Flambards TV series

I know what you mean, I recently watched the whole series again after not seeing it for many years. My wife who had never seen it before was instantly hooked as well.

I watched it a few years ago, and one thing that has stuck in my mind was the scene of the two ladies sitting on a bench, eating chocolate if I remember corectly, after their husbands had both been killed. Their sense of loss seemed so horribly real, and you couldn’t help but feel that sense of loss too. A very powerful scene.

I’m quite surprised the aeroplanes from Those Magnificent Men weren’t used as well.

Alex, for starters you can pick up the Aerographics Blackburn Monoplane kit on ebay for a few quid (I’ll admit to owning a few unbuilt kits). If you’re not put off by scratchbuilding I’ve got a pdf of the 1911 volume of Flight with plans for the Boxkite. I dare say there are few few other plans in there too (I’ve got 1909 to 1919 on disc) I think the Antoinette’s in there. I’ve also got a book with Curtiss and Bleriot plans (Hayward 1912), you can view it here http://archive.org/stream/buildingandflyi00haywgoog#page/n6/mode/2up. There are also some decent flying kits for the Deperdussin (rotary rather than anzani), Antoinette and Demoiselle made by SIG, I got mine from Sussex Model Centre a few years ago.

I want those models hanging from Williams bedroom ceiling lol

I know what you mean, I recently watched the whole series again after not seeing it for many years. My wife who had never seen it before was instantly hooked as well.

Thanks Blue Max, sounds like a perfect time you had. It’s been donkeys years since I’ve seen the show & I was given the DVD set last night & have been watching it all day lol

Hi Black Night, no they were not fliers. All the flying was done with R/C Models. All the Replica’s apart from the demoisel were built by my Uncle with the help of others that worked for him. The Demoisel was built by a chap called Andrew Newickie and purcased for the series. “Emma” was totaly out of Uncle Davids imagination!! We also built the R/c Models for the series as well and as a kid I spent one happy summer school holiday on the set in Yorkshire.
The Blackburn Mercury still exists and is at Elvington, as for the other I dont know but would love to know if they are still about. After they were removed from “Flambards” village they disappeared!!