Aviation History

• 3:02 A flight aboard the DoX - 1930Bomberguy 154,810 views 4 years agoPerhaps the most dramatic flying boat ever built was the giant Dornier Do X. Conceived by Dr. Claudius Dornier, the Do X design took seven years to complete and two years t...
• 7:25 1941 Scale Model Special EffectsBomberguy 70,843 views 4 years agoUnedited footage. Wire suspended scale aircraft models presumably used to depict the Battle of Britain. Some sequences are very convincing and the techniques were later use...
• 2:48 R101 Disaster witness interview 1930Bomberguy 43,176 views 4 years agoPlease refer to my other posting on this subject "R101 Airship"
• 2:50 George Bernard Shaw and the Stinson SM-6000-BBomberguy 40,342 views 4 years agoJust a quick clip I found interesting with GBS flying on a beautiful Stinson model T The Stinson ti-motored model SM-6000-B (Model T) was a large high-winged cabin mono-...
• 3:36 Short Brothers S.7 MusselBomberguy 39,173 views 4 years agoShort Brothers began in 1925 the design of a Cirrus-engined two-seat twin-float monoplane, using the familiar duraluminum monocoque fuselage construction already proved on ...
• 10:07 The R101 AirshipBomberguy 167,948 views 4 years agoThe R101 airship was built at Cardington and made her first flight in October 1929. At 777ft, she was the largest airship in the world. There were a number of minor mish...
• 2:48 Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Paratroop DropsBomberguy 39,422 views 4 years agoThe Whitley was designed in response to Specification B3/34 issued in July 1934 and within two years the first Whitley had made its maiden flight and the first orders for t...
• 2:13 Fieseler and the F2 Tiger - 1st World Aerobatic ChampionBomberguy 58,320 views 4 years agoThere was great speculation when a World Cup competition for aerobatics was announced in early 1934, to take place at Vincennes, Paris, on 9-10 June. The French Aero Club's...
• 3:17 P-51B 4312451 "Peggy" AKA "Live Bait"Bomberguy 153,423 views 4 years agoNote, the pilot close up is of Bob Stephens (not Gil Talbot), a Flight leader and Ace with the 355th Sq. This footage may actually be the day he became an ace. I believe...
• 5:44 Clark Gable unedited, 8th Air Force film stockBomberguy 196,120 views 4 years agoClark Gable is just a two-bar Joe doing a job By Andrew A. Rooney, Stars and Stripes staff writer June 7, 1943 Herewith a report on Capt. Clark Gable: Last summ...
• 4:53 Sandhurst School bombed; 611 Sqn Pilot InterviewsBomberguy 40,930 views 4 years agoAt 12.30 pm, on Wednesday 20th January 1943, Sandhurst School was bombed. According to eye witnesses the pilot waved to the children in the playground as he flew at rooftop...
• 9:47 The Mighty Eighth part 3 of 3Bomberguy 44,339 views 4 years agoFrom May 1942 to July 1945, the Eighth planned and precisely executed America's daylight strategic bombing campaign against Nazi-occupied Europe, and in doing so the organi...
• 9:11 "The Mighty Eighth" part 2 of 3Bomberguy 60,705 views 4 years agoNote: 'Spokane Chief' shown in the opening and ending sequences is identified as P-47C-5-RE WZ-Z (41-6630) 84th FS, 78th FG, 8th AF, USAAF At one time in the days befor...
• 10:09 "The Mighty Eighth" part 1 of 3Bomberguy 91,002 views 4 years agoThe "Mighty Eighth" began operations in England on Feb. 20, 1942, when Brig. Gen. Ira C. Eaker led a seven-man advance team to scout the country and prepare for the arrival...
• 8:15 U.S. Supersonic Transports - Lockheed L-2000 and Boeing 2707Bomberguy 439,447 views 4 years agoThe United States' Supersonic Transport (SST) program was initiated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 1963. The program aimed for a Mach 2+ aircraft capable o...
• 9:37 Concorde 1962-69Bomberguy 46,963 views 4 years agoCollection of clips showing the concept and development of the Concorde from 1962 through first flight in 1969
• 4:36 Allies Crushing Air PowerBomberguy 96,936 views 4 years agoFilm story about the destruction of German cities and infrastructure through air power.
• 6:09 Ship Against PlaneBomberguy 115,676 views 4 years agoGood footage of the USS Enterprise (CV-6) under attack. The "Big E", was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy and the seventh U.S. Navy ship to bear tha...
• 8:34 Robert Stanford TuckBomberguy 40,034 views 4 years agoIn his words: At the age of 19 I accepted a short - servicecommission in the Royal Air Force in September, 1935, after having had two years at sea as a cadet. I was bore...
• 4:08 Boulton Paul DefiantBomberguy 69,816 views 4 years agoOften maligned as a failure, the Boulton Paul Defiant found a successful niche as a night-fighter during the German 'Blitz' on London, scoring a significant number of comba...
• 4:07 Armstrong Whitworth ArgosyBomberguy 53,457 views 4 years agoThe Armstrong Whitworth Argosy was a British three-engined biplane airliner built by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft and operated by Imperial Airways from 1926 to 1935. Known ...
• 10:10 Golden Age Pioneers - Amy JohnsonBomberguy 28,386 views 4 years agoAmy Johnson was born July 1, 1903, in Hull Yorkshire and lived there until she went to Sheffield University in 1923 to read for a BA. After graduating, she moved on to work...
• 3:59 Fairey Long Range MonoplaneBomberguy 18,720 views 4 years agoIn 1926 a proposal was made that the RAF should attempt a non-stop flight to India. This would not only be operationally significant, but enormously prestigious to the serv...
• 3:27 Blenheim attacks submarineBomberguy 167,166 views 4 years agoThis is some stock footage of a (simulated I am sure) air attack on a Japanese submarine I edited together. Not great stuff but it seemed a shame to waste it. Location and ...
• 1:31 Two Avro Ansons landed together after mid-air 1940Bomberguy 285,773 views 4 years agoThe mid-air collision of two Avro Anson aircraft, on a training flight from No. 2 Service Flying Training School (2SFTS) based at Wagga Wagga, resulted in this dramatic and...
• 1:34 Golden Age Pioneers - Nicolas FlorineBomberguy 44,974 views 4 years agoRussian born engineer Nicolas Florine built one of the first successful tandem rotor helicopters. The rotors turned in the same direction but were tilted in opposite direct...
• 1:17 Last flight of "Redhead"Bomberguy 140,779 views 4 years agoGordon Israel and the Redhead Gordon Israel had gained a great deal of racing experience while helping Benny Howard design and build his stable of winning racing aircraf...
• 10:16 The Graf ZeppelinBomberguy 182,274 views 4 years agoThe 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 hous...
• 3:02 Blackburn R.B.2 SydneyBomberguy 7,827 views 4 years agoThe Blackburn R.B.2 Sydney was a long-range maritime patrol flying boat developed for the Royal Air Force in 1930, in response to Air Ministry Specification R.5/27. It was ...
• 1:06 16 second clip of the Bell YFM-1 AiracudaBomberguy 27,587 views 4 years agoThis short clip from Wright Paterson has a few frames of the Bell Airacuda. If anyone has additional footage, please share
• 2:14 Bell Airacobra Mk 1 for the RAF (P-39/P400)Bomberguy 129,601 views 4 years agoIn 1940, the British were desperate for combat aircraft and were willing to consider just about anything that had wings, irrespective of how poor its performance might be. ...
• 10:07 The European Air Arms Race 1935 - 1939 part 2 of 2Bomberguy 24,497 views 4 years agoFrance - It was in 1936 that the Luftwaffe overtook the French air force in terms of both quality and quantity. When the French premier visited London in November 1937, the...
• 10:13 The European Air Arms Race 1935 - 1939 part 1 of 2Bomberguy 21,211 views 4 years agoThis is by no means a complete history but does provide some perspective of the events in European military aviation from 1935 - 1939. When Nazi Germany openly started ...
• 2:24 Otto Von Hagenburg and the Bücker/Burgess Bu 133 JüngmeisterBomberguy 25,362 views 4 years agoThe Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister (Young master) was an advanced trainer of the Luftwaffe in the 1930s. It was a single-engine, single-seat biplane of wood and tubular steel co...
• 6:53 Fairey Firefly in ActionBomberguy 51,599 views 4 years agoThe Fairey Firefly was a British Second World War-era carrier-borne fighter aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. It was superior in performance and firepower to its predecessor, ...
• 7:52 RAF 25 Year retrospective (1943)Bomberguy 6,096 views 4 years agoRAF Silver Jubilee film - 1918-1943 This is a better quality than my previous post which has been removed
• 1:26 Memphis Belle News ReelBomberguy 16,942 views 5 years agoMemphis Belle was the nickname of a B-17F Flying Fortress during the Second World War that inspired the making of two motion pictures: a 1944 documentary film: Memphis Bell...
