Hi, I'm Jarryd, the creator of Antique Airshow. Welcome to the Antique Airshow where we fly through aviation history to uncover the stories of the pilots and aircraft of yesteryears.
Since a little boy, I've been fascinated by powered flight. Watching the 1969 classic movie,' The Battle of Britain', as a 6-year-old captivated my imagination. Ever since my passion for historic aircraft and aviation in general has only grown. Now into my early twenties, I spend significant time reading and investigating these topics and it has turned from an interest into a true passion.
The Antique Airshow was set up in an effort to share to as many people as possible the facts of both famous and lesser-known aircraft and their related stories .The videos are purposely kept to short, so that people don't have to sit down and watch a full feature documentary, instead being able to watch and learn on the go.
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You need to credit Jack Frye (TWA) for his letter to Donald Douglas that started the DC-3 legacy!
That's Handley - P A I G E , old chap . . .
Did it have fixed pitch propellers? A huge performance factor.
Thanks Tomato Eins. I didn't know much about these, and you've beaten the other aviation channels to it.
No problem 👍✈️
Thank you for uploading this interesting video. I had never before heard of the Harrow.
No problem. It is a rather hidden design and one that I hadn't heard of until a few months ago 👍✈️
This is an amazingly well detailed video, thank you for making it. Though I know the British "Red Devils" at Arnhem were essentially cut off, surrounded, and mauled by an SS Panzer division refitting I've yet to see a definitive youtube video on that topic, which I do think worthy of military study. Hopefully operations room or kings and generals will do that someday.
Thank you 👍✈️ That would be an interesting video, perhaps a little out of the realm of what I do here, but hopefully one of the other channels does it soon.
A very interesting video of a really well proportioned plane, particularly the Sparrow. It just looks right. I'm guessing, but I suspect that she handled well and helped train pilots for large aircraft. I wasn't aware of their role in air-to-air refueling. Thanks. 👍
Thanks 👍✈️ I agree especially considered next to other big bombers of the time period. I'm not sure about how well it handled, but it does look rather stable.
The Harrow was an an interesting inter war bomber. I learnt to fly in 1957 and have the full supply of 'Aircraft of The Fighting Powers' and magazines re aircraft since I was a boy.
It sure is and has quite an interesting history behind it too. Nice that's awesome, no doubt a great collection to have 👍✈️
Wow...an aircraft type I've genuinely never heard of! Nice to learn something new 😊
Knew about this aircraft already. These and many other inter war RAF bomber/transport aircraft were bizarre ungainly looking beasts.
To be honest I hadn't come across until a few months ago. It is quite an interesting machine. Thats great 👍✈️
Pretty bloody early in the morning lol.
Haha yes it sure was. While I sometimes are up finishing videos at that time, I had finished and uploaded this during the week, with it being scheduled to drop at midnight. So I was fast asleep when this was released 😅
Coffin with wings
In many ways it was. It was only ever a one way trip with them.
balsa glider?
I believe balsa wood was only partially used. Other woods were also utilized
My dad flew in one as a navigator, RCAF, and was shot down in the Netherlands close to the German border in June 1944, and was the only crew to survive. He spent three months with the resistance, successfully evading German forces, to arrive in London in September 1944.
Assigned to a Beaufighter? Has it dihedral tailplane? Yes? WHEW!
Loved the involvement of the community in the video.
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Beaufighters and Mosquitos were both very fine twin engined multi functioned aircraft. Hard to choose between the two. Probably the Beaufighter was more rugged
Indeed they were. Both valuable to the Allies
The most British plane ever. Designed and built under cement grey skies, and eternal drizzle, couldn't handle the tropical climate. The local fuel probably gave it the runs.
Just found this somehow! I'll check your back catalogue. Cheers from Canberra _just around the corner from the AWM lol._
Awesome, thanks 👍✈
Wow , for some reason I have not been getting notifications of Your videos , I checked , still subscribed with notifications So ? , Hopefully now I'll start getting them again .
That is strange, fingers crossed they start appearing again 👍✈
@@AntiqueAirshow I just got this now , according to the date stamp You posted it 3 days ago !? , It must be Gremlins messing with the gubbins & the algorithms . Fingers crossed its just a blip .
@@richarddixon7276 That is rather strange indeed. Hopefully, fingers crossed 👍✈
Great video. As much as I like the De Havilland Mosquito, for me the Bristol Beaufighter pips it to the post, I just love it's brutal looks and it never gets the recognition it truly deserves.
