So does this qualify as a myth? which I’ve heard it from a number of people over the years.

“The TU144 was a copy of Concorde” – Debate.

Steve

But couldn’t that be said about a lot of cold war developed airframes “it was a copy of”?

MiG29/Su27 bore considerable similarities with the F15.

MiG23, F111?

MiG25, F108 possibly SR71?

I think there are very few airframes that haven’t been copied in some way in order to keep the technological gap between nations as small as possible.

DAN J,

Found this about EN224 but wasn’t able to find any pictures;

Used for airscrew trials while at CRD Vickers-Armstrong; damaged on 27/6/44 when it was struck by EN221 in a landing accident; currently the only surviving Spitfire XII. Under restoration by Peter Arnold who found the remains at Cranfield

HP57,

I managed to find a couple of good pictures of Mk22s for you, enjoy…

‘PCing’ the film

What is the matter with everyone, going on about Nig@er/Trigger/Digger or whoever he’ll be.

I thought some time ago the BBFC introduced a system of film classification to ensure youngsters would be protected from seeing and hearing inappropriate things.

Nig@er/Trigger/Digger?

Easy.

Dambusters cert U/PG, Digger.

Dambusters cert 15, Trigger.

Dambusters cert 18 (poss 18a :confused: ), Nig@er.

Everybody would thus be left happy, the PC brigade would only purchase cert U/PG or possibly 15 and the vast majority of the population who aren’t fussed would buy cert 18/18a.

Now onto the serious points about the film… the cast;

Barnes Wallis, could only be Ian Lavender.

Guy Gibson would have to be Sean Bean.

Gibsons wing man Flt Lt Hopgood, Robson Green with his Flt Eng Sgt Brennan played by Jerome Flynn. It would be good to see them two together again.

C in C Bomber Command would be well and truly bought to life by John Cleese.

The last remaining part is that of Director. I’m not sure personally but as long as the film is kept as true to life as possible I’m not overly bothered. re the Lancasters and special effects make maximum use of PA474 and possibly it’s Canadian brother and only use computer generated images as an absolute last resort.

As for flying from RAF Scampton, as it is still an active airfield I can’t see why the RAF/MoD would have any problems with the site being used for filming.

Brit Phantoms

PhantomII, I managed to find a selection of pictures of Brit Phantoms but couldn’t find any with weapons.

Here RR299 for ya….

here we go:

This is such a difficult thread to post on, my favorite fighter?

These two shots of the Buccaneer show pure design genius.

But what about the Tornado GR1/4?

The Hurricane IIb?

The Hunter FGA9?

The Harrier GR3 or maybe the GR7?

Over the wall we have the MiG29 Fulcrum, MiG31 Foxhound, Su25 Frogfoot?

All of the above aircraft could easily hold claim to being my favorite fighter but like lukey lad I think I’ll side with the Buccaneer!

Aviation genius! 😎