The Giant Airliner With Cabins In Its Wings | Junkers G38 [Aircraft Overview #19]
The Junkers G38 is one of my favourite commercial aircraft from the interwar period - probably because I love blended wing designs. Developed during the late 1920s, it would become the largest landplane in the world when it first took off in 1929. Despite only two being built in Germany, they would quickly make a name for themselves with Lufthansa as luxurious air liners.
Its main feature was the massive wing, which had a span of 44 meters and was almost 2 meters thick. This allowed it to hold a pair of passenger cabins, 'engine rooms' for mechanics to service the engine, and a large fuel capacity - giving it excellent range and endurance. Unfortunately the aircraft was let down somewhat by its lack of passenger capacity (never exceeding 34), but it was an exciting demonstration of 'big wing' design. The G38 was also built under licence in Japan as the Mitsubishi Ki-20 (or Type 92).
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It's genuinely incredible that just 26 years after the first flight, we were building 21 ton aircraft with 3,000hp. Science and engineering developments are truly fascinating
Remember in less than a century we went from throwing an engine on strip of wood and cloth to launching people into space that's super impressive
@@alecdeter1999 Closer to just half a century, just 58 years. Even more amazingly, it was only 8 more years till we walked on the Moon. Orville Wright was still alive when the sound barrier was broken and when the F-86 was flying - a fully capable aircraft that was supersonic in a dive.
People were getting up to crazy shit before peer review became a thing..
3,000 hit points
and nowadays u can fly on a airliner that’s design is easily older than that. crazy
I can't get enough of these giant planes from the 1920s. The audacity of these designers is amazing considering they were building during an era when new wire-braced biplanes were still being produced.
That and airships make the 1920s - 1930s my favourite decades for aircraft development!
The audacity of engineering from all angles at the time period to be completely honest is incredible
@@RexsHangar If you like the interwar period you should definitely make it to WAAAM in Hood River Oregon. All the planes there fly as well. Outstanding collection of 20s and 30s aircraft , mostly civilian but a few military.
Me too buddy!
@@RexsHangar These aircraft and these decades also produced some iconic looks for illustrating sci-fi stories of the 1930s and 40s. In a way, a new era of steampunk. Those illustrations in turn became iconic for sci-fi. During my childhood in the 1960s my reading contained airplane history and enormous amounts of sci-fi, all while avidly following the unfolding space age. My dad loved airplanes, he was an electrical ground crew tech for B-29 turrets and post-war was an engineering draftsman for Grumman until ~1955. My uncle was an engineer at Grumman and worked on the Lunar Module. So I came by all these interests honestly!
When I first watch “The Wind Rises”, I thought the J-38 must have been another one of Miasaki’s fantasy planes. It is even more amazing to see that it was really all true!
Ditto. It really looks like an alt-history aircraft.
"A triumph of German industrial technology!"
"Halt, da herrscht Lebensgefahr" angry german face
I thought same way!
@@brrrt6666 "Das ist unser Sstolz!"
It's easy for any man and his dog to dig up old footage and call themselves a KZhead aviation historian, but too many of these channels turn out to be worthless clickbait with poor delivery and subjective, emotive padding and theorycrafting. Your delivery is excellent, your content very well assembled, and you have earned yourself a sub this day, sir.
WAIT . . . . .does the dog narrate the videos?? I MUST WATCH THIS VIDEO!!😎
That's what I've learned from all these "auto experts" I've run across on KZhead lately. Half of them are just on to rip a certain brand and get all the fanboys of other brands to agree with them.
