Chet Magnum
@chetmagnum.bsky.social
Hello! My goal is to use my weird sense of humor to trick people into learning about war history.
Find me on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@chetmagnumactual?si=Soa1u4bNe1sQ9aSk
Find me on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@chetmagnumactual?si=Soa1u4bNe1sQ9aSk
Still here! I've just been very busy doing other stuff. The balance of my work/life has become more of a work=life situation for the foreseeable future. At least I get to take some photos every now and then.
Here's my recent effort.
Back at making my actual content soon!
#YouTube #photography
Here's my recent effort.
Back at making my actual content soon!
#YouTube #photography
September 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Still here! I've just been very busy doing other stuff. The balance of my work/life has become more of a work=life situation for the foreseeable future. At least I get to take some photos every now and then.
Here's my recent effort.
Back at making my actual content soon!
#YouTube #photography
Here's my recent effort.
Back at making my actual content soon!
#YouTube #photography
Got something cool to hook up to my camera. Basically, it's an interface that allows my camera lens to see through night vision.
For a few reasons, I can't get it to mount properly, but I can get it to about 75% effectiveness.
I'll have to buy my own soon.
#photography #night #nikon
For a few reasons, I can't get it to mount properly, but I can get it to about 75% effectiveness.
I'll have to buy my own soon.
#photography #night #nikon
July 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Got something cool to hook up to my camera. Basically, it's an interface that allows my camera lens to see through night vision.
For a few reasons, I can't get it to mount properly, but I can get it to about 75% effectiveness.
I'll have to buy my own soon.
#photography #night #nikon
For a few reasons, I can't get it to mount properly, but I can get it to about 75% effectiveness.
I'll have to buy my own soon.
#photography #night #nikon
I know this is old news at this point, but I did want to talk about the F-47. I'm a huge fan of the fact that America has finally joined the Canard Club, but I'm uncertain as to why the wings are so dihedral. I don't know what advantage that would have on a 6th gen.
#aviation #f47 #fighter
#aviation #f47 #fighter
May 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hell yeah! We take 36 views. It's a bit of a weird topic, so there's no expectation that this video would blow the rest out of the water.
I at least had a lot of fun making it, and I got to make a lot of jokes that I don't get to make with the usual topics.
#history #pngtuber #YouTube #videoessay
I at least had a lot of fun making it, and I got to make a lot of jokes that I don't get to make with the usual topics.
#history #pngtuber #YouTube #videoessay
May 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Hell yeah! We take 36 views. It's a bit of a weird topic, so there's no expectation that this video would blow the rest out of the water.
I at least had a lot of fun making it, and I got to make a lot of jokes that I don't get to make with the usual topics.
#history #pngtuber #YouTube #videoessay
I at least had a lot of fun making it, and I got to make a lot of jokes that I don't get to make with the usual topics.
#history #pngtuber #YouTube #videoessay
Like many man-children, I have a top ten list of my favorite fighter jets. The Phantom isn't on it. However, it might be the only figure jet that's able to put this big off a smile on my face whenever I see one. Quite a good-looking silhouette, and certainly one of a kind.
#warhistory #aviation
#warhistory #aviation
April 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Like many man-children, I have a top ten list of my favorite fighter jets. The Phantom isn't on it. However, it might be the only figure jet that's able to put this big off a smile on my face whenever I see one. Quite a good-looking silhouette, and certainly one of a kind.
#warhistory #aviation
#warhistory #aviation
March 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Haven't done an afterburner appreciation post in a while.
This is from EAA 2024. The Viper was hauling ass on a low pass, and I managed to snag this shot of the ground crew.
#eaa #Viper #afterburner #photography #airshow #airforce
This is from EAA 2024. The Viper was hauling ass on a low pass, and I managed to snag this shot of the ground crew.
#eaa #Viper #afterburner #photography #airshow #airforce
March 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Haven't done an afterburner appreciation post in a while.
This is from EAA 2024. The Viper was hauling ass on a low pass, and I managed to snag this shot of the ground crew.
#eaa #Viper #afterburner #photography #airshow #airforce
This is from EAA 2024. The Viper was hauling ass on a low pass, and I managed to snag this shot of the ground crew.
#eaa #Viper #afterburner #photography #airshow #airforce
No video progress tonight, but some upcoming travel forced me to get a laptop so I can keep making content. It's a fantastic computer, but it needed some upgrades.
It's a bit overkill, but it's actually a bit faster than my primary computer after the upgrade!
Also, it did spark at me. A bit spooky
It's a bit overkill, but it's actually a bit faster than my primary computer after the upgrade!
Also, it did spark at me. A bit spooky
March 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
No video progress tonight, but some upcoming travel forced me to get a laptop so I can keep making content. It's a fantastic computer, but it needed some upgrades.
It's a bit overkill, but it's actually a bit faster than my primary computer after the upgrade!
Also, it did spark at me. A bit spooky
It's a bit overkill, but it's actually a bit faster than my primary computer after the upgrade!
Also, it did spark at me. A bit spooky
Getting back into voiceover work for some fun on top of the usual YouTube projects. The specific scene for this audition called for the character to sound "distraught." Boy, did I ever have just the thing to get me in that headspace.
#Voiceover #CastingCallClub #CastingCall #VoiceActing
#Voiceover #CastingCallClub #CastingCall #VoiceActing
February 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Getting back into voiceover work for some fun on top of the usual YouTube projects. The specific scene for this audition called for the character to sound "distraught." Boy, did I ever have just the thing to get me in that headspace.
