The balls on early Cold War test pilots often interfered with their plane's weight distribution.
@jimmynickelz3 жыл бұрын
More thumbs up for this one folks
@brentfu11193 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@chiroquacker25803 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it makes one wonder how they even fit them in the cockpit?
@suspicionofdeceit3 жыл бұрын
It threw off their fuel calculations.
@retiredbektek3 жыл бұрын
@aDBo'Ch 1 unless they distributed the two proportionately
@fernandosalvador3693 жыл бұрын
"Arch! I've just been shot down by the most cutest wittle baby fighter"
@dougsteel74143 жыл бұрын
I'd have to protect it, even if it was the enemy
@name.placeholder19653 жыл бұрын
The most adorable killing machine.
@matthewshadle71313 жыл бұрын
XD
@matthewcaughey88983 жыл бұрын
Looks cute till you realize it’s horking .50 caliber bullets at you
@revolversaucelot21003 жыл бұрын
UwU
@catjudo13 жыл бұрын
So, three hookups out of seven attempts... even a Goblin has a better dating life than I do...
@richardbradley23353 жыл бұрын
Brilliant and bless you....
@kiwi_comanche3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@WarblesOnALot3 жыл бұрын
G'day, According to Chuck Yeager, in his book, the Goblin's problem with hooking back onto the Trapeze was that Schlock was a Civilian Test Pilot who hadn't had Military Training in Close Formation Flying...; Yeager's hypothesis was that pretty much anybody who'd been trained to fly in Close Formation could & would have had a LOT less trouble with the manouvre - wouldn't have broken the Hairygoplane, twice, and thus killed-off an otherwise quite viable Program, and Aircraft - with Ham-Fistedness... Maybe Yeager was peeved that he never had a chance to fly, and play with, the little Goblin...? Such is life, Have a good one... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !
@DFX2KX3 жыл бұрын
@@WarblesOnALot thing with this is: even close formation training would have made it a right pain to hook. It might have taken someone like a talented demonstration pilot to deal with the buffeting. The early refueling systems that made this aircraft unnecessary moved the two planes a good bit farther from each other, letting more normal human beings pair off.
@WarblesOnALot3 жыл бұрын
@@DFX2KX G'day, Thanks. Yes, Aerial Refuelling "should have" killed the idea deader than a doornail. But because it worked with Military Pilots & Airships from the first Launches in 1918 (Britain, Germany & the US), and the first Trapeze-Recovery (Britain, 1925...) , and the US Navy Curtiss Sparrowhawks had no trouble hooking onto their Helium-filled Airship-Aircraft Carriers....; and because Schlock had reported the Goblin as being actually a delight to fly..., people like Yeager & Bob Hoover (Military Fighter Pilots turned Test-Pilots...) developed the view that it wasn't any alleged problen with Airflow-interferance between the two Aircraft making a mess of the Hookup, so much as the lack of Formation Training, and experience on the part of the Civilian Test Pilot. And, if you remember the story of Slick Goodlin, and how Yeager came to be assigned to go and play with the "Sound Barrier" while figuring out how to make the Bell X-1 behave itself...(?) ; then you'll know that Yeager felt that Mil.Spec. was a superior grade of EVERYTHING... And, in fact, the USAAF spent a few tens of millions in the 1980s on Plans & Mockups for fitting out a 747 with a 2-Deck Hangar/Workshop, with an internal Conveyor/Elevator system to move about 6 folded-up Single-Seat Fighters which were to be let loose and protect a Formation of Cruise-Missile Carriers (either B-52s or more 747s, differently configured) ; and the Probe-&-Drogue Aerial Refuelling KC-135s were planned to go along & refuel the Fighter-Carrying B-747s. When the Taxpayer is funding the preparedness for fighting ; nobody who's getting paid to play with the Technology, or to sell it to the Government, cares what any of their Daydreams are costing... But, the problem was that Schlock was trying to teach himself Close-Formation Flying, while attempting to learn how to approach the Trapeze and arrive at the correct place, at the correct speed, and pointing in the right direction to then accomplish the manouvre. And while Schlock effectively killed the Goblin Program, it was the USSR collapsing from the cost of attempting to defeat Ronnie RayGun(Zap !)'s Science Fictional "Star Wars" Program, which wiped out Boeing's plans to stock Jumbo Jets with half a Squadron of Parasite Fighters, each.... The Concept was no sillier than LOTS of other ideas, which people dream up to enable them to try to kill each other... Such is life, Have a good one... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !
