Non BOP MISC.VIDEOS and Links..

[bobbysocks]

since i seem to post a lot of links and videos i will keep them all in one thread from now on. i hate to open new threads. ANYONE who want to do the same here feel free...might see if we can make this a sticky??
for the first post: TAKEN its a speilberg movie about aliens but set back in 44 in the UK. has an awesome 109 vs B17 scene...altho as hollywood can only do..more dramatic than believeable. never the less fans of air combat should enjoy I did a quick search and didnt see this here...if so sorry for the duplicate. enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGTyLjyChpU

Xbox tag Bobbysockser

[bobbysocks]

have a lot of time on my hands today and found some vintage AC pics...some pretty interesing...stuff i have never seen before.

http://www.cdsg.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=330&view=previous

http://www.cdsg.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=334&view=next#top

and this is a bizarre thread on another forum dealing with captured AC and remarked...kinda weird to see some AC marked this way.

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aircraft-pictures/captured-aircraft-odd-photos-999.html

[Gilly]

and this is a bizarre thread on another forum dealing with captured AC and remarked...kinda weird to see some AC marked this

worth taking a look at this, I have an interest in KG200 as my granfather mentioned it to me when he was discussing one of his roles during WWII

http://www.kg200.org/historyac1.html

[bobbysocks]

Thanks for posting Gilly. it is worth looking at. i passed that on to the other forum for them to enjoy as well...

[dkwookie]

I always wanted a radio controlled plane as a kid, this one I want as an adult:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmKdA6L_MWk

[bobbysocks]

Dang! you could practically lay inside the thing and fly it. that is sweet...

[Soviet Ace]

That was pretty sweet. I'd have built a little bombay area, and had it so I could drop little plastic bombs from the plane. And I'd have had others flying some Japanese Tony's and other WW2 Japanese fighters directed to attack the B-29s. That'd be sweet to show people...

Only problem I have with RC planes, is the worry that since I'm not actually right there in the plane, or can see from the planes point of view (I'd have to attach a camera or something inside?) I'd be afraid of crashing it into the ground. I'd much rather be up there.

[Robotic Pope]

since i seem to post a lot of links and videos i will keep them all in one thread from now on. i hate to open new threads. ANYONE who want to do the same here feel free...might see if we can make this a sticky??
for the first post: TAKEN its a speilberg movie about aliens but set back in 44 in the UK. has an awesome 109 vs B17 scene...altho as hollywood can only do..more dramatic than believeable. never the less fans of air combat should enjoy I did a quick search and didnt see this here...if so sorry for the duplicate. enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGTyLjyChpU

Xbox tag Bobbysockser

lol why are all the germans flying 109E's, In late 1944? I don't think so.

[bobbysocks]

caught that did you, Pope? i am not that up on that kind of stuff to catch it but that was the topic of discussion where i got the vid from...and why i put "altho as hollywood can only do..more dramatic than believeable."

SA...to wreck something like that after all the time to build it would make me sick. they guy would have had to put a chute on it like they have for ultralight AC. something malfunctions and you kill the engines and deploy the chute....if he didnt he's crazy.

[Soviet Ace]

Propaganda Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cl69qp5O78)

Propaganda Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwrl0II-wsM)

[Robotic Pope]

caught that did you, Pope? i am not that up on that kind of stuff to catch it but that was the topic of discussion where i got the vid from...and why i put "altho as hollywood can only do..more dramatic than believeable."

SA...to wreck something like that after all the time to build it would make me sick. they guy would have had to put a chute on it like they have for ultralight AC. something malfunctions and you kill the engines and deploy the chute....if he didnt he's crazy.

Haha its kinda a habit i have. First thing I do when seeing historic recreations is look for mistakes. Its understandable when using real rare planes, films like "Battle of britain" with its late model spits and spanish Buchons as the 109s and "Top Gun" with its fake Mig F-5s. My guess is that the cgi models are stock from a previous film, maybe pearl harbor? that would explain it.

edit: curious, I had a look at Pearl Habour's cgi 109s. Theyre not the same. Pearl Harbor has Me109F's

[Soviet Ace]

lol why are all the germans flying 109E's, In late 1944? I don't think so.

Maybe they're supposed to be the remnants of Hungarian fighter pilots? (The Hungarian's did use E's in '41-43 on the Eastern Front, with F/Gs as well...)

caught that did you, Pope? i am not that up on that kind of stuff to catch it but that was the topic of discussion where i got the vid from...and why i put "altho as hollywood can only do..more dramatic than believeable."

SA...to wreck something like that after all the time to build it would make me sick. they guy would have had to put a chute on it like they have for ultralight AC. something malfunctions and you kill the engines and deploy the chute....if he didnt he's crazy.

Yeah I'd be pretty sick to my stomach if I or someone else wrecked that RC Plane. Lot of money down the drain with one failed flick of the controls.

Haha its kinda a habit i have. First thing I do when seeing historic recreations is look for mistakes. Its understandable when using real rare planes, films like "Battle of britain" with its late model spits and spanish Buchons as the 109s and "Top Gun" with its fake Mig F-5s. My guess is that the cgi models are stock from a previous film, maybe pearl harbor? that would explain it.

edit: curious, I had a look at Pearl Habour's cgi 109s. Theyre not the same. Pearl Harbor has Me109F's

And they even made up the name for the MiGs. I've never seen or read anything on a MiG-28 before. :rolleyes: (Silly 80s Flight movies.)

[Rosemeyer78]

From the excellent youtube channel "UnknownWW2InColor"..

Look the relic of a Me-163-Komet at the end of the video!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jnAxwUpqoA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EPWEDq_L28

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBRVF5Io1KU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMpeLUE3Zh4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN4dOme0tzg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1V3jhaBHKg

Here we see even the famous "three antennas" near Dover!
Some original films suggest how the environment is faithfully reproduced in IL2..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRy-8-WkjyQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjr8ZtEcrtE

[trk29]

Stuck

[Gilly]

Dambusters anniversary fly past at Derwent resevoir
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1OuyIe0pig&feature=youtube_gdata

Nutters!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cs-zZ0Qu5Y&feature=youtube_gdata

Old one but still a chuckle!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tquIhn12KgA&feature=youtube_gdata

[BRIGGBOY]

nice videos rosemeyer78. great post

[winny]

This isn't a video.. more of a slide show really.

It's bombers in a whole lot of trouble. I'm amazed some of these were still flying...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oav6I0DcfY

And this is only 2 seconds long but, that's how quickly your life can take an unexpected turn.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRCgntaDuks

[dkwookie]

I found another awsome rc plane:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALQYl9SZmqc

Also with ref to crashing an expensive rc plane...ouch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC3J3bhHn0o

and a mock up rc dogfight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urGImebddmY

[Rosemeyer78]

:shock: The super giant RC Spitfire is simply magnificent..

[Gilly]

Lots of nice spits!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUx3MU9iM6c&feature=youtube_gdata

Spitfire pass- v low!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvDDDKnNhuE&feature=youtube_gdata

[Gilly]

Last night here in the UK Channel 4 recreated what living through the Blitz was like using eyewitnesses to recount their experiences as well as detonating bombs in similar size to the ones used by the Germans- SC50, SC500. The effects were pretty devastating as you'll see:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp9yl5uKyI4&feature=youtube_gdata

[Gilly]

I don't know whether anyone else managed to see Dr Who on BBC1 on saturday. The episode was set in 'blitz' London and featured amongst other things a darlek in army green as well as 'adapted' Spitfires attacking a darlek ship in orbit around the planet!!! For those in the uk the episode can still be accessed on the BBC iPlayer. I've managed to locate a trailer link that does have a brief glimpse of the Spits attacking the darleks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK_7S_EpnBk&feature=youtube_gdata

[bobbysocks]

a thread of some pretty cool pics... ( about 10 pages worth)
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aircraft-pictures/wwii-aircraft-pics-lesofprimus-1528.html
an awesome ( and LONG But worth it) thread of color axis aircraft, ships, tanks, etc like the pic below... the attached scene ( below) kinda looks like from BoP mission huh?
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aircraft-pictures/ww-2-axis-color-12077.html

[bobbysocks]

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2010/april/15/ww2_bomber_found.aspx

[bobbysocks]

some of these boggle the mind... God had to the the co-pilot!!

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aircraft-pictures/battle-damaged-aircraft-ww2-15431.html

[bobbysocks]

yeah, yeah, yeah.... i know it aint cooth to have back to back posts....but i found so much cool stuff....

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/tree-trimming-army-air-force-style-24161.html

actually.... this forum is really good for WW2 AC enthusiasts. there are some freaking great historians there...photos...videos... my 2nd home other than here. i highly recommend it...ONLY cos it does not run in competition to this site....but a wealth of info...check it out!! its where i get most of my pics, etc.
you have a question about anything...fighter groups..allied or axis...paint schemes, AC technical performance, you will get the straight poop...and a good bunch of blokes...like here.

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/

Gilly love the OD darleks!!! remember the 1st Dr. who...was campy, culty...but for the way back then...so cool.

[dkwookie]

I was flicking through the documentary channels and came across one called "Spitfire Ace". They take four modern pilots and train them in same way the ww2 pilots were trained then whittle them down to one flyer who gets to do 9 hour advanced flying in a Spitfire.
http://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=Spitfire_Ace

if you google "history channel spitfire ace" there are several sites where you can see the episodes ;-)

[Gilly]

262 and 163 bearing Russian markings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBnlJ0GzFvw&feature=youtube_gdata

[bobbysocks]

Warning contains some "colorful" language...but for good reason...haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvDDDKnNhuE&feature=related

ALSO...a cool story about the US Navy using Spits...IDK that.

http://www.spitfiresite.com/history/articles/2008/01/spitfires-in-us-navy.htm

[bobbysocks]

one of the reasons i cant do RC...cracked up enough hard work with control line as a kid but these had to hurt...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRmg88t35Y0

[bobbysocks]

gotta love em..

[Gilly]

Beat you too that spitfire one Bobby on the previous page but is worthy of a second posting!!!

