Everybody likes planes, right? Especially great and good FOTB RoadRich!
Here’s some more vintage video targeted directly at his interests.
First up, “Birth of a Jet”. This should not be confused with “Birth of a Nation”: this one is about the DC-8, and dates from 1958.
Bonus video #1. This is a throwback video: “Tomorrow’s Airplane Today: The Story of the Stratocruiser”, from 1946. The 377 Stratocruiser was a Boeing airliner, based on the C-97 Stratofreighter transport (which, in turn, was based on the B-29). Apparently, the airliner was not entirely successful.
Bonus video #2: In case you haven’t figured it out yet, I’m partial to the F-4 Phantom. “F-4 Flight Characteristics”.
As the YouTube notes point out, there’s some really amazing footage of an F-4 in a spin about 24 minutes in.