@SkyhawkSteve3 жыл бұрын
as a former McDonnell Douglas employee who has seen both of the XF-85's, I have to say that I'm impressed with the accuracy and detail in this video! Well done!
@nateborck45773 жыл бұрын
I he has learned and improved. In the past this channel has been heavily criticized for missing details, inaccurate details, and incorrect pics and clips in the videos.
@murkazmurka34153 жыл бұрын
That is teenager making this videos from reading and repeating from wikipedia he has no clue what half of the words mean or how it work and im not just saying to put someone down but there is a lot of teenage you tubers just think about what you knew when you where 16 ( personally me i knew more then i know now at 50 til i started paying bills)
@Kadeo-ms6qw3 жыл бұрын
@@nateborck4577 he still makes mistakes quite often
@JimLahey213 жыл бұрын
@@murkazmurka3415 you never did master that grammar
@kiwi_comanche3 жыл бұрын
@@JimLahey21 touché 🤣
@dk60243 жыл бұрын
Once you've dive bombed a battleship you'll do anything, apparently.
@TheDavidlloydjones3 жыл бұрын
Hell of a recovery, though! (I don't think a project this stupid deserved to have personnel that good...)
@polishpotatos92823 жыл бұрын
yeah he just crushed the ship with his massive balls
@kaneo13 жыл бұрын
"Here's your Navy Cross. Now, as a reward for your bravery-" 'What the heck is That thing??'
@nickschneider7743 жыл бұрын
Wow. Imagine being the only person in history who has flown that plane. What a feeling that would be..
@soupz35573 жыл бұрын
I've actually seen the Goblin in person before. It's even smaller than it looks.
@matsv2013 жыл бұрын
A version of the game battlefield have it.. and it looks pretty freaking smal there. The germans have the nater as a alternative
@robertsullivan47733 жыл бұрын
I agree I saw it at Dayton. Looked at it and said to a freind whst were they thinking.
@rex95023 жыл бұрын
@@matsv201 which battlefield?
@jeepwavesrq71043 жыл бұрын
@@rex9502 it was an expansion for BF1942 called Secret Weapons. It had some cool maps and a lot of experimental vehicles and guns from the end of ww2 in it
@twizz4203 жыл бұрын
@@jeepwavesrq7104 I had BF1942 with the expansions, and I don't remember that... Guess it's time to pull the old box set out again. I wonder if there's even any private servers left? If they put some of that stuff from the expanisons into BF1943 on Xbox Live, it probably would have done a lot better IMO
@jenniferleaf92393 жыл бұрын
New pilot “I wanna be a fighter pilot!” Air Force “ sure! Here is your plane son, the goblin!” New pilot “Uhhhh...”
@hardanalljr.31383 жыл бұрын
That pay and a free Aircraft to drive
@RebeccaCampbell19693 жыл бұрын
Excuse me but pilots would form in lines to fly this contraption... I would be one lol I means USAF means real pilots who try to push "the envelope"... perhaps Navy ones are more suited for Boing 727 or Airbus 320 lol "Uhhh..." must be followed by "... are you guys (engineers) sure the thing can fly?" and then "nah, where does tithe engine start?" Just saying
@gittyupalice963 жыл бұрын
more like this: New AirMan: I wanna be a fighter pilot! Airforce staff sgt: but your eye sight is so bad your talking to my decorative office fern. . . Airman: but!! Staff Sgt: Storage engineer! Airman: ._.
@Kadeo-ms6qw3 жыл бұрын
@@RebeccaCampbell1969 you do realize USAF pilots almost universally disliked the A-10 when they saw it, they pictured themselves in fast jet fighters instead they got assigned the slow A-10.
@ashleyhamman3 жыл бұрын
The airforce equivalent of MIB's Noisy Cricket.
