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Archive for film footage relating to aviation research

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SEAPLANE TAKES OFF FROM KIRBISTER LOCH,ORKNEY.

What is believed to have been the first ever landing by plane on Kirbister Loch was made on Friday 25th June 2010 by An American pilot and his companion in Cessna N260MX. here is a shot of it taking off for Norway. Thanks to Spoogchild on You Tube for taking this footage.

SPITFIRE OVER ORKNEY 3^rd JUNE 2010

Spitfire T9 PT462 G-CTIX displayed over Kirkwall and performed a flypast at the former Spitfire base at Skeabrae. She was brought north through the combined efforts of Neil Thain in Orkney and Derek Mowat, an Orcadian in Edinburgh, who also knows the Spitfire's owner. The event was funded by public subscription.

Neil's reward was a back seat ride on the Skeabrae trip which included a low go around and ended in formation with Cessna 182 G-WIFE running west towards Birsay. It was thoroughly well deserved given his efforts. Big grins all round.

Great footage from ARGOS member Andrew Brown.

SPITFIRE OVER KIRKWALL HARBOUR 3.6.2010.

Some great footage of the Spitfire display over Kirkwall Harbour by a guy named Sean from Orkney, thanks Sean, if you would like full credit for this movie thence stand forth and be recognised. The display was organized by Neil Thain and possible through sponsors in Orkney,best watched in full screen mode,click diagonal arrows at bottom right of You Tube screen.

ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY Replica SE5-A KIRKWALL.

Some footage found of the WW1 biplane over Kirkwall Bay, if anyone took more footage of this please upload it to You Tube and we will gladly add it and acknowledge it on here. This film was by `Dafsorkneybirding`.

PITTS SPECIAL AEROBATIC/STUNT PLANE - KIRKWALL.

More footage from the air display over Kirkwall, this time by a Pitts Special stunt biplane, again thanks to `Dafsorkneybirding` for posting this on You Tube.

Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless.

We have recently discovered there were two aircraft of this type which crashed on Orkney due to engine failures, one a couple miles S of Grimsetter and the other off the runway at Hatston.

The specifications of the Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless.

Attack on Scapa Flow 1945

A 'what if' scenario of an attack on the British Fleet at the RN base at Scapa Flow. A last ditch effort to salvage some pride....or a suicide mission? A great computer simulation of an attack by Luftwaffe Ju88s on the home fleet.

Buccaneer Aircraft of 12 Squadron

Following 12 Squadrons participation in NATO training exercise Opengate back when they were equipped with the Blackburn Buccaneer. The part of the enemy ship is played by HMS Kent of the Royal Navy. It was a 12 Sq Buccaneer that was lost in the sea off Copinsay in 1987, (see Orkney Underwater Sites page ) for details, this film give you an idea of the role of the Buccaneer and type of excercise these aircraft carried out.

`NO ALIBI` Part 1

This is a previously unreleased light-hearted semi-documentary about the hazards and accidents around WW2 airfields, A wife questions some of her husbands accidents during his service as a pilot in the war, includes all of the types flown in the isles such as the Spitfire,Mosquito and Oxford, an interesting little tale.

`NO ALIBI` Part 2

SAAB 340 LANDING AT SUMBURGH

Just to keep our Civil Aviation buffs happy, here`s a quality movie of a landing on runway 33 at Sumburgh Airport,Shetland by Capt Mark Taylor and Sen First Officer Jonathon Crawford, a tricky place to land in a cross wind but filmed on a calm clear day, even so it dosen`t stop you wondering whether he`s going to hit Sumburgh Head though.

F-14 `Tomcat` BU-159588 - VF-32 USN SQ - OFF ORKNEY 14/9/1976.

The F-14 suffered a jammed throttle while on an exercise with aircraft carrier USS John F.Kennedy on 14/9/1976 it ran off the edge of the carrier, fortunately the two crew ejected and parachuted on to the deck of the ship.

Whitley Z9383 Search on Foula Isle

A Search on Foula Isle for any remains of an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Z9382. The aircraft crashed in a field behind South Biggins on 2nd April 1943 after aircraft began to suffer violent vibrations due to elevator problems, they were flying from 612 Sq airfield at Wick, in the crash the Whitley broke in half but fortunately all the crew were OK and rescued. Aircraft was completely recovered by 56 MU, but we needed to find the spot, with permission from landowners a metal detector search was made and just one bolt and a few tiny pieces of alloy were found, the bolt fortunately had the number identifying the aircraft type.Our thanks to Eric Isbister for helping locate the site.

