My late father was a signalman on the bridge of an anti aircraft cruiser escorting a convoy to Russia in 1942. A Condor was circling overhead, doubtless radioing the position to any available U-Boats. The Captain told my father “Tell that bloody Hun he’s making me dizzy”!. Dad obliged using an Aldis lamp, whereupon the pilot flashed his lights and turned the plane around flying circles the other way. Much hilarity on the bridge!!
@untruelie2640
2 жыл бұрын
The German Museum of Technology in Berlin is exhibiting the last remaining Fw 200 at the former Tempelhof Airport. The wreck was originally sunk in a norwegian Fjord in 1942 and has been recovered and reconsttucted since 2003. Btw, the museum itself is absolutely worth a visit, not just because of its plane department. It's criminally underrated.
@user-ex4si2md6r
Жыл бұрын
In 1986 I built a Revelle 1/72nd. scale plastic model kit of the FW -200 Condor and I was amazed at the double tires on each left side and right side landing gear 👌
@maxasaurus3008
7 ай бұрын
I’d kill to see that museum.
@untruelie2640
6 ай бұрын
@@maxasaurus3008 It's really interesting - and huge. They have steam locomotives, boats, ship models, early computers, industrial machines, technical consumer goods and many planes (among them an original Ju 52/3m). en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Museum_of_Technology
@Basement_CNC
5 ай бұрын
@@maxasaurus3008been there, absolutly incredible
@bull614
2 ай бұрын
Ahhh, I love but dislike you, lol. Another museum to add to my massive list that I hope I can get to. Funds allowing, of course, 😂😂😂😂
@brettpeacock9116
2 жыл бұрын
There were also notable foreign users of the Condor: Brazil operated several of the Airliners right up until the 50's when no more spares could be sourced. Denmark had three or four, two of which "escaped" (read - were on British airfields when Denmark was invaded) to the UK and were impressed in the RAF, where they were rather well liked by their new pilots! (Eric 'Winkle' Brown was among them!) One of that pair was scrapped in 1946. IDK about the second.
@DannyBoy777777
2 жыл бұрын
@ Brett Peacock Brown shot at least one down during the war as well.
@srennellemann9586
Жыл бұрын
In fact only two. One impressed by UK on the day of the German invasion of Denmark.
@herberar
2 жыл бұрын
This format of video is very agreable to watch, with no interference of music nor unnecessary animations. Good job !!!
@RexsHangar
2 жыл бұрын
Please forgive my voice being a bit weird in this one, I was recovering from a 3-day migraine at the time :)
@trooperdgb9722
2 жыл бұрын
Migraines suck...sorry to hear that.
@toomanyhobbies2011
2 жыл бұрын
Good job, considering the agony you'd just been through.
@paulmanson253
2 жыл бұрын
As someone who endures relentless migraines, all I can say is well done. Never had one last three days. My weather related overnighters are bad enough. All the best. Make sure you find a doc willing to work with you . Different meds work with different people. Three days is brutal.
@geordiedog1749
2 жыл бұрын
Three days. Oh mate……
@CrusaderSports250
2 жыл бұрын
Never found your narration a problem, it was fine, sorry to hear about your migraines, there not good!.
@Dr_Jebus
2 жыл бұрын
Very nice video. This complements Bismark's new video on the Condor. He's mostly focused on the strategic side and whether it was effective, this really gets down to the details of the technical development, answering a lot of questions I had after Bismark's video (like what exactly went wrong with converting a civilian airliner to military use). Keep up the fantastic work!
@trooperdgb9722
2 жыл бұрын
The other poor conversions that come to mind are the use of the Ju-52 and DC-3 as bombers... although I doubt they suffered major structural problems like the Condor...
@1joshjosh1
2 жыл бұрын
Bismarck is a spoiled brat.
@1joshjosh1
2 жыл бұрын
The Condor was like me during covid. Everything I did added weight. 😆
@grahamstrouse1165
2 жыл бұрын
😁👍
@JustDarrenJ
2 жыл бұрын
Yep... my "quarantine fifteen" became a full-scale, "2020 twenty"..... sad, very sad...
@bronsonperich9430
2 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@morphyon
2 жыл бұрын
And suddenly sporting a remarkable mustache? 😉😉😉
@1joshjosh1
2 жыл бұрын
@@morphyon 👍😆
@signorpippistrello
2 жыл бұрын
Quite a special one for me as one of my grandfathers was an FW200 Crew member serving over the north Atlantic early in the war.