In a similar vain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJh8yLrS00A&feature=youtube_gdata

and another- warning- language!!!
'i won't flinch!!!'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRfDsSnLtE4&feature=youtube_gdata

[bobbysocks]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTxbfIISIig

this spit pilot had to clean out his pants afterwards i'm sure. (link below)

http://break.com/index/plane-nearly-crashes.html?matchid=




awesome 109 loses a gear on landing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtNwX5oU5uE

[McKinneyJD]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6PnKUEFX8g

I hit on this when looking around after reading the airshow thread.

[Gilly]

The story of JB659 J-Johnny a Lancaster of the 97th based at Bourn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQkWSSLQQd8&feature=youtube_gdata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW6TK1SSkJU&feature=youtube_gdata

[BRIGGBOY]

great post gilly very interesting

[bobbysocks]

"a bracelet in the sand".... a lancaster pilot comes home

http://www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/sebc/live/acmbrace.cfm

[bobbysocks]

good link with lots of LW info. there is a tab on the upper left to translate some of it into english...but for the most part you will have to cut and paste into MS word or google translate.


http://www.luftarchiv.de/

[dkwookie]

From the film Men Of Yamato. The big battleship gets a pummelling. Notice when the main turret fires at the incoming aircraft. The Yamato had anti aircraft shells for its main guns. They were designed to explode in mid air with large shrapnel. This is the only ship I have heard of using this kind of round. In reality it was not very effective but you can see it being used here and in the film it takes out a couple of incoming planes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUl1mAjTTb0

[Soviet Ace]

Scene from the movie Catch-22 with B-25s

Nice B-25s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLNnWw1YHGg)

[Davedog74]

[QUOTE=dkwookie;156821]From the film Men Of Yamato. The big battleship gets a pummelling. Notice when the main turret fires at the incoming aircraft. The Yamato had anti aircraft shells for its main guns. They were designed to explode in mid air with large shrapnel. This is the only ship I have heard of using this kind of round. In reality it was not very effective but you can see it being used here and in the film it takes out a couple of incoming planes:

my grandads ship had 15 inch guns firing shells weighing a ton,i think the yamato had 18 inch guns.end of an era for battleships but they dont half look impressive

[dkwookie]

[QUOTE=dkwookie;156821]From the film Men Of Yamato. The big battleship gets a pummelling. Notice when the main turret fires at the incoming aircraft. The Yamato had anti aircraft shells for its main guns. They were designed to explode in mid air with large shrapnel. This is the only ship I have heard of using this kind of round. In reality it was not very effective but you can see it being used here and in the film it takes out a couple of incoming planes:

my grandads ship had 15 inch guns firing shells weighing a ton,i think the yamato had 18 inch guns.end of an era for battleships but they dont half look impressive

Yeah 18 inch guns on Yamato, biggest guns ever mounted on a ship. The main guns
were so powerful that the anti aircraft turrets adjacent had to be cleared during firing otherwise the shock waves would kill the crew.

[bobbysocks]

not WW2 but love this flick...Dr. Strangelove



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-oWUZqErnk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtkg6lr746M

[Soviet Ace]

This is a scene from the movie "The Winter War", that shows the fighting side of the Finn's during '39. It's the first opening battle, and has some I-16s, and what I think is supposed to be a Po-2 but instead it's a monoplane. (You can watch the whole movie on YouTube in 19 segments.)

The Winter War (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwOmoIT1PEI)

[bobbysocks]

love ww2 but these planes have a special place in my heart....and these are good!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeflHKIlGsI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9he0dwF17rU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4J3Biud5WQ&feature=related
part 1 Movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKBoHlDB0-U&feature=related
part 2 Movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkQ3isbTjDE&feature=related

and lastly...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4PB-QVrnKs&feature=related

[Soviet Ace]

Great video's Bobby! Too bad though, that the engines of the Triplanes in the first one weren't reproduction Oberursel rotary engines. They'd have a lot more comparable sound to that of a Harley Davidson Motorcycle.

[bobbysocks]

Great site with some of the clearest gun camera footage i have ever seen. Some pretty dramatic straffing runs ( one where the pilot is dangerously close to eating earth ). and below are other war videos... enjoy.

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=53552

actually explore this site....go to the home page and search. i started to browse deeper...there's a LOT of good crap here. like this from arnhem..

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=64576

[bobbysocks]

something for you heavies fans.....a lancaster on start up and....

http://www.youtube.com/user/BBMFPRO

http://www.youtube.com/user/BBMFPRO#p/a/u/1/63IfjNvPKeM

and for the sleek fighter loves....an MK356

http://www.youtube.com/user/BBMFPRO#p/a/u/2/xN1K4TRoetg

[bobbysocks]

with the loss of petro the germans experimented with alternate forms of fuel...and devised a jet engine that ran off of coal. check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvtxjSrImHw

[bobbysocks]

interesting site with proposed ac...some are pretty wacked.

http://www.luft46.com/

[bobbysocks]

found this following a string of links...actually pretty interesting to see the wrecks from both allied and axis planes....McQ you might find this interesting if you havent seen it alreadys...

http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/

and this site is dutch with a ton of unusual pics and facts of ac.

http://www.luchtoorlog.be/

[bobbysocks]

The following is a chapter from a book published in 1943...

that is what this link has...read what the russians say about mixing it up with the LW.

http://luthier.stormloader.com/SFTacticsI.htm

[McQ59]

Nice bud! Surprised me after a quick look that so many german planes crashed or accidently just fell of the sky due to enginetrouble or other kinds of fouls during testflying. They must have been short of both skilled pilots and spareparts...

[McQ59]

Take a look at this for example. And notice the creativity of the local farmers use of a tailwheel from the crashed 190.

http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/krok.html

[bobbysocks]

this take a bit of guts and a lot of skill..

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/exclusivevids/RedBullSkydiverTransfer_202479-1.html

[McQ59]

A bit I guess... That don't seem sane to do at all!

[KAV]

Just some info ahead of the B-17 bombing raid to come:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB6ka32iTbU&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k85-HYbvfNE&feature=related

Enjoy

[bobbysocks]

maybe McQ or Kav can translate this for us if its their language...but cool video.

http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_trondelag/1.6881382

found more on yellow 3

http://luftfart.museum.no/Engelsk/

[bobbysocks]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8qs-SxcrTY

[bobbysocks]

turn your sound up or better yet put your ear phone on....

http://www.pointshooting.com/1aflyby.htm

[KAV]

A German fighter aircraft, which crashed during the war in outer Namdal may be raised during the next year.
KRISTIN AGERLIE
kristin.agerlie @ nrk.no
ESPEN Sandmo
espen.sandmo @ nrk.no
Published 11.25.2009 10:15. Updated 25/11/2009 11:06. Please distribute / tips
Messerschmitt Bf 109
Role: Fighter
Manufacturer: Messerschmitt
First flight: 28 May 1935
Introduced: 1937
Phased out: 1945, Luftwaffe - 1965, Spain
Status: Retired
Number produced: Around 35 000
- The aircraft is almost complete, except for a cockpit hood that was thrown off during emergency landing, "says curator Birger Larsen at the Norwegian Aviation Museum in Bodø, told NRK.
Norwegian Aviation Museum has acquired the ownership rights of the German aircraft from 2 World War II. The plane is located in the sea north of Vikna Nord-Trøndelag.

- We hope to have raised it in the next year, "says Larsen.

Divers found the plane
The plane is of type Messerschmitt Bf 109 and was a relatively common during the twin rudders 2 World War II. After the overthrow in 1943, there has been leitt for aircraft for many years.

Article continues below the image.


Messerschmitt 109
Photo: Jan Gulliksen / NRK
There were divers from diving Folla who found the wreck in the summer. They had leitt for aircraft for many years. Wreck was found with a mini-submarine, and the atmosphere was great when the wreck appeared.

- It was crazy, it was completely silent for two seconds. After the crash the loose, said Hilfred Mikalsen the Folla Dykkerklubb NRK Trøndelag in summer.

Found German fighter planes in the ocean
See pictures: Did German fighter
Planning underway
When the plane crashed jagar, it was on its way north on reconnaissance along with two other machines. Over Rørvik had the engine problem.

- It fell, but the pilot managed to fix it before it took the water surface. He came out and was rescued by a woman who lived on an island in the vicinity, says Mikalsen.

This spring the museum starts planning the rescue operation.

- We have made a preliminary work plan for April and May next year, but early in the project have not talked to all those involved yet, "says Larsen.

PS: NOT my translation, LOL. This is google translation.

[McQ59]

Divers found the plane
The plane is of type Messerschmitt Bf 109 and was a relatively common during the twin rudders 2 World War II. After the overthrow in 1943, there has been leitt for aircraft for many years.

leitt = searched for

[Davedog74]

mcq and kav, you have given me an excuse to put this up http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BouPNl3AnU&feature=related
quality a bit poor but stirring stuff ,mosquitos and beaufighters

this one is ..err,game related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq7ASMbOpmo

[KAV]

That clip is awsome.
Check out the steep attack angel from 6 minutes and 21 secs.

[Davedog74]

we all love a bridge,heres the late ray hanna doing one for tv show piece of cake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf3UtmHLKUU

[bobbysocks]

not exactly in the aviation arena but interesting and will be airing on tv soon.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1274379/School-sabotage-How-arson-bridge-blowing-silent-killing-curriculum-Churchills-school-secret-agents.html

about the tv show...but i think its in the uk only :(

http://povprod.co.uk/schoolforspies.htm

[bobbysocks]

interesting link about a LW night fighter ace who gets to go after a lancaster 60 years later...

http://www.youtube.com/user/WaldoPepper62

and Eric Brown describes the me 163....

http://www.youtube.com/user/WaldoPepper62#p/a/u/1/8PN9AP710e0


recording of a lancaster crew on a bombing run over berlin...lots of audio recording on this site.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/history/worldwar2audioclipslibrary_clip29.shtml

video of a lanc bombing run ( and good vids on this site too )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1f_JPGUgFc&feature=player_embedded#!

