Phil Pascoe
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Ch 4 10pm. - Programme about the mosquito, could be worth watching, it's the only thing I've ever noticed on my viewers guide with a maximum mark.
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colinc
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8.00 pm in our area, hopefully available on the Internet later?
Colin
Colin
Recorded this, and watched it last night. Quite disappointed, as it seemed to be a lot of jingoism, redundant shots of the presenter's plane and almost no techical detail of the construction.
Have to admire the presenter's courage, and support his plea for someone to restore one in the UK, but.....
Have to admire the presenter's courage, and support his plea for someone to restore one in the UK, but.....
colinc
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I too thought it was a bit dumbed down but I still enjoyed seeing the (NZ restored) Mossie. My understanding is that now the moulds are made, there may be others to follow.
Yagen is selling his collection, so I guess that one is up for sale if you have deep pockets.
regards,
Colin
Yagen is selling his collection, so I guess that one is up for sale if you have deep pockets.
regards,
Colin
I recorded it and enjoyed it.
It really wasn't about how it was constructed (other than it could be made virtually anywhere and out of wood) it was about how important and special the plane was in WWII.
That fact came across very well.
Rod
It really wasn't about how it was constructed (other than it could be made virtually anywhere and out of wood) it was about how important and special the plane was in WWII.
That fact came across very well.
Rod
fluffflinger
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I am currently sitting in a nursing home with my father George having just watched this on C4OD.
Sadly Dad is in the last few weeks of his life but this programme certainly perked him up.
During the war he quite uniquely served in all three services and finished the war as a leading aircraft mechanic at RNAS Ford in Hampshire working on the Fleet Air Arms version of the Mosquito the Sea Hornet. He was awaiting his placement on HMS Implacable to leave for the Pacific when the war finally ended.
Strangely, although he didn't know this at the time, his later life was linked directly again with timber and certainly plywood especially as he later worked for and ultimately became the UK Sales and Marketing Manager for Borden Chemical Company selling. Some of you guys are still using one of their most successful products "Cascamite".
He told me off the only time he was ever taken up in a Sea Hornet, he said the pilot flew the plane along the south coast flat out at an altitude of 45ft "hedge hopping piers" as they went. This apparently ended in a severe reprimand from the CO after he rec'd a complaint from the Mayor of Brighton. But it was worth apparently.
We both would like to have seen more of the construction but it still was an evocative programme for him and I enjoyed it too.
Maybe one day I'll get to see one of these magnificent aircraft in the air?
Sadly Dad is in the last few weeks of his life but this programme certainly perked him up.
During the war he quite uniquely served in all three services and finished the war as a leading aircraft mechanic at RNAS Ford in Hampshire working on the Fleet Air Arms version of the Mosquito the Sea Hornet. He was awaiting his placement on HMS Implacable to leave for the Pacific when the war finally ended.
Strangely, although he didn't know this at the time, his later life was linked directly again with timber and certainly plywood especially as he later worked for and ultimately became the UK Sales and Marketing Manager for Borden Chemical Company selling. Some of you guys are still using one of their most successful products "Cascamite".
He told me off the only time he was ever taken up in a Sea Hornet, he said the pilot flew the plane along the south coast flat out at an altitude of 45ft "hedge hopping piers" as they went. This apparently ended in a severe reprimand from the CO after he rec'd a complaint from the Mayor of Brighton. But it was worth apparently.
We both would like to have seen more of the construction but it still was an evocative programme for him and I enjoyed it too.
Maybe one day I'll get to see one of these magnificent aircraft in the air?
bugbear
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dickm":19422jfe said:
Well, denizens of this forum night well enjoy a 20 hour stage--by-stage "making of" program, but it would be pretty soporific for the other 99% of the population!
BugBear
richard56
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bugbear":3q1wr8zb said:
I quite like watching those A 4x4, An MG. etc. Is Born type programmes by Mark Evans. I think with the right presenter it could be very interesting.
I think TV producers nearly always go for a familiar presenter who does not really have a clue about the subject and has to waffle a lot.
I know finding someone who can make plywood sound interesting seems like a daunting challenge but I'm sure there is someone.
Edit. Probably a quick scout around any timber yard would find the very person.
t8hants
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There are a few shots of its construction http://www.britishpathe.com/video/mosquitoes-with-many-stings/query/mosquito here
What erked me and my dad, was the complete absence of any mention of the NZ team who basically built the 'restored' mosquito from scratch. Apart from the hardware and instrumentation, almost the entire structure of the plane was built from the ground up, requiring the construction of new moulds etc. It's criminal this wasn't alluded to at all, given what an enormous achievement it was.
