Dunkirk, Oscars and Invasion

Over the weekend, the movie Dunkirk  took home three Oscars (Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Film Editing) from the 90th Academy Awards. Congratz to them!

To be perfectly honest, I watched the full movie only once and wasn't really interested in a lot of it, mostly the fiction-based-on-fact human drama taking place on the boats and the beach.

Thanks in part to TV trailers and early reviews, I knew what I wanted to see and that was the aerial action.

With so few operational World War II aircraft left in the world, it was a real treat to see some real, physical warbirds on the Silver Screen (I know there were a few large scale models built to stand in for stunts and other aircraft that just don't exist in flying condition) and not a obvious CGI special effects fest.

So, I was inspired to make a tribute of sorts and flew my tier V premium "Dunkirk" Spitfire to mark the occasion. Little did I know I was going to make some drama and action of my own....