Thanks. They were both quite important aircraft 👍✈
Very good. Cheers
Thank you 👍✈️
Some 40 years back I had a friend who was serving at the Point Cook Air Base. On one our family get together at the air base, he invited me to see there museum. My understanding was the museum was run volunteer Raff Personnel. Anyway they had a big display of Manfred Von Richthofen, artifacts. They had his Machine-Gun Interrupter Gear, altitude meter and several other pieces. There was some Photographs 16 by 24 Inches photographs, of deceased Manfred. As a Photographer I instantly recognized the photos came from Pro 4 by 5 Inch Press camera. The photographs must have been printed on base in there Photographic division form “Original 4 by 5 inch Negatives”. Last year when I went to the Point Cook Air Base museum, I did not see the Richthofen artifacts on display. The RAAF Base Point Cook at 480-490 Point Cook Rd, Point Cook VIC 3030, is a free entry, though you have to apply for a pass on the internet. This takes about a week. Remembering the artifacts that were kept at Point Cook, I believe they were serenaded to the Museum from families from the Footscray and Williamstown area, after their Serving Ancestor had died. I guess it’s the same way Moorabbin, got there petrol tank.
One Fokker DR 1 did survive World War I ….and was in the aviation Museum in Berlin until it was destroyed in a bombing raid in 1943 during World War II.
Our local airport, in Fullerton CA, had a Ford trimotor, a replica I believe, based there many years ago. I saw it often. Alas, it later crashed during a take off. Veering left. it crashed on a the major street next to the airport.
That would have been interesting to see, although a very tragic end
it makes me proud that i live in bahrain to the place where concorde landed the first time but i didnt exist back then :(
this is an interesting video! im glad i came across it. However - from an entertainment perspective i feel like a couple of things are missing I love the story of the plane you set out to tell and achieved, but it often feels like some elements were glossed over. "the engine fell off" ok tell me more what was the human impact, did this land in a city or the ocean? what happened to the plane after it landed? also i would love if you displayed the movie in question and discuss accuracies and inaccuracies in the movie compared to real life and maybe share some insight on how it was filmed? a bit more like at the 10 minute mark - just elaborate more on things. the talking to camera video clips look a bit strange, almost like theres water on the lense or something? not sure but thought i should let you know. the image here isnt coming through clear best wishes for you and the channel. keep improving and keep going!
Thanks, they are some good points you raise. Unfortunately, some points have to be glossed over due to time constraints. I try and fit as much in as possible but am also weary of going to0 long. There is also sometimes (as was the case here) where sources are few and details light. Lack of sources and available information is also why there was a lack of discussion about the behind the scenes of the film. I searched quite hard but found details about the aircraft to be rather lacking. The behind the scenes doco of the film rarely mentions it and there are few webpages out there. Thats good to know about the image quality. I have a pretty low-key production setup consisting of a gopro and tripod. I do plan on eventually upgrading it. Thank you for the feedback though, it's all valuable. This video format and content is still new to the channel and I'm still working out the best way to deliver these videos, so it's good to get some feedback on it. Thanks 👍✈️
I had a long lost uncle named Ted who was a tail gunner in one of those in No 10 Squadron but he was missing in action during a raid on Essen.
Thank you
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What ever happened to the simmson ,
wooohoooo more indy!!! (your other content is great too!)
haha thank you, this one has long been overdue. Have already started work on the Last Crusade 👍✈️
Skip bombing
My Dad was an RAF pilot on Short Stirlings , came down in the North Sea after being shot down, recovered all except the tail gunner (who often got trapped). These guys had a 50% mortality, and 76% morbidity, hoping for a better life for their kids and grandkids. Unfortunately, hate has prevailed, fueled by religion. He died 15 yrs ago before the fascist uprising in the West....I am glad he didn't live to see the shit unfolding in North America and Europe.. Fascism revisited with #SDE.
The owner talking about the M3A1 scout car says US yroops didnt care gor it necause of open yop? Halftrack was the same. The armor is actually fairly thin. The thickest is yhe visor over yhe windshield and thats 1/2" sides are about a 1/4". An 8mm round might not ho threw but fors leave one hell of a crater. I owned one that i testored that was nrought in grom Greece
Yes that it correct. Very interesting nice 👍
A beautiful aircraft. Sleek and muscular at the same time.
Very good. Guessing the roller on the front is to assist in getting over steep embankments?
Ditch crossing actually. I owned one several years ago
Thanks. I'm not overly familiar with the type so not sure.