agreed
Repent and follow Jesus! Contemplate how the Roman empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years to accomplish the religion of the Israelites C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate though because you can start a relationship with God and have proof. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life. - Revelation 3:20 Revelation has been unfolding since Jesus died. The Popes are now and have been claimed to be equal to God and set themselves in Jesus' place. Vatican City (Which is its own nation BTW) have risen up to fulfill the role of the false prophet 2 Thessalonians 2:4 says “Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” The restrainer that the Apostle Paul was referring to was the Western Roman Emperor, who held back the Popes from taking power. Once the last Western Roman Emperor was removed from power in 476 AD, the Pope was given civil and ecclesiastic authority over Rome; healing the deadly head wound, as they took the Emperors title of Pontifex Maximus, leader of the church and state. “We may according to the fullness of our power, dispose of the law and dispense above the law. Those whom the Pope of Rome doth separate, it is not a man that separates them but God. For the Pope holdeth place on earth, not simply of a man but of the true God.” (Source: “Decretals of Gregory IX,” Book 1, chapter 3.) Pope Pius V blasphemed, “The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth.” (Source: Pope Pius V, quoted in Barclay, Cities Petrus Bertanous Chapter XXVII: 218.) Pope Leo XIII declared, “We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.” (Source: Pope Leo XIII Encyclical Letter, June 20, 1894) The antichrist sea beast of Revelation points to the office of the papacy, the Popes of Rome, who controlled the Roman beast for 1,260 years, from 538-1798 AD. Daniel 7:25 says “And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.” The Popes of Rome spoke against Elohim and proclaimed to be God. They reigned for 1,260 years, from 538-1798 AD. during which they caused tens of millions of saints to be killed. The Pope’s title is Vicar of Christ, which in Latin is ‘Vicarius Filii Dei’, and equates numerically to the number 666
I want to associate myself with your comment. My rule is, if you expose your ignorance of the subject you purport to educate us about, I bail, but not without first posting a scathing rebuke.
The airfield near Dessau, where Hugo Junkers developed his planes, is still in existence. There is also a Hugo Junkers Museum.
I've added it to my list of places to visit when I finally travel to Europe again lol
I live right next to a street named Dessau.
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@@RexsHangar Then do it quickly so we can see more of your great videos. If you are looking for a place to stay in Germany, let me know. You are welcome.
Deßau is pretty cool. The city is on the come up💯
There is a difficult to pin-point elegance, and 'Art Deco' style, to the aesthetic, geometric, organic lines, of these beautifully designed planes ! What a capture of the 'era'
It's sad that so many interesting, historical, and ground-breaking aircraft didn't make it to today. Great video!!
The whole country was mostly destroyed...
I'm sure replicas are possible and do exist.
We. the Germans, are suppressed till now. Because we have brain. O.K.?
@@TeaLuck1 But replicas just aren't the same :(
Nono, I can see this sort of design making an appearance in the future If commercial prop-driven aircraft make a come back Eco-friendly, electric prop engines… possibly a contra-rotating configuration
I recall being fascinated by this plane when I first saw it on an episode of Wings many years ago. Details were scant, then I soon forgot about it. This presentation of its rich and detailed history is excellent. This is my favorite period of aviation history, and with so much rapid development, many designs were obsolete even before they took to the air. That this one lasted a good 12 years (even longer in Japan) is remarkable for its era. The combination of a metal monoplane wing and large, wooden propellers gives away its design at the intersection of different periods of aviation technology, and must have been a sight to behold when it landed at a local airfield. It's too bad that there are no surviving examples, but WWII did that to a lot of magnificent planes. It would have been really neat to see one make a trans-Atlantic trip.
I absolutely love inter-war aviation! Most people just talk about ww1 and ww2, but what happens in between is so fascinating! This is my new favorite channel!
Yeah, I get that war drives a lot of innovation, but I'm far more interested in the genius that went into aviation intended for other purposes. It seems far more varied.
I remember building a scale model of this as a child and being fascinated by its unique arrangement and design, really unusual for today's standards.
What amazes me about this aircraft is the swept wings - not at all typical for the time.
Where you get the model?
This aircraft is lovingly depicted in the Miyazaki movie The Wind Rises. It's really incredible.
God bless you yes
Hey, didn't know about this movie so far. So thanks for the info, bro !
ah - I see you beat me to it - yes I recognised it immediately from the under shots from kzhead.info/sun/aNl_frOsqqeZfn0/bejne.html
Cool! I have that movie on Blu-ray, but I haven't watched it yet.
