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MrAndyW
Original Poster
78 posts
17 months
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Torquey
1,039 posts
97 months
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Will also be watching this.
Cheers.
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TimJMS
2,045 posts
120 months
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Thanks so much for the heads up 
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TimJMS
2,045 posts
120 months
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TimJMS
2,045 posts
120 months
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Lurking Lawyer
3,515 posts
94 months
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Oh yes - I'm LOVING this. Excellent stuff so far.
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TimJMS
2,045 posts
120 months
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Heads up again, I know many PH'ers will rejoice in this.
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TimJMS
2,045 posts
120 months
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LotusOmega375D
2,132 posts
22 months
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Max_Torque
4,823 posts
86 months
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This ladies and gentlemen is how you do a proper documentary! ;-)
great footage
Sympathetic voice over
No "faux drama"
Intellegent "sound bites" from people who were actually involved at the time
Good on ya BBc4 !!
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LotusOmega375D
2,132 posts
22 months
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I phone double post! US design. English Electric phone: no problem, but low battery life!
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TimJMS
2,045 posts
120 months
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Utterly brilliant.
Download when you can.
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Parabola
1,229 posts
66 months
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One of the best programs I've ever seen on television.
Do examples of all the planes showed still exist anywhere in the world?
Any still flying like the mighty Vulcan?
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gazapc
45 posts
29 months
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Ahh that was fantastic, BBC4 is by far the best channel on tv.
Having just finished reading 'Empire of the Clouds' about a month ago it was great to see all the footage and but names to faces.
Can also not recommend 'Wings on my sleeve' by Cpt. Eric 'Winkle' Brown enough as well.
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Fonz
148 posts
53 months
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Thanks to the OP for the heads up on this show. Fantastic. 
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Chris Hinds
107 posts
34 months
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Agreed - excellent program and looking forward to part 2
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wy906
898 posts
43 months
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Parabola said: One of the best programs I've ever seen on television.
Do examples of all the planes showed still exist anywhere in the world?
Any still flying like the mighty Vulcan? Yes. This was from just over a week ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkWO5zVPz4g&fea...
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LotusOmega375D
2,132 posts
22 months
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Was at the Science Museum yesterday. . The Shorts vertical take-off prototype is in there (minus it's port wing?!). Kestrel prototype and Bedstead also in there. Of course none will ever fly.
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TimJMS
2,045 posts
120 months
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tr7v8
4,008 posts
97 months
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gazapc said: Ahh that was fantastic, BBC4 is by far the best channel on tv.
Having just finished reading 'Empire of the Clouds' about a month ago it was great to see all the footage and but names to faces.
Can also not recommend 'Wings on my sleeve' by Cpt. Eric 'Winkle' Brown enough as well. Cpt. Eric Brown has also written Wings of the weird & wonderful vol 1 & 2. Which are his experiences of flying loads of experimental stuff in Germany at the end of WWII & also some of his development work at Boscombe Down & Farnborough.
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