Clip from TV - ages ago, late 80s. I found an old tape with some airshows on it. This clip has Smiffy (some TV presenter type) having a joyride in Nick Grace's 2-seater. Important for the fact that we lost Nick a few years later and the plane has since been flown by his widow, Carolyn.
More great clips coming all this week and next... some real treats in store... no clues tho!
Good clip Roy, no music to cover the sound of the Merlin either
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Thanks.
Confirms its age... have you noticed that just about everything these days has to be accompanied by a disco soundtrack, not just planes... it is getting intrusive in motor sport too
wish the quality were a bit better but it is from a tape which was a VHS copy of an Betamax tape (yes really!)...
Nice clip, even the news has subtle music behind it now when they are reading out stories, they never used to have that, in facts it's so common it's quite noticable when they dont put music behind a clip.
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The old joke... but an appropriate intro to get your attention for this clip of the replica Fokker Dreidekker - Triplane.
Towards the end as it lands you'll see its modern counterpart, the F16 awaiting its turn... another clip coming soon.
Dunno what happened to the Triplane though.
"Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts"
Sir Winston Churchill
"To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today"
Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London
Time we had something about WW1. Even tho it is a 'fake'. I recall seing this machine at airshows and was always amazed how agile it was... a slightly ridiculous with all those wings and bright red 'camo'.
Yeah, but it's the red that makes it what it is in my opinion. I can't think of any other combat aircraft with such a color scheme. Makes it look bold and powerful.
__________________ "I had ten rockets on board, and as I wasn't particularly fond of head-on attacks, I salvoed the whole lot at him. The rockets didn't hit him but but they must have scared the bejesus out of him, for he did a steep turn to starboard... I let him have the full blast, all eight fifty-calibers. I had never seen an aircraft completely disintegrate in the air the way this Me-110 did..."
Bill Dunn, 406th Fighter Group
"Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts"
Sir Winston Churchill
"To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today"
Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London
__________________ "I had ten rockets on board, and as I wasn't particularly fond of head-on attacks, I salvoed the whole lot at him. The rockets didn't hit him but but they must have scared the bejesus out of him, for he did a steep turn to starboard... I let him have the full blast, all eight fifty-calibers. I had never seen an aircraft completely disintegrate in the air the way this Me-110 did..."
Bill Dunn, 406th Fighter Group
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