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SO MUCH WORLD WAR in one day - who could possibly handle this? Oh, we could. Love your Inside the Cockpit series.

The RE8 was in fact quite an achievement by the British government's Royal Aircraft Factory! An aircraft with the lowest possible performance, yet with vicious handling characteristics represents an accomplishment only government could manage!

Ah, more about the magnificent men and their flying machines. There's a lot I don't know about aviation in WW1. But you are helping me to expand my knowlege, cheers for that. I like the video and your cooperation with the museum. I'm impressed that they let you climb into their precious plane.

In 1968 I was ten, and was taken by my father to meet an old Harry Tate pilot in Wales. Pretty much all I remember about it was the four-bladed propeller he had mounted on the wall of his living room - it only just fitted!

Are we going to get an "oh my god the plane is on fire" test in the future?

I really enjoyed your even-handed evaluation of this airplane. My grandfather was a gunner-observer in RE-8s for a while, which seems almost bizarre to think today. I used to show him little 1/72 models of WWI aircraft I built, and he would tell me things about them, but alas, no RE-8 was available at the time.

this was very good.. I found this through my "recommended" videos.. well done I will have to watch a few more.. if they are this good I will sub up and I think enjoy this channel.. thanks for the share and please ..carry on!

These keep getting better and better, great series! *I like how it is positive attention for the museum and gives us a unique chance to see the inside of a cockpit as well, it seems like a great collaboration that benefits everyone :)

A lighthearted contribution: When I was young I received a book as a gift called the worlds worst aircraft. Chapter 2 featured the RE8. I remember getting a little bit stoned and reading this book one time. I don’t think there was a time where I laughed quite as hard as I did when I read this chapter. The writing is gold. at the heading of the chapter there was a very old black and white photograph of a pilot sitting in an RE8. The caption read something like “You can almost feel the panic in the eyes of this poor royal air force pilot as he anticipates taking off in his rickety RE8.’ It was the perfect description for the photo😂. Another memorable quote from the book read something like “one by one the pilots got in the seat, tried the controls and then walked away shaking their heads. “ If you like books about aeroplanes it’s a delightful read.

Outstanding video in every way. Production quality, narrative, just everything. There were a lot of interesting things, like the individual switches for gauge lighting, bomb sight, and the observers stick storage.

13:31 So that's where my garden chair went. I WANT IT BACK.

Thank you for presenting this very informative article about the RE8. My Great Uncle Lt. William James Chalk was flying as an observer during 'Bloody April' in an RE8 on April 13th, 1917 when he and his pilot were shot down and killed during the Battle of Arras. Baron Manfred von Richtofen's JASTA 11 had been recently sent to the Arras region and wreaked havoc on the inferior British aircraft available at that time. It was so bad that during the month of April in the Arras region the average life span of a British pilot in the air was only 18 hours.

I loved this plane in Rise of Flight. Putting a light bombload under it and 2 gun turret made it a beast. Had so much fun flying with a friend.

i got to it with 427 likes and zero yes ZERO dislikes... Its well deserved a great episode and delivery

Always great to see these early kites up close. Really enjoyed seeing the cockpit and its instruments. Thank you. A walk around the entire aircraft would be really helpful for scale modellers doing research. 👍🏻👍🏻

How could I live without your KZfaq channel ?? Your knowledge about aviation history is just incredible.

The craftsmanship in that propeller ...

Posted just in time for my lunch break. Danke mein Freund. Liebe aus Amerika.

Love the 'Harry Tate', just something classic about it.

nice work Bismarck. very polished. I see a career looming.

Excellent quality video and aside from the content it reminds me of how much I enjoy history or industrial & military heritage in general. I really can see "Bismark" as a presenter on commercial broadcast/streaming history programmes in future.

Simply more fantastic work Bis. Fantastic.

Excellent! A new video :)

Great video, thanks! (And some nice colloquial English too - well done).

love this video, my great-grand uncle flew the RE8 for 9 SQN and was killed in october 1917 over Belgium... this plane has a special place in my heart

Thanks for sharing, very informative.

Excellent work.

