Parasite - The Most Bizarre US Air Force Aircraft Ever Tested

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Parasite - The Most Bizarre US Air Force Aircraft Ever Tested - XF-85 Goblin

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The McDonnell XF-85 Goblin has been called the most bizarre aircraft ever built.
In an era of spirited aircraft exploration, the US Army Air Forces approved the creation of a parasite jet fighter designed to eject out of a Convair B-36 Peacemaker to combat interceptor attackers and protect its mother ship. The fighter would then return and dock back into the bomber.
The outlandish concept was conceived as far back as the 1930s, but the project resurfaced at the end of World War II. A new crop of bombers was being developed, and their escort fighters were becoming obsolete.
McDonnell Aircraft then introduced us to the Goblin, a 5,600-pound egg-shaped aircraft that became the smallest jet-propelled fighter ever assembled.
Two prototypes were built, and a decorated pilot was chosen to perform the tests-the promise to revolutionize air combat held by a thread.
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@fancyultrafresh3264 3 жыл бұрын

The balls on early Cold War test pilots often interfered with their plane's weight distribution.

@jimmynickelz 3 жыл бұрын

More thumbs up for this one folks

@brentfu1119 3 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@chiroquacker2580 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it makes one wonder how they even fit them in the cockpit?

@suspicionofdeceit 3 жыл бұрын

It threw off their fuel calculations.

@retiredbektek 3 жыл бұрын

@aDBo'Ch 1 unless they distributed the two proportionately

@fernandosalvador369 3 жыл бұрын

"Arch! I've just been shot down by the most cutest wittle baby fighter"

@dougsteel7414 3 жыл бұрын

I'd have to protect it, even if it was the enemy

@name.placeholder1965 3 жыл бұрын

The most adorable killing machine.

@matthewshadle7131 3 жыл бұрын

@matthewcaughey8898 3 жыл бұрын

Looks cute till you realize it’s horking .50 caliber bullets at you

@revolversaucelot2100 3 жыл бұрын

UwU

@catjudo1 3 жыл бұрын

So, three hookups out of seven attempts... even a Goblin has a better dating life than I do...

@richardbradley2335 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant and bless you....

@kiwi_comanche 3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@WarblesOnALot 3 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 !

@DFX2KX 3 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.

@WarblesOnALot 3 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 !

@SkyhawkSteve 3 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!

@nateborck4577 3 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.

@murkazmurka3415 3 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-ms6qw 3 жыл бұрын

@@nateborck4577 he still makes mistakes quite often

@JimLahey21 3 жыл бұрын

@@murkazmurka3415 you never did master that grammar

@kiwi_comanche 3 жыл бұрын

@@JimLahey21 touché 🤣

@dk6024 3 жыл бұрын

Once you've dive bombed a battleship you'll do anything, apparently.

@TheDavidlloydjones 3 жыл бұрын

Hell of a recovery, though! (I don't think a project this stupid deserved to have personnel that good...)

@polishpotatos9282 3 жыл бұрын

yeah he just crushed the ship with his massive balls

@kaneo1 3 жыл бұрын

"Here's your Navy Cross. Now, as a reward for your bravery-" 'What the heck is That thing??'

@nickschneider774 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Imagine being the only person in history who has flown that plane. What a feeling that would be..

@soupz3557 3 жыл бұрын

I've actually seen the Goblin in person before. It's even smaller than it looks.

@matsv201 3 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

@robertsullivan4773 3 жыл бұрын

I agree I saw it at Dayton. Looked at it and said to a freind whst were they thinking.

@rex9502 3 жыл бұрын

@@matsv201 which battlefield?

@jeepwavesrq7104 3 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

@twizz420 3 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

@jenniferleaf9239 3 жыл бұрын

New pilot “I wanna be a fighter pilot!” Air Force “ sure! Here is your plane son, the goblin!” New pilot “Uhhhh...”

@hardanalljr.3138 3 жыл бұрын

That pay and a free Aircraft to drive

@RebeccaCampbell1969 3 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

@gittyupalice96 3 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-ms6qw 3 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.

@ashleyhamman 3 жыл бұрын

The airforce equivalent of MIB's Noisy Cricket.

@biomecraft356 3 жыл бұрын

"The weirdest fighter of all time" *glances at XP-55*

@kyle857 3 жыл бұрын

F117

@JoeyBaby47 3 жыл бұрын

X-29 XFV Fairey Gannet

@largosgaming 3 жыл бұрын

I'd rather fly the "A** Ender" than this thing.

@Hubba404 3 жыл бұрын

Raises eyebrow in SAAB 21

@devonlord99 3 жыл бұрын

@@JoeyBaby47 The Gannet was an anti-submarine warfare aircraft

@firstperson7602GMAIL 3 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.

@matthewcaughey8898 3 жыл бұрын

At least they didn’t call it the knob goblin lol

@tlshortyshorty5810 3 жыл бұрын

While unsuitable for stability, this meant a lot of maneuverability, right?

