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Offline Air Ministry .

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no highway in the sky movie
« on: August 26, 2016, 10:33:37 AM »


Neville Shute Movie , An Aircraft Designer .Wrote the book.

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Re: no highway in the sky movie
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2016, 12:11:20 PM »
That was a great movie. Saw it twice. Thanks for the memory
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Re: no highway in the sky movie
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2016, 03:03:24 AM »
Neville Shute or, Neville Shute Norway to give hime his full name, was a very experienced aeroplane designer, he worked with Barnes Wallis on the design of the R100 airship before WW2 and he also started the Airspeed aircraft company who built many wonderfull aeropanes.  His autobiography "Slide Rule" is still one of my favorite books and a must read for any one interested in aero engineering.
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Re: no highway in the sky movie
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2016, 09:38:24 AM »
Couldn't agree more - I love it, book and film.  Slide Rule is also great, but for my money the absolute best of his books is Trustee From The Toolroom: fiction, and based on the premise that model engineers are an international brotherhood - as indeed they (we?) are.  Somebody should have filmed it long ago - Charles Bronson would have made a great Jack Donelly!
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Re: no highway in the sky movie
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2016, 10:47:24 AM »
On a three hour drive home from a Lost Hills FF contest, I happened to find on the car radio a rebroadcast of the old Lux radio show, No Highway. Same actors as the movie. Great entertainment! No Highway and Spirit Of St. Louis, two of my favorite Jimmy Stewart aviation movies.

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Re: no highway in the sky movie
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2016, 09:22:38 PM »
For any of you guys whom are Apple product users, "No highway in the sky" is available on iTunes, along with "Strategic Air Command" and lots of other good ones  :)!


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