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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 1, 2009 10:06:18 GMT 12
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Post by beagle on Oct 1, 2009 12:46:38 GMT 12
wish they had some of these series episodes on you tube. I really enjoyed this programme
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 1, 2009 13:18:31 GMT 12
Once it's released, someone's bound to thieve it and put it on Youtube Beagle.
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Post by beagle on Oct 1, 2009 16:05:50 GMT 12
go for it Dave. patiently awaiting your dowload
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 1, 2009 16:58:25 GMT 12
Not me mate.
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Post by shorty on Oct 1, 2009 19:17:12 GMT 12
Shouldn't this have been in the non NZ films thread??
(Big brother is watching you!)
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 1, 2009 19:25:39 GMT 12
You're right Nev, I accidentally stuck it in the wrong board. Fixed now.
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Post by shorty on Oct 1, 2009 20:17:39 GMT 12
Thank you Dave.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Oct 2, 2009 12:24:06 GMT 12
I remember Wings, it was on Saturday afternoons. I had the book too.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 2, 2009 22:21:58 GMT 12
I certainly remember it - Sgt Alan Farmer was the simple farmboy who became a pilot (remember the opening showed him before the war watchign a Boxkite or something like that flying past his farm). Lt Galieon was the pompous officer who was always taken down a peg from memory. I seem to recall their wives and families were often seen, back in England while they fought in France. The Be2c's of the RFC took on Eindekkers and the Huns were always very dangerous. I recall someone being taken prisoner, not sure if it was a Brit or a Gerry but it was all very civil, tea in the mess etc. Not your usual POW thing. And Captain Triggers was the CO of the unit.
Amazingly most of the aerial action was done by models, and the flying full sized Be2c was filmed in the USA and cut into scenes of models and non-flying replica Be2c's in the UK!!
The models were made and flown by famous modelmaker David Boddington, and the flying Be2c is now part-owned and being restored to fly soon by his nephew Matt Boddington. Matt's dad was a film stunt pilot and was killed making a film.
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