@Bearthedancingman 2 жыл бұрын

I've read that the aircraft was actually a good flyer. But a bit twitchy. And yes, very maneuverable.

@thomasabrams2954 3 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_Guy 3 жыл бұрын

Oh , that's so cool!

@mysterious6856 3 жыл бұрын

I wanna see!!

@jeffreymcfadden9403 3 жыл бұрын

Really takes 2-3 days to see it all folks.

@rattyratstuff7125 3 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

@rattyratstuff7125 3 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.

@jamesw9930 3 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine how hard a Mig 17 pilot would have been laughing while he shot this thing down?

@Jamie-zs8ok 3 жыл бұрын

He might feel bad the goblin is so cute

@Phoenix-xn3sf 3 жыл бұрын

Assuming he could even hit it.

@Mister_Clean 3 жыл бұрын

He'll be laughing, right up until he sees two sidewinders coming toward him

@kaneo1 3 жыл бұрын

_Goblin casts Tasha's Hideous Laughter_

@Hykje 3 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-xn3sf 3 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.

@richardbradley2335 3 жыл бұрын

''What a stupid idea'' Me sitting here listening to this while painting plastic toy soldiers.

@dirus3142 2 жыл бұрын

Videos on prototype military aircraft and vehicles make me wish Hasbro made a toy for GI Joe based on it.

@The_ZeroLine 3 жыл бұрын

Let’s appreciate the fact that this guy successfully pulled off endless emergency belly landings in what was an unstably short body.

@bias0437 3 жыл бұрын

Heck yea, the goblin, boy oh boy am i glad you made a video on this Dark.

@holeshotshane6344 3 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.

@holeshotshane6344 3 жыл бұрын

@Robert Flask lol even god has to be a lil surprized he didn't exactly design humans with this scenario mind

@randomjojofan7679 3 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

@toonbat 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe you're bigger than you think! >:D

@richardadams4928 3 жыл бұрын

Man, Edward Shock was some kinda bad-ass to keep trying something so demonstrably dangerous.

@clearcreek69 3 жыл бұрын

He's a trapeze artist inside an egg with wings

@kickassneilum 3 жыл бұрын

Hes a legend. Get it right.

@lairdcummings9092 3 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.

@brianjob3018 3 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?

@ab5olut3zero95 3 жыл бұрын

@Commando Ace that is why no one will remember your name.

@jalan8171 3 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.

@jeffreymcfadden9403 3 жыл бұрын

Just another HUGE shout-out to the National Museum of the USAF in Dayton, Ohio!

@Whiskey11Gaming 3 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.

@gsmontag 3 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.

@OMNIBAD 3 жыл бұрын

Me163: can’t get any crazier than me XF85: Hold my landing gear

@peter-coates 3 жыл бұрын

No hold my b-29 super fortress as it didn’t have landing gear

@toonbat 3 жыл бұрын

"Hold my half-pint."

@cameronanderson3304 3 жыл бұрын

The concept can come back now since how well advanced we are into drones just saying.

@shaider1982 3 жыл бұрын

Yup, there was a proposal for a 747 drone carrier.

@FIRE_STORMFOX-3692 3 жыл бұрын

Ace combat 7 :D

@bobkohl6779 3 жыл бұрын

Drones are "loyal wingmen" not parasites

@FIRE_STORMFOX-3692 3 жыл бұрын

@@bobkohl6779 try fighting a swarm then re consider it

@That_Freedom_Guy 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree.

@t.r.campbell6585 2 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.

@kenny10188 3 жыл бұрын

OH THE MEMORIES OF THIS AIRCRAFT! Battlefield 1942 Secret Weapons!

@garypinholster1962 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best expansions ever.

@dyslexiksteve2488 3 жыл бұрын

If you had put this out on the 1st of April, I would have thought it was a joke

@Starfishscalemodeling 3 жыл бұрын

Without the huge red ellipse in the thumbnail I would not have noticed that Goblin.

@spacetexan8695 3 жыл бұрын

Goblin? That red circle wasn’t indicating open sky?

@brycepeterson1969 3 жыл бұрын

Unleash the goblin

@adamdubin1276 3 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!

@dirus3142 2 жыл бұрын

Should be in a pixar movie

@Booozy3050 3 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.

@jeffbruce 3 жыл бұрын

Narrator: because the B-29 was smaller than a B-36…. Viewers: Everything is smaller than a B-36…

@Justanotherconsumer 3 жыл бұрын

*laughs in H-4*

@spirz4557 3 жыл бұрын

@@Justanotherconsumer This one's out league x)

@CodeRed001 3 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 .

@winternow2242 3 жыл бұрын

I imagine you'd be happier being the MiG pilot sent to wipe these out.

@MichelleW870 2 жыл бұрын

mig pilot : "oh my god, they sent an armada of flying mentos at me"

@skunkbucket9408 3 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.

@wilfredosoto2722 3 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_emmerian6510 3 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

@pramodkaranth9479 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like a fighter from the 'Talespin' cartoon...😂

@fixman88 3 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

@michaelreedx6823 3 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.