[bobbysocks]

good vid on mossies being built and flown...( the dragging the bomb behind the truck was rather pythonish tho....) some of the footage is the same as dave's but maybe a little clearer (seems like this footage is used a lot)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cb6SmK_c2g

combat mossie footage...the music sucks but you have a volume control.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS7I-FVg9ls&feature=related


mossies shoot up a sub and other ships

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QndLmfp6Y5w&feature=related


mossies and spits..nice low level buzz job...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX9CIVPrKOQ&feature=watch_response

[Davedog74]

did someone say monty python?


http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1-NpyaOWV0

[bobbysocks]

Virtual aerobatic team "Fighting Woodpeckers" presents a movie of virtual parade made for the 65th anniversary of victory in Great Patriotic war.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Ze7VeRnPw


now a real one...duxford

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFBVoulfWdU

[Davedog74]

shivers up the spine,on the last one bobbysocks,il be there this year,all them birds together,breathtaking

[bobbysocks]

take LOTS of pictures or better yet video..and post it, dave. i do envy you...

[Davedog74]

i will do that mate,no problem,have you seen my duxford u.s hanger shot in my album on my profile page?

[bobbysocks]

RAF training film...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cowFmlYTiw

[bobbysocks]

32 pics.... some extremely clear...air photos...

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,694779,00.html

[bobbysocks]

this guy does some very good pics of warbirds....check it out.

http://www.colesaircraft.com/

[McQ59]

He catched the birds.

Nice post!

[bobbysocks]

ok does that make this a spitschmidtt or a messerfire?? a strange but true tale of a spitfire at the hands of dr. frankenstien....

http://www.unrealaircraft.com/hybrid/spitfire.php

oh my and it looks like they did the same thing and made a messercane or hurrischmidtt...

http://www.unrealaircraft.com/hybrid/hurricane.php

interesting site....

[bobbysocks]

got this from the m4t site..


Taken in late 44 these 16 Sq PR-IX's use a captured airfield from the Luftwaffe, note the cleverly camouflaged hanger.
These pink Spitfires were used to take low-level oblique pictures on days when there were some clouds, near sunset or sunrise,these aircraft were also used for dropping pictures and messages to field headquarters by placing them into the old 44 gallon-size drop tanks, and dropping the tank from just above the ground

[bobbysocks]

a rare wellington. guess it was used to set off mines.

[Balderz002]

one of my fave webistes, jampacked full of vids:

www.britishpathe.com



one of my faves is entitled 'whirlwind squadron'

[bobbysocks]

the "movies" generated on il-2 software is getting pretty dang good. pretty soon you wont need actors, actresses, or sets... heres a couple shorts...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S5gUCuaaXs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX71KsWtkdA&feature=related


heres a couple using live people and animated ac

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRWPsf9-y3I&annotation_id=annotation_776853&feature=iv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9DplgzkrCo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaOlGXudfE0&feature=related

[Davedog74]

a couple of cracking corsairs,brit and u.s colours,great flying,watch for the line of parked up bearcat?,hurris,109,skyraider, spits as they land, and the plane at the end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjOKZVXDidI&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

God, let us never forget those times in human history where despots and tyrants have imposed great suffering and unimaginable heartache as they attempted to impose their will upon us. And in those times men and women stood fast and hard...sometimes against overwhelming odds and met the onslaught ...denying their fears...facing uncertainty...in the hopes that "right shall prevail". Thank you, all you boy and girls, who sat in foxholes in sub zero weather, sailed the brutal seas, soared at 20,000 feet in hostile skies risking all you had so we could be a free people. And to you brave souls who made the most honorable and supreme sacrifice and left your lives there...please accept our deepest thanks. May God hold you deeply in his heart as we should. And may we never forget....ever! This weekend, where ever you are, find a veteran..shake their hand and tell them "thank you".


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orze6qpK3po

[bobbysocks]

free podcasts from the RAF museum...in it are:

Who Won The Battle of Britain

Phases of the Battle of Britain

The RAF in 1939

Robert Stanford Tuck
A biography of Robert Stanford Tuck, a Battle of Britain Fighter Ace.

Douglas Bader: Fighter, Pilot

Introduction to the Battle of Britain

enjoy

[bobbysocks]

this is an amazing story...

http://asmba.typepad.com/veterans/2009/01/b17-pilot-glenn-rojohn-piggyback-hero.html

[Balderz002]

this is an amazing story...

http://asmba.typepad.com/veterans/2009/01/b17-pilot-glenn-rojohn-piggyback-hero.html

A great read, is that!

[bobbysocks]

http://warrelics.eu/forum/armour-weapons-aircraft/p-39-airacobra-recovered-mart-jarv-lake-northern-russia-522/

the best pics and most of the story is here but here are some other facts and tidbits

It was a journey that began christmas morning, 1943 in Wheatfield. A P-39 Airacobra, one of the 30,000 planes produced here in Western New York for the war effort, rolls from the hanger and takes off, headed west.

She was one of 10,000 planes, many from here in Western New York, that were sent to Russia. It was also a bit of WNY technology turned the tide against the Nazi's.

The P-39 was known as the "flying cannon". She was a force in the air. It was equipped with 2 machine guns in the wings, two more in the nose, a 37 mm cannon in the nose and a state of the art radio system.

But on a mission in 1944, this plane disappeared

Fast forward 60 years to July 2004. A fisherman on Lake Mart-Yavr in arctic Russia spotted something under the water.

A British warbird recovery team was called in and what they found was absolutely astounding.

The plane was recovered intact. The pilots remains, and medals were still in the cockpit, so was the plane's logbook.

That history has come full circle. Representatives of The Ira G. Ross Aerospace Museum went to Great Britain and bought the plane. The head conservationist at the Imperial War Museum in Britian told them this is a tremendous acquisition. Not only what was found, but also where it would be going. It is now being rehabbed in the very building in which it was built, the former Bell Aviation plant.

It is also a treasure-trove of tributes to the plane's history and the people who made it. An even more significant find came after one of the former Rosie the Riviters called up and said "do you know we used to write our names and addresses on parts of the planes?"

Sure enough, clear as a bell, they found the names Helen Rose on one piece, and Elenor Barbaritano on another. They were written in pencil, preserved like they were written this morning.

..............
After more than 60 years, historians found this place and lifted the aircraft from the lake (surprisingly enough, but the aircraft was well preserved). They buried the pilot and even found canned pork.

[bobbysocks]

you have heard of the famous "Ah HA!" moments...this is a "Holy S#!T!!!" moment...survived by a crap load of luck and skill... (you wont feel so bad about stalling and pancaking in after you see this ).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CB27K-wIsM&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

another "HS" moment...this harrier jock brought her in a little rough...

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/06/watch-a-harrier-pilot-almost-land-his-jet/

[bobbysocks]

very interesting reading about duxford...

http://www.ulongbeach.com/Duxford_Diary.html

[McQ59]

Thanks Bobby! This is nice reading before take-off to Duxford.

[Gilly]

From Yahoo News

More than a million Second World War documents are to be made available to the public for the first time.
Files from Bletchley Park, the UK's wartime code-breaking headquarters, are to be digitised and put online in a large-scale project expected to take up to five years to complete.

Undercover mathematicians and military operatives produced high-level intelligence at the Milton Keynes base during the war, providing crucial assistance to the Allied effort.

The work of the Bletchley Park staff, which included cracking supposedly unbreakable German codes generated by the Enigma and Lorenz machines, has been credited with curtailing the length of the war by up to two years.

The Bletchley archive currently exists entirely in paper format and much of it is difficult to view, making it inaccessible to the general public. Until now, only limited access to the archive has been granted to academics and educators under strict supervision.

Following an initial digitisation phase lasting around a year the documents, including communication transcripts, memoranda and photographs, will be made available for access using a combination of paid-for and free content.

The project is the result of a collaboration between Hewlett Packard (HP) and the Bletchley Park Trust, which runs Bletchley Park's National Codes Centre and its museum and educational facilities.

Simon Greenish, director of Bletchley Park Trust, said: "This will help preserve and considerably increase access to the historic fragile materials, as well as enable researchers to see and study documents from the code-breaking work that took place during World War Two. There can be few archives which contain material that had such a profound impact on the world at the time and which is still relevant today."

Norman Richardson, vice president and general manager of HP Imaging and Printing Group UK, said: "The Bletchley Park archive contains hundreds of thousands of documents tracing some of the most significant historical milestones of the 20th century, including some of the events that defined the outcome of World War Two.

"Our collaboration with Bletchley Park will not only ensure the preservation of this hugely significant archive but will also allow it to be made accessible and searchable digitally for the first time, untapping the value of this content for the benefit of audiences all over the world. We are hugely proud to be working with Bletchley Park and its team of volunteers to make this exciting project a reality."

[bobbysocks]

speaking of duxford...gonna have to make this airshow some day.

http://friends-of-tfc.blogspot.com/2010/02/flying-legends-2010.html

[bobbysocks]

UPDATE: Norway raises yellow 3...but didnt do so well when they got it to land...OUCH

http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/vikna.html

pics and story.

http://www.namdalsavisa.no/Nyhet/article5126536.ece

video...will make you cry if you love 109s

[KAV]

UPDATE: Norway raises yellow 3...but didnt do so well when they got it to land...OUCH

http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/vikna.html

pics and story.

http://www.namdalsavisa.no/Nyhet/article5126536.ece

video...will make you cry if you love 109s

OMG :sad:

On behalf of us Norwegians I do apologize for the incompetent handling of this gem.

[bobbysocks]

that's why you and McQ59 need to start you own organization...:grin:

salt water is very tough on ac...and that has been down there for 60 years...the fact you have anything is a huge plus.

[McQ59]

Yeah... It's close to a shame. That bird was handled like a plane, while it should be handled like a fragile new-born baby. I just hope the men in charge can fix it up and put it in a safe place for the public to see what a beautifull bird the 109 is.

[Gilly]

Good Landing!

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20100609/video/vwl-ww2-style-plane-flips-on-landing-15af341.html

Bit like the Spit in Sim!

[McQ59]

Auch! Bit hard touch-down there...

[Gilly]

The recent Channel 4 Documentary 'Fighting the Red Barron'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y8mf9fbP44

enjoy!

[bobbysocks]

hmmm kinda reminds me of my CTA landings...

[bobbysocks]

these is hysterical...how real men shoot skeet!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On6M8IC1K-Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAiXRKQffQ0&feature=related

[McQ59]

That's what I call sports bud. Hillarious! I want one of those 84 mm Carl Gustavs!

