Gents,
I have just attended the best WW1 aviation show I have ever seen. It is on at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. They have on display: DVa Albatros (my favourite), SE5, AVRO 504K, Pfalz DXII, DH9. The aircraft display is supported by an audio-visual display of real WW1 footage and a short film by Peter Jackson that is without a doubt the best recreation of WW1 aerial combat I have ever seen - leaves The Blue Max for dead, and Flyboys etc look really lame besides this footage. It opens with a jaw-dropping Sopwith Camel attack against an observation balloon, then an RE8 reconnaissance patrol that is ambushed by a Jasta of brightly coloured Fokker DR1, Fokker DVII, Albatros etc, all looking ultra-realistic, a squadron of SE5As come to the rescue and then another flight of Fokker DVII join the melee.
At first I thought it must have been an extract from a major movie production, but no, it was made for the War Memorial by Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings director). There was nothing in the film that looked remotely CGI, but where would you find 50 or 60 WW1 aircraft to make a movie like this?
Now we need Peter Jackson to take the lead on a full WW1 aviation movie - maybe a Blu Max re-make or the Red Baron story, or the Fokker sourge, whatever it is, he is the man!!
Check these links:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2008/11/28/2431976.htm
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=45809580492
Mike
I have just attended the best WW1 aviation show I have ever seen. It is on at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. They have on display: DVa Albatros (my favourite), SE5, AVRO 504K, Pfalz DXII, DH9. The aircraft display is supported by an audio-visual display of real WW1 footage and a short film by Peter Jackson that is without a doubt the best recreation of WW1 aerial combat I have ever seen - leaves The Blue Max for dead, and Flyboys etc look really lame besides this footage. It opens with a jaw-dropping Sopwith Camel attack against an observation balloon, then an RE8 reconnaissance patrol that is ambushed by a Jasta of brightly coloured Fokker DR1, Fokker DVII, Albatros etc, all looking ultra-realistic, a squadron of SE5As come to the rescue and then another flight of Fokker DVII join the melee.
At first I thought it must have been an extract from a major movie production, but no, it was made for the War Memorial by Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings director). There was nothing in the film that looked remotely CGI, but where would you find 50 or 60 WW1 aircraft to make a movie like this?
Now we need Peter Jackson to take the lead on a full WW1 aviation movie - maybe a Blu Max re-make or the Red Baron story, or the Fokker sourge, whatever it is, he is the man!!
Check these links:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2008/11/28/2431976.htm
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=45809580492
Mike
