HBO's The Mighty Eighth TV series

[Eichhörnchen]

What's the latest on this, anybody know?

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/08/29/hbos-the-mighty-eighth-an-update-its-getting-close-500-million-budget/

[Commander Wallace]

What's the latest on this, anybody know?

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/08/29/hbos-the-mighty-eighth-an-update-its-getting-close-500-million-budget/

I had never heard of it. It looks like it would be worth seeing, however. Please
let us know when it's completed and where we can see it when you find out.

[Jimbuna]

Scheduled for release sometime in 2017.

[Commander Wallace]

Scheduled for release sometime in 2017.

Thanks Jim. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[Jimbuna]

Thanks Jim. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

Welcome....best I can find:

http://reelbrief.com/exclusive-update-on-hbos-masters-of-the-air-wwii-miniseries/

[AVGWarhawk]

First I have seen of this mini series. Looks very very promising to be a great series.

[Dowly]

If only there was a site on the internet where you could type in words and it would then search the internet for stuff that matches the search words you gave.

They could call it Googly (like 'Googly Eyes') or something.

Man, that would be great!

[AVGWarhawk]

If only there was a site on the internet where you could type in words and it would then search the internet for stuff that matches the search words you gave.

They could call it Googly (like 'Googly Eyes') or something.

Man, that would be great!

Amazing....:up:

[Rockstar]

What's the latest on this, anybody know?

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/08/29/hbos-the-mighty-eighth-an-update-its-getting-close-500-million-budget/


I found this link it tells a bit about the latest news of the upcoming show you're talking about.

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/08/29/hbos-the-mighty-eighth-an-update-its-getting-close-500-million-budget/

[Eichhörnchen]

We've ended up right where we started: that's the same link I started this with :haha:

[Rockstar]

Anytime buddy, Im here to help. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: :D

[Dowly]

I found this link it tells a bit about the latest news of the upcoming show you're talking about.

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/08/29/hbos-the-mighty-eighth-an-update-its-getting-close-500-million-budget/
Now, where have I seen that before. :hmmm:

Don't you just hate it when you know you've seen something before, but can't remember where?! :-?

[Eichhörnchen]

:har:

[Bilge_Rat]

it was discussed in the news last year, but no news since then and I have tried to find some from time to time.

I am not even sure it is still in the works or not.

[MGR1]

I asked the same question over on Britmodeller a few months ago, apparently it's either been canned or it's on indefinate hold.

If that is indeed the case, then it's probably due to network squeamishness about the subject matter. The same reason why you'll never get a series on Bomber Command, if you see what I mean....

Mike.:hmmm:

[Bilge_Rat]

I doubt the worry is about the subject matter considering HBO is doing a series about the pope...:ping:

https://youtu.be/g4CjMFMINno

most likely it is a dollar issue, pure and simple, "Band of Brothers" was a huge hit, the "Pacific" some what less so. Is there an appetite for a third WW2 spielberg/Hanks mini-series?

The economics is also changing, HBO had the market cornered on high concept/big budget series, but now Netflix is really coming on strong and cutting into their market.

http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/netflix-hbo-best-original-programming-survey-1201750224/

[razark]

I asked the same question over on Britmodeller a few months ago, apparently it's either been canned or it's on indefinate hold.
That's unfortunate.

All the sources I've seen on the show seem to date back to mid-2015. One would think they might make some sort of announcement about the status of the show, though.

[fireftr18]

Now, where have I seen that before. :hmmm:

Don't you just hate it when you know you've seen something before, but can't remember where?! :-?
kind of like deja-vu. :D

I've been casually following the news on it. It's supposed to be on the same lines as Band of Brothers and The Pacific. From what I could tell, it's definitely going to air, just don't know exactly when.

[Rockstar]

... From what I could tell, it's definitely going to air, just don't know exactly when.


soon

[Eichhörnchen]

How do you know that, then?

[Dowly]

How do you know that, then?
One part hope mixed to two parts of speculation.

For extra punch, add tears.

Best served cold.

