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Stuka in B of B movie
Posted by Brad on Wed Mar 20, 2002 08:52:06 AM
In reply top Re: If there was one aircraft in the RAF Museum that.... posted by Ron Henry on Tue Mar 19, 2002 02:37:43 PM
: Allegedly, that nearly happened when the BoB film was made
: . tha RAF a/c was on loan to the film company and they wer
: e as I say, allegedly, interested in flying it. Think I he
: ard that they started the engine. Think I also heard that
: it they left it too late ie they were working on it toward
: the end of filming activity and the cash & time ran out.
: Confirm/ deny, anyone?
Connie Edwards told me a few years ago that he ran the Stuka during the filming and was going to fly it. The engine quit for unknown reasons and nothing else was ever done with it. He also had a pretty wild tale about flying the Hurricane that Bob Diemert rebuilt. Connie is a really neat guy.
Brad