Glorious Firsts: Aircraft Edition / War Thunder 

Last time I was this early the B 29 cost 74k silver lions to repair

How many new inventions were made because of you? WWII: Yes

6:37 Friendliest "Bye" ive ever heard

2:22 Very rare footage showed by Gaijin studio 163 shooting down a bomber

Frank Whittle was the first who think about the jet engine but Hans von Ohain was the first who build it (with some tricks to get more time) but both got the recognition for invention it because they did it independently from each other

Did you miss anything? Yes. US sabres having misiles in game

Gaijin: Using aim 9 sidewinder on a f86 sabre Me: *Confused screaming*

They should've mentioned the F-104 which passed the speed of mach 2

I think Gaijin should add a named vehicle for Bruce as a little thanks for doing a good job on these videos

Could you do a series about machine guns used in tanks and their history? Like the french MAC 31, the german MG34, the soviet DT, etc...

ok, where is my beauteful Ho 229? This plane deserve some spotlight too.

2:40 *cough cough* not in game! Also, for me it’s the first use of an unmanned defensive turret on the blenheim

Title: "Glorious firsts" At end of video: *AcKhUalLy AlL tHe aIrcRafTs wE jUsT sHowN wErEnT tHE fIrSt tO dO iT*

this one I read but haven't confirmed yet by comparing to other aircraft at the time, is that the Bristol beaufighter was the first plane designed with RADAR in mind or one of the variants were designed with RADAR installation as apart of the base design instead of something added later on.

It is important to note that while Frank Whittle first had the idea, the German jet development was independent from it because it was kept under tight locks by the military and Hans Papst von Ohain came to a very similar conclusion on how to power modern planes in the early 30s without knowing of Whittle's work. Part of the reason why German jet engines are notably different in design, they are axial to the British radial variant. The US never equipped Sabres with Missiles, only export versions got them as the US had already moved on to more modern planes or planned to. The first use of Sidewinders was by Taiwanese Sabres in a conflict with PRC China.

when the show you an American Sabre with a pair of sidewinders but no one of the USA tech tree has one yet lmap

Hello, Gaijin. I have one question. What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

I just love the lockheed Martin F-104 starfighter

f-105 Thunderchief almost there yet?

Mig-17 record, first jet aircraft with the tightest turn rate until the record was broken by the F-16

dam i havent played war thunder in a week im breaking the addiction YEEAAAH

Gaijin, solve PS4/Xbox One perfomance problems on foruns: fps drops, ps2 textures in vehicles.. . 5 months and nothing is done

You gotta be kidding me. 4:26 shows a Sabre with missiles but the us tech tree sabres don’t have missiles. Gaijin? Am I missing something here?

I like how they show an f-86 with aim9b with and American paint job except none of the f-86s in the us tree get aim-9s

Wasn't the B-29's bomber with it's pressurised cabin a pretty import breaktrough for altitude and range advantages? Also would be interesting to hear about the first aircraft to land on a carrier.

1:35 I beg to differ. The first jet engine was invented as far as 2000 years ago. You know that guy Hero from Alexandria, and his invention called Hero's engine? That's technically the first jet engine in existence. But ok, we're talking modern jet engines here. So the first modern(ish) jet engine was built in 1910 by that guy called Coanda (also known for the discovery of "Coanda effect"). It was primitive, the compressor was powered by an ordinary piston engine, but it was the first airborne jet engine. And the first patent for an aircraft jet engine was granted to Maxime Guillaume in 1921. So Whittle wasn't the first to think about aircraft jet engine, wasn't even first to build it. Yes, he did a lot to improve the design and i'm not denying it, but to say he invented the jet engine is quite an overstatement.

here because gaijin misspelled glorious again

The Japanese were the first to never put armor on their planes

shame they didnt mention the I 16. it was the first low wing monoplane with retracting gear

What about I-16? It was incredible modern aircraft at that time. It wasn't biplane, it had guns in wings and it had retractable gear.

