Thats how I remember it 92fis. I was with the Charles Church collection at that time – myself and Mr Melton arrived at DX on the saturday 10th to prep the Buchon for the following day – it had been at DX for a few weeks prior to that for filming. John Lewis arrived the next morning (of the show) in EE606. Seems a very long time ago now….

Another magnificent Midwest Aero restoration! Great to see their work in the UK 🙂 Check out the following link (official Midwest site) for 72 build and first flight photos:

http://midwestaero.com/site/Photo_Gallery/Pages/AT-6D_Texan_Restoration.html#1

Yes there where a few moments where you could clearly see the CGI’s (Dakota on the ground shots) but overall it was a good film.

There was a real Dakota on set – are you sure it was CGI?

Isn’t EVERY a/c after the prototype a reproduction….?

If its made by the original manufacturer – I would say no, its simply a ‘production’ aircraft. A ‘reproduction’ in my view is an aircraft made by another party, after the original series production, that has in some cases necessary variations from the original design, such as the repro FW-190’s and Me-262’s of recent years. In warbird terms a ‘replica’ is simply a ‘look-alike’ that may not even be full-size. Thats how I view it anyway….

Authenticity isn’t their aim, their aim is to keep it in the air.

I think you are confusing ‘authenticity’ with ‘originality’ – BBMF are very interested in authenticity and have gone to considerbale lengths to improve the Lanc, in that respect, over the years (turrets and more recently ammo track installation to quote two examples).

Wow, a flying Ki-84, what happened to that?

30 seconds of Googling 😉

Posted on WIX in 2009: “Yes this is the bird now at the Kamikaze Peace museum in Chiran Japan. “

The Spitfire is MJ772/G-AVAV and still sporting its last BoB film code CD-N.

Mark

So the Spitfire Productions art dept finally got the Fabalon to stick 😉