Video from the Past [18] - Willy Messerschmitt (English)
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Video from the Past [18] - Willy Messerschmitt (English)
DISCLAIMER: This is a unique documentary on the legendary aircraft designer Willy Messerschmitt translated by flight sim community members indiaciki, Blooddawn1942, Karaya and yours truly. The translation is not literal, but we tried to get the subtitles as close to the original meaning as possible. It is not perfect, as we are not translation professionals.
Wilhelm Emil "Willy" Messerschmitt was a German aircraft designer and manufacturer. Messerschmitt's single most important design was probably the Messerschmitt Bf 109, designed in 1934 with the collaboration of Walter Rethel.
The Bf 109 became the most important fighter in the Luftwaffe as Germany rearmed prior to World War II. To this day, it remains one of the most-produced fighter in history, with some 35,000 built, with only the Russian Ilyushin Il-2 surpassing it at 36,000. Another Messerschmitt aircraft, first called "Bf 109R", purpose-built for record setting, but later redesignated Messerschmitt Me 209, broke the absolute world airspeed record and held the world speed record for propeller-driven aircraft until 1969.
His firm also produced the first jet-powered fighter to enter service - the Messerschmitt Me 262, although Messerschmitt himself did not design it.
![Willy Messerschmitt - Flugzeuge für Krieg und Frieden [Bf 109]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hehU4dYFpfA/mqdefault.jpg)
Willie Messrsmidt.. Aviation GENIUS!!
Much thanks from the USA for the translation work, and the free language lesson, as well as the fascinating film.
worst translation EVER, half is left out and 1/4 of the translation is wrong
@@user-qp3hd3cn8e nope
Power plant mating with airframe, brilliant. Design considerations to facilitate construction, brilliant.
Innovation in use of available materials and control and instruments incorporating latest technologies, brilliant.
Those who know and love heavier than air flight can greatly appreciate his passion for aircraft design.
Priceless video
AT FIRST I COULDN'T KEEP UP WITH THE FAST TEXT, BUT STUCK WITH IT AND ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH. WILLI--YOU WERE A WORLD CLASS GENIUS.
And yet his vision of VTOL and airports which would only require short runways is still a dream. Even now Heathrow is expanding with yet another runway. He was truly a visionary.
Er ahem Harrier says hello......
This is awesome, thanks Chuck Owl! Never saw an interview mitt Willi...i thought id seen them all but i havent.
Beautiful genius, beautiful designs....will be a dream to fly a restored 108 Taifun one day......especially with an original Argus! (and one 20 mm centerline Kanon(!)) J/K....sort of
Fantastic documentary, fantatastic guys.
man muss eine grosse respekt fühlen zu so einen inteligenten ,talentierten persönlichkeit er ist der vater der heutigen düsen flugzeuge,er war seiner zeit voraus
this man was a genius who could see into the future and if given the chance,,,who nows where aircraft design would be today,,,imagine him at Area-51
Willy Messerschmitt and Eric Robert Laithwaite were truly great and creative engineers and designers of the twentieth century and, indeed, of the whole last millennium. Thank you for this really great documentary. Hey UA-cam! - update your spelling lexicon/spell checker to include Laithwaite and Messerschmitt - after all both these men were true geniuses and were greater and did far more for our planet than Einstein.
Great documentary. Cheers from Denmark 🇩🇰
OUTSTANDING documentary ! I am totally hypmotized ! --~o
Fascinating.
Incredible engineering under wartime conditions.Had Messerschmitt gotten better materials,I believe Germany would have stopped the allies dead in their tracks.As a former Air Force flight engineer I really appreciated this documentary.
The B-29 and A-Bomb would have ruined anything Germany could do right.
@@Crashed131963 eeeh - you know were the US Army got the A Bomb? Right from the Germans, and with all the constructions germany had in developement at the end of WW2... the B 29 would've struggled very hard if the germans would've been able to keep their advance up.... - the US Army also wouldn't been able to Build the P 51 H and much more other planes that had german Technology in it
@@bluefox9436 The US was in a manufacturing league to themselves. www.combinedfleet.com/economic.htm What can a Me-262 do against 10 P-51s. In 1942 Midway the US has 3 Aircraft carriers at the end of the war they had 32!
The "Willow Run" Factory could build a 4 engine B-24 every 60 minutes. The Germans could not build a Bf-109 that quick.
German was no match for that type of industrial strength.
@@Crashed131963 Very true. It is the reason Germany used quality, but it wasn't enough. People keep forgetting the Russians. They were spitting out tanks like crazy. Still, in '44 Speer managed to produce around 20,000 planes. Planes are no good, tanks are no good if you don't have the crews. B.t.w., in that regard the U.S. was in the same boat. Thousand of trained crews were lost over Germany. In '43 the 8th air force had to suspend operations for several months because of those tremendous losses.