• 1:15 U.S. Army Air Corps bomb San Francisco - 1930Bomberguy 18,388 views 5 years agoNew York Times, April 19, 1930 ARMY PLANES LAY SAN FRANCISCO IN SHAM WAR RUINS Giant Army Planes Theoretically Bomb City While Thousands Watch Spectacle. "WRECK...
• 0:54 Horten Ho-2 Flying Wing Test Flight 1935Bomberguy 868,383 views 5 years agoReimar Horten notes: To keep the frontal dimension to a minimum, we decided to put the pilot in a reclining position in our next project, so that he would remain within ...
• 7:28 Aircraft Manufacturing 1910Bomberguy 30,133 views 5 years agoUnidentified clip, possibly taken at the Voisin Aeroplane factory Billancourt, France
• 2:14 Failed attempts - Francesco de PinedoBomberguy 34,348 views 5 years agoFrom Time magazine 1933: Observers who watched a middle-aged Italian in blue bedroom slippers, grey sweater, blue serge suit and grey derby hat get into a big Bellanca ...
• 1:48 Fieseler Fi 156 Storch demo 1938Bomberguy 227,856 views 5 years agoIn 1935, the RLM (Reichsluftfahrtministerium, Reich Aviation Ministry) put out a tender for a new Luftwaffe aircraft (suitable for liaison, army co-operation today called F...
• 7:00 Golden Age Pioneers: Juan de le CiervaBomberguy 29,792 views 5 years agoJuan de la Cierva (21 September 1895 -- 9 December 1936) born in Murcia, Spain to a wealthy family, was a Spanish civil engineer and pilot. His most famous accomplishment w...
• 0:51 Failed attempts - The Brothers MonteverdeBomberguy 10,108 views 5 years agoAlfred and George Monteverde, brothers from Portugal, crashed at 6:38PM, June 22 1935 in an attempted take-off from Floyd Bennett Field for a non-stop fight to Rome. The fl...
• 5:31 Supermarine Walrus in ActionBomberguy 57,610 views 5 years agoThe Supermarine Walrus was a single-engine amphibious biplane reconnaissance aircraft designed by R. J. Mitchell and operated by the Fleet Air Arm. It also served with the ...
• 6:55 Golden Age Pioneers: Sir Kingsford-Smith Part 3Bomberguy 5,536 views 5 years agoLast 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 e...
• 9:45 Golden Age Pioneers: Sir Kingsford-Smith Part 2Bomberguy 3,703 views 5 years agoSecond 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...
• 10:01 Golden Age Pioneers: Sir Kingsford-Smith Part 1Bomberguy 9,793 views 5 years agoFirst 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 ...
• 4:12 Abandon Italian & German aircraft, Castel Benito, TripoliBomberguy 104,528 views 5 years agoMemories of Castel Benito Neil Leybourne Smith (Historian) writes: The pilots in 'B' Flight were the first in the Desert Air Force to land at Castel Benito in Tripolitan...
• 0:57 SCAL-Bassou FB-30Bomberguy 3,707 views 5 years agoSorry, I was unable to locate any information on this aircraft. I have identified it by the Civil Registration number. Any inputs are welcome. The powerplant details are...
• 3:20 Macchi M.C. 72Bomberguy 71,517 views 5 years agoThe Macchi M.C. 72 was an experimental seaplane designed and built by the Italian aircraft company Macchi Aeronautica. In 1933 and 1934 it set a world record for speed over...
• 4:37 1929 Schneider TrophyBomberguy 40,107 views 5 years agoIn early 1928, the Schneider Trophy rules were changed. It was agreed that it should be held every two years instead of annually in order to provide more time for competing...
• 2:44 Golden Age Pioneers: Arthur Cecil Butler and the Comper CLA 7 SwiftBomberguy 14,512 views 5 years agoThe Comper C.L.A.7 Swift was a British 1930s single-seat sporting aircraft produced by Comper Aircraft Company of Hooton Park. In March 1929 when Flight Lieutenant Nicho...
• 2:44 Paul Mantz "Flight of the Phoenix" accidentBomberguy 914,518 views 5 years agoBorn in Alameda, California, on August 8th, 1903, Paul Mantz first learned to fly when he was 17. After spending several years barnstorming, and washing out of Army Flight...
• 3:08 The Radio Proximity FuseBomberguy 52,643 views 5 years agoThe proximity fuse was a radio transmitter/receiver that detected an object in its path. When the object was close enough, about 30 feet, the fuse would go off. Before the ...
• 2:08 B-36 Bombers visit EnglandBomberguy 82,322 views 5 years agoOn January 16, 1951, 6 B-36Ds were flown from Carswell AFB to the United Kingdom. The purpose of the mission was to evaluate the B-36D under simulated war plan conditions. ...
• 0:31 Junked WarplanesBomberguy 87,966 views 5 years agoAnother short on the scrapping of US warplanes after the war
• 2:45 Gloster AS 31 SurveyBomberguy 3,644 views 5 years agoThe Gloster Aircraft Company designed this replacement for the single engined DH9 in the imperial survey and mapping role from another de Havilland Aircraft Limited concept...
• 5:13 General Aircraft G.A.L. 48 Hotspur combat assault gliderBomberguy 32,182 views 5 years agoThe first real British transport glider was built by General Aircraft Ltd at Feltham. It featured all-wood construction with plywood skins. It made it's first success full ...
• 2:06 Slingsby T. 51 Dart SailplaneBomberguy 40,086 views 5 years agoInteresting "old school" sailplane construction. The Dart was originally designed to Standard Class rules and first flew in 1964, winning the 1965 OSTIV prize at the Wor...
• 1:16 First non-stop around the world flightBomberguy 15,204 views 5 years agoThe first nonstop around-the-world flight was accomplished by B-50A-5-BO (S/N 46-010) "Lucky Lady II" assigned to the 43rd Bomb Group. The flight which lasted from Feb. 26 ...
• 2:21 The Butterfly BombBomberguy 53,634 views 5 years agoA Butterfly Bomb, or (Sprengbombe Dickwandig 2 kg or SD2) was a German 2 kilogram anti-personnel bomblet used by the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War. It was so...
• 2:31 Bombs for GermanyBomberguy 45,287 views 5 years agoDuring the years following the Great War bombs were still thought of as little more than artillery shells dropped from airplanes. In 1937 a new series of bombs was adopted ...
• 2:10 How to deal with an Indenciary Bomb (1940)Bomberguy 25,426 views 5 years agoAlthough the available high explosives possessed great destructive power, perhaps the most potent of German bombs remained the tiny B1 El, a 1 kg incendiary which, dropped ...
• 2:30 Pink Floyd - Goodbye Blue Sky (London Blitz)Bomberguy 63,052 views 5 years agoThe Blitz was the sustained bombing of the United Kingdom by Nazi Germany between 7 September 1940 and 10 May 1941, in World War II. While the "Blitz" hit many towns and ci...
• 1:26 The Wee BeeBomberguy 36,421 views 5 years agoThe first plane to be titled as the "smallest plane in the world" was known as the Wee Bee. The title has been surpassed a few times. The diminutive plane was designed, bui...
• 7:53 Forgotten Aircraft - Northrop N-3PB SeaplaneBomberguy 42,723 views 5 years agoThe Northrop N-3PB was a sleek single engine low wing float plane with a crew of three. The Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service was the only customer of the type. Norway was i...
• 1:16 Focke-Wulf F-19 Ente - New footage, better qualityBomberguy 14,449 views 5 years agoPlease refer to my other video on this subject
• 5:42 Operation "Oyster", attack on Philips Radio Works, HollandBomberguy 41,172 views 5 years agoDec 6th 1942 - RAF Bomber Command flies Operation OYSTER, a special raid carried out by all of the operational day-bomber squadrons in No. 2 Group. Their targets are the Ph...
• 5:17 Short Stirling Bomber (better quality footage)Bomberguy 93,106 views 5 years agoThe 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. Thr...
• 3:01 Bombing of the Renault Motor Works, Paris, March 3/4 1942Bomberguy 73,657 views 5 years agoGood Stirling Bomber footage The Renault factory, in the town of Boulogne-Billancourt just west of the centre of Paris, was making an estimated 18,000 lorries a year for t...
• 4:06 Merry Christmas everyone, and a Happy and Peaceful New Year!Bomberguy 5,493 views 5 years ago"WINGS OF THUNDER". They rode the wind on "Wings of Thunder", with targets to find and tear asunder. In that 'Time of Need' they answered the call, giving their you...
• 1:29 C.O.W. 37mm cannon fitted to Blackburn Perth flying boatBomberguy 15,142 views 5 years agoThe 1½ Pr C.O.W. gun (so-called because it was developed by the Coventry Ordnance Works) was distinctive in that the recoil spring was wrapped around the barrel in the inte...
