Inside The Cockpit - Albatros D.Va

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  • čas přidán 10. 07. 2019
  • The German Albatros is one of the most revered aircraft of the First World War and played a crucial role during 'Bloody April' in 1917. Let's hop inside and see what makes this bird tick.
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    ⚜ Sources ⚜
    Brian Knight, Albatros Fighter
    C.A.Owers, Albatros D.V/D.Va at War
    Charles Cain, Aircraft in Profile - Albatros D.V
    John F. Connor, Albatros Fighters in Action
    Jon Guttman, SE 5A Vs Albatros D.V
    Grag Van Wyngarden, Albatros Aces of WW1 - Part 2
    Peter L. Gray & Ian R. Stair, Albatros Fighters of World War 1,
    Peter L. Gray & Owen Thetford, German Aircraft of the First World War
    Raymond Laurence Rimell, Albatros D.V
    Robert C. Mikesh, Albatros D.Va
    ⚜ Music ⚜
    Music and Sfx from Epidemic Sound
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Komentáře • 404

  • @MilitaryAviationHistory
    @MilitaryAviationHistory  Před 5 lety +79

    *If you enjoy my content, please consider supporting via Patreon:* www.patreon.com/Bismarck *or Paypal:* www.paypal.me/BismarckYT
    Big thank you to the RAF Museum for their help in filming this video: www.rafmuseum.org.uk/

    • @omerashraf9357
      @omerashraf9357 Před 5 lety

      Please make a video on the legendary clashes between spitfires and zeros over Darwin in 1943 !!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @USSChicago-pl2fq
      @USSChicago-pl2fq Před 5 lety

      Military Aviation History why did the Austrian-Hungarian’s not use Albatross V?

    • @warhead_beast7661
      @warhead_beast7661 Před 5 lety

      What German WW1 plane would you say was the most advanced or the best?

    • @budmeister
      @budmeister Před 5 lety

      If you ever get the chance, you should come to Ohio and visit the National Museum of the United States Air Force.

    • @sebastiangrumman8507
      @sebastiangrumman8507 Před 5 lety

      Is this an actual, restored model, or a replica? The finish and condition is tremendously good.

  • @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs
    @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs Před 5 lety +242

    I was just at RAF Hendon a couple of weeks back. I love how in the WW1 hall there is a 1 ton bomb. I just can't comprehend a ww1 plane carrying a one ton bomb.

    • @threecedarshomestead1330
      @threecedarshomestead1330 Před 5 lety +12

      Zeppelins, maybe?

    • @TheJacobshapiro
      @TheJacobshapiro Před 5 lety +34

      Son Of Sobieski would’ve been the big Handley Page bombers.

    • @dragonsword7370
      @dragonsword7370 Před 5 lety +7

      I'd have assumed it was carried by a bomber or bigger aircraft type than by a fighter

    • @shannonlewis1737
      @shannonlewis1737 Před 2 lety +3

      It’s going to be a zeppelin sttaken bomber

    • @benferris6472
      @benferris6472 Před rokem +1

      1 ton is even big for a bomber at the time, although im not an expert this is my gut feeling

  • @theswedeledlel575
    @theswedeledlel575 Před 5 lety +248

    Very good episode, please make more about WW1 aircraft. The internet is full of WW2 plane documentaries, it needs more WW1 aircraft!

    • @lc7581
      @lc7581 Před 5 lety +14

      This, please.

    • @EeZerRenegade
      @EeZerRenegade Před 5 lety +7

      I agree

    • @faiznaqvi
      @faiznaqvi Před 5 lety +7

      I was about to say the same and saw your comment. Absolutely agreed. Superbly researched and well made episode.

    • @KitKabinet
      @KitKabinet Před 4 lety +4

      +1. It would be great to see some Shuttleworth/Old Warden planes get some attention in the 'Bismarck documentary' -style.

    • @coleparker
      @coleparker Před 4 lety +2

      I agree. I would also like to see more interwar plane documentaries.