@biomecraft3563 жыл бұрын
"The weirdest fighter of all time" *glances at XP-55*
@kyle8573 жыл бұрын
F117
@JoeyBaby473 жыл бұрын
X-29 XFV Fairey Gannet
@largosgaming3 жыл бұрын
I'd rather fly the "A** Ender" than this thing.
@Hubba4043 жыл бұрын
Raises eyebrow in SAAB 21
@devonlord993 жыл бұрын
@@JoeyBaby47 The Gannet was an anti-submarine warfare aircraft
@firstperson7602GMAIL3 жыл бұрын
The pilot called it the “wobbly goblin”, the short distance between the wings and tail meant a little input made a lot of change.
@matthewcaughey88983 жыл бұрын
At least they didn’t call it the knob goblin lol
@tlshortyshorty58103 жыл бұрын
While unsuitable for stability, this meant a lot of maneuverability, right?
@Bearthedancingman2 жыл бұрын
I've read that the aircraft was actually a good flyer. But a bit twitchy. And yes, very maneuverable.
@thomasabrams29543 жыл бұрын
I live about 45 minutes away from the National Museum of the USAF at Wright Patterson AFB. The place is massive and it has an entire hangar of experimental aircraft and tech demonstrators including this. If you somehow stumble upon Dayton Ohio it’s a must see
@That_Freedom_Guy3 жыл бұрын
Oh , that's so cool!
@mysterious68563 жыл бұрын
I wanna see!!
@jeffreymcfadden94033 жыл бұрын
Really takes 2-3 days to see it all folks.
@rattyratstuff71253 жыл бұрын
ever been to the one in denver or near denver? the one in denver was down the road 10 minutes from gramps house and hed make the drive 30 minutes showing us every hotrod and private plane on the way there haha
@rattyratstuff71253 жыл бұрын
@@jeffreymcfadden9403 nonono. it took me almost 4 days. skipped 2 days of theme parks with family to look at everything. it was when i was little and ,me and grandpa looked at everything. its.... HHUUGGEE.
@jamesw99303 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine how hard a Mig 17 pilot would have been laughing while he shot this thing down?
@Jamie-zs8ok3 жыл бұрын
He might feel bad the goblin is so cute
@Phoenix-xn3sf3 жыл бұрын
Assuming he could even hit it.
@Mister_Clean3 жыл бұрын
He'll be laughing, right up until he sees two sidewinders coming toward him
@kaneo13 жыл бұрын
_Goblin casts Tasha's Hideous Laughter_
@Hykje3 жыл бұрын
That was the point with Goblin -to make the Mig pilots laugh so hard that they lost control over their planes and crashed.
@Phoenix-xn3sf3 жыл бұрын
I don't think I will ever *not* be impressed by the skill and sheer courage of those early Cold War test pilots.
@richardbradley23353 жыл бұрын
''What a stupid idea'' Me sitting here listening to this while painting plastic toy soldiers.
@dirus31422 жыл бұрын
Videos on prototype military aircraft and vehicles make me wish Hasbro made a toy for GI Joe based on it.
@The_ZeroLine3 жыл бұрын
Let’s appreciate the fact that this guy successfully pulled off endless emergency belly landings in what was an unstably short body.
@bias04373 жыл бұрын
Heck yea, the goblin, boy oh boy am i glad you made a video on this Dark.
@holeshotshane63443 жыл бұрын
He survived having his canopy and oxygen supply ripped off at 20,000ft? I would say that's impressive but that would be an understatement.
@holeshotshane63443 жыл бұрын
@Robert Flask lol even god has to be a lil surprized he didn't exactly design humans with this scenario mind
@randomjojofan76793 жыл бұрын
I had the pleasure of seeing one of these in person at my local museum, it was a lot smaller than I had originally thought
@toonbat3 жыл бұрын
Maybe you're bigger than you think! >:D
@richardadams49283 жыл бұрын
Man, Edward Shock was some kinda bad-ass to keep trying something so demonstrably dangerous.
@clearcreek693 жыл бұрын
He's a trapeze artist inside an egg with wings
@kickassneilum3 жыл бұрын
Hes a legend. Get it right.
