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Combat Warplanes / Re: Warplanes in Movies

« on: October 30, 2007, 03:19:36 PM »

@ mfg 

Just earned a 3 Euro Amazon coupon. I will buy next week and report 
Unfortunately i cant find a DVD version below 10 euro. Seems to be appeared only last year on DVD.

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Warplanes in Movies

« on: October 30, 2007, 01:12:00 PM »

"Failsafe" ?

Yes. Excellent guess verner!!! I forgot to check my imdb voting history and found it also there.
Cast with Walter Matthau as the Professor and Henry Fonda as the President.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058083/

Interesting i find also this here listed under Trivia for the movie:
The view of the satellite zooming into a closer shot is actually film taken from a camera mounted on a captured German V2 rocket launched from White Sands, New Mexico. The film is run backwards to show the illusion of zooming closer to the ground.

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Airacobra

« on: October 29, 2007, 09:41:46 PM »

Maybe some hadnt noticed yet. In this thread theres also some info on the Airacroba, mainly on engine.

http://www.letletlet-warplanes.com/forum/index.php?topic=439.0 

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Warplanes in Movies

« on: October 29, 2007, 09:24:36 PM »

I dont know but somehow i was remind of a movie i had just recently seen some month ago. It was about the cold war between russia and usa. And i think it was in Black/white. One part played in Alaska where they had some bombers. The story was about that they had implemented a new computer system and because of a malfunction a wing of US bombers was orderd to bomb Soviet Union. The movie was very good from the suspense. In the end the two presidents made phone calls and tried to shot down the US Bombers but one of four came through the russian defense. If i only could remember the title ......

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Combat Warplanes / Trident

« on: October 28, 2007, 02:01:05 PM »

Very nice article Nico and No.1!!! 

I wonder how they managed to land the plane with such a long overhang behind the two back wheels of undercarriage?
Must have been difficult. 

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Combat Warplanes / Re: First of the heavies

« on: October 27, 2007, 02:08:41 PM »

Zeppelin-Staaken Cockpit? Look at the helmets. Remind me of french army helmet.

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Combat Warplanes / The SSW Thread

« on: October 27, 2007, 12:51:02 AM »

Hello mates.
I found an interesting article in Flight Magazine, March 13, 1919 about one of my favourite SSW D.IV 

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/1919,PageID_14.html

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Italian Jet

« on: October 26, 2007, 12:24:20 PM »

The plane looks great!!! Did it have a nickname? I would have called it "The Cigar fighter" 

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Forums Works / Re: Important notice!!!

« on: October 26, 2007, 12:19:55 PM »

I do not seem to have the option to hide my e mail.  Suggestions?

I dont have it either. Structure of the forum must have changed.

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Interesting movies

« on: October 24, 2007, 12:09:34 AM »

http://www.koreus.com/video/avion-roule-sur-eau.html

Interesting stunts 

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Warplanes in Movies

« on: October 23, 2007, 08:33:04 PM »

Did anyboy see "The Blue Max".  They had a collection of homemades, Tiger Moths and a French monoplane.  I thought it was a good flick.

Oh yes. I ve seen it at least 30 times this year Maybe thats why i forgot to add it *g*

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Warplanes in Movies

« on: October 22, 2007, 05:44:34 PM »

Found this picture by chance in a german wikipedia article. Thought it would best fit in this thread here 

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Articles about VVS

« on: October 22, 2007, 05:42:09 PM »

Wow thats almost perfect. Thanks very much 

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Articles about VVS

« on: October 22, 2007, 02:48:41 PM »

No problem, its not urgent 

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Combat Warplanes / Re: Articles about VVS

« on: October 22, 2007, 11:05:25 AM »

Very Interesting website. Does someone here have access to a construction plan of P-39? I would like to see how they fitted the 12 cylinder Allison engine under and behind the pilot seat and connected it with the propeller with a driveshaft and a reduction gear in the nose.

regards
Kilian