I am aware I stuffed up the pronunciation of a dozen things, Fleurus included. For once there wasn't a silent "s" it seemed... F.A.Q Section Q: Do you take aircraft requests? A: I have a list of aircraft I plan to cover, but feel free to add to it with suggestions:) Q: Why do you use imperial measurements for some videos, and metric for others? A: I do this based on country of manufacture. Imperial measurements for Britain and the U.S, metric for the rest of the world, but I include text in my videos that convert it for both. Q: Will you include video footage in your videos, or just photos? A: Video footage is very expensive to licence, if I can find footage in the public domain I will try to use it, but a lot of it is hoarded by licencing studies (British Pathe, Periscope films etc). In the future I may be able to afford clips :) Q: Why do you sometimes feature images/screenshots from flight simulators? A: Sometimes there are not a lot of photos available for certain aircraft, so I substitute this with digital images that are as accurate as possible.
@youdontneedtoknow6621
Жыл бұрын
Great video against Mr Australia. How about a video on British heavy bombers. Halifax Stirling ect
@arnijulian6241
Жыл бұрын
1st decent summary of lighter than air flight I have watched! My Engineering soul enjoyed this brief summary glimpse of the past immensely. This video is genuinely praiseworthy & wait in anticipation for the sequel. I thought I'd have to point out a mistake or 2 but have no complaint that comes to mind surprisingly (Rex Hangers)
@Jjames763
Жыл бұрын
First off, I’d like to thank you for a wonderful video! For future reference, however, there is a correction I’d like for you to be made aware of. Ballonets (the original ones, at least) aren’t really used for controlling the volume of lifting gas and thereby affecting the lift directly. Rather, they’re used for the maintenance of the envelope’s pressure and trim, which is to say, its controllability and also its ability to ascend with a fuller, more aerodynamically stable profile without needing to vent gas as it does so to prevent rupture. In other words, it keeps the balloon from getting dangerously floppy, and gives it a much higher ceiling. The static weight of air in the ballonet _does_ have some tiny effect on the effective weight of the balloon, but this is negligible compared to the difference in external air pressure and density, and indeed differences in temperature. Likewise, ballonets have historically been incapable of compressing the lifting gas to any appreciable degree beyond simply maintenance of the envelope’s aerodynamic shape, certainly not to the pressures necessary for control of static heaviness (COSH) which has only recently been successfully demonstrated by testbed hybrid and conventional airships for DARPA. Namely, a modified Sky Dragon airship and the project PELICAN hybrid airship.
@totocaca7035
Жыл бұрын
Will you do some "they never flew" video on the even earlier attempts at flying? Icarus is a myth, probably, but it seems to have been on people's minds for a while...
@marvintpandroid2213
Жыл бұрын
I do like a rabbit hole.
@foximacentauri7891
Жыл бұрын
This video probably won’t have as much views as the next ww2 fighter, but it is 100x more valuable in my opinion. Balloons are way too often overlooked and left out because they didn’t carry guns, but that doesn’t make them less significant in history. Thank you for making this video!
@CalumRaasay
Жыл бұрын
Damn right, Balloons & dirigibles are so underrated in the history of flight.
@danielescobar7618
Жыл бұрын
Fuck it I fuckin love balloons if rex is doin balloons. LETS GO BALLOONING
@benferris6472
Жыл бұрын
Balloon ocasionaly had bombs, but had no impact. They where the start od arial warfare and transport
@RedHotMessResell
Жыл бұрын
And they were art too! Which is crazy. This massive flying thing with things painted on it. Wow
@jantschierschky3461
Жыл бұрын
@@CalumRaasay balloons don't fly, they float
@EdwardRLyons
Жыл бұрын
This video is an absolute gem! I've long been interested in aviation, but the story nearly always begins with the Wright Brothers, with everything that preceded them either omitted or dismissed with a few brief mentions. This video helps to fill in much of that huge gap in my knowledge -- such as the fact that von Zeppelin was involved in the American Civil War, and had his introduction to ballooning there! This is the sort of history that makes this channel such a joy to watch. Thank you, Rex!
