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By: - 7th March 2020 at 10:39 Permalink
Hi All,
Well it was a decent documentary about the restoration of Spitfire Mk.T.9 MJ772
From this below 2015,
Back to airworthiness 2019,
Geoff.
By: - 7th March 2020 at 11:34 Permalink
The commentary was sensible without the usual 'Will it be ready in time' rubbish.
Plenty of detail of the structure.
Looks like 'Night Fright' Dakota at Coventry next week. They were getting bits off the Plane Savers parts ship wreck in the Canadian winter last year!
mmitch.
By: - 7th March 2020 at 21:42 Permalink
Thanks for the heads up Geoff,we have the technology to watch it via Amazon Prime (UKTV App) on our little Amazon Fire dongle thing,we will try watching it later tonight.
Cheers baz
By: - 8th March 2020 at 07:42 Permalink
great show without the BS as said above, looking forward to the next one
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By: - 13th March 2020 at 21:10 Permalink - Edited 13th March 2020 at 21:16
Hi All,
Night Fright that is the one Guy Martin was hoping to jump out of in 2019 but it wasn't ready in time.
He said at the time words to the effect of :- The team want it to be the best C-47 flying and that the attention to detail being correct is what caused the cancelation of his jump and it appearing in the 75th anniversary drop last year sadly.
Geoff.
By: - 14th March 2020 at 11:36 Permalink
There looks like a helicopter restoration to come? Historic Helicopters?
Anyone know of any others? A Tiger Moth may be?
mmitch.
By: - 15th March 2020 at 10:59 Permalink
DC3, another good one, i could feel that cold
By: - 15th March 2020 at 11:38 Permalink
Found the details. Next is Historic Helicopters restoring their Wessex.
There is also a Piper Cub , Aeronca, and L39 Albatros
Unable to post a link?
mmitch.
By: - 15th March 2020 at 14:31 Permalink
So presumably the Night Fright team were dealing with two film crews at the same time - the Warbird Restoration and Guy Martin crews. Must have been quite a commitment.
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By: - 15th March 2020 at 17:20 Permalink - Edited 15th March 2020 at 17:21
Hi All,
Jeepman - I was surprised by that no mention of Guy Martin at all, not only that the use of a second aircraft and this was never mentioned in the Guy Martin documentary either. All in all enjoying the series lets hope they are filming the Typhoon/Halifax restorations and Whirlwind fighter recreation.
Maybe they all had a punch up while filming...……..?
Geoff.
By: - 16th March 2020 at 10:30 Permalink
If you were following the 'Plane Savers' videos on you tube last year, the DC3 the 'Night Fright crew were stripping in Canada was an aircraft that had crash landed and was also used for parts by the 'Plane Savers' team. So they posted some videos on there too!
mmitch.
By: - 15th April 2020 at 11:16 Permalink
It looks like this series has finished now. I thought they were well done with a variety of skills from enthusiastic to very skilled professionals. I shall email them to encourage them to do another series. I expect we could all suggest more projects?
mmitch.
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By: 1batfastard - 24th February 2020 at 19:30
Hi All,
Just though you may be interested in the new Tv series on the Yesterday channel 05/03 - 21:00/9pm.
In hangars and machine shops the length and breadth of Britain a brave bunch of engineers and aviators endeavour to keep the UK's most historic warplanes in the air. Fighting a desperate rear-guard action against corrosion and metal fatigue are the engineers. Their only weapons are skill, ingenuity and tens of thousands of pounds. We follow the painstaking work in recreating long-forgotten components from lumps of aluminium, show ancient engines bursting into life again after decades of silence, and watch as pilots roar down the runway for the first take-off in years or even decades. Each show follows the restoration of an iconic plane, telling the stories of the men who flew it; the part it played in military history; and the challenges it now presents its restorers and pilots.
https://yesterday.uktv.co.uk/shows/warbird-workshop/
Geoff.