Cheers Phil.
Any help would be appreciated.
My friend Paul who’s building a 7/8’s scale Nieuport replica is doing it in the same scheme as Mr Caldwell’s as a tribute, hence the info request.
TNZ
Awesome pictures. Please post more !!!
Cheers
TNZ
Great pics !!
TNZ
Congrats on a well thought through function !!
Cheers
Chris
TNZ
When people get tired of me posting this picture please do PM me.
Until then RIP Private Frank Goodwin
Liverpool Pals
D. 30th July 1916
Guillemont – The Somme
My UncleMoggy
Not a chance !!!
esp as he’s probably a distant relative of mine also !!
TNZ
Good for you, Dave.
Cambridge is an awesome place and it sounds like you have the right idea.
…LEST WE FORGET…
TNZ
Yes Dave, Gnome and I were there to see.
It was, as you say, a truly moving experience to see it up close and for real.
The highly polished Landrover tug and howitzer gun just looked superb, as did the marching of the armed services.
Also great to see the RSA vets marching there too.
…WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER…
TNZ
Amen to that, Gnome. 🙂
TNZ
Well said, Rob !!
I agree.
Today, we had our Unknown Warrior Procession march through downtown Wellington. The whole city was blocked off.
This was an unknown fellow who fought in the WW1 and had his remains finally come home. A very moving experience. A tribute to all New Zealanders who fought and lost their lives to keep the world free as we know it.
Regards,
Chris
(TNZ)
That’s one nice lookin’ machine !!!
TNZ
Fair comment, thanks Olie.
I hope you never have to use it !!!
Just that when you see pics of landing and take-offs from WW2 the pilots have their canopies open but I guess that’s more for the risk of roll-overs on landing.
Cheers
TNZ
I also thought it was bigger in real life. It’s like actors. They always seem to be bigger on screen than they are in real life. 😉
J.V.
You mean like Tom Cruise having to stand on a box so he’s level with Tim Robbins, right at the end of “Top Gun”…….. :rolleyes:
Back to the video…I noticed that the ‘190 was flown with the canopy closed, yet he got in with a parachute. I would have thought, should the unthinkable happenned and he had to abandon ship, would have been easier with the canopy open, esp at the low “under-cart” down speeds it was travelling.
Just an observation, that’s all.
TNZ.
Amazing footage!!!
The only let down was the lack of real sound from the Lanc video.
However….the onboard footage from the B-17 as it’s taking-off with the radials at full-noise is just something else !!! 😮 🙂
TNZ
Serious question time…..
I see it comes with the engines.
Are they salvageable for anything ?
TNZ
I must say I am a huge fan of the Grumman Biplanes in particular the F3F that Stormbird posted.
Their fat appearance gives them a real character over the “slimmer” Gladiators and Hawker series.
Just my opinion mind you 😉
TNZ
🙂