Welcome to the Ruairidh MacVeigh RU-vid channel, where I present detailed documentaries on various trains, planes and automobiles from both my native UK and across the world, with deep insights into the economic, social and political factors that decided whether these transportation projects were either successes or failures.
If you'd like to support what I do, and get early access to advert-free videos, please consider joining this channel to get access to perks: ru-vid.com/show-UCC8R7kmt-W14zWUcr8mymEQjoin
Also, feel free to donate to either my PayPal or Ko-Fi for just £3.
Feel free to contact me at my personal email address if you wish to ask any questions or have any concerns. Please do not ask me to do any paid promotions, sponsorships or endorsements.
Too big for its booty… not a flop here in Aus. Bit flabby and had a stigma of weirdness but robust, long lived and owned by people with long armpit hair whom chose to not bother the Colgate too much.
Dodge may've misunderstood girls' likes, but I can say they make a damn good vehicle. My 2016 Ram 1500's proven to be very much worth every cent. Fast, strong, economical, it's very much a driver's dream~
For me loved the class 87. Spent many a day at Crewe as a kid watching these amazing locos at work before emigrating to Oz. Visited back in October and man did it bring back some memories although of course now it's class 390s ruling the wcml.
Those who thought back then that the Rover-Honda, Ronda, was bad, were deeply offended by the silly Tata Indica called Cityrover. The R30 war the crash and the Cityrover was the burn of this company.
3:50. America, again, overestimating itself badly. Europe and Asia have the same roads as America does, but you need to be a seriously better driver than American will ever be. So many American land yachts were used in Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria and many others with so called narrow roads. A narrow road is the drivers problem not the cars. Case in point, there are more and better American vintage cars in these countries than in the USA.
Turbines could work if you could figure out how to keep them working at high RPM. But the problem there are they are stupidly loud and have really hot exhausts, so they have to idle down in stations. It’s possible that modern day Gas Turbines would be barely efficient enough to make it work, but most of the UK intercity network is electrified, so the concept is dead anyways.
This would be a great video if it weren't for the awful digital generated commentary. Why don't you just record your real voice? It wld be so much better.
Interesting to read all those comments raving about what a great car it was, here in Canada that butt-ugly Land Crab was not well received and mainly sold to UK ex-pats and assorted Anglophiles. It was not competitive in cost or quality compared to the Japanese imports that were arriving at the time. Friend of mine bought one in 1967, soon was complaining of reliability problems, mainly electrical, also inadequate heater for our winters. He swapped for a 1969 Dodge Charger and got next to nothing on trade-in value. P.S. at that time I was running a Mini-Cooper 1275S, which was more fun than a barrel of monkeys, but also had to contend with the vagaries of the electrics. All hail George Lucas, a.k.a. The Prince of Darkness.... 😏
On engine referb topics they also used ivecos, scanias, and one also got a DAF engine.. but was deemed to expense for the refurbs, that bust stull has its DAF engine, very nice to work on
I owned an Austin 1800 (in Canada) for several years. Brilliant car. Exceptionally roomy, massive trunk (Boot). With the hydrolastic suspension, it rode like a Cadillac on rough roads yet handled like a small car on corners. Acceleration was good and so was fuel economy that that size of car.
I remember seeing the Swift and Hunter prototypes at Farnborough and admiring them both. Supermarine of course was held in high esteem by members of the public such as me and we knew nothing of the technical and specification problems. On the face of it, the Swift looks as if it should work, but clearly it didn't. I had forgotten, if I even knew it, that it was in RAF service for so long, even if in a minor role.
The Chief Pilot/training captain/ops director from highland joined my airline in mid 88, he became my boss and mentor during my early years in the airline industry and I often pass on his little nuggets of wisdom.
Fed up to the back teeth of these ridiculous titles. From 1942 to 1970 the pace of aircraft development was stratospheric, an aircraft on the drawing board would be considered cutting edge but by the time the prototype flew it was usually run of the mill and by the time it made it to operational service it was obsolete. Technology was moving along at the same blistering pace with new ideas being incorporated as the aircraft was still being developed, the only thing that was still stuck in the 1930’s was the relationship between the aircraft companies, the design engineers and the test pilots.
I don't see a problem with the title. Regardless of the pace of progress, the number one thing to want from any aircraft design is that it flies well. There are many reasons why a design might become obsolescent earlier than planned, but if it's an aircraft it should at least fly OK. I would hardly call this example a success.
Great video, Now i know whats below that box thing on the roof of the 86 , it looks like some kind of transformer that runs from the roof down to the chassis. I could be wrong 😊
You know, 1997, to me, aged 64, this was like, last week. Scary to say the least. Those guys that busted the vault in the bank must have had balls of steel. Constantly threatened to be cremated instantly by a pirocluster. Bad loss this.
The British government couldn't have bungled up this and other projects, any worse. Add to that squirrely Rolls Royce, BOAC, and you have a 'bloody mess' and a massive waste of resources. It's a wonder any company tried to make anything innovative or exceptional.
Interesting, as always, thank you Ruairidh. I finished watching this and realised I had been shaking my head in amazement at the stubborn determination to make it work. I guess Porsche is the obvious example of a questionable design being made to work by copious quantities of time and money... the Swift didn't have enough of either!
Would be interested to know how traction AC transmission worked in the 1950s...variable amplitude/frequency converters/inverters are state if the art today
Great video! As difficult a subject as it may be, it's always good to ensure people's understanding of the slave trade is not exclusive to those of colour. As a Scot, and as you've mentioned regarding the Irish, the highland clearances and the movement of people out of the United Kingdom, was slavery.
Later 1970's one of my father's garares was used as a 'passage control' for the RAC Lombard Rally ... Many great cars. Maybe most impressive were the BL rally team. Leyland Sherpa vans fitted with Rover 3.5 V8 engines 😵😂 1990's I had a motorcycle dealership and bought an ex Gas Board LDV High Top to move/ deliver motorcycles. I.also.used it to carry my various Enduro and Supermoto bikes ... Excellent van, cheap.to buy & keep 👍👍
I remember the absolute reluctance to have these British citizens of this British colony resettle in mainland Britain. Only a handful of thousands, due to racism, that shouldn't have been a debate. Then the UK let millions of Europeans in, and God knows what else since. The residence there should feel very, very bitter!
The best aircraft HS 748 for all weather and kind of unprepared air strip like gravel and grass etc, having water methanol to boost engines in extreme hot temperatura , however very weak rate of climb in high ISA deviation temperature.
1:52 Not to nitpick, but, as a Leylander, I have to point out Hough Lane is pronounced "Huff Lane", not "How Lane". It really is just a nitpick though - this is an amzingly thorough and well-researched video. Thank you! 🙇
