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[airmalik]

Watched Bomber Boys on the TV last night. Pretty good show with great footage of one of the only two flying Lancasters in the air.

You can watch it online here:

http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video...77/Bomber-Boys

It's only available online for 14 more days.

enjoy!

Synopsis: Ewan McGregor and his aviator brother Colin tell the story of the RAF's Bomber Command and the men who fought and died in the skies above Europe during World War Two. Ewan and Colin meet a number of key surviving members of Bomber Command and take on a variety of practical challenges. While Colin fulfils his lifetime ambition of flying one of the only two surviving Lancaster Bombers, Ewan learns what it was like being a tail-gunner - perhaps the most lonely and dangerous job of all bomber aircrew.

[Troll2k]

"This content is currently unavailable".

Maybe it because I am out of the Australian zone.

[airmalik]

Yeah I'm sorry didn't check if it was available outside AU.

Can I watch On Demand outside Australia?
Rights agreements mean that SBS On Demand is only available in the Australia. Even if you are an Australian citizen you cannot access the service from abroad. Some videos of Insight, Dateline and World News Australia clips are available to watch internationally.

[banned]

Originally Posted by airmalik

Watched Bomber Boys on the TV last night. Pretty good show with great footage of one of the only two flying Lancasters in the air.

You can watch it online here:

http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video...77/Bomber-Boys

It's only available online for 14 more days.

enjoy!

Synopsis: Ewan McGregor and his aviator brother Colin tell the story of the RAF's Bomber Command and the men who fought and died in the skies above Europe during World War Two. Ewan and Colin meet a number of key surviving members of Bomber Command and take on a variety of practical challenges. While Colin fulfils his lifetime ambition of flying one of the only two surviving Lancaster Bombers, Ewan learns what it was like being a tail-gunner - perhaps the most lonely and dangerous job of all bomber aircrew.

That was friggin excellent mate. A great show. Thanks for supplying the link.

[WeReLex]

Hi people. A very good man made subs and uploaded on YouTube.
This documentary film of 1991 about people in aviation made in USSR just before its dissolution. The quality is not very good, but you can find only VHS rip... it's a very rare movie.
Planes Su-27 and MiG-29. The film is dedicated to Ivan Kozhedub.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfarD...ature=youtu.be

The theme of the forum sukhoi.ru: http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/showthrea...73#post1825573

[335th_GRAthos]

For those interested in warships:

Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea
by Robert K. Massie
(This is Massie's second book, the first being Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the coming of the Great War).




The book begins in the lead-up to the declaration of hostilities between Germany and Britain, whereas Massie's previous work ended with the beginning of the war. All the significant naval strategies and battles of World War I are covered, including the Battle of Coronel, where a German squadron led by Admiral Maximilian von Spee destroyed a weaker British cruiser squadron under the command of Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock; the ensuing Battle of the Falkland Islands where von Spee's force was annihilated by a superior British squadron; the Battle of Dogger Bank (1915); Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign; and a detailed multichapter narrative of the Battle of Jutland and its aftermath.

Other chapters describe German submarine warfare and events triggering America's entry into the war. There are also chapters dedicated to central personalities such as British Admirals John Jellicoe and David Beatty and the German Admirals Franz von Hipper and Reinhard Scheer. The book ends with an account of the scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow.



~S~

[JG5_emil]

I have this book it's brilliant

[Ploughman]

That I've not read this book yet is an omission of the highest order.

[arthursmedley]

This looks really interesting Grathos. There is a third book in this story but not by this author and unfortunately long out of print but a quick google search produced the first 46 pages in pdf. Check out the pics. A truly amazing story.

http://www.pr-productions.co.uk/The%20Man.pdf

[335th_GRAthos]

Nice story, never heard about it.

Thanks Arthur!

~S~