TedTalk lmao Also just want to add that this video gets a lot of things wrong but that’s besides the point

  • @richardom6539
    @richardom653911 ай бұрын

    That Rolls Royce piston engine (Merlin ?) filling in for the Rolls Royce Avon is at 11:37. Haha!

  • @Peter-Du

    @Peter-Du

    16 күн бұрын

    They used both.

  • @gwernette5971
    @gwernette597111 ай бұрын

    Never did learn why nobody wanted to face this

  • @stevetheduck1425

    @stevetheduck1425

    11 ай бұрын

    The French didn't want to face it's faults, the British didn't need to, even those attacked in the six-day war didn't.

  • @robertl.fallin7062

    @robertl.fallin7062

    10 ай бұрын

    Or why it was historys most remarkable aircraft.

  • @MiKeMiDNiTe-77
    @MiKeMiDNiTe-7711 ай бұрын

    Strange that it was considered as a strategic bomber when its clearly a tactical medium bomber.

  • @Schlipperschlopper
    @Schlipperschlopper11 ай бұрын

    The Atar 101 Engines are copies of WW2 German BMW 018 turbojet!

  • @docteurlowbat

    @docteurlowbat

    11 ай бұрын

    Well not exactly, it was made in France whith the help of germans who previously worked on BMW turbojets. Operation paperclip on a smaler scale. Germans help restart french aeronautic and armament industry after WWII.

  • @WilhelmKarsten

    @WilhelmKarsten

    11 ай бұрын

    The 109-018 development and production continued in France under the direction of a team of BMW engineers from BMW Rickenbach... thus it's name.. _ATAR_

  • @WilhelmKarsten

    @WilhelmKarsten

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@docteurlowbat Operation Paperclip and Operation Lusty were massive programs that oversaw the relocation of thousands of German engineers and scientists, entire factories and research laboratories. It's the largest transfer of technology from one country to another in history.

  • @leneanderthalien

    @leneanderthalien

    Ай бұрын

    ridiculous: the design of the Vautour's engines (36KN) has little to do with the BMW003 (7.83KN trust): the specifications to ATAR were simple: it had to produce a RELIABLE engine with performance equal to, or better, than the British or American engines, and it still took ATAR 5 years to take it... (ATAR was mainly made up of German engineers, but also engineers from Rateau who were studying a turbofan engine in 1939).

  • @Schlipperschlopper

    @Schlipperschlopper

    Ай бұрын

    @@leneanderthalien The ATAR were the End Developments of the BMW Engines

  • @zanenobbs352
    @zanenobbs35211 ай бұрын

    Starting from scratch? Have you not heard of the Sud Ouest SO 6000 Triton started in 1943 flying in 1946, or the Leduc 010, Arsenal VG-70, Castel Mauboussin CM.8R 9/8 Cyclopes (Cyclopes), SNCAC NC.1071, or Sud Est. S.O. 6020 Espadon (Sword Fish) of 1947-48? France certainly didn't sit still in the area of aviation! Even in 1949 they had the Arsenal VG-90 Dassault M.D. 450 Ouragan (Hurricane), Matra R.130, SNCAC NC.1080, SNCAN Nord 2200, SNCASO SO M-1, and SNCASO SO M-2 research for the SO-4000, which lead to the SO-4050 Vatour.

  • @PantherBlitz

    @PantherBlitz

    11 ай бұрын

    The Internet likes to believe that Germany was the only nation in 1940 doing aviation development.

  • @Gronk79

    @Gronk79

    11 ай бұрын

    No

  • @zanenobbs352

    @zanenobbs352

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Gronk79 Then I'd suggest "French Secret Projects" Volumes 1-3 by JC Carbonel that covers this era and it's in English.

  • @zanenobbs352

    @zanenobbs352

    11 ай бұрын

    @@PantherBlitz Indeed! And completely ignores post-war German aircraft. For some, strange reason, German history stops and 1945 or only goes a bit beyond as in Luftwaffe '46.

  • @johnfairchild3421

    @johnfairchild3421

    11 ай бұрын

    The vg70 I heard of. The. French have always tried hard but it takes a lot of money to get. High tech done and they were strapped after the. War

  • @MadRat70
    @MadRat7011 ай бұрын

    Wow, Vatours fought off MiGs that hadn't even been invented yet. I think you meant they fought off MiG-15s or -17s, not MiG-23s.

  • @silphium
    @silphium11 ай бұрын

    Love ya but serious errors... You say it looks like a Yakovlev, then repeatedly show the Yak-28 when you intend to show the Voiture? Then you show RR Merlin piston engine being mounted when the duiscussion is of a jet? Folks, you've got to have some QC.

