In which Lord Hardthrasher examines the wild and whacky story of Blackburn Aircraft, and thier only really sucsessful military aircraft, the Blackburn Buccaneer. Zero feet, 0.95 Mach, big missiles, what’s not to like
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https://twitter.com/UkrainianAna?s=20 – UkranianAna aka Ana Paraskevova’s profile
https://hushkit.net/2012/05/14/the-bac-tsr-2-bombing-the-myth/ – TSR2 – if you don’t follow Hushkit, why not, are you some kind of tankenjoyer?
https://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-556097.html – Wing spar issues thread 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-12_Bullpup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvbW0-M1kFw – Tom Eeles Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQEqOAjLP0E – Tom Eeles Part 1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Buccaneer#Specifications_(Buccaneer_S.2)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(R09)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijfwLGLgB_c – Dave Southwood Interview Part 1 (he went on to fly the F-117A, well worth watching all three parts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvFzP6zwp0Y&t=1860s – Ken Normans Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQEqOAjLP0E – David Herriot (Nav) Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61gYbWWWZws&t=2s – IWM video on the Buccaneer at Duxford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIs_-hBwQGE – Bucs in Iraq
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/type/bucc – Bucc safety record
https://youtu.be/KiOvMbuXvLw – Rex’s Hangar video on Blackburn; well worth a) subscribing and b) watching this as it’s great
With special thanks to The Buccaneer, Brough for making one of the most terrible self promotion videos ever seen – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83cu2XYJ8As&list=PLMWipphLLSd_CVFd5k-TZNlMoj-BuCvLL&index=20 sadly it seems that it’s marked as “temporarily closed” and the latest trip advisor reviews are…not good. However if I find myself in the area I shall definitley drop in for a pint
– https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g1049748-d3600589-Reviews The_Buccaneer-Brough_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire_England.html
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Please make the TSR2 video soon!
Jolly good show <3
Genuinely pleasant content. Keep it coming, mi Lord
A wonderful aircraft that was only ever supposed to be a stop gap. Some stop gap standing in for the cancelled TSR2 until finally the RAF got Tornado. Still serving into the early 1990's and designating targets for the Tornado in the first gulf war. Later to both designate and strike targets. Outstanding.
Id love more videos like this
The improvements in sound quality are amazing! So glad to see you finding the success you deserve.
Talked to an old Buccaneer pilot in a pub once.
The bar stool was giving him altitude sickness.
Not letting "a little thing like the advent of jet engines or having no money bother it" is my new motto.
2000th like LETS FUCKIN GOOOO
Eeeh lad, thas geetin a sub from tother side o pennines, tha knows, tha REET side. Seriously though, good vid – (loved the f*ckoff swearing and the humour 😂).
The only thing that I am offended by are BLEEPS like that. Particularly bleeps that are mixed in to uncompressed audio, with the all too common result of them occupying the very TIPPY TOP of of the dynamic range in the midst of speech that isn't by Brian Blessed, or was produced during the loudness wars of the '90s music industry. And thus the BLEEP comes through blaring at full blast, blowing out the ear drums of any of us unfortunate enough to have been using headphones. Rest in pieces, my ears, you will be missed. 🙁
So, please please please don't do that to us again or at least attenuate the levels of any sudden audio samples. It doesn't need to be loud to replace whatever it replaced in digital production….
Your narration and humor is a wonderful pairing, making the content entertaining and accessible to those of us who love to learn new things. Good job sir.
6:45 – The raid was on Cuxhaven, Close but definitely Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Cuxhaven " Denmark was a neutral power?"-Sterling Archer, probably
I lost it at "perimenopausal panic"; I know the feeling well 😂😂😂😂😂 I would become a patreon if you post a cover of The Divine Comedy's cover of Noel Coward's 'Marvellous Party '. While doing a sexy dance ❤❤❤
The excuses the Goverment gave for the TSR 2's cancellation, were acctualy the problems with the plane they wanted to buy the F-111K.
Its sad that Brittain don't build its own fighters anymore.
Only France and Sweden are left in Europe building fighters.
OMG I have seen less bonkers propeller planes in the cartoon Stop The Pidgeon
11:33 missed an excellent chance to use
Vanessa Wiliams – Saved The Best For Last
Boundray layer control.
Not border control.
Otherwise spot on.
The RAF gave the Bucaneer a decent armament compared to the SAAB Strike Viggen.
That aircraft was so over budget they could not afford to buy proper weapons for it.
Sweden developed its own Bullpup class missile the RB05.But it used extremely dangerous liquid fuel to have a smokeless burn and an advanced radio link to control it.
It was very advanced but sadly still manually guided which in the early 70's was truly terrible.
The air force chief in fact thought it was so bad he wanted to scrap the development project and buy more effective dumb Bombs instead.
Sadly this was not allowed for political reasons which is why the viggen never carried any heavier bombs than 120kg fragmentation bombs.
Oh yes the aircraft got one upgrade in the armament it got the Maverick missile very early in its career because the RB05 was so crap.
The Viggen did get the RBS15 and MBB smart glide cluster bombs in the 1990s.
That was Gripen armament collecting dust in storage because the Gripen was delayed.
As Gripen deliveries started the the upgraded Viggens where being scrapped.
Whenever I see a Blackburn Roc or Skua, I can just imagine how Fleet Air Arm pilots must have felt when they began to get Vought Corsairs…
On exercise with the RAF in Scotland in the late '70's, I was told by the crew of a Rapier battery that the Bucc was the only aircraft they couldn't score a kill on. The thing was just too low & too fast – they couldn't track it!
Great video Ser , keep up the good work ❤👍😁
Missed out the Blackburn Botha another disappointment all round . Talking of ugly aircraft Armstrong whitworth gives Blackburn a run for the money
amazed i never heard of this before
maybe Göring saw a plane from Blackburn and expected to win against the RAF.
How have I never heard of this plane? Amazing.
Great video, love your stuff!
The footage of the bucs buzzing those ships always gives me the chills. They are so low it's almost unbelievable.
Bismark attack was ranging failure.. and leading target failure…
Daddy was FAA for the entirety of his 24 years, mostly buccs, some of his stories have still not been declassified😮
The Buccaneer was an aircraft the RAF never wanted. The RAF originally wanted the TSR-2 which was scapped by the 1964 Labour Government as being too expensive. Instead the American General Dynamics F-111K was ordered, and after $ Millions were spent on it, that too was cancelled. The RAF had to have something, so the cheap sub-sonic Royal Navy Buccaneer was purchased for the RAF. But to be fair the Labour Government were busy cancelling all high-tech projects at that time.
Isn't Blackburn in Lancashire ?
Hey f111?
I thought the phrase was 'boundary layer control'.
You're awesome, great job with this one!