  • @Allan_aka_RocKITEman
    @Allan_aka_RocKITEman Před 5 lety +48

    FWIW: I have always thought the Albatross was BEAUTIFUL because of its aerodynamic fuselage.

    • @daszieher
      @daszieher Před 3 lety +1

      I always imagine what a cross between the DV fuselage and Junkers CL1 wings would have performed like.

    • @Ray-lf1eo
      @Ray-lf1eo Před 5 měsíci

      I love the propellor hub

  • @bernhardwagner5749
    @bernhardwagner5749 Před 5 lety +26

    Some years ago I built am Anemometer for an Albatros replica. I tested it with a convertible and after adjusting it, it went to the Albatros. I will never forget the day, when I saw this wonderful machine with its Austro-Daimler Engine and my Anemometer flying over the Alps. Thanks a lot for this great video!

    • @lepanhman
      @lepanhman Před 3 lety +1

      Wow!That would of been a great sight to see to see!

  • @ImWithIdiot
    @ImWithIdiot Před 3 lety +10

    People think WW1 planes are simple, Looking at this and how he goes over all the parts that are needed for this to fly is incredible and shows what the German manufactures were thinking while making this aircraft.

  • @threecedarshomestead1330
    @threecedarshomestead1330 Před 5 lety +51

    Imagine one built with modern materials, instruments, a modern air cooled engine, etc, for use as a sportster.
    Fun!

    • @TheErilaz
      @TheErilaz Před 5 lety +1

      And fast with the right engine, 200 km/h, about 100 knots.

    • @deltavee2
      @deltavee2 Před 3 lety

      @Dale Carey I'd put a small straight-8 in it, super and turbocharged. Make it capable of 10G and 270mph. Yes, open cockpit.

    • @deltavee2
      @deltavee2 Před 3 lety

      @Dale Carey JATO

    • @deltavee2
      @deltavee2 Před 3 lety

      @Dale Carey Exactly! Steampunk as hell, but waaaay faster *";- )*

  • @wideyxyz2271
    @wideyxyz2271 Před 5 lety +22

    Bloody gorgeous prop!!! Whoever made that is a true craftsman it sets off the whole aircraft!

  • @jarink1
    @jarink1 Před 5 lety +43

    When I was little, I thought the DR.I was the coolest German plane. Until I learned about the Albatross.

    • @Steeyuv
      @Steeyuv Před 3 lety +4

      And you should go to Wairarapa in New Zealand and HEAR it...sounded like a stud farm for locomotive diesels. On its own!

    • @Mannock
      @Mannock Před 3 lety +2

      It was the BF-109 of the First World War.

  • @bobbyb.6644
    @bobbyb.6644 Před 3 lety +5

    I remember building a model of this plane 60 years ago ! It was a beautiful plane 🤗

    • @tonycamplin8607
      @tonycamplin8607 Před 6 měsíci

      So did I at a similar time it was from a MAP plan and i used a 1•5cc engine, it flew free flight. It flew beautifully.

  • @vaclav_fejt
    @vaclav_fejt Před 5 lety +7

    I think this is your best aircraft history and walkthrough video. I smell some inspiration by the Chieftain, but also TV-level production value (without all of the annoying music and repetitions). Great job!

  • @Mannock
    @Mannock Před 5 lety +4

    Certainly one of the most important fighters ever conceived. And one of the prettiest planes made. And yes, Bismarck, it looks very comfortable.

    • @lepanhman
      @lepanhman Před 3 lety +1

      Sure was.Downed huge mount of allied fighters

  • @quoguitars9555
    @quoguitars9555 Před 3 lety +2

    Absolutely beautiful aircraft, and thank you for showing us around it. To get so close, virtually, is a real pleasure, and I raise a glass to all my brothers in arms of the years gone by. Excellent series my friend, and take care, and stay safe. Quo, Quo Guitars, UK

  • @andrewince8824
    @andrewince8824 Před rokem +1

    I love second generation fighters (1913-1920c). The basic ideas for good aircraft were largely figured out and we see an arms race of wonderful, iconic planes as a result. The first generation of airframes were erratic, the 3rd generation (interwar) were experimental. But that second generation, that wartime development, now that was a beautiful time.

