Ahhh, watching those Vulcan Scrambles from RAF Finningley, was a thing of Beauty. Will stay with me forever. Scary to think on the occasion they scrambled in reality, the air crew didn’t know whether it was real or training, and didn’t know whether there would be an airfield to come back to.
@@Shotkangaroo 1977 Silver Jubilee with a flight down the runway 2 abreast in stagger quite the sight and sound I would never forget. Finningley at its loudest.
I remember seeing the in Lincolnshire in the 60's taking off in threes leaving 12 sooty trail behind them they were in white livery , I think the record scramble was wheels off at 1:35. The Vulcan had a quick start function so one switch would start everything very impressive starting a cold jet in such short time without cooking the turbine blades. Even the Hillman Husky crew car had an engine warmer.
@@Shotkangaroo we where blessed to be around in that era, no such luck with such air bourne sights in the modern world. Such a shame how the memory fades.
It was and I was lucky enough to know one of the men who flew it, Peter Twiss, and just like most people who have really done something with their lives was the most down to earth and humble guy you could wish to meet
I love the bit where it says something like developing aircraft that are safe at low and high speed whilst showing an aircraft that had 40% attrition rate, life was different back then
One big takeaway is that the British aerospace industry stuck with the engines in the wing roots vs the thin wing podded engines that the B-47 used. Thick wings like the Hurricane/Typhoon all the way to the Gloster Javelin created no favors for aerodynamics. Gotta love those thick wings!
Britain broke the sound barrier on how fast they could sell the jet engine to the Soviets not too much after telling us about how "an iron curtain has fell over Europe" And this after having the father of the jet engine himself and treating him in his life like absolute dogshite
@@SimonHollandfilmsI think maybe they are not in our dimension, they phase in and out of our dimension. Or maybe they utilize frequency or vibration for propulsion
@@SimonHollandfilms ...possiby made a deal on aero fuels? I think they made a lot of technology based films anyway so had some experience. This would be one of many...
The early super fast planes were designed without today's computer systems and CAD . A De Havilland DH108 Swallow hit supersonic speeds on September 6, 1948 , so say .... ! The first aircraft to fly supersonic in level flight was the Bell X-1, piloted by Chuck Yeager on October 14, 1947.... a rocket powered plane , not a jet , so only useful for test flights and nought else . The US were gifted jet engine technology by the UK in 1941 , though the German technology was more advanced .
Strange you should be celebrating British aircraft tech of the past (which is brilliant!) when Reaction Engines have just gone bust. You know Prof, the company who proposed the Skylon in the 80's and got turned down. Then re-emerged in the 21st century developing the Sabre, air breathing rocket engine, to get the idea moving again. The original visionary head of the company was 'retired' and the whole company became more 'corporate' and concentrated on developing the cooling system heat exchanger that allows hot high pressure air to be reduced in temperature to be used in the engine. They were 'helped' by partnering with DARPA for testing the system. The company seemed to pivot to providing licencing this heat exchanger to other industries that may need such a system. This month the company closed down. Leaving the tech, i suppose mostly i the hands of DARPA, who are no doubt applying it to their much vaunted hypersonic flight programme. All i can say is 'Bugger!'
Now...why aren't today's planes more musical...as they are in that doco clip? What happened to that? The world would be a happier place without all that serious faffing about with noise abatement regulations if we could just have musical planes! We need musical aircraft NOW! That's about as "out there" as one gets!🤣 As always, it's a great pleasure to watch your videos. Much aloha to you!
Too much "It isn't discovered until an Englishman discovers it", like Mick West is always pulling. Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947. The design was from German Workers Nationalist Socialist Party engineering drawings from Project Paperclip. The English didn't do it until 1948 and it was with a swept wing jet in a nose dive. Swept wing jets also came out of Project Paperclip. The Spitfire could only go 380 miles per hour, the P-51 Mustang could go 490 miles per hour. Speed of sound at altitude is 600 miles per hour, Mach 1. The problem with the English is being number one means nothing, it is the ones running a marathon, not a sprint. England's only supersonic aircraft is filing for bankruptcy, Reaction Engines Skylon. The spaceport in Scotland isn't doing much.
I love them V Bombers. Thanks Prof.
Love it Simon, I wish some films today were made this well with no fluff. TY chap. 👏👏
@@iainriley8819 yes 🥰 super artistic.
Real nice style
@SimonHollandfilms Some of the designs you showed and the back sound sounds was like watching the ThunderBirds.
Excellent historic video, Britain's contribution to trans sonic flight is often underappreciated.
Considering Britain’s contribution to modern society it is not a surprise
Ahhh, watching those Vulcan Scrambles from RAF Finningley, was a thing of Beauty. Will stay with me forever. Scary to think on the occasion they scrambled in reality, the air crew didn’t know whether it was real or training, and didn’t know whether there would be an airfield to come back to.
@@Shotkangaroo 1977 Silver Jubilee with a flight down the runway 2 abreast in stagger quite the sight and sound I would never forget. Finningley at its loudest.
I remember seeing the in Lincolnshire in the 60's taking off in threes leaving 12 sooty trail behind them they were in white livery , I think the record scramble was wheels off at 1:35. The Vulcan had a quick start function so one switch would start everything very impressive starting a cold jet in such short time without cooking the turbine blades. Even the Hillman Husky crew car had an engine warmer.