  • @marbleman52

    @marbleman52

    11 ай бұрын

    I agree...!!

  • @RolfSAMA
    @RolfSAMA11 ай бұрын

    Episode about the mentioned Mirage IV would be nice.

  • @grantmiller6570
    @grantmiller657010 ай бұрын

    What a neat looking airplane, it is not one I have been familiar with before, very cool.

  • @salvagedb2470
    @salvagedb247011 ай бұрын

    Never heard of this one before , only one I thought it was an think it ..was the Russian Yak " Firebar " ( and its seen in the footage ) its just a bit more pointy with a longer Nose.

  • @HighSideHustler81
    @HighSideHustler8111 ай бұрын

    @3:57 when talkin about the initial test they use the sapphire in one, but is the one at 357 a non jet engine with a prop shaft on it?

  • @benhudman7911
    @benhudman791111 ай бұрын

    It’s interesting that the engine nacelles worked as a surface during the horizontal lift component.

  • @dougb5028
    @dougb50289 ай бұрын

    I notice everything on this channel is " a force to reckoned with"

  • @jim2lane
    @jim2lane11 ай бұрын

    An aircraft capable of taking off with a full payload? 4:10 Amazing!

  • @wadopotato33

    @wadopotato33

    10 ай бұрын

    Yeah, I didn't get that one either. They can all take off with a full load...only the load varies from plane to plane. lol.

  • @fockewulf656

    @fockewulf656

    7 ай бұрын

    Maybe the maximum take off load can be tweaked upwards a bit by taking less fuel and refuelling on the way to the target?

  • @Titus-as-the-Roman
    @Titus-as-the-Roman6 ай бұрын

    As someone that's spent a good portion of life Skulking around the U.S. Air Force Museum, going as far back as when it was on Patterson field on the other side of fence by Main St. Fairborn, (who remembers the "ATLAS SANTA"), the Vautour has the 1950's literally written all over it.

  • @jarroyolaw
    @jarroyolaw11 ай бұрын

    Highly underpowered. Reason #1 why everyone but the French (and Israeli) passed it in favor of the English Electric Canberra (and B57).

  • @zorbakaput8537
    @zorbakaput853711 ай бұрын

    The editing and commentary inaccuracies are getting worse (not better) on this channel. A clip of an inline piston engine (3:57 Merlin I think) when talking about the Avon engine doesn't help along with other gaffs mentioned by others.

  • @scottydudley5700
    @scottydudley570011 ай бұрын

    Thanks, but do not understand the title. Did I miss something?

  • @adamfrazer5150
    @adamfrazer51509 ай бұрын

    When I was a kid, it was all about which team had what plane... Now though, I'm just glad I live in a world of variety.

  • @gelynch52phPH
    @gelynch52phPH11 ай бұрын

    The title of this video in no way matches the video itself.

  • @wayneyadams
    @wayneyadams11 ай бұрын

    Your title says, "The Plane that No One Dared to Face," so what was it about the airplane that made it so formidable that no enemy would dare face it? It looked like and average, even substandard fighter bomber to me.

  • @bobsnider7546
    @bobsnider75469 ай бұрын

    I enjoy this series but wish the titles were more accurate.

  • @DrivermanO
    @DrivermanO11 ай бұрын

    The 6 day war was in early June 1967. Lasted for 6 days. I can't find any reference to 1966 or 1969! Please enlighten me.

  • @stevenmcnaughton7652
    @stevenmcnaughton765211 ай бұрын

    Once again Dark Skies shows ineptitude in coordinating text and video. They mention the installation of a Rolls Royce Avon JET engine but shows a Rolls Royce PISTON V12 Merlin engine being installed. Get it right guys!

  • @oleran4569

    @oleran4569

    11 ай бұрын

    Seems to be more about ...getting it seen than getting it right. "Jordan-ean" wtf?

  • @rburns9730

    @rburns9730

    11 ай бұрын

    We're lucky they didn't show triple expansion steam engines from the Titanic 😂

  • @mrmackybrown9542

    @mrmackybrown9542

    11 ай бұрын

    Whoops effing do get over it..

  • @damndirtyrandy7721

    @damndirtyrandy7721

    10 ай бұрын

    @@mrmackybrown9542My feelings exactly…. 99.9% of viewers don’t know or notice the errors… the channel makes its goals doing what it does providing interesting narrative with some eye candy to keep you busy.. I’m sure you won’t always find the right pics for the narrative and substitutes will be needed. It’s called creative editing. If the narrative specifically indicated that the engine shown was what he was talking about then maybe, just maybe you’d have a legit beef. if you want a channel that is always 100% accurate, start one.

