Not A Pound For Air To Ground
As a kid I wanted to be a fighter pilot. Poor eyesight, risible spatial awareness and an inability to understand even basic instructions knocked that idea on the head. But even as my career went down a different path, I retained an analyst's interest in aviation. In particular I like to try and understand the military-industrial systems in which aircraft were developed and the doctrines and concepts that governed their employment.
This channel is a way of getting ideas and research from my head into some kind of organised form. I really hope you enjoy watching them as much as I enjoy making them. But please remember that this is my passion and my hobby. I am not a professional documentary maker and I am at best an amateur historian. Please forgive the inevitable mistakes!
Was The Morane-Saulnier MS.406 Really The Worst Fighter Of WW2
UNPREPARED FOR WAR: The Far East Air Force Before The Korean War
Soviet Aerial Tankers In The Cold War
Fairey IIIF: The British Empire's Interwar Workhorse
The Sud Vautour II Was The Most Significant French Aircraft Of The Cold War
FLEXIBLE DECKS: What Happened When The US And Royal Navies Decided That Wheels Were Excess Weight
Potez 63: A Swiss Army Knife Of Disasters
The North Korean People's Air Force Before The Korean War
MiG's I-7U Was The Foxbat's Granddad
The Pintail & Fawn Are Probably The Most Important Interwar Aircraft You've Never Heard Of
The Curious F-82 Twin Mustang Made The First Kills Of The Korean War
Rebuilding the Luftwaffe
Douglas A-26 Invader: The Best Allied Light Bomber Of World War 2
Supermarine's Last Fighter: The Most Powerful Gun Battery Ever Deployed To A Carrier
The Soviet Union’s Most Powerful Air To Air Missiles: Acrid & Amos
UNDERWATER EJECTION: Four Remarkable Stories Of Rocket-Propelled Escape
Douglas Havoc: An Underappreciated War Winner
The F-80 Shooting Star Flew More Combat Sorties Than Any Other Straight Winged Jet Fighter
The Soviet Union's (Largely Unrealised) Aircraft Cruiser, Carrier And Supercarrier Projects
The Soviet Union's Monster Air To Air Missiles Were Like Nothing In The West
GRUMMAN F-9 COUGAR: An Important, But Not An Exciting 1950s Carrier Fighter
FAIREY FLYCATCHER: A Pioneering Interwar Carrier Fighter
AN-71 MADCAP: The Soviet Tactical AWACS Was Part Smart And Part Crazy
FJ-4 Fury: The Sabre The Navy Always Wanted
Britain's Secret Night Fighter Was The First To Fly With Radar
China's Giant Cold War Night Fighter Scored Just One Kill
CIA HUEY vs VPAF Biplane: The Remarkable Story Of An Aviation First
Parnall's Plover Looked Like A Winner... Until It Snapped In Half
USAF Light Fighter Development & The Alternatives To The F-16
De Havilland Venom: NATO Thought That This British Fighter Was Better Than A Sabre