History videos

Kermit Weeks shows you how to fly his Wildcat.
He has the largest private collection of historic aircraft in the world.
Check his channel.

 
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Debunking the myth that the B-17 ball turret gunner had the most dangerous job.

The figures show he was second safest after the copilot.

 
Brings a tear to the eye

Barry Sheen's last race just six months before he passed away
He won the classic 500cc, 2002 Lennox Cup at the Goodwood Revival

 
Not strictly history, but pretty interesting prehistory. Literally, as a lot of this is discussing the start of writing.

 
Andy_Ross said:
Kermit Weeks shows you how to fly his Wildcat.
He has the largest private collection of historic aircraft in the world.
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I have been to a couple of events at his Fantasy of Flight facility. It is unfortunate that it is no longer open to the public (other than viewing a limited selection of aircraft). In its heyday, it was a great place to spend a day.

At one event, we were able to get a photograph of ourselves in our 2005 Mustang convertible in front of a P-51 Mustang and were treated to an airshow by the Red Bull aerobatics team and flyovers by a P-51 and other aircraft. There was even a rumor that John Travolta made a quick visit in a small jet that we saw land then take off again later.

I have been watching Kermit Weeks's videos for a while since one popped up in my feed about him buying the remains of "Cosmic Muffin*," a boat built from a seaplane once owned by Howard Hughes. I recognized the boat because years earlier I had taken a tour of it when it was docked in Ft. Lauderdale.

*Jimmy Buffet gave it the name "Cosmic Muffin" and featured it in one of his novels.
 
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Shoot to Kill

British early WW2 training film

The film covers the effective, defensive and offensive firing of infantry weapons and he importance of close range shooting.

 
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I'm a fan of History of Everything, an Aussie history youtuber. https://www.youtube.com/@HistoryofEverythingChannel

His speciality is how ◊◊◊◊ the Ruzzians are.
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Yup there are quite a few good Aussie channels.


This guy, hypohystericalhistory, has done a long series on the New Guinea campaign, for example.

A d in a similar vein to Tod's Workshop, capandball, but on early firearms.

See this for example


 
Cap and ball is quite good

Britishmuzzleloaders is very good.

He covers all British and Empire weapons so the name of the channel is a bit misleading


 
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