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Posted on 10/10/09 6:51:38 PM

Sophie
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Re: Challenge 270: sky fighters

Thanks so much Gordon for the hot tip. I've no ideas on this one!

Paulo,
Like your First Officer, seems to have his eyes on the seagull, so I hope he's strapped in!

Brewell, I hope the Cruises take their eyes off the camera crew before it's too late!

Very clever Nick.

Posted on 10/10/09 7:00:46 PM

Nick Curtain
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Re: Challenge 270: sky fighters

Thanks Sophie. Bruce, great work.

Gordon, I'm sure it was Snoopy and the Red Baron, which appeared some years ago. So I think you are right, but stand to be corrected.

Nick

Posted on 10/10/09 8:45:13 PM

BigVern
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Re: Challenge 270: sky fighters

Snoopy vs the Red Baron by the Royal Guardsmen

After the turn of the century
In the clear blue skies over Germany
Came a roar and a thunder men have never heard
Like the scream and the sound of a big war bird

Eins, zwei, drei, vier ....

Up in the sky, a man in a plane
Baron von Richthofen was his name
Eighty men tried and eighty men died
Now they're buried together on the countryside

Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more
The Bloody Red Baron was rollin' out the score
Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree
Of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany

Left, two, three, four ....

In the nick of time, a hero arose
A funny-lookin' dog with a big black nose
He flew into the sky to seek revenge
But the Baron shot him down "Curses, foiled again!"

Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more
The Bloody Red Baron was rollin' out the score
Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree
Of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany

Now, Snoopy had sworn that he'd get that man
So he asked the Great Pumpkin for a new battle plan
He challenged the German to a real dogfight
While the Baron was laughing, he got him in his sight

That Bloody Red Baron was in a fix
He'd tried everything, but he'd run out of tricks
Snoopy fired once and he fired twice
And that Bloody Red Baron went spinning out of sight

Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more
The Bloody Red Baron was rollin' out the score
Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree
Of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany

Well, ten, twenty ....

Posted on 10/10/09 9:03:04 PM

Nick Curtain
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Re: Challenge 270: sky fighters

Vern, my sanity is intact now - thanks
Nick

Posted on 11/10/09 04:21:14 AM

Neal
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Re: Challenge 270: sky fighters

Aaaaak! I can't download the PNG file, what I get is corrupted. What's the secret to getting the outlined file?

I've tried everything, but I'm all thumbs when it comes to Internet things.

Posted on 11/10/09 05:44:20 AM

PDelavigne
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Re: Challenge 270: sky fighters

Hi Sophie,
Don´t worry! He's a little crazy but, he was trained to not jump on flight !

Thank you for your concern!
Paulo

Posted on 11/10/09 06:04:29 AM

Nick Curtain
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Re: Challenge 270: sky fighters

Neal wrote:
Aaaaak! I can't download the PNG file, what I get is corrupted. What's the secret to getting the outlined file?

I've tried everything, but I'm all thumbs when it comes to Internet things.

Neal
I had the same problems initially. Try clearing the cache and right click where it says 'here' and then save the file. It took a couple of attempts to save a non corrupted file. Failing that, if you send me a PM with e-mail details, I can send you the file that Steve sent to me.
Nick

Posted on 11/10/09 10:04:57 AM

BigVern
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Re: Challenge 270: sky fighters

Follow the link for my animation which I had exported as an .avi video render. I had real trouble creating a gif file ( I guess it was too big). I note that in uploading it however it seems to have been turned into an flv file and squashed. Ho hum - I do need to understand video export more. Cheers Vern

http://s143.photobucket.com/albums/r160/BigVernphoto/?action=view¤t=planefly02.flv

Posted on 11/10/09 10:11:54 AM

GKB
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Re: Challenge 270: sky fighters

Been out of touch for a couple of days and have just found all the communication about Snoopy and the Red Baron. Manfred von Richthofen did have a dog; it was a Weimaraner called Moritz.

This below from Wikipedia.

One of Snoopy's most famous alter-egos is as the World War I Flying Ace (first appearance, October 10, 1965), often seen battling his arch-enemy, Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron). For this, he would climb to the top of his doghouse, don goggles and a scarf (trailing behind in the "wind"), and thus fly his Sopwith Camel (the type of plane flown by Arthur "Roy" Brown, who was credited with shooting down the Red Baron in World War I, and whose surname matches that of Snoopy's owner) and travel all the way back to July 27, 1914 the day World War I began. The Red Baron, like other adult figures in Peanuts, was never drawn in a strip; his presence was indicated through the bullet holes that would riddle the doghouse in a dogfight, and Snoopy's angry outbursts in German: (usually accompanied by fist-shaking and "Curse you Red Baron" while his "Sopwith Camel" doghouse plummets to earth trailing smoke).

Bruce - I'm pleased that someone else noticed the lost flying wires. Perhaps the Red Baron shot them out!

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Posted on 11/10/09 10:16:28 AM

Nick Curtain
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Re: Challenge 270: sky fighters

Thanks for sharing the Snoopy info Gordon.

I missed the wires spotted by Bruce, but got away with it because of the night scene.

Vern - the animation is great, especially the way the wing shadow moves. I guess Anna can give you some tips and she probably has some plane soundtracks as well.

Nick

Posted on 11/10/09 10:21:29 AM

brewell
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Re: Challenge 270: sky fighters

I appreciate the comments, and I was absolutely relieved when I went back to check your wires, Gordon.

Editor's note: For newer members, I know Gordon through the forum as the supplier of all things aeronautical.

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Posted on 11/10/09 2:03:20 PM

BigVern
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Re: Challenge 270: sky fighters

Thanks Nick. I light the lighting in your image.

I will post my animation/video difficulties in the Problems and Solutions topic to see if I can get some advice.

Vern

Posted on 11/10/09 5:15:19 PM

Neal
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Re: Challenge 270: sky fighters

Thank you so much for the offer, Nick Curtain!

Sadly, I have no life and spent my Saturday night outlining the JPG version.

Posted on 11/10/09 5:34:34 PM

LonnieK
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