@Idahoguy10157
2 жыл бұрын
Aboard HMS Audacity was pilot Eric “Winkle” Brown, RN. Who shot down a Condor in a frontal attack. Brown went on to be the worlds most accomplished test pilot
@benwilson6145
2 жыл бұрын
HMS Audacity was a converted German cargo ship,
@1joshjosh1
2 жыл бұрын
Well that wasn't very polite. What does the Condor ever do to him? 😥
@dhardy6654
2 жыл бұрын
How in the world does an Englishman become the worlds most accomplished test pilot??? The most commercially successful British aircraft was the BA148.... Then lessor loser aircraft down the line to the Britan-normand islander... The country is a joke, and so is it's aircraft industry, hence it's test pilots arnt really anything spectacular.
@benwilson6145
2 жыл бұрын
@@dhardy6654 He wasn't English! He was Scottish and he started flying in the 1930's.
@JustDarrenJ
2 жыл бұрын
Does anybody know what was Brown flying as the time?
@whos-the-stiff
2 жыл бұрын
The Focke Wulf Condor is one of the most beautiful planes of all time.
@Schlipperschlopper
2 жыл бұрын
The French Bloch 162 looked very similar but was more robust
@paoloviti6156
2 жыл бұрын
@@Schlipperschlopper The Bloch 162 first flew June 1940 and was built only one prototype. It was originally developed as a mail plane and was to be developed as bomber. It was faster than the B-17 and the Condor and could have been a significant bomber in the French Airforce but was pressed in the German Luftwaffe...
@Schlipperschlopper
2 жыл бұрын
@@paoloviti6156 Yes question is why did Germany not use the Bloch 162 in the role of the fragile sea condor, it would not have been hard to order further of these very good planes from the french factory or get the blueprints and make copies of their own.
@paoloviti6156
2 жыл бұрын
@@Schlipperschlopper it is a good question but I suspect that it would take too long time to copy all the blueprints and reopen the factories and hire the previous skilled labour. Another reason was that the French workers was very reluctant to work for the Germans and if working their production was very slow. Both the He 117 and the Fw 190-A was supposed to be produced also in France but almost nothing came out and the Germans was not happy with them. This is what I understood....
@johnneill990
2 жыл бұрын
You need to get your eyes checked.
@ScienceChap
2 жыл бұрын
6:48 I take it you meant 330 "thousand" tons of shipping? 330 tons is about the size of a small trawler.
@Draxindustries1
2 жыл бұрын
That's what the Brits would have reported at the time, only 330 tons..
@ScienceChap
2 жыл бұрын
@@Draxindustries1 true story!
@benwilson6145
2 жыл бұрын
@@Draxindustries1 No it was the US contribution to the battle of the Atlantic
@daviddunsmore103
2 жыл бұрын
I was wondering who else noticed that minor movement of the decimal place! 🤣
@paulmchugh8695
2 жыл бұрын
A plane downing 330000 tons would be very nice ?
@MiKeMiDNiTe-77
2 жыл бұрын
One of the most handsome aircraft ever made.
@roadrunner0812
2 жыл бұрын
Rex, your videos are very good documentaries. Well researched photos and details, great commentary, great pronounciation of foreign words, interesting planes you are choosing. I am looking forward to new videos. subscribed!
@michaelleslie2913
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the fine film , as for my contribution , as you mentioned the dog fight I thought you might like to know about one of the Condor pilots, his name was Hans Bauer and it was his airoplane that went into the sea , he and surviving crew were picked up by the ship sent to find the liberator crew and do he spent the rest of the war in a prison camp . I got to know Hans through his step daughter as he lived and worked in the UK after the war .
@mattaikay925
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for absolutely hilarious description of its tendencies - pilots & crew must have secretly dreaded the missions
@antonpressing
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Mr. Rex - the best aviation dokues one can "buy" ! AND narrated with wit and without any bias ! Ich bin Deutscher.
@adamlee3772
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting video, thanks for sharing. Despite the issues with it, it really was a beautiful looking aircraft.
@downwindchecklist6567
2 жыл бұрын
I have been interested in this impressive plane for years and have never seen so much graphic documentation. Great research work!
