HMS (her macDonalds Ship) Victory ?

I don’t think so:mad:

Yes that sounds like the place;), as reguarding the removing of the unwanted bit behind the pressure bulkhead can you get to all the bolts ok?
I think cockpitfest might come a little early but who knows;)
all the best Matt

didn’t fancy the Trident as well then:D

never appreciated how thin the skin is until I was up close to it – quite a treasure trove there when I was looking, tractors, aircraft sections…

I’m very glad the smaller museums’ open cockpit days continue, almost against the H&S fearing norm.
Years ago I was lucky enough to have a guided internal tour of Cosfords Lincoln, Liberator and Belfast, and sat in the ME410, these simple actions left a lasting impression on me, as undoubtedly they still do on people lucky enough to experience these things now.

thats fantastic – throw in a fat bloke with a beard and its christmas come early! as above, I was lucky enough for the F-104, Vulcan and Argosy at Midlands, plus the Meteor they have inside and they opened up the Hind for my son as well – the ME-410 must have been superb – is it complete internally, instruments etc ?

[QUOTE=JDK;1296543]That would be the Royal Australian Air Force, thanks. I think she’s your Queen, too. 😉 Sorry to mention it, but it’s as irritating as the ‘British Air Force’.
QUOTE]

I stand corrected – apologies –

with the doubling up comment, it explains a bit about the Barracuda !

Going (again) back on thread, Swordfish, in daylight, over Norway with no fighter cover (or limited) would have suffered as much as the Skua’s did surely.

I read a long time ago a book about a Vildebeast pilot based in Hong Kong who was captured having never flown against the Japanese in case it was provocative ! – 3.5 years in a camp writing a diary (in code) that his wife managed to read years later,

Still, this is all rather later in the war than the discussion we were meant to be having. My point was really that history may have taken a different tack had there been Swordfish on that raid in June 1940. Interestingly, one of the theories about the court-martial of HMS Glorious’ Commander Air was that he refused to sanction a ‘near suicidal’ strike on German army positions during the Norwegian campaign which the Captain demanded. Clearly some people knew of the shortcomings of the Stringbag even in 1940.

I agree – we’ve gone off thread a bit ! Then again, Dive Bombing in a Wildebeast……:eek:

Thanks for the kind messages, which I will pass on to Doug’s on.

I was able to record an interview with him about his amazing flying career not long before he died. The ultimate aim is to make this available on CD, along with the 80-odd other veteran recordings completed so far. I think it is so important to be able to capture these chaps thoughts in sound while we still can.

that is a fantastic tribute – I’ve read a few of the “forgotten voices” series along similar lines, good luck and congratulations on the project to keep the memories and voices alive.

I’m sure there are British actors who could be miscast as well…

Daniel Radciff as Gibson
Roicky Gervais as Barnes Wallace
Hugh Grant as the Prime Minister…putting a brilliant Tony Blair “spin” on Churchill
Alan Cummings as Gibson’s batman

Recast a corgi as the lab…

Problem with that, is that Ricky Gervais can only ever play Ricky Gervais, and Hugh Grant can only ever play Hugh Grant ! But, having seen a few James McEvoy movies, I can see that working….. we will see…..

I will keep my faith in the attention to detail and fresh approach that is normally shown in their work by those that work for Wingnut Films and Weta Workshops, amd in the scriptwriter Stephen Fry and others involved like Frost and Jackson and Rivers, all intelligent and respectd men, and reserve judgment till I’ve seen the film.

I agree – am poised to post in a rage when Tom Cruise is cast as Guy Gibson:diablo: Harrison Ford as Barnes Wallis:diablo:….Mat Damon as “dingy young”

am looking forward to some images of the models etc as well as casting,