Non BOP MISC.VIDEOS and Links..

[bobbysocks]

someone posted a trailer or short clip of this a while ago. the whole movie is available....

http://www.animeratio.com/anime/movi...-sky-crawlers/

[bobbysocks]

replica fw 190 vid.

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

[bobbysocks]

duxford battle of britian airshow video.

http://www.airshows.org.uk/2010/airs...ow-review.html

[bobbysocks]

red sands forts...

wonder if these are on the map in BoP???

The Thames Estuary Army Forts were constructed in 1942 to a design by Guy Maunsell, following the successful construction and deployment of the Naval Sea Forts. Their purpose was to provide anti-aircraft fire within the Thames Estuary area. Each fort consisted of a group of seven towers with a walkway connecting them all to the central control tower. The fort, when viewed as a whole, comprised one Bofors tower, a control tower, four gun towers and a searchlight tower. They were arranged in a very specific way, with the control tower at the centre, the Bofors and gun towers arranged in a semi-circular fashion around it and the searchlight tower positioned further away, but still linked directly to the control tower via a walkway. All the forts followed this plan and, in order of grounding, were called the Nore Army Fort, the Red Sands Army Fort and finally the Shivering Sands Army Fort. All three forts were in place by late 1943, but Nore is no longer standing. Construction of the towers was relatively quick, and they were easily floated out to sea and grounded in water no more than 30m (100ft) deep.

Access for the men posted to these forts was via an entrance at the base of the platform. Parts of the ladders that the men would have used are still visible today, but are in a very poor condition. Indeed, attempting to access these forts is extremely hazardous, and they are best viewed from a boat and a safe distance. All 3 forts saw action during the Second World War, and there is no doubt that they proved their worth. So much so in fact that anti-aircraft command called for the construction of more sea forts on the Thames in the immediate post-war period, and various new fort designs were put forward. However, none of them came to fruition and in 1952 the government decided not to pursue the sea fort construction programme any further. Nore Army Fort sustained damage during a storm in 1953, and tragedy struck the same fort again 2 months later when a ship hit and destroyed the Bofors and one of the gun towers. Four civilian caretakers were killed in this incident. In 1955, the War Office decided that the Army Sea Forts had no further operational value. The Nore Army Fort was dismantled in 1959, but the Red Sands and Shivering Sands Forts are still standing today. They have been used as pirate radio stations during the 60's and 70's, but since then have remained abandoned.

more links to these..

http://www.undergroundkent.co.uk/maunsell_towers.htm

http://www.artificialowl.net/2008/07...red-sands.html

[bobbysocks]

The Scandinavian Historic Flight P-51 Old Crow....

pretty good vid with shots inside the cockpit.

http://www.clipwings.com/clip/771/SHF_P51_D_Mustang

[bobbysocks]

remember that fw 190 a5 that was found in russia a few years back. guess what....she's alive and doing well!

on 2 December 2010 in Casa Grande Airport in Arizona...
FW-190A-5 werk # 015227 fresh from rebuild....awaiting to be painted back to the exact 4/JG54 "White A" markings that it wore on it's last flight on 19 July 1943... flies again for the first time in 61 years, six months and 10 days.
long may she fly!

[Gilly]

Originally Posted by bobbysocks

red sands forts...

wonder if these are on the map in BoP???

The Thames Estuary Army Forts were constructed in 1942 to a design by Guy Maunsell, following the successful construction and deployment of the Naval Sea Forts. Their purpose was to provide anti-aircraft fire within the Thames Estuary area. Each fort consisted of a group of seven towers with a walkway connecting them all to the central control tower. The fort, when viewed as a whole, comprised one Bofors tower, a control tower, four gun towers and a searchlight tower. They were arranged in a very specific way, with the control tower at the centre, the Bofors and gun towers arranged in a semi-circular fashion around it and the searchlight tower positioned further away, but still linked directly to the control tower via a walkway. All the forts followed this plan and, in order of grounding, were called the Nore Army Fort, the Red Sands
Army Fort and finally the Shivering Sands Army Fort. All three forts were in place by late 1943, but Nore is no longer standing. Construction of the towers was relatively quick, and they were easily floated out to sea and grounded in water no more than 30m (100ft) deep.

