Some beautifully filmed current day flying, wartime footage, current day still shots of the plane, and accounts from the pilots who fought in them adds up to one very impressive documentary. BBC4 delivers again.
BBC iPlayer - Spitfire
Here >> BBC iPlayer - Spitfire if it opens at 24m44s, there's a cockpit shot. On the upper right hand side of the fuselage's inside there is what appears to be sort of small shelf with two ball sort of things and (by the looks) provision for a third. Does anyone know what they are? In a subsequent shot (different plane) it can be seen again but whatever is on the 'shelf' is less spherical.
Also, there is a shot from the rear of a grounded plane of the control to the rudder. Either side there appear to be a metal lump. Masses to dampen an aero induced vibration?
Anyway, don't watch it to answer my questions, watch it for the beautifully made documentary on a fantastic piece of engineering and the people who's lives it touched that it is.
BBC iPlayer - Spitfire
Here >> BBC iPlayer - Spitfire if it opens at 24m44s, there's a cockpit shot. On the upper right hand side of the fuselage's inside there is what appears to be sort of small shelf with two ball sort of things and (by the looks) provision for a third. Does anyone know what they are? In a subsequent shot (different plane) it can be seen again but whatever is on the 'shelf' is less spherical.
Also, there is a shot from the rear of a grounded plane of the control to the rudder. Either side there appear to be a metal lump. Masses to dampen an aero induced vibration?
Anyway, don't watch it to answer my questions, watch it for the beautifully made documentary on a fantastic piece of engineering and the people who's lives it touched that it is.