I think it is interesting that you have chosen the RE8 as a subject, this aircraft together with aircraft like the Rumpler 2 seaters did serious jobs for their respective military forces & could be compared in a favourable way to balloons which persisted as an observation platform well into WW1. I think the task of Artillery Observation (apparently called ‘Art Obs’ by the RFC personnel who had to do the job) is considered to be a major innovation in the effectiveness of long range artillery, with initial use of messages dropped on the gun positions by the spotter aircraft, before the use of rudimentary wireless systems, together with the comprehensive photomosaics that both side developed allowing commanders a far greater appreciation of their strategic position.

Great filmwork at the introduction, worked well.

Very informative as usual. Interesting bomb sight.

Great video, big improvement in production quality too!

Thanks for sharing excellent 👍

Daaamn, that channel is exactly what I was always hoping for. Great stuff, keep it up! :>>

Chris thanks, excellent, we begin to get a sense of the type and the difficulties and adversities of the ww1 pilots.

When you're short on war materials, throw in Granny's patio furniture

A wonderful video

Definitely do more WW1 aircraft. I really am liking the style of these videos.

It should be borne in mind that the R.E.8 was designed to serve as a stable platform for observation and reconnaissance, not to serve as a highly-maneuverable air-to-air fighter. (The difference between those two terms was that the term "observation", in the context of WW-I flying, generally meant directing the fire of the artillery, rather than reconnoitering the enemy's positions and movements). It should also be understood that, while frequently criticized, the R.E.8 was actually a marked improvement over the aircraft it was designed to succeed, the pre-war B.E.2C, because the R.E.8 pilot was seated IN FRONT of the observer. That gave the R.E.8 several important advantages over its' predecessor. First, the observer had a vastly improved view from which to carry out his tasks. Second, the observer enjoyed a far more effective field of fire for his defensive machine gun which, in the old B.E.2C, had been impeded by the wings above and below him, not to mention the numerous struts and wires surrounding his position. Third, the pilot had a much better view for taking off, flying and landing, because his view was not obstructed by having the observer seated in front of him. Much of the poor reputation for which the R.E.8 is remembered stems from the fact that, despite the fact that it was built in large numbers, it was markedly inferior to other contemporary British two-seat aircraft, such as the D.H.4 and Bristol Fighter.

Granddad was in 59 squadron RFC. This squadron is famous for losing an entire flight of 6 RE8's to German fighters in 5 minutes.(13th April 1917). The RE8 had the highest casualty rate in the RFC/RAF in WW1. Granddad was lucky in that he flew in the squadrons Bristol Fighters. Some sources state that only RE8's were flown - well I have a relative from that squadron who says different - and he was there!

Now I want to see you in a Sopwith Camel, or an S.E.5... Wonderful presentation though, and I look forward to the day you cover one of those two iconic fighters in the same way. As well as the Spads... Albatrosses.... Oh..... guess you have a pretty long list! Not many people cover WWI aircraft the same way as you do though... so please, keep it up.

Awww Dang Bismarck, *GREAT VIDEO* and great content to relate. "Harry Tate" doesn't only rhyme with R.E.8 -- that's part of the whole idea of "Cockney Rhyming Slang".

14:25 War Thunder: "THERE IS A HOLE IN YOUR LEFT WING!!"

Getting pro Bismarck, like it!

Love the R.E.8

mk1 eyeball cracked me up

Still one of my favourite planes in "Rise of Flight".. very nicely modeled.

Shame the ‘Fee’ is hanging from the ceiling, that’s a cockpit vid I would love to see! The Sopwith Triplane & Dolphin would both be great contenders for other videos in this series though! Loving all the WW1 content! 😁

Any more WW1 aircraft videos like this to come? This is great stuff, haven’t seen much like it before.

Please more videos of planes from WW1 and before. Always loved the old bi-planes.

We need an episode on the hawkers typhoon

Ian Mccullum from forgotten weapons is “Gun Jesus” are you “plane Jesus”?

Could you do a video of the evolution & performance of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk?

Do you know which generation of aircraft introduced trim tabs to keep them level at various altitudes and speeds?