  • @ghostdivision836

    @ghostdivision836

    10 ай бұрын

    @@damndirtyrandy7721yes

  • @FAMUCHOLLY
    @FAMUCHOLLY11 ай бұрын

    Since when is 1958 to 1970 SEVERAL DECADES?!?! 😒

  • @jamesbugbee9026
    @jamesbugbee902611 ай бұрын

    Those Yaks R wickedly vicious-looking 2-holers. And the Mirage IV is no slouch

  • @robertbowers9856
    @robertbowers985611 ай бұрын

    I wish you'd do a profile on the Soviet IL-28 Badger

  • @whitewolf8458
    @whitewolf845811 ай бұрын

    How about doing something on the Avro Arrow and Canuck..

  • @gryph01

    @gryph01

    11 ай бұрын

    I think they have done both

  • @davidspiegler6896
    @davidspiegler689610 ай бұрын

    I read I forget where that somebody said after 67 'If only we had Skyhawks'.

  • @user-mm1yf7yj7u
    @user-mm1yf7yj7u8 ай бұрын

    All that and the capability to surrender without the pilot pushing a button

  • @Nastyswimmer
    @Nastyswimmer11 ай бұрын

    3:58 - that's a Rolls-Royce Griffon or Merlin piston engine. The R-R Avon was a jet engine.

  • @jimr513666
    @jimr51366611 ай бұрын

    Is that a piston engine being installed at 3:58?

  • @klesmer

    @klesmer

    11 ай бұрын

    Yup, looks like a Merlin. How did that get in there?

  • @jjohnsonTX

    @jjohnsonTX

    11 ай бұрын

    @@klesmer they used french wrenches, to get it in there.

  • @brettward420
    @brettward42011 ай бұрын

    Why do you keep showing ww2 footage of a prop plane and yak 28s in your video loop. Gives a generic vib to your video you only need to show the yak 28 once when you made the comparison.

  • @56NeilWatson
    @56NeilWatson11 ай бұрын

    So what engine is being fitted at 3mins 58? Looks an awful lot like a piston engine.

  • @alexturnbackthearmy1907

    @alexturnbackthearmy1907

    11 ай бұрын

    It is. Also it is being installed on completely different airframe (single seater fighter). Its clearly a V-engine, so a spitfire or something russian.

  • @56NeilWatson

    @56NeilWatson

    11 ай бұрын

    @@alexturnbackthearmy1907 I tend to take a lot of these with a pinch of salt. What other 'facts' are they getting wrong. Such a shame

  • @bertg.6056
    @bertg.605611 ай бұрын

    The Vautour caused no fear in anybody, ever. It was obsolescent almost immediately after service introduction, and never received engine upgrades, or any other significant upgrade.

  • @BuzzLOLOL

    @BuzzLOLOL

    10 ай бұрын

    Ditto for Mirage...

  • @bertg.6056

    @bertg.6056

    10 ай бұрын

    @@BuzzLOLOL Which model?

  • @user-ok2fe6vv4e
    @user-ok2fe6vv4eАй бұрын

    they also had a problem with distabalizing violently if one of the engines died out.

  • @kingfishercomputing9497
    @kingfishercomputing949711 ай бұрын

    @5:45 1958-1970 is not “several decades”, not even two!

  • @LordDustinDeWynd
    @LordDustinDeWynd11 ай бұрын

    Pretty airplane.

  • @marvinwilson6025
    @marvinwilson602511 ай бұрын

    What is the name of the tune thats playing at 10:05 mark

  • @iskandartaib
    @iskandartaib11 ай бұрын

    3:59 - ???? Looks like a V12 piston engine...

  • @edlee8949
    @edlee89492 күн бұрын

    The two engine nacelles look like they are borrowed straight from Messerschmitt Me 262.

  • @gilvietor1918
    @gilvietor191811 ай бұрын

    I love the plane though.

  • @foxstrangler
    @foxstrangler11 ай бұрын

    There may be a shortage of footage of the Vautour, but repeated footage of the Yakovlev 28 is poor work. Mention of the Rolls-Royce Avon engine, and footage of a Merlin piston engine......Really? Poor effort.

  • @davidlobaugh4490
    @davidlobaugh449011 ай бұрын

    What's up with the engine cowlings being apparently open in a bunch of the in flight images?