@lairdcummings90923 жыл бұрын
Dude was an artist at the controls. My parents knew him, though not closely. My father was in charge of the operation of the Askania cameras that tracked test flights; he was always blown away by Shock's ability to crash-land without completely destroying the aircraft.
@brianjob30183 жыл бұрын
@@lairdcummings9092 I was wondering how they got a stable platform with flexibility to move the camera. Do you know exactly how Askania did it?
@ab5olut3zero953 жыл бұрын
@Commando Ace that is why no one will remember your name.
@jalan81713 жыл бұрын
As a kid, I built scale models of this odd plane a few times. Thought it was just the imagination of a model maker. Found out it was there was an actual mini fighter that was produced in real life. Thankfully the real Goblin was not put into operational service. Still ranks as one of my favorite aircraft models because of its quirkyness.
@jeffreymcfadden94033 жыл бұрын
Just another HUGE shout-out to the National Museum of the USAF in Dayton, Ohio!
@Whiskey11Gaming3 жыл бұрын
There is one at the Strategic Air Command museum in Ashland Nebraska (South of Omaha) as well and is right next to a B36.
@gsmontag3 жыл бұрын
An accessory defense aircraft is still an interesting concept. A couple of advanced drones deployable from a bomber or fighter, on a smaller scale, could be extremely versatile weapons. Disposable or reusable, either one could help with flanking an enemy aircraft.
@OMNIBAD3 жыл бұрын
Me163: can’t get any crazier than me XF85: Hold my landing gear
@peter-coates3 жыл бұрын
No hold my b-29 super fortress as it didn’t have landing gear
@toonbat3 жыл бұрын
"Hold my half-pint."
@cameronanderson33043 жыл бұрын
The concept can come back now since how well advanced we are into drones just saying.
@shaider19823 жыл бұрын
Yup, there was a proposal for a 747 drone carrier.
@FIRE_STORMFOX-36923 жыл бұрын
Ace combat 7 :D
@bobkohl67793 жыл бұрын
Drones are "loyal wingmen" not parasites
@FIRE_STORMFOX-36923 жыл бұрын
@@bobkohl6779 try fighting a swarm then re consider it
@That_Freedom_Guy3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I agree.
@t.r.campbell65852 жыл бұрын
One of these two aircraft is on display at the SAC Aerospace Museum outside of Ashland, Nebraska. The museum is easily accessed off of Interstate 80 between Omaha and Lincoln. It’s B-36 with the cradle is also on display.
@kenny101883 жыл бұрын
OH THE MEMORIES OF THIS AIRCRAFT! Battlefield 1942 Secret Weapons!
@garypinholster19623 жыл бұрын
One of the best expansions ever.
@dyslexiksteve24883 жыл бұрын
If you had put this out on the 1st of April, I would have thought it was a joke
@Starfishscalemodeling3 жыл бұрын
Without the huge red ellipse in the thumbnail I would not have noticed that Goblin.
@spacetexan86953 жыл бұрын
Goblin? That red circle wasn’t indicating open sky?
@brycepeterson19693 жыл бұрын
Unleash the goblin
@adamdubin12763 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, the Goblin may have replaced the F3F Flying Barrel as the cutest aircraft ever conceived of... I mean it is absolutely adorable!
@dirus31422 жыл бұрын
Should be in a pixar movie
@Booozy30503 жыл бұрын
My grandpa and dad both worked at McD and always brought home the weirdest freebies to me as a kid. F4 phantom emergency bailout binders and pieces of aluminum honeycomb and pictures of the Banshee and Goblin ...which I thought were cool looking toys at the time.
@jeffbruce3 жыл бұрын
Narrator: because the B-29 was smaller than a B-36…. Viewers: Everything is smaller than a B-36…
@Justanotherconsumer3 жыл бұрын
*laughs in H-4*
@spirz45573 жыл бұрын
@@Justanotherconsumer This one's out league x)
@CodeRed0013 жыл бұрын
I wish the Goblin was mass produced, it would be so cool to see a bunch of those flying in formation. Imagine being a Goblin squadron .
@winternow22423 жыл бұрын
I imagine you'd be happier being the MiG pilot sent to wipe these out.