I would like to point out an error in your information, the first Sabre to break the sound barrier was NOT a F-100 but in fact was a CA-27 Sabre (Australian) broke the sound barrier in a 5-10 degree dive over Port Phillip Bay, 2 minute flight away from Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation Fishermen’s Bend, Melbourne

Pretty sure the MiG-17 could break the sound barrier and came out before the F-100. Also worth mentioning that the MiG-15 was actually the first aircraft design *theoretically capable* of breaking the sound barrier (but was never tested because of the risks)

In war thunder the earliest made aeroplane you can get up to the speed of sound, even in level flight is the Me163, though you don’t get much usage out of an interceptor 15km high and with 1 min to 1:30 of fuel left

the Yak-36 "Freehand" VTOl flew in 1963, 3 years before the harrier first flew

Harrier is the first ADOPTED V-TOL aircraft the first V-TOL aircraft is the Snecma C-450 Coléoptère and for jets either the Mirage IIIV or Dassault Balzac V

Wish I could listen to the soundtrack of the shooting range...

Interviewer: who was the weirdest country during you war? WWI:Mother Russia. WWII: Idk maybe France.

Awesome. Love these videos, Gaijin. Please keep 'em coming. 👍

I personally think that at the end of the day what matters is of it was the first, not if it was mass produced

I-16, the world's first low-wing cantilever monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear and enclosed cockpit.

6:15 US-Sabre with missiles?

Just a side note here on the Sabre. The F-86 was easily able to break Mach 1 in a dive. The importance of the F-100 Super Sabre was being able to break the sound barrier in level flight. I've read arguments (Sourced from the Smithsonian Air and Space Magazine) that indicated George Welch to be the first Supersonic pilot, before Chuck Yeager, in the F-86 prototype. Whether he actually did or not is not clear, and will probably be forever a mystery.

Shows American Sabre with missiles Also Americans Sabre has no missiles in game

Whoever is narrating deserves a raise.

A visual question; Do you use the tracer velat in your backround footage or something else like the mixed or ground targets?

VTOL aircraft. In Air RB in the Harrier, I can simply act as a helicopter, and destroy an entire medium/heavy tank line; as long as everybody is focused in air to air fighting. Theres also been times where maneuvering with VTOL has come in handy. Making dogfights a breeze; especially when equipped with air to air missiles.

Even if the breaktroughs are old or seem insignificant today, some pre-World-War-2 aircraft designs made a huge impact for history and aircraft development. Like the first dive bombers to G-lock in a dive, or the first "dumb" rocket air kill, which I believe goes to USSR against Japanese bombers. We also have one of the first gunship helicopters, UH-1 "Huey", which lead to the development of one of the first dedicated attack helicopters, AH-1 Cobra.

Frank Whittle invented the type of jet engine used in the Gloster Meteor, von Ohain invented the jet that's actually used in modern aircraft

Mirage Delta-wing configuration, because Delta-wings are awesome and the Mirage is awesome

Delta wings or double delta wings episode? The J35 or something much earlier if it exists.

as far as I can remember. the first jet engine was invented in Romania and the first plane, also in Romania.

2 of the best planes ever in the Thumbnail

First ALL METAL aircraft (excluding control surfaces), THAT is the most important breakthrough of all. More streamlined, more durable, and would not rot and turn into compost in 2 years. It was only in early 1930's mass production of all metal aircraft was possible. In game the first built is most likely the French Dewoitine D.371.

I think the X4 deserves a little more credit. Especially when you elaborate on how you decided to include the aircraft you did, ie. produced en masse and designed for that purpose. The X4 certainly checks both of those boxes. Saying it wasn't "operational" is really nitpicky and (possibly false depending on how you categorize firing "tests" at enemy aircraft) is usually only brought up when two designs enter service at similar times. In this case, there is almost a decade between the two.

This man belongs on national geographic or something, his voice just radiates intellect

Now that you've mentioned the fighter Blenheim will you add it? Along with the Defiant?

The HE-162 was the first plane to break the sound barrier. It could only achieve it in a dive though. And I believe Luftwaffe pilots were afraid of causing the sonic boom so they stopped doing full powered dives.

The B29 was the first atomic airliner because it actually carried an atomic payload way back in 1943 and was the first plane to drop it on July 1943.

I have an important question. Are you guys planning on adding any other different nation vehicles? Like maybe looking into adding more Canadain Tanks or even tanks used in the Korean War, or other wars that could be added to other nations?

