RapierFugue
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Joined: 3/16/2006 From: London, England Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: GreedyTop great vid, RF It wasn't the one I was looking for, but the one I want isn't on YouTube, by the look of it ... there was a series on BBC2 years back called (IIRC) "The Works", where they described how stuff ... well, worked. One episode was called "Things That Work Only Once", and featured such things as the thing they replaced aluminium can ring pulls with (a phenomenally engineered device, BTW, you simply wouldn’t believe what goes into their design) and also a Martin Baker zero-zero seat. The footage in question concerns (IIRC, but it's years back now) a 2 plane take-off by the Red Arrows (Hawk single engined training, display and light attack aircraft). As the pair hurtle up the runway for takeoff, side-by-side, they reach V0, then V1, rotate in perfect synchronisation (it’s the Red Arrows after all), but the moment the plane nearest the camera starts to lift, its engine suffers what can best be described as an epic fail. The pilot reacts instantly, punching Elvis and there’s this amazing shot of the one aircraft lifting off, the other pilot going past him vertically, and the second plane crashing into a horrific fireball, all in one shot. Fantastic :) This one’s quite funny too – I particularly like the American carrier pilot describing the transition from macho airman to shit-scared kid in a split-second http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxTDNlloAH8 *cough*BritishDesignedWorldBeater*cough* (although the original idea was German & Swedish, then the Americans tried to advance it, but they couldn't make one that worked properly, so they got a Brit in. Well ok, 2 Brits)
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