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TV tonight
Posted: 20 Aug 2006, 22:49
by ianhind
Just watched Poirot on ITV.
The "Mayfield Kestrel" looked familiar.
Posted: 20 Aug 2006, 23:31
by TobyV
It was a late mark Spitfire with cannon armament. Also liked the WWII era control tower behind them thats too late for the 30s period
Ah well, I suppose they get some marks for effort and how many actual original 1930s aircraft could they have found instead? :think:
Posted: 21 Aug 2006, 01:21
by igorski
Looks like I was right to get this one video'ed while I was out!
Will be watching closely tomorrow.
Posted: 21 Aug 2006, 11:05
by ianhind
Toby,
Of course I recognised it. Painted blue/grey at least, if not quite the same shade as K5054.
4-bladed prop and intakes under each wing were obviously wrong, but as you say, they tried.
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showth ... post968531
reckons it was MH434 at West Malling
More info at:
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/archiv ... 54696.html
"the episode of Poirot is called "The Incredible Theft", filmed in
1989. The basic plot is that the blueprints for a brand new fighter plane called the "Mayfield Kestrel" have been stolen from the designer's study. MH434 appears in a take-off and display scene masquerading as the "Kestrel" with Ray at the helm, '434 being painted in the high-altitude light grey scheme she wore in the late 80's."