In the interest of flight safety…. They’re are more films on there too
By: NEEMA - 14th December 2013 at 16:22
Without looking at youtube, there was a classic “Fly with Prudence” film in which a Spitfire pilot ignores a soft ground warning and taxies into a patch of deep mud, swiping off the undercarriage in the process.
A serviceable Spitfire was used for the flying and landing sequences and a written-off Spitfire was to be used for the taxiing accident,following having its main u/c legs being cut 75% through to ensure a good collapse on the mud in front of the camera.
To beat the pundits, the scrap Spitfire was dressed on-site in the same codes and serials of the serviceable aeroplane before shooting commenced, the two machines being parked together overnight . Surgery was then conducted on one machine’s u/c legs for the next days shoot……..
Need I continue?
By: Dr Strangelove - 13th December 2013 at 20:28
Brilliant.
Nice to see MT featuring so prominently too (I think 😮 )
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December 13, 2013 at 7:08 pm