@MichelleW8702 жыл бұрын
mig pilot : "oh my god, they sent an armada of flying mentos at me"
@skunkbucket94083 жыл бұрын
You imply that the use of the F9C Sparrowhawk aboard airships was cut short by a crash of the prototype plane. In actuality, the concept worked very well and pilots reported that it was easier to hook onto the airships' trapeze than it was to land on an aircraft carrier. The use of the planes aboard the airships became quite routine and the ability to send out scout planes increased the airships' reconnaissance capabilities immensely. The USS Akron carried three of the planes in its hanger and the USS Macon carried four. The days of the operational airborne aircraft carrier ended when the Akron crashed into the sea in 1933 and the Macon in 1935. The Achilles heel of the combo was the fragility of the airship in bad weather and had nothing to do with the planes.
@wilfredosoto27223 жыл бұрын
I had a scale model of this plane back in the 1970’s when I was a kid. It was a Ravell model I believe. It was wild and I kept it on my dresser with a ton of models and bigger ones hanging from the ceiling from fishing line. My parents took everything down and boxed it up when I enlisted in the US Army and when I came home on leave I asked for my stuff and it was all boxed up and half melted because they had left the boxes in our storage shed in the heat! 😂😂
@proud_emmerian65103 жыл бұрын
I have seen this little fighter at the SAC Museum in Ashland, Nebraska because I live about 45-1 hour away from Ashland. It's quite tiny compared to the B-36 that is parked right next to it.
@LZGARAGE.3 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen one at the SAC museum in Nebraska, it’s crazy how small the fighter is compared to how massive the b36 is
@pramodkaranth94793 жыл бұрын
Looks like a fighter from the 'Talespin' cartoon...😂
@fixman883 жыл бұрын
A wacky scientist in one episode actually did create a jet engine....which if I remember right Baloo actually strapped to to the top of the Sea Duck with ropes - and proceeded to break the speed of sound. Of course nothing was ever heard of it in any other episodes.
@sergeant_salty Жыл бұрын
shoutout to all the test pilots who risked their lives for canceled projects. heroes of aviation
@michaelreedx68233 жыл бұрын
Question is why they never tired it with the aircraft being designed to carry it. The B-36s engines where in a pusher configuration a lot of the instability was probably due to the B-29s engines. Docking forward of the engines would have help considerably with the wake turbulence.
@jalan81713 жыл бұрын
Although not a warplane, would appreciate a presentation on the 1930s racing plane the Gee Bee R1. James Doolittle referee to it as an engine with wings and found it Extremely challenging to fly. Thank heavens no pilot had to take off or land this machine on an aircraft carrier. The Corsair F4U was more than enough for that task by Navy or Marine pilots!
@tfcooks3 жыл бұрын
I built a model of one of these when I was a kid. It was the most cartoonish airplane ever.
@igorino17673 жыл бұрын
This looks like something straight from Japan
@spirz45573 жыл бұрын
Japan did something similar. Ohka (Cherry Blossom) "Bakka". That thing was used for kamikaze attacks. It was carried in the bomb bay of a Betty.
@sup_a3 жыл бұрын
@@spirz4557 sussy baka
@matthewgordon81993 жыл бұрын
It is really adorable looking. Is that a feature to stop enemies from shooting at it?
@ferebee1202 Жыл бұрын
Yes
@ferebee1202 Жыл бұрын
It would be child abusing to shoot down such tiny aircraft
@Betto_3333 жыл бұрын
it looks so cute! its the f86's son!!
@nonoyorbusness3 жыл бұрын
Just sheer good luck and piloting skill that the goblin didn't kill anyone!
@clarencemitchell52973 жыл бұрын
Absolutely awesome. Never underestimate the power and pure destructive capabilities of the Department of Defense. God Bless America!!
@Bad666Moon3 жыл бұрын
I live in Dayton, so I frequent the museum a lot. I’ve always thought this was a weird, but cool little plane.
@rongants60823 жыл бұрын
My pickup truck is longer than that thing. And Edward Shock was an American such as we rarely see anymore.
@Predator42ID3 жыл бұрын
Now we know how fighters are born.
