Meet the First Man to Fly Like a Bird
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"hey, 42 here" never gets old.
Um dude🙄 Actually✋🏻 It’s “Thoughty 2” Man, But good try. 😈🥱😤😳🙄😫😭
@@sadaholic the joke is that it sounds like he says forty-two often enough.
@@sadaholic bruh. I hate when people use copious amounts of emojis with a crappy throw away comment. Like this ain't a rap video that needs hype and It doesn't drive home Any point you made cause you made none. Thoughty two with his British accent sounds exactly like 42. And if you check pretty much all his videos everyone always thinks he's saying 42 until they realise, then we all have a giggle. Get it? Good attempt tho "🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🥳🥳🥳🤯🤯🤯🌚🌚🌚🌛🌚"
Yeah but someone definitely is..
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On the homestead my Grandpa lived with his mom, they still had wagons and wheels that they used before cars and truck came on the scene. She lived until 1989 at the age of 93 and saw everything from the first model T’s to the space shuttles.
Isn't that amazing? A good visit with someone, especially older folks, is the closest to time traveling we've got so far.
A college friend of mine's mum had always let her read science fiction with no question, which the rest of us found surprising (since most of our parents of the rest of us girls had at the best questioned and discouraged us from reading it, on the grounds that it might be okay for teenage/immature boys, but wasn't really the sort of thing *girls* ought to read (or be interested in)), and she told us that her mum had let *her* read it, because as a kid, she had wanted to read it as well, but her own mum (my friend's grandma) had vehemently denied it to her as a load of hogwash.
And then, 1969 came around. And the (grand)mother, who had come out West with her parents in the back of a covered wagon, saw human beings walk on the moon.
--And had pretty much thrown her hands up in the air and said, "You know what? Fine! Read science fiction with the robots and the space travel and everything! Apparently it's possible after all!!" XD
But that must have been *mindblowing.* Heck, I grew up just in the Seventies and Eighties myself, reading Golden Age scifi from the 50's, with their credit sticks instead of cash or cheques, and I'm still kind of blown away by the tap function on my debit card, ha ha! Man, when I was a kid, answering machines weren't even a thing. You called someone up, and either you got someone, or you called back later-- or gave up, lol!
@@KryssLaBryn Yep. I can remember using rotary phones when you were out in the country. My grandmother even had to use a partyline when I was little. My cousins and I used to real carefully pick up the phone and listen to the neighbors’ calls until we started snickering and they realized we were there.
My Aunt Cammy was born in 1897. She lived until 1990.
I'm disappointed in how little we have achieved since her death.
Too much energy invested in global domination and control of others, not enough effort put into improving our capabilities to explore.
“The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
I love hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy. XD
The goal is to land softly not to never come back to the ground.
That's actually called orbit.
Isn't that free fall?
@@hydrolito No, the trick is to have you attention suddenly distracted by something else when you're halfway there, so that you are no longer thinking about falling, or about the ground, or about how much it's going to hurt if you fail to miss it. Then you keep your mind off of those things to stay afloat.
Like on Toy Story "that's not flying it's falling with style"
If Icarus did it at the evening, he wouldn't lost his wings.
This is the value argument for having a well thought out plan. 😲👍
Or if the sun wasnt closer to us than the moon.... oh wait 😝
Wouldn't be too dark? Flying into pitch black sky.... And maybe the moon might be out.
he could have also gone underwater and explored depths of oceans flapping around his wings
He would need a lantern though, which might still ignite the wings
At this point he’s purposefully saying “Hey! 42 here!”
😂
He is. a video proved it
Lmao
He always has been.
@@Canalcoholic always has been, always...
"BUZZ YOU'RE FLYING!!! This isn't flying! This is falling with style!"
*Pigs:* “How come humans flew before us.”
*Humans:* “I wish we could be lazy like pigs.”
A pig's gotta fly...
**Gets butchered at a butcher shop**
Imagine: flying bacon!
