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07-01-2008, 08:13 PM
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| Has anyone seen Barracuda or Whirlwind footage? Has anyone seen any good WWII video footage of the Fairey Barracuda dive bombing or on a torpedo run? Also looking for footage of the {twin-engine} Whirlwind if any exists Has anyone seen anything like this?
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07-01-2008, 11:14 PM
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| All I could find was of the Whirlwind YouTube - Westland Whirlwind Fighter YouTube - Whirlwind This is the same but with nice extra footage
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07-01-2008, 11:19 PM
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| Thanks Wildcat, I just love those birds! I can't believe that the idiots didn't save EVEN ONE of these after the war! As you see Comiso helped me make a new Avatar... 
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07-02-2008, 12:07 AM
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| Nice I like it :thumbsup: Have you read the book "Barracuda pilot" by Dunstan Hadley - if your interested in the barracuda I recommed you get your hands on a copy, you won't be disappointed!
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07-02-2008, 12:39 AM
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| Hmm Thanks, I will look for it. I realized that the Barracuda could also be used as a dive bomber as well as a TB, it helps explain why they designed the lower flaps that way. I was looking for some torpedo footage {on the Tirpitz for example} but there does not appear to be much out there.
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07-02-2008, 09:05 PM
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| Never noticed how much the Whirlwind with the wing dihedral and tail assembly looks like a Pucara from a nose-on-profile.
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07-02-2008, 09:24 PM
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07-16-2008, 05:19 AM
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| haha they do too!!
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07-16-2008, 06:27 AM
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Whoever was the idiot to chop up the VERY LAST one in the entire world {for scrap} should be castrated! I don't even think they can put together a replica because the Peregrine engine doesn't exist anymore either!
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09-21-2008, 10:28 AM
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| Thanks for the links, Wildcat. I also love these aircraft and was of the opinion there was no film of them.. only still shots. Top work!! |
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09-21-2008, 02:26 PM
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| Member  Join Date: May 2008 Location: East Dorset, South of England not Vermont.
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| [QUOTE=Wildcat;369936]All I could find was of the Whirlwind /QUOTE] Looks right, don't it.......... Am I the only one that thinks it looks longer in the simulation than in the film? |
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