• 2:11 USAAF FierpowerBomberguy 3,075 views 5 years agoVarious weapons demonstrated for effect
• 10:07 Curtiss P-40 with the RAF, RNZAF and RAAFBomberguy 62,395 views 5 years agoLike it or not, the USAAF had only the P-40 available when it went to war. It rarely outperformed the fighters that it opposed, but it was one of the sturdiest fighters pro...
• 1:25 Farman F-224Bomberguy 7,980 views 5 years agoThere can be little doubt that the Farman organization was responsible for turning out some of the world's ugliest aircraft. The tradition begun with the ghastly looking Ja...
• 4:18 Forgotten Aircraft - Lockheed ConstitutionBomberguy 175,330 views 5 years agoThe Lockheed R6V Constitution was a large, propeller-driven, double-decker transport aircraft developed in the 1940s by Lockheed as a long-range, high capacity transport an...
• 5:34 Battle of the Bismarck SeaBomberguy 102,347 views 5 years agoThe Japanese high command decided to transfer about 105,000 troops from China and Japan to Lae in New Guinea to reinforce their forces there. The convoy, moving at a top sp...
• 2:54 The ground crews - keep 'em flyingBomberguy 6,122 views 5 years agoAuthor Unknown describes the debt we owe our ground people. Our Ground Crew Here's to the men with greasy hands Who fuel our planes when we come in to land Who fix ...
• 7:48 Consolidated PBY Catalina with the RAFBomberguy 27,685 views 5 years agoIn 1933 Consolidated of Buffalo was in competition with Douglas of Santa Monica to supply the United States Navy with its first cantilever-monoplane flying boat. Though th...
• 2:06 Stearman-Hammond Y-1S new materialBomberguy 8,699 views 5 years agoPlease refer to my previous video - Forgotten Aircraft - The Stearman-Hammond Y-1S
• 5:32 "The Few" - 20 Years laterBomberguy 121,152 views 5 years agoA Battle of Britain retrospective made in 1960.
• 5:13 Vickers WellesleyBomberguy 17,928 views 5 years agoThe design originated from the Air Ministry Specification G.4/31 which called for a General Purpose aircraft, capable of carrying out level bombing, army co-operation, dive...
• 1:54 Forgotten Aircraft - Fairchild XC-120 PackplaneBomberguy 83,664 views 5 years agoConversion of one C-119B to meet USAF requirement for an experimental detachable-fuselage transport; C-119B wings and tail surfaces combined with new upper fuselage compone...
• 6:07 Boeing 307 StratolinerBomberguy 189,148 views 5 years agoThe Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner was the first fully pressurized airliner to enter service anywhere in the world. Being able to fly 20,000 feet higher than the 5,000 to 10,...
• 2:40 Lockheed Constellation Belly LandingsBomberguy 175,728 views 5 years agoJust a couple clips of Constellations forced to make belly landings
• 7:38 Jimmy Stewart Bomber PilotBomberguy 144,523 views 5 years agoJimmy Stewart was too modest to recount his war experiences and there is very little material on his tour as bomber pilot. I found this audio clip from 1990 when he spoke a...
• 4:09 Captured German AircraftBomberguy 61,695 views 5 years agoThe first German aircraft flown and evaluated by the British was a Messerschmitt Bf 109E that made a forced landing in France in November 1939. The aircraft was studied and...
• 6:23 Lockheed Constellation first public flightBomberguy 159,207 views 5 years agoCredit to Manfred Poznanski for the beautiful Breitling Super Constellation video at the end of this clip. In the late 1930s, TWA was garnering attention and passengers...
• 8:40 Wet Jets: Sanders Roe SR A/1 and Convair Sea DartBomberguy 57,040 views 5 years agoThe Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 was a prototype fighter aircraft tested by the Royal Air Force shortly after World War II. The first prototype flew on July 15, 1947, and while it a...
• 4:19 Mustangs for the RAF (P-51A)Bomberguy 121,746 views 5 years agoThe Mustang's achievements in WW2 with the USAAF tend to overshadow its work with the RAF, who of course took the aircraft in to combat before the Americans ever did. RAF o...
• 8:03 No 452 Australian SquadronBomberguy 13,664 views 5 years agoNo. 452 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force fighter unit formed during World War II, in England. The squadron flew Supermarine Spitfires for the entire war, initially...
• 4:31 8th Air Force Weather Briefing for Bombing of BerlinBomberguy 8,740 views 5 years agoThis weather briefing turned out to be quite accurate and as the accompaning film describes, bombing conditions over Berlin were perfect. Pretty impressive forecasting cons...
• 10:11 Martin Marauder in ActionBomberguy 97,698 views 5 years agoThe Martin B-26 Marauder was an American World War II twin-engine medium bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company. The first medium bomber in the Pacific theater and ...
• 10:08 First USAAF Raid over Germany: unedited crew interviewsBomberguy 114,768 views 5 years agoWednesday, 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 G...
• 6:41 Hawker Typhoon in ActionBomberguy 408,740 views 5 years agoIn February 1940, the first N model, now known as the Typhoon, was delivered. Like the Tornado, the Typhoon was soon demonstrating its own problems, including vibrations fr...
• 2:00 Short S.17 Kent Flying BoatBomberguy 37,956 views 5 years agoThe Short S.17 Kent was a British 4-engined 15-seat biplane luxury flying-boat airliner, designed and built by Shorts to meet a requirement from Imperial Airways Limited fo...
• 1:07 In-flight refueling of the Empire Flying BoatBomberguy 10,179 views 5 years agoEmpire flying boat in-flight refueling operations were conducted using a modified Handley Page Harrow bomber as a tanker. The Empire 'boat flew on course to the rendezvo...
• 0:35 Saro Shrimp half scale flying prototypeBomberguy 7,344 views 5 years agoSaunders-Roe A.37 flying boat half scale flying prototype After designing the S.38 four-engined patrol flying-boat to Specification R.5/39, Saro built, as a private vent...
• 1:12 Dewey Eldred 'Flyer's Dream' light seaplaneBomberguy 36,634 views 5 years agoDewey Eldred's highly-original floatplane with a automobile-like nacelle mounted on top of a W-shaped wing. Floats were mounted under the lowest parts of the wing, with twi...
• 7:00 Vickers Virginia flight ops 1935Bomberguy 9,601 views 5 years agoThe Vickers Virginia was a biplane heavy bomber of the British Royal Air Force, developed from the Vickers Vimy. The work on the Virginia was started in 1921 as a replaceme...
• 1:15 Horsa Invasion Gliders converted into homesBomberguy 19,009 views 5 years agoFolow up to my Airspeed Horsa Glider video. The post war housing shortage in Britain prompted one developer to convert surplus Horsa Gliders into homes and vacation trailer...
• 4:44 Parnall Peto Submarine Launched Seaplane and the HMS M2Bomberguy 28,178 views 5 years agoThe 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 doze...
• 2:12 Grand Slam bombBomberguy 298,895 views 5 years agoThe Grand Slam (Earth Quake bomb), was a very large freefall bomb developed by the British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis (who also made the bouncing bomb) in late 194...
• 7:47 Westland Lysander in ActionBomberguy 80,999 views 5 years agoThe Westland Lysander was a British army co-operation and liaison aircraft used in the Second World War. It achieved fame through its ability to operate from short stretche...
• 1:41 Stipa-Caproni Flying Barrel (take-off footage only)Bomberguy 440,420 views 5 years agoThe principle of ducted fans is well understood now. They require a duct with correct tapering at each end and a low drag but powerful engine at its core. Multiple-bladed p...
• 2:28 Forgotten Aircraft: Douglas DC-4EBomberguy 111,448 views 5 years agoThe Douglas DC-4E was an experimental airliner that was developed before World War II. The design originated in 1935 from a requirement by United Air Lines. The goal was to...
• 7:58 RAF Eagle SquadronBomberguy 50,940 views 5 years agoPrior 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 storie...
• 8:45 de Havilland DH98 MosquitoBomberguy 184,209 views 5 years agoMore 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. ...
• 2:30 "Round Britain" air race in 1911Bomberguy 9,593 views 5 years agoThe Circuit of Britain Air Race, in 1911, was one of a series of events to encourage the development of aircraft, to be staged by the Daily Mail. The race started from Broo...
• 1:08 Handley Page H.P.42Bomberguy 41,638 views 5 years agoThis is some better quality film than I originally posted The Handley Page H.P.42 and H.P.45 were British four-engined long-range biplane airliners designed to a 1928 Im...
• 9:49 Australian Air ProgressBomberguy 1,004 views 5 years agoCollection of films tracing the history of Australian aviation
• 2:21 De Havilland DH.91 AlbatrossBomberguy 27,472 views 5 years agoThe DH.91 was designed in 1936 by A. E. Hagg to Air Ministry specification 36/35 for a trans-Atlantic mail plane. The aircraft was remarkable for the ply-balsa-ply sandwic...
