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Post by tomcat14 on Mar 6, 2016 18:40:51 GMT
Think its been mentioned before but this shows the C130 front end by the Challenger. Paul  IMG_6403a by wokinghampaul, on Flickr |
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Post by billsamuels on Mar 7, 2016 20:15:50 GMT
HI Tomcat,
Looks like they've removed the port engine from the Challenger... Think it was this machine they used in the 'Kingsman' movie... If there are any movie buffs out there, Kingsman's church massacre at the end (ish) of the film was filmed at the Garrison church here in Deepcut....
Its really strange when you've got some major stars (Colin Firth, Samuel L Jackson & others) in a tiny village in Surrey...
The Herc is an ex RAF machine....
Cheers.
Bill
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Post by exeglkflyer on Mar 8, 2016 11:24:08 GMT
That Herc front-end looks to have been pretty uncarefully removed from the rest of the fuselage!
Looks like there are some other bits (wing section?) in front of the stbd wing of the Challenger.
I had some of the greatest (fun) flying I have ever done in the RAF C130K's. That was probably one of them :-(
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Post by graham on Mar 8, 2016 16:00:42 GMT
I grew up not that far from Lyneham and in the late 60's/early-mid 70's you would often see 5 or 6 in the skies around home at any one time. I would cycle out to the village of New Zealand where the lane came to a dead end right by the threshold of the main runway and the Hercs would go over your head at no more than 25-30 feet just prior to landing. Pretty sure that I saw all the original C-130Ks (66 I think) within a few months of taking up spotting
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Post by chevvron on Mar 8, 2016 17:06:04 GMT
Its really strange when you've got some major stars (Colin Firth, Samuel L Jackson & others) in a tiny village in Surrey... Funny you should say that; Ch 48 showed 'Reunion at Fairborough' this morning (8 Mar) filmed partly in and around Chobham/Fairoaks with Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr |
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Post by exeglkflyer on Mar 8, 2016 18:47:51 GMT
Yes 66 was the number, although one became "Snoopy" and there were a few that were lost, notably the one that crashed down the road at Colerne, after being mis-handled during a training flight in the early '70's.
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Post by billsamuels on Mar 8, 2016 20:24:17 GMT
Its really strange when you've got some major stars (Colin Firth, Samuel L Jackson & others) in a tiny village in Surrey... Funny you should say that; Ch 48 showed 'Reunion at Fairborough' this morning (8 Mar) filmed partly in and around Chobham/Fairoaks with Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr Hi Chevvron, yeah I saw that movie a year or so ago... Funny play on names; Fairborough... Wonder if the writer had an eye on both Fairoaks and Farnborough and couldn't decide between the two... Wonder if the flyer at the end was actually shot at Fairoaks? Bill |
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Post by Jeff on Mar 8, 2016 20:47:02 GMT
Heres one of the hunters out of "Return to Fairborough"  |
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Post by carmedic on Mar 9, 2016 1:55:21 GMT
The Front Fuselage of the C130 is XV221
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Post by chevvron on Mar 9, 2016 10:01:09 GMT
Funny you should say that; Ch 48 showed 'Reunion at Fairborough' this morning (8 Mar) filmed partly in and around Chobham/Fairoaks with Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr Hi Chevvron, yeah I saw that movie a year or so ago... Funny play on names; Fairborough... Wonder if the writer had an eye on both Fairoaks and Farnborough and couldn't decide between the two... Wonder if the flyer at the end was actually shot at Fairoaks? Bill Definitely Fairoaks. I saw it first last year after misreading the title as 'Reunion at Farnborough' and was astonished to see both Chobham and Fairoaks in the outside sequences. The Forge is still there at the end of my road and the cottage where Deborah Kerr 'lived' is only 10 min walk from my home. I'm told the bit where Red Buttons walks alongside a river is Shere, but where the church and village pub were is not around here. |
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Post by Jeff on Mar 9, 2016 11:27:56 GMT
the full film can be found on utube
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