[dkwookie]

Those clay pigeon shooting vids were brilliant. They reminded me of one of my fav Clarkson videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SimNDBl4J-0

[Gilly]

Continuing the top gear clips.... Here's a merlin powered car!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxMxFE37Sxw&feature=youtube_gdata

[bobbysocks]

he's 100% right. america lost the entire concept of sportscar after about 62.


but keeping on the same scheme.... real men cut down trees like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC8jnSaCqxY&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

i love these kinds of stories...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-swamp-ghost,0,4765119.story

and here's an album of the recovery pics...

http://news.webshots.com/album/552562680RaMyMb

[bobbysocks]

the russian boys will love this one. wild game footage of a russian bomber flying ( sort of ) with one wing. the other ac in this game is pretty interesting...must be pc.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz8Uqytf0U8

[bobbysocks]

take a ride in a B-17. video and views from just about every vantage point in the ac. pretty cool. ( in black and white tho..)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGM-yTZm7gI

or a B-24

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT-PM45pJAU&feature=related

or a lancaster...

http://www.blip.tv/file/278997


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VywhF1T9-ds&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygsrs_m3WY0

think this one is the dambusters memorial flight...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIEg27PNL5U&feature=related

[KAV]

WOW, that Lancaster run was awsome :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
Tha was all BUT a leveled flight.

Only wish there were sound on it, would love to hear the pilots dialog there.

[bobbysocks]

first flight of a spit mk-19

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdT7_qshR9w&feature=related

[Davedog74]

good footage and great sound of the last flying mk 11 spithttp://www.flyingmachinestv.co.uk/SpitPL965.wmv

[bobbysocks]

sometimes you find some pretty cool stuff underwater...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wKClVCCtwU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBELFvUGm24&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS08YDfHMCU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53iFAOyb1Ys&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hot81yUlqEM&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

a few more... i would love to find something like this ( only in way better shape ) some dive.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn886Q8xPIE&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJFbxpVNBmM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLllqNgQf3Y&feature=related

a t-bolt. notice someone scalped the machineguns out of the wings...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2FThqFiv3o&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqgDspZIjaI&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

WWII news and related broadcasts...from rumors of war to VE day

http://www.archive.org/details/WWII_News_1939

http://www.archive.org/details/WWII_News_1940

http://www.archive.org/details/WWII_News_1941

http://www.archive.org/details/WWII_News_1942

http://www.archive.org/details/WWII_News_1943

http://www.archive.org/details/WWII_News_1944

http://www.archive.org/details/WWII_News_1945

[bobbysocks]

P 51 mustang manuals. just about every manual you could want...all you need now is the plane.


http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/other-mechanical-systems-tech/mustang-manuals-9051.html

[bobbysocks]

wow...came across this while looking for something else. this was the standard sign off for television back in the 60s and 70s. very nostalgic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTlWC7kfpDE&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

Remains of WWII aircrew lost in Burma to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery
By Edward Colimore

Inquirer Staff Writer

Gini Doolittle never knew her cousin, but her family talked so often of his mysterious disappearance that she felt a close bond.

Lt. Joseph Auld was their "lost hero," she said, a pilot who "flew the hump" over the Himalayas during World War II until he and his aircraft disappeared in 1944.

Doolittle spent hours paging through an album of photos showing Auld and her father, Charles Wilderman, a technical sergeant and radio operator who flew similar missions from India to Burma and China.

Later, Doolittle, a professor at Rowan University, came to know Auld better through a diary he left behind.

She never expected his remains to be recovered, much less that he and others in his crew would be celebrated at Arlington National Cemetery 66 years after their deaths.

The airmen will be remembered July 15 in funeral services at the Old Post Chapel, just outside the cemetery gate. A caisson will then take their remains to a grave site where they will honored in patriotic ceremonies and by a fighter-jet flyover.

"I opened a package at my house in September, and inside was a spiral-bound report that said [the Army had] identified him," said Doolittle, 64, of Sicklerville. "I was speechless."

Doolittle was likewise stunned to meet a brother of one of the six others on Auld's C-47. She and Robert Frantz of Lindenwold met at a survivors meeting held by the Defense Department.

"Imagine my surprise to be seated with a relative of another crew member," she said. "He lived just a few miles away."

Frantz, 72, last saw his big brother, Tech. Sgt. Clarence E. Frantz, just before the latter was deployed in 1942, and he has treasured his memories and photos.

To find his plane "means a lot to me," Frantz said. "It's still emotional."



Powerful memories
Doolittle remembered the exotic tales her father told when she was a girl about his wartime experiences in the China-Burma-India Theater. Fighting there didn't get the headlines the campaigns in Europe and the Pacific did.

"My father talked about tigers walking through the camps, about the poverty and lack of respect for human life," she said. "I never realized how brave he was until the last 15 years."

Doolittle recalled seeing her late father's leather flight jacket, sunglasses, and large military-issue canvas suitcase.

Conversations about his service invariably led to stories of Auld, her second cousin, who disappeared at age 26. "It kept him alive over the years," she said. "He was always in the back of my mind.

"In the 1950s, I went to a movie set in India, and my grandmother said, 'Your father and Joey were there during the war,' " she recalled.

Doolittle went to college, married, had twins, and earned her doctorate in 1996. She teaches educational leadership in Rowan's doctoral program.

But Auld was often on her mind, especially one day in May 2004 as she marked papers at her kitchen table while half-listening to the television.

Ed Bradley on 60 Minutes was reporting on Defense Department efforts to recover the remains of U.S. soldiers killed in long-ago conflicts and said a plane had been discovered west of Myitkyina in Burma, now Myanmar.

"That can't be my cousin's plane," Doolittle remembered thinking. The next month "I got a phone message on my answering machine. . . . It was the Army. They wanted to talk to me about my cousin."

Without offering much detail, officials asked her for a blood sample to analyze DNA. By January 2005, Doolittle had received a detailed report on the crash site.

The next year, she visited a family survivors meeting hosted by the Joint POW/MIA Account Command, where she hoped to learn more about her cousin.

She sat next to Frantz and recognized his last name. A Frantz had been among the crew that went down with Auld.

"Are you related to him?" she asked.

He told her that he was the youngest brother of the 24-year-old radio operator.

The Defense Department "had a report about the crash site," said Frantz, who served in the Navy and Army. On hearing the details, "I lost it. I went outside to get myself together."



Discovery in 2001
On the morning of May 23, 1944, Lt. Auld and Sgt. Frantz and the rest of their crew took off for Burma from an airfield in Dinjan, India. They were carrying much-needed ordnance to the Allies, who were trying to drive the Japanese out of Myitkyina.

The weather was not cooperating - monsoon season had begun early. It was raining, and visibility was poor.

The two-engine cargo plane plunged into the bed of a stream that trickled down into the foothills of the Himalayas, according to the official reports. Some of the ordnance exploded on impact, sending pieces of the aircraft across the lush jungle, where it was scavenged by local tribal people.

Fifty-seven years later, in 2001, reports about the wreckage made their way to the Joint POW/MIA Account Command in Hawaii, which began a full site investigation in January 2003.

Amid the decaying debris - which included the plane's nose section, emblazoned with a picture of a flying mule - were bone fragments and teeth. DNA from two teeth was matched to Doolittle's DNA.

"My DNA connected to him!" Doolittle said. "Matching the teeth was very emotional. It makes it real. Here were remnants that connected me to his life."

Doolittle and Frantz plan to attend the July 15 funeral service, then head to their loved ones' graves.

Auld's name will appear on an individual headstone at Arlington National Cemetery because his remains were identified. Frantz's were not, so his name will appear on a stone bearing the names of all the other crew.

Robert Frantz said he would wear his Army uniform to honor his brother.

"I was 7 years old when my brother disappeared," Frantz said. "We thought we would never know what happened to him. This has brought it all back into focus. It's had an impact on my life."

Many relatives and friends are expected to turn out for the ceremonies.

Auld, Frantz, and their crew "took a huge risk," Doolittle said. "They are heroes, and now they're home."

[Soviet Ace]

Cool yet short (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atKWkfQQCZQ)

In Russian, but cool footage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWE4i5Jr-nY&feature=related)

[bobbysocks]

cool vids SA. ya know, the thing that impresses me the most about this stuff is...we view it and class it in "our" frame of mind...according to 'OUR" age. but the "MEN" flying these planes and doing all of this...weren't even 30...hell most werent even 20 freaking 5! I am talking both axis and allies...god bless them all.

[Davedog74]

i should of put this on before,i watch it a lot,i love the reaction of the crowd,im guessing there was some red arrows virgins there that day
love the gypo break at around 11 mins,and how close to the bridge?
puts a lump in my throat,enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbGO1BBWt_A&feature=channel

[Crosshair14]

An epic Dogfight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD4nekiHFww

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO0bXW3PLGo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4kG_XvnQUA&feature=related

[Gilly]

Just one Ive just found on my phone taken at a recent classic show in Carlisle. Points for correct identities!!!
http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad256/paulcgill/82fbdf2d.jpg

[bobbysocks]

gilly, i thought they were lining up for a drag race :grin: ok im guessing a p 47 engine, a b 17 ( but its probably a lanc motor), and a merlin. would be an interesting race tho....

[P-51]

R-2800 nearest?

[Davedog74]

um first one looks like a bristol centaurus,2nd a merlin,give up on the last one...another bristol ?

[Soviet Ace]

cool vids SA. ya know, the thing that impresses me the most about this stuff is...we view it and class it in "our" frame of mind...according to 'OUR" age. but the "MEN" flying these planes and doing all of this...weren't even 30...hell most werent even 20 freaking 5! I am talking both axis and allies...god bless them all.

USSR had it so anyone who was 16+ could become a pilot. But most were 20 or so, and not many young people joined the Red Air Force, but joined the Red Army on the ground.

Just one Ive just found on my phone taken at a recent classic show in Carlisle. Points for correct identities!!!

I'm guessing the very far engine is a Pratt & Whitney R2800 or a Wright Cyclone? But it looks like a R2800 more I think. The middle engine looks to be a Rolls Royce Merlin or maybe a Griffon. But it doesn't look right to me? The second I'm guessing is a Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp? It's not very big, and looks fairly similar?

[Balderz002]

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=13326

Little Grand Slam for you all!

[bobbysocks]

something you guys in the uk might be interested in. found this exploring a link balders002 gave me. these guys hunt down ac wrecks and dig them up. if i were a few thousand miles closer i might try to join. check it out.

