balllooonnnss…..
updates are posted here…https://twitter.com/bombergateway
There is something puzzling about the project, why rusty finish? Surely thats a sign of decay? or is it now the trendy finish?
the link only goes to page 56
not available says u tub
For those who have not seen it….the DC4 bomb run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJGY6ao-V9E
the full documentary shows the challenges of reverse engineering the bomb and mechanism better than any book I have read.
He’s behind you….
for those who might not have seen the sequnce being filmed in the stills above…..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNTQSbvlutg
and the writers background on the book and filming…https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/mar/04/fiction.film
The biggest surprise about the Lysander for me was hearing one fly and noting that comparative to many other aircraft it was a less noisy. perhaps this was a factor in choosing that engine but ops by SOE were not the main role when it was planned. Very happy to know another will fly soon and wonder where there accounts of the use of the guns?
Just to save more comments here, there is amassive thread on prune with many comments from heli crew. Shows how its actaully tricky to make a conclusion based on just one camera footage evidence. But seems its not the first example and most pre date being shown on video. Thankfully no one was hurt just surprised and the chopper stuck to the right of a line feature , just as well. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/611774-cumbria-dauphin-fog.html
SAS passengers or not this was poor airmanship and could easily have been a disaster like this…https://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/2012/10/11/helicopter-in-which-honisters-mark-weir-died-had-forged-safety-certificate
Stealth fighter….
In the above report ” No evidence of any flight control locks was found installed”
The castle called Boyne was in County Galway actually Dunguaire castle in Kinvara county Galway., likely location for the gliding was Baldonnel and Curragh see http://www.dublinglidingclub.ie/about-us/history-2/ which notes car tow launching from grass.
Piclink to the 5 Bird Dogs sighting report…http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=81768, wonderful rare gathering.