Amazingly cool and interesting plane footage
Discussion
Baron Greenback said:
This week does of aviation has some crazy helicopter flying for movies!
https://youtu.be/fdeXXdSynwA
The low pass aeroplane at 1:23 https://youtu.be/fdeXXdSynwA
The way it rolls and climbs looks mad.It's getting so close for the ultimate commuter transport - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHk13Xa8dqI
quite amazing the flying going on here in close proximity to the crowd https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/129601655651...
And one observation I will make, although the commentary by Fyffe -Robertson is quite good and informative, some of the images shown are not tied in with what he is actually saying. For example, whilst he is right about in describing the attributes of World War 1 aircraft, the pictures they are showing with that commentary are of G-AFTA, which is not a World War 1 aeroplane. It is, in fact, a Hawker Tomtit, built in 1931 - so a much later design.
I'm glad to say that G-AFTA is still with the Shuttleworth Collection and does fly from time to time -
I'm glad to say that G-AFTA is still with the Shuttleworth Collection and does fly from time to time -
AER said:
LF363 is still flying. With the RAF BBMF...https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/hurricane/
https://www.memorialflightclub.com/blog/hurricane-...
It hasn't always been in tip-top shape...
...as it suffered a crash and fire in 1991.
But looks pretty good in it's new guise as a Mk IIa Hurricane wearing Battle Of Britain era markings...
I'm guessing that those Hurricane scenes were shot at Biggin Hill, as the film was made in the year the RAF Historic Flight was inaugurated at Biggin Hill. Either that or it was filmed a Hawkers, where the aircraft was refitted before going into service with the Flight.
I don't think there were that many Hurricanes knocking about in 1957, so I think LF363 appears twice, as when the chap servicing the Hurricane walks away, you can see it again, sat in the hangar he walks toward when he sets off to find 'the manager'...
AER said:
Thanks for the link by the way. I watched the whole movie this morning (waiting in for the gas engineer to arrive). It's a decent and often overlooked 'war' movie, and it used to get shown regularly back in the days of three and four channel TV. I'd not seen it in donkeys' years so it was entertaining to watch it again. Some movie company artistic licence, but the bulk of the scenes were at least largely based on the truth, although there were a few omissions. Lt Franz von Werra escaped, returned to Berlin, but was presumed killed when his aircraft crashed into the sea off the Netherlands only a few short months after he returned to service.
With his lion cub...
...and, I guess, a colourised image...
And a link to an image of that postcard, sent from New York to Sqn Ldr Boniface, the duty officer at RAF Hucknall, after his escape from captivity in Canada... https://imgur.com/r/ww2/rduF5g2
https://youtu.be/0_EdgP57l1Q
This Smoke Curtain was Used During WWII to Hide Naval Ships During Battle. Check out this smoke screen that was used during World War II. It was dispensed from aircraft to create vertical smoke curtains and was made of Titanium tetrachloride (FM)
This Smoke Curtain was Used During WWII to Hide Naval Ships During Battle. Check out this smoke screen that was used during World War II. It was dispensed from aircraft to create vertical smoke curtains and was made of Titanium tetrachloride (FM)
Baron Greenback said:
https://youtu.be/0_EdgP57l1Q
This Smoke Curtain was Used During WWII to Hide Naval Ships During Battle. Check out this smoke screen that was used during World War II. It was dispensed from aircraft to create vertical smoke curtains and was made of Titanium tetrachloride (FM)
TiCl4 is crazy stuff, I have opened a bottle in an extremely dry (<1 ppm H2O) atmosphere and it still fumed! (the fumes are from its reaction with water to make TiO2 and HCl. You might know TiO2 as an extremely common white pigment (used e.g. in toothpaste, paint, etc.).This Smoke Curtain was Used During WWII to Hide Naval Ships During Battle. Check out this smoke screen that was used during World War II. It was dispensed from aircraft to create vertical smoke curtains and was made of Titanium tetrachloride (FM)
Polite M135 driver said:
Baron Greenback said:
https://youtu.be/0_EdgP57l1Q
This Smoke Curtain was Used During WWII to Hide Naval Ships During Battle. Check out this smoke screen that was used during World War II. It was dispensed from aircraft to create vertical smoke curtains and was made of Titanium tetrachloride (FM)
TiCl4 is crazy stuff, I have opened a bottle in an extremely dry (<1 ppm H2O) atmosphere and it still fumed! (the fumes are from its reaction with water to make TiO2 and HCl. You might know TiO2 as an extremely common white pigment (used e.g. in toothpaste, paint, etc.).This Smoke Curtain was Used During WWII to Hide Naval Ships During Battle. Check out this smoke screen that was used during World War II. It was dispensed from aircraft to create vertical smoke curtains and was made of Titanium tetrachloride (FM)
747 super tanker doing its firefighting thing in California this week...... I imagine it's an interesting piloting job compared to the usual stuff.
The camera and image stabilization on camera doing the filming is something to behold too. ..
https://youtu.be/qXYYi2R94Es
The camera and image stabilization on camera doing the filming is something to behold too. ..
https://youtu.be/qXYYi2R94Es
shedweller said:
747 super tanker doing its firefighting thing in California this week...... I imagine it's an interesting piloting job compared to the usual stuff.
The camera and image stabilization on camera doing the filming is something to behold too. ..
https://youtu.be/qXYYi2R94Es
quite hypnoticThe camera and image stabilization on camera doing the filming is something to behold too. ..
https://youtu.be/qXYYi2R94Es
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