hello and welcome this is a old one i had on youtube already but it was in parts. so I put it in to one episode . hope you like and thank you for watching. the song at the end is Beethoven symphony no 7 in A major op 92 II allegretto.
My Father was a Biber Pilot and survived two attempted missions in the Biber, both missions failed due to machinal failures! The second was and fuel leak which started a fire and explosion when my father reached the surface and opened the hatch letting in enough fresh air to fuel the fire and then blowing my father out of the hatch and into the water with 2nd degree burns to his hands and face. He floated in water and then swam to a break water and was eventually rescued by German patrol boat and spent the end of the War in a Hospital. He was only one of 3 men from a group of 200 to survive the War. The Biber was a weapon rushed into service without any of the bugs or glitches worked out making it more of a Death Trap than anything else.
Thank God he survived we should build more for the elite who force us brothers to fight each other and let them go on a one way trip to the oceans.God bless your dad I'm a Scottish Canadian I have the best z German wife.
I love when Tom the submariner says he wants to feel what 5hey feel, and I'm picturing a 20 year old on pervetin having mild hallucinations brought on by CO2 poisoning and hypothermia singing to himself then going "Holy shit what was that pop!?"
Hello, Thank you for this fascinating upload. A well put together presentation,amidst skilled apprentices.. of a machine I knew not at all. Cordialement,
I salute those boys/men who volunteered to pilot those subs. They were as brave as any test pilot who strapped on an aircraft or any of the astronauts who've strapped a rocket to their backside. And thanks to all who participated in the sub's restoration. Well done! As a former USAF Aircraft Instrument (Systems) Repairman I knew the soapy water would do the trick to find the leak! Been there; done that on pitot-static systems!
It would be great to see the ae1 or ae2 submarines australia used in ww2 restored, but there's no interest in restoration projects like that down here. Hats off to the team that restored this one.
Because those where huge and complicated compared to the Biber. Much much much harder to restore. Plus it’s been sitting on the bottom of the ocean for 100 years
Pretty incredible,,, I thought you were all barking mad for trying it but it worked, congrats. Having read about these subs I too believed they were deathtraps, maybe not so much, now find a small diesel and try it .
