The Deadly Race to Supersonic Flight

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  • Опубліковано 30 бер 2024
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    The race to supersonic flight was one of the most enthralling stories of the 20th century. In this episode, we take a look at how it all started, how the American's betrayed the British and the current state of supersonic flight.
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  • @jack_amie
    @jack_amie Місяць тому +1492

    “Boeing - mistake” 😂😂😂

    • @MrLorcanduffy
      @MrLorcanduffy Місяць тому +21

      yes - I also picked that up. was wondering about what he meant!

    • @martiddy
      @martiddy Місяць тому +33

      @@MrLorcanduffy Haven't you seen the recent scandals of Boeing?

    • @staceypayton5159
      @staceypayton5159 Місяць тому +3

      They BEEN had uhh..."supersonic flight"...ijs..🙄😏🤨😐

    • @KKOPPONG
      @KKOPPONG Місяць тому +14

      😂 at least I didn’t hear that alone😂

    • @alexdiallo1357
      @alexdiallo1357 Місяць тому +15

      I almost choked 🤣

  • @ansamrshuelao6513
    @ansamrshuelao6513 Місяць тому +1172

    22:25 Boeing (mistake) 😂
    That was so unexpected man

    • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
      @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Місяць тому +64

      I had to pause in doing the dishes and run that back to make sure I heard that right 😂😂😂

    • @HaHaNicee
      @HaHaNicee Місяць тому +10

      Nah that shit killed me

    • @whutch1
      @whutch1 Місяць тому +7

      I cracked up so hard! 😂

    • @alancobbin
      @alancobbin Місяць тому +9

      I smiled,100% correct.

    • @lkfng
      @lkfng Місяць тому +27

      If it's BOEING, I am NOT GOING! If it's AIRBUS, that's a must!

  • @ABQSentinel
    @ABQSentinel Місяць тому +104

    As a tech guy, I really love all of the ColdFusion videos, and as a pilot, this one is particularly close to my heart!

  • @tr1k716
    @tr1k716 Місяць тому +234

    When asked about Concorde NASA said it was easier to get to space than develop Supersonic Flight for the public to use

    • @seasong7655
      @seasong7655 Місяць тому +18

      True, we have more companies working on rockets than on supersonic planes today

    • @arnowisp6244
      @arnowisp6244 Місяць тому +39

      Largely because Conventional Airlines are so Efficient and as such Profitable that it made no sense to compete with them.
      Supersonic flight was fast but you have fewer Passenger per flight than a Regular Airliner.

    • @davecrupel2817
      @davecrupel2817 Місяць тому +2

      Yup.

    • @r3dp1ll
      @r3dp1ll Місяць тому

      The US killed the Concorde.

    • @zeroelus
      @zeroelus Місяць тому

      @@arnowisp6244And also, it made sense when telecomunications where so expensive that for most people, the only way to attend something short order was a jump in the fastest means of transport possible, but today, I'm typing out this message from my home, that's also my office, while I work with a company in a different country. It's a very different world, and for most people, flying cheap will trounce flying very fast.

  • @Lumencraft-
    @Lumencraft- Місяць тому +65

    When I was a kid my grandma lived in the desert in Barstow and we would hear those Sonic booms almost daily. They would rattle the walls in her little trailer house. When I was 10 years old it was incredible!

    • @LuisSierra42
      @LuisSierra42 Місяць тому +1

      Wouldn't those wake you up when you are asleep?

    • @Lumencraft-
      @Lumencraft- Місяць тому +6

      @@LuisSierra42 I don't recall ever hearing them late at night or early in the morning. If it had happened it would have woke my mom for sure, she was a light sleeper.

  • @The_Fubar
    @The_Fubar Місяць тому +206

    Sorry to nitpick but at 4:30 you somewhat imply that XF-84H "Thunderscreech" was an early attempt at supersonic flight before jets. But Thunderscreech first flew in 1955 almost a decade after F-86 and Bell X-1 both jet and rocket powered aircrafts achived supersonic speeds. Around 1955-56 early YF-104 were already reaching mach 2.2 speeds.

    • @matviyk3066
      @matviyk3066 Місяць тому +9

      He confused me, especially when you can see how more modernized its shape is compared to ww2 planes

    • @matviyk3066
      @matviyk3066 Місяць тому +40

      This video is just all over the place. Very low effort was made

    • @plasmaburndeath
      @plasmaburndeath Місяць тому +32

      @@matviyk3066 Not sure why a few channels are having this issue, either retiring, pulling back, or having more production issues in factual or actual product. I have a gut feeling we are seeing more results of relying on various AI systems like Chat GPT to pull data and create scripts for videos, the hallucinations it has and humans not in the mix, or humans under pressure only fact checking off the same types of "do my work for me" AI systems.

