DC-4 Tanker 57-Dam bomber on UK TV -Barnes Wallis recreation

[Flat 12x2]

On UK TV they are trailering an upcoming documentary recreating in real life Barnes Wallis's WWII dam busting bouncing bomb. In the trailers on TV you can see they are using Tanker 57 with the bomb externally mounted underneath
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dambusters-building-the-bouncing-bomb

"Cambridge engineer Dr Hugh Hunt tries to recreate Barnes Wallis's famous Second World War bouncing bomb, and blow up a specially constructed dam in Canada"
Next on Channel 4
Mon 02 May, 8PM
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This programme will be on 4oD as soon as possible after broadcast.

"Dambusters: Building The Bouncing Bomb

In 1939, visionary aircraft designer Barnes Wallis designed a very special bomb that would bounce across water and destroy German dams. The raid in 1943 was a success and a 1950s feature film carried the the Dambusters story into British legend.

The science behind the bouncing bomb is highly complex, and many of Barnes Wallis' vital working calculations have been lost. Now, Cambridge engineer Dr Hugh Hunt, is going to attempt to solve the scientific puzzle of exactly how Wallis did it. Starting from scratch, he will rediscover the brilliance of Wallis's achievement when he tries to hit a dam with a bouncing bomb.

It is the first time this has been attempted since the war. Hugh will be assisted by dam engineers, explosives experts, mechanics and pilots who specialise in low altitude flying.

A vintage Second World War aircraft is modified to carry a bomb the size of an oil drum. It will then fly dangerously low over a Canadian lake and try to release the bomb at the perfect point so that it bounces across the water onto a specially-constructed 130-foot-wide dam. If they're successful they'll blow the dam sky-high.

No CGI, no special effects; this is for real.

The film also interweaves the fascinating historical story of Barnes Wallis and 617 Squadron with this present-tense narrative.

The experiment is complex and low flying is extremely dangerous. Can history be repeated?"

Not the same trailer as on TV, but great footage.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dambusters-building-the-bouncing-bomb/articles/preview-clips

[K5DH]

Is that Buffalo's airplane?

[Dewayne Doud]

yep it is a buffalo DC4. looks like an interesting tv show!

[bdk]

I love those dam engineers!

[Chris Brame]

Wait a minute. They're taking a DC-4, buzzing a lake and dropping a live bomb?!? What kind of hoops did the producers have to jump through to get permission to do this?

[JohnB]

They're dropping a bomb on a Canadian lake?

Better hope the beavers don't have much flak.

[bdk]

The bombing is in self-defense.

[b29flteng]

We can't see the clip here in the U.S.

[Flat 12x2]

Wait a minute. They're taking a DC-4, buzzing a lake and dropping a live bomb?!? What kind of hoops did the producers have to jump through to get permission to do this?

I'm not sure its a live bomb (the program hasn't aired yet, so just going by the clips),my take is they drop a dummy bomb to recreate the dropping and later explode a live bomb that is placed where the dropped bomb landed.

[Flat 12x2]

We can't see the clip here in the U.S.

There are ways around that, unfortunately I'm no PC geek so don't know how to do it , just know you can.

EDIT to add I just had a thought , so I had a quick search on youtube and I hope you can see these. (I know sometimes the UK can't see USA stuff on youtube, so....)

Clip 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JEleN3VMeE&feature=relmfu
clip 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IeGYkwVIWw

[tom d. friedman]

what is the target?? it will be interesting to see those bomb cylinders bouncing off the water!!

[Flat 12x2]

what is the target?? it will be interesting to see those bomb cylinders bouncing off the water!!

Do the youtube links not work Tom ? Its a small dam built for the experiment.

[Flat 12x2]

OK, found some pics that I could post

[b29flteng]

The youtube link won't work either.

[CAPFlyer]

YouTube link is "country specific" to the UK only.