@jalan8171 3 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!

@tfcooks 3 жыл бұрын

I built a model of one of these when I was a kid. It was the most cartoonish airplane ever.

@igorino1767 3 жыл бұрын

This looks like something straight from Japan

@spirz4557 3 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_a 3 жыл бұрын

@@spirz4557 sussy baka

@matthewgordon8199 3 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_333 3 жыл бұрын

it looks so cute! its the f86's son!!

@nonoyorbusness 3 жыл бұрын

Just sheer good luck and piloting skill that the goblin didn't kill anyone!

@clarencemitchell5297 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely awesome. Never underestimate the power and pure destructive capabilities of the Department of Defense. God Bless America!!

@Bad666Moon 3 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.

@rongants6082 3 жыл бұрын

My pickup truck is longer than that thing. And Edward Shock was an American such as we rarely see anymore.

@Predator42ID 3 жыл бұрын

Now we know how fighters are born.

@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 3 жыл бұрын

Uploaded 7 Seconds ago. Good band

@tymullen2548 3 жыл бұрын

Dwmn, I got 19 minutes and thought I was doing good 🤣🤣

@thejudgmentalcat 3 жыл бұрын

GREAT band! "Headfuck Rollercoaster" kicks ass! Btw, great screen name...❤😎

@g43654 3 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?

@nanieas 3 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.

@daf62757 3 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.

@miekolock4060 2 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.

@beverlychmelik5504 3 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering if some of the turbulence problem originated from the trapeze. It looks pretty draggy.

@Darknamja 9 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)

@ashcoops6962 3 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.

@Bearthedancingman 2 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.

@lebaillidessavoies3889 3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me those vacuum cleaners from the 50's , without the hose....you even have the handle and the skids...

@fixman88 3 жыл бұрын

Electrolux canister vacs. You can still get bags for those since a lot of them are still in use today.

@shawnr771 3 жыл бұрын

You mean the ones that probably still work.

@christopherlewis1847 3 жыл бұрын

That is one gutsy pilot. I raise my drink to you, sir!

@calebyork5004 3 жыл бұрын

He protec He attac Most importantly, he needs to be back in time for dinner

@2150dalek 3 жыл бұрын

It looks more like an escape pod than an escort fighter. Fascinating channel.

@Pile_of_carbon 3 жыл бұрын

The Goblin looks like it came straight out of a Saturday morning cartoon or a Pixar movie.

@williamsquires3070 3 жыл бұрын

USAAF: We need a weird airplane. McDonnel Douglas: Here, hold my beer.

@scubaguy007 3 жыл бұрын

Adorable. Just simply adorable.

@Backroad_Junkie 3 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!👌

@gmanbo 3 жыл бұрын

For some reason I think drones are going to fit this concept. Possibly controlled from on board the mother plane

@viscose808 3 жыл бұрын

There’s one at Wright Patts air force museum in Dayton Ohio. This is one of my favorite design ideas.

@chucklesprice 3 жыл бұрын

Looks difficult to say the least. Mad skills required.

@imouse3246 3 жыл бұрын

That pilot had true grit.

@avengersprime5431 3 жыл бұрын

Although the parasite fighter project failed, I do think that the concept is pretty cool.

@hoon4tw 3 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.

@bradthackston2323 3 жыл бұрын

You drop bombs we drop jets

@randallulrich 2 жыл бұрын

With the Goblin, you didn't climb into the cockpit --- you just strapped it on.

@robharris8844U 3 жыл бұрын

This is how drones will be with master jets in the not so distant future.

@EJBert 3 жыл бұрын

If baby Yoda had his own jet fighter it would be the Goblin.

@JayHeartwing 3 жыл бұрын

I'm feeling this might comeback, but with drones. Smaller drones for fighters,andbigger drones for stealth bombers

@Lobsterwithinternet 3 жыл бұрын

“Ew! I don't like 'em! I don't like goblins! UAAAAAAAAAAAAA-” - Lockheed, maybe

@NathanPa-xo3zj 3 жыл бұрын

I think this might resemble the Okka Suicide plane

@gallennorris782 3 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

@ronaldcross 3 жыл бұрын

The B-29 was not used in bombing raids against Germany.

@MDiAngelo 3 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate that you always tell us where we can find an aircraft today,

@Quentin0352 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite aircraft at the Museum of the USAF when I was growing up.

@ryba69 3 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_Whit 3 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-ly9ef 3 жыл бұрын

The back story of modern human ingenuity from the past is wildly interesting.

@philipbay1548 3 жыл бұрын

6:44 damn, he was one hell of a pilot

@shawnadams1965 3 жыл бұрын

I had a model of the goblin as a kid.

@theOcean41 3 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

@blaze3766 3 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

@EncrypticMethods 3 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.

@commonwealthtogether7114 3 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

@savage22bolt32 3 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.

@musewolfman 3 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.

@matthewgribble939 3 жыл бұрын

Some of these comments.......thanks. U made my night.

@frostedbutts4340 3 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.