    • @BobbyGeneric145
      @BobbyGeneric145 Місяць тому

      Vario? ​@@plasmaburndeath

    • @timhall5382
      @timhall5382 Місяць тому +18

      It's made by a company pumping out videos to get clicks and sell ad space. Accuracy doesn't matter. Just look at all the ignorant comments saying how awesome it is.

  • @aamirsandalwala7699
    @aamirsandalwala7699 Місяць тому +549

    Coldfusion, Polymatter , Wendover productions, real engineering, OBF, Caspian report and reallifelore are literally the best channels to ever exist on UA-cam.
    Edit : yeah, i forgot to mention lemmino and Kento Bento

    • @nowMUSH
      @nowMUSH Місяць тому +22

      Agreed, except I think OBF plagiarizes.

    • @MA-zl9sc
      @MA-zl9sc Місяць тому +21

      Smater Every Day? :)

    • @siddharthrox
      @siddharthrox Місяць тому +12

      Half as interesting and search party are also decent.

    • @mwengandoo
      @mwengandoo Місяць тому +10

      Agreed except for Caspian for me. Biased as anyone could be if geo P. Affects ones location

    • @alaric_3015
      @alaric_3015 Місяць тому +2

      ​@@nowMUSHhe has changed I guess

  • @Luscious3174
    @Luscious3174 Місяць тому +10

    Living in LA and hearing the sonic boom as the shuttle would come in to land at Edwards was quite the experience - we all thought it would be common yet now it is gone never to be heard again.
    Similarly I can recall passing though Heathrow back in the day where Concorde had flights pretty much daily - the sound of that thing taking off was insane 😎😎😎

  • @Emma-Piwakawaka
    @Emma-Piwakawaka Місяць тому +44

    The Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech, while an interesting and unusual airplane, was developed and built well after the Bell X-1 had crossed the sound barrier. It was also designed as a carrier based aircraft with no requirement for a catapult.
    The way it is placed in the video makes it sound like its design goal was breaking the sound barrier, which it wasn't.

    • @Axel_Andersen
      @Axel_Andersen Місяць тому +6

      Yeah, that jarred me too. The first half of this video is all over the place with the time line, not great.

  • @stevenmacdonald9619
    @stevenmacdonald9619 Місяць тому +16

    (Detailed comment) This video skipped three vital FACTS. 1) Tupolev DID steal most of Concorde's plans. 2) There is no mention of the Ogival Delta Wing that made Concorde fast and more importantly smooth through the sound barrier. 3) AIRBUS was the response to the behaviour of both America and the Soviet Union in this era by European nations, who grew sick of the depravity of companies like Boeing, and just how far they would go for a monopoly on success. Sound eerily familiar still today? Now modern purveyors of sonic flight have a lie to get around with the public and experts that still live. After destroying Concorde's innovation with lies (time would have made engines quieter, more fuel efficient, whilst safety would have only improved anyway), the myth of 'dangerous' sonic booms will plague any company trying to go back in time to undo the sheer injustice that Britain faced throughout the twentieth century. Theft and espionage built Boeing, Tupolev and others into national giants. The only channel that has been truly 'diplomatic' on this subject so far was Mentour Pilot. Airbus is granted to us through Karma, as is the downfall of Boeing. They deserve all they get. I want to see any real evidence of the 'harm' of sonic booms, when people were told anything from seizures and vomiting, to building damage. I have seen hundreds of videos on this topic, and yet I am yet to see a single one that documents evidence of this. Come on Coldfusion, your channel is better than this. Everything I have stated is also public knowledge, except the conspiracy to make sure the Boeing 747 was not touched in her lifetime by supersonic flight. (The U.S redacts uncomfortable truth). As I began, it's more than coincidence that now that aircraft's life has ended, people can't move fast enough to revisit supersonic travel again. OR is it because Boeing no longer holds such power over the American government to stop it?? The truth is always out there.

    • @Ttdogi
      @Ttdogi Місяць тому

      Now now, you don't want Boeing to pay a 3 letter agency to unalive you like they did with john barnett, now do you?
      Stop it, no one will uncover the sheer incompetence and ill will of that company, because they are a military contractor and any attack on them is an attack on military industry

    • @zibingotaeam3716
      @zibingotaeam3716 6 днів тому

      The video generally glosses over quite a few things or implies things that aren't true.
      That said, supersonic booms are loud and can, if you're unlucky, carry extremely well and it is still a shockwave - meaning it carries force. The thunderscreech in particular causing sickness is documented, but that's a unique case.
      The main issue is still cost. What we're currently seeing is a bunch of techbros convincing everyone that supersonic travel would be sick, but it just isn't efficient and with the current inflation and rise in energy cost in the west, it just isn't realistic. Aircraft at Mach 0.8 are the cheapest way to move people in reasonable time frames, so that's where it's going to stay. If we find a way to reduce the cost of operating these aircraft (cheaper fuel), we MIGHT make an economic case for supersonic flight - but the way the world is going, that's not going to happen.