• 5:55 The first thousand-bomber raid, CologneBomberguy 82,021 views 5 years ago30/31 May 1942 - The first thousand-bomber raid, Cologne 1,047 aircraft were dispatched, this number being made up as follows: 1 Group - 156 Wellingtons 3 Group - 134...
• 2:31 Dewoitine D.332 "Emeraude"Bomberguy 9,060 views 5 years agoThe D.332 was an all-metal cantilever low-wing monoplane, the pilot and co-pilot were seated side-by-side in a cabin located forward of the wing leading edge. A radio opera...
• 10:05 de Havilland flying school 1933Bomberguy 7,326 views 5 years agoTo be rich and British in the 1930's. Short film promoting civil flying (and Moth sales)
• 7:14 Sport Gliding in the 1930'sBomberguy 67,099 views 5 years agoMore vintage sailplanes and a couple of clips featuring Robert Kronfeld the Austrian glider champion of the day.
• 10:00 Tainan Fireworks FestivalBomberguy 3,548 views 5 years agoMy trip to the Tainan Fireworks festival in 1995. I'm not sure if they have these anymore, every year people would get burned or blinded. Quite an experience. It is said...
• 1:47 The Original Flying FleaBomberguy 117,523 views 5 years agoThe Flying Flea (Pou de ciel in French) is a small aircraft whose original design originates from the 1930s. The Flying Flea is a creation of a French inventor Henri Mig...
• 1:28 Crashing planes for fun and profitBomberguy 66,553 views 5 years agoStrange clips from the 1930's showing pilots crashing planes for the camera
• 9:13 The Short Mayo CompositeBomberguy 36,165 views 5 years agoThe Short Mayo Composite is the name given to a piggyback long-range seaplane/flying boat combination produced by Short Brothers to provide a reliable long-range air transp...
• 2:27 Short S.40 Shetland II Flying BoatBomberguy 24,927 views 5 years agoThe Short Shetland was a British high-speed, long-range, four-engined flying-boat built by Short Brothers at Rochester, Kent for use in the Second World War. It was designe...
• 0:30 Re: Latécoère 521, "Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris" supplementBomberguy 4,057 views 5 years agoSome additional footage found, please see original post
• 2:56 Short S23 C Class Empire Flying Boats Part 2Bomberguy 17,803 views 5 years agoDesign and development The origins of the Empire boats lay in an Air Ministry requirement for passenger and mail carriers that could service the colonies particularly to m...
• 7:35 British wartime aircraft productionBomberguy 29,191 views 5 years agoCompilation of newsreels related to British aircraft production during WW2
• 2:22 Latécoère 521, "Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris" flying boatBomberguy 33,818 views 5 years agoThe Latécoère 521, "Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris", was a French six-engined flying boat, and one of the first large trans-Atlantic passenger aircraft. The inaugural flight...
• 8:59 Sport Gliding in the 1920'sBomberguy 64,025 views 5 years agoCollection of glider films from 1922 to 1929
• 4:40 Avro type 685 YorkBomberguy 22,578 views 5 years agoDesignated the Avro type 685, development began in 1941. The design paired a new "squared-off" fuselage with the wings, tail and undercarriage of the Lancaster bomber. Prod...
• 6:54 AVRO Lancaster ProductionBomberguy 35,124 views 5 years agoThe Avro Lancaster was a British four-engine Second World War bomber aircraft made initially by Avro for the British Royal Air Force (RAF). It first saw active service in 1...
• 8:01 "Fly Away Peter"Bomberguy 13,294 views 5 years ago1942 Royal Air Force film production about air re-inforcement of overseas bases during WW2
• 9:51 Battle of Britain NewsreelsBomberguy 221,937 views 5 years agoSelected newsreels from 1940 and 1941 related to the air defense of Britain. Battle of Britain is the name commonly given to the effort by the German Luftwaffe to gain a...
• 4:12 Hawker Harts, N0. 12 sqdrn Andover Aerodrome 1931Bomberguy 14,245 views 5 years agoDesign and development In 1926, the Air Ministry stated a requirement for a high performance light-bomber, and which culminated in the choice of the Hawker Hart over other...
• 9:55 Short S23 C Class Empire Flying Boats Part 1Bomberguy 80,589 views 5 years agoDesign and development The origins of the Empire boats lay in an Air Ministry requirement for passenger and mail carriers that could service the colonies particularly to m...
• 1:33 Boeing XB-15Bomberguy 18,572 views 5 years agoThe 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 bo...
• 1:05 Free Flight Model Planes in Japan and France 1934Bomberguy 47,838 views 5 years agoCompressed air powered models in Japan and rubber powered models in France filmed in 1934
• 8:51 Quizcraft - Aircraft Recognition Training FilmBomberguy 30,503 views 5 years agoThere are apparently several films in the "Quizcraft" series, but I was only able to find volume 4 which features the Martin Maryland, Messerschmitt ME109E, Short Sunderlan...
• 4:11 Airspeed Horsa Invasion GliderBomberguy 71,128 views 5 years agoThe use of assault gliders by the British was prompted by the use by Germany of the DFS 230, which was first used in May 1940 to successfully assault the Eben Emael fort in...
• 5:39 Golden Age Pioneers: Jean Batten - Garbo of the SkiesBomberguy 14,439 views 5 years agoJean 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...
• 9:25 The Great Air Race - England to Melbourne 1934Bomberguy 34,926 views 5 years agoThe MacRobertson Trophy Air Race took place October, 1934 as part of the Melbourne Centenary celebrations. The idea of the race was devised by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, ...
• 2:32 Armstrong-Whitworth A.W.27 "Ensign" 1937-38Bomberguy 15,960 views 5 years agoDesign and development: Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft started on the A.W.27 Ensign in 1934 after receipt of a specification from Imperial Airways. The first aircraft was or...
• 1:12 Vought-Sikorsky OS2U KingfisherBomberguy 25,776 views 5 years agoVought-Sikorsky Aircraft Division's OS2U Kingfisher was the U. S. Navy's primary ship-based, scout and observation airplane during World War II. Rex Beisel, a design engine...
• 3:48 Air Show at Hendon 1932Bomberguy 6,126 views 5 years agoToo many aircraft types to list but they include the Vickers Virginia and a great shot of the Westland-Hill Pterodactyl flying wing
• 2:07 US Pilots meet Russian Jets over KoreaBomberguy 57,846 views 5 years agoCaptured film of Russian aircraft combined with stock and gun camera footage of air combat over Korea featuring F9F panther Jets and F-86 Sabres
• 1:23 Robertson Waterplane HydavionBomberguy 11,198 views 5 years agoRussell Robertson patented this clever idea in 1930 to combine flying with boating. The outboard motor is on a pivot arm alowing the plane to lift off the water about 10 fe...
• 1:39 Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta 1932Bomberguy 10,870 views 5 years agoSoon after World War 1, the next few years were to see a remarkable transformation, and one of the first of this new generation of British airliners was the Armstrong Whitw...
• 8:41 Bristol BlenheimBomberguy 19,860 views 5 years agoThe Type 135 civil twin design was on Bristol drawing boards by July 1933. In 1934 Lord Rothermere, owner of the Daily Mail, issued a challenge to the British aviation i...
• 1:56 Extreme Crop Dusting 1957Bomberguy 196,522 views 5 years agoCrop Dusters in Columbia fly Piper Cubs to the limit to dust cotton fields in mountain terrain. I wonder what horrible chemical they were using in those days...
• 1:14 B-50 refuels 3 F-100sBomberguy 21,179 views 5 years agoShort clip of a tripple in-flight refueling of F100 Super Sabres by a B-50 Tanker
• 2:34 Grumman F3F-2 "Flying Barrel"Bomberguy 91,285 views 5 years agoIn 1935 the U.S. Navy placed an order with the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, then of Farmingdale, for the design and construction of a new fighter, the F3F. Bas...
• 3:23 The Besler Steam PlaneBomberguy 345,837 views 5 years agoA Travel Air 2000 biplane made the world's first piloted flight under steam power over Oakland, California, on 12 April 1933. The strangest feature of the flight was its r...
• 2:40 Grass MountainBomberguy 1,283 views 5 years agoRC 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
• 1:12 Curtiss Condor - First commercial use of an autopilotBomberguy 7,978 views 5 years agoDecember 1931 - For the first time in history, a mechanical autopilot is licensed to fly passengers and airmail. The Department of Commerce permits it to serve as copilot o...
• 2:23 Boeing 314 Yankee Clipper NC18603Bomberguy 130,722 views 5 years agoThe Yankee Clipper flew across the Atlantic on a route from New York to Southampton. The inaugural trip occurred on June 24, 1939. The Yankee Clipper crashed February 2...
