Adrian Roberts Posted 30 August , 2013 Share Posted 30 August , 2013 Yes, definitely from 'Hells Angels'. I think that is a great movie scene as the evil 'pantomine' German commander orders his men overboard, and they salute him, before jumping to the deaths - for the Fatherland. I wonder if Hughes got his idea for that scene from the (unmanned) sub-cloud car jettisoned over Essex in 1916, and which hung suspended from the roof of the Imperial War Museum until the recent renovation work began. I do hope it will return. Aspern: the trouble is that people who see the film believe that this sort of thing happened. The best bit is Jean Harlow "Wait while I slip into something more comfortable!" So they've moved the cloud car? With the WW1 anniversary approaching, the IWM seem to be intent on removing everything WW1-related - the aeroplanes such as Culley's Camel, the "First shot" gun from HMS Lance. Have learnt a lot - always assumed a Zeppelin was a Zeppelin - didn't know there were other 'brands' - you learn something new every day. Ant - about 20 Schutte-Lanz airships were built. Robinson's victim was SL XI. They looked similar to a Zeppelin but were made of wood not Duralumin, so they didn't last long even without getting shot down. However they did introduce some innovations which Zeppelin pinched - the cruciform tail, the more streamlined shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan Posted 31 August , 2013 Share Posted 31 August , 2013 Yeah, as Adrian said. Random scary SL photo - SL5: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspern Posted 31 August , 2013 Share Posted 31 August , 2013 So they've moved the cloud car? With the WW1 anniversary approaching, the IWM seem to be intent on removing everything WW1-related - the aeroplanes such as Culley's Camel, the "First shot" gun from HMS Lance. Hi Adrian The IWM have closed the main hall and stripped out everything while completly redesigning the space for the centenary. There's a video of the work on the IWM website. I am presuming - and hoping - that all the good stuff will go back when the work is finished. It could be amazing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Roberts Posted 31 August , 2013 Share Posted 31 August , 2013 Milan - Great pic, if this was Facebook, I'd click on "Like", or put it in one of those "Massive Fail" compilations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan Posted 1 September , 2013 Share Posted 1 September , 2013 No prob, Adrian - btw, there's a much larger and cleaner photo (you can see the 'SL5' and the German cross) on this page with lots of other great (fail!) images scanned from the 1938 German book on Peter Strasser: http://www.debooks4u.com/german-naval-zeppelin-book-peter-strasser-airship-ww1-raid-england-l12-l33-wwi-p-442.html?osCsid=5f97e082b29fbbbad43c390bc4954e4c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kath Posted 1 September , 2013 Share Posted 1 September , 2013 Thanks for the link, Milan. Great photos. Kath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofatfortakeoff Posted 17 September , 2013 Share Posted 17 September , 2013 Kath have we talked about Royal Edward? there is a book.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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