@neinnein9306
2 жыл бұрын
8:20 And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why we lost the war. Just 276 of them were produced, but the main thing is that there are 1 billion versions of them. It's like with the tanks and everything else. ^^
@POGORSKY
2 жыл бұрын
You list the war because głód nazist od dead nazist. Your nation killed milions of people and mąkę soap from human body.
@neinnein9306
2 жыл бұрын
@@POGORSKY You can kill millions of people and also win wars. That has nothing to do with eachother. Or is Stalin an angel?
@Idahoguy10157
2 жыл бұрын
Overly complex designs and versions being a German trait. As opposed to the USSR, USA, and UK. All of whom would mass produce standard designs
@riccardodececco4404
2 жыл бұрын
@@POGORSKY the story about soap from human bodies is - by the way - a pure hoax and Soviet propaganda bullshit
@CrusaderSports250
2 жыл бұрын
@@Idahoguy10157 just the numbers count in the end, like the Sherman or the T34, not the best but always another to replace the one you just knocked out, very difficult to combat, especially with limited resources.
@malakiblunt
2 жыл бұрын
for the sake of the algorithm the 293 was a guided bomb not a missile - its rocket motor was simply there to get it out in front of the aircraft so the operator could clearly see it while guiding its fall to the target
@trooperdgb9722
2 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure what definition you are giving the word missile... even a rock thrown by a person can be properly described as a "missile"... so a rocket assisted bomb certainly falls under the dictionary definition. If it is guided..as the Hs 293 was..then guided missile seems an entirely appropriate designation.
@WALTERBROADDUS
2 жыл бұрын
It's a missile.
@WALTERBROADDUS
2 жыл бұрын
@@trooperdgb9722 agreed. If it has power and is guided; it's a missile.
@bob_the_bomb4508
2 жыл бұрын
In the trade we tend to use the term ‘guided weapon’
@jamesbugbee6812
2 жыл бұрын
Who can resist a Rex video of this beautiful a/c 💜.
@das_gruuben
2 жыл бұрын
I'm only a few videos into your channel and I'm already subscribed. Good stuff, keep it up!
@lancegideondiokno1774
2 жыл бұрын
3:27-3:35 LMAO best commentary ever
@tsegulin
7 ай бұрын
06:02 Looks like a swastika was either added or heavily retouched on this Condor pic. Kudos for whoever did that, if they were aiming to ensure the aircraft in the picture looked historically authentic. This was a beautiful if surprisingly small 4 engine aircraft with great potential as an airliner which was cut short by the war. Germany had world leading bombers in development until Walther Wever died in 1936. The Ju-89 and Do-19 were purpose built bombers flying in 1937 and the He-177A which followed after they were cancelled was hobbled by ridiculous requirements that this heavy bomber be capable of dive bombing which ultimately led to disastrous radical coupled engines to try and claw back lost performance due to extra bracing as a result. I believe a restored Condor can now be seen in Berlin Tempelhof as a static exhibit. Thanks Rex.
@kymmoulds
Жыл бұрын
Another great video and thanks for taking the time to make it. Oh, and a BIG thumbs up.
@skilledwarman
Жыл бұрын
"OK Rex's hangar. You're doing a video on the Focke Wulf, right?" "correct" "and how do you pronounce the Focke Wulf?" "F**K-a-wolf" "perfect no notes"
@AustrianChaos
2 жыл бұрын
Great job, love the videos! It would be cool if you could cover the He 177 sometime, another less-than-mediocre German bomber with an interesting design!
@MaticTheProto
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah. The moustache man had a habit of ruining projects
@edl617
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Airliner
@bruggenbill25
Жыл бұрын
Another excellent video, thanks Rex. Could you do vid on Junkers 290 please, as I have absolutely no knowledge about that enormous looking beast.
@mixnmatchflavourbleach2313
2 жыл бұрын
Just the way I like my more advanced aircraft! Slightly less flammable
@MGB-learning
2 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@huskypoop4917
2 жыл бұрын
eyup a lot of questions answered their 😊ive always liked this plane as others the same but never found out any info about it merry christmas all😊
@glennboyd939
2 жыл бұрын
Condors sunk over 330 tons? What's that? Like a quarter of a ship?