  • @jamesbugbee9026
    @jamesbugbee90262 ай бұрын

    Yak-28 series a/c looked more deadly ❤

  • @socaljarhead7670
    @socaljarhead7670Ай бұрын

    Looks like a Brewer/Firebar

  • @anthonyleung1526
    @anthonyleung152611 ай бұрын

    Instead of 2 x 30 mm DEFA cannons, the Vautour IIA and IIN have 4 x 30 mm DEFA cannons..

  • @Titus-as-the-Roman
    @Titus-as-the-Roman6 ай бұрын

    That's been the typical story up till now, I could give you a short book, how an excellent air-frame was made only Good by under powered engines. That is till Now when Engine development is starting matching and sometimes exceeding frame specs., the next few years are going to see some serious cool aircraft as engines gets stronger, frames gets smaller, and they get smart enough to fly unassisted.

  • @gregorygaskill5412
    @gregorygaskill541211 ай бұрын

    a one way bomb truck has deterrent value I guess..

  • @vanguard9067

    @vanguard9067

    11 ай бұрын

    I would deter me from piloting one of them.

  • @Rockwolf50

    @Rockwolf50

    11 ай бұрын

    If it could even find the target….

  • @vladterekhov503
    @vladterekhov50311 ай бұрын

    funny, how much fotage of YAK-28 is here

  • @joaquinsalahel-din5810
    @joaquinsalahel-din581011 ай бұрын

    Can you guy make a dokumentry about the soviet counterpart Yak-28

  • @JRGProjects
    @JRGProjects9 ай бұрын

    Looks like an overhauled Me-262

  • @harlech2
    @harlech26 ай бұрын

    "The nation was eager to reestablish its military prowess...." BWAHAHAHAHAHA I needed a good laugh today.

  • @sjl8315
    @sjl831511 ай бұрын

    Something like a jet-powered Mosquito aircraft.

  • @stevetheduck1425

    @stevetheduck1425

    11 ай бұрын

    The 'Mosquito replacement' role in British service resulted in an excellent aircraft, the English Electric Canberra, sold world-wide. Oddly, the swept-wing version of the Canberra was never made, but most air forces had such an aircraft. The last known versions of the Canberra are in use by NASA, and some still fly in civilian hands. The SNCASO Vautour is a plane I knew only from the French Heller model kits and for being the plane that killed Storm of the X-Men's parents. That's back when she was a kid in the 1950s.

  • @-kurow-7113
    @-kurow-711311 ай бұрын

    I like the bomber variant.

  • @Zagg777
    @Zagg77711 ай бұрын

    “His seat was situated….”

  • @micahmurphy4546
    @micahmurphy454611 ай бұрын

    Near liquid ice cream is the best

  • @mrlodwick
    @mrlodwick11 ай бұрын

    She was a big girl for sure!

  • @lohikarhu734
    @lohikarhu73411 ай бұрын

    what's the Merlin doing at 3:57??

  • @Dr.GeoDave
    @Dr.GeoDave11 ай бұрын

    Why toss in an image of a piston powered engine in the video?

  • @Scaleyback317
    @Scaleyback31710 ай бұрын

    The Plane that No One Dared to Face - I think not!

  • @Scaleyback317

    @Scaleyback317

    9 ай бұрын

    @@inominate2024 Frequently the most effective, safest and most intelligent way. No such thing as fair play in warfare.

  • @TimCook-cx1zk
    @TimCook-cx1zk11 ай бұрын

    Ok, I would like your voice to be my navigation voice.

  • @scottbrady6240
    @scottbrady624019 күн бұрын

    WEIRD I FEEL LIKE THAT PLANE WANTED FACE ONLY FOR A VERY, VERY, VERY LONG TIME

  • @JohnVKaravitis
    @JohnVKaravitis11 ай бұрын

    3:40 They hit Mach 1 when? What year?

  • @MrKentaroMotoPI

    @MrKentaroMotoPI

    11 ай бұрын

    In a shallow dive. Many subsonic aircraft can do this, e.g. F-86.

  • @JohnVKaravitis

    @JohnVKaravitis

    11 ай бұрын

    @Mr. Moto Okay. Chuck Yaeger did it first in 1947. But remember that planes that hit Mach 1 without being built to hit it disintegrated mid-flight.

  • @MrKentaroMotoPI

    @MrKentaroMotoPI

    11 ай бұрын

    @@JohnVKaravitis And rifle bullets were moving at Mach 3 in the 19th century, no problem.

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