@@Crashed131963 the b 29 was terrible. That's why it was only used on the Pacific, because in Europe they would have fallen like flies. It was also the most expensive program of the war.
Great video . Thanks for posting
Brilliant designer
Genius.
thanks for this
Wunderbare Arbeit vor allem von unseren deutschen Frauen!
Fritz Willi aircraf genius
Fliegt immer noch - heute auf der Hahnweide! Standing Ovations!
Great video!
Thanks for this video its a great job
The prototype 109 had a Rolls Royce engine, as the Daimler Benz wasn't ready. The last M 109 planes built in Spain also got a Rolls Royce engine, as the engine plant, from which they had bought samples at the end of the war, got overrun by the Russian troops before the war ended, so they had bodies, but no engine.
Hall of fame,Walhalla :Gustav Weisskopf ,Otto Liliental,Graf v. Zeppelin,Horten,Dornier,Bölkow,v.Braun,Messerschmidt,Gerhard Fiesler ,Junkers,Heinkel....................................................
Messerschmitt was a legend in his own mind...
The P38 was faster than the109 and the Spitfire.
thx very good plane designer mr willy was.
Class !!! Class !!! Your homework for tonight is to discover the full story of why the 109 and 110 were designated "Bf" and NOT "Me".
Hand your books in on friday morning.
When the Fw-190 came out Galland wanted the 109 discontinued and all production to be the 190.
I did not know Galland felt that way. Personally I always felt that the FW was a better aircraft from many of the comments the flyers also felt that way .
Quite a silly idea considering the realities of the war situation, the fact they used complete different engines and production was already in full swing for both the 109 and its engine. I suspect this is most likely (vastly) over-stated as Galland was not that foolish.
@@GrumblingGrognard
Finally I found Garlands interview link.
Scroll down 2/3rd where he said QUOTE:
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"I had been telling Hitler for over a year, since my first flight in an Me-262, that only Focke Wulf Fw-190 fighter production should continue in conventional aircraft, to discontinue the Me-109, which was outdated"
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Link www.historynet.com/interview-with-world-war-ii-luftwaffe-general-and-ace-pilot-adolf-galland.htm
@@Crashed131963 My Mom and I were in Bavaria (near Kulmbach) when Galland formed the first jet fighter squadron. I remember asking my mom why I heard airplanes but did not see them. Those were jets, the Me262. They downed quite a few allied bombers and P51's, but it was too little too late and there was no fuel and the best pilots were killed in past battles.
@@thenevadadesertrat2713 No aircraft broke the speed of sound until Oct. 14, 1947 .
You should see a 262 like and other plane in ww2.
Willy the best! 109 uber halles!!!
Was bist du denn für ein Schwachsinniger
i am related to will messerschmitt, when the messerschmitts moved to america they changed their name to messersmith
Wow, I can not believe the German genius! I know they were the enemy but shit!! If they would have had a different leader we ALL would be speaking german!
The US alone had twice Germany's population and 4 times their manufacturing capacity. On Paper the US could have fought two Germanys by themselves let alone never speak German.
@@Crashed131963whow knows... if it was not for Russia I really think we would now be all indeed sprachen deutchs... at least in Europe. anyway, better this way.
Eisenhower was well aware of German engineering across the board . He said on several occasions that we were better because “Our “ Germans were better than their Germans !” LOL considering that he was a German himself .
He-177. Me-210. 'Nuff said.
yes and be much more advanced humans but alas the banksters wanted us for other reasons
🙏 With Great Respect to Reginald J Mitchell @ Father of the Supermarine Spitfire 🇬🇧 ( 1895~1937 ) & Willy Messerschmitt @ Father of the Messerschmitt Bf109 🇩🇪 ( 1898~1978 ) >>> Both would make Good Life Long Friends for their Love for Fast Single Engined Planes ... Madman Adolf Hitler made enemy between them by starting WWII ...🕯🌻🌿🌍💖🇬🇧🇩🇪
With more than 35.000 Me109 built - even after the WWIII ended - it's correct to think it was a good fighter plane, built in German in various sites and in a lot of countries like Spainand others, around the eastern Europe !
Their VSTOL preceded our Troubled Osprey by how many years? I wonder if the Krauts had helped us with the Osprey we would have lost so many planes and pilots . I saw some cool aircraft I had never seen before . This whole video makes me want to find out more !
...and did not work...had practically no range....etc...etc...etc. Like the "Great Me262" who's engine was (literally) trash after ~10 hours in the air. Great stuff for a prototype, not for a war production fighter.
-> see: Dornier Do 31
If anyone would like to read up on the 262 and Mr Messerschmitt; I can recommend "Sharks of the air". An excellent book.