@brettpeacock9116
2 жыл бұрын
Probably a "typo" as I think he ,meant 3,300 tons or maybe 33,000 tons
@taurus2016
2 жыл бұрын
@@brettpeacock9116 No, It should be 330,000 tons. A Liberty Freighter is about 7,200 GRT (10,500 long tons) and a T2 tanker is about 10,000 GRT (15,800 long tons)
@craigryan3069
Жыл бұрын
Good summary. But I don't think you really meant @ 6:49 that them "sinking of over 330 tons of shipping" would have caused Churchill to call them the "scourge of the Atlantic"!
@gretareinarsson7461
2 жыл бұрын
It was a really beautiful airplane
@randomlyentertaining8287
18 күн бұрын
The Condor always stood out to me. Maybe it's because the Germans didn't have any other four engined heavy bombers in the same numbers (the closest was the Fw 200's replacement, the Ju 290 with only 65 built)
@robertmiller2173
2 ай бұрын
Some Condors were equipped with a number of 20mm cannons, so I’m surprised that the Condors didn’t do better against the B24.
@syahran1518
12 күн бұрын
now i understand why there's a lot of commercial airline skin for the fw 200 in war thunder
@jackt6112
Жыл бұрын
I hadn't heard they got that much mileage out of the Condor over the Atlantic. What I did hear was it did become a PITA to Britain for a brief period. Ships could find a Condor before the Condor could find ships. The Condors started having catapulted Spitfire company in the middle of the ocean before they saw a ship. Germany looked at deploying in that role any longer as simply wasting an expensive and valuable asset after which they were assigned safer roles. They were high-maintenance and low readiness so there were never many available at any one time, and it was unique for Germany from a range perspective.
@larrybarnes3920
2 жыл бұрын
The Condor was a good looking aircraft.
@jasonz7788
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome thanks
@c.morees9698
2 жыл бұрын
Great narrating!!
@Charliecomet82
2 жыл бұрын
How many Goering's worth of weight did the mods add?
@seamuscashin2606
7 ай бұрын
a condor 200 crashed into mt brandon in the south of ireland on a bad night the locals had a great time fighting over the parts in 1940 it was a space ship i saw the bmw engine on display outside a pub in brandon
@devondetroit2529
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing images man, ever seen these anywhere ?
@RamSkirata
Жыл бұрын
To me, the Condor looks like a 4 engine DC-3 :)
@dufus7396
2 жыл бұрын
Sunk 330 tons of shipping wow...jus gets better and better
@jonathantan2469
2 жыл бұрын
Nimrod & Poseidon: "We're happy to continue the trend..."
@Asdtable
2 жыл бұрын
Hey I love that plane!
@senioravocado1864
Жыл бұрын
2:22 is making my brain hurt
@Schlipperschlopper
2 жыл бұрын
You might compare the FW 200 to the french Bloch 161 / 162 heavy long range bomber.
@pinngg6907
2 жыл бұрын
Dogfight with heavy bomber That's quite a sight
@deweythecow
2 жыл бұрын
Behold, the world's first four prop plane with one of the props in the nose at 2:20
@coreyandnathanielchartier3749
Жыл бұрын
The Condor crew found out that the Liberator is fast, and heavily armed. Imagine if we could see video of that dogfight!
@Fedoratip79
2 жыл бұрын
I wonder who got one as a personal transport?
@ronrubacher1425
Жыл бұрын
Sunk 330 tons. What they get a few sport fishing boats?
@josh656
2 жыл бұрын
I feel like the Condor 200 doesn’t get enough credit in either military or civilian role.
@theowlfromduolingo7982
2 жыл бұрын
I have one question. Were empty ammunition cases recycled, especially in times of ammunition and overall resource shortages?
@fliegeroh
8 ай бұрын
If a Condor went down in the Atlantic, the crew's troubles were only beginning. There were precious few German naval vessels to pick them up and they most likely perished at sea.
@scootergeorge7089
2 жыл бұрын
How did the Fw 200 compare to the Douglas DC-4?
@Lean4Life
2 жыл бұрын
Every War Thunder player ever: Hehe, let me introduce myself
@MrArgus11111
2 жыл бұрын
Condor was only effective for a few months before British aviation and convoy tactics reduced it to a spotting aircraft at best and repeated accidents reduced the amount of aircraft available to a negligible point. Churchill overstated their effectiveness in his memoirs (as he did with a lot of German weapons) and there you go.
