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By 1975, the designed evolved into the turboprop-powered Model 441. [2] It was certified by the FAA on August 19, 1977. [3] The high aspect ratio wings use bonded construction techniques. [4] Cessna renamed the Model 441 the Conquest II in 1983. 1984 models starting with constructor number 195 used lighter-weight, four-bladed McCauley ...
The first attempt at a comprehensive Dad's Army reference book. The Complete A to Z of Dad's Army by Richard Webber with Jimmy Perry and David Croft, Orion Books, 2000. ISBN 0-7528-1838-4. Dad's Army – The Story of A Classic Television Show by Graham McCann, 4th Estate, 2001. ISBN 1-84115-308-7. The Best of British Comedy-Dad's Army by ...
Jones creeps into the office and tells the true story of what happened (this is shown as a flashback to Sudan in 1898 where the Dad's Army characters play similar characters in Jones's story). Jones explains that a few days before the Battle of Omdurman, he and Clarke were part of a patrol sent out by General Kitchener to find out the strength ...
Dad's Army is a British television sitcom about the United Kingdom's Home Guard during the Second World War, produced by David Croft, and written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Set in the fictional seaside town of Walmington-on-Sea , located near Eastbourne , it follows a well-meaning platoon of men ineligible for active service as ...
Mainwaring and Wilson come up with an idea for getting the platoon some much-needed weapons: "Operation Gun Grab". The plan is to requisition any firearms from the local museum of Historic Army Weapons – but to do so, the platoon must first find a way to outwit the 88-year-old caretaker, who happens to be Lance Corporal Jones's father.
The second model of the 38 Single Action used a shorter and more efficient ejection and extraction system and lack the shroud of the 1st model. It was produced in blued steel and nickel-plated versions, with most models having a 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch or 4 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch barrel. Rare versions had barrels of 6, 8 and 10 inches in length. [1]
The main car used in the episode was a 1934 Rolls-Royce 20/25, [1] that belonged to a television and film prop company. Upon arrival for filming the director David Croft noticed that the Spirit of Ecstasy, usually on the bonnet, was missing, and so the car had to be driven back to London immediately for the missing emblem to be retrieved.
The platoon are travelling by train to a battle school in the country. Save for an incident involving Godfrey's weak bladder, the journey is uneventful. Disaster strikes when they arrive at the station; Mainwaring opens the secret instructions, and it is clear that he does not know how to read a map.