#Voiceover #CastingCallClub #CastingCall #VoiceActing
#Voiceover #CastingCallClub #CastingCall #VoiceActing
Yikes. I really don't think YouTube liked my video. I haven't even said the word "guns" yet.
February 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Yikes. I really don't think YouTube liked my video. I haven't even said the word "guns" yet.
I'm loving the mug graphic for the side project. If you're into #aviation, specifically during the second world war, stay tuned! I hope to kick off a short form series by the end of this week.
In the meantime, enjoy a peak at the book I'm using for a primary source.
#ww2 #aircraft #history
In the meantime, enjoy a peak at the book I'm using for a primary source.
#ww2 #aircraft #history
February 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The logo for my other other project is looking good. I might actually get this on a coffee mug.
I've also included a paragraph from the reference book I just obtained. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
If you're interested in world war two aviation, stay tuned!
#aviation #ww2 #history
I've also included a paragraph from the reference book I just obtained. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
If you're interested in world war two aviation, stay tuned!
#aviation #ww2 #history
January 28, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Now we're cooking!
I just gotta make a smaller version to fit in my avatar's coffee mug.
I just gotta make a smaller version to fit in my avatar's coffee mug.
January 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Now we're cooking!
I just gotta make a smaller version to fit in my avatar's coffee mug.
I just gotta make a smaller version to fit in my avatar's coffee mug.
First draft for the logo I'll be using with the next video. Gotta clean it up a lot more and add the text.
And... finishing the script, natation, and additional art assets.
It's a process. Anyway, video's on a little amphibious jeep known as "HalfSafe".
#history #art #logo #warhistory #youtube
And... finishing the script, natation, and additional art assets.
It's a process. Anyway, video's on a little amphibious jeep known as "HalfSafe".
#history #art #logo #warhistory #youtube
January 22, 2025 at 6:48 AM
First draft for the logo I'll be using with the next video. Gotta clean it up a lot more and add the text.
And... finishing the script, natation, and additional art assets.
It's a process. Anyway, video's on a little amphibious jeep known as "HalfSafe".
#history #art #logo #warhistory #youtube
And... finishing the script, natation, and additional art assets.
It's a process. Anyway, video's on a little amphibious jeep known as "HalfSafe".
#history #art #logo #warhistory #youtube
I never showed the image. That's dumb of me. It's Flying Guns WWII.
January 21, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I never showed the image. That's dumb of me. It's Flying Guns WWII.
It's super cool that someone decided to copyright claim my video because I used a song that they didn't even have the rights to, nor was it the remix they made.
Gotta love that. Thankfully, YouTube weighed in my favor.
#YouTube #pngtuber #animation
Gotta love that. Thankfully, YouTube weighed in my favor.
#YouTube #pngtuber #animation
January 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It's super cool that someone decided to copyright claim my video because I used a song that they didn't even have the rights to, nor was it the remix they made.
Gotta love that. Thankfully, YouTube weighed in my favor.
#YouTube #pngtuber #animation
Gotta love that. Thankfully, YouTube weighed in my favor.
#YouTube #pngtuber #animation
When I'm done covering the Interwar Period, I'm very tempted to roll right into the Cold War. There's just too many weird (yet cool) planes that came into existence. Here are a few Swedish JA-35 Drakens being towed through the street. What a sight that must have been.
#aviation #history #Sweden
#aviation #history #Sweden
January 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Not my usual content, but I found this little guy hiding behind the moon the other night. Not the best shot, but I was only using a 600mm lens with a magnifier.
#astrophotography
#astrophotography
January 9, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Not my usual content, but I found this little guy hiding behind the moon the other night. Not the best shot, but I was only using a 600mm lens with a magnifier.
#astrophotography
#astrophotography
New life goal: I wish to quit my job at (redacted) and double down on my YouTube career while living out of a restored PBY Catalina. Other than the fact that it will cost me about $11,000 to fill up the gas tank, I see nothing wrong with this plan. I'm sure the wife will love it!
#aviation #history
#aviation #history
January 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I really wish I could include this guy in the episode that I'm working on, but it unfortunately never left the design board. Probably fortunate for the test pilots, though.
The Bach Super Transport would have been powered by four awkwardly mounted radial engines.
#aviation #interwar #history
The Bach Super Transport would have been powered by four awkwardly mounted radial engines.
#aviation #interwar #history
December 31, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Lots of progress today. At this point, I'm about 1/4 of the way done with animating and editing.
#warhistory #interwar #aviation #youtube
#warhistory #interwar #aviation #youtube
December 29, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Lots of progress today. At this point, I'm about 1/4 of the way done with animating and editing.
#warhistory #interwar #aviation #youtube
#warhistory #interwar #aviation #youtube
These are from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. If you go (and you should), don't make the same mistake I did. Believe it or not, this isn't the gift shop. It's actually their historic weapons display. We all make mistakes.
#museum #warhistory #Amsterdam #Netherlands #giftshop
#museum #warhistory #Amsterdam #Netherlands #giftshop
December 27, 2024 at 3:47 PM
These are from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. If you go (and you should), don't make the same mistake I did. Believe it or not, this isn't the gift shop. It's actually their historic weapons display. We all make mistakes.
#museum #warhistory #Amsterdam #Netherlands #giftshop
#museum #warhistory #Amsterdam #Netherlands #giftshop