"Dr Junkers is in trouble."
It always amazes me when these engineers and designers come up with such a radical massive new products. This guy had his foot on the pedal at 120% as far as daydreaming new stuff all day long, and then staying up a whole lot of late nights drawing and planning. This is really someone wrapping their head around modern technology back in the day and coming up with something extraordinary! Got to admire them!!!
I think that it’s safe to call Junkers a genius in his time. Imagine the kinds of things he’d be dreaming up today!
Ah Ludacris came to my mind...
Repent and follow Jesus! Contemplate how the Roman empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years to accomplish the religion of the Israelites C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate though because you can start a relationship with God and have proof. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life. - Revelation 3:20 Revelation has been unfolding since Jesus died. The Popes are now and have been claimed to be equal to God and set themselves in Jesus' place. Vatican City (Which is its own nation BTW) have risen up to fulfill the role of the false prophet 2 Thessalonians 2:4 says “Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” The restrainer that the Apostle Paul was referring to was the Western Roman Emperor, who held back the Popes from taking power. Once the last Western Roman Emperor was removed from power in 476 AD, the Pope was given civil and ecclesiastic authority over Rome; healing the deadly head wound, as they took the Emperors title of Pontifex Maximus, leader of the church and state. “We may according to the fullness of our power, dispose of the law and dispense above the law. Those whom the Pope of Rome doth separate, it is not a man that separates them but God. For the Pope holdeth place on earth, not simply of a man but of the true God.” (Source: “Decretals of Gregory IX,” Book 1, chapter 3.) Pope Pius V blasphemed, “The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth.” (Source: Pope Pius V, quoted in Barclay, Cities Petrus Bertanous Chapter XXVII: 218.) Pope Leo XIII declared, “We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.” (Source: Pope Leo XIII Encyclical Letter, June 20, 1894) The antichrist sea beast of Revelation points to the office of the papacy, the Popes of Rome, who controlled the Roman beast for 1,260 years, from 538-1798 AD. Daniel 7:25 says “And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.” The Popes of Rome spoke against Elohim and proclaimed to be God. They reigned for 1,260 years, from 538-1798 AD. during which they caused tens of millions of saints to be killed. The Pope’s title is Vicar of Christ, which in Latin is ‘Vicarius Filii Dei’, and equates numerically to the number 666
@@wynottgivemore9274 Hi there! Jesus Christ loves you! He is the only way to heaven. May God bless you! :)
Inter war aviation is really festinating. It's a bit like the age of the dinosaurs with some massive and obscure designs
those wing cabins were totally awesome i wonder about the noise from the engines, but the view...
noise isn't exactly a problem when every plane is loud anyways. even today's 'quiet' cabins didn't really come about until the 1960s
I would not have liked to sit in that cabin next to the engines. You’d be deaf by the end of the flight.
@@pat8988 But those two nose seats though!👍
I think aircraft evacuation drills could have been 'interesting', too!
@@jimmason8502 Yeah, those nose seats! First to the scene of an accident! 😀
You have to love the sheer crazy-train audacity of these dieselpunk designs from the "teenage years" of aviation development.
Dieselpunk? Surely Kerosenepunk, much more volatile ⛽
Thank you! I very much like the style of your short documentations. I'm sure it was a lot of work to find photos, analyze manuals and dig into the history of this truly amazing aircraft! I'd love to see more videos of this quality about airliners from the 20s, 30s, and 40s!
I gotta love how we've had the totally sane Fokker F VII and Ford Trimotor and these totally insane aircraft in the 1920s. It's probably an healthy state for an industry to be in. Where there's reliable products while also having some insanely experimental products that work, or not.
Imagine sitting in front of the wing with a big panorama window next to a roaring engine. It was probably deafening but also a breathtaking view out front!
Hindenburg for me please! loved the panorama windows in the bar!
Mein Uropa war dort Tragflächenschlösser. Mein Opa wohnt 500m von der alten Start und Landebahn. Bis heute prägen mich die Geschichten und meine Liebe zu Flugzeugen.