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/lait/site/index.htm

[bobbysocks]

and this is really cool. a sci-fi airshow!

http://www.scifiairshow.com/guided-tour.html

[bobbysocks]

I remember hearing this story long ago and it seems to resurface now and then. back in 1956 a B 25 bomber was flying in Pittsburgh, Pa ( 25 miles from my house ) and crashed into the Mon river (Monongahela river ). it sank to the bottom and was never seen again. not that it wasnt searched for...just vanished! into thin air...um, er water that is. where did she go?

http://www.caterpillarclub.org/b25/b25.htm

http://www.sennex.com/b25/

[Gilly]

Couple of amusing 'motivational' pics I've found
http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad256/paulcgill/a1019bb7.jpg
http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad256/paulcgill/4740fc7c.jpg

[jinzo]

where r the guys we met at duxford this year
im sure gilly is one of them if so ~S~
Jinzo checking in to say hi and looksharp got his copy of il2 for ps3 n will be on soon for a lesson in flying on the pad.
will be waiting for one of you guys to come to the pc version so i can whip ya back side with a tea towel

[Gilly]

where r the guys we met at duxford this year
im sure gilly is one of them if so ~S~
Jinzo checking in to say hi and looksharp got his copy of il2 for ps3 n will be on soon for a lesson in flying on the pad.
will be waiting for one of you guys to come to the pc version so i can whip ya back side with a tea towel


Yo mate you found us!!

[bobbysocks]

have fun with this! only thing missing is the k-14 gunsite with a 109 dead center eating tracers.... ahhh i love a 51 no matter what model.

http://www.stclairphoto-imaging.com/360/P51-Mustang/P51_swf.html

[bobbysocks]

has some nice snaps of some of you favorite planes...all free.

http://www.warbirddepot.com/desktop_calendars.asp

andif you want som other downloadable pics of ww2 warbirds thry this..

http://www.warbirddepot.com/desktop_wallpapers.asp

[bobbysocks]

rare archive footage of two Frenchmen, Jacques Andrieux and Roland Le Blond, who escaped their homeland and became part of 130 Squadron at Perranporth.

nice color film

http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Rare-archive-footage-reveals-heroes/article-1538007-detail/article.html

[bobbysocks]

Crash of SB-17G 44-85746 in the Olympic National Forest, Washington State.

On January 19, 1952, SB-17G 44-85746 was returning to McChord Field from a search and
rescue mission of its own. Ironically, the crew was searching for survivors of a Korean plane
which crashed off the Queen Charlotte Islands. On their flight back to base, the the SB-17 crew encountered
heavy winds which pushed them off-course, directing them west of the designated flight path and
over high mountains in the Olympic National Forest. The crew encountered heavy blizzard
conditions and lost radio contact. Not knowing their exact location, they had no way of knowing
their altitude was too low for the surrounding terrain. Three of the eight crewmen were killed, two
of the survivors were seriously injured when the SB-17 impacted with the mountain range. Please
keep in mind the loss of life when considering the following pictures.

http://home.sprintmail.com/~kawatson/opff.htm

[dkwookie]

Nice vid here about the great film production designer Ken Adam. This guy designed the James Bond sets for loads of the older films such as You Only Live Twice, Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. He also designed the War Room for Dr Strangelove. Ken escaped Nazi Germany in 1934 and flew with the RAF during the war. He was the only German national to fly against the Nazis. If he had been captured he would have faced execution.

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=GB#/watch?xl_blz_on=xl_blz_on&client=mv-google&v=T-Cyp7bIZOM

[Davedog74]

Nice vid here about the great film production designer Ken Adam. This guy designed the James Bond sets for loads of the older films such as You Only Live Twice, Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. He also designed the War Room for Dr Strangelove. Ken escaped Nazi Germany in 1934 and flew with the RAF during the war. He was the only German national to fly against the Nazis. If he had been captured he would have faced execution.

http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=GB#/watch?xl_blz_on=xl_blz_on&client=mv-google&v=T-Cyp7bIZOM

its just showing recommended videos dk

[dkwookie]

I posted on Iphone, must have screwed up
Sorry here is the vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Cyp7bIZOM

[Davedog74]

I posted on Iphone, must have screwed up
Sorry here is the vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Cyp7bIZOM

typhoons ,nice ,he did some great stuff,you only live twice was a great set.
on a bond theme,great intro apart from yellow ski outfit,but it was the 70s, everybody sing along
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-pASz2jjn4&feature=related

[Soviet Ace]

Since I couldn't get on yesterday, and yesterday was really the opening of the whole conflict, here's a video I found that had some very famous pictures from the Spanish Civil War.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMeXO2EJh7U

[dkwookie]

Not a video but I didnt want to create a new thread for this. Pretty cool browser based Star Wars dogfight game:

http://www.starwars.com/games/playnow/trench_run/

[Davedog74]

this just in...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d86GlsDYFpE&feature=related

[Gilly]

this just in...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d86GlsDYFpE&feature=related

Cheers mate, coffee all over my desk!!

[bobbysocks]

that is very sad. the comment by his guest and survivor, "he's never done this before." ????

[Gilly]

that is very sad. the comment by his guest and survivor, "he's never done this before." ????

It's a piss take Bobby. It's a comedian/ satirist who shows the stupidity of the UK. This particular one was about the media. Try youtubing Brasseye, especially the one about 'Cake', the new drug with a pill about a foot wide!!!

[Davedog74]

heres the full version :)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8X38AptH9s&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

originally, i was going to ask if this was for real but figured doing so may insult of offend someone. the rocket launcher, and throwing a head out the window sounded incredulous but these days ya never quite know...

[bobbysocks]

Il2 found in mud. going to need a translator for this but interesting to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_atylcwCQuk&feature=related

and a couple tanks...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olUeygRrb-g&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtJkyd3JJWE&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

Bloody Foreigners: The Battle of Britain

nice vid about the polish pilots

http://vimeo.com/10304911

[Davedog74]

this is about weasel fighting,a new sport in the u.k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNmBAUyy7Go

[McQ59]

Patrick Da Fronk... Hillarious!

[Gilly]

For soviet, this is how we do it!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTGIX3WezvQ&feature=youtube_gdata

[dkwookie]

Cracker that one Gilly.
Here's one of my all time fav scenes. Cracks me up every time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVVrZJaN1IU

[Gilly]

Cracker that one Gilly.
Here's one of my all time fav scenes. Cracks me up every time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVVrZJaN1IU

Yep
'I was good to you....even when you woz out of order'

[bobbysocks]

interesting site if you want to seek out a wrecked ac...us and uk.

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/crashsites.htm

[Davedog74]

road safety with neil sedaka and paul simon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjDYNSrTlvk&feature=related"]

and a classichttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmWK0DAdSqk

[Davedog74]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmWK0DAdSqk

[Gilly]

They say Lucas got the inspiration from the dambusters so here's the two together!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NMfBKrdErY&feature=youtube_gdata

[Davedog74]

hello everybody ,from a top show,it crowdhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAUyaELfwBo&feature=related

[Davedog74]

if your wondering why a woman was punched out by a man,......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3BY72RF8vc&feature=fvw

[FOZ_1983]

This is an all time classic!! This bird needed to be in BOP!! could watch this piece over and over again!! Epic piece of music to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2xHydbw8mQ

[bobbysocks]

some japanese stuff...

first some great CGI of the coral sea engagement...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR8mXg5sOvM&feature=related

and this one is a jap news reel. a b29 wreak and then a sq scrambles

WARNING CONTAINS IMAGES OF HUMAN REMANS!!!!

http://cgi2.nhk.or.jp/shogenarchives/jpnews/movie.cgi?das_id=D0001300370_00000&seg_number=002

[bobbysocks]

pictures!! a huge site with tons of pics of ww2 ( and others )...good color one...b&w ones....

http://www.historylink101.com/ww2_color/index.html

[Davedog74]

brittish celebrities unite in the war against a new drug thats sweeping through europe,'cake' also known as joss acklands spunky backpack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwylBRucU7w

[McQ59]

Cake is now prohibited in Norway. Our primeminister got Check-neck during his vacation, and really got his Shatners Bassoon f.u.k.d up! Now he thinks his gonne live forever. Sad story. Very sad story...

[Davedog74]

Cake is now prohibited in Norway. Our primeminister got Check-neck during his vacation, and really got his Shatners Bassoon f.u.k.d up! Now he thinks his gonne live forever. Sad story. Very sad story...

yes its getting bad,a friend of mine had a negative blooty on the crank handle,and ended up on the jessop jessop jessop.

[winny]

Just seen this...

Ace Combat Assault Horizon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec8jNw254V8)

[bobbysocks]

ghosts of wwII.

double exposure type or over lay photos of then mixed with now...pretty cool and eerie at the same time! the guy (sergey larenkov) i believe is russian so the main gist is from that vantage point.



http://sergey-larenkov.livejournal.com/

[winny]

ghosts of wwII.

double exposure type or over lay photos of then mixed with now...pretty cool and eerie at the same time! the guy (sergey larenkov) i believe is russian so the main gist is from that vantage point.



http://sergey-larenkov.livejournal.com/

I saw a couple of these in the UK newspapers, really good idea of linking the past and present.. there are fewer and fewer people who were around during ww2, this is a good mesh of history and now.

[bobbysocks]

some good footage of i -15s and i - 16s being put through their paces...and yes you CAN try these at home. :grin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWE4i5Jr-nY&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

cool lawnmower art tribute to BoB pilots....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1293420/Spitfire-fight-scene-carved-lawnmower-10-acre-field-amazing-tribute-Battle-Britain-bravery.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

[Davedog74]

final bit of the superb comedy series,blackadderhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IglUmgYGxLM&feature=related

[Gilly]

cool lawnmower art tribute to BoB pilots....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1293420/Spitfire-fight-scene-carved-lawnmower-10-acre-field-amazing-tribute-Battle-Britain-bravery.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Cheers for that Bobby, it's only 30mins from here. Given me somewhere else to take the little chaos warrior during the summer hols. Just hope he gets lost in it!!!!.....

