How LOTR director Peter Jackson restores WW1 aircraft.

We have taken an exclusive look at Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson's secret passion - an astonishing collection of First World War memorabilia, including warplanes built from original blueprints. 🛫
The Lord of the Rings director has shown us around his warehouse of artefacts in Wellington, New Zealand, where he works with his team to restore and create his beloved aircraft. 🛠️
In this fourth episode of our exclusive series, Peter reveals he's normally a nervous flier, but doesn't have the same fears when he flies in a 100-year-old plane.
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[@romainvicta3076]

The respect Jackson has for History tells you why his Lord of the rings trilogy was so faithful to the books. Only historians care so much about the details - something i wish historically based games and tv shows took more care about (Assassins creed) (Vikings tv show)

[@brunoheggli2888]

Watch "The Northmann"

[@clive3100]

Wow! What a passion and thankfully from his own 'self made man' artistic direction, allowing the wherewithal to be able to establish all this.

[@Taurencowpew]

Wow. Was interested if he had an Airco D.H.2 in the works, and that one looks just about ready to fly! Keep up the awesome work Pete!

[@thunderstruck5484]

Great interview thanks for sharing

[@AchimEngels]

It is not the only factory in the world that does that. 5:48 wasn´t even built at his place it was built at my place and by me. And steel was not a matter of resource or not. It was the high edge of the technlogy at the time, light and strong and easy to make, maintain and repair. Fokker was not only ahead of the British with it, he was also ahead of most German manufacturers, who also stuck in wood like Albatros, Rumpler, Pfalz, Halberstadt etc.....What he does is incredible and great and I do love it, but not always as it is depicted by the media. 9:13 another one (two of) not built by him, makes me wonder how many others were not built by him but just bought. Nothing wrong with it.

[@justingibson4417]

I didnt think he said he built them. He's restoring them.

[@AchimEngels]

I was not reffering to what he said. The first sentence in this show said "This is the only factory in the world that..." No! it is not. It is neither the only factory in the world that builds them, nor is it the only factory in the world that restores them. TVAL built a number of aircraft and they restored some, too, but they are not the only ones in the world. And there are even others who do a better job . That is what I said. Not that he neither build nor restores them - which in fact for the person of Jackson is true anyways, for he builts or restors next to nothing. That TVAL does it is out of the question and TVAL does a good job. @@justingibson4417

[@billybobkingston5604]

Bravo

[@Riverrockphotos]

Dope and fabric aircrat so cool that someone still is doing this. I would love to tour his place.

[@roddyallan7345]

Excellent report.

[@Icanbacktrailers]

Is he always holding a cup of tea?

[@ruairidhmcmillan2484]

This is brilliant

[@ChrisCoombes]

Could a WW1 biplane carry enough electronics to accurately fire a (modern day) small diameter bomb or other missile?

[@Jesse-B]

They apparently dropped small bombs by hand in WW1, they also had machine guns which were timed to fire between the propeller blades.

[@grandaddyc]

They were mainly for reconnaissance to direct the artillery with a simple Morse transmitter mounted on the outside of the aircraft or a vary pistol with different coloured flares to direct artillery. Then they mounted slow firing machine guns and shot at one another. The only thing that I can think or that fits your question were Flechetes, small darts throwen overboard by the handful and best not to be underneath. Try google ww1 aerial flechetes.

[@raypurchase801]

I recall from my Biggles books that a Camel could carry eight X 25lb Mills bombs plus the weight of their racks. On that basis, a single 200lb missile could be carried on a rack under the fuselage. The missile would need to be fired in such a way as to avoid the airscrew and its back-wash.
QUESTION: How much does a Sidewinder weigh?

[@ChrisCoombes]

@@raypurchase801 thanks! Yes also how much does the necessary electronics weigh also. I’m imagining a scene where we have to retrofit museum aircraft to halt an alien invasion where all modern aircraft have been destroyed. (Can some missiles just fall from the aircraft before igniting?). I’d like to see a squadron of Sopwith Pups equipped with Meteor BVRAAM. (Netflix might fund development costs in return for the film rights?).

[@raypurchase801]

@@ChrisCoombes Offer the idea to Peter Jackson.
He might make the movie.
I'd watch it!

[@thunderstruck5484]

Would like to see Kermit Weeks interview Peter that would be very insightful and interesting thanks

[@basudevg.c2459]

Thanks I am second to comment err really good job

[@stevesmith866]

PJ super classy to endure stupid questions one after another. Painful to watch