@@sealandersoundscapes6403 I used to live just a few miles away and watched them do circuits in an evening. Blissful
@@Shotkangaroo we where blessed to be around in that era, no such luck with such air bourne sights in the modern world. Such a shame how the memory fades.
I remember reading that a German Me 163 Komet Rocket powered interceptor. Broke the sound barrier during a test flight.
Someone should make an RC version of that Barnes-Wallis swing-wing (Swallow SST), just to see if it'd fly as nice as it looks.
I think they did at the time
I'll bet Gerry and Sylvia Anderson saw this footage when it was new.
Thunderbird One looks like an English Electric Lightning and probably as fast.
Was that the Fairey Delta spotted toward the end? Superb clips. Thank you.
It was and I was lucky enough to know one of the men who flew it, Peter Twiss, and just like most people who have really done something with their lives was the most down to earth and humble guy you could wish to meet
I love the bit where it says something like developing aircraft that are safe at low and high speed whilst showing an aircraft that had 40% attrition rate, life was different back then
Great little video on Mach nos .! ❤❤
Remember watching a documentary about the race to the sound barrier and the British shared their data with America but the Americans shafted Britain
that's what happened...check out my film on the uk sound barrier
That's what the Americans do, and Britain(and others) bends over and asks for more...go figure...
I think the French benefited from the British data too -- remember the Dassault Mirage.
One big takeaway is that the British aerospace industry stuck with the engines in the wing roots vs the thin wing podded engines that the B-47 used. Thick wings like the Hurricane/Typhoon all the way to the Gloster Javelin created no favors for aerodynamics. Gotta love those thick wings!
Britain broke the sound barrier on how fast they could sell the jet engine to the Soviets not too much after telling us about how "an iron curtain has fell over Europe" And this after having the father of the jet engine himself and treating him in his life like absolute dogshite
Roger Ram Jet to Thunderbirds Three
If only the Warp Factor speeds made this much sense .
7:41 🥰🐝
How does UAP break the sound barrier without sound? Or do they make sound and we don’t hear it?
they are not in our reality
@@SimonHollandfilms that eventually too 😊
Thanks for all of your videos Simon 🥰
@@SimonHollandfilmsI think maybe they are not in our dimension, they phase in and out of our dimension. Or maybe they utilize frequency or vibration for propulsion
A simple projection (in our reality or not) would still check all the boxes...
The o'l " If a tree falls in the forest" debate once again.
Curious as to why the shell symbol is used at the end of the video.
good question....the films were made by the Shell oil company film dept.
@@SimonHollandfilms ...possiby made a deal on aero fuels? I think they made a lot of technology based films anyway so had some experience. This would be one of many...
First man to set foot on the moon, the first man to break the sound barrier! What's wrong with that?
The early super fast planes were designed without today's computer systems and CAD .
A De Havilland DH108 Swallow hit supersonic speeds on September 6, 1948 , so say .... !
The first aircraft to fly supersonic in level flight was the Bell X-1, piloted by Chuck Yeager on October 14, 1947.... a rocket powered plane , not a jet , so only useful for test flights and nought else .
The US were gifted jet engine technology by the UK in 1941 , though the German technology was more advanced .
The German jet engine was incredibly unreliable demanding a full strip after 10 hours where as the Whittle was 100 hours.
some cool footage that sir thanks give wallis a pat from me :)
Any time
@SimonHollandfilms thank you
Our wilful loss being another nations gain.....again.
Strange you should be celebrating British aircraft tech of the past (which is brilliant!) when Reaction Engines have just gone bust. You know Prof, the company who proposed the Skylon in the 80's and got turned down. Then re-emerged in the 21st century developing the Sabre, air breathing rocket engine, to get the idea moving again. The original visionary head of the company was 'retired' and the whole company became more 'corporate' and concentrated on developing the cooling system heat exchanger that allows hot high pressure air to be reduced in temperature to be used in the engine. They were 'helped' by partnering with DARPA for testing the system. The company seemed to pivot to providing licencing this heat exchanger to other industries that may need such a system. This month the company closed down. Leaving the tech, i suppose mostly i the hands of DARPA, who are no doubt applying it to their much vaunted hypersonic flight programme. All i can say is 'Bugger!'
NO ???? that's terrible
Now...why aren't today's planes more musical...as they are in that doco clip? What happened to that? The world would be a happier place without all that serious faffing about with noise abatement regulations if we could just have musical planes!
We need musical aircraft NOW!
That's about as "out there" as one gets!🤣
As always, it's a great pleasure to watch your videos. Much aloha to you!
Too much "It isn't discovered until an Englishman discovers it", like Mick West is always pulling. Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947. The design was from German Workers Nationalist Socialist Party engineering drawings from Project Paperclip. The English didn't do it until 1948 and it was with a swept wing jet in a nose dive. Swept wing jets also came out of Project Paperclip. The Spitfire could only go 380 miles per hour, the P-51 Mustang could go 490 miles per hour. Speed of sound at altitude is 600 miles per hour, Mach 1. The problem with the English is being number one means nothing, it is the ones running a marathon, not a sprint. England's only supersonic aircraft is filing for bankruptcy, Reaction Engines Skylon. The spaceport in Scotland isn't doing much.
Heyup Proff 💥
Great stuff that. A rip roaring post war British aviation documentary. Chumley warnmer narration to boot. Magic😊🇬🇧🫡👏