How to Win the Cold War - Blue Jay Reaction

I highly recommend you watch blue jays “history worst Olympic marathon in a nutshell” the 1904 Olympics you’d think was a cartoon event except it was real life. You’d die laughing

"Celebrating Hitler's first GOOD painting" That is the best history joke ever. Fight me.

"All problems will be solved in Dallas" had me rolling for like 5 minutes.

Bluejay's comedic timing is so great. He's really found a really fun and unique voice.

Just to add to the Mathias' story. As a pilot, 50 flight hours is nothing (you need at least 200 -250 hrs to get commercial pilot license depending on the country). The first 50 hrs you barely got any experience flying solo. So the fact that he flew that long distance and landed in the freaking red square is amazing to me as it is lol. Edit: Also to add another aviation fun fact, KAL007 misnavigation into Soviet Airspace causing it to be shot down is what causes Ronald Reagan to make GPS technology available for use in commercial planes and later improved to be used in cars, now in our pockets!

Alittle off topic, but I always find myself watching Jason Isaacs performance as Zhukov all the time too. His entrance, his “talk” with stalins son, the secret convo with Khrushchev, and so much more. Underrated actor

"All problems will be solved in Dallas" 💀💀💀💀

The Soviets were so concerned with the "unauthorized use" of Tu-22 coolant that they considered replacing it with some kind of non-consumable industrial coolant. Air force people pointed out that the coolant leaks into the cockpit, so using such coolants would certainly kill the pilot. They even demonstrated it by having some party officials sit in a cockpit, where they acknowledged a strong alcohol smell. What they didn't know is the crews stuffed rags soaked in vodka into the ventilation system. The pilots really liked that coolant, it was the only redeeming quality of a plane that would try its best to kill you.

"Jesus you look terrible." "My name is actually Vlad but thank you sir" Had me rolling for 5 minutes

A channel called Paper Skies does historical videos on aviation, with a focus on the Soviet Union because the channel creator was born there and his father was in the Red Air Force. He has a more detailed (but still humorous) video on the “Supersonic Booze Carrier” that’s worth checking out.

My dad who was a RAAF pilot pointed out to me after watching this that the downward ejection seat was also used on a number of western aircraft at the time too. In aircraft with engines above the wings or other hazards it just made more sense to engineers, it wasn't until later that the ejection mechanism was redesigned to fire hard enough to clear obstacles that the design was abandoned. The problem with the TU-22 ones was the shockingly bad soviet build quality that led them to failing or just firing at random.

In the second grade, we practiced air raid drills by dropping under our desks. The Cold War was normal for me until it was over.

There’s a funny Cold War story during the Korean War. Us soldiers fighting in the cold were stuck with there vehicles. They were low on ammunition and ordered a care package. Since they didn’t want to risk being deciphered they used the code word tootsie roll to confuse the communist, unfortunately for the US troops the radio operator was also confused So the radio operator sends in a cage package through airdrop but he dropped a package load of tootsie rolls, the amercians once they saw this were angry and confused but realized they can use the tootsie rolls to fix the pipes in there vehicles and were able to escape the area

Colonel Selfridge of the US Army was the first person to die due to an airplane crash. He was testing the Wright Flyer with one of the Wright Brothers. In Mt Clemmons, MI, there is a USAF base named after him.

Have you ever read the script they had written up in case the Apollo 11 mission failed? Chilling as hell. Can you imagine a grieving nation relying on the comforting and nurturing words of Richard Nixon to see them through? Or maybe he would've surprised us all and handled it with perfect statesman grace. In an alternate history, it could be remembered as the finest hour of his presidency. He was a complicated figure.

Acoustic Kitties and Laser Dolphins are some of the funniest experiments ive ever heard of.

Already saw this vid, absolutely funny and historically accurate, and its nice to see more historical context ✌😁 keep up the great work

Georgy Zhukov being such a fan of coke is great, the dude was a legend. He had so many medals that when he wore his full uniform he may as well have been wearing plate mail armor.

"But much like an Activision Blizzard employee Mathias wasn't going to take no for an answer." BROOOOOOO the fucking shots fired. Holy crap I can't lmao

Bluejay comedic non common humor is amazing and your reactions and added jokes as well is no less 😂❤ Absolutely amazing reaction to an amazing video Chris, you make even the simplest of videos so fun and entertaining let alone incredible ones from bluejay and others Keep it up ❤