    • @everythingpony
      @everythingpony 5 днів тому

      He does it EVERY VIDEO​@@zibingotaeam3716

  • @Molybed1
    @Molybed1 Місяць тому +239

    Getting "Theranos" vibes from all those companies towards the end of the video.

    • @L33tSkE3t
      @L33tSkE3t Місяць тому +39

      At least the companies like Boom have access to technology that has been proven to work in other form factors (utilizing off the shelf Jet engines) and previous hypersonic jets as reference. Theranos’s tech was just simply a lie that could never work. Plus, I believe they are working with NASA which developed the X-59 which has been able to significantly reduce sonic booms DB level, specifically at ground level to about the DB level of a car door being shut.

    • @jeffreytkchan
      @jeffreytkchan Місяць тому +29

      Theranos was just a magical black box. Supersonic isn't that.

    • @MakerInMotion
      @MakerInMotion Місяць тому

      There's a blood testing company called Babson Diagnostics making the same exact claims Elizabeth Holmes did and investors are falling for it....again. History repeats itself.

    • @johnking9942
      @johnking9942 Місяць тому +3

      I agree... Plus what would be the point of supersonic flight.

    • @christianj1584
      @christianj1584 Місяць тому +6

      @@johnking9942 the point is to get to the green conventions faster... and talk about how bad is for the general public to use supersonic flight..oh wait 🤦‍♂

  • @deathcare
    @deathcare Місяць тому +6

    I really love these longer, more in-depth videos. I really hope you have the time/ability to keep making them in the future :)

  • @mradford10
    @mradford10 Місяць тому +19

    My Grandfather flew with Sir Charles Kingsford Smith when he was about 12 years old in the Southern Cross. He later went on to become a mechanic working for Qantas and Ansett. As a child in the late 1970s I remember going to someone’s house in Sydney who was a family friend who had also worked in the airlines. He had two huge concord models in a collection of models - each about 1.5 - 2 metres long. They were old and dusty but still in relatively good shape. They were on stands and looked like the sort of thing you’d see in a museum. They had the branding of Qantas on them, flying kangaroo on the tails and all. Turned out the back story was Qantas had committed to purchasing Concords in Australia due to our vast country and long distance between cities. However Boeing rushed in and scuttled the contract by underselling Concord at the 11th hour. The 747 was much loader and slower, but could carry many more passengers. The was a lot of public and political pushback about the sonic boom so in the end it was an easy decision. Both the concord and 747 were released in 1969 so the race was on to get fleet sales. The first 747 flew in Australia in 1971… the concord then flew to Sydney in 1972 as part of their global sales tour, coming in from Darwin in just 2 hours (the same flight still takes over 4 hours today)… almost in a ‘Look at what you missed out on’ type of moment. But the horse had bolted and rest is history... So the concord models had been destined for the bin, had been rescued and ended up at this suburban house in Sydney. I wonder where they are today? Australian aviation history!

  • @philipgrice1026
    @philipgrice1026 Місяць тому +134

    There is a massive omission in the 'documentary'. What is missing is exactly what the Americans learned from Miles Aviation. The answer is simple.
    As an aircraft approaches supersonic speed, the air flowing over the control surfaces, the ailerons and elevators, begins to establish pressure fronts that move back along the wings surface. These fronts do not advance at the same speed, so when they pass where the ailerons or elevator hinges are positioned, the surface pressure can be very different above and below the control surface. This change in pressure result in the control surfaces moving with such force a pilot cannot withstand the pressure and the aircraft can go out of control and possibly break up due to the violent oscillation set up by the uncontrollable surface pressure.
    The British had learned this and had built 'fully flying' control surfaces to replace the traditional elevators, which are much more susceptible to the problem. The Americans quickly changed the design of the Bell X-1 to have fully flying elevators mounted on the vertical stabilizer fin. You can see this in the videos. The earlier glide and low speed flight aircraft clearly have traditional elevators, the hinges being clearly visible. The later ones do not. If you look closely, you can see the plate against the vertical fin, to which the 'fully flying' control surface is mounted. The plate rotates and this causes the 'fully flying' wing to rotate with it.
    It is ironic that the X-1 in the museum may be the one that Yeager broke the sound barrier in, but it has either been modified back to the original configuration, with elevators hinging on the fixed horizontal stabilizer, or it is not the correct airframe but a substitute, hiding the crime of stealing British technology.
    What is also lame about the Yeager record was the use of a rocket motor. First small ones and then ever larger and more powerful ones. The delays that hurt Miles Aviation was the development of the British jet engines. The first flights were made with a less powerful substitute when the planned engine was not ready in time. Once the larger engine became available, Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown quickly proved the Miles M52 was easily able to exceed the speed of sound, but using a British jet engine. This was something the "X" series of aircraft were not able to accomplish for years, despite the British still, stupidly in my opinion, sharing jet engine technology with the US companies that began building jet engines under a "free" license from Churchill!

