http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfhAMwgJTc4
I wonder why the film producers gathered up the RAFM collection at Henlow, but didnt use them? Perhaps they were not permited to reconfigure the a/c, or didnt want a genuine 109E next to the Buchons?
By: DazDaMan - 25th May 2010 at 13:14
Apparently yes, the engine WAS run on the Stuka, but getting the beast back into the air was too costly.
By: SADSACK - 25th May 2010 at 12:42
re;
you missed the point, it appears they were rounded up and earmarked for use in the film but were not used. Didnt they start restoring the Stuka, but the models were much easier?
ino courtesy of Hendon.
By: David Burke - 25th May 2010 at 08:41
Possibly because the owners of said Hurricane and Spitfire wouldn’t let them!
By: jont122 - 25th May 2010 at 08:21
They used quite few static airframes, and started restoring the Stuka. I cant understand why they didnt use Hurricane P2617?
Or Spitfire X4590?
By: DazDaMan - 25th May 2010 at 06:15
If that!
By: PanzerJohn - 25th May 2010 at 02:21
That hedge hopping Buchon…looks about 12 feet off the deck!!!
By: Arabella-Cox - 24th May 2010 at 17:35
Bit off topic but on one of my rare trips to the UK recently I stumbled upon what is claimed to be one of the Stuka models used in the film:
By: SADSACK - 24th May 2010 at 15:21
re;
They used quite few static airframes, and started restoring the Stuka. I cant understand why they didnt use Hurricane P2617?
By: DazDaMan - 24th May 2010 at 06:13
Probably because:
1) A solitary Bf109E/Heinkel etc was not enough.
2) At the time it would have been too difficult to restore them to flight.
Great clip, though.
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