[Eichhörnchen]

Just can't seem to find out any more about it... it's not even mentioned on HBO's website as a work in progress:

http://www.hbo.com/

[GoldenRivet]

My own research into the subject has revealed speculation mostly... but with a sprinkling of encouraging fact

1. for some sort of legal reasoning the name was changed presumably from Masters of The Air to The Mighty Eighth at some point during pre-production

2. spielberg and hanks have gone into media blackout mode on the subject

3. according to IMDB pro the series status is "in production"

4. at some point in 2014 through 2015 several filming locations were selected in Georgia, USA and throughout the UK and Europe.

the most recent mention i can find which seems to have any basis in fact is an article from earlier this year... the reason i say it is based on fact? well...

On the news page from the Lafayette College in Easton Pennsylvania, where Donald Miller, who wrote Masters of the Air, is a professor. An article is printed on the University web site discussing an upcoming appearance by hanks to the university for an informal interview in their gymnasium which was to include Miller

so, as of the time that hanks was set to visit the College where Donald Miller is a vice president and Professor just 9 months ago the media page discussing Hanks' visit states:

HBO is currently developing a dramatic miniseries produced by Hanks and Steven Spielberg and based on Miller’s bestselling book, Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War against Nazi Germany (2007). The series will tell the engrossing personal stories and exploits of the men who flew with America’s famed Eighth Air Force over Nazi-­occupied Europe.

Miller is widely acclaimed for his books on World War II. He previously worked with Hanks and Spielberg as a historical consultant for the ten-part HBO series The Pacific (2010), which won eight Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Miniseries. He was also the on-camera historian, writer, and chief consultant for the series’ accompanying documentary.

The link to the university media page can be found here (https://news.lafayette.edu/tom-hanks-visiting-campus-feb-15/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social+media&utm_campaign=tom+hanks)

additional research finds that the Hanks visit did in fact take place, he visited the campus, conducted the interview among the faculty, staff, and alumni with Mr Miller obviously in attendance where it can certainly be assumed beyond doubt that the mini-series was a topic of discussion

according to media released pertaining to Hanks' visit to the university, the visit did in fact take place and the story states; Hanks and Miller have collaborated on several World War II-related projects, including an upcoming HBO miniseries based on Miller's bestselling book "Masters of the Air." this information comes from lehighvalleylive.com, a news media outlet local to Easton, PA and a link to the article can be found here (http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf/2016/02/tom_hanks_lafayette_college_vi.html)

finally, the Lafayette colleges Flickr account (here (https://www.flickr.com/photos/lafayette-college/24710669249/)) posts an image of Hanks mid interview with the caption Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks visited campus Monday for an informal interview with President Alison Byerly and Donald Miller, John Henry MacCraken Professor of History. The next day he met with Miller’s history students and discussed his preparation for roles in movies such as Saving Private Ryan and his involvement in the upcoming HBO miniseries Masters of the Air based on Miller’s book. He later sat down for lunch with Byerly, Miller, and small group of students.

it is my supposition that if Hanks had visited the university and had given the impression during his campus interview at Lafayette College that the series was in limbo or had been cancelled or stalled in any way, there would have been little to discuss regarding the miniseries and there would be information to the effect of it's cancellation somewhere in internetland, and at this time, production is still a go

:salute::salute::salute:

[Eichhörnchen]

OK thanks for that, GR... I guess we just sit and wait :)

[GoldenRivet]

OK thanks for that, GR... I guess we just sit and wait :)

yes i would say just sit back a bit longer

by the time you get the money in a pile, get your crew together, audition and cast the film, iron out the script/writing, scout the set locations (especially internationally), work out the CGI, real aircraft use (if any), edit the film and cut a final product you could be looking at 18-24 months to make something like this happen.

i have it on good authority that filming & editing alone on the band of brothers mini-series was about a 10 month affair, and that doesn't account for the time they spent standing around getting their collective crap in a pile in pre-production

I do know that according to Miller's own brief statements that can be found online filming had not yet started as of Summer of 2015.

if i were a betting man, I would put money on seeing our first adverts/ teasers and trailers some time this coming spring 2017

just for the sake of education and clarity however i will note that there are those out there in internetland who have passed off the video below as the trailer or teaser for the Spielberg mini series... and it most assuredly is NOT and has absolutely nothing to do with the mini series spearheaded by Hanks and Speilberg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhmFFtjB2qY

but its kinda cool to watch

[HunterICX]

^

Yuck...from whatever that is, that's just CGI barf right there. :o

26 ago with perhaps some dated effects but still looks way better and ofcourse real B-17's (ofcourse heavily modified to look like the F variant which Memphis belle was as iirc the ones they used where the G variant?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FuKVJ8wox0

(historical accuracy can be thrown out the windows ofcourse but still an enjoyable flick)

[GoldenRivet]

Memphis Belle, despite its inaccuracies, is one of my favorite movies of all time, i remember i was 11 years old when it came out. I was in 5th grade, we had a writing competition in our school district and i drew on the film to come up with my story.