@cranklabexplosion-labcentr82453 жыл бұрын
Uploaded 7 Seconds ago. Good band
@tymullen25483 жыл бұрын
Dwmn, I got 19 minutes and thought I was doing good 🤣🤣
@thejudgmentalcat3 жыл бұрын
GREAT band! "Headfuck Rollercoaster" kicks ass! Btw, great screen name...❤😎
@g436543 жыл бұрын
Seeing how planes perform aerial refuelling with a long hose, could they also have used this method, but after a successful coupling, the fighter would be winched back into the mothership?
@nanieas3 жыл бұрын
The SAC museum is just off highway 80 about 26 miles west of Omaha. I recommend a vist. They just acquired a F-117 stealth bomber.
@daf627573 жыл бұрын
One of these was on static display at the SAC Museum in Bellevue Nebraska until the moved the museum to Ashland, Nebraska. I graduated from Bellevue High School and used to drive past the museum going to and returning from school. I have never been to the new museum but maybe one day I can hit it on a bike trip.
@miekolock40602 жыл бұрын
That test pilot that had to do a belly landing on a dry lake bed, then do it over and over!!!! Legendary. But that first one must have been CRAZY!!! P.S. put video on 75X speed , cause this is interesting. it really helped catch the whole thing a lot easier.
@beverlychmelik55043 жыл бұрын
I'm wondering if some of the turbulence problem originated from the trapeze. It looks pretty draggy.
@Darknamja9 ай бұрын
Counter-intuitively, the advanced nature of the B-29 was one of the main overarching factors that precluded its use in the ETO. There were several overlapping reasons why the B-29 was never deployed to the ETO and the leading edge technology of Boeing's plane threaded through all of them. (1:00)
@ashcoops69623 жыл бұрын
Back in the day, Hasegawa model company sold versions of modern fighter jets in comical 'egg' form called Egg Planes. Kinda looked this this guy.
@Bearthedancingman2 жыл бұрын
Imagine that in an alternate universe, the B-36 became the main service bomber and every bomber would carry one F-85 in one of its four bomb bays. And while going to war in some European country, waves of B-36s sweep into enemy territory, and the F-85s prove to be deadly and effective after a few modifications (more powerful engine, ability to refuel from mothership, sidewinder missiles). 50 bombers defended by 50 fighters would actually be pretty effective in defending the formation as long as the fighters can match their enemy counterparts in flight performance.
@lebaillidessavoies38893 жыл бұрын
Reminds me those vacuum cleaners from the 50's , without the hose....you even have the handle and the skids...
@fixman883 жыл бұрын
Electrolux canister vacs. You can still get bags for those since a lot of them are still in use today.
@shawnr7713 жыл бұрын
You mean the ones that probably still work.
@christopherlewis18473 жыл бұрын
That is one gutsy pilot. I raise my drink to you, sir!
@calebyork50043 жыл бұрын
He protec He attac Most importantly, he needs to be back in time for dinner
@2150dalek3 жыл бұрын
It looks more like an escape pod than an escort fighter. Fascinating channel.
@Pile_of_carbon3 жыл бұрын
The Goblin looks like it came straight out of a Saturday morning cartoon or a Pixar movie.
@williamsquires30703 жыл бұрын
USAAF: We need a weird airplane. McDonnel Douglas: Here, hold my beer.
@scubaguy0073 жыл бұрын
Adorable. Just simply adorable.
@Backroad_Junkie3 жыл бұрын
If you ever want to see pure speed and beauty, the next time your passing Dayton, OH, stop in a the National Museum of the USAF in Kettering, at the Wright-Patterson AFB. They have this, and hundreds of other aircraft on display. Truly and amazing place...
@georgec2126 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting, thank you! I'm currently waiting on an operation to remove a tumour from my throat, and feeling really rough. But your reports are helping to keep my mind active and complete insanity at bay!👍 Subscribed I am, and subscribed I shall remain. Thanks again!👌
@gmanbo3 жыл бұрын
For some reason I think drones are going to fit this concept. Possibly controlled from on board the mother plane
@viscose8083 жыл бұрын
There’s one at Wright Patts air force museum in Dayton Ohio. This is one of my favorite design ideas.
@chucklesprice3 жыл бұрын
Looks difficult to say the least. Mad skills required.