@melchiorvonsternberg844
2 жыл бұрын
This is due to the arrogance inherent in him and owed to his origins. Churchill said the story would be good to him. "I'll write it myself..." And that's what he did and (undeservedly) won the Nobel Prize for Literature. And it's clear that he likes to overdramatize the dangers and difficulties of combat. That makes victory seem even greater! A few years ago, a French television documentary swept up all that nonsense and named Churchill the biggest loser of WWII. Well worth seeing... And now the same thing is happening to him as happens to all history stinkers. The truth is spongy and gradually dissolves the myth. And in the end, the emperor stands there without clothes. Churchill was the gravedigger of the Empire. Or as an American author once put it: "And so England entered the war (1914) which ruined her and ultimately destroyed the Empire..."
@evaluateanalysis7974
2 жыл бұрын
0:44 The early long range airliners were flying boats, not seaplanes. 6:49 "sunk over 340 tons of shipping". So one barge then.
@Kevin-mx1vi
2 жыл бұрын
So the Condor was really a bit of a turkey ?
@dantejones1480
2 жыл бұрын
All they had to do with the infamous problem was just do what was done with the Tempest with that problem came about. Get stronger frames.
@FlorinSutu
2 жыл бұрын
6:40 - - "330 tons" ? I guess it is 330,000 tons.
@blaircolquhoun7780
2 жыл бұрын
The Focke-Wulf 200 Kondor was a candidate for the first German bomber to bomb the East Coast of the United States due to its range but it would have been a one-way mission because the crew would have to ditch the plane and be picked up by U-boats.
@orgonsolo6291
2 жыл бұрын
It really is a most beautiful looking plane, but ok, if it gets shot down by a Sunderland, it is probably best to find a replacement
@Rusty_Gold85
2 жыл бұрын
Prof Mark Felton just did a story on these and the other FW's used by Hitler and the Ministry
@carlosrodolfodasilva2794
2 жыл бұрын
What happen when u put turrets on plane=FOCKE WULF 200 CONDOR
@rjk69
2 жыл бұрын
6:47 "Sunk 330 tons" do you mean 330,000 tons?
@Kingwoodish
2 жыл бұрын
Focke Wulfe was at least 5 years behind technology being developed in the USA. The 4 engine B17, B24, and British Lancaster were more advanced and the B29 development begun in 1939 was even more advanced and it first flew in 1942.
@poruatokin
2 жыл бұрын
Too many mistakes.
@renatoigmed
2 жыл бұрын
it wasn't designed to be a warrior it was too pretty for war.
@oxcart4172
2 жыл бұрын
Airbus just built a new one!
@andiheinrich2830
2 жыл бұрын
They didn't. A rescued wreck found in Norway was restored, and partially rebuilt there. But not a new one.
@oxcart4172
2 жыл бұрын
@@andiheinrich2830 Have u seen what they started with? Almost the entire fuselage and most of the wings are brand new!
@andrewnicholson4811
2 жыл бұрын
06.48....330 tons ?!....thats not even 1 ship !!!
@jamesricker3997
2 жыл бұрын
Germany needed was a real Maritime Patrol aircraft Infighting between the kriegsmarine and the luftwaffe they didn't have one so they had to improvise
@r.ladaria135
2 жыл бұрын
JU 89 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_89 ... JU 290 kzitem.info/news/bejne/onmXqnt9boOdd44
@burningb2439
2 жыл бұрын
The Condor is for all its faults a fine looking Aircraft as a standard Airliner it looks real lean , its still one of my favorite planes , Drink every time he says " Weight " the humour I like .
@littlefluffybushbaby7256
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful plane. Apart from it's tendancy to dismantle itself.
@burningb2439
2 жыл бұрын
@@littlefluffybushbaby7256 Dismantle itself I like.
@wolfganggugelweith8760
2 жыл бұрын
Now one fully restored Focke Wulf 200 Condor is now to see in Berlin in the Air Museum there. Many Greetings from Linz-Austria🇦🇹 😎✌️👍😺💪💙🐺 Europe!
@DannyBoy777777
2 жыл бұрын
@ Wolfgang Gugelweith I hope you're looking after Adolf's home town.
@bugzlaif1239
2 жыл бұрын
Where in berlin? At Gatow?
@carlosandleon
2 жыл бұрын
Does it have the swastika?
