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RAF operations in Waziristan in the early XX century

Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:27 am

These films were made by a RAF pilot during their operations in Waziristan to quelch the insurrecting villages. Great flying using Hawker Audax.

Go to the link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2 ... istan.html

and just scroll down a bit It's just after an image add for the "complet handbook for the amateur movie maker"

The pilot himself does the commentary on the films, this was a BBC programme.

Image

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waziristan

and the Audax

Image

from http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/aircraft/audax.html

Re: RAF operations in Waziristan in the early XX century

Wed Jun 20, 2012 1:40 pm

Good looking aircraft. It makes me wonder how quickly they'll regress when we pull out.

Re: RAF operations in Waziristan in the early XX century

Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:31 pm

muddyboots wrote:Good looking aircraft. It makes me wonder how quickly they'll regress when we pull out.


For a society that fights tooth and nail to remain in the 12th century? Not long at all :roll:

Re: RAF operations in Waziristan in the early XX century

Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:29 pm

Fantastic bit of filming,thanks for posting the link.All those series of Hawker biplanes are beauties,they look and sound perfect to me.
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