Jack Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 More to follow.........the C47 takes off from Upottery the first time ever since WW2 - an honour and a privilege - I love this movement. Turn the volume up. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mvXQ2Rf8CXw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cripp Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Brilliant, Thanks. :tup: Waiting for more. :cofee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Cubed Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 wooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww wwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee so coool well done my boy................ r cubed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 I was sat watching the telly and could the Cubed obviously having a moment in the office :-o so went to have a look! Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa excellent Jack thanks for filming that for us :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: :bow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 Thank you chaps - it was awesome and to be standing on Upottery runway with a C47 charging down the runway towards you was really something else and once in a life time as this was the first time that it had taken off from this airfield since WW2. Lawson was the cameraman as I was taking the stills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawson Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Hi all what a day , standing at the end off a upottery runway with a C-47 screaming down striaght at you for the first time in 63 years..And trying to hold the camera steady...lift lift...please lift... WOHOOOOOOO...Well here is part 2 after she had taken off buzzed the air feild and given us an 8 min display she landed Again to pick up robin and the rest of the crew to take them to oxford...lucky sods...What an end to a great weekend .....Take a look at this...plus i got a mouth full of dust for this one....Enjoy. Will post more soon of her starting up Flying over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Fanflippinbloomingtastic mate!!!!!!!!! What lucky people you are to have seen it take off. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthyMarksman Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Amazing! Wish I was there! :thankyou: for posting Jack :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Thanks Guys great work I have sent the link for that video footage to Charles D. Young and my very good friend veteran pilot Gerald Berry. As you can imagine we had a fantastic flight up to Oxford up through the Severn at around 1200 ft cruising at 170 knots pass Bristol docks and just right of the Severn suspension bridges before turning and heading into Oxford airport for a smooth landing. I truly wish you could have been with me // Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s15/hmvf/Waitingtoboard.jpg[/img] http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s15/hmvf/RobinC472.jpg[/img] http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s15/hmvf/RobinC471.jpg[/img] http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s15/hmvf/Pilot1.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawson Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 The youtube clip of the C-47 leaving upottery with robin and the rest of those lucky guys bound for oxford...What a treat it was to be there... not just to be able to shot these films as this was just an end to one of the best weekends i have ever had....to drive my jimmmy to my first event in a little convoy with jack and r-cubed was great fun...to arrive there and see the C-47 sat there on the main runway for the first time since 1944 was just amazing ...So thanks to robin again for the whole event....However on a pesonal note i would just like to thank Again my brother in law Jack becourse without his efforts to help find me my jimmy and introducing me to this great movment of which has bought me so much happiness and fun since owning my gmc...So a real big THANKYOU to jack and my sister Anne and the kids for a great weekend...It was lovely to spend time with them all.. One i shall never forget.....Heres the clip... Landing to pick Robin up The take off with robin safley onboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Brilliant clips, guys......................... Many, many thanks; ...................from one who couldn't get there. :-( Its this kinda friendly-ness that makes this forum, what it is, ;-).............one big family. :-D :-D Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Wow these clips are fantastic! Seeing it static on the runway of Upottery airfield was a once in a lifetime fantastic oportunity which I thoroughly enjoyed. But this was something else... :drool: Thanks Robin for all the time and effort you put into it, it was fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Excellent pics and video's - thanks to all who took the time and trouble to get them for us all!!! Dad would have loved to have seen the C-47 in action, live or via the vids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Oxford! Why was i not told! I could have gone to watch it land! Is it at the Kidlington airfield and does it usually live there? Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawson Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Hi all For anyone with 8 mins on there hands here is the youtube cilp of the c-47 starting up at upottery...sorry i posted this a bit late ...but i have been spending as much time as i can with my jimmy before i go away again...And i dont mean prison lol...thanks...Lawson C-47 startup upottery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Damn, you tube is down... :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Damn, you tube is down... :-( probably been overloaded with no of 'hits', etc..............I mean, theres 'our dak' thread and films,................and something to do with a nine year old who can kick a football, :dunno: :whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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