Col. Culpeper's flying circus

Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:33 am

Does anyone know of a copy of this BBC documentary?

T J

Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:44 am

Yes, it's a superb programme.

Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:15 am

Best part of it is when Lefty arrives and parks the P-51 the front yard

after crossing the road. Wish I could do the same.

If no one has a copy, it would take me awhile to dig it out of storage :shock:

Lynn

Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:18 am

Has it been reissued on DVD?

Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:30 am

Warbirdnerd wrote:Has it been reissued on DVD?

If I can come across it I can put it on DVD....

Lynn

Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:34 am

The Skyfire story on him has him arriving home in the 38, buzzing the house and taxiing right up to the door also.
Great video.

Thu Dec 21, 2006 1:22 pm

I was in Harligen when they were filming it. I too would like to find a copy.

Robbie

Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:49 pm

Looking for a copy???
Try this link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/ ... 11-5587025

Mudge the researcher

Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:10 pm

Thanks a lot Mudge. The xmas present from T J to T J with best wishes has just been ordered. Haven't seen this documentary for over 20 years. Look forward to see it again!

T J

Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:25 pm

If you look close, I'm getting sworn in as a new Col. by Col. "Tennesee" Ernie Ford. I had long hair back then. I wish I had some of it back.

Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:42 am

It is indeed a fantastic documentary, and as a kid it was the first thing I ever saw regarding the Confederate Air Force. A nice introduction to what they do I think.

That very low pass in the P-51D by Lefty Gardner is stunning to watch.

TJ et al. There is a short CAF documentary as an extra on the recently rereleased DVD of "Spitfire Over Australia" too. It's much in the same tradtion with some nice footage.

http://www.digitalhome.com.au/Music_And ... adron/8988

Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:45 pm

I got a new copy off of ebay about 2 months ago.

Does anyone have a copy of the movie "The History Of The Ghost Squadron" from 1975. It is one hour and i remeber watching it iver and over again when the CAF was in Harlingen.

Aero

Sat Dec 23, 2006 5:33 pm

Have you tried Belle and Blade, in Denville NJ. They specialize in these kinds of videos and usually have a pretty big booth set up at the fly mart at Oshkosh every Year.

Steve

Sat Dec 23, 2006 5:36 pm

aerojock wrote:Does anyone have a copy of the movie "The History Of The Ghost Squadron" from 1975. It is one hour and i remeber watching it iver and over again when the CAF was in Harlingen.

Aero

Is this the movie that shows the B-29s being guillotined at Davis Monthan at the very beginning? I thought that film was just called "Ghost Squadron", but it may be the same one...

Sat Dec 23, 2006 5:42 pm

Here is the Belle and Blade Web page. I have had pretty good luck with them and usually if they can't get it no one can.

http://www.warshows.com/StoreFront.bok