    • @qbasic16
      @qbasic16 Місяць тому +8

      thank you for clarifying! ❤

    • @theproceedings4050
      @theproceedings4050 Місяць тому

      The all moving stabilizer was not a British invention, nor was it a British invention to use it for supersonic flight and it was already being seen on the XP-86, in development at the same time. There is little evidence for this British conspiracy theory, past the claims of sore losers. The Bell visit to Britain is not even confirmed to have ever happened. I really wish channels like this wouldn't spread information like this without proper qualification or context.

    • @MarkLandrebe-ef5yd
      @MarkLandrebe-ef5yd Місяць тому +2

      @phi...
      Let me guess, you are British (some of my heritage, also).

    • @merc9nine
      @merc9nine Місяць тому

      I totally disagree. 😂

    • @merc9nine
      @merc9nine Місяць тому +1

      Obviously I'm joking. You seem to know what you're talking about

  • @tweekins
    @tweekins Місяць тому

    Shoutout to @RealEngineering for covering Hermeus in detail last month.
    ua-cam.com/video/UyKtxsdI0z8/v-deo.html

  • @MERKAMGCLK
    @MERKAMGCLK Місяць тому +9

    I have had the Greatest honor to meet several of these fearless pilots.
    General Yeager.
    Scott Crossfield.
    Al White.

  • @scott.ballard
    @scott.ballard Місяць тому +8

    Amazing work as always, thank you Dagogo!

  • @MrTmac9k
    @MrTmac9k Місяць тому +12

    "You aren't big enough and there aren't enough of you to get me in that thing again." -- XF-84H test pilot to XF-84H project engineer

  • @CaelanAegana
    @CaelanAegana Місяць тому +21

    Fun fact about the SR-71: Mach 3.2 is only the unclassified top speed of the plane. There is much unofficial talk that it can go much faster. An SR-71 pilot I met on a museum tour was very cagey about the fastest he'd ever flown. Additionally, despite the fact that the planes are retired, not all aspects of its design have been declassified.
    Bonus fact: due to thermal expansion when it was at speed, the SR-71 is built with gaps in its body and wings. The plane had to be fueled directely on the runway because it would leak jet fuel until it reached an appreciable portion of the speed of sound and the gaps closed up.

    • @Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot
      @Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot Місяць тому

      What was the fastest he flew?

    • @fcscouto
      @fcscouto Місяць тому

      it did not get refueled on the runway, Col. Richard H. Graham's book busts that myth, they refueled like normal on the ground and then would taxi to the runway and take off. They leaked, but they didn't leak nearly that much.

  • @kiberamwaura8971
    @kiberamwaura8971 Місяць тому +3

    Keep posting. Learning so much from your channel. Thanks.

  • @evan-douglasmason3755
    @evan-douglasmason3755 Місяць тому +5

    Hard to believe that engineers didn't look closer at falcons in a stoop.
    They sweep their wings back to come down like a thunderbolt.

  • @samaeltheundying
    @samaeltheundying Місяць тому +5

    Afrer bruising my ribs and recovering from coughing... i could not imagine the pain that dude went through to clench for g forces and shunt blood around the body.
    What a G.

  • @samiisaac
    @samiisaac Місяць тому +1

    We've always watched sonic booms on UA-cam but never thought of the history..
    thank you .. sami&isaac

  • @devjoenet
    @devjoenet Місяць тому +1

    Thanks Dagogo! Great job as always! I’ve been keeping a close eye on this stuff. Been an aviation nerd since I was 4. A large number of the Boom team seems to be former colleagues of mine, and they set the groundwork for the X-59 design. They are the team to watch in my mind.

  • @zachkoelzer7559
    @zachkoelzer7559 Місяць тому +151

    Man do you ever make a video that isn't entertaining and educating?? Best content on UA-cam!

    • @embee9x805
      @embee9x805 Місяць тому +5

      Also thanks to his British Australian accent

    • @timhall5382
      @timhall5382 Місяць тому +4

      Way, way more than 1 person makes these.

    • @chungyanleung1607
      @chungyanleung1607 Місяць тому

      ​@@timhall5382who else can you recommend?

    • @mokahless
      @mokahless Місяць тому +1

      @@timhall5382 If you're going to spam, back it up. Not trying to put you down. Your comments have made me actually curious about this but I can't find ANYTHING online. Maybe I'm using the wrong search terms?