I wrote a story about a B-24 Liberator called "Lucky Lady II" in which the crew departs their base in england following the D-Day invasion on a bombing mission against targets in germany, they are shot down behind enemy lines and the pilot manages to crash land in a big hay meadow near the western front. A small plane scouting for artillery witnesses the B-24 go down and radios in their location, meanwhile the men in the B-24 become surrounded by German Soldiers and they use the turrets and machine gun positions of the bomber to hold them off until a C-47 swoops in and picks them up under the strafing cover of P51s

the story was reviewed as a finalist in the district wide contest and received perfect marks. I along with about 15-20 other kids were rewarded with an awards ceremony and Pizza Party in town (which i missed out on due to breaking my arm the night before the event) :nope:

i am hopeful that any miniseries produced by Hanks-Spielberg would at least showcase some real aircraft doing the flying.

[HunterICX]

Memphis Belle, despite its inaccuracies, is one of my favorite movies of all time, i remember i was 11 years old when it came out.

Well I was too young when it actually came out (3 years) but later when I had the tape along with the tapes of The Longest Day, Bridge too Far and Battle of Britain I just played them all grey :D

i am hopeful that any miniseries produced by Hanks-Spielberg would at least showcase some real aircraft doing the flying.

I do hope so though, inevitable there'll be CGI used to fill up the skies and that's ok but I do hope where the camera is focused on is the real thing.

[em2nought]

If this ever gets produced, I'm pretty sure I won't be able to watch with crying. Just like the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan. :salute:

So many good men gone to be replaced by I don't know who, but I don't have a very good feeling about it at all.

[razark]

(historical accuracy can be thrown out the windows ofcourse but still an enjoyable flick)
Memphis Belle, despite its inaccuracies, is one of my favorite movies of all time...
I'd probably have a better opinion if they had just made up a fictional name for the film, instead of attaching a fictional story to a real name.

Thanks for all the info above. You've kept my hope of seeing this series alive.

[GoldenRivet]

I'd probably have a better opinion if they had just made up a fictional name for the film, instead of attaching a fictional story to a real name.

Thanks for all the info above. You've kept my hope of seeing this series alive.

Supposedly the plot of the 1990 film Memphis Belle was written around an amalgamation of multiple missions the belle experienced combined into a single mission for the film. as with all things hollywood there must be embellishment or else audiences wont show as much interest. the final mission of the belle was not into Germany as the film portrays, but was in fact a raid on Lorient

the actual "final mission" of the Belle was documented by the US Army Signal Corps via several cameramen on different bombers, primarily the filming was done aboard the Memphis Belle and released in a morale building film called The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress the filming was actually of the aircraft's second to last mission. Sadly, some of the Signal Corps cameramen found their fate aboard B-17s on this very mission having been shot down not only with the loss of life, but the historic footage they were shooting aboard the bombers having also been lost forever

the 1990 film is very similar to the 1943 documentary and borrows much from it, in fact many of the air to air battle scenes in the 1990 film are scripted almost entirely from the air to air battle scenes in the '43 film, and the takeoff scene from the 1990 film is almost verbatim a copy of the 43 film

for those interested, the original, full version of the 1943 documentary can be seen here, it is 41:30 in length and in my opinion worth a viewing if you havnt seen it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn8tqacRXK4

[Eichhörnchen]

Well I was too young when it actually came out (3 years).

Weeelll... you young'uns.... I actually SAW the B-17s used in the Memphis Belle movie (NOT the first one) fly North across the end of my street, on their way to filming, as I carried some picnic chairs round my neighbours house for a bar-b-q. Seems like just yesterday :)

And it was while looking on Youtube for a clip of Spielberg's short film The Mission, from the 'Amazing Stories' TV series, that I first came across the stuff about The Mighty Eighth. But have any of you got this movie?

