Sky high

Although I cannot locate the tape explaining the viral advert, I found the tape that they based the idea from. It was a guy flying a radio controlled aeroplane in the USA……………..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRm63pANH9o

now this really was a feat in (radio control) flying and done some years prior to the full size one. note the similarity.

Apart from the actual film and awkward way the aeroplane touches down without collapsing the U/C and destroying the prop, there was no pilot interview. No one can identify the aircraft and no one has identified the pilot, it never made the news, it has never been shown in Flight or other related magazines. It was/is a clever advertising tool put together on a photoshop type programme and released on you-tube.

wish I’d thought of it!!

Baz

Thank you for that, Baz. And as you say a helluva r/c flying feat. As an occasional visitor to You Tube footage should I be very wary of fake footage? And if so how do you separate the real from the fake? Take it all with a grain of salt, or..?

A marvellous Hitchcock film noir from 1956 – The Wrong Man about mistaken identity. Henry Fonda’s total bewilderment as the wrongly identified robber is chillingly well portrayed.

Lovely bit of flying in that original clip.

Well known piece of viral advertising fakery.

Moggy

So, how do you know what’s real and what’s faked, unless you have personal knowledge of the alleged incident?:confused:

sorry, I got a bit upset with that comment from bazv accusing europe to be a bunch of corrupt @ssholes.

But yes, i think that the grass is green in Europe. Maybe, and certainly, it could even be greener and there is still a lot of work to do but the evolution continues to be positive.

This is very much shown by the fact that every country (with greece as exception) which has fully joined the EU has made, or is making, massive progress economically as well as socially.

and don’t forget that the EU brought 60 years of piece to its members (at least those that put europe in the center of their policies) which has never happened before in history.

To stay fair, I love the UK for a number of reasons, but i hate its grazy policy when it comes to europe.

May I ask if you are Belgian or an expat living there? If the former then I can understand your view – I think most Belgians are rather pro, certanly those I know well – I think you have bigger tussles between Flemish and Walloon, don’t you?:)

And I would not agree with your assertion about massive economic and social progress – sounds a bit like EU spin. And I have always thought the peace argument a bit of a red herring. NATO has been foremost in maintaining 60 years of peace in Europe.

But continue to enjoy your grazing on your side of the North Sea – there are several million here who agree with you but many millions who do not. And I’m pleased you love us anyway.:D

No, I think we’re definitely starting to thaw out – most of the roads are pretty clear now.

About time, too!

Good luck! Hope it’s the last of the Winter for you.:)

Snowing a bit here as well but look on the bright side – 6C plus everywhere by the weekend!:)