[Hurri]

On the discusion about the movie Fly boys , someone mentioned that there was electric welding going on in one shot . He didn't think electric
welding was around in WW1 . well just looked it up on google & was invented in ---1887 . surprised me too . Learn something new every day !!!

[rusty33]

My son and I just watched Flyboys on Friday night. While not a 100% accurate representation, it certainly gave the 'feel' of the conflict from the pilot's point of view. My son is a real stickler for detail (being 11 and all ), and his only real 'complaint' with the movie was the 'girl stuff'.

I am looking forward to the next WWI movie coming out this year about der Rote Baron.

[Hurri]

I bought the dvd "collectors edition" . have seen the 1st disc [movie] but have the "how it was made" one to see . Was disappointed that so many Fokker DR1 's all red & all the Nieuport 17's . no variation in planes flying . However was pretty good the "girl stuff" was to help sell it to the masses I guess . Excellent flying shots though .

[TLyttle]

I was under the impression tha electric welding really got onto the production line in WW11, even if it was invented before the turn of the 20th. I think that little dateline could use some research alright...

[Hurri]

Pity we couldn't come up with some real old mechanics /welders to tell us . I went to google "electric welding invented "& there is loads of info if one wants to wade though it . I would have thought the movie producers would have checked to see ?

[F DeWit]

And how many westerns have you seen where an individual manages to fire 10 + rounds out of a 6 shooter without reloading? One would think a movie director might check that too.

[Gary Maker]

[quote="Hurri"]Pity we couldn't come up with some real old mechanics /welders to tell us . I went to google "electric welding invented "& there is loads of info if one wants to wade though it . I would have thought the movie producers would have checked to see ?[/quote]

They probably did and thats why its in the movie. Producers spend millions of dollars on movie sets and would try to their best to make them as accurate as possible especially for all the armchair critics who I suppose feel they know better. There are some descrepencies but consider why they are there, RE my point about the radial engines. It would just be almost impossible to produce these engines just for the sake of the movie, outrageously too costly.

As I said in the FlyBoy thread, electric stick welding was in use prior to and during the first world war. I don't see what all the contraversy is all about regarding this. In the movie if you noticed, electric lights were used in most of the indoor scenes, so whats the problem immagining that they could and would use electricity for welding?

Someone also said in a previous post, he didn;t think they would have had electricity at the "Front Lines. Aerodromes were NOT at the front lines but were situated stratigically at bases well inside the front lines, which makes perfect sense since planes could easily fly to where the action was, not sitting where they could easily be bombarded by enemy artillery. So I'm very sure the producers did investigate this and put it in the movie because it was used during the first world war, and aerodromes is where the constant repair the planes required would take place.

[cf-drg]

Weren't most of you guys around during WW I !!! I figured you'd be talking from experience

[Hurri]

in reply to cf-drg ;
You are right I was thats why i build/fly mostly WW1 stuff --- hurri

[Vulcan1]

You have to look around for ww2 vets. The boys are getting very scarce and hard to find. The years are catching up tp most.
We use to get a chuckle out of the old war movies especially from the south. To see a tank battle with shermans and other american armour against them was good for a laugh. But the best ones where when they had the blank firing attachments on the small arms. Even to the point they where still painted yellow. I look at the theme more than the hardware because it is very easy to pick holes in the equipment being used.
John