Pink floyd got so high, pigs flew
Humans : pigs are meant to be slaughtered
Birds looking at us trying to fly for millenia: Look what they need just to mimic a fraction of our power
now imagine if birds also had hands so they could pick up stuff and make things
You ever see the crow and the butter lid he uses to slide down a snow covered roof. They like fun too🤩 I hope this reaches you and those you love in great health and happiness❤️😎
nobody got the Omniman reference :(
Glad I didn't have to scroll very far for this
@@Dan_Kanerva I got it
“An African swallow, unladen or otherwise,” killed me
Monty python 🤣
It's just a flesh wound
Are we all old for getting that reference? Or has that movie transcended the generations?
@@saintsinner6195 I AM ARTHUR king of the Britain's
@@saintsinner6195 both
This reminds me of that one "lost episode" of Spongebob Squarepants where he wished that he can fly and it was granted thanks to the hairdryer that he put on his pants.
This channel always makes me realize that if I had access to time travel, I’d just start fact checking everything we can’t confirm 😂
I’m in school and I’m learning more watching you than my teacher rn
That says a lot about the school system
@@marwan4358 I am in summer school
@@thesexman7334 Aha
@@marwan4358 I saw 2 lesbian chicks kissing in my school once
Keep up the independent research; everyone else is a sheeple.
Loved it! Made me think of my great grandmother who was born in 1895. She witnessed all of mankind’s greatest technological achievements like the car, flight, rockets to the moon and computers.
My great grandmother was born in 1898 and as a little girl watched the Wright Brothers fly their 6th powered flight. She lived into the early 2000s and witnessed massive changes. She told me all about them, and flight was definitely one of the big ones. Cars too, she grew up when most people used horses and carriages, although electric trolleys were a thing. Thanks for the awesome video Thoughty2!
I know that Brits say a lot of words differently (from Lost in the pond UA-cam) but Charles' last name is Lindbergh not Lindenbergh. I had to listen again your voice while great is so soothing too.
Thanks I was going to comment on that. I'm surprised more people didn't catch that.
I did catch that. Also, Euler is pronounced "OY-ler", and Huygens is pronounced "HOY-genz".
@@davidanderson_surrey_bc I was searching for a comment that mentioned that Euler pronunciation.
Found it!! Good Ol' Charlie Hindenburg, it was a damned shame when he crashed that zepplin
@@davidanderson_surrey_bc nice
It's incredible how much happens in one lifespan these days, my great great grandmother was born a couple of years before the lightbulb was invented, and she was around to see man set foot on the moon.
Pioneers? No, I wouldn’t call them that….
I’d call them flyoneers
Baba boey
@@200kadigade2 ........
I second this. I created the world’s first pie so I’m the only one able to be called a pioneer.
@@Theendman42 no
@@Theendman42 I just invented a new type of knot, that makes me a tieoneer
In Brazil, we hold a strong grudge against the world for the improper acknowledgement of Santos Dumont's importance in controllable airships and self-driven planes. As a Brazilian, I remember it was disappointing to visit the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum only to find a 30x30cm plaque mentioning Dumont. History is told by the winners...
Up!
Yes thank you
He was a distant relative
By the winners of what? Was there a war with Brazil and wherever the history was written?
*to only
My grandparents were born in 1919 and died in 2011 and 2014, so they pretty much saw it all. From riding a horse to school as kids, to using cell phones before the end of their lives.
Just pure enjoyable content and a cracking moustache. Also the ingenuity drone on Mars was successfully the first motorised flight on another planet.
The Ingenuity drone also carried a small piece of fabric from the 1903 Wright Flyer.
@@Lucius1958 maybe that's the reason everybody thought they were the first flyers. 😉 If Greeks made stories about making and flying with wings like 3000 years ago and had the best inventors, I think at least they trie. They had archimedus and deadales. I bet even Egyptians already at least tried. Lots of hieroglyphs show flying human(oid)'s. Ow how I wish that the Alexandria library was still here intact and the Vatican library public. My life would be dedicated to books. That's one thing I love about the internet. It's not destroyed by one fire nor is something hidden forever. You just have to learn the binary language(s) and know where to look.
"He's dead now."
My favourite line.