I found it curious that Adolph Galland went to Hitler after test flying the 262 and recommended the germans cancel all other fighter types ( including the ME109) and produce the 262 and the FW190 exclusively (Hitler declined).
The FW190 was far better than the bf109, that's why Galand suggested it to Hitler.
You forget, that Germany tended too often to have too many types of weapons, instead of concentrating on 1-2 types (bomber, fighter, tanks etc.). Me 109 was limited and reached its peak ~1941. FW190 was then the best. After that there were again many types that were fit to be the next fighter (Me 163, 262, Do, Horten...)
@@micumatrix Yes.. One MAJOR thing that Goering got wrong was not only what your talking about but in PARTS COMPATIBILITY... eg: brake pads from the 109 only fitted the 109 and no other aircraft. Goering paid no attn to parts standardization so in times of heavy fighting you could not take parts off a different damaged aircraft to get another flying. By the time he/they worked out that this point should have been implemented it was too late.... Very very foolish but I guess he/they thought the war would be won in 6 months and they didn't need it...
@@jimmysparks315 yes. Somehow the german army has till today problems with logistics...unexplicably, but something is wired wrong there. I think there they can get the idea that keeping somthing running is often more expensive than just buying somthing. Numbers are not everything.
@@micumatrix Yeah.. i can't remember the guys name but the guy that took control of locomotive production during the war implemented parts standardization. Germany was turning out what, 350 full size steam loco's EVERY MONTH !!!! and that was ontop of everything else they were making... Just beggars belief... Now to put that into perspective, here in Australia bureaucrats talk about something for at least 10 years before they actually start.... Boring !!!!!
15:11...Hanna Reitsch !
Only woman to be awarded the Luftwaffe eagle with diamonds
@@visionist7 i have her book .... third or fourth flight in a glider ...over 5 hours; wolrd record
Great videoo, anyone know other videos with the similar topic but subtitled in both german and english?
look the spitfire was a great plane, but the 109 was as well and i really believe if they could have done something about the 109,s poor fuel consumption ,it could have been worse for the raf
The 109's fuel economy was almost Identical to the spit even ,109's engine is about 20% bigger + they had to come from inland area's and cross the channel fight then get back across the channel. 109's held about 106 gallons (spit 122) Gave the spit, 425mls. The 109 about 400+miles. compared to the P51's 250 gallons and more efficient laminar wing made them have have 1,000 mile range.
Ah, but the true hero was the Hawker Hurricane.
@@984francis - I agree; the Spitfire got all the glory, but the Hurricane got more of the bombers, and held it's own as a fighter. Also, it is well known that Germans who had been shot down would claim that a Spitfire got them.
Bob Stanford-Tuck tested a captured 109 against a Spitfire in around 1942 I think. He found it's performance and fighting abilities the equal of the Spitfire in almost every respect except turning.
But it was a fraction faster in a dive. The only criticism he had was the tiny size of the cockpit and the restricted visibility caused by the heavy metal-framework of the canopy.
@@stewartw.9151 Part of the heavy metal framework was due to the lagging technology in perspex development. If you look at the advancement in the bubble canopies as the war progressed, one can see the improvements made. Remember, availability of materials or lack of.
The Bf109 E is my favourite little bird.. Yeah I'm an odd chick.
First generation is bf's
Agree - cannot beat that camouflaged sleek angular design and the menacing yellow markings 💪👈👍
Nah FW 190 D.........sexy.
Лучшие в мире самолёты от лучших в мире конструкторов
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If I remember correctly the ME262 had a flight time of only about 30 minutes. They were a defensive aircraft designed to take out bombers and escorts. Shortage of pilots along with lack of fuel due to bombing of the synthetic fuel refineries, ensured Germany could not put enough of these aircraft into the skies to make any difference.
It had a range of over 550 nautical miles
Gute Dokumentation; woher stammt sie?
25:12: should be "Rüstungsstab" (Armaments Staff), not "Richtungsstab" ;-)
Leider sind Einige nicht verständlich!
The main disadvantage of bf109 is its very poor cockpit visibility, every warbird DCS fan knows that.
18:13 Lechfeld near Augsburg not Lettland.
German Genius exampke Messerchmitt 262 80years ago
Is this available anywhere without the subtitles?
In the last year of the war, 1944, more German planes became produced than ever before. But quality and hardly any fuel made them rather useless.
Das ist Deutschland!
Deutchland gut arbeiten ,eine volk...
@@sadektako2845 Ja das ist Warheit !!!!
Why didn’t Germany build more of that VTOL Tilt-jet as seen at 37:00? Seems like a sound platform with which to expand the concept of VTOL aircraft in general.
Politics...
The Dornier Do 31 i.e. shared the same fate.
