siznaudin

Great post - somehow, although we're SBS viewers, we missed that one - which means we missed nothing. Not good enough, SBS!

Geoff, I was watching a doco a couple of days ago, called 'War in the North' about the campaign in the Aleutians. There was a brief glimpse of a P-38 landing at Adak in conditions similar to what you describe. Turns out they used much of the same footage as John Huston's 'Report from the Aleutians', which is on youtube in various forms. The same landing and others are here in better detail from 16min 30secs. onwards to around 17min 30secs. Immediately previous to this is some good footage of the airstrip construction, probably worth watching as well. I wonder if it's the same landing you're talking about.Cheers, Willie.

 

So much for my memory. Thanks Willie.:)

I undershot a bit .. apparently there were EIGHT 17's ... did a fly-over in two rows of four. Goshamighty,what a sight (and sound!).

And there's some pretty nifty P51 formation stuff here too - from the same event.

Did I count something like FIVE B-17's there...???? !!!!

And I'll guarantee the children who witnessed it do too ...

For consideration....

http://monumentaustralia.org.au/monument_display.php?id=90422&image=1

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I've been trying to find - without success - a spectacular clip from a WW2 doco which has a P38 landing(?) taking off(?) from a strip which probably has Marsden matting laid down.

Somewhere in the south west Pacific. Very very splashy indeed. Puts the term "service conditions" in a new light.

Mental note: never fly with UTair.

You're a thorough searcher, alright - I thought for a moment I was needing new glasses when in the "bit more detail" link I could see it with one turboprop and one radial.

Thankfully, it seems as though it was undergoing some sort of test...

It would be good if someone shot some video of the Pearl Aviation Turbo Mallards operating out of Truscott in the Kimberleys. It's supposed to be a fairly busy airfield these days, between the pearls & the rigs.I guess those pods would have to be fuel, Geoff. Haven't seen photos of any others with them.

Cheers, Willie.

And this is pretty entertaining, too: complete with some quite high speed ("keep it on the step, Joe...") hydro-taxying.

And what's the story with this?

Allegedly same a/c, same day, same lake - no underwing pods (that I can make out).:confused:

Crikey, that was hard work - glad I'm not up for the fuel cost involved.

Any suggestions for the under-wing pods? Fuel, perhaps?

Who was it in the film "Being There" (with Peter Sellers) who had the line - "I like to look"?

And looking don't cost nowt anyway ;)

Thanks Willie - I'm sure I'm only one among others here who are grateful for your spotting items such as this - and others, and bringing them to our attention.

*...and having just looked up Wikipedia's entry on the man, what do I find but this(!)

"In August 2004 he publicly criticised the Australian Government's policy of involvement with the 2003 invasion of Iraq, in an open letter in which he stated: "The alleged connection between Saddam Hussein and al-Qa'ida is ludicrous."

Pete, has there been a name/cause given to this as yet ...?

Hence my asking whether it might have been atrial fibrilation, which my wife has been "blessed" with, 'though thankfully it's not a particularly severe case.

Good one, Pete - and from a TV series ... Wings Over the World(?) I recall (paraphrased) a comment made by a retired naval chopper pilot who was keeping up his skills - and himself young - flying a modern-day autogyro: there is a large price involved to enable a static hover.

I wonder if there is any role at all for full size autogyros in today's aviation scene? The negative view held by some of the public of the small ones is surely due to their being in the hands of amateur enthusiasts and the media publicity given to the occasional accident.

A case of Atrial fibrilation...?

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I see the Shipping News jounalist is, um - into the ... well, how can I put it - spirit(?) of the occasion.

I bet Polly never looked that good when in the farmer's hands! She looks superb: a real winner.

And what an utterly practical touring vehicle too - plenty of room (more than a Cheetah, I'd say) to stow the gear...:)

A lot of blokes are - and in this respect I'm no different - "trains, planes, boats & car" nutters, so it all sounds good to me. I suspect a 1909 1 cylinder Sizaire might not cut the mustard, unfortunately.

As to giving up the dreaded nicotine addiction ... speaking from bitter experience, I can say that it's the first three months that are the worst.

Good luck Kaye - hang in there: you'll never regret having tossed it.

Good post, but I would have appreciated a little more in-flight commentary for clips 2 & 3 ... ;)

didn't take the camera with us (no room) but did just have a photo emailed to us, which is now on facebook. It's us with all our trophies. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151186074826248%26set=a.39286446247.47710.793546247%26type=1%26theater%26notif_t=photo_comment

Interesting to see the Oldfield name come up, too: we were reasonably au fait with the country up around Maree and very much associate it with that region.

As a semi-aside, when would the strip have been hard sealed - anyone know?

geez Siz, I've just arrived home from South Australia! By the way, we won the rally :D