Luck with Rainbows!

[Henry]

Combat!: Luck with Rainbows Episode, 1965
http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie-synopsis/combat!-luck-with-rainbows/ 

"Hanley (Rick Jason) and his men are stranded in the middle of enemy
territory when they are refused transportation by arrogant British commando
Major Cole-Hughes (Michael Evans). Thus, it is no small surprise to Hanley
when, later on, Cole-Hughes demands that Hanley and Kirby (Jack Hogan)
accompany him on a mission to seek out and destroy a German V-2 launching
site."
<snip>

This episode of Combat! was directed by Alan Crosland, Jr.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189075/ (Was there an adventure TV series of
which this guy didn't direct at least one episode?)  It's apparently on the
"Combat - Season 4, Conflict 1" DVD, http://tinyurl.com/6opwlg , so who's
gonna see it and report back first? :-)

I discovered this Combat! episode because I was doing a little research
today after I was shown the engine of a Scud missile this morning and was
informed by the guide that (stop me if you've heard this one before) it's
based rather directly on the V-2! This the closest that I have been, and am
likely to be, I guess, to a V-2.  For a little more on Scuds: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scud 
"The first use of the term Scud was in the NATO name SS-1b Scud-A, applied
to the R-11 ballistic missile. The earlier R-1 missile had carried the NATO
name SS-1 Scunner, but was of a very different design, almost directly a
copy of the German V-2. The R-11 used technology gained from the V-2 as
well, but was a new design, smaller and differently shaped than the V-2 and
R-1 weapons. The R-11 was developed by the Korolyev OKB[1] and entered
service in 1957. The most revolutionary innovation in the R-11 was the
engine, designed by A.M. Isaev. Far simpler than the V-2's multi-chamber
design, and employing an anti-oscillation baffle to prevent chugging, it was
a forerunner to the larger engines used in Russia's space rockets."

 HENRY MU

Information, Media, and Technology Consultant

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