Junkers was one of the greatest engineers in history
Very well researched, good photos, and I must say, the narration was the best I have ever seen in an historical vlog. I know aviation history well, and this was nearly perfect.
I wish we still made amazing designs like this.
Amazing! The passenger was right there, in front of the wing--experiencing the journey like flying a paramotor 😅
Spetacular ! Congrats, I didn't know this most important part of the aviation history.
Wow! What a plane, and such a great presentation. Excellent work, really can't thank you enough!!
Amazing !! A wing so thick you can stand in and maintain the engines during flight !! Really unbelievable !! 😲👍
It’s an intriguing aircraft. I’d love to have been able to board one, just to look around!
Same here
Repent and follow Jesus! Contemplate how the Roman empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years to accomplish the religion of the Israelites C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate though because you can start a relationship with God and have proof. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life. - Revelation 3:20 Revelation has been unfolding since Jesus died. The Popes are now and have been claimed to be equal to God and set themselves in Jesus' place. Vatican City (Which is its own nation BTW) have risen up to fulfill the role of the false prophet 2 Thessalonians 2:4 says “Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” The restrainer that the Apostle Paul was referring to was the Western Roman Emperor, who held back the Popes from taking power. Once the last Western Roman Emperor was removed from power in 476 AD, the Pope was given civil and ecclesiastic authority over Rome; healing the deadly head wound, as they took the Emperors title of Pontifex Maximus, leader of the church and state. “We may according to the fullness of our power, dispose of the law and dispense above the law. Those whom the Pope of Rome doth separate, it is not a man that separates them but God. For the Pope holdeth place on earth, not simply of a man but of the true God.” (Source: “Decretals of Gregory IX,” Book 1, chapter 3.) Pope Pius V blasphemed, “The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth.” (Source: Pope Pius V, quoted in Barclay, Cities Petrus Bertanous Chapter XXVII: 218.) Pope Leo XIII declared, “We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.” (Source: Pope Leo XIII Encyclical Letter, June 20, 1894) The antichrist sea beast of Revelation points to the office of the papacy, the Popes of Rome, who controlled the Roman beast for 1,260 years, from 538-1798 AD. Daniel 7:25 says “And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.” The Popes of Rome spoke against Elohim and proclaimed to be God. They reigned for 1,260 years, from 538-1798 AD. during which they caused tens of millions of saints to be killed. The Pope’s title is Vicar of Christ, which in Latin is ‘Vicarius Filii Dei’, and equates numerically to the number 666
That photo at 11:35 really makes it look like the plane is nose-diving into the earth!
Keep up the great work Rex, love the content
This is one of the good reasons the internet exists. A thoughtful and well presented story about an aircraft I imagine most people never knew existed.
Great vid. Keep ‘em coming.
OK. Having cabins in the wings, and a profile like that is not the most crazy thing here... It's reliability is the jaw dropping thing. They seemed to have just worked and worked, with the exception of pilot error in the take off? Amazing.
I adore this design of aircraft, particularly front facing compartments and engine rooms. It makes a lot of sense and I can see why engineers pursued these designs.
What a beautiful aircraft, and ahead of its time.
Imagine trying to sleep in a wing cabin with one of those enormous engines roaring next to you
Whilst I enjoy these giant planes of the past, I have always found myself fascinated by the Airships from Graf Zeppelin, and the lighter than air balloons shaped like tubes and cigars, to see such a sight flying over a city such as New York has always captivated me, most recently I watched the Castle in the Sky and was blown away by the design of Airship Goliath. Like the man in the Wind Rises, Giovanni Caproni, I dream of a ship flying through the sky, packed with passengers going to and from continents. Like the flying caste I would’ve named a airship like Goliath Laputa, Castle in the Sky
what I like about these type of history videos is how it puts my own life into a different form of perspective, in that I wonder about those pioneers in their day if they could see what has become of their work today- I eventually come to think that in time someone else might wonder about mine
Good point.