  • @GregsAirplanesandAutomobiles

    This is your best video yet, I really enjoyed it, especially the cockpit tour and start up procedure.

  • @rossmum
    @rossmum Před 5 lety +9

    Most beautiful of all the WWI planes, IMO. The Australian War Memorial Museum has a particularly good example, totally original from what I recall.

  • @tritop
    @tritop Před 5 lety +3

    Great-Grandfather was a mechanic for the Albatros, he also told us that he and others put Bölke into a metal-coffin and brazing it to become tight in order to send his body home

  • @davidguerrero9270
    @davidguerrero9270 Před 5 lety +6

    Once again, well done! Thank you for your videos!!

  • @air-headedaviator1805
    @air-headedaviator1805 Před 5 lety +21

    I always felt like the spirit of the Albatros was later reclaimed in the Bf-109

    • @derptank3308
      @derptank3308 Před 5 lety +4

      Except the comfortable part on bis’ part

    • @Mannock
      @Mannock Před 5 lety +6

      Good point. That said, Albatros was taken over by Focke-Wulf in 1931.

    • @HSMiyamoto
      @HSMiyamoto Před 5 lety +5

      Its the profile. The nose of the prop, the inline engine, the front fuselage are all reminiscent of the Bf 109. Willy Messerschmidt surely knew about the Albatross before the Bf 109 left the drawing board.

  • @Richardcecker
    @Richardcecker Před 5 lety +8

    Nice Job Bismark! Very informative and interesting. I got a chance to sit in the cockpit of a Fokker DR I triplane replica. Very eye-opening as to how rudimentary and fragile planes of that era were. Thanks for sharing.

  • @pfg72
    @pfg72 Před 5 lety +3

    I've been looking for a channel just like this forever. Thank you! Cheers from Patagonia!

  • @jamescutright919
    @jamescutright919 Před 3 lety +2

    Spot on analysis. Thank you for the informed commentary!

  • @glenniz1
    @glenniz1 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for preserving the history of aircraft from all over the world! Excellent presentation and such interesting content, especially love the full coverage of the cockpit......Well Done Man!!!

  • @cannonfodder4376
    @cannonfodder4376 Před 5 lety +6

    I have been waiting for this video for some time. Simply fantastic work Bismarck, stellar work as always.

  • @user-en1nr1ro4v
    @user-en1nr1ro4v Před rokem

    Another fantastic video. Thank you Bismarck.

  • @KB4th
    @KB4th Před 5 lety

    Really good vid Bis, thanks for all your work producing these.....

  • @paulpeterson4216
    @paulpeterson4216 Před 4 lety +1

    I used to play (long long ago) "The Red Barron" video game, and the Albatross was an absolutely dominant machine during its period. And it was beautiful to boot.

  • @robinmacfarlane4769
    @robinmacfarlane4769 Před 5 lety +2

    great video thank you Bismark. Please keep it up.

  • @renardgrise
    @renardgrise Před 5 lety

    Excellent Job Bismark... you're getting better at this!

  • @metaphyzikal1
    @metaphyzikal1 Před 3 lety +2

    Great Video Bismarck. The Albatross is one of my guilty pleasures in Sims....I love the way it handles, and it's such a stable gun platform....

  • @_datapoint
    @_datapoint Před 5 lety +35

    "If Got mit uns the engine will turn". lol.

    • @daszieher
      @daszieher Před 3 lety

      If "Gott ist mit uns"... like on the buckle clasp of the uniform belt.

  • @SovereignOfTheSeas
    @SovereignOfTheSeas Před 5 lety +2

    Thank you very much for your videos they are very high quality.

  • @TheRaptorXX
    @TheRaptorXX Před 5 lety

    Great video and really engrossingly presented. Thanks Bizzy!!