I noticed that the propeller of the R.E. 8 spins in a clockwise direction, while mosy WWI planes that I have seen have propellers that spin in the opposite direction. Was there a reasn for the difference?

Experienced pilots had no problem changing from BE2s to RE8s, vide 34 Squadron and 14 Squadron.

I wanna fly one of these.

Oh no the plane is on fire!

Do you also can make a Video about the Fokker Dr 1 or the Albatros Bomber please?

Artificial horizon?? Are you sure that's not some kind of gimbaled compass/inclinometer gadget? I've neve heard of artificial horizons from that era.

Well, at least the airspeed indicator is INSIDE the cockpit 😅

I have two picture frames made from an RE8 propeller, from a plane that crashed in 1917 at Suez.

Probably a silly question but how did the observer call in corrections for artillery strikes? Did they use flares? Drop message canisters? Pigeons... ?

Yay!!!!!

Is it a new bird? I visited RAF London couple of times, but don't remember this one... Also, I didn't get to sit in any of them :(

Will there be a profile on the Bristol F.2 Fighter?

Am I the only one who likes reconnaissance planes over fighters in WW1?

Was the Pilot's Lewis Gun belt fed? or did he have to swap in ammo drums as well??

those huge intake ? exhaust ? pipes on top of the engine look like they were welded on by an apprentice steam ship designer in a fit of aesthetic incompetence ! what were those four pipes under the engine for ?

Why a four bladed propeller and not the usual two , as in the fighters? ✌️🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

So is this thing even flown or is it just for looking at...

Obviously the pilot seat was cheap and easy to manufacture.. plus, the pilots really wouldn’t be flying in just a shirt, so a thick jumper, flying jacket etc.. would presumably provide more padding and comfort..

How was air to ground communication performed during the First World War? How did the observation aircraft work with the artillery? Morse code?

I just started reasing chickenhawk, any chance of an inside rhe huey ;)

I would like to get information about an ancestor of mine his name was captain Maurice Felix West he was an observer in a RE8 aircraft.He was killed in action on the 22.7 1918 would anyone be able to help me please if possible some photos of him please

So this is basically a Po-2 But made in Britain, during ww1

Do "In Defense of the worst aircraft in World War II: Brewster F2A Buffalo" and "In Defense of the Worst Aircraft of World War II: Lavochkin Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3".

What had a lower life expectancy? Flying one of these or one of the fighters at the time.

Personally, I think i'd rather take my chances in the trenches than go up in a "Harry Tate". At least then I'd have a chance to not get burned alive in a petrol fire. I can only boggle at the boffins as the factory going "we know best, we're scientists" and ignoring the feed-back from the poor sods who had to fly it. Bloody April owes a LOT to this pig of a plane. Only the Fairy Battle in '39 comes close to being such a deathtrap against a decently flown fighter. Or the Defiant. Or the Blenheim. Hum..... What IS it with us Brits?

Plane Jesus?

Don't fly this plane with BO, you know he's bound to screw with your flight stick with his own personal stick in the back.

Do you mean 'morale of its own pilots' ?

Looks like a suicide machine. 103 mph top speed. Poor manoeuvrability. Tricky handling characteristics. Wouldn't give much for the crews' chances.

After finding out about Mark Felton Prductions' KZfaq channel, I'm sorry but his videos are much more interesting and plus he's an actual historian.

The aircraft in the video is not one of the two surviving originals but a replica made in 2011 in New Zealand.

New, inexperienced pilots complaining that the aircraft must be broken because they can't fly it? Sound's like IL-2 GB forums...

PILOT'S SUGGESTIONS,TOO DEPRESSING,-AND IGNORED !!--HOW BLOODY TYPICAL-!!-"DON'T TELL US,--WE'LL TELL YOU"--

Did he just call this thing the *_”Hairy Taint”?_*

i would enjoy more plane in film and less harry tate // funnie how we always think the back storie is so importiant // this is in the cockpit and we get mini clipas with poor lighting .. no views of guages like fuel and switch boxes but small views // too bad; butt you've missed it //

Plephora etc. Typical millennial lazy speech. If you're going to present an item, try to speak as though you care, that you are professional and set an example. You have to pace you narration; slow down.