    • @timhall5382
      @timhall5382 Місяць тому +2

      @@mokahless what do you think you will find? He isn't a public company, he doesn't have to tell people how many employees he has.
      The narrator has mentioned many times for many years that he doesn't do it alone and has a "team". I can't tell you if they were his employees or independent contractors. Unless a public company bought his stuff I don't know how you would know or to whom it's been sold. It's garbage now though.

  • @alancobbin
    @alancobbin Місяць тому +7

    What a superb video,I witnessed a sonic boom in 2013 and it’s something I’ll never forget, cheers DAGOGO really enjoyed it 👍

  • @awac2
    @awac2 Місяць тому +1

    Great content Dagogo! Always interesting and in-depth your videos....

  • @kennbmondo
    @kennbmondo Місяць тому +3

    Great episode and a welcome change.. thank you.

  • @ewokleader9905
    @ewokleader9905 Місяць тому +3

    I'm so glad you're finaly covering an aerospace topic!

  • @loganwolverine8571
    @loganwolverine8571 Місяць тому +4

    Great video! Keep producing videos which peak your interest, keeps them authentic and thought provoking.

  • @JordanDilla
    @JordanDilla Місяць тому +1

    This channel is underrated. From the presentation, to the presenters soothing voice to the clear in-depth explanation of the topics should be the bar other channels should reach.

    • @MrGrumpyGills
      @MrGrumpyGills Місяць тому

      The channel has 4.75M subscribers. That's not underrated at all.

  • @jiamiekori6575
    @jiamiekori6575 Місяць тому +2

    Informative video, thank you!

  • @shramo
    @shramo Місяць тому +3

    Could honestly listen to you commentate the grass growing.
    Such a great video, thanks guys!!!

    • @DanyF02
      @DanyF02 Місяць тому +1

      That would've made an amazing April's first video. I bet he would've made it accidentally entertaining and educative though.

  • @evelynmicelotta87
    @evelynmicelotta87 Місяць тому +6

    Storytelling master! Great video, love the history of technology

    • @kingofmonsters7452
      @kingofmonsters7452 Місяць тому

      I hated History subject 😂 but seeing it is related to engineering and technology i am hooked up

  • @Don_Kikkon
    @Don_Kikkon Місяць тому +1

    Love the new direction, but still with the same super high class of production. We expect no less - fortunately for us you always deliver...

  • @johnsparozich6839
    @johnsparozich6839 Місяць тому +3

    Interesting
    Thank you for your insight and videos

  • @DeathToMockingBirds
    @DeathToMockingBirds Місяць тому +13

    I prefer the idea of a 10 day blimp trip rather than a 30 min hypersonic passenger flight.

  • @gerculanum
    @gerculanum Місяць тому +3

    2:02 The speed of sound in air is primarily dependent on temperature, rather than pressure. The reference to sea level is misleading, as it suggests a constant temperature, which is not accurate. Specifically, a speed of 1225 kph corresponds to an air temperature of 15 degrees Celsius.

  • @NuWatts
    @NuWatts Місяць тому

    Thanks for covering this fascinating topic!

  • @tapiwanyanhete
    @tapiwanyanhete Місяць тому +37

    that dig at Boeing was gold

    • @Axicab
      @Axicab Місяць тому +1

      Cheap shot at a company that was great back then

    • @lynskyrd
      @lynskyrd Місяць тому +2

      @@Axicab no - it wasn't a 'cheap shot' at all. Boeing was in it's 6th year since the MD merger... aka; the beginning of the end for Boeing quality. That 'cheap shot' is quite justifiable -- Boeing 'EARNED' it. Lockheed needs to take over and let the engineers run the company and get rid of the pencil necks.

  • @ereder1476
    @ereder1476 Місяць тому +12

    The reason why we gave up to commercial supersonic flight is because internet became better and there was no need for as much "IN PERSON" meeting. And thus flight time isn't a lost time anymore.
    Plus it's super inefficient.

    • @DrumToTheBassWoop
      @DrumToTheBassWoop Місяць тому +1

      I dont know dude, imagjne being in Sydney ftom london in two hours.

    • @ereder1476
      @ereder1476 Місяць тому +3

      @@DrumToTheBassWoop that's not the time it takes. It's 2-3h for London to new York. And that was with a ticket price of 10k.
      Nobody cares about SS flight nowadays except maybe Influencer who can make video out of it

    • @mat5267
      @mat5267 10 днів тому

      Maintenance cost and fuel costs is the reason.
      Face to face meetings are absolutely still a thing. That’s why business jets market is huge.

  • @ericwally6827
    @ericwally6827 Місяць тому +52

    It's a shame you didn't mention Avro Arrow made in Canada. It was the first unofficial level supersonic flight and also Lead to the use of Delta wing technology.

    • @Nezul
      @Nezul Місяць тому +8

      The Americans did Canada so dorty with that program... And it's often overlooked sadly.

