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Model Forum / General / Models / December 2005Cape Jets & Will Young
Saw this at tea time on TMF Will Young poncing about then walking near an aircraft. "That planes nose looks a little like a Buccaneer" "That plane is quite a bit like a Buccaneer - I wonder what it is?" Camera head on view "Oh it IS a Bucanneer - Gloss black - must be Cape Jets" Then what happened - his mate got into a Hunter! > Saw this at tea time on TMF > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Then what happened - his mate got into a Hunter! Strangely enough we had a tv documentary about Cape Jets a month or two ago. Still not as bad as some of these WWII DVDs. The narrator was talking about new aircraft available to the Luftwaffe such as "the He111, the Do17 (screen showing lines of Ju88's) ...." Richard. Sounds like The History Channel! > Sounds like The History Channel! It was probably Channel Five on UK terrestrial and as part of a 'Top 10' of best(?) Aircraft. Richard. > Saw this at tea time on TMF > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Then what happened - his mate got into a Hunter! Yeh... 'cos a Hunter looks *just like* a Buccaneer... Mind you, the RAF seemed to think so at one stage. When the Bucc fleet was gounded in the early 80, due to cracked wing spars, the Bucc squadrons used Hunters to keep their pilots qualified. The same courtesy was not extended to the navs, who lost their flying pay while the fleet underwent rectification. If the telly company wanted a "pop star" to do a feature on aircraft, why didn't they get someone who actually knows what they are talking about? Gary Numan would fit the bill nicely!  SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. > Yeh... 'cos a Hunter looks *just like* a Buccaneer... > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > didn't they get someone who actually knows what they are talking about? > Gary Numan would fit the bill nicely! Point is Enzo, its a video for a pop song, made to be a little like Top Gun, though as Will said in an interview, it was not intended to be a copy of the film, just a bit toung in cheek. And I think I am right in saying that Cape Jets only has one Buccaneer so they had to use a Hunter for the second aircraft , easier to keep these two aircraft together than trying to manouver the Lightning they have with the buc. Gondor >>>>> "Enzo" == Enzo Matrix <enzo55@hotmail.com> writes: Enzo> Martin wrote: >> Saw this at tea time on TMF >> Will Young poncing about then walking near an aircraft. >> >> "That planes nose looks a little like a Buccaneer" >> >> Camera head on view >> >> "Oh it IS a Bucanneer - Gloss black - must be Cape Jets" >> >> Then what happened - his mate got into a Hunter! Enzo> Yeh... 'cos a Hunter looks *just like* a Buccaneer... Yeah, well, one Hawker and another, uh, <thinks, a bit long>, yeah, Hawker SignatureG Hassenpflug /* IJN & JMSDF */ > Saw this at tea time on TMF > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Then what happened - his mate got into a Hunter! If you watch the video a bit further there are flying sequences with both aircraft (the Hunter and the Bucc.), its a pop video its not meant to be a historically accurate and is not aimed at aviation buffs, its just a tongue in cheek (ooh err missus !!) homo-erotic tribute to Top Gun. When you think about it and if you can divorce yourself away from the flying sequences, some scenes in the original movie are very camp. Its good to see the Thunder City jets in action. Happy modelling Ant > When you think about it and if you can divorce yourself away from the flying > sequences, some scenes in the original movie are very camp. You mean that there is something other than flying sequences in Top Gun? I thought they put all that fluff in there so you could go refill your popcorn and not miss anything important. SignatureJess >> Saw this at tea time on TMF >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > meant to be a historically accurate and is not aimed at aviation > buffs There was another pop video like that. It was something by Fatboy Slim and it featured a Hunter in USAF markings! SignatureEnzo I wear the cheese. It does not wear me. |
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