@imouse32463 жыл бұрын
That pilot had true grit.
@avengersprime54313 жыл бұрын
Although the parasite fighter project failed, I do think that the concept is pretty cool.
@hoon4tw3 жыл бұрын
Your videos are incredible. Everything in the Dark series is awesome. I'm going to be hooking my dad up with Magellan this weekend because of my respect for the work of the Dark channels. My dad isn't computer able, I suppose you could say, but he can work the controller on the TV/Cable and that will get him to Magellan.
@bradthackston23233 жыл бұрын
You drop bombs we drop jets
@randallulrich2 жыл бұрын
With the Goblin, you didn't climb into the cockpit --- you just strapped it on.
@robharris8844U3 жыл бұрын
This is how drones will be with master jets in the not so distant future.
@EJBert3 жыл бұрын
If baby Yoda had his own jet fighter it would be the Goblin.
@JayHeartwing3 жыл бұрын
I'm feeling this might comeback, but with drones. Smaller drones for fighters,andbigger drones for stealth bombers
@Lobsterwithinternet3 жыл бұрын
“Ew! I don't like 'em! I don't like goblins! UAAAAAAAAAAAAA-” - Lockheed, maybe
@NathanPa-xo3zj3 жыл бұрын
I think this might resemble the Okka Suicide plane
@gallennorris7823 жыл бұрын
I got to see both the XF-85 Goblin and B-36 Peacemaker they have at the Strategic Air and Space museum in Omaha, Nebraska
@ronaldcross3 жыл бұрын
The B-29 was not used in bombing raids against Germany.
@MDiAngelo3 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate that you always tell us where we can find an aircraft today,
@Quentin03523 жыл бұрын
My favorite aircraft at the Museum of the USAF when I was growing up.
@ryba693 жыл бұрын
I really love your very informative videos! Could you include metric values when you speak imperial feet or pounds? It would help out a lot of us viewers, as most of the world doesn’t use imperial measurments ;)
@Shining_Whit3 жыл бұрын
'The B17, B24 and B29 faced fierce opposition from Luftwaffe aircraft'? I was under the impression the B29 did not fly operationally in Europe.
@nobody-ly9ef3 жыл бұрын
The back story of modern human ingenuity from the past is wildly interesting.
@philipbay15483 жыл бұрын
6:44 damn, he was one hell of a pilot
@shawnadams19653 жыл бұрын
I had a model of the goblin as a kid.
@theOcean413 жыл бұрын
It's a great idea, they just didn't have the technology or know how to achieve it properly. Today I see this working beautifully by using drones much like how the new gen fighter jets coming out are supposed to have. Supposedly each new fighter will have 1 or 2 wingman drones aiding them in battle. Cool stuff
@blaze37663 жыл бұрын
There's a spaceship in Jets 'N' Guns called Grooman G-3 Goblin and it looks very similar, it was probably inspired by this craft. :D
@EncrypticMethods3 жыл бұрын
Great docu on an aircraft i've never heard of. And if you've never experienced wake turbulence from a small GA aircraft you haven't lived.
@commonwealthtogether71143 жыл бұрын
Son : Mam i want that. Mam : oh son we already have the one Son : but mam we dont have any super fortress. Daddy: call the air force
@savage22bolt323 жыл бұрын
In WW1 we has the Curtis F9-C Sparrowhawk biplane. It would launch & be retrieved on a boom hanging down form a blimp. The blimp could hold several of these inside. Don't remember the exact quantity.
@musewolfman3 жыл бұрын
Having seen this at the WPAFB museum, let me just say, this thing looks weird as hell on video, but it looks even weirder in person.
@matthewgribble9393 жыл бұрын
Some of these comments.......thanks. U made my night.
@frostedbutts43403 жыл бұрын
Might have been slightly less terrible if they hadn't insisted on it fitting 100% in the bombbay. Making it so small means it could never fight real interceptors even if they got the dangerous docking system working.
@tealc62183 жыл бұрын
This idea maybe could work with an autonomous blimp (mothership) with a small compliment of drones that took off and would recovered by the blimp
@DwayneETowns3 жыл бұрын
I find your videos very fascinating, and well done.