discussion Talking Pictures . Channel 81 for Wingy lovers.

[Guest]

Hi all, just seen on the tv that on Monday 31st is a 1935 documentary on the RAF by a
Squadron Leader W Helmore.
It's about training new recruits and aircraft of the period.
Might be an interesting watch .

 

[PaulTRose]

not a channel i get

 

[Guest]

not a channel i get :sad:

You sure Paul, it's on the normal tv , not any subscription service .

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

It's usually up past the non-subscription movie channels like Film4 and TCM

 

[PaulTRose]

You sure Paul, it's on the normal tv , not any subscription service .

positive............i cant have normal tv, not even freeview, i have Amazon which dosnt carry that channel

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

positive............i cant have normal tv, not even freeview, i have Amazon which dosnt carry that channel

Curse you Jeff Bezos!

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

Well, that was something - Hinaidis, Valentias, Wapitis, Horsleys, Baffins, Seals and HMS Furious, 25 Sqdn Furies- for a silver wings man like me, joy unbound! THX John

 

[Guest]

Curse you Jeff Bezos!

He saved The Expanse, though, that makes up for a lot

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

He saved The Expanse, though, that makes up for a lot :smiling3:

Yeah, but he only does it so he can buy the second yacht to park his helicopter... I wish that was a joke

 

[Guest]

Very interesting , not being a Wingy at least the shots of Cranwell where my dad went in 1939 as a boy entrant. From there to Heliopolis then when war broke out was posted to
Bletchley Park where he was an instructor. He never spoke about his job,nor did my mother who was a radio operator.

 

[Steve-the-Duck]

There was a lot of footage of Wapitis in, or over, Egypt, but I've no idea what the base shown was - perhaps Heliopolis?

Interesting that airman training was over in the first five minutes, then the next trn on Cranwell!
Also shown were RAF regiment in Egypt and the Rolls Royce Armoured Car Squadron!

Lot of emphasis on the Fleet Air Arm, with officers and ratings training
HMS Furious had a ramp up deck too, which I've never seen before! An early version of the ski-jump!