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Old 7th Apr 2015, 04:53
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Kiwithrottlejockey
 
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V1 launch on Sunday, 05 April 2015....

















How's that for a neat party-trick by rat-cunning Kiwis? Look carefully and you can see a Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XIV in the second-to-last photograph.

BTW....the V1 is 80% of full-scale size, is radio controlled, and can be gently landed on its belly on the grass. It is also quite manouverable in the air and it did several passes in front of the crowd on each occasion it took to the air. Believe it or not, once launched, it is actually powered by a total of five electric motors powering ducted-fans. As I already said, it is a really neat party-trick!

There were also three full-sized static V1s constructed as props. On each of the two main airshow days, one of the static V1s was blown to bits in a huge fireball during an attack by allied aircraft. The flying V1 managed to successfully launch each day during that attack.
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