Between BoB and Red Tails there were two excellent ‘flying’ movies that come to mind ; Always and Air America.

Both used real aircraft and not CGI.

Looking back it appears to be a golden age that has now gone forever.

Moggy

Always was made in 1989 and Air America 1990, CGI technology was very much in it’s infancy and only came to prominence in 1991 with Terminator 2 and was only succesful in that film due to it’s huge budget and the directors desire to push the technology to it’s limits.
A romantic drama remake (Always) and Action comedy (Air America) could only dream of T2’s budget.

I don’t know about Air America, but a big portion of the flying scenes in Always were actually achieved with large scale flying models rather than the real thing because of both budget and the ability of the director to obtain the shots he required more easily without having to worry about serviceability or weather restrictions.

Great video.
There has been a bit of a surge in discovering underwater wrecks recently.
Are people activley seeking these out now that land potions are few & far between or is it just a result of the increase in sport diving ?
Either way, more power to them,

Yes that was a real bonus when they taxied to the end of 06, real shame about the CWH Lanc not emulating it but i believe there was a “Flybee” flight waiting to land from what I overheard, still, nice blue skies this time, here’s hoping for more tomorrow as i also want one last chance to see the pair in action as the only other venue I may get to is Duxford in September but thats not definate yet due to work commitments.

Couple of good pics there Alan, where did you take them from ?

About 10 minutes ago I was treated to my own personal display by the two BBMF Spits.
They looked they they had just taken off from Southend, they stooged around at low level over Leigh for a couple of minutes passing directly over my house on several occasions before heading off towards the east.

No crowds, or lawn mowers, just the sound of a Griffon & a Merlin working in harmony, lovely.:cool:

If anyone can recommend a good Halifax (I do like Taylor’s The Hard Way Home) and Far East Beaufighter print, I would be most grateful.

Do a Google search on “Ivan Berryman Halifax”, he’s painted a few images, my favourite being “Friday the 13th”