Thursday 24 January 2019

A visit to the Bristol Aeroplane Co. Filton - pre-war colour film footage








A visit to the Bristol Aeroplane Co. Filton, just prior to the outbreak of WWII. Bristol's chief Test pilot Capt. C.F. Uwins takes a brand-new Blenheim up for a test flight...







Tiger Moths and an RAF Vega Gull in the background as Uwins walks out to the Blenheim








Another superb pre war colour film, and well worth watching for those building their Airfix Blenheim`s . Film footage here, but only viewable in the UK

https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-bristols-industries-1939-online?fbclid=IwAR0MPvujjz4qrcWkJTzfKRrC09UlxeLS9NzQ3BIFYgJPS58UNkjfXEgeQ_0
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Thursday 10 January 2019

More Hurricanes shot down in France - ebay photo find #91

18 May 1940
229 Squadron B Flight

Hurricane P2729 Shot down in combat with Bf109s of II./JG2 between Brussels and Antwerp and possibly that claimed by Lt. Hepe of 5./JG2 11:50 am Pilot Officer M.A. Bussey baled out and captured. Aircraft a write off

Hurricane P2676 Shot down in air combat with Bf 109s of II./JG 2 between Brussels and Antwerp and possibly that claimed by Fw. Harbauer of 4./JG 2 11:57 am. Pilot Officer D de C. C. Gower baled out unhurt. Aircraft a write-off.

Hurricane (no serial) Exploded under attack by Bf 109s of II./JG 26 shortly after takeoff at 3:30 pm Flight Lieutenant F. E. Rosier baled out badly burnt, admitted to field hospital in Frevent. Aircraft a write-off.



More Hurricanes shot down in France on this blog
https://falkeeinsgreatplanes.blogspot.com/2018/09/beute-flugzeuge-hurricanes-lost-in.html



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Monday 7 January 2019

F-18 emergency carrier deck landing - Twitter video repost

A single click to view here - an F-18 comes in to land on a carrier with nose gear blocked. And cockpit view of an F-18 launch below. Reposted here via twitter 'embed' code


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