Yes indeed – they’re superb…..:cool:
Hello Bluenoser – good to ‘see’ you here ! 🙂
Sorry to say that I didn’t notice any ‘BBB’s at Legends this year….

Well, I’ll add my opinion and say that IMPO it was one of the best ‘Legends’ in quite a while – and I’ve been going for quite a few years now. I guess it’s down to what ‘floats your boat’ but there was plenty to float mine yesterday ! 😎




I’ll be making the trek up from London for this – tickets already booked….:)
617 Squadron flew to the Dams on Packard Merlins…..
Rykodisc released a full CD of the BofB soundtrack a few years ago which included the rediscovered Walton material that was discarded from the movie.
Publishing copyright for the Ron Goodwin score is held by EMI Unart.
Ironically, most of ECA is Gibson’s own work except for the part which actually describes the Raid – which first appeared in Atlantic Monthly magazine and is believed to have been ghost-written by Roald Dahl.
Have to say that I found the ‘uncut’ version very disappointing – it isn’t really the original, uncensored version which would have really caused some controversy. Richard Morris had access to that manuscript for his Gibson biography which I’d recommend to anyone interested in the story behind the writing and production of ‘ECA’.
Very nice – thank you ! 😎
Unfortunately I can’t be at Waddo so I’m hoping someone can post some nice photos of XR770….?:)
10 Lightning cockpits were acquired from Saudi through Keith Smith of Marine Salvage. In all 8 cocockpits were cut up and converted into Rapiers. After the film they were sold to a Japanese Theme Park.
Well that’s the story. I hope I’ve got it right!.
Ian
Just to mention that one of these cockpits can be seen languishing at the ‘Woodland Adventures’ park in East Sussex…..
…. she did fly at Duxford’s Spring Airshow (17th May), or is my mind playing tricks?
No – it’s not. She did fly and here she is on the day….

But it was the turbo era which brought in pitstops…..
But it was the turbo era which brought in pitstops…..
I shall definitely be making the trip for this event….