7.25pm Ancestors
The story of No 1 Squadron. A Hurri squad who flew in France during 1940.
Anyone who has read 'Fighter Pilot - A personal record of the campaign in France' might want to watch this.
7.25pm Ancestors
The story of No 1 Squadron. A Hurri squad who flew in France during 1940.
Anyone who has read 'Fighter Pilot - A personal record of the campaign in France' might want to watch this.
Last edited by MA_Moby; 22-02-2004 at 09:47 AM.
'Make mine a Spitfire, Landlord!'
Excellent, i completely missed that Spitfire ace one
Thanks for the heads up moby, ill try not to miss this one![]()
I'll be out, someone record it n stick it on AVI![]()
It was good - 'cept for all the combat flight simulater bits![]()
What an amazingly modest man Billy Drake is with 25 victories to his name.
'Make mine a Spitfire, Landlord!'
He don't look to bad for 86 years old either.... Very moving program wasn't it?
Originally Posted by The Quentos
anyone vid it?
Yeah - I had a bit of a lump in my throat when the village he was shot down in gave him a reception in the Town Hall.Originally Posted by Tumble
Hat, I didn't video it I'm afraid.
'Make mine a Spitfire, Landlord!'
I got it on video.. and the Dunkirk thing afterwards... I can send it if you PM me your addy mate![]()
Originally Posted by The Quentos
Bring it to the LAN chap![]()
will do... i was amazed as well at the size of the Hurricane.... to think how manouverable it was in the air... it's blummin enourmous for a single seater![]()
Originally Posted by The Quentos
agree there Tumble..first time I saw a Hurri up close it was MAMMOTH! The Spitfire is so much smaller
Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
Judging by the hole in the headrest armour plate they recovered he is damn lucky to be alive
DAM DAM DAM Tumble do not forget this vid![]()
I won't forget it bud.. promise...
Originally Posted by The Quentos
And tbh the spitfire aint that small a plane. Glasgow transport museum has one thats been renovated at a cost of around 250k. It was in the glasgow squadron and it looks mint. Next time I'm over I'll take some photos and put them up. Just wish they'd let me sit in it. But I did get close enough to touch it.
When I was in ATC I went to RAF Leeming and they had a Spit there as the gate guard, I musta spent about 2 rolls of film taking shots of it...![]()
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