Royal Air Force News Friday, October 4, 2019 R'n'R 8
R'n'R Prize Crossword No. 258
Solve the crossword, then rearrange the 11 letters in yellow squares to find a famous aircraft.
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No. 268 Fill in all the squares in the grid so that each row, each column and each 3x3 square contains all the digits from 1 to 9.
Across 7. Weep about a North American bird (6) 8. Give weapons to our military protection (6) 10. After chum reaches Arizona, Australia returns beautiful building (7) 11. Bird that love exploring? (5) 12. Coin found within recently (4) 13. Fool old Ugandan in middle of sabotage (5) 17. Exhausts, by the sound of it? No, other parts of a car! (5) 18. Bear with excellent breath control? (4) 22. Farm division loses its head (5) 23. Legendary hero uses sly manoeuvres (7) 24. See 3 Down 25. Frenchman takes old flame as I offer little company in country (6) Down 1. It’s cool to combat swelling (3,4) 2. Surprising country for African antelope to eat new grass at first? (7) 3. And 24 Across. Bronze or tin combined on station (5,6) 4. And 5 Down. Maybe I proofread my first UK Poseidon (5,2,5) 5. See 4 Down 6. Cheese: French and sharp (5) 9. Sketch insect, a threat in WWII (9) 14. Phony to confuse RAF jet (7) 15. Is this food warm and comforting? (7) 16. Stowing away new Chief of the Air Staff (7) 19. Honest old European money, we hear (5) 20. Neither points about very boring thing (5) 21. Some country derails golf cup (5)
Prize Su Doku
Solutions should be sent in a sealed envelope marked 'Prize Crossword' with the number in the top left-hand corner to RAF News, Room 68, Lancaster Building, HQ Air Command, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP14 4UE to arrive by October 18, 2019.
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The winner of Crossword No. 256 is John Young of Tamworth who wins a copy of The First Helicopter Boys by David Taylor (frontlinebooks.com) Solution to crossword No. 256: Across – 6. Pilatus 7. Table 9. Bombs 10. Promise 12. Transporter 14. Caterpillar 18. Fillies 19. Crews 21. India 22. Penance. Down – 1. Pilot 2. Barber 3. Cue 4. Hammer 5. Cluster 8. Grapple 11. Snapper 13. Valiant 15. Eclair 16. Abroad 17. Twice 20. Red.
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RAF word: Missiles
Famous aircraft: ............................................................. Crossword No. 258
Competition
Blaxploitation releases on Blu-Ray
Fabulous Films Limited/Fremantle Media Enterprises
................................................................................. Solutions should be sent in a sealed ....................................................Su Doku No. 268 envelope marked 'Su Doku' with the Solution to Su Doku No: 267 number in the top left-hand corner to RAF News, to arrive by October 18, 2019. Su Doku No. 267 winner Jim Cooper from RAF High Wycombe wins a copy of Sydney Camm Hurricane and Harrier Designer by John Sweetman (pen-and-sword. co.uk)
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Win Seventies classic films R ELEASED ON Blu-Ray on October 14, the 1972 classic Black Gunn (certificate 18) stars 'Blaxploitation' legends Jim Brown (He Got Game, I’m Gonna Git You Sucka), Brenda Sykes (Mandingo, Cleopatra Jones), Martin Landau (Ed Wood), Luciana Paluzzi (Thunderball), and Bruce Glover (Ghost World, Diamonds Are Forever) with a cameo by pro US football star Vida Blue. When a group of revolutionaries rob a Mafia-run gambling operation, nightclub owner
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Gunn (Brown) tries to protect his politically radical brother Scotty from the mobsters and the police. After Scotty is violently murdered, Gunn hits the streets looking for revenge. Chasing down the killer in his white Rolls-Royce, Gunn hooks up with his brother’s revolutionary friends and the cops for an explosive showdown with the mob boss and his gang. Before turning to acting, Jim Brown was a professional American football player. His record of scoring 100 touchdowns in only 93 games stood for more than 40 years. Also released on Blu-Ray on October 14 is The Take (certificate 15) starring Billy Dee Williams, better known as Lando Calrissian in The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Williams also spent a few years starring in Dynasty as well as playing Harvey Dent in Tim Burton’s blockbuster Batman. In The Take Terry Sneed (Williams) is a well-known cop brought in by police chief Ray Berrigan (Eddie Albert) to quell a crime wave that has gripped Paloma, New Mexico.
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Churchill and the movie mogul ■ We have copies of each title to win. For chance to own both titles on Blu-Ray, answer this question correctly: Who stars as Gunn in Black Gunn? Email your answer, marked BluRay competition, to: competitoins@ rafnews.co.ukor post it to: RAF News, Room 68, Lancaster Building, HQ Air Command, High Wycombe, HP12 3El, to arrive by October 18. Entrants must be over 18.
THERE'S STILL time to catch writer and director John Fleet’s excellent documentary Churchill And The Movie Moguls on the BBC iPlayer. Using previously undiscovered documents, this absorbing film, premiered on BBC4 recently, examines the working relationship between celebrated film producer Alexander Korda, inset, top right, (The Third Man) and Winston Churchill, inset, bottom right. Churchill was a firm film buff and Korda signed him up as a screenwriter and historical advisor. The film is full of fascinating
revelations – apparently Churchill was so enthralled by the glamorous star couple Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh (pictured above) as Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton in That Hamilton Woman that he watched the movie eight times, and each time it made him cry. When war broke out, Korda and Churchill’s collaboration became of immeasurable importance. Korda was sent on a spy mission to Hollywood with the aim of bringing America into the war – with spectacular results. ■ Go to: www.bbc.co.uk to watch the film.