Big thanks for this. An incredible plane which I once though was just a designer's dream, maybe a prototype, then found out it actually went into service. Never knew as much as the information you've given, though, but then that's why I watch your vids. Can't help thinking: That's the way to fly!
Wow 🤩. Thanks for preparing this. Very well done 🙌🏼
I was always fascinated by this aircraft ever since I was a child. To me being able to be seated inside of the wing was unimaginable. As a kid I always thought it was gigantic. Thank you for making this video and all the facts I' had never heard about.
Absolutely love your channel !! You put a lot of effort into your videos and very informative to watch them, THANKS !! Having been trained on a war-bird trainer, the T6 Texan (Harvard), even brings back more memories every time a Radial engine starts !!
I've watched too many of the junk ones. This one was well worth the time,
You do really good smooth flowing videos, so thanks for that.
Great video. Concise, factual and wonderful archive footage. Keep up the good work.
If you get any bigger, you're going to have to become an zeppelin channel.
Awesome video. Amazing aircraft of this size were a thing this early in aviation.
Especially the ill-fated dirigibles!
Thank You for your work & Upload - You're are a STAR !
Absolutely stunning!
Incredible, now i know where the Skylane aircrafts in Fallout 4 are invented from. Never thought this was a real patent ever.
Wonderful video! 👍👍 no music, no soundeffects. I LOVE that! ♥♥ Thank you!
Amen
@@JTA1961 :) Thank you! At least some people around youtube appreciate that 🙂🙂👍👍
@@BlueSky-ub4fx The sound pollution is so maddening!! Thank you!
@@donaldstanfield8862 yes, it sure is...
God they created the most amazing things back then. Wish i lived in that era
So glad you mentioned The Wind Rises!
Great vid, never heard of this amazing plane!
First time I have viewed this plane. I really enjoy the thought of the creature comforts they designed into these early aircraft. Probably loud, but they tried to make it almost homey. Like a modern day RV. 👍
Pretty cool. The concept of an ocean liner in the sky is cool.
Thank you. Loved the video. One does become nostalgic even though it is way before my time.
One must wonder: If WW2 didn't happen, what would aircraft development have looked like? Not only did WW2 end up putting runways all over the place (which effectively lead to the slow demise of flying boats as a viable aircraft style), but it effectively ended up accelerating the "standardizing" of larger aircraft to all generally follow the same style (read: the military bomber style). And many airline aircraft following the war effectively were built with the lessons learned from making bombers.
Without the war million of people wouldn’t die and Europe wouldn’t be destroyed, there’s nothing good in war…all the uncountable money that is spent to produce killing machines could better be spend in wealth, developing of sustainable technology and so on
With no WW2 millions millions of children would not have lost their fathers! Women would not have lost their husbands and sons. Millions of houses would not have been bombed..... But all you care about is some plane design? How sad. Ask your grandparents if they prefere some plane design over their brothers and sisters, cousins and parents, friends and neighbours.
@@Kevin-bl6lg Nice bait, mate. Edit: Just in case it wasn't clear how "bait" this was, let us go through it. 1. I made a comment wondering how planes would turn out if WW2 hadn't happened, and imagined a few minor details that might give some level of idea of at least a possible outcome on how planes would be based on this. 2. "Kevin" attacked me for only caring about planes and not caring about the (in his words) "millions millions of children would not have lost their fathers! Women would not have lost their husbands and sons. Millions of houses would not have been bombed.....". As if I am supposed to put my entire life story and/or my entirety of beliefs and everything into every single post I make on the internet. 3. While not so... inflamatory, the other comment also is one that, while it doesn't attack me, does comment that without WW2 millions wouldn't have died and all that. So for some reason, people on the interwebs automatically assume you ONLY CARE ABOUT THE THING YOU SAY IN YOUR COMMENT. Not about anything else. No really. I made a comment where I wondered how aircraft would be if WW2 never happened (for whatever imagined reason). And I got TWO responses within the next day or two (and so far, the ONLY responses) that are nothing except "if WW2 didn't happen a lot of people would not have died" with one of the two then attacking me for caring more about planes than people. I could rant more about this, but honestly, anyone who cares is either approaching the limit of how much of a comment they are willing to read, or are already past it. So let us just end with "This Kevin guy thinks that because I wonder how aircraft would have developed without WW2, that the only thing I care about is aircraft, and that I don't give a crap about all the people who died, the atrocities committed during the war, the camps, the military personel who died... *No. Apparently, I DON'T CARE, BECAUSE I HAD THE AUDACITY TO MERELY WONDER HOW AIRCRAFT WOULD BE DIFERENT IF THESE BAD THINGS DIDN'T HAPPEN, AND TO POST SUCH A COMMENT ON A PRE-WW2 AIRCRAFT VIDEO.* Let this be a lesson not to assume. Because when you assume...
