For the WW2 aircraft buffs

Clostermann's epic The Big Show has been re-published, in its original
uncut form[1]. Plus a lot of new stuff.

He's still alive! I didn't realise. Shame he's a Frog, mind.

[1] The original was published in the days of paper rationing and was
heavily pruned.

 

That 24 cylinder engine sounds like this one a bit..

Except that this one is a 1/5 th scale model
http://www.enginehistory.org/eagle_22.htm although the real one didn't
have a capacity of 370cc.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember
(The Older Gentleman) saying
something like:

http://www.eagle.ca/~harry/aircraft/tempest/tbshow/checkout.htm

Holy ****.

http://www.eagle.ca/~harry/aircraft/tempest/tbshow/tempest.htm

**** me.

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On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 19:07:08 +0100,

Ordered.
I just hope its better reproduced than this extract:
http://www.flyandrive.com/cadremunsterland2.htm

I get the feeling that it was copied out of the book by a non-English
speaker. As is often the case with such things, some of the typos are
quite amusing.

Bloody good paintings though.

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The Older Gentleman

Thanks - ordered from Amazon. Only wanted that so did quite well to come
away with 4 books, 3 DVDs and a brace of CDs. And an imminent bollocking
from SWMBO. Ho hum.

 

There's a video of a mini Merlin engine running on that site too. Here
infact http://www.enginehistory.org/model_engines.htm .

The engineering involved is lovely.

 

Jesus H Christ on a crutch.

 

It's an utterly brilliant book.

I've been reading, er, leafing through it at Waterstone's. It was pay
day today so I shall buy it tomorrow.....

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older

<G>

I've seen the Eagle at shows, but never yet seen it run. I'd love to.

The sad thing is that it's always displayed fully assembled, which hides
most of its beauty.

There's a *stunning* Gnome rotary that does the rounds of the shows too.

 

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 19:07:08 +0100,

I was heavily pruned as a child, even now I still have a problem with
large stoned fruits! Incidentally, on the aircraft theme... yesterday
I saw a formation consisting of a Jet Provost, a Gnat (in 'arrows red)
and a Hunter all at low-level, Farnborough bound. They were preceeded
an hour earlier by some bloke in a parachute with a big fan on his
back... now that looked fun, dangerous but fun... We've seen a
wonderful selection of aircraft overflying us at work this week...
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Owen wrote:

Did you see that B52?
It can accurately bomb a target at a range of 5000 miles
or it can fly to Blackbushe for the Farnborough show....

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Eiron

Yeah, just been 'listening again' to the PM bit on that. Sarf Effrikan
pub landlord who saw it: "Listen, if it was an American pilot, we're
lucky he could find England, no matter Farnborough".

Shame really, twenty hour round trip from home base, and a *HUGE*
bollocking when you get back. If I'd been his boss I'd have cancelled
the refuellers for the homeward leg.

 

Eiron wrote

Is that the one belonging to a foreign power that got lost and managed
to fly all over the British countryside today with nobody except our
ever alert 4th estate taking notice?

 

On the same site Muck mentioned, ITYF.

 

What shows?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Muck

Model Engineering shows. There are various ones on throughout the year,
some better than others.

 

The Older Gentleman wrote:

(Snip)

I first read it in about 1967 and was completely enthralled. It was far
better IMHO than Reach for the Sky (Bader) and Fly for Your Life (Stanford
Tuck) and I am looking forward to reading it again.

 

Looks like I'll have to buy a model engineer mag and have a look in
that.

 

I first read it in about 1974, and most recently a couple of months
ago. The dogeared paperback lurks on the shelves, but is brought out
for a glorious re-read every couple of years.

There are lots of books dealing with similar stuff, written by similar
people; Clostermann's is one of the very best.

 

Bikini line?