"Fortress" trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRjhgTqOuU4

[GoldenRivet]

I couldn't stay with that one :-?

it felt too... artificial? like i was watching live action and then a command and conquer cutscene and then sometimes both spliced into one

[Eichhörnchen]

You're right. I haven't watched it again since the first time, so it didn't really impress. I seem to remember the script was cliched too, so it all just looked like they were trying too hard to make another classic war movie.

[Jimbuna]

Weeelll... you young'uns.... I actually SAW the B-17s used in the Memphis Belle movie (NOT the first one) fly North across the end of my street, on their way to filming, as I carried some picnic chairs round my neighbours house for a bar-b-q. Seems like just yesterday :)

And it was while looking on Youtube for a clip of Spielberg's short film The Mission, from the 'Amazing Stories' TV series, that I first came across the stuff about The Mighty Eighth. But have any of you got this movie?

"Fortress" trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRjhgTqOuU4

Seek and ye shall find...

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2447805&postcount=1889

[Mike Abberton]

For all its faults, I do like the Memphis Belle movie. My favorite part is still the takeoff scene when the the plane cranks around in a cross-wind the second the wheels come off the ground.

Mike

[August]

I wrote a story about a B-24 Liberator called "Lucky Lady II"

Fiction right? Most references for the Lucky Lady II refer to the B-50 Stratofortress that circled the globe non stop in 1949 but there is a small blurb about a B-17 also with that name which crashed in Belgium in 1943. Cold that be the AC you are referring to?

[AVGWarhawk]

Looks very promising.

I enjoyed the Memphis Belle. I have the DVD in the library.

[Eichhörnchen]

There's some interesting discourse here:

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?136202-Masters-Of-The-Air-retitled-Due-2017

[GT182]

Eichhörnchen, do you mean this Memphis Belle? :03:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/GT182/GTOandMemphisBelle2.jpg

I was at an airshow at the New Garden airport in Kennett Square, PA back in 2010 and the movie Memphis Belle was there. I had a nice photo op too. :D

I met Robert Morgan back in 2005 at the WWII Weekend in Reading, PA, I volunteer at every year. Very nice man to talk to. He was one of the main stars for the show. As were 11 Tuskegee airmen that I got autographs from.

On another note I also met and talked to Gen. Paul Tibbets and Captain Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk at the same show in 2005. That was an honor I'll never forget.

On another note...... Morgan's Memphis Belle was not the first to complete 25 missions over Germany. Another crew and B-17 did that. For what reason Morgan's B-17 was given credit I do not remember. But it is true.

[Rockstar]

...

On another note...... Morgan's Memphis Belle was not the first to complete 25 missions over Germany. Another crew and B-17 did that. For what reason Morgan's B-17 was given credit I do not remember. But it is true.

Just a guess. Could be the name Hell's Angels and the graphics on the plane weren't considered to be all that family friendly. :)

[Bilge_Rat]

"Memphis Belle" is a fine movie.

One of my favorite movies about the Eighth AF is "Twelve O'Clock High".

I have it on Bluray DVD and Fox did a superb job on the image/sound.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Twelve-OClock-High-Blu-ray/21475/#Review

It is older (1949), but it used 12 real B-17s for the filming, many of the extras were actual WW2 USAAF veterans. The screenplay was written by two veterans who served in the 8th during the war. The film also uses actual WW2 combat footage for many of its combat scenes (one of the reason why it was filmed in B&W).

An excellent film, a real classic.

[Jimbuna]

Eichhörnchen, do you mean this Memphis Belle? :03:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/GT182/GTOandMemphisBelle2.jpg

I was at an airshow at the New Garden airport in Kennett Square, PA back in 2010 and the movie Memphis Belle was there. I had a nice photo op too. :D

I met Robert Morgan back in 2005 at the WWII Weekend in Reading, PA, I volunteer at every year. Very nice man to talk to. He was one of the main stars for the show. As were 11 Tuskegee airmen that I got autographs from.

On another note I also met and talked to Gen. Paul Tibbets and Captain Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk at the same show in 2005. That was an honor I'll never forget.

On another note...... Morgan's Memphis Belle was not the first to complete 25 missions over Germany. Another crew and B-17 did that. For what reason Morgan's B-17 was given credit I do not remember. But it is true.