@danpatterson8009
Жыл бұрын
Agreed. Early accounts of manned flight usually limit discussion of balloons and airships to a few pages, and describe them more as a series of unconnected efforts rather than the progression of a class of technology.
@madhukarjonathanminj2772
Жыл бұрын
so true, Ballooning history is underrated (idk if Ballooning is a word,but i feel as if i have heard the term before)
@madhukarjonathanminj2772
Жыл бұрын
the interest in Ballooning also lead to scientific discoveries in chemistry,for example Boyle's law,the works of Jaques Charles,Gay Lussac etc.
@45CaliberCure
Жыл бұрын
@@madhukarjonathanminj2772 Boyle's Law annoys me to no end, when I shower. A pox upon him. We don't need his "Junk" science, that affects our "Junk". Double shower curtain is the only answer for his transgressions. I don't need to be enveloped and assaulted by a $5 piece of plastic, when I'm just trying to get the hell on with my day. Very nice video, as usual, man!
@WalterBurton
Жыл бұрын
Ayup. This was an especially good one. 👍👍👍
@richmcgee434
Жыл бұрын
What an uplifting video. :) What? Somebody was bound to say it.
@AveryFlies
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video! My parents are hot air balloon pilots and I've been flying all my life! 55,000 cubic feet is pretty small compared to modern hot air balloons (typically 77,000 cu ft+), but the baskets are also significantly heavier these days which makes sense. I would like to see you continue through lighter than air flight, on to the first modern propane-fueled balloon- as it was also a military project for the US navy!
@ComradeBenedict
Жыл бұрын
The best piece on balloon history since Monty Python...
@zorktxandnand3774
Жыл бұрын
Also a great documentary, highlighting other aspects of ballooning history.
@doankhang9496
Жыл бұрын
Imagine flying in a fabric balloon filled with highly flamable hydrogen gas while fighter aircraft flew around you. It must have been terrifying
@SoloRenegade
Жыл бұрын
surprisingly hard to shoot them down. Due to lack of oxygen, it could be tough to get them to burn. Pilots even tried tracer rounds, incendiary rounds, and rockets in order to get them to burn. One of the best and most famous balloon hunters was Frank Luke Jr. As far as I can tell, he never told anyone how he was able to so reliably destroy balloons.
@calvingreene90
Жыл бұрын
@@SoloRenegade But who would believe fart flares?
@KF99
Жыл бұрын
But you have a parachute, unlike that fighter pilot.
@Caseytify
Жыл бұрын
The balloons were so well defended that aviators could win awards for shooting them down.
@mbryson2899
Жыл бұрын
At least you usually got a parachute...and the hope that the flaming wreckage didn't land on you.
@renaudtheis1197
Жыл бұрын
Great video ! I grew up in Annonay where the Montgolfier brothers invented the first balloon. Every year in June they flew a reproduction of the first unmanned flight. In 1983 they had a week long celebrations for the 200 years birthday with many flights and such. I even had school friends descendants of the De Montgolfier. You missed that the first flight was tested with a couple farm animals. Pretty good pronunciation of French words.
@Zeppflyer
Жыл бұрын
I am 100% onboard with this. The longer the video the better. Thank you.
@yes_head
Жыл бұрын
I had a friend in high school who was absolutely convinced that airships were the future of aviation. Back then (late 70's/early 80's) there always seemed to be articles popping up in aviation- or technology-related publications about how the next generation of airship innovations were going to finally make them a viable commercial alternative to airplanes. Still waiting...
@emjackson2289
Жыл бұрын
Ekranoplan wants a word
@paulhaynes8045
Жыл бұрын
Still happening! Every decade, at least, the 'airships are future of aviation' articles pop up again. But, even when it seems to make sense, it still never happens!
