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Originally Posted by Kiwi When peter Jackson is asked about a WW1 movie he says that making movies is work, WW1 aeroplanes are for fun. i.e. he doesn't mix work with his hobby. |
*** Dont blame him one bit,when they completed the 'Blue Max' film the intention was to round up all of the aeroplanes and do a re-make of 'Hells Angels' unfortunately with the flop of 'Darlin Lil' at the box office ( there were no DVD's in those days to support the movies) they had second thoughts and cancelled the plans to build a Gotha replica,concentrating instead on that strange 'Biggles' film,the film props were made by a company called Viking Wood products down in Wiltshire,we had an Avro 504,DH.2,Zeppelin gondola etc stored locally,these looked good from a distance but on closer inspection had steel for struts and undercarriages,just the sort of thing that the film companies love to throw around ! they served the purpose and could be 'flown' from cranes and easily crashed for the more dramatic sequences.
The flying in the 'Blue Max' was genuine,even to flying through that bridge in Ireland,they did it by positioning poles in a line and flying with great precision,I think there was something like seven feet either side of the Fokker Triplanes wing so it must have been a bit hairy scary.