How long does it take to build a bomber?

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

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.

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

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

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/10114...4494&l=5144241

Bit like landing a spit in sim this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUnDJ...e_gdata_player

And round of applause for this guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze2nE...e_gdata_player

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

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.

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

http://wimp.com/guncamera/

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

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!!