  • @dermax1254
    @dermax1254 Před 3 lety +3

    One of the most beautiful planes ever built!

  • @blachak1
    @blachak1 Před 2 lety

    Excellent presentation ! Thank you !

  • @TCK71
    @TCK71 Před 4 lety

    Great video! well presented and very informative. Thanks!!

  • @mustangloyd3864
    @mustangloyd3864 Před 5 lety +2

    One of my favorite WWI war birds,and my go to when playing Rise of Flight. Also have an RC plane version that looks awesome in the air and a great flyer!

  • @MadMatt13
    @MadMatt13 Před 5 lety

    Another great video! I can't believe how the instruments are spread all over the cockpit and even the wings!

  • @phantomkate6
    @phantomkate6 Před 5 lety

    Always excited to see a new upload, even if I'm late getting to it because it's not in my feed. Thanks again.

  • @michaelevans205
    @michaelevans205 Před 5 lety

    Thank you for a really informative look at one of my favourite WW1 aircraft. Much appreciated.

  • @talkingdonkey1817
    @talkingdonkey1817 Před 2 lety

    Excellent video, cheers!

  • @pedromoose8860
    @pedromoose8860 Před 2 lety +1

    Really well done! Nice lines on this A/C, my favorite by looks - but living (in retrospect) in the shadow of the Fokker D VII

  • @RoyCousins
    @RoyCousins Před 5 lety

    Thanks Bismarck. 👍 Another interesting and informative video. Both the RAF museums (Hendon & Cosford) are well worth a visit.

  • @divyajnana
    @divyajnana Před 5 lety

    Great video, Always loved the D.5a, beautiful.

  • @shawnadams1965
    @shawnadams1965 Před 5 lety

    Great Video! Have fun with the umzug!

  • @TheRealHawkeye
    @TheRealHawkeye Před 4 lety

    Wonderful job! This was truly a great video. I am working with a museum that is planning on procuring one in the distant future! I found this inspiring.

  • @acadman4322
    @acadman4322 Před 5 lety

    An outstanding narration and video. Thanks.

  • @geofalke
    @geofalke Před 5 lety

    Loving the camerawork, Bis.

  • @user-kq5wq2vw2y
    @user-kq5wq2vw2y Před 7 měsíci +1

    The D5a Albatross was the best coolest plane and by far the best Biplane ever!! ❤🎉😊

  • @derekpierkowski7641
    @derekpierkowski7641 Před 2 měsíci

    Great Vid Dude.

  • @darrengilbert7438
    @darrengilbert7438 Před 3 lety +4

    The most beautiful aircraft of the 1st World War.

  • @bluedevil3765
    @bluedevil3765 Před 5 lety +1

    beautiful aeroplane! Thank you for this very informative and in-depth video! I

  • @schaerffenberg
    @schaerffenberg Před 5 lety +5

    "... in every sense of the word, beautiful."

  • @momotheelder7124
    @momotheelder7124 Před 5 lety

    Great idea for a series, hope it continues. Looking forward to the Bf109

  • @tootired76
    @tootired76 Před rokem +1

    In Rise Of Flight, (WWI flight sim) the Albatross DVa is my favorite plane to fly! I earned a Lewis gun mounted to the top wing so my Albatross shoots 3 machine guns! I take random shots (3 round bursts) at all distances to possibly hit and slow my pursuit and it usually works. I stay on the tail and sooner or later I get the kill shot! YES!! I can disengage and run anytime so far in my Albatross!! Richthofen scored most of his kills in an Albatross.

  • @easyeric601
    @easyeric601 Před 2 lety

    This is great. Thanks!

  • @rodrigobasoaltoc.1743
    @rodrigobasoaltoc.1743 Před 5 lety +8

    You and MHV produce history content with more quality than anything on youtube or tv!

