Reaching for the Skies was an aviation documentary TV series made by BBC Pebble Mill in association with CBS Fox. The first episode was transmitted in the United Kingdom on 12 September 1988 and in …
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Ep 11988-09-12
The Pioneers
From the Wright Brothers' first controlled-powered flight in 1903 to the advent of the space …
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Ep 21988-09-19
The Adventures Of Flight
This is the account of the master aviators who pushed back the frontiers and found …
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Ep 31988-09-26
The Aeroplane Goes To War
Over France in World War I, where man and flying machines were first forged into …
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Ep 41988-10-03
Victory over the Sea
Since the Second World War, aircraft have played an important role in naval operations...defending the …
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Ep 51988-10-10
Bombers
Dresden...London...Vietnam...Tokyo..their names alone are dramatic testimony to the awesome power of the bomber. These aircraft …
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Ep 61988-10-17
Fighters
Few aspects of the history of aviation match the vitality, drama and scale of the …
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Ep 71988-10-24
Giants of the Air
We take them - the jumbo jets - for granted today, yet overwhelming obstacles had …
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Ep 81988-10-31
Rivals over the Atlantic
The development of the jet engine represented a quantum leap in aviation, and revolutionised commercial …
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Ep 91988-11-07
Trail Blazers
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Ep 101988-11-14
The Quest for Speed
This film begins with the SR-71 Blackbird, expressed as the ultimate expression in the quest …
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Ep 111988-11-21
Lighter than Air
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Ep 121988-11-28
Vertical Flight
Examining the history of vertical flight, the program begins with the early helicopters, and then …