6 Intense Aerial Dogfights - Smithsonian Channel

[Trichome]

Good watch....

[Grifter]

[Bones]

AIM-7 heat seeker, huh?

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[Grifter]

Hey, you can't expect accurate, well-research reporting the Smithsonian Channel, right?

[PanzerMeyer]

It wouldn't surprise me if that segment was put together by some clueless college intern.

[PanzerMeyer]

Early in the video the narrator says “It’s top seller, the MiG!”

That’s rather vague isn’t it?

[Grifter]

What I don't understand is why they can't get this stuff right. It's really not that hard to learn what an AIM-7 is and how it basically works. I mean, if you're making a bloody documentary about this stuff, I would think that you would do your research and be able to present the basics to an audience of laypeople. It's really lazy on their part. The opening minutes of this video shows a MiG-17, and the narrator states that four MiG-21's enter Israeli airspace. Finding stock footage of a MiG-21 isn't difficult. face/palm. They eventually switch to stock footage of a MiG-21 during their summary of Melnik's shoot down of the invading 21's.

[PanzerMeyer]

I agree Grifter. It's just overall general laziness on their part.

[Trichome]

I missed all that stuff so I feel bad for sharing.

I would have thought the Smithsonian would be spot on.

[Grifter]

Yeah, don't be Trichome. Your expectation that The Smithsonian would get it right is a reasonable one. Besides, it's still a good post with testimonial from the pilots that flew the missions.

[PanzerMeyer]

Don't feel bad at all Trichome! As Grifter said, the pilot testimonials were quite interesting. It's really just the narration that was poorly done.