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New Series Early Access - A6M Zero
🕑 Added 2020-08-12 10:05:23 +0000 UTCHey all,
I am trialing a new series of videos that give an indepth look at aircraft and their subvariants. The Recognition guides focus on external differences (as these are what most people are exposed to on pictures and museums) and are meant to allow you to appreciate the difference between various aircraft models.
As a test run of how the series does, I am making episodes about five different aircraft to see how the series performs.
Episode 1: A6M Zero can be found above. It will release on 20th August 2020 but you can already watch it now.
The following episodes will be on the A-6 Intruder, Lavochkin La-5, Republic P-47 and Junkers Ju-87. Feedback as always appreciated.
Thank you for your ongoing support!
Chris
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Military Aviation History
Hey Bill, glad you enjoyed it. Finding good pictures was difficult so I am happy I succeeded in that regard. Yes, the Aleutian Zero was incredibly important, it allowed the first real evaluation of the planes capabilities by the US.
Military Aviation History
Thanks!
I like the concept and this video, I'm looking forward for more!
Bill Lemmond
Hi, Bis, I enjoyed this video, especially your fine haul of archival photos. Thank you for all your work, adding the text notes, with pointer lines, to the digitized photos. Excellent point, that every aircraft is a collection of compromises, toward some specific aim. I heard a story in a high school history class, back in the mid 1970s. When US troops retook one of the Aleutian Islands, they found an intact Zero. The pilot had made a forced landing, not knowing that all the ground personnel had already evacuated. The Zero's main landing gear stuck at the end of the runway, and when the nose went over and hit the ground, the pilot's neck was snapped. So there was no one able to destroy the Zero, to prevent its capture. US authorities very carefully disassembled the Zero for shipping, in a crate, back to the continental US, where it was reassembled, and flown by very experienced test pilots that knew they better not crash this treasure. The Zero was evaluated, and a new generation of US aircraft were designed to take it on. Given the timing, I think that was mostly the F8F Hellcat, the F4U Corsair, and maybe some influence on the P-51 Mustang.
Military Aviation History
Hey Mark, happy to hear this. Here is the link to the original recording stored at NARA: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5686522
I enjoyed the advance showing, and got a kick out of seeing Ronald Reagan make an appearance with the aircraft identification chart--now I'll have to check his filmography to see just what movie that was! Good show, Chris!