This simple sentence jettisoned me into momentary existential crisis…..”my mom will be dead. I will be dead. We’ll all be dead and in a thousand years who would even be lucky enough to even receive a comical, throwaway mention of our passing”
And yet these hairless apes went to the fricking moon while those stupid birds just wasted there lead of hundreds of years.
It’s like the tortoise and the hare.
We may have be slow, but we still kicked butt.
Imagine birds being able to fly to space and just die from the atmospheric pressure lol, we'd be getting bird rain
That was simple, but genius, and true.
You have earned a balloon 🎈
@@iamgroot4080 thank you? I will take good care of it.
I can’t tell if ur joking but if not that’s such a dumb statement.
@@arryn786
Aaah yes, of course was I being serious when I was laughing at the birds for not being able to go to the moon before we did.
It’s a very serious subject.
You forgot Elmer a monk, from Malmesbury Abbey who in 1010 flew 2oo yards/meters and broke both his legs in the attempt. He wanted another attempt as he knew what his mistake had been he did not have a tail, however the abbot forbade him. Love the channel please keep up the good work...
To be fair to the monk, they say that any landing you can walk away from is a good landing. Oh, wait a minute....
That wasn’t him that was someone else maye
Couldn’t resist saying those Star Trek lines, huh?
“Successfully not die” is a great term.
I'm usually more of a lurker than commenter, but I HAVE to finally say - I've been enjoying your videos for several weeks now, even going back through a number of your older ones. I love your enthusiasm for history and trivia and the like, you have a wonderful personality and sense of presentation . . . and I ADORE your sense of humor. You've gotten me several times over the course of things, but the two Star Trek bits in this one made me laugh out loud! Anyway, just wanted to express how much I look forward to your videos - and how much I always learn from them - and how I GRIN when I see a new one pop up. Thanks so much for these always-quality videos you share with all of us!
Thoughty 2, Richard Pearse a farmer in New Zealand flew his 'heavier than air' plane on the 31 March 1903. Nine months BEFORE the Wright Brothers. I was saddened you did not know this 😭
"He covered himself in vul-"
Me: "Oil. He covered himself in oil."
step 1
@@stanleycupchamps2009 wait for rain
(3)fly
What’s viloil? Asking for a friend
I love this mans videos
It’s quite astonishing to know that Abbas Ibn Firnas has become a sort of celebrity in Iraq. On the way to the Baghdad Airport, there lies a, for a lack of a better word, rather majestic statue of him with his wings spread wide. I myself am half Iraqi half Swedish, and whenever I pass by that statue, the taxi driver always begins reciting the story of Abbas Ibn Firnas. It’s quite endearing to know that this man has not faded out of thought even after a thousand years. Not to mention that he certainty makes for a good story to tell to kids on their way to their first ever flight
The love and effort you put in is priceless, Hat off Thoughty2
I had no idea they called it "The Wright Flyer"😲
Wait a minute, wasn't that the name of a little red wagon?
4:01 his name is super interesting because his last name sounds really similar to the word “Hot air balloon” in Italian
@15:14 .. Is that a Monty Python reference? The thing that I love about this channel is that it compels me to actually research and verify instead of blindly thinking (or saying?) "Ooh, shiny internet stuff." If you sir had been one of my early educators, I may have actually become a Nobel laureate instead of the greasy dude installing brake pads on your daily commuter.
I love how humbling you are 😆 seriously, It keeps us grounded and appreciative of the world around us. Instead of being so caught up with ourselves. We've already spent thousands of years doing that. The 🌎 doesn't revolve around us.
Like all of your videos, Arran, fascinating and inspiring! (and the space helmet thing is great).
Fun Fact: "Abbas ibn Firnas" actually translates to "Abbas the son of Firnas" from Arabic to English.
But don’t let that distract you from the fact you can save 15% or more on car insurance with Geico
@@2lbs 😂
@@2lbs Haha, good one 😂
Why is that 'ibn' a 'fun' fact? o' is also 'son of', and many other translations of 'son of' or 'clan of' etc. that's just history-waffle, not 'fun'. Same goes for origin of term 'mister' etc. You need to get out more often.