I've been on board this 'imposter'.

http://i.imgur.com/uwGWdhg.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/2w1Y6lb.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/A96lnjO.jpg

http://www.sallyb.org.uk/

[Eichhörnchen]

I saw "Sally-B" so many times in the past and long before filming of The Memphis Belle, when I went regularly to air shows at West-Malling and Biggin Hill in Kent. And yes, this is one of those B-17s I saw on their way to RAF Binbrook that day. Seeing five of them flying together (if I remember correctly) was quite something.

[GT182]

Just a guess. Could be the name Hell's Angels and the graphics on the plane weren't considered to be all that family friendly. :)

It's possible. ;)

Eichhörnchen, riding in one is something special. I've been up in 9O9 several times and it sure is a special ride. The same with B-24 Witchcraft too. The Collings Foundation's 2 bombers that go on tour here in the US every year. I'm a tour coordinator for them here in Delaware. I've even ridden in and flown (from the backseat) their TP-51C Betty Jane.

[razark]

Just a guess. Could be the name Hell's Angels and the graphics on the plane weren't considered to be all that family friendly. :)
If I recall correctly, Hell's Angels was the first B-17 to complete twenty-five missions, but Morgan's was the first crew to complete a full tour. They decided to celebrate the men, not the aircraft.

Hell's Angels' reputation had been firmly established in the States long before her return home. She was one of the original bombers the 303rd's crews had taken to England in late October 1942, and on May 14, 1943, she was the first Fortress in the Eighth to complete 25 missions against the Reich. Though this fact was obscured somewhat by the earlier return of the 91st Group's Memphis Belle (the Belle was the first Fortress to fly home with a crew that had completed a 25-mission tour), Hell's Angels soldiered on, establishing a record of reliability unequaled during the early, grim months of the air war by any other bomber in the ETO: 40 straight missions without an abort.
...
Hell's Angels flew her 48th and final combat flight on December 13, 1943, when she was withdrawn from frontline service. She had, in all her raids, established another remarkable record: Not one of her crewmen was ever killed or wounded in action.

[GT182]

Jim, the real Memphis Belle Morgan flew was an F model... no chin turret. The "imposter" is a G model B-17 with the chin turret, so yes, it is an imposter.

[GoldenRivet]

Fiction right? Most references for the Lucky Lady II refer to the B-50 Stratofortress that circled the globe non stop in 1949 but there is a small blurb about a B-17 also with that name which crashed in Belgium in 1943. Cold that be the AC you are referring to?

pure fiction.

I swiped the name of the aircraft from a monogram model catalogue i had during the time

[Jimbuna]

Jim, the real Memphis Belle Morgan flew was an F model... no chin turret. The "imposter" is a G model B-17 with the chin turret, so yes, it is an imposter.

I was aware matey but thanks all the same for the reminder :):03:

[August]

pure fiction.

I swiped the name of the aircraft from a monogram model catalogue i had during the time

That'd make a pretty cool diorama.

:up:

[AVGWarhawk]

I got to see the old girl at Reading PA Air Show.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/Warhawk1-avg/Olivia%20WW2%202010%20039_zps6zzbbkyq.jpg

[Aktungbby]

Seek and ye shall find...

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=2447805&postcount=1889

That site is blocked in America on copyright grounds

[GT182]

I got to see the old girl at Reading PA Air Show.

Was that the WWII Weekend?

Jim, I figured you would know . But it was to let others know too, that might not have known, the model the real Memphis Belle was. ;) I had one guy at an airshow argue about it to no end. A friend heard us and came over to back me up and set him straight. He wasn't happy at all. LOL

[Jimbuna]

Was that the WWII Weekend?

Jim, I figured you would know . But it was to let others know too, that might not have known, the model the real Memphis Belle was. ;) I had one guy at an airshow argue about it to no end. A friend heard us and came over to back me up and set him straight. He wasn't happy at all. LOL

I should have been more obvious by posting a picture of the opposite side of the nose as well :)

http://i.imgur.com/YtTLE0j.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Pz81pmE.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

Was that the WWII Weekend?



Yes sir. I have attended 3 times. Absolutely the best hands on air show I have attended.