Access for the men posted to these forts was via an entrance at the base of the platform. Parts of the ladders that the men would have used are still
visible today, but are in a very poor condition. Indeed, attempting to access these forts is extremely hazardous, and they are best viewed from a boat and a safe distance. All 3 forts saw action during the Second World War, and there is no doubt that they proved their worth. So much so in fact that anti-aircraft command called for the construction of more sea forts on the Thames in the immediate post-war period, and various new fort designs were put forward.
However, none of them came to fruition and in 1952 the government decided not to pursue the sea fort construction programme any further. Nore Army Fort sustained damage during a storm in 1953, and tragedy struck the same fort again 2 months later when a ship hit and destroyed the Bofors and one of the gun towers. Four civilian caretakers were killed in this incident. In 1955,
the War Office decided that the Army Sea Forts had no further operational value. The Nore Army Fort was dismantled in 1959, but the Red Sands and Shivering Sands Forts are still standing today. They have been used as pirate radio stations during the 60's and 70's, but since then have remained abandoned.

more links to these..

http://www.undergroundkent.co.uk/maunsell_towers.htm

http://www.artificialowl.net/2008/07...red-sands.html

Sadly they're not in BoP Bobby, pity really although they can be seen from either the north or south coast of the Thames estuary. They also feature in the prodigy video below along with several 'listening dishes' built to detect incoming aircraft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIFia...e_gdata_player

[Davedog74]

Originally Posted by bobbysocks

red sands forts...

wonder if these are on the map in BoP???

The Thames Estuary Army Forts were constructed in 1942 to a design by Guy Maunsell, following the successful construction and deployment of the Naval Sea Forts. Their purpose was to provide anti-aircraft fire within the Thames Estuary area. Each fort consisted of a group of seven towers with a walkway connecting them all to the central control tower. The fort, when viewed as a whole, comprised one Bofors tower, a control tower, four gun towers and a searchlight tower. They were arranged in a very specific way, with the control tower at the centre, the Bofors and gun towers arranged in a semi-circular fashion around it and the searchlight tower positioned further away, but still linked directly to the control tower via a walkway. All the forts followed this plan and, in order of grounding, were called the Nore Army Fort, the Red Sands Army Fort and finally the Shivering Sands Army Fort. All three forts were in place by late 1943, but Nore is no longer standing. Construction of the towers was relatively quick, and they were easily floated out to sea and grounded in water no more than 30m (100ft) deep.

Access for the men posted to these forts was via an entrance at the base of the platform. Parts of the ladders that the men would have used are still visible today, but are in a very poor condition. Indeed, attempting to access these forts is extremely hazardous, and they are best viewed from a boat and a safe distance. All 3 forts saw action during the Second World War, and there is no doubt that they proved their worth. So much so in fact that anti-aircraft command called for the construction of more sea forts on the Thames in the immediate post-war period, and various new fort designs were put forward. However, none of them came to fruition and in 1952 the government decided not to pursue the sea fort construction programme any further. Nore Army Fort sustained damage during a storm in 1953, and tragedy struck the same fort again 2 months later when a ship hit and destroyed the Bofors and one of the gun towers. Four civilian caretakers were killed in this incident. In 1955, the War Office decided that the Army Sea Forts had no further operational value. The Nore Army Fort was dismantled in 1959, but the Red Sands and Shivering Sands Forts are still standing today. They have been used as pirate radio stations during the 60's and 70's, but since then have remained abandoned.

more links to these..

im a sucker for a bunker,mate with a boat offered to take me there,but the structures are dodgy,so is my mates skippering skills,he tends to go through waves not over them, im told there are ww2 artifacts still there
would of like to of seen the dover gun batteries in the game,the coast was a fortress during ww2,nothing like the scenery in the game ,more bitch than beach

good to see some essex boys on the forum gilly

[dkwookie]

I was helping Lost Odessy with some filming in some P51s last night and told him about this scene which he said he hadn't seen.

Probably the nicest flyby in film history

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02BBtN-P0lc

[bobbysocks]

you think these guys ham it up for the photohounds???

Low flying in Tal-y-llyn-valley in Wales.

http://vimeo.com/1466613