@@SephirothRyu so, you pick a aspect which YOU prefer? Ask every second family in Europe to choose between 1) the dead of ww2 or 2) other plane design. ...or, maybe you also declare that ww2 and German scientists were the best to happen to rockets and manned moon flight?
@@Kevin-bl6lg In case you forgot, or were just unable to understand the words you read, the original comment is me wondering what kinds of aircraft development we would have had if WW2 had not happened. You are the one who just assumed for some reason that I cared more about plane designs then the people who died. You are the one who brought up the idea of caring only about the planes. You are the one who weirdly thinks me merely not mentioning the people who died in a short post automatically means I don't care about them. Guess what. As shocking as it may be to you, it is possible to both think WW2 is a tragedy, AND to wonder about how aircraft would look in the 40s and beyond if WW2 had never happened.
What an amazing, (& the subsequent evolution's) of unique planes - I had absolutely *NO* idea this plane *EVEN* existed until watching this video ! Thank You
Thank you Rex, excellent Video !
yours is the best site for planes I've never heard of, and I've been a ffan of aircraft for over 60 years.So glad I blundered into your site.
Oh would I have loved to ride around in one of those leading edge cabins!
Who else was glad when this plane didn’t fill out its role as a bomber? It just seems like a gentle giant to me.
It's great to see giant aircraft from various countries. They were bigger than the countries typical planes and had extra luxuries like sleeping rooms and even theaters.
These illustrations are amazing!
Such a lovely video as always, one of the best for obscure or obsolete aircraft based videos
German ingenuity and efficiency , not even the sky offers the limit !
Well done, serious delivery of interesting history.
Thanks for this look at a fascinating early giant!
It kills me that these things all got destroyed by WW2. It's such a unique and cool design, I 100% believe that some hobbyist (or team of hobbyists) would have kept one of them patched together through today. It would be an awesome piece of aviation history to see in action.
I hear you.. so sad the 552 Antonov was destroyed in the Ukraine war.
27 years as an aircraft mechanic, Warbird Mechanic and air operations agent I would have loved to fly on this aircraft.
In all pertinent context, this is fascinating to a staggering degree. Just incredible!
Amazing video. Thanks!
wow, I had no idea a plane like this was ever successfully put into service!
Excellent! A new video
Riveting documentary, it leaves me rather mesmerized. What a unique experience of flight it had to be for every seat or sleeping compartment in that plane.
Fascinating history and well narrated!
All of the unusual features make me think of a zeppelin.
Imagine how cool it would be if one of these still existed today for sightseeing flights or something. They look like that had incredible presence. It's a shame we'll likely never see this k ind of bold experimentation again.
Thx, Rex! I needed this tab of history.
Fascinating. The view from those seats must have been exhilarating.
Good choice for a video! I was unaware that Japan had made some of these as well!
The pilot sat on the other side...😉
Amazing German technology these planes and the airships. Germany was ahead in many ways.
And Germany is still ahead in many ways
@Earth is hell nacism must return. The crimes comitted against Germans are immeasurable.
Now we are a deep state regulated multi-culture-lbgt-society ruled by Klaus Schwab. Gute Nacht!