• 1:00 Heinkel He-59 SeaplaneBomberguy 13,480 views 5 years agoType: Multi-Role Seaplane Origin: Ernst Heinkel AG, Marienehe; production subcontracted to Walter Bachmann AG, Ribnitz; also some built under license (About 1935) by Arado...
• 8:59 Curtiss Wright Aeronautical recruitment film, 1944Bomberguy 3,491 views 5 years agoLowell Thomas presents these short Curtiss Wright recruitment films from the mid 40's
• 0:42 Glen Curtiss - Father of Flying BoatsBomberguy 4,231 views 5 years agoGlen Curtiss evaluates the stepped hull design for flying boats using a towed glider
• 2:43 Sikorsky S-35: The plane that should have beat LindbergBomberguy 16,809 views 5 years agoA captain of the Air Service Reserve, Homer M. Berry, decided he would take a crack at the Ortiz prize, and he organized a company for that purpose, Argonauts, Inc., with t...
• 0:33 Heinkel He59 Red Cross Seaplanes shot downBomberguy 26,202 views 5 years agoAttacks on Red Cross Aircraft Operated by the Luftwaffe The British Government had decided that it could not recognise the right of He 59s to bear the Red Cross, since ...
• 3:13 Caproni Ca.60 Noviplano flying boat (static display)Bomberguy 69,977 views 5 years agoCount Gianni Caproni, builder of some fine aircraft, chose for some reason to build a giant flying boat with no fewer than nine wings and eight engines. With this, or an ev...
• 1:11 Farman F.150 Goliath Hydravion (Seaplane)Bomberguy 3,449 views 5 years agoThis clip includes take off footage of a Farman F.150 Goliath on articulated floats that appears to be a commercial version of the F.150 torpedo bomber but not much info co...
• 1:08 Model Airplane 1930Bomberguy 34,350 views 5 years agoShort film of a short model airplane flight in 1930. Amazing that they are flying such a large model with so many hazards near by
• 0:59 Poking fun at the DoXBomberguy 37,361 views 5 years agoPerhaps the most dramatic flying boat ever built was the giant Dornier Do X. Conceived by Dr. Claudius Dornier, the Do X design took seven years to complete and two years t...
• 2:01 First In-Flight Movie?Bomberguy 7,004 views 5 years agoDuring an Imperial Airways flight to the Continent in April, 1925, the first in-flight movie, First National's production of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, was fe...
• 2:44 de Havilland MothBomberguy 18,272 views 5 years agoThe de Havilland Company, headed by Captain Geoffrey de Havilland, was a leader in the development of a light plane for sale to the English public. In 1923 the company ent...
• 2:28 The Bonney GullBomberguy 147,678 views 5 years agoDuring 1911, pioneer aviator W. Leonard Bonney of Long Island, New York, trained at the Wright School. He dreamed of building an airplane with the grace and maneuverability...
• 2:46 Vickers Viking Amphibian & the Smith BrothersBomberguy 3,118 views 5 years agoThe Smith brothers recently won the coveted 10,000 prize for flying from England to Australia. But the Smith brothers were not content to rest on their laurels. They planne...
• 1:47 Focke-Wulf F-19 EnteBomberguy 7,602 views 5 years agoThis inovative canard design killed George Wulf (of Focke-Wulf) in September 1927
• 1:15 Paul Schill GullwingBomberguy 5,970 views 5 years agoGull Wing 1929 = 4pOlwM; Anzani; v: 80/x/30. Constructed at Harrison NJ. Two tandem cockpits. Wide-chord, birdlike wings permitted landings in 300-400'. POP: 1 [X6929], pla...
• 1:09 Keystone XB-1B heavy bomber 1927Bomberguy 10,137 views 5 years agoThe Keystone XB-1B was the designation assigned to the Huff-Daland XB-1 after the original Packard 2A-1530 engines were replaced with Curtiss V-1570-5 Conqueror engines (Hu...
• 0:59 1923 Motorized Glider crosses English ChannelBomberguy 4,483 views 5 years agoMay 1923, Georges Barbot, French aviator, holder of the world's record for duration of gliding flight, flew across the English channel and back in a tiny monoplane, equippe...
• 1:54 Variable span wing, 1931Bomberguy 4,208 views 5 years agoThis is a boring video, except to true aviation buffs, but it shows that there are fewer new ideas in aviation than one might think. The concept of variable-span wings was ...
• 4:51 Westland-Hill Pterodactyl Mk. IABomberguy 18,836 views 5 years agoProfessor Hill sought solutions to the stall problem over a number of years; his experiments eventually led to a non-stalling, tailless glider in 1924. It was a monoplane a...
• 3:00 In-Flight Entertainment 40's styleBomberguy 7,936 views 5 years agoComical clips from the 40's - good naration
• 0:58 Sergio Stefanutti SS2 pusher canard 1936Bomberguy 8,316 views 5 years agoLong before Burt Rutan made this configuration popular, Italian Engineer Sergio Stefanutti built this pusher canard ultralight: Stefanutti SS2
• 2:30 Fleetwing Sea BirdBomberguy 5,602 views 5 years agoF-5 Sea Bird 1936 (ATC 680) = 4pChwMAm; 285hp Jacobs L-5 or 300hp L-6; span: 40'6" length: 31'6" load: 1130# v: 150/139/58 range: 430-550. Cecil de Ganahl, James Reddig. St...
• 1:30 Fairchild Model 91 "Baby Clipper"Bomberguy 6,403 views 5 years agoThe Fairchild Model 91 was built in 1934/35 to meet a requirement for Pan Am for an amphibian flying boat suitable for operations in South America Amazon and Chinese Yangts...
• 3:09 How to fly a Tiger MothBomberguy 70,398 views 5 years agoThe 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 ...
• 2:23 Hawker Hurricane IIBomberguy 25,442 views 5 years agoThe Hawker Hurricane was a British single-seat fighter aircraft designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. Some production of the Hurricane was carried out in...
• 5:07 Bristol Beaufighter - Ten Gun TerrorBomberguy 112,427 views 5 years agoThe Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter, often referred to as simply the Beau, was a British long-range heavy fighter modification of the Bristol Aeroplane Company's earlier Beauf...
• 0:52 Waco G-4 Assault GliderBomberguy 103,941 views 5 years agoDesign and development The CG-4A was constructed of fabric-covered wood and metal and was crewed by a pilot and copilot. It could carry 13 troops and their equipment or ei...
• 1:45 Blériot 5190 Flying BoatBomberguy 10,290 views 5 years agoThe Blériot 5190 was a French transatlantic mailplane of the 1930s, a large parasol-wing monoplane flying boat. It was of slightly unusual design, with a low-profile hull a...
• 1:45 C. E. Bowden, Model Aircraft PioneerBomberguy 62,761 views 5 years agoC. E. Bowden smashes previous endurance records for petrol driven model airplanes in 1932, although not in this film
• 0:53 Bleriot 125Bomberguy 8,557 views 5 years agoThe Bleriot 125 was an unusual passenger aircraft, and attracted considerable attention when displayed on the Bleriot stand at the 1930 Paris Salon de I'Aeronautique. Basic...
• 1:06 Gee Bee AscenderBomberguy 24,704 views 5 years agoAscender 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 con...
• 1:52 Sikorsky S-40 Flying BoatBomberguy 42,184 views 5 years agoThe Sikorsky S-40 was an amphibious flying boat built in the early 1930s, and the largest commercial airliner of its time. Flying for Pan American Airways, a total of three...
• 0:47 Willoughby Delta F (G-AFPX c/n 1) "St Francis"Bomberguy 5,054 views 5 years agoThe Willoughby Delta was a two-seat, twin-engine, twin-tail boom design with a fixed undercarriage, powered by two 125 hp Menasco engines and registered G-AFPX. The name De...
• 2:05 Loening OA-1C Amphibian catapult launch trialsBomberguy 3,977 views 5 years agoLoening OA-1C Amphibian catapult launch from the gun turret of the USS West Virginia 1926
• 2:19 Vickers Vanguard 1928Bomberguy 5,963 views 5 years agoA one-off civil variant designated Type 72 Vanguard, accommodating 23 passengers and powered by two Napier Lion engines (later 485kW Rolls-Royce Condor III engines as the T...
• 1:55 The flying "Heel Lift" - Arup S2 and S4 flying wingsBomberguy 55,549 views 5 years agoA podiatrist from South Bend, Indiana, was responsible for one of the more distinctive and successful tailless designs of the Depression. Dr. C.L. Snyder, intrigued with th...
• 1:58 Hawker Horsley record flightBomberguy 866 views 5 years agoIn May 1927 Sir Roderick Carr set a world record for the longest non-stop flight by flying a Hawker Horsley service biplane from Cranwell in Lincolnshire to the Persian Gul...
