Troffa 842 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I recently stumbled across 1950 film "The Flying Missile" starring Glen Ford on YouTube (GB)- It's the entire movie, and has some very interesting scenes featuring the 'Loon' Missile, which was the US Copy of the German V1 flying bomb. Also seen is a seemingly remote piloted Grumman Hellcat (No idea if this was an actual system, but it looks pretty pukka to me) and some Grumman Avengers make an appearance at the finale. I've skipped through it avoiding some of the distinctly Hollywood romance sequences It's quite a record of those days- I wont link to it, and I have no clue if it will hang around for long online, but I thought I'd mention it. Happy viewing! Link to post Share on other sites
Creepy Pete 2,868 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 There were indeed remotely piloted F6F's. They were used for all kind of things, like flying near atomic bomb explosions, and some were even used as flying bombs in the Korean war. Alleycat has a nice sheet for some of these F6F-5K's https://www.alleycatmodels.co.uk/post-war-test-f6f-5k-hellcats-4239-p.asp 1 Link to post Share on other sites
junglierating 1,212 Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Hmm Naval aircraft Troffa ....must be wearing on you this navy lark 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Beermonster1958 214 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 On 31/10/2020 at 10:02, Troffa said: I recently stumbled across 1950 film "The Flying Missile" starring Glen Ford on YouTube (GB)- It's the entire movie, and has some very interesting scenes featuring the 'Loon' Missile, which was the US Copy of the German V1 flying bomb. Also seen is a seemingly remote piloted Grumman Hellcat (No idea if this was an actual system, but it looks pretty pukka to me) and some Grumman Avengers make an appearance at the finale. I've skipped through it avoiding some of the distinctly Hollywood romance sequences It's quite a record of those days- I wont link to it, and I have no clue if it will hang around for long online, but I thought I'd mention it. Happy viewing! Will give it a look. You might also like to check out X-15 (also YouTube), Sabre Jet (again, not too bad if you fast forward past the slushy bits) and, Cone of Silence. The latter is a fine film which centres on a series of mysterious crashes involving a jet airliner. Not the Comet! The unfortunate airliner is portrayed in this film by the Avro Ashton which was a genuine jet airliner prototype. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Troffa 842 Posted November 7, 2020 Author Share Posted November 7, 2020 Thanks very much for the heads-up, John, especially the X-15 movie, I had no idea it existed, let alone with Charlie Bronson as lead! I will get it on a big screen, the colour looks great. Link to post Share on other sites
Beermonster1958 214 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 5 hours ago, Troffa said: Thanks very much for the heads-up, John, especially the X-15 movie, I had no idea it existed, let alone with Charlie Bronson as lead! I will get it on a big screen, the colour looks great. You're welcome. Link to post Share on other sites
Sabrejet 4,779 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Don't forget Bombers B-52, and best of all, Toward the Unknown. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Slater 314 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 "The Starfighters" with humorous commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dDumDN3Y5I 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Troffa 842 Posted November 7, 2020 Author Share Posted November 7, 2020 25 minutes ago, Sabrejet said: Don't forget Bombers B-52, and best of all, Toward the Unknown. I have both of those on DVD, along with "The Hunters" and "Bridges at Toko Ri" Link to post Share on other sites
Filler 733 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Slater said: "The Starfighters" with humorous commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dDumDN3Y5I I was thinking of that one too. I love MST3K Link to post Share on other sites
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