  • @TheLeonhamm
    @TheLeonhamm Před 5 lety +12

    Thank you for the very interesting venture with MHV and Drachinfel (the wife and I watched it .. but for very different reasons - Hmmmm!?!) P.S. No I am not going to mention the purple trousers .. Argh! .. I just did .. (only teasing, of course; you are a star).

  • @lightningdriver81
    @lightningdriver81 Před 5 lety

    That was a beautiful plane. I remember gluing together 1/72 scale models of it as a kid.

  • @tankacebo9128
    @tankacebo9128 Před 5 lety +2

    absolutely the most beautiful fighter of the great war... I want to build one someday.

  • @ShutUpBubi
    @ShutUpBubi Před 4 lety +1

    Favorite and best looking aeroplane of the war.

  • @davidaitchison1455
    @davidaitchison1455 Před 5 lety

    Beautiful example of the type and a very good breakdown of the history.

  • @richardknott2021
    @richardknott2021 Před 14 dny

    Very informative video..excellent.

  • @martijn9568
    @martijn9568 Před 5 lety +6

    I secretly believe that Bismarck is a diehard Scooter fan!

  • @onyourkilllist6880
    @onyourkilllist6880 Před 5 lety

    *_Sick!_* Probably my all time favorite A/C

  • @hlynnkeith9334
    @hlynnkeith9334 Před 5 lety +4

    Bismarck, The Austrians found and solved the problem with the lower wing of the D.III in February 1917. The Luftfahrtruppen loved the Oeffag D.III and continued to fly it for the rest of the war, refusing other airplanes. They also modified the nose -- removed the spinner and reworked the nose -- and thereby added 15kph to the D.III's top speed.
    After decades of study, I have not found any documented evidence that these Oeffag changes were communicated back to Albatros-Flugzeugwerke. If there were any, likely they were lost in the chaos that enveloped Austria after WW1 or the aerial bombing of Germany in WW2.

    • @spawniscariot9756
      @spawniscariot9756 Před 5 lety

      What was the problem found to be and how was it solved?

    • @hlynnkeith9334
      @hlynnkeith9334 Před 5 lety +1

      @@spawniscariot9756 The Problem: In a dive, the sesquiplane (lower wing) twisted around its single spar and sheared off.
      The Solution: I don't know how Oeffag solved the problem, but I know they did. I shall ask my friends if any of them know how and get back to you. (Likely they do not. I have researched this for decades and I don't know.)

    • @spawniscariot9756
      @spawniscariot9756 Před 5 lety

      @@hlynnkeith9334 Thanks for your efforts, it's much appreciated

  • @markcantemail8018
    @markcantemail8018 Před 4 lety

    Great Video , thanks a Bunch . It was very nice of the RAF Museum to allow you this very close Look .

  • @brucemacallan6831
    @brucemacallan6831 Před 5 lety

    Excellent video, excellent content. What a magnificent aircraft. I really have to go there next time I'm in the UK.

  • @DaimlerSleeveValve
    @DaimlerSleeveValve Před 3 lety

    I saw this being flown (anything but gently too) a few years ago when it was on long-term loan to the Shuttleworth Trust. On the way in we were told "Caution the Bristol Fighter practising his display", Not every day you hear that on you radio! Still well worth a visit when you get a chance.

  • @Lusitani74
    @Lusitani74 Před 5 lety +1

    Great video of a great plane!

  • @LmgWarThunder
    @LmgWarThunder Před 5 lety

    Beautifully made!

  • @IgnarHusky
    @IgnarHusky Před 5 lety

    Probably my most favorite aircraft in early aircraft technological history. Not just as a WW1 or a military plane. As a plane, it is my favorite. Just so beautiful and slick.

  • @nonyabiz9487
    @nonyabiz9487 Před 2 měsíci

    Bloody April! For such a notorious killer warbird the Albatros is one of the most beautiful planes I have ever seen. Beauty kills!