• 1:42 Mighty Atom model airplane engine 1934Bomberguy 44,646 views 5 years agoThis little engine is considered by some to be one of the ten finest ignition engines ever made. Its design was commissioned in 1939 by the Polk Brothers (then and for year...
• 5:58 Bomber Harris - Area Bombing of GermanyBomberguy 45,676 views 5 years agoBritain, like the other combatants, had attempted precision bombing of military targets early in the war. The 1941 British "Butt Report," dealing with the effectiveness of ...
• 1:31 Vickers Virginia Bomber catapult launch 1931Bomberguy 3,280 views 5 years agoIn 1931 the RAF catapulted a 14,000-pound Vickers Virginia bomber to 60 mph in three seconds. The hope was the creation of mobile airfields where bombers with heavy loads c...
• 3:28 French Air Force 1936Bomberguy 14,147 views 5 years agoAn impressive demonstration by the French Air Force at Le Bourget in 1936. The Germans were probably taking notes
• 3:02 Wingless WondersBomberguy 370,183 views 5 years agoThe flying Flounder, Channel Wing and Horton Wingless
• 4:19 Forgotten aircraft - Armstrong-Whitworth AW-52 flying wingBomberguy 67,784 views 5 years agoThrough being involved in laminar-flow wing development Armstrong Whitworth was keen to put its experience to practical application and proposed a jet-powered four-engine...
• 2:46 Gladys Ingle of the 13 BLACK CATS changes planes in mid-airBomberguy 1,266,180 views 5 years agoGladys Ingle of the 13 BLACK CATS changes planes in mid-air ro replace a lost wheel
• 3:07 Blackburn Iris Flying BoatBomberguy 15,337 views 5 years agoThe five-seat Iris was an elegant biplane flying-boat. The first of only eight built flew on 19 June 1926. The single Iris I, powered by three 484.4kW Rolls-Royce Condor II...
• 2:43 Beardmore Inverness flying boatBomberguy 6,150 views 5 years ago1928. William Beardmore and Co. built the Inverness all metal monoplane flying boat under a Rohrbach license. Based on the Inflexible bomber design, it was an over weight f...
• 1:20 SARO Cutty Sark first flightBomberguy 5,454 views 5 years agoSARO CUTTY SARK - Four-seat touring and training amphibian, the SARO A.17 Cutty Sark was first flown July 4, 1929. Of 12 built, two, with 145 hp AS Genet Major IA engines, ...
• 1:29 Beardmore InflexibleBomberguy 35,782 views 5 years agoThe Beardmore Company (mainly shipbuilders by the 1920s) developed the Inflexible to demonstrate the then-innovative stressed-skin metal construction. Unusually for 1928 it...
• 1:51 Jet rivals - Comet vs 707Bomberguy 28,910 views 5 years agoDe Havilland Comet 4 competes with the Boeing 707 for Trans Atlantic bragging rights
• 2:38 Forgotten Aircraft - The Stearman-Hammond Y-1SBomberguy 93,065 views 5 years agoDean Hammond designed the Y-1S in a competition to build a safe airplane for $700. World War II interfered and only eleven planes were built at a significantly higher price.
• 1:18 Forgotten aircraft: The Abrams ExplorerBomberguy 99,692 views 5 years agoThe Abrams Explorer is a unique aircraft specifically designed for aerial survey and mapping functions. Built in 1937, the aircraft was designed by Kenneth Ronan, former ch...
• 4:10 Coast to Coast in a DC-3 circa 1940Bomberguy 18,491 views 5 years agoNew York to San Francisco aboard a DC-3
• 1:24 de Havilland Vampire - first lookBomberguy 43,290 views 5 years agoThe de Havilland DH.100 Vampire was the second jet-engined aircraft commissioned by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War (the first being the Gloster Meteor), al...
• 1:41 Forgotten Aircraft: Republic XF-12 RainbowBomberguy 106,490 views 5 years agoThe XF-12 Rainbow was a four-engine, all-metal prototype monoplane designed by the Republic Aviation Company in the late 1940s. Like most large airplanes of the era, it use...
• 3:10 Round-The-World Vulcan crashesBomberguy 1,045,365 views 5 years agoIn September 1956, the RAF received its first Vulcan B 1, XA897, which immediately went on a fly-the-flag mission to New Zealand. On 1 October, while approaching Heathrow t...
• 1:24 Vickers Wellington PrototypeBomberguy 16,172 views 5 years ago1936, the Vickers Wellington prototype is demonstrated
• 2:32 Turning point; Murder from the SkiesBomberguy 1,324 views 5 years agoThe mass bombing of civilian populations essentially began during the Battle of Britain. Failure to concentrate on military objectives probably cost the Nazis the war.
• 3:41 Pioneers of electric powered model aircraftBomberguy 69,286 views 5 years agoshort essay on electric powered models
• 10:35 Super Constellation Flight with Authur Godfrey part 2Bomberguy 130,986 views 5 years agoFrom the special Flying with Authur Godfrey sponsered by Eastern Airlines to build public confidence in commercial air travel. Authur flies the Connie on one engine!
• 10:20 Super Constellation Flight with Authur Godfrey part 1Bomberguy 159,187 views 5 years agoPart of an Authur Godfrey special sponsored by Eastern Airlines called Flying with Authur Godfrey
• 1:58 Ultra Modern Fighters (1945)Bomberguy 51,014 views 5 years agoCurtis XP-55, Gloster E28 and the Bell XP-59
• 4:16 RAF Pilots love their workBomberguy 9,438 views 5 years agoFairey Battles,Spitfires,Hurricanes and downed German aircraft
• 8:30 Single engine behemoths; Avro and Blackburn Napier bombersBomberguy 5,543 views 5 years agoThe largest single engine aircraft of the day (1924) powered by 1000 hp Napier engines. Unable to find any info on these aircraft
• 3:33 Martin MB-1Bomberguy 10,613 views 5 years agoThe Martin MB-1 or Glenn Martin Bomber (GMB) was the first U.S.-designed bomber procured by the U.S. Army in quantity in the World War I era. The U.S. Army had previously p...
• 7:06 KamikazeBomberguy 6,744 views 5 years agoPathe Gazette feature on the Kamikaze
• 2:09 Ploesti RaidBomberguy 40,801 views 5 years ago45 aircraft and 310 airmen lost in the Polesti raids Various shots of the members of the 9th USA Air Force being briefed prior to raid. Close up of a map of the area aro...
• 0:42 Clark Gable reports for dutyBomberguy 7,112 views 5 years agoVarious shots of American film star Captain Clark Gable at British base where he instructs USAF (United States Air Force) on gunnery. He shows how to handle a gun set on on...
• 3:37 B-17 in ActionBomberguy 61,328 views 5 years agoLong shot of Flying Fortress (B.17) bomber taking off. Good panning shot of the plane as it takes off. Ground to air shot of formation of the bombers. Various air to air sh...
• 1:31 "Dresden Bombed to Atoms" Why?Bomberguy 169,767 views 5 years agoThe bombing of Dresden in February 1945 has remained one of the more controversial aspects of World War Two. Dresden, a city unaffected by bombing up to that point in the w...
• 1:54 Model airplanes in 1928Bomberguy 63,875 views 5 years agoThis is the oldest film I have found showing model airplanes. One or two interesting rubber powered models here like the blended wing model looking remarkably like Boeings ...
• 0:32 1937 - Germans Visit RAF MildenhallBomberguy 12,273 views 5 years agoIronic German visit to Mildenhall to get data on British warplanes
• 2:13 Valiants and Victors, British Post War BombersBomberguy 160,720 views 5 years agoVickers Valiants and Handley Page Victors are seen in these newsreels
• 1:28 Dyle et Bacalan DB-10 prototype- 1926Bomberguy 6,597 views 5 years agoInteresting clip of the blended wing-body prototype bomber
• 6:18 Douglas Boston BomberBomberguy 15,219 views 5 years agoThe Douglas Boston aircraft was a highly effective light bomber/light attack aircraft. It was powered by a pair of Wright Cyclone 2600 supercharged engines developing 1600 ...
• 4:21 Forgotten Aircraft - Lockheed Hudson BomberBomberguy 49,564 views 5 years agoThe Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force shortly before the outbreak of the Second...
• 4:38 Forgotten Aircraft - The Douglas XB-19Bomberguy 148,205 views 5 years agoThe 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 initiate...
• 4:47 Dam Busters RememberedBomberguy 26,973 views 5 years agoCollection of news reels honoring the 617 Sqd, one with Guy Gibsons wife being interviewed is particularly sad in retrospect
• 2:20 Vickers WellingtonsBomberguy 16,675 views 5 years agoNewsreels of Wellingtons, the second one is interesting because it shows the "Magnetic Hoop" used to set off magnetc fused mines
• 1:35 First operational B-17 mission with the RAF (B-17C)Bomberguy 16,354 views 5 years agoLocation of events unknown, an RAF base somewhere in England. Various shots of RAF (Royal Air Force) ground crew artwork cleaning and preparing a American Boeing Flying For...
