What Happened To Giant Flying Boats? Saunders-Roe Princess Story
Sign up for an annual CuriosityStream subscription and you’ll also get a free Nebula subscription (the new streaming platform built by creators) here: http://CuriosityStream.com/mustard
Support Mustard on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MustardChannel
Mustard Store: https://teespring.com/stores/mustard-store
Website: https://www.mustardchannel.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MustardVideos
The rapid development of aircraft in the 1920’s and 1930’s far outpaced the development of aviation infrastructure to support them. Runways, even by the late 1930’s, were rare and often little more than an open grass field, useful only for the smallest and lightest of airplanes. It would be at least another decade until many cities developed suitable airports. But commercial aviation wasn’t going to wait around.
By the 1930’s large, luxurious flying boats were already carrying passengers to far-flung exotic destinations. Requiring only a reasonably calm stretch of water and minimal infrastructure, flying boats kick started an early era of air travel. Destinations that once took weeks to reach by boat could now be reached in just a matter of days. For the lucky few who could afford it, flying boats were simply the most luxurious way to travel. As they were generally larger and more capable than land-based aircraft, many were convinced that the future of long-range air travel belonged to large flying boats.
In 1943, Saunders-Roe, an iconic British aircraft builder, began planning for the future by drafting a design for a truly next-generation flying boat. Larger, heavier, and faster than any flying boat airliner in history. Although 1943 was the middle of the Second World War, Saunders-Roe planned to emerge at the forefront of post-war commercial aviation. But by the time the Princess took its first flight, the world had been completely transformed by the rapid development of runways and advances in land-based aircraft. It would soon become apparent that Saunders-Roe’s flying boat airliner had been designed for a future that never existed.
Select footage courtesy the AP Archive:
AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/aparchive and https://www.youtube.com/c/britishmovietone
Like the aviation industry posters found in this video? Visit The Aviation Ancestry Database, containing over 80,000 high-quality examples: http://www.aviationancestry.co.uk/
Special thanks to Nick Arehart for helping clean up our audio:
https://twitter.com/airhrt_
Music (reproduced under license):
Intro Song: “Moving Documentary” - https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/109237548-moving-documentary-2-minutes-cinematic-calm-underscoring-bac
Song 1: “Jazz Django Swing Jingles” - https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/108124993-jazz-django-swing-jingles-advertising-hip-cool-happy
Song 2: “West Coast Blues” - https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/73058242-west-coast-blues-groovy-hip-swing-jazz-big-band-retro-oldies
Song 3: “West Coast Blues” -https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/109237548-moving-documentary-2-minutes-cinematic-calm-underscoring-bac
Song 4: “Deep Journey” - https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/95645876-deep-journey-electronic-ambient-documentary-cinematic-immers
Song 5: “Electronic Synthwave” - https://audiojungle.net/item/electronic-synthwave-logo-intro/22396417
Thanks for watching!
Видео What Happened To Giant Flying Boats? Saunders-Roe Princess Story канала Mustard
Support Mustard on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MustardChannel
Mustard Store: https://teespring.com/stores/mustard-store
Website: https://www.mustardchannel.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MustardVideos
The rapid development of aircraft in the 1920’s and 1930’s far outpaced the development of aviation infrastructure to support them. Runways, even by the late 1930’s, were rare and often little more than an open grass field, useful only for the smallest and lightest of airplanes. It would be at least another decade until many cities developed suitable airports. But commercial aviation wasn’t going to wait around.
By the 1930’s large, luxurious flying boats were already carrying passengers to far-flung exotic destinations. Requiring only a reasonably calm stretch of water and minimal infrastructure, flying boats kick started an early era of air travel. Destinations that once took weeks to reach by boat could now be reached in just a matter of days. For the lucky few who could afford it, flying boats were simply the most luxurious way to travel. As they were generally larger and more capable than land-based aircraft, many were convinced that the future of long-range air travel belonged to large flying boats.
In 1943, Saunders-Roe, an iconic British aircraft builder, began planning for the future by drafting a design for a truly next-generation flying boat. Larger, heavier, and faster than any flying boat airliner in history. Although 1943 was the middle of the Second World War, Saunders-Roe planned to emerge at the forefront of post-war commercial aviation. But by the time the Princess took its first flight, the world had been completely transformed by the rapid development of runways and advances in land-based aircraft. It would soon become apparent that Saunders-Roe’s flying boat airliner had been designed for a future that never existed.
Select footage courtesy the AP Archive:
AP Archive website: http://www.aparchive.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/aparchive and https://www.youtube.com/c/britishmovietone
Like the aviation industry posters found in this video? Visit The Aviation Ancestry Database, containing over 80,000 high-quality examples: http://www.aviationancestry.co.uk/
Special thanks to Nick Arehart for helping clean up our audio:
https://twitter.com/airhrt_
Music (reproduced under license):
Intro Song: “Moving Documentary” - https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/109237548-moving-documentary-2-minutes-cinematic-calm-underscoring-bac
Song 1: “Jazz Django Swing Jingles” - https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/108124993-jazz-django-swing-jingles-advertising-hip-cool-happy
Song 2: “West Coast Blues” - https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/73058242-west-coast-blues-groovy-hip-swing-jazz-big-band-retro-oldies
Song 3: “West Coast Blues” -https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/109237548-moving-documentary-2-minutes-cinematic-calm-underscoring-bac
Song 4: “Deep Journey” - https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/95645876-deep-journey-electronic-ambient-documentary-cinematic-immers
Song 5: “Electronic Synthwave” - https://audiojungle.net/item/electronic-synthwave-logo-intro/22396417
Thanks for watching!
Видео What Happened To Giant Flying Boats? Saunders-Roe Princess Story канала Mustard
Показать
Комментарии отсутствуют
Информация о видео
Другие видео канала
The Giants - flying boatsWhy You Never Got to Fly The American Concorde: The 2707 SST StoryThis Train Made Passengers Sick: The APT Tilting Train StoryGermany’s Insane Hover Jet Transport: The Do 31 StoryUnderwater Aircraft Carriers: Imperial Japan’s Secret WeaponThe Problem With Fast Trains: What Happened to Hovertrains?What Happened To Giant Ekranoplans?A History Of Flight (Narrated by Tom Baker)This Insane Helicopter Was The Largest Ever Built: The Mil V-12 StoryDid The Soviets Build A Better Space Shuttle? The Buran StoryWhy Airbus Nearly Didn’t Happen: The A300 StoryThe War Boats - flying boatsHow A Cargo Ship Helped Win WW2: The Liberty Ship Story10 Future Military Aircraft YOU HAVE TO SEEWhy You Wouldn't Want to Fly The First Jet Airliner: De Havilland Comet StoryThe Largest Aircraft Ever Built By Britain: The Bristol BrabazonFlying Cruise Ships: What Happened To Giant Airships?The World’s Largest Plane: Why The Soviets Really Built The AN-225 MriyaWhy You Couldn’t Afford To Fly Concorde