[Gilly]

final bit of the superb comedy series,blackadderhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IglUmgYGxLM&feature=related

I think still the most emotional finish to any series ever. Cheers for posting Dave

[bobbysocks]

the little chaos warrior .... Just hope he gets lost in it!!!!.....

you're cracking me up! cos when i think of it i had one of those.... i would love to tell you it gets better but that would be a bold faced lie. alcohol is your friend... :grin:

here's a 9 part series on a couple 109s. i am not going to post all 9. just follow the links. has some great in the cockpit shots.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQvvkYyb2iU

[bobbysocks]

Red-tailed Hawk guides explorers to a World War Two bomber crash site
Investigation of a Martin Marauder TB-26C crash site in the Huron National Forest
By Dave Trojan, Crash Explorer

Oscoda resident Milton Clouse told his two nephews Kenneth and Roger Clouse
a story in1999 about an incident that happened to the small town of Glennie Michigan during World War Two. He said that on November 3rd, 1944 when he was attending school in Glennie all the students were distracted by the noise of a low flying airplane. The students at Glennie School rushed to the widows to see what was happening. What they saw they would never forget. A twin engine bomber, later identified as a Martin Marauder TB-26C, was observed to dive from an altitude of about 1000 feet to an altitude of only about 200 feet above the ground, pull out, and start a gradual climb. The
bomber flew low over the top of the Glennie School House. It then climbed to an altitude of about 400 feet where it then started to raise its right wing and was seen to roll over on its back and crash almost vertically into the Huron National Forest only about three miles north of town. The plane crash sent a big column of black smoke and flames about 150 feet into the air.

The plane exploded upon hitting the ground near a truck-trail fire break,
scattering wreckage 600 feet in all directions and burned completely. Forestry service workers and firefighters immediately went out to the crash site to find the plane completely destroyed with parts of the plane caught in trees 50 feet above the ground and a large fire burning. Fires started by the crash burned over three acres before the fire was brought under control. The pilot and crew were killed instantly. Three bodies were found lying 300 feet from where the plane struck the ground. The horrors of World War Two had come to this small Michigan town and the memories of that day would never be forgotten by the people who witnessed the tragedy.

The Martin Marauder TB-26C, serial number 41-35182 aircraft was assigned to the 1st Air Force, 134 AAF Base Air Squadron (BAS) Unit. It flew from OAAF, Oscoda Michigan, which was then a satellite of Selfridge Air Force Base Mount Clemens Michigan. The TB-26C twin engine bomber had all its gun turrets, bombing gear and other combat equipment removed from the aircraft turning it into a trainer. During World War Two detachments of B-26s were sent to various state side bases to tow targets for aerial gunnery practice and to provide air crew training.

The flight that day had begun for pilot 1st Lt. Roy E Yturria at 10:15 in the
morning from OAAF Oscoda Michigan for a routine training flight. The scheduled flight was a transition mission for an aerial engineer which was used to familiarize engineers with the equipment they would be using and its position in the B-26 aircraft. A total of three engineers were aboard the bomber that day for training. They were S/Sgt Donald W. Jaton, S/Sgt Willis A. Dunn and S/Sgt Emanuel Mokol. One of the three engineers would have been an experienced instructor aboard to train the other two. The weather
at the time had winds out of the SSW at 18 MPH with light gusts and the visibility was eight miles. Something started to go wrong only ten minutes into the flight as they flew west North West over the small town of Glennie Michigan. The B-26 was not an aircraft for novices. Unfortunately, due to the need of training pilots and aircrews quickly for the war, the USAAF was forced to put relatively inexperienced pilots and crews into the cockpit and the accident rate increased accordingly. Lots of pilots could fly the B-26 as
long as things were going well. It was when things got unexpectedly exciting that one needed the practice and experience to successfully deal with them in the B-26 Marauder.


No facts could be derived from the examination of the wreckage except that the engines were apparently turning at full power when the plane hit. The accident investigation board was unable to determine the cause of the accident. It is believed that the most probable cause of this accident was some kind of left engine failure which inevitably led to a stall with the pilot unable to regain control. When a pilot has an engine failure in a twin engine aircraft he must act quickly to counter the effects, because the aircraft tends to yaw and roll into the bad engine and it can eventually roll
upside down.


After hearing the story of the accident, the two nephews determined to locate the crash site. They researched the local news and obtained a copy of the official accident report and other documents. Unfortunately, all efforts to locate the site failed until one day during casual conversation with Glennie town folk one of the nephews happened to mention that they were looking for the crash site. A part time seasonal resident said he knew exactly where the site was because he played at the wreck site as a small child.
He guided the nephews to the crash site in the summer of 2003. There they found a divot in the side of a small hill caused by the impact of the plane where the engines had burrowed into the ground. Aircraft debris was also discovered that confirmed the crash site. The nephews wanted to place a memorial at the crash site, but were turned down by the Forestry Service.


I heard about their discovery and efforts through the grape vine and became very interested in the story because I was from Michigan. My opportunity came in July 2010 to travel to the area and attempt to relocate the site. I contacted the nephews who offered to take me to the crash site. Upon arrival to the area, I found out that they had not been to the crash site in many years and were unsure exactly where it was located in the thick forest. During the search, I spotted a silver grey object lying in the brush. I kicked it only to discover that it was a hornet’s nest that had fallen out of a tree. I ran
away from that area as quickly as I could. We searched for over two hours before the nephews had to leave without finding the site, but before they left a baby fledging Redtailed Hawk, about three months old, taking his first flight flew down from his nest and landed next to our vehicles. We did not take too much notice because we were too busy searching up and down the forest. A Forest Service truck happened along and noticed the fledging Red-tailed Hawk in the road and stopped to give assistance. Forestry personnel gently moved the baby fledging Red-tailed Hawk off the side of the road and
into the forest as the mother Red-tailed Hawk soared and circled overhead. The Forest Service personnel did not know anything about the plane crash site, but they did confirm that we were looking in the right section of the forest.

Another crash explorer and I were left alone searching the thick forest area when I remembered that the report stated that the plane had crashed on top of a small hill. I followed my intuition and looked for a slight raise in the terrain. Near the top of a small hill was the unmistakable ground scar of the impact site covered by layers of branches and leaves. A quick check with a metal detector confirmed the site had metal scattered all around. We were able to uncover several foot long pieces of aircraft debris and a chunk of radio equipment to confirm the site. Looking 50 feet up into a tree above the
impact site was a Red-tailed Hawk nest high in the forks of a large oak tree overlooking and guarding the crash site where the baby fledging Red-tailed Hawk had come from. Hawk nests are often used by the hawks year after year for many years and may have been there for generations of hawks. I like to think that the spirit of the crew had guided us to the crash site using the fledging Red-tailed Hawk. As the crash debris slowly sinks into the ground and memories fade away, the story of the tragedy may one day be forgotten. However, with new information about federal regulations, a enewed effort is underway to place an interpretive sign near the crash site to ensure that the sacrifices of the four men are remembered forever.

[bobbysocks]

somedays i have too much time on my hands but found a few guys who have way more...

was ok with this until he went for the smirnoff ice..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi4g_U0hoOg&feature=related

i am sure these are outlawed somewhere in the word

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9_ONA9hHBE&feature=related

this one is way cooler tho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeDXVN52cHI&feature=related

but this is the one i really want!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBbjt3OZydg&feature=related

[KAV]

Heres one for you who loves the russian planes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pijXiVDllrI&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

cool comic of spanish civil war of an I 16 vs Me 109...helps if you know spanish..

[KAV]

Heres a cool com for eee, mmm, aaaa Spitfires ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnp9wpypZWE&feature=player_embedded

[Davedog74]

Heres a cool com for eee, mmm, aaaa Spitfires ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnp9wpypZWE&feature=player_embedded

corrr,she can pull my stick anyday,now if she was in the spit,perfect

[jinzo]

gilly davedog and assosiated members ~S~
just thought id ask if any of you guys keep up with sow updates and will any of ya be making the leap to the pc on release day :)
also this saturday might be getting me hands on a ps3 so watch out lmfao
~S~
guys stay frosty

[McQ59]

Sad accident yesterday...

http://www.dagbladet.no/2010/08/22/nyheter/innenriks/flyulykke/13061932/

[McQ59]

http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Spitfire_F_XVIII_SM845.jpg#file

The Spit MK. XVIII that crashed

[Davedog74]

damn shame mcq,how was the pilot?

[McQ59]

The pilot, a 68 year old swede, were killed in the accident. He had thousands of hours in the air. The accident happend when he was on his way to an airshow.

[Gilly]

damn shame mcq,how was the pilot?

Ouch that's nasty.
Bit like that cta Dave!!

[KAV]

Sad, but when to go, this wouldnt have been a to bad option.....

[bobbysocks]

remembering "ruth-less"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqEvhKgXBAE

[bobbysocks]

Bill Millin, Scottish D-Day Piper, Dies at 88

LONDON — Bill Millin, a Scottish bagpiper who played highland tunes as his fellow commandos landed on a Normandy beach on D-Day and lived to see his bravado immortalized in the 1962 film “The Longest Day,” died on Wednesday in a hospital in the western England county of Devon. He was 88.

The cause was complications from a stroke, his family said.

Mr. Millin was a 21-year-old private in Britain’s First Special Service Brigade when his unit landed on the strip of coast the Allies code-named Sword Beach, near the French city of Caen at the eastern end of the invasion front chosen by the Allies for the landings on June 6, 1944.

By one estimate, about 4,400 Allied troops died in the first 24 hours of the landings, about two-thirds of them Americans.

The young piper was approached shortly before the landings by the brigade’s commanding officer, Brig. Simon Fraser, who as the 15th Lord Lovat was the hereditary chief of the Clan Fraser and one of Scotland’s most celebrated aristocrats. Against orders from World War I that forbade playing bagpipes on the battlefield because of the high risk of attracting enemy fire, Lord Lovat, then 32, asked Private Millin to play on the beachhead to raise morale.

When Private Millin demurred, citing the regulations, he recalled later, Lord Lovat replied: “Ah, but that’s the English War Office. You and I are both Scottish, and that doesn’t apply.”

After wading ashore in waist-high water that he said caused his kilt to float, Private Millin reached the beach, then marched up and down, unarmed, playing the tunes Lord Lovat had requested, including “Highland Laddie” and “Road to the Isles.”