• 1:39 Lancaster 'S for Sugar" 100th mission (Silent)Bomberguy 15,098 views 5 years agoLancaster 'S' for Sugar 100th Mission. Numerous airmen stand at the foot of Lancaster bomber. Senior official official raises his cup in the acknowledgement of the achie...
• 2:07 Goodbye to the LancasterBomberguy 12,017 views 5 years agoThe Avro Lancasters are phased out of service in this ceremony
• 4:18 Stirling BombersBomberguy 16,631 views 5 years agoNewsreel introducing the Short Stirling Bomber
• 1:20 B-17 in 1937Bomberguy 4,793 views 5 years agoThe B-17 Flying Fortress is introduced in this 1937 newsreel
• 4:51 Junkers G38 AirlinerBomberguy 26,872 views 5 years agoThe Junkers G38 was the world largest land based aircraft in it's day. On November, 6th 1929 Junkers pilot Zimmermann flew the G38 (c/n 3301, D-2000) first. This G38 was us...
• 2:21 Handley Page Hannibal first flight 1930Bomberguy 18,248 views 5 years agoShots of the Handley Page 'Hannibal' biplane airliner. It is for use by Imperial Airways. Chocks are removed from the wheels. The plane moves off along the airfield.
• 0:42 Douglas DB-7 (A-20) Havoc Night FightersBomberguy 22,799 views 5 years agoNewsreel introducing the Douglas Havoc night fighter in Britain
• 1:16 Dornier Superwal flying boat 1926Bomberguy 44,874 views 5 years agosilent footage of Dornier Superwal flight testing in 1926
• 10:05 de Havilland Comet jet airlinerBomberguy 59,714 views 5 years agoFlight aboard the de Havilland Comet to Johannesburg (South Africa)and some history related to the Comet
• 1:41 Control line 4 engine bombers 1957Bomberguy 29,207 views 5 years agoScale control line bombers
• 1:37 Boeing StratocruiserBomberguy 51,476 views 5 years agoA free flight aboard a Stratocruiser was the prize for a lucky passenger
• 2:46 Martin Mars newsreelsBomberguy 28,621 views 5 years agoMartin Mars newsreels
• 0:33 Consolidated PB2Y-2Bomberguy 3,652 views 5 years agoBrief newsreel of the flying boat arriving in Britain
• 2:13 Saro Princess fly-byBomberguy 48,811 views 5 years agoSome footage from probably 1950-51 of an airshow fly-by. Also some silent footage taken the day(s) of the maiden flight
• 7:18 Learning to fly 1953Bomberguy 61,208 views 5 years agoLearning to fly 1953, interesting private planes of the time
• 10:05 brabazon flight test footageBomberguy 10,500 views 5 years agoUnedited film footage of Brabazon flight testing including some touch and goes etc.
• 1:35 Fighter Sweep, Spitfires 1943Bomberguy 6,908 views 5 years agoA look at fighter sweeps over France and Germany by British Spitfires
• 1:13 Kings Cup Air Race 1950Bomberguy 5,019 views 5 years agoKings Cup Air Race 1950
• 0:56 Air Show 1951 Le BorgetBomberguy 5,285 views 5 years agoA short look at the Le Borget air show in 1951
• 5:33 Farnborough Air Show 1950Bomberguy 115,020 views 5 years agoFarnborough Air Show 1950
• 1:50 AVRO TudorBomberguy 10,356 views 5 years agoAVRO's attempt at post war commercial aviation
• 2:29 Focus on Aircraft Production, 1958Bomberguy 38,829 views 5 years agoA short film reviewing British aviation missteps including the Princess, Brabazon and SR-177
• 4:47 Saunders-Roe Princess Flying BoatsBomberguy 143,917 views 5 years agoBritains other white elephant the Princess Flying Boat, another remarkable achievement with no economic use. Collected in newsreels from the 40's and 50's
• 10:04 Bristol BrabazonBomberguy 327,597 views 5 years agoBritains white elephant the Bristol Brabazon, a remarkable achievement that was too expensive to operate to ever turn a profit. Collected in newsreels from the late 40's an...
• 8:12 When You Know (1936 Aviation)Bomberguy 18,288 views 5 years agoThis is a film by Chevrolet showing the parallels between driving and flying aircraft but it has some great flying scenes and vintage aircraft
• 9:59 Air Transport jobs in 1947Bomberguy 27,439 views 5 years agoMore Super Connie and DC3-6 footage
• 4:16 Rubber Powered Model Airplanes from the 1930'sBomberguy 54,544 views 5 years agoVintage rubber powered free flight models from the 1930's
• 9:49 Model Airplanes from the 1930s-1960sBomberguy 526,331 views 5 years agoCompilation of newsreel footage of gas powered model airplanes from the 30's - 60's
• 2:02 Flying Models, Britain Late 1940'sBomberguy 27,156 views 5 years agoNewsreel of model airplanes from the late 1940's
• 9:47 The good 'ol days of commercial air travelBomberguy 36,030 views 5 years ago1950. A British film about post war commercial air travel in the UK. Some interesting aircraft are featured including the Brabazon and Comet
• 6:19 Aircraft Graveyard scene from The Best Years of Our LivesBomberguy 107,976 views 5 years agoBy 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)
• 8:46 The War Lover part 5, all war no loveBomberguy 33,275 views 5 years agoI passed the War Lover through my sap filter and ended up with 45 minutes of pure war action
• 9:59 The War Lover part 4, all war no loveBomberguy 26,578 views 5 years agoI passed the War Lover through my sap filter and ended up with 45 minutes of pure war action
• 9:01 The War Lover part 3, all war no loveBomberguy 30,349 views 5 years agoI passed the War Lover through my sap filter and ended up with 45 minutes of pure war action
• 9:39 The War Lover part 2, all war no loveBomberguy 35,575 views 5 years agoI passed the War Lover through my sap filter and ended up with 45 minutes of pure war action
• 9:58 The War Lover part 1, all war no loveBomberguy 64,304 views 5 years agoI passed the War Lover through my sap filter and ended up with 45 minutes of pure war action
• 1:05 Ejection from a P-61 Black WidowBomberguy 118,175 views 5 years ago1946, an ejection seat is tested in a P-61 Black Widow
• 9:46 RAF and FAF Victories over France 1939-1940Bomberguy 13,107 views 5 years agoRAF and FAF Victories over France 1939-1940
• 9:41 B-25 carrier launch from the movie Pearl HarborBomberguy 152,991 views 5 years agoWhat a horrible movie but it did have some good flying scenes. They obviously went to great expense to launch B-25's off of an aircraft carrier for example.
• 7:51 Jet Pilot - just the flying scenes part 1Bomberguy 19,670 views 5 years agoHoward Hughes' movie Jet Pilot was horrible, sappy dialog and plot, not to mention Janet Leigh's annoying character. However the flying scenes are fantastic so I condensed ...
• 7:10 Jet Pilot - just the flying scenes part 2Bomberguy 12,370 views 5 years agoHoward Hughes' movie Jet Pilot was horrible, sappy dialog and plot, not to mention Janet Leigh's annoying character. However the flying scenes are fantastic so I condensed ...
• 9:19 B24's in actionBomberguy 39,321 views 5 years agocompilation of B-24 newsreels
• 2:34 My original RC B-24 videoBomberguy 6,449 views 5 years agoThis is before the remix when I added music. This version just has engine sounds.
• 2:50 Gunnery training for bomber crewsBomberguy 3,571 views 5 years agoVarious forms of aerial gunnery training
• 0:57 P-51 transcontinental speed recordBomberguy 9,596 views 5 years ago2 P-51s set a transcontinental speed record
• 1:52 B-17 precision bombing of RomeBomberguy 14,700 views 5 years agoB-17 precision bombing of Rome
• 3:34 Flying Tiger newsreelsBomberguy 62,339 views 5 years agoTwo newsreels featuring the AVG Flying Tigers
• 2:00 B-26 action in the PacificBomberguy 30,231 views 5 years agoB-25 and 26 action including a crash landing of a B-26
• 0:48 Airplane Graveyard April 1946Bomberguy 713,916 views 5 years agoProbably the Kingman storage center. No sound and poor quality but a glimpse of the number of aircraft scrapped after the war
• 6:47 Combat America part 7 of 7Bomberguy 3,824 views 5 years agoFollows the Flying Fortress crews of the 351st Bombardment Group from the end of their training at a Colorado training field to actual combat over Germany.
• 6:35 Combat America part 6 of 7Bomberguy 4,168 views 5 years agoFollows the Flying Fortress crews of the 351st Bombardment Group from the end of their training at a Colorado training field to actual combat over Germany.