@twistedyogert
Жыл бұрын
The trouble with airships is how vulnerable they are to bad weather.
@TankinatorFR
Жыл бұрын
@@paulhaynes8045 Now we also have hybrid plane/airships vehicle. A spanish company (Air Nostrum) have actually bought some Airlander 10 for its national lines. They should enter in active service around 2026 and carry a hundred of passengers each. They are more complex to operate than airplanes, but require lighter infrastructures and consume far less fuel for the same carried mass.
@Hybris51129
Жыл бұрын
I am now especially looking forward to your video on Zeppelins. Ever since I first played Crimson Skies I have always had a fascination with them.
@pythosdegothos6181
Жыл бұрын
So fascinating. Even something deceptively simple as a tethered balloon has so much to it. Looking forward to more on this little covered topic.
@ToxikDouche
Жыл бұрын
i know its not conducive to the algorithm but LONG FORM CONTENT LONG FORM CONTENT!!
@jamesengland7461
Жыл бұрын
People like Doug Demuro regularly make successful long form content.
@jocax188723
Жыл бұрын
On a funny and vaguely relevant note, there exists records of balloon based shenaniganry in a betting book at Brooks of London, where quote "Ld. Cholmondeley has given two guineas to Ld. Derby, to receive 500 Gs whenever his lordship [has sex with] a woman in a balloon one thousand yards from the Earth." The entry is dated 1785, two years post first Montgolfier flight. The fact that it only took two years for someone to ponder the mile high club is extraordinary.
@All2Meme
7 ай бұрын
The origin of the Mile High Club.
@DelverRootnose
Жыл бұрын
I love the paintings and sketches you've collected for this video. Beautiful and often full of wonder. Great article. I've always been a fan of lighter than air. But I still love watching your videos on weird and googly aircraft.
@Dr.K.Wette_BE
Жыл бұрын
Well done ! Careful with your voice, my mother was a teacher and had to stop for a year to get her voice back. Étienne Lenoir was a Belgian (lived in France) inventor (by self-teaching) who created the first commercially successful coal gas two stroke engine. Then he invented the sparkplug. This lead to the first motor boat and the first car. (1.5hp 3km/h) He also developed an automatic telegraph that translated dots and dashes into letters.
@maryclarafjare
Жыл бұрын
This was completely fascinating to hubby and me. Learned a great deal. So much work to plan, write, assemble, edit, narrate, and add graphics to.... can't imagine the time spent. What a marvelous documentary!
@philipstevens9227
Жыл бұрын
Well done. Enjoyed the post immensely. Especially the references to Zeppelin.
@grrlpurpleable
Жыл бұрын
This subject has benefited enormously from your attention to detail! Excellent work as ever!
@womble321
Жыл бұрын
Hi I live near Cardington and a relative worked on the R100 and R101. My mother saw the Graf Zeppelin in the 30s on a UK tour and I saw the skyship fly several times and the sad wreck. It was quite a storm.
@neiloflongbeck5705
Жыл бұрын
Jane of the hangars is still in use for airship development - the Airlander 10, which I saw in flight on 17/8/2016, the day it had a crash landing.
@roscoewhite3793
Жыл бұрын
For further reading on balloons and ballooning, I recommend "Falling Upwards: How We Took To The Air" by Richard Holmes.
@sandybarrie5526
Жыл бұрын
thousands of people took rides in Captive balloons in many Parris exhibitions 1890's onwards, where VERY large ballons with very large Gondolas were tethered to whinches and the public could pay to ride up to several hundred feet to see Paris (and also in many other cities) .
@jimgordon7305
Жыл бұрын
One of your very best videos ever! (And I am not even interested in balloons!) Maybe you can one day do the same excellent work for early gliders. (Otto Lilienthal, Percy Pilcher etc) Well done!
@SephirothRyu
Жыл бұрын
Ah, yes, we simply must have a video on the early days of falling with style.