With German troops raking the beach with artillery and machine-gun fire, the young piper played on as his fellow soldiers advanced through smoke and flame on the German positions, or fell on the beach. The scene provided an emotional high point in “The Longest Day.”

In later years Mr. Millin told the BBC he did not regard what he had done as heroic. When Lord Lovat insisted that he play, he said, “I just said ‘O.K.,’ and got on with it.” He added: “I didn’t notice I was being shot at. When you’re young, you do things you wouldn’t dream of doing when you’re older.”

He said he found out later, after meeting Germans who had manned guns above the beach, that they didn’t shoot him “because they thought I was crazy.”

Other British commandos cheered and waved, Mr. Millin recalled, though he said he felt bad as he marched among ranks of wounded soldiers needing medical help. But those who survived the landings offered no reproach.

“I shall never forget hearing the skirl of Bill Millin’s pipes,” one of the commandos, Tom Duncan, said years later. “As well as the pride we felt, it reminded us of home, and why we were fighting there for our lives and those of our loved ones.”

From the beach, Private Millin moved inland with the commandos to relieve British paratroopers who had seized a bridge near the village of Ouistreham that was vital to German attempts to move reinforcements toward the beaches. As the commandos crossed the bridge under German fire, Lord Lovat again asked Private Millin to play his pipes.

In 2008, French bagpipers started a fund to erect a statue of Mr. Millin near the landing site, but the fund remains far short of its $125,000 goal.

Bill Millin was born in Glasgow on July 14, 1922, the son of a policeman, and lived with his family in Canada as a child before returning to Scotland.

After the war, he worked on Lord Lovat’s estate near Inverness, but found the life too quiet and took a job as a piper with a traveling theater company. In the late 1950s, he trained in Glasgow as a psychiatric nurse and eventually settled in Devon, retiring in 1988. He visited the United States several times, lecturing on his D-Day experiences.

In 1954 he married Margaret Mary Dowdel. A widower, he is survived by their son, John.

[bobbysocks]

awesome site for aircraft videos and pics...

http://www.criticalpast.com/

[Davedog74]

anybody remember the royal tournament?i went in 88 with the air cadets
nothing like the royal marines band playing sunset
sorry about quality,turn it up at 2 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0lPmlLiCpk

[KAV]

WHAT ! ROCKETS !!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX4zHQEEQ_E

[McQ59]

Cheers guys. Great stuff!

The bodylanguage of that swede by the keyboard is priceless...

[Gilly]

WHAT ! ROCKETS !!!!!!!!]

Mmmm guided missiles- devs missed a trick here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX2Cd5iTs3I&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Davedog74]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw0TNfIsgMI&feature=related
thank heavens we won the b.o.b

[Gilly]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw0TNfIsgMI&feature=related
thank heavens we won the b.o.b

Tut tut Dave!! You got all my staff killing themselves here!!

[JOED70]

Just can't resist I have to post something

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlOouQbiveQ

[bobbysocks]

canadian pilot of last months cf 18 crash speaks...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/38752427#38752427

[Davedog74]

i saw this and i was impressedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey3qZTleh4w&feature=relate

[KAV]

Here is the Norwegian version....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nD6qvJDDXo



i saw this and i was impressedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey3qZTleh4w&feature=relate

[McQ59]

canadian pilot of last months cf 18 crash speaks...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/38752427#38752427

Awesome!

I will def try a High @ pass over Manston someday... ;-)

[Gilly]

Found this today: taken from yahoo news
The Royal Air Force has got a new target in its sights - a hit album in the charts.

The RAF central band, founded 90 years ago, has signed a recording deal for a special album marking the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.

The collection, called Reach For The Skies, will feature some of Winston Churchill's most famous WWII speeches, supported by wartime music played by the marching band.

Members of the band signed a record contract on the wing of a Spitfire fighter plane at the RAF Museum in London.

Mark Wilkinson from record label Decca, said he wanted to find the right band to mark the anniversary.

"This is a really important year for the air force, a really important year for the country.

"We wanted to commemorate that in words and music.

"It made an awful lot of sense to go to the very top, to go to the very best, the central band of the Royal Air Force."

Making records is nothing new for this band - in the 1930s they were the first military band to record an LP.

But for those in the current line-up, this new experience has been one to remember.

Senior Aircraftman Neil Chapman, who plays bass drum in

the marching band, says making the record was "really exciting" and an experience he enjoyed.

"I've never worked in a professional music studio before and to be behind the mics playing and also to be in the studio listening back to the recordings, it was really quite an event."

And while other newly signed bands start wanting first class fights and free champagne, Neil says his bandmates aren't that greedy.

He says they're happy with "as much tea and coffee as can be drunk" and "a few bacon sandwiches".

:: Reach For The Skies is out on 27th September
http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad256/paulcgill/0fddf14b.jpg

One thing to note is that it's always pleasing to see our journalists get the plane correct.....

[McQ59]

One thing to note is that it's always pleasing to see our journalists get the plane correct.....[/QUOTE]


Yepp, what can one expect... If it's a monoplane it's most likely a Spitfire ;)

[KAV]

http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Spitfire_F_XVIII_SM845.jpg#file

The Spit MK. XVIII that crashed

More on this tragic accident:
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/2601013236/m/5541075878/p/2

[McQ59]

The Biltema Spitfire - SM845 was a Mk. XVIII Griffon-Spit with a five bladed propeller and tear-drop cockpit hood.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Spitfire_F_XVIII_SM845.jpg


It's a beauty! I just had to put the full pic on.

R.I.P to the pilot.

[Davedog74]

Here is the Norwegian version....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nD6qvJDDXo

i like it kav, me and gilly where talking about this the other night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFIDvc01VK8&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyrunPV6P1g&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN_WqPnapjk&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZQJTNNw0co&feature=related

[Gilly]

The one and only Ray Hanna attempts to join qualifying at Goodwood..... Enjoy!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnc78LW7V1U&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Davedog74]

awesome gilly, this pilot needed new underwear and a beer after this eurofighter demonstrationhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSXRPH9PVjM

[Davedog74]

lightnings at thunder city,south arfica,watch at end for the climbing turning sonic boomhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGZpbRfMu-Q

this is cruel but funnyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX0-QL7YEyU

tom green http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OC5juFfFGM&feature=related

[scottyvt4]

Gilly thats a top find ....... wow



Dave you're 2nd one ........... just class hahaha


Edit ......... Dave is something like you killer spider lol one of the lads posted up pics from one of the car forum im on :)

pointless thread really but iv never seen a spider this big before ever in my house :| i hate the things

check the hairs on its legs in the 2nd pic :|

http://lp1.pinkbike.com/p4pb5530662/p4pb5530662.jpg

http://lp1.pinkbike.com/p4pb5530659/p4pb5530659.jpg

http://lp1.pinkbike.com/p4pb5530658/p4pb5530658.jpg

[bobbysocks]

if i am not mistaken that is a brown recluce! when i lived in the south they called them "fiddle backs" because of the fiddle design adorning their back...naturally. they will put you in a world of hurt and the hospital...nasty buggers and mean tempered too.

[bobbysocks]

lest we forget...all who gave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=KTb6qdPu8JE

[Davedog74]

tom green cleaning a city and winding up his parents http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OC5juFfFGMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX36cwpL4a8

[bobbysocks]

i was looking for the bbc series "fighting the red baron" online that someone in the other thread said was on u-tube...and found this red baron movie. the flying scenes look good ( wish there was a game for xbox/ps of this )...has anyone seen this movie? what did you think? worth buying?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrV6T_MEhIg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQWypbIdf6g&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUEH-tEZ_uU&feature=related

well...did find a free DL of the original game for PC ( naturally) from back in the early 90s....here's the link.

http://free-game-downloads.mosw.com/abandonware/pc/simulations/games_p_r/red_baron.html

[bobbysocks]

for all you P 38 lovers....

http://jamesreese.org/hangarflying/

[dkwookie]

i was looking for the bbc series "fighting the red baron" online that someone in the other thread said was on u-tube...and found this red baron movie. the flying scenes look good ( wish there was a game for xbox/ps of this )...has anyone seen this movie? what did you think? worth buying?

well...did find a free DL of the original game for PC ( naturally) from back in the early 90s....here's the link.

http://free-game-downloads.mosw.com/abandonware/pc/simulations/games_p_r/red_baron.html

I have seen that one Bobby. It's not that great to be honest. There is some nice aerial action but the ground based stuff is pretty hackneyed. Also **spoiler alert***



Also at the end it shows him taking off on his last mission then cuts to his funeral. I read somewhere they ran out of cash. It's really bad because his death is iconic, taken down by a lucky Lewis gunner shot of all things. The best parts of the film are right there on YouTube.

[dkwookie]

Some attack footage from Japanese film "For Those We Love"

Warning this is pretty extreme in places

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKLLRx7xaVI

[Gilly]

On the spur of the moment I joined my local aviation society on Saturday. The main reason being that as well as a small museum at the airport in carlise, the society owns amongst other things a lightning, a phantom and the puppies croutons that is a Vulcan. So if you're ever up this way and fancy climbing all over this beast, drop me a line and I'll happily arrange a guided tour with the guy that used to fly this Vulcan. For info, this was the Vulcan that did the falklands run back in 82 to show the argies we could still 'deliver' to them from the UK.

http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad256/paulcgill/3ee7ef47.jpg
http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad256/paulcgill/490cd186.jpg

[Gilly]

Ps Saturdays are normally the best

[dkwookie]

I got the Ultimate Bond DVD set for my birthday so have been indulging in some Roger Moore nostalgia
Here is a scene I had forgotten is so great. I had a corgi set with horse box and little jet back in the day. Wish I still had that now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSp5M3Z0GsU

[Davedog74]

all the bonds ,class dk,
thought id put this on,top gear space shuttlehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b4WzWFKQ20

[dkwookie]

That is a Top Gear classic. I got a model of that for chrismas a couple years back. One of the launching foam rocket types.

Totally hooked on Bond at the moment, heres another classic aerial scene. The petition to get this bad boy as an unlockable in Apache Assault starts here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmzkjQArqfg&feature=related

For some automotive mayhem you have to hand it to this, my fav car chase ever.
"all those feathers and he stil cant fly", Roger Moore...pure class
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ivhR3MYs50&p=D74ABFB2B0A810CD&playnext=1&index=37

[Davedog74]

great stuff,heres bond enjoying a spot of boating
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmb3ZUAObyc&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P9fbQik8Wg&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

Spitfire on BBC4 radio about an hour long program...starts with talk radio for the first couple of minutes.


