Non BOP MISC.VIDEOS and Links..
 

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

AC photos
 

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...&view=previous

http://www.cdsg.org/forums/viewtopic...&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/air...hotos-999.html

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Propaganda Video

Propaganda Video

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

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...)

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.

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.)

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

Stuck

Dambusters anniversary fly past at Derwent resevoir
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1Ouy...=youtube_gdata

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

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

nice videos rosemeyer78. great post

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

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

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

Lots of nice spits!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUx3M...=youtube_gdata

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

Blitz Street
 

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=Lp9yl...=youtube_gdata

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...=youtube_gdata

a thread of some pretty cool pics... ( about 10 pages worth)
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/air...imus-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/air...lor-12077.html

World War pilot 2 and his downed Lancaster bomber found in German
 

cool link of pics of damaged AC
 

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

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/air...ww2-15431.html

tree trimming P 47 style....
 

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/avi...yle-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.

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 ;-)

262 and 163 bearing Russian markings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBnlJ...=youtube_gdata

now THIS is a buzz job!!!!
 

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvDDD...eature=related

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

http://www.spitfiresite.com/history/...in-us-navy.htm

wouldnt this make you sick...
 

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

cool color photos
 

gotta love em..

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=oJh8y...=youtube_gdata

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

some unintentional close to the ground ACs
 

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-....html?matchid=




awesome 109 loses a gear on landing

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

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

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

The story of JB659 J-Johnny a Lancaster of the 97th based at Bourn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQkWS...=youtube_gdata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW6TK...=youtube_gdata

great post gilly very interesting

speaking of a lancaster heres a story
 

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

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

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/

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

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

Nice B-25s

[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

[QUOTE=Davedog74;156826]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.

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



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

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

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

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=9he0d...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4J3B...eature=related
part 1 Movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKBoH...eature=related
part 2 Movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkQ3i...eature=related

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

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.

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

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

Hitler's coal powered jet...yes for real!!
 

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

fantasy german aircraft..
 

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

http://www.luft46.com/

World War II Aircraft wrecksites in Norway & Finland
 

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/

Soviet Fighter Tactics
 

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

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...

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

some crazy flying stunt..
 

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

http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/excl..._202479-1.html

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

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-H...eature=related

Enjoy

109 found
 

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

http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/n...elag/1.6881382

found more on yellow 3

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

todays 109s, 190 and 262,,,
 

pictures and flybys of ww2 planes
 

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

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

Translation
 

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.

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

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

this one is ..err,game related

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

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

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

churchill's school for spies...
 

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

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...et-agents.html

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

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

Peter Spoden Luftwaffe Night Fighter ace / E Brown in a 163
 

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/WaldoPep.../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/his...y_clip29.shtml

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1f_J...ayer_embedded#!

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-...eature=related


mossies shoot up a sub and other ships

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QndLm...eature=related


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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX9CI...watch_response

did someone say monty python?


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

virtual airshow
 

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

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

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

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

RAF training film...

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

WWII Aerial Images Unearthed
 

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

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

warbird art
 

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

http://www.colesaircraft.com/

He catched the birds.

Nice post!

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....

little pink spitfires for you and me
 

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

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

one of my fave webistes, jampacked full of vids:

www.britishpathe.com



one of my faves is entitled 'whirlwind squadron'

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=0S5gU...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX71K...eature=related


heres a couple using live people and animated ac

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRWPs...853&feature=iv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Dpl...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaOlG...eature=related

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=qjOKZ...eature=related

never forget!
 

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

RAF podcasts
 

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

amazing story of 2 B17s in a mid air collision
 

this is an amazing story...

http://asmba.typepad.com/veterans/20...back-hero.html

A great read, is that!

P-39 Airacobra recovered from Mart- Jarv lake Northern Russia
 

http://warrelics.eu/forum/armour-wea...rn-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.

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=5CB27...eature=related

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

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/06/wa...-land-his-jet/

Original Duxford Diary
 

very interesting reading about duxford...

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

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

Bletchly Park
 

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."

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

http://friends-of-tfc.blogspot.com/2...ends-2010.html

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.

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.

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.

Good Landing!

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20100609/...g-15af341.html

Bit like the Spit in Sim!

Auch! Bit hard touch-down there...