Neville Shute prompted the grey matter and airships came to mind ,Wasnt he involved in R101 ? So how about "Hindenburg" and the other WW1 Zeppelin drama with plot that ends up at Loch Ness would you believe ! It might have been called "Riddle of the Sands"
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Good one Dunc'! Hindenberg added.
Re: Neville Shute. Yes, he worked with Barnes Wallis on the R100 at Vickers, he was Chief Calculator (head of the Math tribe! - Okay, I'll get me coat...). He wrote a brilliant book about this (autobiographical) and the rival "goverment" airship, R101, called "Slide Rule". A very interesting read indeed. Recommended.Comment
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How could we forget "Airplane", on TV ch5 tonight (Wed) and all the sequels. :great:Comment
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"Target for Tonight" WW2 Brit propaganda epic, bomber crew tribute. Lots of real footage taken on raids over Germany. Another similar "Coastal Command". On a lighter theme was the guy and little girl who led a flock of geese to wintering grounds in USA with microlights. (Based on real events in Holland and France.) Cant remember the name, great air to air shots.Comment
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"Target for Tonight" WW2 Brit propaganda epic' date=' bomber crew tribute. Lots of real footage taken on raids over Germany. Another similar "Coastal Command". On a lighter theme was the guy and little girl who led a flock of geese to wintering grounds in USA with microlights. (Based on real events in Holland and France.) Cant remember the name, great air to air shots.[/quote']Seen it a couple of times but ditto on the name, arrgghh!
Target for Tonight added.
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There was one about RAF Mosquito Squadron in far East (Malaya, I think) with Gregory Peck suffering battle fatigue and mental breakdown. Dont know the name, any ideas?:shoot:Comment
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Biggles !!!!!Comment
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Biggles never went to Malaya...did he.? Oh I see what you mean.
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Biggles added. How could it have taken us a week?
Missing titles for:
The one with the geese and microlights
Gregory Peck in Malaya with Mosquito's (DH airplane, not the insect!)
James Robertson Justice as the Captain of a BOAC Strat'.
The one with the tail fatigue on some airliner or other. (Based on Neville Shute book)
Oooh! Just thought of another myself! Flying Leathernecks starring John Wayne.
Then there's that one with Jimmy Cagney and a complicated plot and tons of flying. I think Cary Grant was in it too, but maybe not...
Talking of Cary Grant, what's that one where he's chased around in the corn by a crop spraying Stearman (I think)? :dontknow:Comment
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aint that james stewart ??
wowbagger , i may be wrong
summit about point west i think , but need clarified .Comment
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Pretty sure it's Cary Grant, although the way my memory is nowadays maybe not...Comment
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ahhh, i aint that old yet so i couldn`t say for definate
your probably right m8.Comment
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The Rocketeer is on in an hour! Channel 5, 6pm.
Worth watching just to see that lovely Gee Bee Sportster Model Z flying.Comment
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Got a glimpse of George Peppard on TV this morning reminded me of "The Blue Max" (WW1 epic).Comment
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Blue Max added. :welldone:Comment
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