@praetor678
Жыл бұрын
Excellent video with great information. Lighter then air flight is an immense subject that is a lot of times glossed over because of the many small improvements that made the progress possible. You have done justice to a topic that deserves more reporting. Keep up the fine work.
@kentl7228
Жыл бұрын
Every video or other video has Rex saying sorry for his voice. Each time, I think "I never noticed anything wrong". Rex has a clear voice with great pronunciation. As for this video, I know a lot on aviation, but this had many interesting facts and stories beyond the Montgolfiers. Great work.
@thelexkex
Жыл бұрын
wow, such a comprehencive history work, it can be converted to a book
@tonywatson987
Жыл бұрын
Looking forward to the next episode, really good research here, Rex. Thanks for your efforts, much appreciated!
@patrickols
Жыл бұрын
This may well be the best video you ever made and I have seen them all. I truly commend you on the work you have done for this
@danpatterson8009
Жыл бұрын
Some newspapers reported the Wright's first flights as balloon ascents, since that was the known method of "flying" up to that time.
@neiloflongbeck5705
Жыл бұрын
Wrong, hang gliders were a know thing. Where do you think the Wrighfs got their aerofoil data for their early flights? Data that they worked out was flawed.
@maryclarafjare
Жыл бұрын
Wow!
@Zebred2001
Жыл бұрын
It should be pointed out that some very impressive (and dangerous) altitude records were set by aeronauts. British balloonists James Glaisher and Henry Coxwell ascended to over 34,000 feet, the very edge of the stratosphere - in 1862!
@Chironex_Fleckeri
Жыл бұрын
How did they breathe up there?
@DaRealKing303
Жыл бұрын
I bet that was cold
@neithere
Жыл бұрын
That's 10,36 km! Incredible.
@Zebred2001
Жыл бұрын
@@neithere And they claimed 37,000 feet and just about died doing it!
@BiggestCorvid
Жыл бұрын
@@Chironex_Fleckeri poorly
@HundreadD
Жыл бұрын
Really glad this video was recommended me, channels like this is why KZitem exists.
@CharlesStearman
Жыл бұрын
The book "Falling Upwards" by Richard Holmes is a quite detailed history of ballooning.
@Chironex_Fleckeri
Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@brendonbewersdorf986
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for doing a very in-depth discussion of this topic I'm excited for your other overview videos and possibly future videos focusing on individual airships
@stephenboshears4832
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic work on the research sir
@TexJester-no8th
8 күн бұрын
I find that I thoroughly enjoy aviation history; I've been binge-watching Rex's Hanger of late. I'm a long haul trucker here in the States. The end of June, I fell and injured my knee rather badly and have been laid up. I've recently taken up building model cars and trucks; something I haven't done since I was a boy in the 70s. With all the crap on tv now and yet needing SOMETHING in the background, I find this channel to be truly excellent for this task. Our fine instructor has a voice quite suited for this kind of "dry" history, making it interesting and at points rather humorous at the same time. As Bill Cosby said at the beginning of the "Fat Albert" cartoons (also back in the 70s), "Be careful, or you just might learn something!" I've learned a lot .... Thank you, sir.
@167curly
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this fascinating recording, Rex.
@onlycompetitions5083
Жыл бұрын
A really fascinating story which is all new to me. To be honest it’s not a subject I have ever thought about and what you have told so far, is a real eye-opener !! ❤
@ViperPilot16
Жыл бұрын
Rex any video on Ballons, and Airships especially of this quality is awsome by my standards, and is very much appreciated.
@dennisfox8673
Жыл бұрын
I have always been interested in lighter than air flight, so to say that I’m looking forward to this series is a rather large understatement!
@paulslevinsky580
Жыл бұрын
The giant rigids were an amazing footnote in modern history.
@jantschierschky3461
Жыл бұрын
Floating not flying
@tobyrobson2939
Жыл бұрын
Your best video so far! This is your real strength and USP - well researched and informative videos about uncommon themes and technology, or seldom told stories.
