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#4233477 - 02/25/16 05:52 PM Udet flying his Curtiss "Goshawk" - German Propaganda Film  
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This piece of Nazi propaganda was surely made to attract young men to the Luftwaffe.
We can see Ernst Udet flying stunts in his American Curtiss F.11C "Goshawk".

Two of these aircraft were the price, for which he sold his soul to the devil -
or better: to Hermann Goering (the later 'Herr Meier'). He recieved them as a present,
for joining the Nazi-Party NSDAP at last - which he had always refused before.

And it was the "Goshawk" and it's very sturdy diveability, which gave him the idea
for the German Sturzkampfbomber, short "Stuka".



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#4233516 - 02/25/16 06:58 PM Re: Udet flying his Curtiss "Goshawk" - German Propaganda Film [Re: Olham]  
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I didn't know they had Go Pro cameras back then. biggrin


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#4233548 - 02/25/16 07:51 PM Re: Udet flying his Curtiss "Goshawk" - German Propaganda Film [Re: Olham]  
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What's a Go Pro camera, Banjoman?


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#4233609 - 02/25/16 09:51 PM Re: Udet flying his Curtiss "Goshawk" - German Propaganda Film [Re: Olham]  
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Sorry, I should've known that everyone might not know what they are. Remember in Kermit's video of the Alb D.II when he attaches that camera to the wing strut and then puts one on his head. They are small portable video cameras that take extremely good high def videos. Extreme sportsmen/women use them now in all of their sports. Anyway, since they had a camera mounted on Udet's wing strut I was attempting to make a bad joke about a Go Pro camera.


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#4233625 - 02/25/16 10:41 PM Re: Udet flying his Curtiss "Goshawk" - German Propaganda Film [Re: Olham]  
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Ah, I see - no, they mounted cameras on wing struts already in WW1,
as you can see in this film.
Of course they were much bigger than those Go Pro cams.



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#4233724 - 02/26/16 09:23 AM Re: Udet flying his Curtiss "Goshawk" - German Propaganda Film [Re: Olham]  
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The engine of Udet's "Goshawk" is still running today.
(Second half of this clip shows same film as in post #1)



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