A friend of mine once said to this person: I have a massive machine. It went downhill from there

gregg4164 Falklands

I remember particularly enjoying breathing in the dark smoke that came out of it's exhaust

250,000 miles in 27 years isn't shit. Especially in a "temperate climate" where "cold" is anything below "room temperature".

Ah, the air shows... A great thing about living in North Bay.

OP engines can pack a lot of displacement in a small volume and you get to do away with the the valve train. The US submarines used an OP engine during WWII made by Fairbanks Morse. It had only two crankshafts. hth

Thank you

Yes amazing, how many slaves they managed to press in to lower the centre of gravity. and then they had the hutspah to call it engineering

designed that way with self levelling suspension. or more weight in the bottom reduces roll over.

Okay

Never

And?...

That doesn't imply he lived in the 50s at all. He could say the same about Victorian England as well.

@@barahng it sorta does imply it, but I don't expect you to grasp that

You're welcome

And I watched one crash in to Lake Ontario during the airshow of the CNE. Sad day...

I'd love to have a blamm around the dish in my wheelchair - it'd be even more fun if it was on & targeted to sweep a circle or figure eight around the zenith! (Paint some lines on the fucker and we could call it wheelchair roulette - see how long I can ride the crest of the wobble before I drop back to centre - place your bets now!) Unfortunately though, I reckon there's a whole shitload of steps to get up there :(

...although ...if the dish was tilted to the horizon ...maybe I could get on its edge from a cherrypicker ..and then Control could point to the zenith and w00hoo00!!1! * * of course, woohoo factor will depend on how fast the targeting motors actually work :s

​@@RhysOlwyn Thanks, Rhys - you've brightened my day !

Agreed, it's also wonderful to hear what our small country has done for the world and the innovations we have given it. Rule Britannia !!!

Great history. Just a shame people have let it slip so much in favor of feeding masive corperations.

I'm crying with you bro

The Comet would have been brilliant if it had been built as an art installation. But as a passenger aircraft it was the worst engineering failure in aviation history.

@@sandervanderkammen9230 yeah but no. It wasn't the worst engineering failure in aviation history

Certainly was, the entire Comet fleet was grounded after it's airworthiness certification was permanently revoked. Problems continued with the Comet 4, 1 out of every 4 Comets built either crashed or were destroyed in accidents making the Comet the worst commercial jet airliner in history.

@@sandervanderkammen9230 worst commercial airliner engineering failure yeah, worst engineering failure in aviation history, not at all

Pleased you got to see the Vulcan in US. I enjoy the B-52s at the Fairford Air Tattoo when I can get to it. Last Vulcan flown by Enthusiasts retired about 2017 . A few lie in U.K. museums.

They have one in the SAC museum at Offutt, near Omaha. Good indoor museum, if you ever happen to be in the area.

Thanks for tip. SAC was on my list for the B-bombers ! Regards

dont forget the u2 spy plane was up there only problem was ussr could detect but had to keep quiet so as not to give the game away.

Agreed - and a great golfing partner as well.

+Dead Frt West Junkers had an opposed piston diesel in aviation service in WW2.

He kept saying "Diesel"... was this a pure Diesel engine directly driving the wheels, or was it actually a diesel-electric, with generators and electric motors on the wheels?

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Watch the Top Gear celebration with Clarkson and co showing everything that is manufactured in this country and i think you will find things are not quite as gloomy as you would have us believe.

A long way from the truth. Our problem is the loss of domestic equipment mfrs and subsequent importing of built in obsolescent rubbish from China. Mind you this also applies to other countries.

When you consider that this was all Post-War innovation....when Britain was financially "broke" (Making repayments so that other countries, former enemies, could rebuild.) I would venture that Britain did pretty well. ...despite enduring rationing until 1953.....Thanks to those "repayments" crippling the economy. I guess a new Era of Economic Warfare had become the new way.... to impose ones will on the New World Order. Mmm?

P.S. It was not until 1985 that Leyland (Truck & Bus) had the means to replace the assembly lines that were still in use from the construction of tanks in WW2. On the new assembly line, they built the highly successful Leyland Roadrunner.... 7.5t. A brilliant all-round "HGV" that could be driven on a standard car licence. (Edit: "At that time")

@SRV. 123 , too much freedom. You could get on and off those anytime you wanted

You are so right!! I had never considered that but Chris Barrie would be perfect!