  • @stevenwilgus8982
    @stevenwilgus8982 Před 2 lety

    One of my most favorite aircraft and she is beautiful for sure

  • @whoohaaXL
    @whoohaaXL Před 2 lety +1

    I've always wanted to see how the wing mounted radiator worked with that piping. I believe it had a shutter on it to warm the engine up quickly and then open it when it had reached to operating temperature.

  • @byronjensen-vb1xv
    @byronjensen-vb1xv Před 8 měsíci

    I am just building a 1:16 scale Model Airways DVa. These are uncovered museum replica models of wood and metal castings. Learning about this aircraft as I build the scale model of it......WWI aircraft fan.....those boys were true aviators, no question.

  • @dukecraig2402
    @dukecraig2402 Před 5 lety +1

    That's cool, 2 weeks ago I got to sit in the cockpit of a MIG-23 Flogger that my friend bought.

    • @lepanhman
      @lepanhman Před 3 lety

      Cool.,I’m getting a mig 27 j dropped off next week ,just insuring it’s a pain don’t U find

  • @hosentrager7743
    @hosentrager7743 Před 3 lety +1

    The Albatross is a beauty

  • @kaijessen
    @kaijessen Před 5 lety

    That's why analog instruments are so good, it is usually enough to glance at them to read them whereas digital/numbers only must be read. The round old style analog watches are so easy to read and will probably be in use as long as humans carries watches at all. Liked your video a lot, nice work.

  • @dalecomer5951
    @dalecomer5951 Před 3 lety

    Very well done.

  • @dejanpasalic8126
    @dejanpasalic8126 Před 5 lety

    Very good video

  • @adamweaver6351
    @adamweaver6351 Před 4 lety

    I love it. Thank you!

  • @sski
    @sski Před 5 lety

    That whole plane is a work of art. But that prop though... What an outstanding piece of wood.

  • @davidmartindale2263
    @davidmartindale2263 Před 3 lety

    You have no idea how useful your videos are for modelers

  • @svenreese9153
    @svenreese9153 Před 5 lety

    Great Video

  • @ricksadler797
    @ricksadler797 Před 5 lety

    Nice video

  • @snax_4820
    @snax_4820 Před 5 lety

    Well made!

  • @fastfreddy19641
    @fastfreddy19641 Před 3 lety

    Loved this. Brought up on Biggles stories and WWI fighter pilots. It's great that your accent gives the German words a better sound that an English person could. 👍

  • @rtrThanos
    @rtrThanos Před 5 lety

    OMG thank you for this! I absolutely love WW1 air combat, where it all started.

  • @neurofiedyamato8763
    @neurofiedyamato8763 Před 5 lety +3

    Amazing video. Really interesting to see how the gauges are all over the place lol. Do more WW1 aircraft, there's just not enough information on these beautiful pieces floating around.

  • @HorribleHarry
    @HorribleHarry Před 5 lety

    Brilliant! thank you

  • @tusk70
    @tusk70 Před 5 lety +1

    Nice to hear someone, who pronounced the german names the right way.

  • @Ostwind1944_
    @Ostwind1944_ Před 3 lety

    Such a beautiful bird.

  • @jsfbr
    @jsfbr Před 5 lety

    Great class!

  • @hiphip4808
    @hiphip4808 Před 5 lety +3

    I didn't know the name of the plane but I guessed albatross so great! I love biplanes.

  • @gerritfridericksohn4627

    Wow! What a video.

  • @michaelratliff905
    @michaelratliff905 Před 5 lety

    Thanks, great info for me keep it coming, and I am convinced now I can FLY! 😁

  • @oldesertguy9616
    @oldesertguy9616 Před 5 lety

    I agree. It is just beautiful.

  • @Riccardo_Silva
    @Riccardo_Silva Před rokem

    I remember reading about a french fighter pilot of the time who stated (i quote by heart) "german planes stand to ours as a limousine stands to a lorry". Actually, this beautiful aircraft epitomizes that statement.

  • @cobalt2361
    @cobalt2361 Před 5 lety

    The production quality of your videos has gotten tremendous over the years.