• "The 22" Trailer

Posted: **Sat Dec 01, 2012 4:59 pm**

"The 22"

To be released during VFAT 2012.

Two years in production and featuring the technical advice of the Black Arrows lead- Air Commodore Roger Topp and the Blue Diamonds lead-Sqn Ldr Brian Mercer.

http://youtu.be/KzP6m2lOVLY

Posted: **Sat Dec 01, 2012 6:51 pm**

Awesome! Looking forward to it!

PS- FSX?

Posted: **Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:47 am**

Yeah FSX... when I can get get 22 Lock On pilots in the one place at the one time....... Or they invent an equivalent of FSRecorder for Lock On......

You know...

Posted: **Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:48 pm**

Looks cool from the trailer, looking forward to seeing it.

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:04 am**

Brian Mercer has agreed to be on the VFAT forum if anyone wants to ask him any questions... Just signing him up to the forum now.

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:26 am**

http://aerobaticteams.net/blue-diamonds.html

This should be good.

Posted: **Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:40 pm**

This video has been a long time in the making I'm sure... Looking forward to watching it (and hearing Brian tell his story of "the 22")!!!

Posted: **Fri Dec 07, 2012 1:58 pm**

Now Live... hope you like it... (even if it is in FSX...)

Posted: **Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:52 pm**

That's some impressive work, dude. No doubt THAT was a labor of love!

Very nice

(Now bring back the "Dreaming" vid

)

Posted: **Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:16 am**

Never got around to commenting after VFAT. What an amazing piece of history and unique video. I can appreciate all the detail that went into this, the research, limited footage, finding those first hand recollections from those whom are still around to share their stories. What a painstaking undertaking to do this with FSRecorder, but you made a helluva presentation Cobra. This is, and has been, your labor of love for a long time and I'm glad to see it delivered above my expectations!

Interesting footage @ 10:04-10:05; the 2009 Virtual Thunderbirds.

Posted: **Thu Dec 20, 2012 5:34 am**

Thanks LD, that means a lot coming from you. I remember the Herculean effort you put into "Smoke On" and the VTB in general so it's very appreciated.

I haven't checked the VFAT forum but I don't think Brian Mercer got on there. That is a shame because he is a true pioneer of formation aerobatics. Hopefully I will be presenting Roger Topp with a DVD version some time in the new year during a quick visit to London.

The next project is to recreate the final Farnborough display of Brian's Blue Diamonds. With all the stuff I have learned to do on FSrecorder it should only take me a fraction of the time that this took.

I will be visiting Brian in Perth to get all the details. He doesn't know it yet but I am going to try to get him to do some of the radio calls... " featuring the voice of Diamond One, SqnLdr Brian Mercer" would be a hell of a thing to have on a trailer!

Thanks again everyone for the kind comments. (I would still love to do this live for the 55th anniversary next year...)