Ben Branch
January 31, 2021
Rise Like The Phoenix is a fascinating 1990s-era documentary about a mission to recover six P-51 Mustang fighter planes from a nuclear test site in the Australian desert called Emu Field.
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Ben Branch
December 11, 2020
The Boeing Stearman Model 75 was the most prolific American biplane trainer aircraft of the Second World War, over 10,000 were built and…
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Ben Branch
November 19, 2020
This 1944 North American P-51D Mustang is currently for sale, it’s in the midst of a full restoration – once complete it will…
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Ben Branch
October 8, 2020
This table was made using three damaged propellers from a North American T-28 Trojan – they were almost certainly damaged from a belly landing…
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Ben Branch
October 4, 2020
This is a 1940 Royal Navy instructional film about the safe operation of ship-based catapults for launching aircraft like the Supermarine Walrus. The…
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Ben Branch
September 30, 2020
This is the Airfix “Quickbuild Kit” of the legendary Supermarine Walrus, an amphibious biplane that first flew in 1935 and would save the…
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Ben Branch
September 5, 2020
The story of the WWII-era Radioplanes can’t be told without mentioning that it was in the Radioplane factory that Marilyn Monroe was discovered, thanks…
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Ben Branch
August 29, 2020
This 1:16 scale Sopwith Camel model kit by Hasegawa has breathtaking detail throughout, it’s been designed to be displayed uncovered with no fabric…
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Ben Branch
August 16, 2020
“How To Fly The B-26 Airplane” is an original WWII training film for new trainee pilots, to help familiarize them with the legendary Martin…
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Ben Branch
August 9, 2020
Spitfire Sisters is a documentary about the female members of the British ATA, or Air Transport Auxiliary, a civilian organisation of pilots who…
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Ben Branch
August 2, 2020
This one hour documentary shows the restoration of a WWII era De Havilland Mosquito, from an empty abandoned shell to a fully equipped aircraft…
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Ben Branch
August 1, 2020
The most memorable vehicles in the M*A*S*H TV series were almost certainly the twin Bell 47 choppers that featured heavily in the opening credits – the…
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