@retarded guy with unpopular opinions Its not a 'fun' fact, its maybe interesting trivia.
Calling it a 'fun fact' is akin to a primary school teacher saying, 'Isn't that fun boys and girls?' after pointing out something drivel and self-evident like, 'You can't knit fog'.
Thoughty2 is who I listen to while doing the dishes. Makes it feel less of a chore.
Excellent video as always, but I can't believe you didn't mention Otto Lilienthal.
Otto Lilienthal was flying around on human powered gliders for Lulz on the weekends...
Back in the late 1800s.
Topic suggestion: I'd love to hear you tell us all about the "Tower Craze" in medieval Italy, such as "the town of fine towers", San Gimignano.
It's a huge pity that the aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont is still forgotten by anglo-american historians from the records.
The Monthy Python reference! Genius, that's why I love your videos
My great grandmother was born in 1877 and died in 1966. She was an adult when the Wright brothers did their thing, and while she didn't see the first moon landing, she was alive for the first orbit of Earth (Gagarin's).
My grandmother was born just a few years after the Wright brothers' flight, and lived to see the space shuttle flights and to see the incredible images sent back from the Hubble Space Telescope.
Not bad. ❤️
Don't understand why would someone put a finger down in a nice video like this, as allways interesting and funny 🖖🏻
I couldn't agree more. The 25 people to do so (at this point) must belong to some sad human category
They probably thought the thumbnail was a real thing
It might have something to do with all the proper names that he butchered pronunciation for, in this single episode.
Or maybe because the title suggests a biography of a single person, not a history of flight. Or maybe they're just drunk and missed the like button. Who knows.
@@calebpalmer9823 OMG yes, but he does it consistently in every episode so at least there's that...
I tried this feather and wax technique to become an angel and trust me it works.
i believe you but i won't try because i dont like to be angel at this age its too early maybe at 80 or 90.
You flew, but the landing needs work. ;-)
A wonderful account of the history of Aviation!
My great grandfather was born in 1884 and lived to be 99 years old... and he died from complication of the flu, not wasting away, old age. His mind was sharp as a tack and I visited him every week in his apartment... he told about the days growing up with hose and buggy, to his first automobile, reading the newspaper about the Write Bothers (when he was 19), he fought in WWI in France and saw the planes dogfight above his trenches, was too old to fight in WWII and subsequent wars... and he came over to our house - driving his 1958 Ford (original owner) - to stay up late to watch the first space shuttle launch in the early 80s.
I "interviewed" him for a history project in high school shortly before he passed in 1983... and as part of that history project, he came to my 9th grade class to answer questions from the students about his life... and he brought a huge photo album to use as a prop, explaining "This photograph was when I was two years old in 1886... the US was still fighting the Indian Wars and Geronimo was still on the run" to "When that young man landed on the moon, I knew we would be triumphant against the Soviets some day" (the Soviet Union was still a serious threat to the US in '83).
Your ending of this video is right... there have been some of your viewers who had great grandparents live to see all those achievements in human history - and give a lecture presentation to a 9th grade student body in person.
The father of manned flight, due to the principle heavier than air, was not mentioned: Otto Lilienthal from the Swedish/Preussian city Aklam. He had invented the glider airplane, aerodynamics and principles of controling flight, when he as a experienced pilot died in a crash 1896. All other aviators, including the wrights had learned the basics of flying from him. The wrights wan a flying competition with several participants and invented the wind tunnel. No engines could be made light and powerful enough until a inventor made one of aluminium to the Wrighs, which because of that ended up winning before the other aviators.
Another German engeneer invented the space rocket, not far from Aklam. His name was Wernher von Braun.
I expected him to appear on this list.
As an aerospace student, I was waiting for him to be mentioned. 😅
Just can't accept the fact that Muslims were there looooooong before Europeans?
@@amir071 where? Fore sure not in the air.
