According to an article I read at the time, the shots of Di Caprio in the air in the racer were CGI.

Some CGI was used for the racer, but much of it was radio controlled model work, as can be seen in this footage at the site I linked to previously:

Video of Radio Control planes for The Aviator

Lots more behind the scenes videos here:

Videos

Guess this is not much use to you?:confused:

http://www.content-delivery.co.uk/aviation/airfields/Hatfield.html

It’s the same satellite image as used by GE (GoogleEarth) showing the redevelopment in progress.

If they were to take another image today it would be almost unrecognisable, the whole area has been built on with another campus for Hertfordshire Uni and another bloody business park.

In the article it says a Pentium 2 (10 year old technology now) could run an emulated Colossus and was about the same speed. So a modern PC would probably run rings around it.

British made and financed films do poorly at the cinemas here because they don’t get or can’t afford good distribution with the big (US) studios – who until very recently owned virtually all our cinemas.
It’s interesting that in the US the studios aren’t allowed to hold controlling stakes in US cinema chains.

This Dambusters film is also not high-budget. I forget what the figure was but it was not high budget by todays standards at all. It does however have prominent studio backing so it shouldn’t suffer the fate of most British films.

Thanks! This was great. They’d never make an hour long show like that nowadays.

I was surprised what little treatment they got ready for filming. Just painted right over the old livery, apparently no preparation at all.

It streamed instantly here btw, no wait.

I’ve got a feeling Eye On the Sky is going to get fed up with requests, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t ask:

Are there any records or blueprints for the Gloster Schneider planes. Specifically the Gloster III, IV, IVB or VI?

I don’t want to get too Scientisty on you but there is some evidence that consistent exposure to low levels of normally harmful radiation may actually be good for you, much in the same way vaccines work.

Probably not a good idea to go eating your dinner off those engines though.

how much?

Out of interest, what do you think they might go for, if you were to guess?
(individually, and assuming they are in near flying condition)