Matt.H
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For anyone interested.
Dambusters - Building the boucing 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?"
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DJMartin07
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Thanks for reminding me about that being on Matt. Defo gonna be watching that. The war interests me alot cos of having my Gt Grandad surviving it even though his ship is at the bottom of the Med, and my Gt Gt Uncle surviving the war as a Hurricane pilot and flying in the B.O.B. I wonder what we can find out on the experiment. Might help out more when it comes to the re-make movie of the Dambusters too. 
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C2RL R
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Is this new? I saw a program about bouncing bombs about 6 years ago and it was a great watch. Infact even if it's the same program I'll watch it again.
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DJMartin07
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quote:
Originally posted by C2RL R
Is this new? I saw a program about bouncing bombs about 6 years ago and it was a great watch. Infact even if it's the same program I'll watch it again.
Yes mate, it is new. It's to celebrate it being 70 years since it happened, by trying to reconstruct it for real again, and to tell some of the secrets that haven't been told before about it. 
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C2RL R
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Ok cool. Will have to record it as the snooker final is on.
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AndyKent
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Was good that, Canadian pilots were quality 
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