Don't Kill Your Friends- Must See!

[51fixer]

http://archive.org/details/DontKillYourFriends

[JOHN MILLER]

[Baldeagle]

Anybody know why the runway markings as they land say "34" and then below that "8" in a circle? If it's runway 34 what is the 8 for?



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[Stephan Wilkinson]

Without going back and watching the film again--spare me--I think it was a B, not an 8. Like maybe they had A and B parallel runways, which we'd today call R and L.

[Baldeagle]

Nope, try again, it's definately an 8



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[JDK]

Here's a screengrab. It's at 07:48 in the film.



As to why '8' I've no idea. For a guess, could it be a particular field identifier where several airfields are close together and trainees landing at the wrong base?

[airnutz]

Good guess. Maybe an ID for one of numerous Auxliary Airfield's or NOLF's.

Cool vid, Huntz Hall escapes the East Side and goes to war.

[51fixer]

I think the flying was filmed here-
http://www.airfieldsdatabase.com/WW2/WW ... 43%20C.jpg

[Baldeagle]

Thanks for the actor ID, interesting guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntz_Hall

Can't tell from the airfield photo if all the numbers in the circles are the same or not-




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[Clifford Bossie]

Good guess. Maybe an ID for one of numerous Auxliary Airfield's or NOLF's.

Cool vid, Huntz Hall escapes the East Side and goes to war.

A scary thought: "Sach" as a pilot!

[RareBear]

Looking at the still photo of NAS Melbourne, it appears that the runway ends are numbered sequentially, starting with rwy 31 as "1", and going counter-clockwise, ending with rwy 34 as "8".

Walt

[SPANNERmkV]

GREAT FIND- I loved the East Side Kids/Bowery Boys movies.
"Angels with Dirty Faces" is a great movie!

And more importantly what AWESOME Wildcat footage!

Thanks for posting,

SPANNER

[airnutz]

A scary thought: "Sach" as a pilot!

Dilbert wasn't a stretch from his character!