@@atlet1we were mate, first human ever to fly was a Muslim. He flew successfully for ten minutes. You don’t know history
My family’s friend in Pleasant Point New Zealand was the first man to fly. 6 months before the Wright brothers. The engine is still rotting behind the last shed on the farm.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Richard Pearse was the chap and he flew on the 31st March 1903, Nine months before the Wright Brothers - I was gladdened to see your comment, I was saddened Thoughty 2 did not know this!
Not so. www.stuff.co.nz/national/6799761/Pearse-flew-long-after-Wrights
@@nssherlock4547 The family diaries beg to differ.
@@glennllewellyn7369 It's all about Providence at the end of the day!
You have a habit of throwing out random funny trivia. I love your posts.
Amazing how quickly it progressed. Astounding
It is interesting to see that to this day Santos Dumont continues to be despised, despite having actually been the first to fly in a real plane, and not launched by a slingshot... He and his plane, the 14-BIS, should be praised! Maybe one day...
By the way, he went mad after seeing how his invention was used in WWI.
This! Thank you! I'm so tired of the Brazilian erasure that goes on with all the claiming that the Wrights did it first.
Damn, you’re right, I’ve never heard of that. Not the man or his achievement. There’s a lot of selectively in many areas, hence the USA wanted the credit, so they just took it. I’m American and that does embarrass me a good bit. Damn.
Already commented on it b4 I saw yours. Props, and... I didn't know that
I mean it happens.. It's shitty. Bill Gates did it to wozniak or whatever for Apple. Edison did it to tesla. Greedy people who have more money/popularity always steal the fame.
Clement Ader was not flying. He was in ground effect.
Many birds are :)
Ground effect was what made us bolder to conquer the skies
a minor point of distinction. he was off the ground, supported by air. that's good enough for me, and I design/make/fly things for a hobby.
Ground effect is still flying, flying in ground effect.
The legend brought back RIF. Such a welcome surprise!
In 100 years we are going look back and laugh at how we used to travel in big "slow" airplanes
Maybe not laugh... As we don't laugh at other stepping stones but I'm sure we will look back at ICE planes as slow and inefficient
In 100 years plains won't exist
Ah, those magnificent men in their flying machines...
Fanks Foughty two!! Great stuff, as always!!
So happy to hear you have started a podcast
I believe in Santos Dumont supremacy,
you cant change my mind, 14-bis to the win
Never been so disappointed with 42 before
Otto Lilienthal was actually the first to do a heavier than air flight
I was sarching vor this coment
Yeah, i was wondering about Lilienthal, gliders in Germany or in Europe somewhere. Great video, but am a little confused now.
My both sets of Grandparents were the same age. Both Grandads was born in 1894 and Grandmas in 1896. My last Grandma passed in 1996. I often think of the change they saw in their lifetimes
I clicked here faster then my parents when they dropped me as a child
hilarious
Checks out
That’s probably why you clicked before the video uploaded
🤣🤷🏼♂️👌🏼
Best comments lifetime appreciation award
"Abbas ibn firnas"
" jaoquea-étienne Montgolfier"
...
All the cool names are taken
You are so awesome! I love the little wise crack comments thrown in among the facts 🤣💜. This is my binge right here! Can't get enough!!
I always enjoy your use of language. Truly brilliant.
the one question that nobody has asked.. What happened to Thoughty1?
Thoughty7 killed him on a contract
The same as what happened to secureteam1-9
Thoughty 1, thought he could, but couldn't. Hence Thoughty mk2.
Wow von lillienthal. Hes actually doing it.
Fun fact : Indian puranas contain detailed explanation and procedures of making various kinds of flying machines and in 1893 ( years before Wright Brothers) an Indian by the name of S. Talpara used one of the descriptions given in those puranas to make and successfully fly a flying machine and the newspaper from that time are stored in the National Archives of India that provide evidence . Even he flew it for more than 2 minute and nearly to a height of 150 meters.
That's fascinating. Do you have any links about this? I tried searching online but couldn't find any information.
love all the content you make!
I wonder what the people were thinking when some idiot/genius said “let’s make a flying bird”
I'm sure most chose the idiot option.
When talking about flying I think of the real father of aviation: Santos Dumont.
