P-51's in movie "Empire of the Sun"

M. H. Greaves wrote:
It is a 108! i saw it in "mosquito sqdn" and "633 sqdn", and further
to that it was in a flypast issue magaizine (dont ask me which one
because it was a few years ago!!).
But it is a Bf108!!

Not forgetting VonRyan's Express!

IIRC they had rockets as well. Not bad for a light trainer.



Richard.



"Krztalizer" wrote in message
...
said, the chances of getting a REAL russian plane for the film
would be pretty slim!

"Ice Station Zero" - a flight of four (?) MiG-21 models turns into a
real Phantom as it overflies the submarine.

I have a photo from 1981, holding that MiG 21 model (there was
actually only one - the flight of four was only a flight of one,
copied several times). Its quite large, perhaps 30" long or a bit
more. The original model is in a storeroom today in the San Diego
Aerospace Museum.



Also didn't Donald
Pleasence get shot after James Gardner crashed theirs in 'The
Great Escape'?

I thought that was a Bucker Bu181 Bestmann (or a derivative), but I
might be wrong.

As Captain Tenneal would say, "Well, you're wrong." (Sticking
my neck out here) I think its a 108. Dern few Bestmanns around.
Anyone know for sure?

--
Graeme

Currently Reading: "The Day We Bombed Switzerland" - Granholm


Where the heck have you been, Graeme?

yfGordon
====(A+C====
USN SAR

Its always better to lose AN engine, than THE engine.

of course, sorry, havent seen that for a long time!
"Richard Brooks" wrote in message
...
M. H. Greaves wrote:
It is a 108! i saw it in "mosquito sqdn" and "633 sqdn", and further
to that it was in a flypast issue magaizine (dont ask me which one
because it was a few years ago!!).
But it is a Bf108!!

Not forgetting VonRyan's Express!

IIRC they had rockets as well. Not bad for a light trainer.



Richard.



"Krztalizer" wrote in message
...
said, the chances of getting a REAL russian plane for the film
would be pretty slim!

"Ice Station Zero" - a flight of four (?) MiG-21 models turns into a
real Phantom as it overflies the submarine.

I have a photo from 1981, holding that MiG 21 model (there was
actually only one - the flight of four was only a flight of one,
copied several times). Its quite large, perhaps 30" long or a bit
more. The original model is in a storeroom today in the San Diego
Aerospace Museum.



Also didn't Donald
Pleasence get shot after James Gardner crashed theirs in 'The
Great Escape'?

I thought that was a Bucker Bu181 Bestmann (or a derivative), but I
might be wrong.

As Captain Tenneal would say, "Well, you're wrong." (Sticking
my neck out here) I think its a 108. Dern few Bestmanns around.
Anyone know for sure?

--
Graeme

Currently Reading: "The Day We Bombed Switzerland" - Granholm


Where the heck have you been, Graeme?

yfGordon
====(A+C====
USN SAR

Its always better to lose AN engine, than THE engine.