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V1 Rocket Display Omaka Airshow NZ 2017

Discussion in 'Living History' started by Clint_NZ, Apr 18, 2017.

  1. Clint_NZ

    Clint_NZ New Member

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    I personally didn't film these videos, I discovered them on You Tube. A V1 Rocket is launched and a Spitfire intercepts at the end.



    and a view from the ramp;

     
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    CAC Ace of Spades

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    That's pretty cool sh#t mate...
     
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  3. Martin Bull

    Martin Bull Acting Wg. Cdr

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    Looks nice - it's a 3/4 scale RC model powered by turbofans. And once again - the V1 wasn't a rocket.....
     
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    Pulse (jet) engine...lots of little pushes...
     
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  5. Skipper

    Skipper Kommodore

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    Excellent show and I hope it will teach people that the V1 flew horizontally and should be called a cruise missile . The mistake comes from Vergeltungswaffe = reprisal weapon (generic term for both missile , rocket or any other weapon) which does not mention the specifcity.

    For our overseas friends who won't have the opportunity to cross the oceans, I suggest a similar display in the Somme (France) which great reproduction on site at the former V1 base at Avesnes-Chaussoy.

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