He said in an interview he wouldn’t do it if asked, he would do a new car show, but not take over Top Gear

@@DAVID197300 ... Chris's level of diction, knowledgeable presentation & natural cinematic character is more in keeping with Tiff & Quinton of 5th Gear, ..seriousness, historically cross-referenced yet genuine interests and informatively expressed details... with some infectious hints of humour mixed within. 🙄😜🤪🤔😉😀

The Comet 1 was so riddled with fatal flaws that it's certificate of airworthiness was permanently revoked. The Comet 4 was completely redesigned from nose to tail.

Sounds way to risky...

And one v6 is running backwards 😂🤣😂

You mean Arnold, Arnold, Arnold Rimmer; Without him life would be much grimmer; He's handsome, trim, and no-one slimmer; He will never need a zimmer; He's Arnold, Arnold, Arnold Rimmer

Make my donkey great again, and then I'll think about the rest

I pull the red handle😊

@Toy Punabai, thank you

And why they turned busses into raisins, hegemony

Interesting. There's so often more wrinkles to a story than reaches the public isn't there. But they did round the corners of comet windows off didn't they, so that would seem to fit the reduction of stress concentration hypothesis. Also, today they're still generally not round like port-holes on a ship are they, they're oval :-)

@@stupidtreehugger Yes, the original Comets had square windows with very sharp corners, and the rivets were punched through. The high stress concentrations plus pre-cracking (jagged rivet holes) led to disaster. DeHavilland learned its lessons, but by then Boeing and Douglas had the market.

@@philperry4699 , message received, will reshape my pudendum accordingly, over

And on the backfoot. They're in it together. They'd be idiots if they weren't. And clearly, manifestly, they're not idiots, because? Because they maintain their power, in the markets, and over us. Is that a good thing, a bad thing, I don't know. Do you?

@Roland Lawrence, if you want to start a square window airoplane company, do let me know. Meanwhile, thank you for the info

I feel for you, and the engine, in a good way, I hasten to add. Have had similar experiences. It takes a particular focus and determination to keep history alive. So very valuable

Seeing one take off was a fantastic sight, one of my fondest old air-show memories. It sounded like the world was splitting in half.

not to mention the SIZE of those wings...!!

Second greatest, after the Jeep Cherokee (XJ, not the current Fiat lump). But the Land Rover IS a awesome vehicle!

+Jeff DeWitt I challenge that statement. No doubt a jeep is a good off roader. But few of my mates with there Land Rover special vehicle is in a league of there own. But I will say the jeep are good of road to.

DirtyDiesel100 They are different vehicles designed for different worlds. While a properly set up XJ can go pretty much anywhere any wheeled vehicle ever built can go it was never intended to be a "farmers friend" (That power takeoff is a neat idea), nor was it intended for a worldwide market (although ultimately that's what happened). I also have to admit to my own bias. I've got a 96 Cherokee, I've put well over 500,000 miles on it and would drive it today except the AC blower is acting up and it's going to be about 100 deg here. Best car I've ever had, last year I took it on a 2000 mile road trip and I've got an even longer trip planned for next summer... with the AC fixed of course!

+Jeff DeWitt Sounds pretty good mate. I hope you get you AC sorted and get another 500,000.

Jeff DeWitt as good as the old Jeeps are (like the Willys) you're talking about something made in the 50's to a 1984 Vehicle. No real comparison. The Land rover gets passed by because it is very slow, but it WILL do it. Just Very slowly indeed. I know of someone who was driving one in a carpark with 1 sparkplug. 1 cylinder. Another used a trouser belt for a timing belt. THESE kind of things make a 4WD, survivability in the outback mate! Give me the old LandRover mate.

Most of the shit shown in this vid has been scrapped, thank God!

Are you enjoying the programme? It does not sound like it.

revmpandora The programme was great but I think they could have added on bit showing most of the items being reduced to scrap!

The Lovell telescope (Jodrell Bank) and the Land Rover are still giving great service today, so where's your shit? Actually, I must admit, I find obsessive interest in steam trains and beam engines a bit weird, but each to their own.

Ho Lee Fuk

And one American not giving a damn.

Mice have thumbs

++@@stupidtreehugger++ As in "here is a picture of a U2, spyplane, the world's highest flying aircraft as photographed from above by an RAF Vulcan Bomber" ?

yes u2 up there above ussr radar or so they thought. and uk usa

I believe that was after a non stop flight to Australia, on the return leg it crashed on landing, I remember it happening but cannot remember the details, I think it occurred in the 60s, all us Aussies were saddened as the crew endeared themselves to us while they were here.

The first jet engine flew in the summer of 1939, just before the war started. Frank Whittle's jet was a few years later, but the British got their Meteor into service about the same time as the Me-262 (delayed because Hitler demanded a bomber instead of a fighter). I don't recall hearing that the two ever fought each other.

