Or in someone’s tin shed, which is where his fur lined boots were found…
Other than King Kong, none of his films are remakes AFAIK. (The cartoon LotR doesn’t count.)
Sorry for the continued hijack, and I’d love to see a PJ WW2 or 1 aviation film.
I was thinking of King Kong and Dam Busters, I could see a pattern emerging.
I’d like to see a F4U Corsair or P-38 Lightning, don’t know how rare they are these days, but I’ve never seen one flying. Have seen a MiG-15 and F-86 Sabre at an airshow though, that was pretty sweet. Also saw the Austrailian Air Force put on a show back in the 70’s with the F-111, man they hit the afterburners on a flyby right over our heads, wow!
So the angels are pushing over Germany again, eh?* Wonderful! I love the 262, and if you gave me my choice of WWII combat aircraft, that is the one I would want. A very, very close second would be a Jug. You can take your Spits and Mustangs, give me a fighter than can get me home even after it’s been shredded.
*Adolf Galland said after his first flight in a 262 “For the first time, I was flying by jet propulsion and there was no torque, no thrashing sound of the propeller, and my jet shot through the air. It was as though angels were pushing.”
They had both flying at Chino. 
They also got the F-86 up, but the MiG-15 didn’t fly.
When I saw them, can’t remember which flew first, but man they were both pretty awesome, can’t imagine a confrontation in MiG Alley.
Nice quote from Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator, passing on what a WW2 P47 pilot said of getting into his monster of a plane: “it was like being King Kong setting out to ravage New York.” And of course not only was it extremely durable, but if you could get those eight .50-cals lined up, you could make someone live in extremely “interesting times”… at least for a short while.
Also, though I’ve mentioned this before, I have a soft spot for this ill-fated but lovely little aircraft. Unfortunately in the long run it proved unable to do anything that the Spitfire, Hurricane, Mosquito or Beaufighter couldn’t do better (and in the short run it suffered with technical problems), but like the little girl with the curl, when it was good it was very, very good… and also the rest of the rhyme 
You mean my collection of Biggles books will be worth less than they are now? :mad:
The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (in Hamilton, just west of Toronto) has a number of vintage aircraft that they have restored, maintain and fly. They have a schedule of upcoming flights for anyone near and interested enough to go and see them. I have been there on overnight field trips several times with my kids’ Scout troop, and there’s something awe-inspiring about sleeping under the wing of a flying-condition Lancaster (other than the oil drip trays that need to be avoided).
Most of the planes mentioned in this thread are on display at Dayton Ohio’s Wright-Patterson Air Force Museum. Highly recommended!
Seconded. I was just there last Tuesday.
I’ve always wanted to talk to someone who knows how these work. I have a few questions.
From what I’ve been able to piece together, the fuel/air mixture is fed to the cylinders from inside the crankcase. (tomndebb’s link also shows the intake valves are in the pistons instead of the cylinder heads.) Exhaust valves are in the heads, although I don’t know how they’re actuated. I would imagine there’s either a cam turning at half the speed of the engine, or a stationary cam and a mechanism to only open the valve every other time. They are four-stroke.
The on/off switch (so I’ve heard) was because there was no other way to throttle these engines. (Don’t know why you couldn’t have a butterfly valve limiting the air into the crankcase.) Castor oil was used because it wouldn’t mix with the fuel/air in the crankcase, and the centrifugal force is going to carry the oil through the lubricated surfaces and then out of the engine anyway. (A total-loss system; again from tomndebb’s link.)
Let me put in a recommendation for Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage Collection in Arlington, WA. They’ve got the good stuff, and for the most part, they get out there and fly them.
Also, if you’re in the Everett, WA area, you can stop by Paine Field and sometimes see the guys working on the ME262s. Then you can drop in on the Museum of Flight Restoration Center and poke around for hours. Ever wanted to sit in the cockpit of a Comet and make voom noises? They can help you out.
That reminds me, there’s an A6M3 “Zero” displayed in the Auckland War Memorial Museum, one of the few left intact after the war, though sadly not flown: although it is complete, fully restored, and wouldn’t take much to get it back up in the air…interesting story to go with it, too.
That reminds me, there’s an A6M3 “Zero” displayed in the Auckland War Memorial Museum, one of the few left intact after the war, though sadly not flown: although it is complete, fully restored, and wouldn’t take much to get it back up in the air…interesting story to go with it, too.
They flew the only Zero (at least in the U.S.) that still has its original engine at the air show.
How much of a fifty year old engine is original?
I wonder how many hours it has on it.
Last time my Father saw one, they were showing them all in a pile with a bulldozer on New Guinea. 