[GT182]

Yes sir. I have attended 3 times. Absolutely the best hands on air show I have attended.

Next June we'll have to get together at the show and have dinner and a couple of brews over at Texas Roadhouse. I work with the Flight Line Safety crew, so just ask where I am. If I'm taking a bit of time off I'll be over by the DH Mosquito. ;) Yes... sucking up for a ride. LOL Another for my Bucket List. :D

[AVGWarhawk]

Next June we'll have to get together at the show and have dinner and a couple of brews over at Texas Roadhouse. I work with the Flight Line Safety crew, so just ask where I am. If I'm taking a bit of time off I'll be over by the DH Mosquito. ;) Yes... sucking up for a ride. LOL Another for my Bucket List. :D

Sounds like a good plan. :Kaleun_Thumbs_Up: I have not been in a few years.

[arcuspilot]

I'm waiting as patiently as I can for The Mighty Eighth too, guys. If you're after some B-17 series drama in the meantime, you can follow the story of a B-17 called "Better Duck" over on my channel.

It's a playthrough series of B-17 Queen of the Skies solitaire boardgame and the crew is my mates and myself. I've striven to make it as movie-like as possible while still obviously a boardgame. There's archive footage sprinkled throughout and it's apparently a fun watch.

Mission 1 is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xxvoS-amG4

[Catfish]

Welcome to Subsim, arcuspilot! :salute:
Gaame looks interesting, and the video is well-made!


OT regarding cardbox games I have recently seen a Zeppelin airship cardboard game, "simulating" a german WW1 Zeppelin on various raids and recconnaissance missions. It is quite complicated, you have cards for ballast, hydrogenium, ammunition, fuel, then event cards like wind, storm, rain, ice, clouds, buoyancy changing at various altitudes, enemy fire, ground fire, all mixed and based on your own altitude and conduct of the airship. It looks astonishing 'real', and very hard to survive.. I think i will get it :hmmm:
I wish someone could put this in a PC simulation, although i admit it would be very hard to do properly. All the airships that are in electronic sims, are merely modelled on dynamic flying, like a big plane with certain properties, but never including static buoyancy and the like.

[Jimbuna]

Welcome Aboard arcuspilot, I am well impressed with the mission videos and already up to no 4 :yeah:

[Eichhörnchen]

I like the way this thread is developing; welcome aboard, arcuspilot :yeah:

[AVGWarhawk]

Next June we'll have to get together at the show and have dinner and a couple of brews over at Texas Roadhouse. I work with the Flight Line Safety crew, so just ask where I am. If I'm taking a bit of time off I'll be over by the DH Mosquito. ;) Yes... sucking up for a ride. LOL Another for my Bucket List. :D

I forgot, I want to meet at the Dover AFB car show. When is that scheduled this year?

[AVGWarhawk]

I'm waiting as patiently as I can for The Mighty Eighth too, guys. If you're after some B-17 series drama in the meantime, you can follow the story of a B-17 called "Better Duck" over on my channel.

It's a playthrough series of B-17 Queen of the Skies solitaire boardgame and the crew is my mates and myself. I've striven to make it as movie-like as possible while still obviously a boardgame. There's archive footage sprinkled throughout and it's apparently a fun watch.



Welcome aboard. I really wish the game B-17 Flying Fortress was developed more than what was done. I love that game.

[arcuspilot]

Thanks, Jimbuna

I love making these cockermamie videos. I just posted another. As you could see, they're definitely not much of a documentary but the dice rolls, adhesion to the rules and the zane are all real!

[arcuspilot]

You got me interested in the zeppelin games, Catfish. Seems there are quite a few over at the Geeks https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/617/airship-games

Gonna get to checking some out, there may be some available for Steam's Tabletop Simulator, I dunno. Thanks for the inspiration, mate.

[Aktungbby]

arcuspilot!:Kaleun_Salute:

[Red October1984]

Been a while since I've popped on here but I've been excited for this series ever since I've heard whispers of it a couple years ago. Will have to get an HBO subscription when it comes out.

:Kaleun_Salute:

AIR POWER! :arrgh!:

[Eichhörnchen]

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/damaged-b-17-bombers-that-made-it_home.html/2

[Eichhörnchen]

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/hbos-mighty-eighth-update-getting-close.html

They could have come round for a cuppa if I'd known