Just back from the front (as it were) – activity as follows.
The Aerial Unit was operating today, and one of the Nieuports was performing low passes over the airfield. Should you be interested, the film is called FLYBOYS, and is set in 1916, replicating the arrival of the first American unit at Verdun (or some such place). The film company have erected a neat little WW1 airfield tableau, with two Bessoneau hangars (canvas ) and a line of period wooden aeroplane sheds, plus a few gun emplacements etc. A good view can be obtained from the Wendover -Tring road, which overlooks Halton , but at some distance.
The flying seems to be run/co-ordinated by Monsieur R. Hanna, and Nigel Lamb’s name also features on the film’s daily call-sheet. Aircraft on the set are the 5 Nieuports and a few ‘flat’s scattered around. There is also the Shuttleworth Bleriot and Bristol Fighter, both attended to by their Old Warden custodians, as well as a Bucker Jungmann (WW1 ? ) and a non-flying Sopwith 11/2 Strutter, which is a bit of a lash-up. A replica SE5 is also present. They are not yet using the resident Pawnee glider tug which is flying through their airspace every 10 minutes, but it is probably only a matter of time! The film bod I spoke to did not believe the aeroplanes would be scrapped, and suggested one might end up in the Halton museum, whatever/where-ever that may be.
I am not sure who stars in this picture, but near the top of the list is someone whose last name is Reno, and there is also ‘the guy who was the green goblin in Spiderman’!
Best just concentrate on the aeroplanes, probably.
(Sorry, just noticed some duplication of info further up the thread)
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