@@anthonyxuereb792 In what ways currently?
Thanks for a great video - very well put together.
it's amazing, they made it work.
What a wonderfully realized aircraft. I was very relieved when I learned that neither aircraft's destruction was the result of the aircraft itself. Seems like it was a very safe and unique plane, in an era when aircraft were usually unsafe, and uncomfortable. It puts modern airliners to shame.
what an interesting design with amazing engineering
I like your delivery, very smooth and professional. Pleasant to listen to and the video was highly informative. Thank you :) Subscribed
Best video yet on this subject
The ability to work on and around engines and feul supply was very clever , way ahead of its time . Yes , to a point , during WW2 , multi engined bombers had this (abeit drastically reduced ) facility , the job of the engineer . Planes such as the Avro Lancaster were such planes .
The B-36 had tunnels in the wings that allowed access to the engines. I think that was the last aircraft to have this, as jet engines are located in nacelles
they were so far ahead of the rest of the World !!! ... our Stealth fighters and bombers of today employ Junkers original delta-wing designs !!!
Fantastic video as always. Keep up the good work!
Fantastic history lesson and photos! Thanks!
Another brilliant video mate. Would you possibly cover some flying boat designs from this period? I've always thought they were fascinating and almost a lost/forgotten aspect of aeronauritics. The Wind Rises got me thinking about Porco Rosso👍
Flying boats - yes!!
I first learned of the existence of this airplane via the Studio Ghibli anime 'the Wind Rises', it actually seemed pretty fantastical when I saw it in that movie. Intersting to learn more about it.
I was surprised to see that this was an actual working aircraft when I saw this video. Recognized it instantly. I should have known. Studio Ghibli films use a lot of aircraft that actually existed, and are accurately rendered. Watch the combat scene in "Porko Rosso" and see the pilot using 'top rudder' in an extreme banked turn. Only a director who is an avid aviation fan would have included that shot and made sure that the rudder pedals were used correctly.
Good video. Good pictures, well-researched and concise. Well done.
I really love how this plane looks.
Another fine video. Must have been exciting times when there was so much visible innovation. Today, most commercial aircraft look pretty much the same. As if nobody dares to innovate anymore.
It isn't that, it is thay decades of data and engineering have shown what works. Passenger aircraft are a mature technology. Flying wings are a poor solution for passenger planes because any banking causes the passengers farther from the centerline to move up for down very quickly. This is dangerous for those not in their seats and thrilling to say the least for those buckled in.
What do you expect when lawyers & insurance companies run the world...
Everybodies computer comes up with the same answer . Thank goodness for guys like Burt Rutan . Greetings from U.K.
I remember seeing this giant in The wind rises
One of my favourite Ghilbli films :)
@@RexsHangar Mine too! That's what attracted me to this video.
@@RexsHangar Have you seen Porco Rosso? Another one of my favourites. You really get the sense from those 2 films that Miyazaki has had a lifelong passion for aviation. I wish I'd known about them when I was a kid.
At the outset I thought I was watching fantasy film. This thing looks totally unreal and unflyable! GREAT video, my friend!
Excellent narrative and slide show. You have a great talent and a pleasant voice for story telling and conversation. Earned my subscription!
Great video about a plane I knew nothing about. I've heard a couple people recently mention the Treaty of Versailles limiting the Luftwaffe but that was only on paper I believe. They overcame all the limitations and fielded the best air force in the world in 1939. The Luftwaffe put together during this time was never intended to be able to bomb England or you can rest assured that there would have been plenty of capable planes built to do that.
The Germans practiced for WWII by bombing Guernica.
@@alastairward2774 They cut their teeth in Spain.
The reason the Luftwaffe failed at strategic bomber was the fact that the commander who was advocating it died in a plane crash and then the focus of the Luftwaffe became dive bombing, hence why planes like the HE117 was a 4 engine bomber with 2 nacels and dive flaps
@@demanischaffer Thanks. What was his name? I think I read something about that years ago.
@@badapple9482 His name was Walther Wever, died in 1936