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A routine flight turn into desperate fight for survival as the Captain dangles precariously from the cockpit with his cabin crew doggedly hanging onto his legs.
A British Airways BAC111.
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The RAF desperately needed a modern fighter to counter the Luftwaffe in WWII.. Reginald Mitchell, despite failing health, steps up.
R J Mitchell.
The Supermarine SB6.
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Fast aircraft have swept wings… of course they do! Buy why?
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The West is stunned by the appearance of a new Soviet fighter capable of a huge altitude and incredible speed. Suddenly, one is placed right into their laps!
The passport of Viktor Belenko.
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During the fall of Saigon in 1975, Major Bung Lee escapes in a Bird Dog.
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An interview with C130 pilot, the amazing CJ Hemmer, who reveals what those Special Forces Hercules pilots get up to!