    • @dylanferguson6440
      @dylanferguson6440 Місяць тому +11

      @@Nezulwe do everyone dirty somehow

    • @yastremski
      @yastremski Місяць тому

      I was sad there was no mention of the Arrow either :(

    • @lesliereissner4711
      @lesliereissner4711 Місяць тому

      The Arrow's first flight was in March 1958, years after supersonic flight was a reality for military aircraft and delta wings were not unusual by then. For example, the F-102 Delta Dagger was actually in service by 1956, having first flown in 1953.

  • @rickdeckard9810
    @rickdeckard9810 Місяць тому

    Great story as with all your topics, always interesting and informative at least to me. 👍

  • @TheHam86
    @TheHam86 Місяць тому +1

    Epic video man! Love this content.

  • @lkfng
    @lkfng Місяць тому +3

    You left out about Albert Scott Crossfield. He was an American naval officer and test pilot. In 1953, he became the first pilot to fly at twice the speed of sound. Crossfield was the first of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the United States Air Force and NASA.

  • @Itsmarkyoung
    @Itsmarkyoung Місяць тому +3

    Cold Fusion is one of my favorite channels 😍 I will never skip the ads!!

  • @fishbone470
    @fishbone470 Місяць тому +1

    Great content as usual!! Thank You! :)

  • @chrisgeishauser
    @chrisgeishauser Місяць тому +8

    I love your videos, the quality and information is stunning. Also, love your calming voice! :D

  • @Steverz32
    @Steverz32 Місяць тому +53

    Cold Fusion Class on a Easter 🐣 Sunday & I now get a great 30 minute break👍😊

  • @danielkyte5124
    @danielkyte5124 Місяць тому

    Love this content. Thanks for something a little different.

  • @michaelhart7569
    @michaelhart7569 Місяць тому +1

    Great content and one of the best narration voices on UA-cam. Is the accent local to a particular location in Australia?

  • @vladv8651
    @vladv8651 Місяць тому +5

    Hey @ColdFusion
    Little error at 16.13 "mach 2.44", I think you meant "1.44"

    • @nanderson423
      @nanderson423 Місяць тому +2

      Also on the screen at the time: Manurer instead of maneuver

  • @TheAkdzyn
    @TheAkdzyn Місяць тому +7

    This was so interesting. So cool how coldfusion covers unique tech documentaries in his own style and the music 🔥🔥🔥so unique!

  • @Hydrospx
    @Hydrospx Місяць тому +1

    Great video,as always. I liked that Boeing quip. Nice one.

  • @JeZuse777
    @JeZuse777 Місяць тому +1

    Your videos are always top notch 🙌🏾

  • @adamchestovaliev5873
    @adamchestovaliev5873 Місяць тому +5

    Great video! I love your videos❤

  • @darrenwalters6339
    @darrenwalters6339 Місяць тому +4

    I wouldn’t say Concorde retired because of the crash? 9/11 had a bigger impact on its retirement, and airbus not wanting to keep making spares for it

    • @Axel_Andersen
      @Axel_Andersen Місяць тому +1

      IMO what killed Concorde and supersonic commercial flight are several things:
      Because of telecommunication there is really no need to get to New York (or the other way round) in three hours.
      And in reality to get through the airports you need four hours plus three hours to get to/from the city center.
      Secondly flying is no longer glamorous or fun if you do not fly First or Business and if you fly those then that can be (an certain airlines at least) so much fun that you don't want that to end in three hours, you'd rather enjoy the luxury and pampering for the whole day as the day is wasted anyway.
      There are many more who can afford many times higher ticket prices than what Concord charged and had capacity for but those people are not in a hurry and they want to pay for luxury, not speed.

  • @freymartell3408
    @freymartell3408 Місяць тому +1

    Great video man

  • @conquerorhowie
    @conquerorhowie Місяць тому

    Another very interesting video. Keep up the excellent work!

  • @LIONTAMER3D
    @LIONTAMER3D Місяць тому +13

    Chuck Yeager was an absolute pioneer & most daring of daredevils

  • @nicholaspowell7931
    @nicholaspowell7931 Місяць тому +2

    Always well done I learn something every time I watch your videos

  • @cartuber1570
    @cartuber1570 Місяць тому +1

    guys is that a Big company or television program or news aggency ? Because i am following ColdFusion very very long time ago they didnt even had 2m subs yet. But this channel improved my knowladge of many different things. you guys really deserve award or something like that.

  • @pauldrexel1501
    @pauldrexel1501 Місяць тому

    Enjoyed this. Nice video

  • @DaveWhiteInYoFace
    @DaveWhiteInYoFace Місяць тому +5

    You make the most incredible, thoughtful, educational, and well executed content. Thank you for all you do! Keep it up!