@RocketmanS2K
Жыл бұрын
What a great video Rex! Far more fascinating than I thought it was going to be. Well done!
@ParaglidingManiac
Жыл бұрын
Almost an hour! Wow! Great job!
@readmedottext
Жыл бұрын
I've been enjoying your channel for awhile now, but this was the best you've had on here, yet.
@c63amgblack
Жыл бұрын
This channel is an absolute gem. And fantastic episode
@martinlintzgy1361
Жыл бұрын
Your most interesting video so far, and I think I have watched all of them. I never heard of kite balloons, and I will will be finding out more about portable field hydrogen generators. Thank you!
@morskojvolk
Жыл бұрын
Outstanding, thoroughly enjoyed this. Look forward to the rest of the series.
@extremechimpout
Жыл бұрын
Dude this was so good! Love the longer videos
@johnjephcote7636
Жыл бұрын
The centre-lowest of one of the engravings of the Paris encirclement depicts the projection of microfilm onto a screen. The carrying of thousands of letters on microfilm was a fascinating innovation.
@gregcampwriter
Жыл бұрын
This video is nostalgia, since I spent much of my childhood reading about the subject. It's worth mentioning that John Wise, an American balloonist in the nineteenth century, developed a technique of rapidly deflating a balloon at altitude, allowing it to collapse into a parachute that then descended safely to the ground.
@DavidBrown-cp2vm
Жыл бұрын
Inspector Brown of the Detail Squad here. Potential infractions excepted, a very fine video, thoroughly enjoyable and most informative.
@clivedavis6859
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. I am so interested in airships and their possible return with modern technology.
@raylawrence1
Жыл бұрын
EXCELLENT ! DILIGENTLY RESEARCHED AND BEAUTIFULLY NARRATED - ABSOLUTELY FACINATING - THANK YOU
@TheCatBilbo
Жыл бұрын
Ah, an interesting turn of events: balloons! (bless you). Surprising just how many have been used in warfare, especially during the 19th/early 20th Centuries.
@Parocha
Жыл бұрын
I loved this video. Thanks for your industrious research.
@hughie522
Жыл бұрын
This was fascinating. I can't wait for the next part.
@williamharvey8895
Жыл бұрын
I love these long in depth topics. Looks like Rex might be the aviation version of Drachinefel.
@lucashinch
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for these proclaimed "rabbit holes" ! Splendid work indeed. I appreciate your humor too . Best Regards!
@sadwingsraging3044
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic resource you have created and I can't wait till you have a full playlist of videos detailing Balloons to the modern blimps to the projected heavy lift commercial blimps I heard about.
@odysseuslaertiades1528
Жыл бұрын
Well researched and nicely presented, very informative and entertaining at the same time. And your voice is pleasant to listen to.
@markignatiev7194
Жыл бұрын
Looking forward to all the upcoming lighter than air videos! Great topic!
@CupcakesLanders
Жыл бұрын
That was a fantastic bit of work, well done!
@mikecygk
Жыл бұрын
Beautifully done. Just perfect.
@Zodd83
Жыл бұрын
A genuine awesome video!
@pbyguy7059
Жыл бұрын
Here in the US license plates from North Carolina say "first in flight" (Kitty Hawk) and plates from Ohio say "birthplace of aviation" (Wright Brothers' home state) and I just always laugh and picture ll those people happily floating around in balloons way before any of that even happened.
@kyle857
Жыл бұрын
Floating and flying are not the same thing.
@decagamin5901
Жыл бұрын
@@kyle857 Yeah, floating is in water, flying is in air.
@kyle857
Жыл бұрын
@@decagamin5901 Incorrect. Things can float in gasses.
@decagamin5901
Жыл бұрын
@@kyle857 Shhhhh.
