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Old 20th Oct 2018, 15:50
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Finningley Boy
 
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I mentioned the filming of High Flight in Northern 'Q', the runway resurfacing at Leuchars over the period caused some problems along with the weather, I wonder if that's how they ended up doing some filming in Cyprus. I'm sure they made two versions, one in B & W which included some footage of the Farnborough air show from 1956 which, of course, included the display by 43's Hunters. Obviously there's a great deal of continuity breaches throughout the film, i.e. the idea of all officer cadets being prospective pilots, all passing through training, entirely at Cranwell, then straight to the same Hunter Squadron somewhere and followed all the way through by the same CO, Wing Commander Ray MIlland and all drawn from within the first tourists to form the aerobatics team!

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