This is why I consider Argentine military tech tree a good option for war thunder. The list below is made by me from my humble knowledge considering aircraft and tanks that are innovation for the video game and others that are already created. Added to this list, Argentina would integrate well the list of countries due to its conflict over the Malvinas Islands with Great Britain and because it did not add maps of it to the game. Argentine aeronautical history is highly respected throughout the world and it proved its ability when it had to. Of course I may have forgotten about other military instruments that may be suitable for the game. Argentine aviation: - Nieuport 28C-1 Bebé (1919 / 1925) - Fighter - Ansaldo A.1 Balilla (1919) - Fighter - Dewoitine D-21 (1927 / 1941) - Fighter Dewoitine D-25 (1927 / 1934) - Fighter - Bristol F-2B Fighter (1920 / 1933) - Fighter - Fokker D-XI (1926 / 1927) - Fighter - Corsair V-65 ( 1931 / 1940) - Navy - Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina (1941 / 1950) - Navy Bomber - F-4U (1955) - Navy Fighter - Martin PBM Mariner (1955) - Navy Bomber - North American AT-6C (1955) - Navy - Vought F4U5 Corsair (1955) - Navy Fighter - Grumman F9F Panther (1955) - Navy Fighter - Consolidated P2Y “Ranger” ( 1931 / 1940) - Navy - Curtiss 68 Hawk III (1936 / 1947) - Fighter - Curtiss 75 Hawk (1939 / 1960) - Fighter - Curtiss 79 Hawk IV (1936 / 1947) - Fighter - FMA Ae.M.B.2 ( 1936 / 1938) - Bomber (Argentinean made) - Martin 139WAA (1937 / 1948) - Bomber - Northrop 8A-2 (1937 / 1949) - Bomber - North American SNJ-5C 2-A-304 (1947-1970) - Bomber - North American T-28F Fennec 3-A-333 (1966-1971) - Bomber - FMA I.Ae.22 DL ( 1944 / 1955) - Trainer (Argentinean made) - FMA I.Ae.27 Pulqui I ( 1947 / 1957) - Fighter (Argentinean made. It was the first aircraft of this type to be manufactured in Latin America, and the ninth worldwide.) - Gloster Meteor ( 1946 / 1970 ) - Fighter - FMA I.Ae.33 Pulqui II ( 1948 / 1960) - Fighter - Avro 694 Lincoln (1947 / 1967) - Bomber - Avro 683 Lancaster (1947) - Bomber - Fiat G.59 (1949 / 1950) - Fighter - BAC Canberra (1970 / 2000) - Bomber - FMA IA-58 Pucará (1974) - fighter-bomber (Argentinean made) - Fiat G-55I (1947) - Fighter - MS-760 (1972) - Trainer (First jet aircraft built in series in Latin America.) - IA-24 Calquín (1946) - Atacker (Argentinean made) - IA-35 Huanquero (1958) with three versions - Bomber - Northrop 8-A2 (1935) - Dive Bomber - IAe.30 Ñamcu (1948) - Fighter (Argentinean made, It broke the speed record for propeller planes not surpassed to date. Finally, the serie of this project was cancelled.) - BAC Canberra (1970 / 2000) - Bomber - Douglas A-4Q Skyhawk (1971) - Navy Fighter-bomber - Douglas A-4B (1971) - Fighter-bomber - Aermacchi MB-339A (1981) - Navy trainer used in Malvinas conflict. - Turbomentor T-34C1 () - Navy trainer used in Malvinas conflict. - North American F-86F Sabre (1960 / 1986) - Fighter - Dassault Mirage IIID/E (1973) - Fighter - Dassault Mirage 5 (1982) - Fighter - Dassault Mirage IIIB/C (1983) - Fighter - IAI Dagger/Finger (1978) - Fighter - Super Etendard (1980) - Navy Fighter - Mirage M5 Mara (1982 / 2015) - Fighter Bomber (Borrowed from Peru to Argentina during Malvinas conflict.) - FMA IA-63 Pampa (1984) - Fighter trainer (Argentinean made) - Lockheed Martin A-4 Fighting Hawk (1997) - Fighter bomber Helicopters: - Hughes OH-6 Cayuse - Agusta-Bell 206B1 - Eurocopter AS332B Super Puma -Bell UH-1H Iroquoisc Tanks: - Vickers Garden - Lloyd (1934 / 1937) - Nahuel DL 43 (1940) - Sherman M4 (1946) - Sherman Firefly (1947) - M41 Walker Bulldog (1966) - AMX-13 (1966) - M60 (1976) - 1978 Sherman - SK-105 (1980) - TAM (1981) - TAM 2C (2013) - TAM 2 IP (2018) Thanks!

You missed the part where the T95 was the best tank ever made.

