Aviation VideosDiscuss 'Videos of the Day' an ongoing thread in the World War II - Aviation forums; Thanks for the kind comments. Much appreciated.
Re-watching this clip it has some defects - maybe I can redo it ...
Thanks for the kind comments. Much appreciated.
Re-watching this clip it has some defects - maybe I can redo it and resend. It irritates me that the sound has gone a bot out of synch and there is 'tearing' when there is a lot of movement.... a video artifact.
That said, the video itself is a great production - a nice balance of informative Q&A between people who actually know what they are talking about and editing. These days we should be better than this not a ton worse. Then again I can't recall the last time any station ran an airshow. I bet we will not get a Farnboro show this year... it will only make the news if there's a crash. Have to wait for the DVD. I could go along of course... it is tempting because the USMC is sending over two Ospreys! I read today they are flying them over! Amazing birds. http://www.shephard.co.uk/Rotorhub/N...3-aa3bd56375dc
So it's a celebratory special video.... Mustangs, Bearcats, Sea Fury, P39 and even a DC6 (I think)... hurtling around the Reno circuit. An old vid from the 80s.
Some screen grabs to whet the appetite!
I wish I had more of this prog - sounds like Chuck Connors doing the narration, used to love watching 'Branded' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058792/ http://members.tripod.com/~northfork/branded.html
when I was a kid, loved his Winchester antics in The Rifleman: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THE-RIFLEMAN-C...cmdZV iewItem
At the end you get a sneak preview of what's coming soon... didn't hit the stop button quick enough.
BTW years ago the BBC did a doc on the Confederate AF on the 'World About Us' series.... now where did I put that?
Last edited by Royzee617 : 05-07-2006 at 01:38 PM.
Good one Roy, is the Vulcan at the end anything to do with the next clip?
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Sir Winston Churchill
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Yup, it is the beginning of an ITV Anglia TV show covering the Mildenhall Air Fete back in the early 80s... a rarity that was never repeated.
The other weird thing is that somewhere I have a tape we made ourselves... the very first time anyone let me have a go with a camcorder. In Betamax no less. Weather was dreadful not that you would know from Anglia's coverage.
Some exquisite stuff to come as well as the Vulcan... a Lightning display by the ill-fated Mr Thompson.
The utterly stupendous ADV Tornado and Spitfire....
Another clip is of the RF4 Fournier Duo.... sublime...
"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
"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
The Vulcan is probably my fave plane. I have quite a few vids of them collected over the years.... somewhere I have the report off the BBC when they did their last official flight.
Haha, i love those vw ads. "It looks like it could fly." "Oh! Snap!"
But really, the stop engine stuff is amazing. wow.
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Bill Dunn, 406th Fighter Group
Viewers of the Vulcan vid above got a glimpse of this one as the awesome Lightning gets airborne. Sadly by then there were no more going vertical off the deck launches, still dramatic thogh with those burners blazing away.
Good stuff Roy, I liked the little bit of the Swordfish at the end.
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"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
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