Wait so u did not think of Candace Ligma? Damn sad
Just a little correction on your visuals. when you said "the first operational jet aircraft" ( at around 11:42) you showed the Gloster Meteor, wich wasn't the first operational jet aircraft.
The first operational one (combat usable that is) would be the Messerschmitt ME 262. However, you can give the Meteor the title of the first turboprob powered aircraft, they actually used the Meteor as a testbed for a turboprob version of the Whittle jet turbine. ;D
You got some good information on your channel thanks for sharing
fuck my health the migraine can wait there’s new thoughty2
42, The real key to flying is falling to the ground and missing.
It's a knack.
The knack is in failing to miss the ground. Most people fail to do this, unless their attention is distracted at the critical instant.
Loved the final tongue-in-cheek dialogue (hubris).
Thanks for this interesting video. I'm still impressed with how many inventions have been made in the 19th and especially the 20 century.
Maybe you're interested in doing a video about these engines that made flight possible like it's done in the later years to present.
Knew how to fly high altitudes, but can’t swim shaking my head lol
In a video about aviation not talking about Santos Dumont is an absolute disgrace
Love your vids, keep up the good work :)
I love how jolly he always is bring me up on bad day no matter the topic much respect my g
Let's be honest, we all know that the first flight was Santos Dumont's. The Wright brothers' "airplane" was just a glider.
Is there some part of “sustained, powered & controlled flight” you don’t understand?
@@jaybee9269 yes, the one they needed to be catapulted to glide but people keep calling it a flight
No it was Alexander Mozhaiski in 1884
scientists: Humans cannot have wings
Me: Mom I believe i can fly...
Do you believe that you can touch the sky?
@@lucifers.morningstar3805 after watching the video
Wonderful presentation.
I appreciated the "Golden Age of Ballooning" reference to bathing, but was then expecting some reference to Harold The Clever Sheep trying to convince the other sheep to fly.
No mention of Santos-Dumont 14-bis?????
he was latino, they don't care
Heeey mustash man
Love ur stuff 42 ur the best!!!
Man o, man. do I enjoy your narrations. Keep it up my good man.
*“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”*
-Albert Einstein
Albert’s brother, Frank, was a real monster.
Also not Einstein
*Is there a reason he sounds like he is saying 42 At the beginning of every vid? Is it because every whole number has a decimal point making 42 actually 42.0 which is kinda like 420? I like to think so and in fact have for months. It’s like a little wink from him saying, “spark it up buddy his is going to be good. Let’s see how long it takes for the internet to ruin this for me.*
He's saying his chanel name
I believe the channel's name is a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy where the number 42 is said to be "the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything".
I guess it was a good 10 minutes while it lasted, huh? :P
As much as like getting stoned and having Arran fill my brain with random facts, there is no connection to 420. Its a play on the way thoughty2 sounds like 42 when a british person says it. 42 being a reference to Douglas Adams' answer to life, the universe, and everything.
Are u high bruh ?
Another brilliant channel name could be "Sorry 4 the Inconvenience", based on God's last message to life in the universe according to D Adams.
The "unladen or otherwise" African swallow reference was epic! I nearly pushed wine out of my nostrils when I heard it, hahaha!!
It’s funny: I almost-literally hear your voice saying the title to every video in your voice, and it’s awesome 😂
use a mask with a red stone in it, you could turn your hand into wings.
Among other ultimate lifeform things
Well it depends on how you define flight
the first man to fly, was Santos Dumont, not using a fucking slingshot, like the Wright Brothers.
Eyyy you're almost 4M subs man keep it up
“But can the carry coconuts?” Hahaha
First hehe, and I was editing a video 🤘🏻
You were truly the first
you are first, so you get a cardboard medal!
@@Oscar-yx2yw by about half a second I think dude lol
@@Jay-qb9gi oh my god I didn't even prepare a speech or anything.
Well first I like to thank my mom and dad for raising such a useless engineer, I mean. Crap can I start over *gets cut off*
"The Human Angel: The Human that soar to the sky"
The original title
No this is not the original title