  • @felix-do4yj
    @felix-do4yj Місяць тому +19

    Very nice documentary about aircraft ,I like your voice too

  • @Yuta-thechubbyboy
    @Yuta-thechubbyboy Місяць тому +1

    Overture xb 1 by sonic boom recently had a 1st flight! Great video!!🙌

  • @someoneelse4492
    @someoneelse4492 Місяць тому

    Thanks dagogo, great video.

  • @cieproject2888
    @cieproject2888 Місяць тому +6

    "A certain crazy man" ... well done demonetization avoidance

  • @amanhaman8568
    @amanhaman8568 Місяць тому +3

    Well, that was a great video!!

  • @MrDopeContent
    @MrDopeContent Місяць тому +2

    Dope Content Cold Fusion 🤘🏼😎💯💧

  • @Lyressea42
    @Lyressea42 Місяць тому

    Outstanding episode. Thank you!

  • @MYwinters1945
    @MYwinters1945 Місяць тому +9

    Sad that you missed the oportunity to talk about the MiG 31, the fastest fighter jet ever build, still in use after more than 40 years.

  • @ryukirito2616
    @ryukirito2616 Місяць тому +12

    So Boeing planes are literally falling out of the sky and they want me to try their super super sonic new airplane? No man I’m good!😂

  • @REVIEWSONTHERUN
    @REVIEWSONTHERUN Місяць тому

    Interesting! Thanks for sharing it. ✌️

  • @kathrynlegear2865
    @kathrynlegear2865 Місяць тому

    Great video - Thank You !

  • @FireMunki63
    @FireMunki63 Місяць тому +5

    You only need to travel so fast. With the internet and home offices there really is zero need for ultra fast travel. Its a niche market now.

    • @routybouty
      @routybouty Місяць тому +1

      What? Who is wanting to substitute supersonic travel for internet or work? I recently spent 10.5 hours on a plane one way. I would have paid much more to cut that in half.

    • @joshuaam7701
      @joshuaam7701 Місяць тому

      What ever!

    • @GaminylGames
      @GaminylGames Місяць тому

      FireMunki you basically just called passenger flights a niche market though. Anybody that flies even slightly often would want it to be quicker. Nobody wants to be middle seat beside some big dude crunching doritos any longer than they need to

  • @MarcPagan
    @MarcPagan Місяць тому +7

    Thanks for a fun and well done video.
    ..from a former airline pilot who flew much slower, at 0.78 Mach :)

  • @DerekJones1081962
    @DerekJones1081962 Місяць тому +1

    Yes, I really enjoyed this video, well done.

  • @GlobalPenguin2012
    @GlobalPenguin2012 Місяць тому +1

    Good clip….. keep up the good work

  • @eltel1952
    @eltel1952 Місяць тому +3

    Superbly well presented and informative video as always, professional quality. Respect from the North of England. More please 👍👍

  • @JWONG-pu8ky
    @JWONG-pu8ky Місяць тому +3

    This video is all over the place, 3:48 , sorry but the thunderscreech was a program by the navy in the 1950's intended to create an aircraft that can perform short takeoff in its aircraft carriers with the ability to reach supersonic speeds. This video gives a false information that the thunderscreech was created to achieve mach 1 speeds, a better story would by p38 or mustang pilots performing steep dives to reach higher speed and crashing as conventional planes become uncontrollable. Then the creation of X plane, eXperimental, which led to the crearion of Bell X1. I hope you get your stories straight

  • @iamprinceba
    @iamprinceba Місяць тому

    This is great video, very intersting. I would love for you to do something around the Hyperloop, especillay it beating the speed of sound.

  • @dmdrosselmeyer
    @dmdrosselmeyer Місяць тому +1

    Super interesting subject matter! I dig it!!

  • @kayseeday
    @kayseeday Місяць тому +3

    I get so hyped when I see a coldfusion notifications. He makes these videos so digestible.

  • @alt_warn4211
    @alt_warn4211 Місяць тому +8

    I usually expect extremely high-quality videos from this channel but this one feels off. It’s almost like it was written by chatGPT and rushed out. It was still good, but doesn’t seem quite right.

    • @ethanrogers9627
      @ethanrogers9627 Місяць тому +1

      I've been getting that feeling more and more often recently. Not sure what's going on.

  • @nothereandthereanywhere
    @nothereandthereanywhere Місяць тому +1

    ColdFusion delivers one of the most stunning swift overviews of the flight industry.
    It left me speechless a couple of times. The historical video kept me speechless, the great info seated. I'm not really fond of flights, but the history and it's touch on today's approach is unmistakable.
    As of the final question - I don't think it will be available any time soon, the energy(fuel) consumption is just too great. But I look forward to see further development in this field. I don't care if they are British, French, or US. It would be amazing to see the limitations of the technology moved forward.

