RE: Why on earth……….?

I’m not familiar with it myself, but maybe it was done that way as some kind of a racer? The Yanks love messing about with old planes like you say, just look at what they’ve done to some Mustangs!

RE: One for Lancman

‘474 looks SO much better in the less-glossy paint, they should have done that years ago!

RE: One for Lancman

I’m always around…20,000 feet usually!

Nice one Sadsack, thanks!

There is a new video on NX611 due out this month, ‘Just Jane’, by Primetime Videos, who did the ‘Two Farmers & A Lancaster’ and ‘Operation Lancaster’ videos about her previously. I’m curious about what it will show, as the previous video already had her established as taxying with all 4 running. Some footage of a night run
maybe? Bombs doors work? Too much to hope we’ll get the ‘Night Flight’ tail-high taxy runs included I expect!

RE: What WW2 story ?

That’s the trouble though-a remake of something like ‘Dambusters’ nowadays would be totally Americanised! Hollywood absolutely CANNOT make a straight British film, they always have to put a spin on it, or twist the history to better suit themselves, or even just cast an American in a British role.

This will be controversial, but here goes-They think the won the entire war, and even the bits they weren’t involved in, they like to jiggle the facts and win that, too. It’s the American mentality, sorry. The recent sub film proves that-a British wartime success, and the Americans turned it around and made out like it was their victory. It’s one thing to be a nation that loves bombing people left, right and centre for a hobby, but it’s another thing to steal someone elses’ history as your own.

Another point is this-WHY remake something like Dambusters? There’s absolutely no need!

I’m going to run and hide now!

RE: I’m back!!

That’s what you get for using Handley Page Hard Drives…sudden uncontrolable crashes!!! Hello mate!

RE: Salvage Squad – 11 Feb

Moggy, you are not alone in thinking that ‘Salvage Squad’ is a bit of a fix-the forum for the show is filled almost totally with comments from people who, for example, know how impossible it is to do half of what they are supposed to do in several weeks, let alone two!