Sebastian Haslinger Of course. I’m more surprised that the US government didn’t swoop in and try to take over the project considering how nearly everyone was trying to make a supersonic VTOL aircraft yet the best NATO could come up with was the subsonic Harrier
@@punman5392
true. From the standpoint of improving strategic capabilities of the NATO it would have made perfect sense at least to examine the full potential of such planes.
i STILL want to know, WHY did he make that awful, horrible widow-making landing gear on the BF 109?? It was much too narrow, even the experten had problems with it at times! Because of the shit landing gear, the Luftwaffe lost more 109's to landing accidents, than to enemy action!
You can wheel the fuselage around on its wheels without the wings. This was needed in the cramped Messerschmitt factory, and useful when effecting repairs in the field, not to mention transporting them
So how hard could it have been to make the rear landing gear retractable?
The 109 was basically a big engine with wings, tail, and a gas tank; the cockpit was notoriously cramped. There was little room for any added luxuries, like the retracting mechanism and a space for retracting the tail wheel into. Plus, when introduced, the 109 was faster and more agile than any other warplane. The demands of the war, and the trouble it would be to change the tail of the airplane - for little gain in performance - made it too much trouble to bother with.
Leonard C the tail retracted in the F model 109s
@@DavidSmith-ss1cg Galland wanted only Fw-190s to be made.
@@Crashed131963 no he didnt, he asked that the FW-190 is the only conventional plane made so the Messerschmitt could produce 262 only. Experienced pilots preferred 109 over 190. 190 was better and safer for rookies, and it was better suited as a multi-role fighter.
@@madigorfkgoogle9349 Finally I found Garlands interview link.
Scroll down 2/3rd where he said QUOTE:
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"I had been telling Hitler for over a year, since my first flight in an Me-262, that only Focke Wulf Fw-190 fighter production should continue in conventional aircraft, to discontinue the Me-109, which was outdated"
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Link www.historynet.com/interview-with-world-war-ii-luftwaffe-general-and-ace-pilot-adolf-galland.htm
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Wow
Trivia question : where did it first fly in combat?
which plane?
Geschichte wirds von Siegern, ähm, Überlebenden geschrieben. Doku ist trotzdem ziemlich ausgeglichen.
At 0:24 the translation should have been: Fluggeil - horney for flying or flying horny
I still do not know why Germany lost the war!
...you can eliminate ignorance by reading history books
...and you can find the answer by reading the Bible. God promised that the Jewish race would not be eliminated.
no fuel
America's industrial production overwhelmed them!
Me 110 me210 and me 410 are the main reason they lost the war ! if all those engines went into the 109 they would have won !
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Willy Messerschmitt
to late,600 fighters for week ready ,and no pilots and gasoline. R.I.P Willy Messerschmidt,Junkers,Heinkel ,Horten Brothers and Kurt Tank
Fritz Cat Rest in peace? wtf?
sollche autos elektrisch weahre 2019 ne hammer
Lechfeld
Die Fiat G55 und G56 Centauro waren besser als die BF109, man hätte dieses Spitzen-Flugzeug zum neuen Großserien-Kolben-Standardjäger machen müssen (Und sich in Deutschland rein auf die Düsenmaschine 262 konzentrieren).
Die italienischen Flugzeuge die brauchbar waren kamen spät und auch in zu geringen Zahlen. Oft untermotorisiert. Wenn man eine Fabrik so schnell umstellen könnte, dann hätte man ja auch ganz schnell auf Spitfire umstellen können oder schnell mal B17 und B29...läuft aber nicht so.
Manchmal fallen Entscheidungen für Flugzeuge die besser, schneller und billiger gebaut werden können. Deshalb gabs auch mehr Hawker Hurricane als Spitfire. Die Spitfire war zu umständlich zu bauen! Die Luftschlacht um England wurde deshalb nicht von der Spitfire gewonnen.
GREAT pioneere, ja!, but the landing gear of the bf 109 is a crap shame (07:06) and FW190, thats art (using a "worst" engine!!)!!!. In te carrier "Reaper", quite ironic typical anglos...(34:27)
English mine hier ENGLISH.
Arriba legionarios
You Germans scared the Smut out of the pawn shop owners and the banksters- ya-hoi they never seen brains like you got already ! It was a hell of a war and took English Empire - French Empire -Russian Empire of communists and American Empire of capitalist to beat you damn good show folks -And you know in American now we have many rapists and murderers in prison, all getting accommodations and 3 meals a day - - perhaps we need to put them to work making tires or mufflers in caves - its as good an idea as a jet engine - America needs help.
Please translate in Italian.
learn english!
@@carolusmagnus2701 ma vai a cagare, invertito.
the concentration camp prisoners were not given suitable food....hitler's strange ideas.