The boys at Fairey really knew how to make an ugly aircraft.
The Barracuda definitely helps the case
So what is the difference between the mosquito and the Hornet?
The biggest is that the Mosquito had a crew of two and the Hornet was a single seat. There would be quite a few others, the hornet is smaller, but I can't think of them off the top of my head
Attention everyone: My parents lived in the Texas town, Waco. Everyone pronounces that like Wayco. The American biplanes, Waco, however are pronounced exactly the way the presenter said: Wah-co. Congratulations to the presenter!
Thank you for the clarification 👍✈️
...did someone just set your voice to sarcastic and you don't know how to switch it back?
The Beauforts nickname was "the whistling death" and for good reasons. Its standard armament consisted of: Four 20 mm autocannons in the nose, Six .303 machine guns in the wings, and one rearward operated machine gun for the observer. And the Japanese destroyers had it all thrown right into their "faces."
No, that was the (slightly) later Beaufighters Also they were known to the Japanese as "Whispering Death" on account of the sleeve valves being quieter than poppet valves (as fitted to Merlin engines) A low dive would be helped by cutting back on the throttles making it quieter still Bristol knew we would need a "heavy fighter" with range so they built the Beaufighters using adaptations of the Beaufort. They entered service just as Germany swithced to night bombing The Beaufighter (being essentially a redesigned Beaufort) had enough room on board to carry a radar unit, making it a deadly night fighter It replaced Blenheims and Beauforts in RAF Coastal Command. RAF North Cotes (and other Coastal Command bases) Beaufighters took out plenty of ships going from Norway to Germany, many carrying Swedish Iron Ore Later to be augmented and then replaced by Mosquitos
the only AmeriKans at the Battle of Milne Bay were construction-engineers (building additional airfields) ... at Milne Bay it was the AUSTRALIANS who for the first time destroyed Japan's myth of invincibility.
American aircraft companies did design better medium bombers than the British. This is a simple fact as Marylands, Baltimores, Hudsons , Venturas and Marauders flew and fought in RAF markings. This aircraft was simply unnecessary and that ventral gun/bomb aimer's position was positively archaic. The .303 guns were simply inadequate and dated. It was not a bad looking beast though.
Nice video. I really think that the MK VII was one of the very best Spitfires. Not only could it climb high (and faster than most WW11 fighters), it was also the fastest merlin engined variant. The Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (AAEE) at Boscombe Down tested a MKVII - serial No MD176 in September 1944 and it achieved a top speed of 412 mph at 26000 ft, 424 mph at 29400 ft, 420mph at 34000 ft and 409 mph at 40000ft. Only the Griffon engined Spitfires had better performance and I imagine not by much at those altitudes. It is a shame that they were that bit more difficult to manufacture. The MK IX could achieve most of what a MK VII could (top speed and range excepted) with only 80% of the effort as they were largely based on the less rigid MK V airframe which was easier to produce quickly. Although the MK VII looked similar to a MK IX , the MK VII was a complete redesign of the airframe and wings, making it a much stronger structure. Having said that, there were no bad Spitfires. They were all brilliant, and we were very lucky to have a aeroplane capable of so much development in a fast changing war.
Thanks 👍✈️ That is really interesting to read. The Spitfire is a great aircraft.
Not pretty like it's mate the Mosquito but highly effective A real unsung legend of the war
Very much agree 👍✈️
Not a bad looking aircraft but it was conceptually obsolete when it was introduced into service. It did serve, however, but did suffer some operational difficulties. Certainly a much better and more useful derivative of the Buckingham (that ventral gondola hearkened back to the Italian's WWII S.M.Sparviero !). Better attack types were available... (think A-26) but this was immediate post war Britain. They were (a) broke and (b) desperately trying to maintain their own domestic aircraft industries and technology...to the extent of placing some rather peculiar (and usually of rather pedestrian performance) types into production. Some were winners though (DH Hornet, Hawker Sea Fury...). This would be a great subject for a 1/48 kit!
Matter of fact with great photography and no music..........Paerfect.
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One of my most liked aircraft often overlooked by other craft that were given more recognition .
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I’ve read some of the comments and am frankly astounded. I’d read that being put on a Stirling squadron was akin to committing suicide, as they were so bloody slow - the Kraut Night-fighters snapped them up. Am I wrong ??
Instead of designing the Stirling with shorter wings to fit into existing hangers why didn't they make ten feet of the wing foldable like a carrier based plane?