A moving drama by Mike Walker about the most famous British fighter aircraft in history, marking the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Framed by recollections from veteran Geoffrey Wellum, the play features specially made recordings of RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfires, including the only Spitfire still flying today to have fought in the Battle.

Inspired by real people and real events, the play traces RJ Mitchell's design from creation to legend and the fortunes of two young pilots who join a frontline Spitfire squadron just as the Battle of Britain begins. It stars Samuel West, Samuel Barnett, Rory Kinnear and Ruth Wilson.

Many factors were important in the Battle, but it was the excellence of the Spitfire which most famously evened the odds in the fight against the Luftwaffe. Mike Walker's play takes us close to this magnificent aircraft and gives us a feeling of what it was like to fly the legendary plane which became, in test pilot Jeffrey Quill's words, 'a symbol of defiance and victory'.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tnb15/Saturday_Play_Spitfire!/

[bobbysocks]

now THIS is a buzz job!!!

http://www.youtube.com/user/Panzerargentino?feature=mhw4#p/a/f/0/Eb5-7s8dxcY

[Gilly]

How long does it take to build a bomber?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11107561

[bobbysocks]

now this will be interesting if they do it with the sofistication of "avatar" and dont gum it up to much with drama...

Warner Bros. Pictures is developing a World War II film, Deadline Hollywood reports. According to the site, the studio has bought "The Battle of Midway", a pitch from Bruce C. McKenna who previously wrote the script for some episodes of HBO's "The Pacific".

Moreover, it is said that Warner Bros. has put the upcoming project on a fast track as McKenna is expected to turn in a script within eight weeks. The movie is rumored to carry a price tag of around $200 million and will be made in 3-D, with Akiva Goldsman serving as producer.

The upcoming epic film will focus on the turning point of the June 4-6, 1942 event and take place six months after the demoralizing surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. "When it was over, the supremacy of the Imperial Japanese Navy was lost along with 4 of its aircraft carriers and 1 heavy cruiser. The Japanese never recovered," Deadline further describes.

The Battle of Midway has been turned into films for several times. In 1942, John Ford directed Oscar-winning "The Battle of Midway" using actual battle footage shot by the Navy. Later in 1976, there was "Midway" starring Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn and Hal Holbrook.

[bobbysocks]

some interesting footage of early ac and a couple good shots of spits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRYCx_G25ro

[bobbysocks]

has absolutely nothing to do with BoP except the altitude is higher than most dogfights... if you think you had a bad day at work...consider this guy getting to work! not for me!

oh do this on full screen for best effect...and starts out with a hokie cartoon but keep watching.

http://video.yahoo.com/network/101149635?v=8244494&l=5144241

[Gilly]

Bit like landing a spit in sim this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUnDJEIoquw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

And round of applause for this guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze2nEipDLR0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[ARC-071]

Man, that landing in the Mustang looked smoother than some of the Air Canuck flights I've been on:grin:

[bobbysocks]

Found after 69 years ... fragments of Spitfire collision over Edinburgh.

IT WAS a tragic accident at the height of the Second World War which was witnessed by hundreds and left a girl haunted by the memory.
In what is thought to have been the only mid-air aircraft crash in central Edinburgh during the conflict, two Spitfires collided over Inverleith, Edinburgh in September 1941.

Now, fragments from one of the fighters have been unearthed in the Royal Botanic Garden after remaining buried for 69 years, The Scotsman has learned. And an eye witness, who was 11 at the time, has spoken of her vivid memories of seeing the plane crash just yards from where she was camping.

The aircraft had been on a training flight from RAF Drem in East Lothian when the collision occurred.

One of the planes, flown by Pilot Officer K M Simpson, crashed into playing fields west of Inverleith Park after he successfully bailed out.

But the other Spitfire crashed into the Botanic Garden and its pilot, Pilot Officer Arthur Searle, 20, from Rhodesia, died after he bailed out too late. He is buried in Dirleton cemetery in East Lothian.
While much of the wreckage was removed from the scene after the crash, some parts remained buried in the ground until they were unearthed in this summer's excavation, organised by Leigh Morris, head of education at the Botanics.

They include parts of the engine and cockpit, found 10ft below what was then the curator's private garden.

Mr Morris said: "We found fragments of the aluminium airframe, and the engine's carburetter plate, the stainless steel cockpit catch, and pieces of the Perspex cockpit cover. The aircraft exploded into lots of pieces and the big bits were taken away after the crash."

The excavation site, about 70ft long by 35ft wide, is close to the garden's east gate on Inverleith Row, where a temporary shop had been located.

Pauline Scott, who was 11 at the time, was left haunted by witnessing Searle's Spitfire crashing just 20 yards from her home in Inverleith Row.

Mrs Scott, now 80, said she had been reading with a friend in a tent in the garden when she heard "unusual sounds" from some low-flying planes.

She said: "I peered out of the flaps of the tent and was horrified to see this shape hurtling down towards me. "Visions of newsreel footage and planes exploding when they hit the ground flashed through my mind, and terrified, I attempted to get out of the back of the tent, which was well pegged down.

"Somehow I escaped and made my way, legs like water, to the safety, I hoped, of the house.

"I thought we were going to be obliterated - it was like a nightmare.
The plane thankfully hit the ground on the other side of the high stone wall at the top of the garden.

"The droning sound of that falling aeroplane haunted my memory for many years, especially when listening to night-flying aircraft."

A special garden may be created at the Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum in Dumfries, which excavated the wreckage, to mark the incident when the fragments are moved there after being displayed at the Botanics.

[bobbysocks]

recently declassified gun camera footage from japan. some pretty clear video.

http://wimp.com/guncamera/

[McQ59]

Awesome bobby! First time I've seen guncam-footage in colour.

[bobbysocks]

and you wondered what you were going to do with all that spare change you have been saving up for years....here's an idea!!

http://www.platinumfighters.com/

check out the inventory special...could play BoP for real!!

[bobbysocks]

jet powered lancs, wellingtons, and B24s...

they were used as testbeds for jet engines...strange but interesting.

more info on thse sites..

http://www.iconicaircraft.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1514&start=0

http://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/419505-jet-powered-wellington-lancaster.html

[bobbysocks]

dont ya just hate when this happens!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cfeTZNcA3g

[bobbysocks]

Fifi update:

Fifi is the worlds only flyable b-29 superfortress and has been grounded for years for an engine refit and various upgrades.
she finished her 4th and final maintenance flight for FAA certifcation recently. she will make her big debute at the midland, tx airshow this weekend after 6 years on the ground. she will be based out of addison, tx at the at the Cavanaugh flight museum. she is actually 2 years ahead of schedule. the husband of a gal who used to work for me was hired to do work on her...Fifi that is... and i believe is the flight engineer. i will post more pics when she sends them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbfop8jflxU

[bobbysocks]

everything you ever wanted to know about german ac rockets....a tiny bit of translations is required :grin:

http://www.cockpitinstrumente.de/archiv/Dokumente/ABC/f/Flakraketen/R4M%20Orkan/R4M%20Orkan.html

[McQ59]

Cool Bobby. That should settle a few minor disagreements...
I'd love to have a cpl of those mounted on the K4 or D9.

[bobbysocks]

an couple amusing joke about ww1.

if WW1 was a bar fight

Germany, Austria and Italy are standing together in the middle of a pub when Serbia bumps into Austria and spills Austria’s pint.

Austria demands Serbia buy it a complete new suit because there are splashes on its trouser leg.

Germany expresses its support for Austria’s point of view.

Britain recommends that everyone calm down a bit.

Serbia points out that it can’t afford a whole suit, but offers to pay for the cleaning of Austria’s trousers.

Russia and Serbia look at Austria.

Austria asks Serbia who it’s looking at.

Russia suggests that Austria should leave its little brother alone.

Austria inquires as to whose army will assist Russia in compelling it to do so.

Germany appeals to Britain that France has been looking at it, and that this is sufficiently out of order that Britain should not intervene.

Britain replies that France can look at who it wants to, that Britain is looking at Germany too, and what is Germany going to do about it?

Germany tells Russia to stop looking at Austria, or Germany will render Russia incapable of such action.

Britain and France ask Germany whether it’s looking at Belgium.

Turkey and Germany go off into a corner and whisper. When they come back, Turkey makes a show of not looking at anyone.

Germany rolls up its sleeves, looks at France, and punches Belgium.

France and Britain punch Germany. Austria punches Russia. Germany punches Britain and France with one hand and Russia with the other.

Russia throws a punch at Germany, but misses and nearly falls over. Japan calls over from the other side of the room that it’s on Britain’s side, but stays there. Italy surprises everyone by punching Austria.

Australia punches Turkey, and gets punched back. There are no hard feelings because Britain made Australia do it.

France gets thrown through a plate glass window, but gets back up and carries on fighting. Russia gets thrown through another one, gets knocked out, suffers brain damage, and wakes up with a complete personality change.

Italy throws a punch at Austria and misses, but Austria falls over anyway. Italy raises both fists in the air and runs round the room chanting.

America waits till Germany is about to fall over from sustained punching from Britain and France, then walks over and smashes it with a barstool, then pretends it won the fight all by itself.

By now all the chairs are broken and the big mirror over the bar is shattered. Britain, France and America agree that Germany threw the first punch, so the whole thing is Germany’s fault . While Germany is still unconscious, they go through its pockets, steal its wallet, and buy drinks for all their friends.

[bobbysocks]

i hope this works, its hysterical! ...if ww2 was on facebook.
click on the little white thread ( the image) and you will get the image in a black window....click or double click on THAT and you will be able to then zoom in....

[Gilly]

Stumbled upon this site over lunch- enjoy!
new pairs of pants in a fair few of them!!!

http://www.crazyaviation.com/englishmovies.htm

[bobbysocks]

you are supposed to take the helicopter ALL the way of of the hanger before taking off.

http://break.com/index/helicopter_whacks_hanger_on_takeoff.html?matchid=

[Akula]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQsWpcwvmI0

That is a song from a flight game on PS2, "Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War" My favorite game of all time!