  • @raystewart3648
    @raystewart3648 Місяць тому +1

    I was one of the lucky ones to fly on the Concord on its last flight in 2003. It was an experience but one I would not use on a routine trip if they where still around. The seats where very uncomfortable, the space for legs was tight for a 6.4 foot guy like me. No TV sets, the lighting was not very good and the noise even inside was just ear popping loud. It was a very short flight which was long enough for me. I would of gone nuts if I had to fly in that dustbin between say Heathrow and New York JFK.

  • @MrEricSir
    @MrEricSir Місяць тому +3

    The big mistake with the Boeing 2707 was the decision that it should fly at mach 3. That's unrealistic, even supersonic jet fighters like the F-15 can only get up to about mach 2.5.

  • @RacerX888
    @RacerX888 Місяць тому +4

    The US govt intentionally caused the shutdown of the Avro Arrow in Canada and most likely this project in the UK. The reason was that nobody was allowed to build a better plane than the USA or they would lose air superiority. And the Arrow was light years ahead of the US planes. Any plane that met that criteria was cancelled at the demand of the USA.

  • @JamesKariuki-dl7ub
    @JamesKariuki-dl7ub Місяць тому

    The best videos that do motives me every day.

  • @facetofacejd
    @facetofacejd Місяць тому

    Love this video. This feels like classic Cold Fusion. Just need more eerie music 😅

  • @RichardAmesMusic
    @RichardAmesMusic Місяць тому +8

    First human flight was not 1903 - that was the first *powered* flight. People had been flying gliders for a couple decades prior to that (e.g. Otto Lillienthal).

    • @Yuta-thechubbyboy
      @Yuta-thechubbyboy Місяць тому

      True, history of aviation is just awesome with people like fokker lillienthal langley!😊

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer Місяць тому +5

      The first flight was done by the Montgolfier brothers all the way back on 21 Nov 1783 with a hot air balloon.

    • @plasmaburndeath
      @plasmaburndeath Місяць тому

      @@sirBrouwer This was all Classified to the USA - after all only last year did we finally crack the research tree topic of how to detect 225+ year old technology of Aerial balloons and how to shoot them down. I am so proud of my country.

  • @thebigoof9458
    @thebigoof9458 Місяць тому +14

    Then came the Germans.

    • @L33tSkE3t
      @L33tSkE3t Місяць тому +4

      Hans Von Ohain of Germany was the designer of the first operational jet engine, with the first prototype aircraft, the Heinkel HE 178, first flying in 1939. However, credit for the invention of the first jet engine went to Great Britain’s Frank Whittle, who registered a patent for the jet engine design in 1930 but, did not perform a test flight till 1941. Honestly, he probably would have been first but the British government was overly skeptical and delayed its development. Us in the U.S. flying our first jet aircraft the Bell P-59 Airacomet powered by two GE J-31 jet engines.

    • @trvst5938
      @trvst5938 Місяць тому

      Read first hand accounts. Like the genocidal powers that succeeded the Nazis, the Nazis blackmailed the scientists. Threatening to kill entire families if they failed. North Korea style pressure. But that’s why these scientists preferred to flee west to the US than to the Soviet Union. Under the Soviet Union they’d be under the same treatment.

    • @michaelhusada2276
      @michaelhusada2276 Місяць тому +2

      Lead by a certain Austrian man.

    • @tehjamerz
      @tehjamerz Місяць тому +1

      ​@@michaelhusada2276my hero

  • @gerhardkrohmer7729
    @gerhardkrohmer7729 Місяць тому +2

    Thanks!

  • @MikeKlass
    @MikeKlass Місяць тому

    Great episode, keep doing what you're doing!

  • @bigcncguy
    @bigcncguy Місяць тому +1

    It’s so funny seeing all this hypersonics stuff hit mainstream when I lucked into working on them when I was 18, 13 years ago

  • @SpiritmanProductions
    @SpiritmanProductions Місяць тому +13

    "The Americans took British data but did not reciprocate."
    No surprise there; US culture is still too young to have developed integrity and common decency. Those things take centuries. 🤷‍♂

    • @VeritasIncrebresco
      @VeritasIncrebresco Місяць тому

      If your urban centers are filled with basketball players, your societies don't get very far.

    • @1_Fish.2_Fish.Red_Fish.
      @1_Fish.2_Fish.Red_Fish. Місяць тому +1

      Didn’t take very long for the Americans to save your ass twice while propping up your economy for quite awhile.

  • @nhlanhlazulu5105
    @nhlanhlazulu5105 Місяць тому +24

    Am the first person

  • @GCdevine1
    @GCdevine1 Місяць тому

    You are a legend. Keep killin it!

  • @chrishuhn5065
    @chrishuhn5065 Місяць тому +1

    Small pronounciation tip: "Hee Ny" Dittmar has it's vowels the other way around, as in "High Knee" Dittmar. Heini is the abbreviation of Heinrich.