The real magnificent men in their flying machines BBC2 now

[macp]

Fascinating watch on BBC2 now.

[moribund]

Awesome. That guy Anthony is a complete liability though!

[RedWhiteMonkey]

This is really good, well worth watching on iplayer if you miss it.

[24lemons]

macp said:

Fascinating watch on BBC2 now.

Nutters all of them! How much fun would it be to do that though?!

[moribund]

Loved that. Want one now!

[macp]

moribund said:

Loved that. Want one now!

Me two

What an absolute gem of a programme I didnt want it to end.

[outnumbered]

Great programme.

Fair play to the instructor with the bad back - I think I'd have chucked that bloke Anthony out of the plane after 5 minutes!

[RetroWheels]

An excellent hour of viewing , i know sod all about microlights but found this an interesting and well made program with some great characters - Real rather than Reality TV.

[macp]

outnumbered said:

Great programme.

Fair play to the instructor with the bad back - I think I'd have chucked that bloke Anthony out of the plane after 5 minutes!

Just found his book on amazon,looks a good read.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Propellerhead-Antony-Woodw...

[Mike Brown]

Best thing on telly for years, characters everyone of them, the sort of people you just want to be with. brill.

[crox]

What a great show!

[993AL]

A good way to spend an hour. I dont mind paying the licence fee for stuff like that.

[Eric Mc]

Lovely programme. It was very moving in its own litle way. I particularly enjoyed the Irish dad and his son. You could see the son change from being a surly "Kevin the Teenager" to a young man over the course of the programme.

A litle gem.

[RegMolehusband]

I'm so glad I spotted that, I initially thought there was nothing worth watching last night. Wonderful stuff, I was rivetted by every frame and every word. Great people all of them. Seeing them sitting closely side-by-side all dressed up for the cold wind reminded me of my aeroscreen Caterham days.

[RegMolehusband]

Googling the title I just followed a link into prpune where it's being discussed. Hey, it's just like Pistonheads with wings over there with the holier-than-though brigade gassing on about poor flying etc. Fortunately there's others on there who are not so pompous.

Interesting reading from a different perspective http://www.pprune.org/private-flying/475110-bbc2-r...

[Chris Type R]

I've only been a passenger a few times, but flying over the sea is a little nerve racking. Flew across to the Isle Of Wight, life vests on etc. Kudos to the lad for flying across the Irish Sea.

[cardigankid]

I thought that they were all mental.

[Eric Mc]

cardigankid said:

I thought that they were all mental.

In an endearing way.

[Laurel Green]

Keeping eccentricity alive and well in the UK. Fantastic!

[renmure]

Just making the point that you can be a PHer and a microligher at the same time

My other toy. 100 BHP with a 0-50mph in about 5 secs, usually heading skyward long before 60mph

The BBC prog was entertaining but did concentrate on the more eccentric side of things.