• 9:52 Combat America part 5 of 7Bomberguy 8,848 views 5 years agoFollows the Flying Fortress crews of the 351st Bombardment Group from the end of their training at a Colorado training field to actual combat over Germany.
• 9:45 Combat America part 4 of 7Bomberguy 2,463 views 5 years agoFollows the Flying Fortress crews of the 351st Bombardment Group from the end of their training at a Colorado training field to actual combat over Germany.
• 9:47 Combat America part 3 of 7Bomberguy 2,832 views 5 years agoFollows the Flying Fortress crews of the 351st Bombardment Group from the end of their training at a Colorado training field to actual combat over Germany.
• 9:38 Combat America part 2 of 7Bomberguy 4,642 views 5 years agoFollows the Flying Fortress crews of the 351st Bombardment Group from the end of their training at a Colorado training field to actual combat over Germany.
• 9:53 Combat America Part 1 of 7Bomberguy 6,674 views 5 years agoFollows the Flying Fortress crews of the 351st Bombardment Group from the end of their training at a Colorado training field to actual combat over Germany.
• 5:50 Flying aboard the Lockheed Constellation part 2Bomberguy 59,017 views 5 years agoAn interesting look at Connie flight operations, particularly the intensive maintenance required. Confidence inspiring? Judge for yourself
• 9:39 Flying aboard the Lockheed Constellation part 1Bomberguy 136,447 views 5 years agoAn interesting look at Connie flight operations, particularly the intensive maintenance required. Confidence inspiring? Judge for yourself
• 1:13 F100 Super Sabres in Germany, F-102 test 1956Bomberguy 50,698 views 5 years ago1956 - F-100's delivered to Germany, F-102A missile test
• 4:05 Short Sunderland Flying BoatsBomberguy 51,653 views 5 years agoSunderland Flying Boats deliver supplies to Berlin during the Berlin Air Lift
• 7:00 Special Delivery part 2Bomberguy 725 views 5 years agoAirplanes and missions of the U.S. Army Air Forces, emphasizing Operation Crossroads (the Bikini Island atomic bomb tests).
• 5:36 Special Delivery part 1Bomberguy 2,090 views 5 years agoAirplanes and missions of the U.S. Army Air Forces, emphasizing Operation Crossroads (the Bikini Island atomic bomb tests).
• 8:24 Target InvisibleBomberguy 1,863 views 5 years agoRadar assisted bombing of Japan. No concerns over collateral damage in WW2
• 8:59 Look to Lockheed part 4 of 4Bomberguy 3,018 views 6 years agoInteresting Lockheed propagande mostly focused on the design and construction of the Loadstar
• 6:55 Look to Lockheed part 3 of 4Bomberguy 1,417 views 6 years agoInteresting Lockheed propagande mostly focused on the design and construction of the Loadstar
• 7:31 Look to Lockheed part 2 of 4Bomberguy 1,591 views 6 years agoInteresting Lockheed propaganda, mainly focused on the Lodestar design and construction
• 8:27 Look to Lockheed part 1 of 4Bomberguy 2,557 views 6 years agoInteresting Lockheed propaganda, mainly focused on the Loadstar design and construction
• 2:28 1936 Model Aircraft National ChampionshipBomberguy 110,836 views 6 years agoFree flight model aircraft contest in 1936
• 1:03 B-17 RC scale model flightBomberguy 9,797 views 6 years agoEAM B-17 scale model demo flight at the Electric Fun Fly, Apollo Field, Van Nuys California
• 7:28 Birth of the B-29 Part 3Bomberguy 34,099 views 6 years agoConclusion of the three part series
• 8:50 Birth of the B-29 Part 2Bomberguy 34,271 views 6 years agoExcellent documentary about manufacturing the B-29
• 3:59 Birth of the B-29 Part 1Bomberguy 36,930 views 6 years agoExcellent documentary about manufacturing the B-29
• 1:17 Scale model airplanes from 1945Bomberguy 37,689 views 6 years agoU-Control scale model airplanes are displayed in this 1945 newsreel
• 1:39 Wild Blue YonderBomberguy 6,383 views 6 years agoNow this is nostalgic, try not to choke up with pride LOL. Great footage of war time production
• 5:37 1000 Plane Raid June 26 1942Bomberguy 33,959 views 6 years agoLancasters and Halifax's (and a Manchester!) participate in a 1000 plane night raid over Germany suffering 5% losses
• 1:06 16 Avro Lancasters tour US July 1946Bomberguy 6,786 views 6 years agoA squadron or Lancasters participate in a good will tour of the US
• 1:13 Ernst Udet's amazing landingBomberguy 645,246 views 6 years agoGerman WW1 Ace Ernst Udet performs a dead stick loop and side slip landing hitting a narrow road dead center
• 1:17 Air Force gets new theme songBomberguy 2,769 views 6 years agoCorny but good fotage of F-86's
• 1:44 Aviation news (1950's)Bomberguy 12,686 views 6 years agoPiper Cub setting an altitude landing record, F-89 firing rockets, X3 Stiletto
• 2:50 P-40's in action, New GuineaBomberguy 38,188 views 6 years agoNewsreel report from New Guines that feature Aussie P-40's
• 2:35 de Havilland MosquitoBomberguy 58,870 views 6 years agoNewsreel introducing the de Havilland Mosquito
• 5:14 History of Flight part 2Bomberguy 19,405 views 6 years agoNews Magazine feature about the history of flight as told in the 1950's
• 6:29 History of Flight part 1Bomberguy 83,744 views 6 years agoNews Magazine feature about the history of flight as told in the 1950's
• 3:24 British Canberra Jet BomberBomberguy 14,115 views 6 years agoNewsreel of the Canberra setting a trans-atlantic speed record. Also some other aviation shorts; ejection seat simulator and jet powered helicopter
• 1:17 C-130 prototypeBomberguy 5,397 views 6 years agoNewsreel of the C-130 prototype
• 0:44 XP-55 Curtis "Ascender"Bomberguy 31,986 views 6 years agoRare look at the XP-55 Curtis "Ascender"
• 1:41 Douglas DC-6Bomberguy 30,265 views 6 years agoNewsreel showing the introduction of the Douglas DC-6. Almost comical the way they show the luxuries of air travel compared to today.
• 3:04 Cold War BombersBomberguy 79,556 views 6 years agoB-36, B-60 and B-52 newsreel footage
• 2:59 B-29's rule Jap skiesBomberguy 6,206 views 6 years agoNewsreel of B-29's on Saipan
• 4:01 War News, All Good (May 1944)Bomberguy 1,922 views 6 years agoUniversal news reel with some air war action
• 10:42 Mission AccomplishedBomberguy 13,883 views 6 years agoEarly B-17 raids over Germany
• 10:05 Wing to WingBomberguy 7,578 views 6 years agoPost war propaganda with great footage of Meteors, Vampires, B-29, B-36 and others
• 1:07 Northrop Flying WingBomberguy 59,950 views 6 years agoNewsreel of the B-35 Flying Wing
• 1:43 Mars Flying BoatsBomberguy 157,810 views 6 years agoNewsreel footage of the Mars Flying Boats and Hughes Hercules construction
• 0:48 F7F TigercatBomberguy 9,276 views 6 years agoNewsreel footage of the F7F Tigercat
• 1:46 Bombing Berlin by daylightBomberguy 57,035 views 6 years agoWW2 newsreel
• 2:57 In Memoriam, A Bit O' LaceBomberguy 6,109 views 6 years agoCompilation of ww2 photos and rc model footage
• 3:05 B-17 DownBomberguy 817,284 views 6 years agoCompilation of WW2 footage set to Wagners Ride of the Valkyries
• 1:20 B-17 RC Model unedited videoBomberguy 27,655 views 6 years agoRadio controlled scale model of a B-17G "A Bit O' Lace" being flown at El Mirage Dry Lake in California
• 0:23 B-17 fly-byBomberguy 28,191 views 6 years agoFly by of the B-17G RC model edited with a clip from "The War Lover" with Steve McQueen and Robert Wagner
• 0:47 Predator model take-off and fly-byBomberguy 10,997 views 6 years agoPredator model flight at El Mirage Dry Lake, California
• 2:01 Predator FlightBomberguy 154,677 views 6 years agoNitro Models Predator being flown from a parking structure
• 5:22 12 O'Clock HighBomberguy 91,011 views 6 years agoSome clips to the movie 12 O'Clock High starring Gregory Peck
• 3:52 B-17 Tribute, "A Bit O' Lace" RC Scale ModelBomberguy 306,325 views 6 years agoRadio Controlled scale model of B-17G "A Bit O' Lace", intro and flight footage
• 2:40 B-24 scale model flight videoBomberguy 40,425 views 6 years agoElectric RC B-24 in-flight video taken at El Mirage dry lake California