thunder flies, of Biblical proportions

I thought it was incredibly well organised. In particular, the traffic management was very well done. I hadn’t been in many years but do remember sitting in half hour traffic jams trying to get in. None of that this time.

I didn’t count on the thunder flies though, what do the little ******s want?!

I really like that people bring chairs now. Last time I went there was a lot of standing and unless you were near the front you didn’t stand a chance.

That Bearcat display while they were off forming the Balbo was fantastic, awesome flying.
Oh, and the loud American lady, with the musical accompaniment, ‘narrating’ the F15 was highly amusing, although I’m sure it wasn’t intended as such. 😉

What if Type 327 had been made?

Based on the information we have on the real twin Spit (the proposed Supermarine Type 327) does anyone want to hazard a guess as to what details we might have expected to see in it?

Specifically, what Spit variant/s might it have most resembled based on the knowledge that it was expected to go into production toward the end of 1941 in place of the Tempest/Typhoon?

Wouldn’t it be good if they filmed all the night stuff in black and white? I’ve just thought about the CGI issue with animating a damn explosion and B&W might give it an edge with the run-in and Moehne going down.
BR
Two-time Moehne “dambuster”

Peter Jackson’s visual effects company is well known for doing as much as they can as models and real props. I don’t think there’s much to fear in regard to too much CGI.
In fact we’ve already seen how they deal with destroying dams in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. It looked pretty good to me 🙂

Regardless, CGI fire and explosions are still fairly uncommon in most movies – most choosing to composite with real footage.

Twofour,
It sounds a really interesting series but I cannot view it. Is there any chance of it being available on DVD in the future?
Cheers,
Trapper 69

Likewise. Is this an obscure channel? I only have Freeview, and when I did have a Sky subsciption I don’t remember getting a Discovery RealTime – just regular Discovery.

I read about this in the Express (I think) at the weekend, had an interview with Martin. It’s not often I look out for stuff on TV, so it’s a shame I’ll miss this one. 🙁