The Fairey Gannet: Unattractive, Lethal, Fierce
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Join us as we explore the story of the Fairey Gannet, a British aircraft famous not for its looks but for its practical design. Unlike the beautiful de Havilland Hornet, the Gannet was built to meet specific needs after World War II, especially for finding and tracking submarines. This video uncovers how this unusual plane came to be, its various roles from the 1940s onward, and how it was even used by civilians after it retired from military service.We also discuss today’s challenges with keeping personal information safe online and how to protect yourself from privacy breaches. This episode is sponsored by Incogni, a service that helps remove your personal information from the internet. Check them out through our special link below to keep your data safe and support our channel.Key Points: Why the Fairey Gannet looks different from other planes How it was designed and used by the British Navy Different ways the Gannet was used over the years Its life after military service Tips on protecting your privacy online🔔 Subscribe for more insights into historical and modern technological transformations.#FaireyGannet #BritishMilitaryAviation #ColdWarEra #SubmarineWarfare #AviationHistory #MilitaryTechnology #DataPrivacy #Incogni #ProtectYourData
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I bet they first tried to modify a double decker bus into an airplane. That would explain the large surfaces covered with red paint.
Props (multiple) to you for making this video.
The RAN have one in their naval museum and it's my wife's favourite. I love them, a perfect example of.. who cares how it looks, it works.
I’m feel the same as you and your wife.
I have always found this a significantly practical and attractive aircraft. Love it.
fun fact, in the 1980s an Indonesian gannet pilot was selected to be one of the final four of the future astronauts that was planned to launch with the space shuttle in 1987. but the program was cancelled after the Challenger incident.
There was one of these parked up outside a technical college in North Wales for decades. I used to pass it everyday. It was in pretty poor condition but occasionally they'd start it up and run it for a while. It was a huge (and loud) machine - loved it.
I'm weird, but I think it's cool looking.
Absolutely, the Hornet was beautiful, building on the mosquito concept, visually, anyway. In its own right, it was a stunner.
When you get to 12:05 into the video and see the spread of photos, you'll notice the Gannet on the top left has the letter 'V' on the tail (HMS Victorious) and the number 3 on the forward fuselage. I have a photo of that same aircraft taxiing after landing at RAF Luqa in Malta in 1966. I got into a lot of trouble because I was sixteen years old and had gone to work with my father, who was on duty in the control tower. He had allowed me to accompany the fellow driving the 'Follow Me' Land Rover but hadn't counted on me jumping out in the middle of the airfield taking photos. The Gannet pilot saw me and did a 'folding wings' demonstration for me as he taxied past. Met him later in the control tower. I remember him being soaked in sweat. Must be hot in those things.
Legendary test,pilot Peter twiss,who broke the 1000mph barrier in the unique fairey delta,did loads of test flying on the gannet
I saw this type of aircraft at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson AZ, USA. It was so cute. I was fascinated by it.
I love it. Beautiful.
Who cares how it looked, it fulfilled it's function.
I've actually always loved how these looked, and I'm not even British. There's just something unique and purely function-over-form about then that makes them look good to me.
I hear that the aircraft at the beginning is being inspected by the Royal Navy Historic Flight (or whatever they call themselves now!) With a view to bringing it home
11:25 With its wings folded it looks just like Private Baldrick doing his Sopwith Camel impersonation. 🤣🤣
Very nice video on this rare aircraft all credit to you
Always good stuff.
I actually think it looks cool.
Love it reminds me Ducktales
Very interesting video. On the subject of looks, Fairey had experience building ugly aircraft. Check out the Fairey Barracuda.
Please, it's HMS Eagle or the Eagle never the HMS Eagle.
No one cares. Get a life.
^ Only you don't care. Get a life 😝 .
@@jimtaylor294 I don't care for the grammar police either you muppet, losers hanging around in youtube looking for minor things to criticise need to get a life.
Why would the Brits have to send planes to the U.S. to test propellers?
I don't like Gannets. They wet their nests. That is why I prefer the expurgated version of Olsen's "Standard Book Of British Birds"
Expurgated...like, ejected from the nesting material?.
@@clickbaitcharlie2329 It's a Monty Python sketch about a very fussy customer in a book shop.
@@throwabrick should have known, "albatross", pining for the fjords?..
Form is following function and doesn´t care about aesthetics.
Why oh why do you insist on saying "haitch", when the letter "H" is properly pronounced "aitch"?
Because people like me don’t remember that English makes absolutely no fucking sense and mispronounce things
Because most English is based on Old French.
No one cares. Get a life.
^×2 Not really. English has a lot of languages to thank, while French has mostly pig Latin as its basis.
Wait, the Firefly was a fight? Nah, that heavy piece of shit was actually a fighter… That large flying box of a plane was a god for saken fighter plane…
To be fair, the RN has had many uglier aircraft.