@renatoigmed
2 жыл бұрын
no original parts left is a clone of the last one.
@BeKindToBirds
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, that is very impressive that one survives in that state
@paulkrenz9593
2 жыл бұрын
As the Luftwaffe only had 2 engined medium sized bombers for the Battle of Britain and the later bombing campaigns I always wondered why this wonderful looking plane wasn't used as a bomber against Britain but didn't realise how fragile it was
@Project_1143M
2 жыл бұрын
I mean it was an airliner after all U dont expect an airliner to pull 4g manuver even once
@confusedcapitalist2242
Жыл бұрын
@@Project_1143M to be fair, this is the same country who did strap a jet engine on a HE112 multiple times despite the explosions
@Project_1143M
Жыл бұрын
@@confusedcapitalist2242 he 112 is a figther it was expected to take a beating so thep just like this is unused figther my leader strap a jet engine your wish comes true
@Kefuddle
2 жыл бұрын
When all four engines decided to stop working is definitely a fuel quantity issue!
@pinngg6907
2 жыл бұрын
Or fuel quality or air moisture Because manila is a rather hot and wet place
@Kefuddle
2 жыл бұрын
@@pinngg6907 Maybe. Water would collect at the lowest point of the fuel tank, so would probably affect two out of the four. Also, I would find it hard to believe any crew would set off without a fuel quality check of both the aircrafts tanks and the bowser.
@nowthenzen
2 жыл бұрын
after being serviced at a landing field controlled by a strategic rival? Gee, I wonder?
@acomingextinction
2 жыл бұрын
@@nowthenzen My first thought. In 1938, there were plenty of major players with an interest in bumping off a rival's technologically-advanced aircraft during its world tour.
@MonkeyJedi99
Жыл бұрын
@@Kefuddle Hard to believe? See John Denver. That one time you don't follow your pre-flight religiously can be the one you don't walk away from.
@kyle857
2 жыл бұрын
You know what would have solved the C4s issues? More weight.
@markbooth1117
2 жыл бұрын
Love the humour as well as the history, makes it fun listening.
@tomt373
2 жыл бұрын
Although the IJN never received a militarized Condor, they eventually got the Nakajima G8N Renzan "Rita", a four-engined design that basically looked like a modified airliner design.
@allangibson2408
2 жыл бұрын
The G5N was derived from the DC-4E (including the triple tail).
@STTD797
2 жыл бұрын
@@allangibson2408 Lol what? The G5N is an original Nakajima design with no resemblance to the DC-4. Neither does the G8N. Neither of them even have the triple tail! Let me guess; you think the Zero is a copy of the Howard Hughes racer as well, don’t you?
@allangibson2408
2 жыл бұрын
@@STTD797 Look up the DC-4E. The later production DC-4 looked nothing like it and was significantly smaller. The prototype DC-4E was sold Japanese Imperial Airlines who diverted it to the Japanese licensee of Douglas who were building DC-3’s - Nakajima in 1939.
@STTD797
2 жыл бұрын
@@allangibson2408 A simple Google search will show the G5N doesn’t have a triple tail; it has twin tailfins like a B-24. Nakajima designers took notes from the DC-4E (as every nation would do - taking inspiration from each other’s good designs) but the G5N itself has a different nose, fuselage, tail, engines, cockpit and design role. When literally everything is changed except general layout and auxiliary parts from what it’s “derived” from, at what point does it become no longer a copy and an independent design?
@allangibson2408
2 жыл бұрын
@@STTD797 The G5N copied the wing structure, undercarriage and most of the tail from the DC-4E. Nakajima HAD the DC-4E sitting in their factory hangar. The USAAF got to examine the G5N’s and G8N after WW2 so had a pretty good idea of their construction. Concentration on the triple tail would be like saying the Lancaster wasn’t derived from the Manchester because the Manchester had a triple tail and the Lancaster had a twin tail.
@BobSmith-dk8nw
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah. The Flying Boats had a brief ascendancy as the early long distance air liners. One thing about them was that - they were flying _boats_ so there was a comfort factor there for the passengers flying over water - but - the bit about the lack of airfields was right on. You had a lot of the worlds major cities build near water - and thus - accessible by Flying Boats but without much in the way of airfields able to accept large aircraft. WWII did them in though. Because of the War - large airfields were built all over the world to accommodate WWII bombers and transports so that the need to use water as a runway went away and the Flying Boats went away with it. .
