Air Show Greats - Masters Of The Air DVD

The Red Arrows - 25 Spectacular Years:Here is a true story of 25 years of spectacular achievement. The whole world knows the Royal Air Force's amazing aerobatic team The Red Arrows. Now you are in the cockpit hearing the leader's every command and sharing in every exciting manoeuvre. The cameras of veteran aerial photographer Arthur Gibson are your guide first sky-high with the 'Gnats' The Reds Arrows' saucy little jet and then in the powerful new generation 'Hawks' flying today. Raymond Baxter introduces you to the team leaders aviator legends themselves from... Lee Jones in 1965 to modern pilots such as Tom Miller. Now you have a lasting memento of the more than 2 000 daring intricate displays the team has performed before millions in 42 countries and of the consummate skill of its pilots. Farnborough - The Golden Years 1949-59:From the archives of the famous Imperial War Museum comes a treasured look at history in the making - Farnborough Britain's greatest air show. Witness the show from 1949 through to 1959 recorded on newsreels shown in the cinemas of the day. What an exciting decade it was with the accomplishment of technological genius giving birth to innovation we now take for granted. Observe the dangers - the daring test pilots ever willing to over come the seemingly impossible and the bravery which cost the life of John Derry at Farnborough '52. Enjoy the Black Arrows (the forerunners of the Red Arrows) as they demonstrate the very meaning of precision during their giant aerobatics display. Witness an amazing range of aircraft of this DVD from the Aiglet to the Wyvern TF-2. The Concorde Story:A fascinating DVD documentary chronicling the remarkable history of Concorde's development years of painstaking research that resulted in the ultimate in commercial air travel. [show more]

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