"The Aeronauts" Early 70's TV Series. Anyone remember it?
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I was chatting to some mates about old TV shows and I mentioned an old black and white series about a pair of fighter pilots. I'm sure it was foreign language,(possibly French) dubbed into English. I'm sure the planes being flown were Mirages.
None of my mates remember it. Did I imagine watching it?
I'm sure it was on ITV on a Saturday morning before the Wrestling!!
Does anyone else remember it?
None of my mates remember it. Did I imagine watching it?
I'm sure it was on ITV on a Saturday morning before the Wrestling!!
Does anyone else remember it?
TypeR said:
I was chatting to some mates about old TV shows and I mentioned an old black and white series about a pair of fighter pilots. I'm sure it was foreign language,(possibly French) dubbed into English. I'm sure the planes being flown were Mirages.
None of my mates remember it. Did I imagine watching it?
I'm sure it was on ITV on a Saturday morning before the Wrestling!!
Does anyone else remember it?
Yes!None of my mates remember it. Did I imagine watching it?
I'm sure it was on ITV on a Saturday morning before the Wrestling!!
Does anyone else remember it?
In France it was called 'Les Chevaliers du ciel' and you'll find plenty about it on the Net.
Edited by Manks on Sunday 16th January 15:19
Simpo Two said:
No, but in a similar vein I remember a later series 'Squadron', where half a dozen Jaguars and a Hercules would fly off to bash the fuzzies at short notice.
That was from about 1980-81 and had every bit of [then] current RAF hardware as a thinly disguised recriutment campaign. Simpo Two said:
No, but in a similar vein I remember a later series 'Squadron', where half a dozen Jaguars and a Hercules would fly off to bash the fuzzies at short notice.
Nice to know it's not just me that remembers it. I've never seen re-runs of it anywhere since the original showing. Which is perhaps just as well - I suspect the memory is bettermthan the reality!
Manks said:
TypeR said:
I was chatting to some mates about old TV shows and I mentioned an old black and white series about a pair of fighter pilots. I'm sure it was foreign language,(possibly French) dubbed into English. I'm sure the planes being flown were Mirages.
None of my mates remember it. Did I imagine watching it?
I'm sure it was on ITV on a Saturday morning before the Wrestling!!
Does anyone else remember it?
Yes!None of my mates remember it. Did I imagine watching it?
I'm sure it was on ITV on a Saturday morning before the Wrestling!!
Does anyone else remember it?
In France it was called 'Les Chevaliers du ciel' and you'll find plenty about it on the Net.
Edited by Manks on Sunday 16th January 15:19
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEe3xfWfkG8
Manks said:
TypeR said:
I was chatting to some mates about old TV shows and I mentioned an old black and white series about a pair of fighter pilots. I'm sure it was foreign language,(possibly French) dubbed into English. I'm sure the planes being flown were Mirages.
None of my mates remember it. Did I imagine watching it?
I'm sure it was on ITV on a Saturday morning before the Wrestling!!
Does anyone else remember it?
Yes!None of my mates remember it. Did I imagine watching it?
I'm sure it was on ITV on a Saturday morning before the Wrestling!!
Does anyone else remember it?
In France it was called 'Les Chevaliers du ciel' and you'll find plenty about it on the Net.
Edited by Manks on Sunday 16th January 15:19
TypeR said:
I was chatting to some mates about old TV shows and I mentioned an old black and white series about a pair of fighter pilots. I'm sure it was foreign language,(possibly French) dubbed into English. I'm sure the planes being flown were Mirages.
None of my mates remember it. Did I imagine watching it?
I'm sure it was on ITV on a Saturday morning before the Wrestling!!
Does anyone else remember it?
Yes, I remember it, & definately Mirage III.None of my mates remember it. Did I imagine watching it?
I'm sure it was on ITV on a Saturday morning before the Wrestling!!
Does anyone else remember it?
Simpo Two said:
No, but in a similar vein I remember a later series 'Squadron', where half a dozen Jaguars and a Hercules would fly off to bash the fuzzies at short notice.
Wasn't it called "Spearhead"?Edited by andy97 on Tuesday 18th January 10:53
andy97 said:
Simpo Two said:
No, but in a similar vein I remember a later series 'Squadron', where half a dozen Jaguars and a Hercules would fly off to bash the fuzzies at short notice.
Wasn't it called "Spearhead"?I hesitate to trot out Wikipedia as proof of anything but here's the entry for the series that I'm pretty sure we're talking about.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squadron_(TV_series)
Just browsing The Aeronauts stuff online and found this thread. Stuart Maconie on BBC 6 Music had a short item on his Freakzone show, theme tune and chat with an enthusiast of 60's and 70's TV shows about the overdubbed French import about two crime solving fighter pilots. Utterly preposterous, but I loved the planes back in the day. Nobody I know seems to remember it.
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