@Rafael-nz6pp
Жыл бұрын
Makes sense. There was so much collaboration between so many pioneers in Europe. The time the american pioneers reached out, the aviation was already flourishing in Europe. Even FAI prize for first heavy than air machine was given to a French-Brazilian. Claiming a single place is the birth placeof aviation is at least, incorrect.
@thehillbillygamer2183
Жыл бұрын
Great video it's a rare treat for me to learn something new historically and I learned a few new things in this video most informative and might I say the English accent is the best for narration and Englishman is the best narrator I have to say
@paulhaynes8045
Жыл бұрын
Superb! A really excellent production - both very interesting, and very well produced. The use of the graphics was particularly good - no backround fillers, like you get in many educational videos, but every image adding to the understanding of the topic (and I learnt so much from this). God alone knows how much research must have gone into this. I can't wait for the airship installments!
@812guitars
Жыл бұрын
Great video! I appreciate the research you did on this. My father found it super interesting as well. Keep up the good work!
@taftbarnett1156
Жыл бұрын
This is my favorite video of yours so far. I would love to see some other content like this, especially about rocketry
@blue_beephang-glider5417
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic! I am tired of rehashes of ww2 and jet age flying. I have always loved most the wood and fabric flight (Testomony is I now fly a powered hang-glider too) I look forward to all the airship and ww1 history videos you do. Thank You 🍺😎👍
@NeistH2o
Жыл бұрын
Honestly it was so interesting that it didn’t feel like 50 minutes 😳
@mikehipperson
Жыл бұрын
It wasn't, it was only 48 mins and 14 seconds!
@maryclarafjare
Жыл бұрын
Ditto!
@JackClayton123
Жыл бұрын
I put it off for a few days thinking the same. However, as always, totally interesting!!👍👍
@randomnickify
Жыл бұрын
"First to fly"? Now we need entire episode about Otto Lilienthal! :D
@DardanellesBy108
Жыл бұрын
I’m very interested in the history of ballooning and airships. I’m looking forward to the next videos. Thanks!
@boagart
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant vid, it was super interesting. Totally looking forward to the future videos you mentioned, thank you very much.
@matthewiskra771
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video on early balloons and dirigibles. As a fan of the airship, I look forward to your future videos on the subject. I personally find the history of the ZRS-3, AKA USS Los Angeles, one of the best examples of airship history as it has a long service life in the interwar period.
@bernjoernvanhoeck5883
Жыл бұрын
I like this kind of video and basically always like long videos where the topic is presented in detail and where there is enough time to go into details. Happy to have more of those kind of videos.
@persjofors2586
Жыл бұрын
Very very interesting. As always well researched and presented.
@ricardodavidson3813
Жыл бұрын
On the 8th of August 1709, Fr. Bartolomeu de Gusmão, a Portuguese priest, demonstrated a hot-air balloon in the royal palace in Lisbon. He never progressed his idea further into a man-carrying balloon, but as the demonstration was made in the presence of most of Lisbon's diplomatic community it is not impossible that the Montgolfier brothers had become aware of the experiment. One should not ignore this very early pioneer.
@bentindale7533
Жыл бұрын
You should probably have mentioned Francesco Lana de Terzi and most importantly Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão. Both regarded as the fathers of aeronautics and hydrostatics , both cited by Montgolfier brothers and Jacques Alexandre Charles and subsequent aviators and both referenced in any reputable aeronautical engineering degree. As a balloon and airship engineer I feel a duty to their recognition.
@Caseytify
Жыл бұрын
I look forward to the rest of the lighter than air series.
@PaulinesPastimes
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating history. I think you have tapped a goldmine here. ✔
@johanvanzyl8479
Жыл бұрын
So Romantic. Nothing better than flying a balloon. Travelling at the speed of the wind, it is absolutely silent whilst the burners are not operated.
@Erichder5te
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this great Introduction to Balloons. You can show modern Developments in RC Airship.
@BA-gn3qb
Жыл бұрын
I like how making another video, it Ballooned into this one.
