Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted December 15, 2022 Posted December 15, 2022 Just finished watching Flying Down to Rio, a 1933 film featuring Fred Astaire with Ginger Rogers (of course!). Included was an "Aerial Show," sort of a "Busbee Berkeley Takes to the Skies" kinda thing. Primitive special effects, but enjoyable nonetheless!
Clay Mosby Posted December 15, 2022 Posted December 15, 2022 Got a kick out of the gals dancing around with stiletto heels. On a Cloth Wing!
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 15, 2022 Posted December 15, 2022 Didn't think those old planes could handle that size payload, shifting back and forth, side to side.
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted December 15, 2022 Author Posted December 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Didn't think those old planes could handle that size payload, shifting back and forth, side to side. One is expected to engage in a bit of suspension of disbelief... and admire the girls more than the aeroplanes.
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 15, 2022 Posted December 15, 2022 WAIT!!! You mean to tell us that those girls weren't REALLY on the wings of those planes in flight? I'm SHOCKED! Yes, SHOCKED!
Eyesa Horg Posted December 15, 2022 Posted December 15, 2022 Surprised that many don't interfere with air flow over the wing. Maybe why they use bi-planes.
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted December 16, 2022 Posted December 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: One is expected to engage in a bit of suspension of disbelief... and admire the girls more than the aeroplanes. I can do that. ........ the latter moreso than the former .........
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted December 16, 2022 Author Posted December 16, 2022 58 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said: Surprised that many don't interfere with air flow over the wing. Maybe why they use bi-planes. That's a good portion of the "Suspension of Disbelief" part. (And don't even begin to ponder weight payload and center of gravity!) [*ahem* - I had to look this up: apparently the brassiere became popular during the 1930's. This film was made in 1933, apparently before the trend took hold. ]
Clay Mosby Posted December 16, 2022 Posted December 16, 2022 6 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: That's a good portion of the "Suspension of Disbelief" part. (And don't even begin to ponder weight payload and center of gravity!) [*ahem* - I had to look this up: apparently the brassiere became popular during the 1930's. This film was made in 1933, apparently before the trend took hold. ] I noticed that too, but wasn't gonna say anything.
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