Forgotten Warbirds of the Early Jet Age

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[littlefluffybushbaby]

A big problem with the Swift, apparently, was that it kept morphing into a Gloster Meteor.

[LongTomH]

Sorry to have to point this out; but, the discussion of the Swift, which was an early swept wing design, was accompanied by video of the Gloster Meteor, developed during WWII. It was around early enough to be used against the V1 'Buzz Bombs.'

[matehavlik]

"Fireball"?! That doesn't sound like a name that inspires confidence in an experimental technology 😲

[henke]

Talks about the Swift. Shows videos of the Meteor.

[jb]

The Ryan FR-1 was the subject of one of the best Navy vs Air Force gags ever perpetrated.
A Navy test pilot took off in his then-secret Fireball one day, looking for an Air Force fighter pilot to mess with. Soon spotting his victim, and using jet power alone, he shut off the piston engine and went after the unwary Air Force. What the astonished Air Force pilot saw when they met, was that he was being passed by a Navy fighter with a stationary propellor that was flown by a Gorilla chomping a cigar. Top that one Air Force!

[SRFriso]

About the MiG: do remember that this was Stalin's USSR, so refusing to fly that thing by breakfast would see you be labelled a deserter by lunch and you'd be executed before dinner.

[Anaguma]

5:35 I'm pretty sure those are Gloster Meteors, not Supermarine Swifts. And they don't have swept wings.

And again at 6:14.

[magellan]

I met a man named Walter, as I remember, who said he was one of the very few in the U.S. who was able to hand weld the turbine blades into place on our first jet engine. Incredible!

[pozzowon]

1:24 FR1 Fireball (mixed power)
2:23 Bell Airacomet (just mentioned)
4:47 Supermarine Swift
7:53 MiG 9
11:11 Vought F7U Cutlass
14:32 Sncaso Trident (??? Looks like a Cutlass in that image)

[robertmarsh]

Interesting video.
Lots of bonus footage of Gloster Meteors too, which have no relevance whatsoever to the Swift which is being talked about...
Interestingly many feel that the Meteor wasn't a particularly great plane, though a total build of 3, 875 would suggest it wasn't too bad..

[clairenollet]

After being a dive bomber pilot in WW2 and Korea, my dad was an experimental test pilot in the 1950s. I guess I'm lucky to be here (born in 1961), because some of those early jets were crazy. Dad also participated in taking apart a MIG which was flown into Western Europe, either in the 1950s or 1960s. I don't remember if the pilot deliberately landed it across the Iron Curtain, but I remember dad saying they had to take it apart and put it together in a short amount of time, because the Soviets were demanding its return.

[davidbrucejr]

In the segment about the Supermarine Swift … most of the photos are of the Meteor ( Glouster ? ) which is a twin engine

[TheLycanStrain]

I love Into the Shadows.

And I really appreciate how Busin...er, Brain Blaze has let some of your actual personality to bleed through into the other channels.

[binaway]

Taking about the Supermarine Swift with video of the Gloster Meteor. Keep visiting those aviation museums.

[longingforsleep]

How have you not done the Corona Satelite Program yet? It's definitely a Mega Project -They would catch film with C-130s. The whole process was amazing. Please do it!

[metalthrashingai]

Talking about early jet fighters - you guys could do a Megaproject video on the Me262. It was definitely a significant game changer for the military aviation.

[ignitionfrn]

1:30 - Chapter 1 - FR1 Fireball
4:50 - Chapter 2 - Supermarine swift
7:55 - Chapter 3 - MIG9
11:15 - Chapter 4 - Vought F7U cutlass
14:35 - Chapter 5 - Sncaso trident

[billotto]

I'd never heard of the Fireball. And I've read what I thought was a pretty comprehensive history of naval aviation ! Thanks Simon ! 😊

[dpNacho]

Simon at an interview:
-So, mr. Simon, what do you do for a living?
-I present every Youtube video and I own half of the channels

[veteranironoutdoors]

My favorite plane is the F-89 scorpion. Just something about it and its massive rocket load that stirs me.