Eric McLoughlin Posted October 8, 2003 Share Posted October 8, 2003 I'm not sure it was ever officially designated Gypsy Moth by De Havilland. The DH60 was the basic Moth aircraft and almost all of them were powered by versions of the DH Gypsy engine. In fact, nearly all Moths of all types, including the most famous, the DH82 Tiger Moth, wrere powered by Gypsies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaseb Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 Ar$e,just twigged that this clashes with the 7 Stars ☹️ am going to have to cry off (again ☹️ ☹️) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachael Posted October 9, 2003 Author Share Posted October 9, 2003 ☹️ well make sure that you come along to the Christmas do then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 ..... and don't forget the DH60M Metal Moth. It's all in the detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 JaseB Us too ☹️ That's assuming of course that we are in a fit state after the Bordeaux Blat reunion on Saturday night 😬 Tam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-B Posted October 9, 2003 Share Posted October 9, 2003 i've got it in my diary, but not sure i'll be sober as a friend of ours is having her 1/2 Century b'day party saturday night 😬 Steve B Big Black Beast^3 SV VHPD Join us on the USA 2005 tour......HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachael Posted October 10, 2003 Author Share Posted October 10, 2003 Steve, If you can make it, that would be great, if not hopefully we can see you at Christmas Rach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachael Posted October 10, 2003 Author Share Posted October 10, 2003 Tam, ☹️ I'll try and make sure that Duxford arrange the shows so that they don't clash next year - I'm sure they won't mind moving them for us 😬 Hope to catch up with you again soon. Rach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boonie Hound Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Not sure the Boonie clan can make it this weekend. It's supposed to be about planes that have starred in film or TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachael Posted October 10, 2003 Author Share Posted October 10, 2003 Boonie, Sorry you can't make it ☹️ I saw the thing about planes that have been on tv or in films...guarantees that Sally B will be up I guess...still as long as the Harrier is there, I won't complain 😬 Rach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boonie Hound Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 There was a Harrier in that Arnie film so hopefully it might be there If I'm not there - see it as a present - you've had to put up with me at the last couple of shows. But I will be sending our friendly jumbo-jet expert. 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachael Posted October 10, 2003 Author Share Posted October 10, 2003 That's true and there is one on the television at the moment, although admittedly only in the RAF advert - still what a good advert 😬 What, really, all the way from Jo'burg Rach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Nuts Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Quote from the display web site: "Among the aircraft scheduled to appear at the Show will be Spitfires which appeared in the 1968 film The Battle of Britain starring Susannah York and Ian McShane" Claim to fame: My Uncle worked on the special effects on that film (lots of 1/2 and 1/4 scale aircraft models) Guy NN 😳 Lotus @ Herts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric McLoughlin Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 To be honest, the model work in "Battle of Britain" does not stand up to close scrutiny. They used flying scale models for the sequence depicting the Junker 87 attack on the radar stations. Since there were no airworthy Ju 87s at the time (or now, for that matter), they had to resort to models. Unfortunately, when they exploded them they looked just like a model falling part. I understand that they converted a couple of Percival Proctor light aircraft to look like Stukas but they were even less convicing and were not used. Having said that, I've never seen a picture of thse conversions so I wonder were any actually made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-B Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 rach, i've gotten my jet-lagged 🙆🏻 into the garage and put the charger/conditioner on the battery of our 7. now i just have to be sensible saturday night at mrs. b's mates' 50th Steve B Big Black Beast^3 SV VHPD Join us on the USA 2005 tour......HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachael Posted October 10, 2003 Author Share Posted October 10, 2003 NN, Steve, Well I hope you have a nice time on Saturday, but not so nice that you can't come out to play on Sunday Rach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-B Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 hoopy could ride up/back with me on sunday, he just has to ask. Mrs. B is staying in at home Steve B Big Black Beast^3 SV VHPD Join us on the USA 2005 tour......HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachael Posted October 10, 2003 Author Share Posted October 10, 2003 Is he not going to be in Newcastle at the weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-B Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 i thought he'd posted somewhere here that he was here at the weekend 🤔 Steve B Big Black Beast^3 SV VHPD Join us on the USA 2005 tour......HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachael Posted October 10, 2003 Author Share Posted October 10, 2003 I don't know I am entirely confused and try not to listen too carefully to Hoop 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Nuts Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 The effect in BoB were pretty dire in general! My Uncle used to take great delight in pointing out the various wires and cables that were in shot, like pulling walls over, pulling the models along (ISTR a spit blowing up on take off, it was towed behind a Landie and the explosives were detonated by wire). But then it was a while ago. Oh, same Uncle also actually appears in Le Mans, which he also worked on. ISTR he's one of the mechanics in a shot of McQueen getting out of the car in the pits. Guy NN 😳 Lotus @ Herts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Nuts Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Eric, re the "Stukas", I can find out - if he can remember! Guy NN 😳 Lotus @ Herts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric McLoughlin Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 I know Harry Saltzmann was one of the producers of "B of B". Was he in league with Cubby Broccoli on this one? Saltzmann and Brocolli were the producers of the Bond movies and they had some of the best special effects people on board at the time. They also produced "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" around the same time (well, we all make mistakes). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Perry Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 "Since there were no airworthy Ju 87s at the time (or now, for that matter)" There are quite a few at the bottom of the med and a few in the English channel as well, and that was the best place for them. I guess one or two in a museum wouldn't go amiss though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB Posted October 10, 2003 Share Posted October 10, 2003 Hendon has a Ju 87. Eric, you are right about the Proctors - Ju 87 mock up. Looked crap & where unstable in flight, so they built the models instead. BoB is the best aircraft movie IMO. The air to air scenes have not been bettered in any war film (IMO), of course there are technology limits (like the massed He1-11 formations) but over all its very good. A camera man was hung on a gantry beneath a hovering heli to get some of the footage - brave bloke with all those a/c buzzing around. Incidently, one of the film locations and one of the few surviving operation BoB airfields, North Weald in Essex, is under real threat. This is a thriving airfield and is threatened with development. A number of vintage aircraft live there & it is a popular private flying & flying school airfield. For information of how you can help in the campaing to save the airfield, have a look at http://www.northwealdairfield.org/campaign_/campaign_.html I have no connection to the campaign, its just I care about aviation heritage, & seems a few people here share my interest Off my soapbox! Edited by - TomB on 10 Oct 2003 22:58:21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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