The Whitley bomber • new video from Dark Skies.

[Garfly]

 

 

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[facthunter]

It has an incredibly high riggers angle of incidence on the mainplanes which enables a short  Undercarriage but more form drag when not loaded. nev

[pmccarthy]

I think the main plane incidence was due to lack of flaps, not undercarriage length.

[facthunter]

Nevertheless it's the incidence that causes it to fly nose down when lightly loaded or fast.  Nev

[Old Koreelah]

I enjoy watching Dark Docs, but the film images are often totally unrelated to the commentary.

[rgmwa]

I find his intense, monotonous delivery spoils what are otherwise interesting documentaries. 

[facthunter]

Make the most out of a FEW good images.  Low cost.   Nev

[old man emu]

There are a few of these 'old aircraft' documentary channels.

Ed Nash Forgotten Aircraft

Mark Felton Productions

Rex's Hangar

Military Aviation History (does great walk-arounds and gets inside cockpits and to crew positions)

 

It is unfortunate that in order to provide movement for a video, creators have to use stock footage. Stills with voice-over commentary would be OK for those of us who have seen the same stock footage a thousand times, but since most of the aircraft discussed were prototypes, or from a time when recording movies was rare, so footage is even rarer.

 

But, we must applaud these people who have done the research and have done their bit to preserve the unpreserved.