@davidelliott5843
2 жыл бұрын
Flying boats need considerable compromises that increase costs and reduce range. The hull takes a pounding, especially on landing so has to be built strong. Salt water corrosion is very destructive. All issues that land-based planes don’t have.
@dovidell
2 жыл бұрын
7:26 HMS Audacity was originally the German merchant ship Hannover, which the British captured in the West Indies in March 1940
@redtobertshateshandles
2 жыл бұрын
Mums brother Matt was on the SS North Devon when it was sunk by German aircraft in 1941. A young 14 year old Reg Earnshaw was trapped in the wreck and was the only fatality.
@aria56703
2 жыл бұрын
it just looks cool
@paoloviti6156
2 жыл бұрын
It was a lovely airliner designed by Kurt Tank and as such it was only design=ed for civilian use with relatively limited growth potential. I have been looking how much it was heavier with more powerful engines, strengthened undercarriage, guns and many other related military equipment but it must have been quite considerable considering the the skin panels was not much thicker despite the improvements as the pilots had to be careful not to stress too much the airframe but despite the precautions it tended to break the back on landing. Thanks for sharing this very interesting video, good job 👍👍👍
@brettpeacock9116
2 жыл бұрын
I read somewhere that pilots were STRONGLY cautioned against "Bouncing" (Ie touching down hard enough for the plane to skip a few feet into the air, then touch down again) the Condor when landing it. That was an almost guaranteed "Backbreaker"!!
@paoloviti6156
2 жыл бұрын
@@brettpeacock9116 you are correct but I read somewhere that it needed continuous maintenance because the rivets kept popping. Not a very enjoyable airplane for the pilot to fly knowing that the airplane will break up anytime...
@hertzair1186
2 жыл бұрын
The most handsome four engine airliner of the period, with the possible exception of the De Havilland DH 91 Albatross…
@garryferrington811
2 жыл бұрын
Very good-looking aircraft. It certainly would have been a success in it's intended role.
@hertzair1186
2 жыл бұрын
You have one of the best aviation history channels…please press on!
@Julius_Caesar69420
2 жыл бұрын
Your channel has grown so quickly! Congratulations!
@Ryan-pw9uy
2 жыл бұрын
The image at 0:16 is a painting done by Mark Postlethwaite
@longrider42
2 жыл бұрын
I have heard a story about a Sunderland Flying boat and a Condor having what you might call a "Dogfight". Can you look into this?
@RexsHangar
2 жыл бұрын
I've done some research on it! :) Hoping to stick it in a video soon
@wolfganggugelweith8760
2 жыл бұрын
@@RexsHangar The Germans restored now a Focke Wulf 200 Condor and it can be seen in Berlin in the Air Museum there. They lifted it out from a fjord in Norway and they were working for more than 20 years to finish the restoration. Many Greetings from Linz-Austria🇦🇹😎👍💪✌️🍻🍺🐺 Europe!
@prowlus
2 жыл бұрын
Dogfight ? More like whale fight!
@littlefluffybushbaby7256
2 жыл бұрын
@@prowlus A genuinely funny comment. :)
@ronfullerton3162
2 жыл бұрын
@@RexsHangar The B-24 vs. Condor fight would also be interesting.
@sardaukerlegion
2 жыл бұрын
D0ogfight with a B24? 🤔
@AsbestosMuffins
2 жыл бұрын
its always funny when you look at the numbers, germany made only around 280 of these things in total, so at best a few dozen patrol variants, while basically any large plane on the allies side numbered in the thousands if not tens of thousands
@anzaca1
2 жыл бұрын
7:13 I assume you meant 330,000 tonnes. 330 tonnes is way too low.
@jmrodas9
2 жыл бұрын
The FW200 Condor was a beautiful aircraft, well suited to the task for which it was designed, an airliner. It was modified to be a bomber, but never adequately stressed for the extra weight of armaments, so many broke up when landing. Although it caused many problems to convoys, as a bomber it was not suitable. A complete redesign would have been called for, to use it as a bomber, one cannot design something to do certain service or task, and expect it to be succesful in a different one.
@startingbark0356
2 жыл бұрын
*laughs in antonov An-2*
@chamberlane2899
2 жыл бұрын
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