Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Flying Legends is an annual two-day airshow organized by The Fighter Collection, originally held every year at the beginning of July. The 2013 airshow saw the celebration of the event's 20th anniversary. [ 2 ]
This is an alphabetical list of film articles (or sections within articles about films). It includes made for television films . See the talk page in A for the method of indexing used.
Ironically this was the nearest Duxford came to being destroyed as no significant wartime German raids were carried out on the aerodrome. The French château, seen at the beginning of the film, was constructed on the south-west corner of the airfield. Around 1968 the Cambridge University Gliding Club moved some of its flying to Duxford ...
Duxford is the home of several private aviation companies, such as Classic Wings, [33] The Fighter Collection, [34] the Old Flying Machine Company [35] and The Aircraft Restoration Company. [36] Between them these companies provide pleasure flights, historic aircraft for film or television work, and aircraft restoration services.
The film endeavoured to be a generally accurate account of the Battle of Britain, when in the summer and autumn of 1940 the British RAF inflicted a strategic defeat on the Luftwaffe and so ensured the cancellation of Operation Sea Lion, Adolf Hitler's plan to invade Britain. The film is notable for its spectacular flying sequences.
Ray Hanna Hanna in Spitfire MH434 in 2005 Born (1928-08-28) 28 August 1928 Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand Died 1 December 2005 (2005-12-01) (aged 77) Switzerland Buried Parham, Suffolk, United Kingdom Allegiance United Kingdom Service / branch Royal Air Force Years of service 1949–1971 Rank Squadron Leader Commands Red Arrows Awards Air Force Cross & Bar Queen's Commendation for Valuable ...
Flying Legends is a two-day airshow in England, originally held in July every year. The airshow features only warbird and vintage aircraft, such as the Supermarine Spitfire, North American P-51 Mustang and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Sally B. It is run by The Fighter Collection, based at Duxford Aerodrome, Cambridgeshire, formerly RAF Duxford.
Aces High is a 1976 war film directed by Jack Gold, starring Malcolm McDowell, Peter Firth, Christopher Plummer and Simon Ward.An Anglo-French production, the film is based on the 1928 play Journey's End by R. C. Sherriff, with additional material from fighter ace Cecil Lewis's memoir, Sagittarius Rising.