He pushed Dave Lister's buttons COUNTLESS times on Red Dwarf as Arnold Rimmer...yes, Chris Barrie KNOWS how buttons are to be pushed! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Mark Felton. Yes, I noticed that!

microbusss the RT is just as iconic although not as modern or as plentiful. They have grown even harder to find.

Pleased to hear that. BTW “JCB max” holds world land speed record for a diesel vehicle 300+ mph. Regards

Good eye .

seems like the continuation guy wasn't watching so valuable a job in film making

Happy days

I read somewhere that over 60 percent of all land rovers built are still running.

@@jackmack1061 not in demanding Scandinavia. Primarily Land Cruiser. Land Rover is, like most other British tech, not up to the task in reliability & general standards

I suspect not. That locomotive is a museum piece and probably doesn't get much use. No matter how carefully maintained an engine is if the thing sits for long periods of time it's not going to work as well as one that's used regularly.

Yes that is actually pretty normal for a Deltic. Deltics have two supercharged 18 cylinder engines. So 36 cylinders producing 3300 horsepower all together and burning lots, and lots of fuel. So you are gonna get a lot of smoke, museum piece or not. And all diesel locos make a fair amount of smoke on a cold start. If the loco has been left overnight in the depot then the engine and the oil is cold. When you start burning cold oil it makes a lot of smoke until it has all warmed up.

Any diesel engine with a large capacity will smoke on start up , very rare for one not to .

Less with the modern diesels that have turbochargers as standard and thus re-burn the exhaust. Still lots of deadly particulates though

@@stupidtreehugger since when did a turbo supercharger reburn exhaust gas:)

Enthusiastic sixth formers in Stevenage U.K. tracked Apollo with largely homemade equipment. They were featured on TV.

Copy from the Jodrell Bank Observatory website since KZfaq wont allow links. If your interested in the subject id recommend visiting the website for much more in depth information and recordings ect, this is a brief overview. On July 20 1969, the Apollo 11 Eagle lander module containing astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first manned space mission to land on the Moon. Hours later on 21 July 1969, Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon, issuing the oft-quoted line, “That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.” Over two-hundred thousand miles away on Earth, the mission was being unofficially monitored and recorded by Jodrell Bank Observatory team using multiple telescopes on site. From the initial operation of the Lovell Telescope, the telescope had become entwined with the “Space Race”, tracking spacecraft operated by both the Russians and Americans beginning with the world’s first artificial satellite Sputnik 1 in October 1957. In July 1969, the Jodrell Bank Observatory team team, led by the observatory Director Sir Bernard Lovell, used telescopes at the Cheshire site including the Lovell Telescope and the 50ft telescope (now the 42ft telescope) to simultaneously monitor signals from the Apollo 11 Eagle lander and the Russian unmanned module Luna 15 spacecraft both on lunar missions. Signals intercepted by the 50ft telescope showed the signals received when Neil Armstrong took manual control of the Eagle lander as well as the moment when the Eagle lander module touched down on the surface of the moon. Meanwhile - and little known at the time - the Russian unmanned module Luna 15 spacecraft was orbiting the moon on the day of the Eagle landing with a mission to gather samples of lunar soil and rock to bring back to Earth in advance of the manned Apollo 11 mission. Jodrell Bank observatory staff listened in using the Lovell Telescope as the Luna 15 unintentionally crash-landed on the moon’s surface at 3.50pm (UTC) on July 21, just hours before the Americans lifted off from the moon’s surface and departed. In 2009, dramatic and previously unheard recordings of the Russian lunar activities were uncovered in archives while Jodrell Bank astronomers were researching material to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Moon landings. The recordings were made over three days in the Control Room of the famous Jodrell Bank Observatory, where astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell and colleagues were listening to the multiple transmissions coming from the moon. Sir Bernard Lovell can be heard narrating events with transmissions from the Apollo 11 astronauts in the background. In the recording, Sir Bernard notes a change in the orbit of Luna 15 to take it closer to the US landing site and later reports a rumor from a ‘well-informed source in Moscow’ that the craft is about to land. People in the Control Room can then be heard exclaiming ‘it’s landing’ and ‘it’s going down much too fast’ as they track Luna 15’s final moments before it crashes. A voice is later heard saying: “I say, this has really been drama of the highest order.” Jodrell Bank observatory had a crucial role in this historic moment in the “Space Race”, monitoring and recording big and small moments of lunar exploration by the Americans and the Russians as well as independently verifying the US manned lunar landing.