@grahvis
6 ай бұрын
Conquest of the Air, written by John Alexander and published in 1902, is an interesting account of early ballooning. It is available to read online.
@doneB830
Жыл бұрын
I have been a aviation enthusiast all my life now 60 and I never looked at the history of balloons, this is a wonderfull production that I thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you.
@grahamhill8280
Жыл бұрын
So glad to see you working with Drachnifel on the Wildcat fighter airplane KZitem. So lucky to be in the internet age and subscribe to both of you. Enjoying the balloons!
@normajohnson6352
Жыл бұрын
This is an absolutely amazing (Hopefully) series. I knew a tiny bit, but this has to be an eye-opener for those that thought manned flight began in 1903.
@scimitaredgebooks
Жыл бұрын
This was utterly fascinating thank you!
@jasonz7788
Жыл бұрын
Awesome thanks 👍 great work Sir
@Uncle_Neil
Жыл бұрын
"It is not a balloon! It is an airship! Balloons is for kiddy-winkies!" - Ferdinand von Zeppelin
@richmcgee434
Жыл бұрын
"Our balloons didn't kill any of their passengers or crew. How's your record, Ferdinand?" - the Montgolfier Brothers
@andredeketeleastutecomplex
Жыл бұрын
Real men fly Zeppelins. -Sun Tzu
@mikearmstrong8483
3 ай бұрын
Obviously zeppelins were far superior to balloons. Just hear the names. Balloon sounds like a cartoon character for a preschoolers TV show. Zeppelin sounds like a black kung fu master from Cygnis Alpha 4 in an underground comic.
@mrmaxaxl
Жыл бұрын
Extremely interesting! Well done! 👏
@vjabonador1067
11 ай бұрын
This is very fascinating. I hope there would be a follow-up video or videos on this topic. I've binge-watched a lot of your videos and I find the way you present and discuss the subject matter to be clear, easy to follow and highly educational.
@deRNmEpRrMm
8 ай бұрын
This is one of my favorite of your videos so far. Really great how many paintings and photographs you could find and historically assign to the stories you tell. The only thing I might have liked is a little music with such a long video, but there's probably reasons you don't do that. It's a nice departure from the usual aviation content on KZitem though, and an interesting and important part of history. Thanks for your work!
@jillatherton4660
Жыл бұрын
A splendid feast. 👍
@harrisonbergeron9746
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting, thank you.
@MBonEB
Жыл бұрын
Excellent and nicely detailed - kudos for a solid and very watchable work!
@matteohetzy7599
Жыл бұрын
Another very interesting (and to my knowledge pretty unique, but I might be wrong) fact is that in Italy there had been for some time probably one of the very few examples ever of Balloons used for regular transportation. Specifically near Camaiore (near Viareggio) to the top of Apuan Alps in Tuscany(about 1 km horizontally and about 500m vertically), in the form of a hybrid between a cableway and a balloon. This was an idea of Alemanno Barsi, the owner of an hotel high in the mountain as a way to transport people (and potential customers) to high in the mountain near his own hotel, six at a time. The ascent from the seaside to the mountain top took about an hour as advertised but the balloon ropeway covered only last leg(about 1km) of the total 12km from the coast, the rest was done by road. Service started in August 1910 it was in service for 4 months and was destroyed by a storm in winter 1910.
@justinrovers1
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video, I could listen to you talk forever! I know long videos are a lot of work and usually get less views but this one is amazing!
@andredeketeleastutecomplex
Жыл бұрын
Da Vinci: drawings People: crazy guy Balloons: fly & can crash Zeppelin: woosies Also Zeppelin: hydrogen gas Balloons: but how will you survive? Zeppelin: how does that even matter? Wright Bros: big propeller Balloons: mutton chops? Zepellin: looks more like minced meat Jumbo jet: rocket science enters the chat Da Vinci from the grave: 👀
@jonathan_60503
Жыл бұрын
This was great -- looking forward to more lighter (than air) content from you!
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