I finally got to see this film yesterday and thought it was an absolutely dreadful movie. In fact I can’t think of one nice thing to say about any aspect of it so I should probably stop now. It did raise the public profile of Lysanders I suppose, there one good thing. All I can draw from this experience is that modern filmmakers have lost the ability to make war movies, this does not bode well for Dunkirk.
A mate that worked at BAE at the time told a story that BAE had offered to make two airworthy Horsa replicas for ten thousand pounds! The film company said that was too expensive.
Never seen it in the flesh and those props have always bugged me. Thought of it more as a facsimile really, but have to say it looks magnificent in that moody outdoor shot above. Might have to reappraise. And the next time I’m in the UK I might pop in for a gander.
I was lucky enough to meet Brian Hoskins several times while he led the Reds through their transition from Gnats to Hawks .
I wasn’t aware of that phrase , how did it come about ?
I believe it was from Roger Bacon’s? page in Flight International. There was always and old photo and a speech bubble with Hoskins doing something or failing to do it!
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