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I love it when someone takes a silly but simple idea and logically works it out to its end. Such as, for instance, "wouldn't it have been cool if 1970s TV sci-fi had been filmed with real spaceships rather than models, and they now appeared at air shows".

Thus: the Sci-Fi Air Show.

Read about the Orion (since Pan-Am went bust, now operated by United, hence the new paint job). Or the Eagle Transporter, kept flying by the large pile of spares procured from BAe to cover the frequent crashes during stunt flying. (The AAIB report on this incident is legendary in flight safety circles.) And it's worth pausing the slideshow to see some other craft creeping into the background here and there. (Look in the background to the right here.)

It's a lovely joke. But I want this picture to be real so much it hurts.

Date: 2010-06-22 06:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lil-shepherd.livejournal.com
Great stuff. Thanks for the link.

*Geeks out at the sight of the Flying Sub*

Date: 2010-06-22 06:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daveon.livejournal.com
Oh, wow, that is so wonderful. Thanks for that.

Date: 2010-06-22 07:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] steer.livejournal.com
Wow -- that would be a super amazing thing to be at.

Date: 2010-06-22 08:06 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] the-magician.livejournal.com
Whoever put this together gets a virtual standing ovation from me!

Thanks for pointing it out, it's F-A-B!

Date: 2010-06-22 08:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com
Lovely - took me a moment to identify the SHADO interceptor, but it was nice to see it.

Date: 2010-06-22 09:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peteyoung.livejournal.com
Most excellent! But where's Thunderbird 5?

Date: 2010-06-22 10:04 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Thanks Simon. This made me laugh out loud, then get rather envious. Would love to see the Orion operative.

Date: 2010-06-22 11:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sbisson.livejournal.com
Beautiful work.

Date: 2010-06-23 11:57 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] watervole.livejournal.com
What a neat idea!

Date: 2010-06-23 02:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ben-jeapes.livejournal.com
I want an Angel flypast.

I also want the Zero-X doing orbital trips alongside the Orion.

And Cloudbase as a kind of Duxford overflow. In fact the whole airshow could relocate to Cloudbase and tour the planet.

Curse my puny Photoshop skills.

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