Carl asked me to post this for him, very cool video :y18:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xai0YaEh_JU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xai0YaEh_JU
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I think that is a cool old video and the Mosquito was quite an aircraft.
Naw, a Curtis Jenny was! :y114:
Wooden bi-engine plane and the engines are bolted on with FOUR bolts ! Crazy daddy-o !
There are two "mosquito" movies that featured that wooden wonder and are now out on DVD and based on real WWII events.
The first was in 1964 and starred Cliff Robertson in - 633 Squadron.
The other was made in 1970 and starred David McCallum (now of NCIS fame) - Mosquito Squadron.
Both movies have lots of flying sequences and closeups of that great warbird.
I have never seen one fly, but we have one on static display at the War Museum in Ottawa.
The first was in 1964 and starred Cliff Robertson in - 633 Squadron.
The other was made in 1970 and starred David McCallum (now of NCIS fame) - Mosquito Squadron.
Both movies have lots of flying sequences and closeups of that great warbird.
I have never seen one fly, but we have one on static display at the War Museum in Ottawa.
excellent vid.
cheers carl and dave.
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cheers carl and dave.
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stevethelondoner
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Was it this fine plane used in the Dam Busters or was it the Lancaster?
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It was the Avro Lancaster that was used in the Dam Busters Raid.
During WWII I lived on a farm a few miles from an RCAF bomber training base and saw the Lancs flying nearly every day.
It was also a Hawker Hurricane pilot training base and the Hurricanes often flew at treetop level and scared the beejeebers out of us.
My grandparents and parents hated the low flying, but I thought it was wonderful :ya2:
During WWII I lived on a farm a few miles from an RCAF bomber training base and saw the Lancs flying nearly every day.
It was also a Hawker Hurricane pilot training base and the Hurricanes often flew at treetop level and scared the beejeebers out of us.
My grandparents and parents hated the low flying, but I thought it was wonderful :ya2:
thanks for posting that.
I had a laugh at the guy smoking a pipe while working!
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I had a laugh at the guy smoking a pipe while working!
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thanks for posting that.
I had a laugh at the guy smoking a pipe while working!
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Definitely a different era without the PC male bovine excrement and nanny government!
thanks for posting that.
I had a laugh at the guy smoking a pipe while working!
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Definitely a different era without the PC male bovine excrement and nanny government!
Both those movies share some common footage including a classic cockup which is written into the script as a "crash-landing".
If you listen carefully (I have them on vcr)during what was obviously meant to be a "touch and go"you hear the throttles open up,but then instead of retracting the flaps,the pilot pulls the landing gear,with predictable and disastrous results!
Waste of a beautiful aeroplane!
If you listen carefully (I have them on vcr)during what was obviously meant to be a "touch and go"you hear the throttles open up,but then instead of retracting the flaps,the pilot pulls the landing gear,with predictable and disastrous results!
Waste of a beautiful aeroplane!
