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Actually, Gedee, the swift pint is an excellent idea! Maybe two swift pints... I find it oils the cogs of the old creative processes. Mick

I'm stunned everybody. Some splendid ideas here. I'm going to study some of your offerings very closely. It's funny because you've all come up with suggestions that completely eluded me even though it occurred to me from quite early on that low-flying would be a good visual and cinematic way...

Tim. Just what I was thinking. Low-level and it's credible and would make for an exciting scene. My mind is made up. Thanks.

Thanks to everyone for all excellent contributions on this post After all the comments from members like yourself, RA and Tim, I'm dumping the scenario with loops/barrel rolls and going to stick to something more tied into reality. Actually, an important element in this story is his ability in...

Sorry 'pb' it was you who referred to this tactic... . Mick

Tim, hope the fun and games were good! Yes this is precisely what I want to avoid – that tired old Hollywood thing of exaggeration for maximum dramatic effect. Forgetting the cloud scenario for the moment I think it was you who might have commented on our Lanc. suddenly cutting speed so that...

Trackend Thanks for this. Quite so – if anyone would know, someone who flew the thing in combat should ! I think I'll take myself off to Duxford one of these days...

Thanks for coming back on this, Marcel. But just to be clear, banking involves the side-to-side movement of the joystick? I would want to show this detail to the audience...

Marcel I'm going to go with the "break". Could you possibly help me with the controls used? Hazarding an educated guess here, but I imagine ailerons (control stick) + increased/full throttle + rudder (foot pedals). Any other controls? Has his flight engineer got any direct involvement here...

Hope this doesn't sound too far fetched – well it probably does – but I'll run it past you anyway: My intention is to have the Lancaster dive for cover into a storm cloud (to hide) followed by the FW-190. The Lanc. immediately climbs to loop back up and over the chasing fighter, getting behind...

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Thanks. You see I want his flight engineer to tell him it can't be done – then the pilot goes and proves him wrong. My intention is to make the character appear inclined toward recklessness. He's just a risk-taker. Should you recall that reference... Mick

Pbfoot That's really my point. Is it theoretically possible? Would the airframe be able to handle the huge stresses and strains. Would there be enough engine power to carry out the manoeuvre? And, as you point out, it's on the return journey leg, so no bomb load. It's a film, not real life, so...

Tim My bomber is returning from a night sortie over Berlin and is crossing the Channel in an early summer dawn. These times don't need to be too precise for the purposes of the film. The important part is to reinforce the impression – to the audience – early on, that this pilot has a really...

Okay. So keep all four engines to give him at least some hope in this very uneven, one-sided duel. I desperately want to give my pilot-hero flying skills that do not defy belief and are ones that a veteran watching this movie, as much as the average layman movie-goer, will accept as credible...