It was so cool when the other plane flew above when plane 1 was hovering Zachmilk -217

F 104 was the first combat-capable aircraft to pass mach 2 and the English Electric Lightning, which was the first jet able to supercruise

I’d really love to see an American Kite-plane. I was thinking the f-106 Delta Dart would be pretty cool.

TL;DW Highlights: 4:45 USAF F-4D Phantom II 6:22 USAF F-86 with Sidewinders

It is only a pity that not a single American Sabre does not have sidewinder rockets: /

163, can't even take off: Snail "And here's a video completely ignoring that"

Just watching these videos makes me wanna play. I'd love to see the F 105 thunder chief.

Here's something you missed. The Northrop F-5 was not only used by China, it was a very popular export fighter in use by many nations

Hey, heyy, quick question, why does the sabre have missiles in your vid? I would like to have it in game

I’d love to see experimental single missions, say flying the X-1 past Mach 1 stuff like that

you missed one thing the best air to ground missle was F-104

What about the YAK-38, First VTOL aircraft with an afterburner, and while we are at it also the first VTOL aircraft with a separate lift fan

Did you miss anything? The J35D’s Cobra capability.

It'd be also welcome to discuss design innovations that get a bit less of a spotlight, such as radio guided precision munitions developments out of Japan and the US (such as the sea-skimming anti-ship Ki-147 and Ki-148, or the surface to air radio proximity fusing Funryu for Japan, and the guided bombs AZON and BAT for the US), aerial torpedo designs such as the Type 91 and mark 13 might also be worth spotlighting, as extremely shallow run torpedoes and stabilizing fins and boxes dramatically improved drop speed, altitude, and reliability, allowing for notably improved strike performance. As far as additional firsts to consider, there's the first all-metal carrier borne aircraft of the A5M, while not as glamorous, I believe certainly worth noting for showcasing the global trend towards more advanced carrier aircraft.

2:26 The comet: if I can’t have a tail than neither can you

Did you miss anything? YES. The advent of the Do 17 Z-7 as the world's first 2 engine interceptor

Day 6: Bring back the Maus!

Fritz X is probably my favorite one

Can you add an in game Boom & Zoom tutorial?

Better than the tank firsts. Still find it confusing you didn't note the M3 medium tank for the stabilizer part when it is in game , modelled with it, and the direct predecessor to both in reality and in WT. Also great to see honorable mentions of vehicles not quiet in game yet though I must say: When can we expect the British night fighter Blenheims, Mosquitos, and Beaufighters? Perhaps someday. I am still impressed overall with all the creative use of skins and vehicles to represent ones not in game (US Sabre with Sidewinders, Pola as Roma, Me 262 with a rocket to represent a missile, etc)

I believed that it was in 1958 that the ROCAF first use the AIM-9 to shoot down several Mig-17. It was the first combat in human history utilize an air to air missile

There was also the BF 109 that was the first aircraft to use fuel injection rather than the standard carburetor.

Dornier brought out the first vertical start plane, the Dornier Do 31 made its first successful flight in 1967 but the program was canceled

When you don't know how to deal with ground targets so you strap a 75mm cannon onto your plane

The b2 bomber was a really nice Inaction

In reality, the first aircraft with verticale takeoff is the French Mirage III V in 1965. The first flight of the harrier is only in 1967

the inventor of jet engine is Henri Coanda

No mention of the Hellcat using radar in the pacific as early as 1942 huh

This was unexpected

My favourite has to be the English Electric Lighting - the first and only British made plane to hit mach 2

Wrong. The first Sabre to break the sound barrier was a CAC Sabre, built in Australia.

Ohain designed an engine which was different to that of Whittles design, not only that he got it into the air first using a Heinkel airframe. Whittle's design was more complicated, look at the Jumo 004 and then at Whittle's engine, the German design was sleeker and produced more power.

2:38 I just tried my Bristol Blenheim ingame, but there is no radar to be found. Will it be added?

Turbo compressor jet engines were not invented by the British, in the first patent for an axial flow turbojet was made in France in 1921 by Maxime Guillaume. Though the concept was already known and proposed around all Europe.

What is that usaf saber with sidewinder? I've never saw that one before in game

Can we have a video on the ‘last of a kind’ vehicles. Like how you already did with the last piston engines.

And u missed the A5M being the first monoplane carrier-capable fighter!!!

This dude's voice is just amazing

I love Super Mystere B2