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Hilico ......
I have no idea .... we could have asked Gen Jimmy Doolittle who managed to launch a whole bunch of them off an aircraft carrier (without the benefit of a catapault) ...... but he no longer with us!
I would imagine without the weight of a bombload ...... slow enough for the air shot required ?????? ... the wake turbulence from the formation though would have made the job interesting eh?
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I have no idea .... we could have asked Gen Jimmy Doolittle who managed to launch a whole bunch of them off an aircraft carrier (without the benefit of a catapault) ...... but he no longer with us!
I would imagine without the weight of a bombload ...... slow enough for the air shot required ?????? ... the wake turbulence from the formation though would have made the job interesting eh?
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Flyer43, if you get hold of a DVD copy of "On her Majesty's Secret Service", I think it includes a short documentary about John Jordan, aerial filming and the rig - I meant to check last night, will tonight if sober enough to remember!
Helicopter was used for some shots in Catch 22, but I'm sure they used a B-25 (they certainly had enough of them!) for the aerial work and it was from this that Jordan fell.
Helicopter was used for some shots in Catch 22, but I'm sure they used a B-25 (they certainly had enough of them!) for the aerial work and it was from this that Jordan fell.
