Hi Folks,

I think that somewhere in my fathers standard 8 film collection is some film of it at Biggin Hill?

It also appears very briefly in the movie ‘Oh What a Lovely War’

Steve

Perhaps because its a ‘bargain’?

A bargain indeed. G-HURI was also offered at that price for a while I think. It doesn’t sound as if restoring Hurricanes is a very good business model. So it will be interesting to see what they finally sell for.

Steve

There was a crash on the old airstrip at Penshurst, Kent, although this might also be the one referred to as Tonbridge in an earlier post.

Steve.

One would presume that the privately owned Mosquito in NZ is in its original finish?

Steve

Hi Folks,

Well you can’t see all of them, because World Backgrounds have over 50 hours of footage from the film. However you can see a good selection of the different kinds of footage available. As I recall about 4 hours worth if all the links work.

Well worth a look if you have the time. It does rather vary in quality though, the digitizing not the footage.

All the best,

Steve

That would be a Land Rover. Seen at the end of both films.

All the best,

Steve

Hi Septic,

Of course! Because it would have been a four bladed prop as well. I always thought they looked better with the four blade prop.

All the best,

Steve

Hi Folks,

Daz,
Contentiously I think that Dark Blue World is probably the best film about the B of B to date. Seen on the big screen some of the formation out-takes from B of B are quite breathtaking. And it is of course the perfect antidote to Pearl Harbour.

Piece of Cake would have been so much better if it had followed the same route and used more out-takes, and there is plenty of Hurricane footage as well so it could have been even better still. Such a missed opportunity.

Septic,
Judging by the scale of that model ie bigger than 1/8th, I would say that it is the pre-production Hurricane re-painted although I could be wrong. I had though only seen it in a DB? scheme before. So it’s probably not test footage seen in the film when it explodes.

Robbo,
Didn’t know about Mick Charles, that’s a shame. That’s an interesting photo on the website of what is probably the same model Hurricane.

All the best,

Steve