For all you fellow (military) aviation enthusiasts :) Check out this awesome channel!

Jul 8, 2017 12:51 PM

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As a long time lurker I want to share with my first post one of the greatest military aviation youtube channels out there :) It's produced by Peninsula Seniors Production (Betty & Jarel Wheaton) and it gets way to less credit. I wanna change that.

After 80s style intros with cheesy music :D you basically see lectures held by former engineers / miliatry and test pilots. Usually these are about the aircrafts themselves, the development, notable missions or incidents. Sometimes the lecturers talk about their lives. I prefer these videos over documentaries, you get a better insight behind the scenes. Being an engineer myself, I love to hear what didn't go so well or what the overlooked.
Here, have a lecture about the F-14 , one of my favourite planes. This was my first videos and it's one of the best, the lecturer is by Northrop Grumman VP Mike Ciminera:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsUCixAeZ0A&t=28s

Great video about the B-2 Spirit stealth plane test flights. Most lectures are held at the Western Museum of Flight. As far as I understood its director, Cindy Macha also plays an important role in organizing these events. In addition this is also about the challenges of such long sorties:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Fo44a5oOQ&t=260s

This is about the X-29, when I was a kid I thought this aircraft was the coolest out there (anyone remember Ring Raiders?):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOmvrk3LPGc

Lockheed Test Pilot Tom Morgenfeld shares his memories in this one. This is really great, this guy flew so many cool planes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sTsjQ_ud8E&t=6s

SR-71 Pilot Maury Rosenberg shares his memories about this awesome plane. It's just engineering porn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5nSKLyrM1s

Harald Bauer was a Heinkel He 162 test pilot. It's so interesting they have stuff about WWII as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmJqjx9VVKM

Joe Orr, Director of the History Office at the Air Force Test Center at Edwards AFB talks about the ill-fated XB-70 Valkyrie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8bn8obq24M

Harrier Pilot Kevin Gross talks about combat missions with Harrier AV-8 VTOL/STOL plane:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1cx4ZdyGyA&t=770s

NASA Astronaut Andrew Feustel talks about his repair mission of the Hubble Telescope and the last mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtcWsEISp4c&t=2592s

U-2 Pilot Rob "Skid" Rowe shares his personal experience with this plane:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ93nwmMGHE

This was just a small excerpt, please check out this awesome channel and show the creators and the Western Muesum of Flight some love :) I'll check by the museum for sure next time I'm in the United States!

TL;DR: Check out this awesome youtube channel if you love military aviation (history)!

May this die in user sub!

Planes are so awesome. A shame it's a weapon. I wish I could fly one

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Strange as it may seem the plural of aircraft is aircraft.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

I'm retired Air Force and never really got into planes. I wasn't aircrew, so I never cared about them.

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Ohh hear I go binge watching again

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I can't believe the F-14 has been retired-shredded even. F-14 is Aviation Gold-as sexy as a plane will ever be! Oh well off to IRAN I guess.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Ring Raiders? Here's your upvote.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

X-29: Best G.I. Joe toy plane as a kid

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Aviation boner achieved.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

have my upvote

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Disappointed no brrrrrrrts 5/10

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

What role did the X-29 fill?

8 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Any Aircraft with the 'X' designation is purely for testing aerodynamics and systems. Any aircraft with a 'Y' is a production prototype.

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Ah always wondered about those 2 letters. The others I knew but could never figure out x and y

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Testing forward swept wings.

8 years ago | Likes 17 Dislikes 0

A flying technology testbed.

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Making a badass G.I. Joe toy.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Tomcat... Must upvote... 10 years working on the ungainly angel of death... No contest, TY OP!

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Aircraft Structural Mechanic Chief, NDI Level III, Compsosite, Weld, Hydraulic. Full I level a DEPOT.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I was TAD on KH in '83, and got to fire up one of those bad boys. Mind you, I'm a tin can type, but someone just snagged me to help.

8 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Glad to have reminded you of the good old times, you're welcome :)

8 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

I just spent the last 2 and a half hours watching the 5 episodes of Ring Raiders on you tube..... thank you(not sarcasm).

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

You're welcome, this show was awesome. It deserved to be mentioned :D And thrilled to hear that others also remember it

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

I totally forgot about that show, but after the intro I was reciting the whole first episode. I must have watched it every day growing up.

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I wish I could up-vote this more than once

8 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Thank you guys :)

8 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Yea, right?

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Thanks! @OP This will come in handy when I have "downtime".

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This is good Imgur. Thank you!

8 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Anyone know what are the marks on the cockpit of #4 ?

8 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I believe they are plastic explosives/detcord mounted inside the canopy to blow it apart in case of ejection, so the pilot doesn't hit it.

8 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Ok that makes sense thanks a lot !

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Oh, really? Always wondered.

8 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Yup, introduced shortly after the F-14 entered service (Goose's death in Top Gun was an IRL issue during Tomcat development/testing).

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