piece of cake dvd

[kenderoz]

 Hi everyone.

 Guy's my wife Sue,gave me a late  birthday present the other day.Piece of  cake
 on DVD, very good, also the flying sequences are longer than i remember
 when it was shown on tv.

  Hope everyone's well. take care  Ken.

[Clive From Canada]

That's a really nice gift. I have it on VHS and I agree, the flying is spectacular! I don't recall seeing the whole thing. It was on Masterpiece Theatre I believe.

Cheers,
Clive. Stranded in the colonies. (Canada)

[cirrus]

   Hello Ken/Clive!

   I have seen the Empire of Sun and A Dark Blue World I have them on VHS,

   now its time for a Piece of Cake maybe it is even better!!

   More "spectacular flying" is it so Clive?

   Regards,
   Krister.

[Carolyn Grace]

I can report that Nick flew his restored ME109 in Piece of Cake - he was the 'badie'

Carolyn Grace

[cirrus]

      Good Evening!

      Well another good reason to by that DVD! I just checked out

      where to find it in my hometown Örebro so first thing tomorrow!

      I have allso found a book when I was looking for somthing else

      about a nice fellow well connect to Duxford!!

     I will post a few lines about that later!

     Regards,
     Krister.

[Clive From Canada]

Hi Cirrus;

I haven't seen those other films so I can't comment on their aerial sequences. You should see the Spitfire flown down a river bed and under the bridge. Wow! That was something to see.

I can comment further on Carolyn's comment about Nick being a "baddie" in the film. He is the fellow who fires at the two girls on the ground. Won't say anymore about it but it is an entertaining film.

Cheers,
Clive. Stranded in the colonies. (Canada)

[James Wheeler]

I must get this on DVD, I remember watching it as a child (that should depress some of you )

Dark Blue World is quite good for it's aerial sequences - the thing that I find difficult about the film is that it seems to leap forward in time through the war without any real notification about what is going on - only someone with an idea of the type of missions the RAF were flying at various times would have a reasonable idea of what period the film is in at any given time.

Empire of Sun i quite liked.

I believe it was Ray Hanna who flew under the bridge, fantastic!

[cirrus]

   Hello again fellows!!

   More interesting for us maybe?

   I found a book at our flying club written of Geoffry Wellum who become the yougest fighterpilot ever to join the RAF only 17years old!
   He fly Spitfire at Duxford in the 92a and 65e sqvadron and allso take part in the battle of Malta under Tony lowell in 1435 division,
   I read the book nonstop, wery interesting and it give a good insight of the days a fighterpilot has to go through.
   The last year of the war he was a testpilot for Gloster Aircraft  (Typoon) and later an artelliriinstruktor,
    retire from RAF in 1961 and settle down in Cornwall.

   Anyone who nows more maybe??!

   Regards,
   Krister. 

[James Wheeler]

The book is called "First Light" i think, very good read!

[rrmerlin]

Yes, "First Light is a fantastic read and Geoffrey Wellum is often interviewed and quoted in documentaries.  When I had a flight at Duxford in the Tiger Moth is was a drizzlely day with lots of storm clouds so It made for a realistic ride getting the full brunt of the rain in the face as I tried to fly from the front cockpit.  It reminded me of Geoff's first solo cross country from Kidlington in terrible weather where he landed at Upavon instead of Netheravon and had quite a banter with the watch officer who seemed to be the only person (and disagreeable) on the Aerodrome.  Quite hilarious banter I might add.  This book really makes you appreciate what others have done for us.
David

[MikeKippes]

A lot of superb flying in "Piece of Cake" - I've only seen it on Masterpiece Theater here in the states.
I've always had it that it was Ray Hanna flying under the bridge.
My best,
Mike

[Clive From Canada]

A lot of superb flying in "Piece of Cake" - I've only seen it on Masterpiece Theater here in the states.
I've always had it that it was Ray Hanna flying under the bridge.
My best,
Mike

That's where I saw bits and pieces of Piece of Cake as well! I agree it was Ray Hanna who flew under the bridge as well. Oh by the way, it can be found on YouTube as well if anyone wants to see it.

I found my copy on VHS on Ebay. I think it set me back $15.00 which is a bargain!

Cheers,
Clive. Stranded in the colonies. (Canada)

[Spitfire crank]

Never seen it in the shops RRP is £16.99 but currently www.simplyhe.co.uk tel 0844 848 2112 are offering the six episodes on 2 DVDs for £10.99 plus P&P

[Spitfire crank]

£10.99 was the price I paid but just visited the website and it on there for £8.59 in the TV drama section