Hello guys, I saw the old girl earlier on this year. The Centre section is stored outside and has been for as long as I can remember, the nose section is also sitting outside looking quite sorry for itself. Ralph would work on the airframe if payment was forthcoming I should think, he virtually finished the centre section restoration, structurally, but it had to be moved outside when other projects needed the undercover storage space, can’t see what good it’s doing for the airframe but, as Firebird mentioned, the owners have other projects which they value more 🙁

Tom

Hello Archer,

I stand corrected, thanks for putting the record straight. Anyone know if it’s planned to bring the Dutch Cat over for any shows this year?

Tom

You were in the Camel?

I wish! only for some of the ground shots, only member of the team under 30! You might want to re-route via the north Bucks area at the mo if you fancy a bit of true dogfighting action 😉

Tom

Propstrike, it wouldn’t have been last year, must be over two years ago as the Tripehound moved to Breighton a few months after filming was complete. But, to answer your question it was filmed over the Stokenchurch cutting. Did you see the Eindekker out on the same day as well? only we did shoot the C4 doc ‘Who shot down the Red Baron?’ around the time you mention, if you see it again look out for ‘May’ (dodgy orange goggles) getting chased by ‘Von Richtofen’, my first time on the silver screen, darlings!

Tom

Was just precautionary, we did retracts on friday and she’s fine andwill be up again in the coming week, more airshow bookings this year so expect to see it around on the show circuit.

Tom

Hello Chaps,

We at PPS were heavily involved in the trailer-shoot for ‘American Knight’ and upon seeing the results it looked fantastic, amazing what can be done with 2 aircraft (Camel and Triplane)! I don’t know when the real thing will be shot yet though and yes it is a shame about the same old love story but as most say it’s about getting bums on seats in the cinema, not necessarily having a three hour long film which consists of more shots of planes than the people who fly them. If Peter Jackson does start filming soon on his WWI project it should be very good, landscape in NZ resembles the Western Front quite well in places, he’s got to do it soon, otherwise why buy so many Tripehounds? We also did the Stella ad last year in the Czech Republic, quite pleased with the outcome of that one too, the late nights were worth it…

Tom

Have a look here
http://www.angelfire.com/hi5/spitfiremk2a/my-history-ar213.html
I’m not going to say much other than pointing you in the right direction 😉

Tom.