 | 'Videos of the Day' an ongoing thread| Aviation Videos Discuss 'Videos of the Day' an ongoing thread in the World War II - Aviation forums; Les asked me to organise my vids a bit more. So this one is going to be the first stab ... |
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08-27-2005, 01:45 AM
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| 'Videos of the Day' an ongoing thread
Les asked me to organise my vids a bit more. So this one is going to be the first stab at that.
We have a couple of misc clips - one of Harriers in USMC service etc. and the second is from the RAE Farnborough. I should warn you that it includes the crash of a WW2 plane - looks to me like a Hudson but maybe wrong.
These are small so anyone should be able to download them but the quality is a bit below par. | 
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08-27-2005, 03:06 AM
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#2 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | both very interesting videos there!
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08-27-2005, 04:54 AM
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| Any idea if it is a Hudson? Electra?
It's an an odd montage... HP155 delta test plane for Concorde prgram (I saw this at Cranfield airshow when I was a kid) then Lightning, Comet and this unidentified crash which I had never seen before. | |
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08-27-2005, 06:58 AM
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Country:  | Looks like a Hudson to me, Roy. The Hudson is pretty much the same as the Super Electra airliner. It's a great airplane, not sure what happened there. Joe might know as he worked at Lockheed and might have some history on that plane.
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08-27-2005, 07:40 AM
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| I get worried about these doc makers. Seemed like an irrelevance to me. Gratuitous almost. That said such planes were in UK service. Too much schadenfreude in non-fiction TV methinks. Argh a pox on them for patronising their audience. | |
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08-27-2005, 09:19 AM
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Country:  | A nasty crash to be sure, poor guy. Nice view of the USMC Harriers in the other one.  | |
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08-27-2005, 02:27 PM
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#7 | | Master of Ewes
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Country: | i think the clip of it crashing was relivent, as afterwards it talks about a team that investigate crashes............
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08-28-2005, 02:34 AM
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| Hmm maybe - but he was standing what looked like a Tornado wreck. I think this kind of 'specialist' programme could avoid being sensationalist - leave the crash clips to the 'fodder for the masses' shows. I am surprised no one has brought out a video of plane crashes along the lines of the car crash ones etc. Police Camera Action stuff. I know someone in the cops and he says they film everything these days just in case, and make a tidy packet out of it. Oh well, that relieves the taxpayers' burden. | |
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08-28-2005, 02:44 PM
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Country: | Nice videos Roy. Nice view of the USMC Harriers.
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09-04-2005, 04:19 PM
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| Airsho action! Helos at Biggin + C130
Chinook and Silver Eagles and then C130 demo. Great stuff! | |
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09-05-2005, 03:37 AM
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09-05-2005, 08:32 AM
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| Worth the download! I might put up a smaller file if there is demand. | |
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09-08-2005, 09:12 PM
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Country: | That's a good one alright. Great demo by the Chinook. It looked like a dog begging for a snack up on it's hind legs, at one point. 
The C-130 demo was cool too. | |
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09-08-2005, 10:49 PM
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Country: | That's a nice one Roy. I am still amazed at the Lynx flip. I first saw that at Mildenhall in 1986 and I almost shat myself. The C-130 stuff was a bit too familiar for me, but it was great too. That combat landing is quite a ride. I lost track of how many times I did that. Some called that the "vomit comet" ride. I don't get airsick, so was usually yelling "WEEEEEEE" in the back while the other guys were in full hurl.
Ah memories...
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09-09-2005, 08:36 AM
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| Thanks for the comments.
I have a vid somewhere of the Transall crew getting the Khe Sahn pitchdown wrong etc. Now where did I put it...?
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