Sneakpeak
Added 2022-03-11 23:04:49 +0000 UTCThe last two weeks, as you will have noticed, have seen some intense activity on the channel. With three videos, I uploaded the number of videos in a week that usually get made in a month. I did enjoy the speed and challenge, but I did need a few days to reset to make sure that the speed does not get in the way of quality, especially as other things (Stukabook, PhD etc) are still happening at the same time. That said, it has also given me another impetus to think about the future content (my list by now includes +150 video ideas) that I want to produce in 2022. With this update, I want to talk to you about what I think the rest of March to roundabout May will look like.
On the one side, I have two finished scripts. Well, finished to the point that they need another editing revision and some polish - but they are 'done' from a meta perspective. That would be my script on Op. Varsity and an spur of the moment research project that ended up as an 'In Defense of the Bf 110'.
However, I admit that right now, I don't really see myself working on these videos. The main reason for this is that a couple of opportunities popped up within a space of only a few weeks, both interviews, collaborative efforts within institutions like the Naval Institute Press, and new videos ideas, that I think are topical and perhaps also more the direction I want to take the channel in. I'll explore these options; the scripts won't run away after all.
I do want to push some more contemporary topics including modern aviation and procurement. This content has both been very popular with viewers, and I often enjoy researching these aspects because, coming from the historian’s perspective, it is fascinating to see how, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Only recently I was once again reminded how CAS and interdiction tactics used by modern air forces, essentially resemble those from the Second World War nearly word for word.
Likewise, there are a lot of experts out there that I think people would enjoy hearing from. My past interview videos were again among the most popular videos of 2021 - and I think this is because the topics were interesting, but also because the experts were talking to fellow aviation nerds. They did not have to produce sound bites, or cram everything into 90sec like on TV - but could explore the topic in detail. Feedback from both them and the audience has been so positive on exactly that front.
Lastly, Inside The Cockpit - although not always the most popular videos, they are great to film, produce and something largely unique. Over the Covid period, they were not easy to film and although it is not over, it looks like more museum trips this year are possible. So hopefully this will bring us all something new and great very soon!
Of course, I would also appreciate your input. Is there any video from the last 12 months or so that springs to mind where you'd say: More of that! Let me know in the comments!
Chris
Comments
Chris, I enjoy every one of your videos, and your more recent ones on aircraft and AD systems in use in the Ukraine TOO is both informative and incredibly fascinating. Having said that: I am really bummed that you don't expect to finish the Bf-110 video as previously announced. I was really looking forward to your usual informed, stellar treatment of a subject where I've always felt that I did not have a complete picture, and now I'm getting the feeling that you may not finish the video at all. :(
Sean Tyson
2022-03-23 03:22:16 +0000 UTCThanks David, that means a lot, appreciate it!
Military Aviation History
2022-03-22 09:04:23 +0000 UTCThe script is finished, so I will certainly use it :)
Military Aviation History
2022-03-22 09:03:50 +0000 UTCThanks Timothy!
Military Aviation History
2022-03-22 09:03:28 +0000 UTCThere will certainly still be a mix, however a few things are appearing on the horizon that need to be looked at as an opportunity
Military Aviation History
2022-03-22 09:03:07 +0000 UTCThanks Dave
Military Aviation History
2022-03-22 09:02:12 +0000 UTCThanks Petros
Military Aviation History
2022-03-22 09:01:59 +0000 UTCKing's College London, Political Science, looking at the influence of Public Opinion on EU Policy
Military Aviation History
2022-03-22 09:01:51 +0000 UTCWill get there, thanks!
Military Aviation History
2022-03-22 09:01:20 +0000 UTCI am sure many like myself find the World War II field always fascinating, so many more topics than standard comparisons of fighters, etc. The Me 110 will always hold interest with its many careers as long-range escort fighter/fighter-bomber with Erprobungsgruppe 210/night fighter/heavy fighter vs. unescorted bombers. There is still much to be discovered n the air war in the East 1941-45 - a recent study by Dnitry Degtev and Dmitry Zubov, "Hitler's Strategic Bombing Offensive on the Eastern Front: Blitz Over the Volga 1943" makes extensive use of Russian sources, but ignores both German primary sources and such English-language works as Richard Muller's "German Air War in Russia." Thanks very much for all your contributions!
Timothy Mulligan
2022-03-18 23:45:46 +0000 UTCI think going heavily into contemporary military aviation, particularly around the war in Ukraine, would get you a lot more views and subscribers. However, I personally love all your content - including the analysis of obscure WW2 topics and cockpit walkarounds of 1950s jets etc. So, I hope any detour into the current conflict, however interesting, would be a temporary deviation. Thank you very much. Chris.
2022-03-18 14:31:36 +0000 UTCI like the mix of content you have, it all adds up - I know "The Algorithm" is pushing you to have a narrow focus but I support you here because I want to see the variety. Obviously at the moment with a hot war in Europe then contemporary issues are going to be sharply in focus so take those timely opportunities. However, to understand the present it's helpful to understand the past which is where the historical stuff comes in: I'm very interested in your take on the Bf 110 but it's an 80 year old plane, even a few months delay isn't going to make it any less relevant.
Dave Saunders
2022-03-12 14:30:35 +0000 UTCHonestly I love your content regardless, but the contemporary stuff is really what I find most interesting, so if you want to focus on that then that's great, and if not, that's also great.
2022-03-12 10:12:24 +0000 UTCWhat University are you going to for your PhD and what is the field and planned title of your paper(s)? My daughter was a Rhodes Scholar in the late 1990's at Oxford (Merton College - she was 19 years old when she was accepted.)
H Norman Angell
2022-03-12 05:27:15 +0000 UTCGet your Ph.D.!
Bruce Stein
2022-03-12 00:52:22 +0000 UTCMy Patreon donations are based on the individuals' growth and not ongoing production believe it or not. If they have had a few masterpieces then that's enough. In the space of the music group Nirvana, AmericanSpyFox fit the bill. With military aviation history, you fit the bill. A Russian guy got dropped, from 10 bucks to a dollar then zero. He was smug about voting a few months ago....said it was a hassle and he didn't care anyway. OK, whatever. Adios Amigo.
2022-03-11 23:40:11 +0000 UTCI'm very interested to see what happens when you take your channel in a "new direction." However, I really do want to see what you give us on the Bf-110. It's an attractive aircraft (to me, anyway...) and while I understand why it wasn't as successful a design in combat as planned, I would really like to hear what an expert on military aviation has to say about its good points.
Sean Tyson
2022-03-11 23:16:15 +0000 UTC