F-18 `Hornet` crash in Shetland

Great video of Paul Newmark flying his F-18 US Navy Hornet jet in the Shetland Isles,some stunning shots until its eventual demise. Back to the drawing board.

Vickers Wellesley long Range Bomber.

In this film we see various clips of this unusual bomber type under construction and on flights to Australia. A.R.G.O.S has recently become aware of an aircraft of this type K7734 being lost East of Orkney while on a long distance flight on 24th February 1938.

Spitfire Squadrons - 331 and 332 Norwegians at Skeabrae.

This film footage shows in the first couple of minutes Norwegian fighter pilots at Skeabrae, footage shows Spitfires & billet huts and men of the two squadrons going about their daily routine when they were based there from Aug 1941 - May 1942. Aircraft seen in this film are Spitfires FN-A AR291, FN-B AR326 and FN-J R7262.

SCAPA FLOW WRECK DIVE - WARWICK BV417

A dive by ARGOS member Ben Wade on aircraft remains off Fara Isle in Scapa Flow that of a Vickers Warwick ASR aircraft that ditched in 1944. In the video we see the ribbed structure of the Port Side bomb bay with part of the tubular overhead long range fuel tank and bomb crutches. (See Orkney Projects page). Thanks to Kevin Brown for the help in the ID of this piece of wreckage.

IN THE DRINK - Part 1

This WW2 circa 1942 training film shows what happens when the crew of a RAF bomber are forced to ditch in the sea, a very interesting film in view of our research into the Warwick that ditched off Fara Isle,Scapa Flow in 1944.

IN THE DRINK PT2

First deck landing on a carrier in Scapa Flow August 1917.

A tragic event in 1917 when Cmdr Dunning goes over the edge of the carrier into Scapa Flow during the first deck landing trials.

Miles Martinet on Rousay.

A survey by members of ARGOS of the crash site. On 1st May 1944 The Martinet on a rountine exercise was forced to make a crash landing on the Isle of Rousey due to either airframe or mechanical problems, unfortunately the aircraft hit rising ground and the two crew died in the crash. More details are to be found on this website on the Orkney Land Crash Site page.

A visit to the Lockheed Hudson crash site on the Isle of Hoy.

In May 2007 a visit was made to the crash site of Lockheed Hudson N7310 on Hoy by future members of the ARGOS team. This aircraft of 220 squadron at RAF Wick,Scotland had left the airfield on a routine patrol on 19th March 1941, but for some reason,perhaps a change in wind direction or speed,the aircraft deviated slightly from its intended track and in low cloud at around 1,500ft it crashed into a hill on the Isle of Hoy,all 4 crew Sgt R.D.Harris, Sgt G.E,.Towe, Sgt H.C.Street and Sgt W.Wood were killed.

Spitfire camera gun training film.

RAF training film using camera guns for fighter tactics, the two Seafires that collided near Woodwick,Evie would have been on a similar exercise to this.

A FIGHTER HAS CRASHED PART 1

An RAF training film which shows what should be done to save an injured pilot in the event of a crash landing,think how many lives could have been saved if everyone had known all this.

A FIGHTER HAS CRASHED PART 2

Research by a Canadian group into the loss of a 404 Squadron

Beaufighter in Norway

With good footage on both the Beaufighters and a dive on one of the squadron aircraft. A Bristol Blenheim of 404 Sq crashed on Grunay,Out Skerries,Shetland with the loss of 3 crew on a return trip from Norway on 21/2/42 and another Blenheim of 404 crashed in the sea nr Lady Holme off Sumburgh on 6/10/42 also losing 3 crew.

Beaufighter & Mosquito strike wing attacking shipping off Norwegian coast.

It was a Mosquito of this wing that crashed off Stronsay killing the Navigator and injuring the pilot following an attack by friendly fighters. (see Orkney Underwater Crash Sites) page.

Diving on a Bristol Beaufighter.

Fantastic footage of a dive on a Beaufighter in the Greek Islands, footage like this will be an invaluble source for ID of aircraft wrecks off the Islands.

THE FAIREY SWORDFISH

Excellent footage of the old `Stringbag` in WWII showing carrier landings etc, the Swordfish of course flew both training flights and ops from both Hatston & Twatt during the war.

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