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Gulf crisis training - third aircraft crashes (1990)

Genre

Interview

Interview with the RAF’s Craig Lindsay after a third aircraft crashes in as many days on a routine low-flying training exercise in preparation for the Gulf crisis. Male interviewer not identified....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

50th Anniversary of Miles aircraft - 29 March [1975-1986]

Today marked the fiftieth anniversary of the maiden flight of the Miles Haw, a two-seater aeroplane designed by the late F. G. Miles. To celebrate, a group of former pilots and workers from the Miles...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Kegworth air disaster report published (1990)

Genre

Interview

Donat Desmond, husband of one of those killed and himself injured, reacts to the publication of the Air Accidents Investigation Branch report into the 1989 British Midland air crash on the M1 near Kegworth....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Cuba shoots down US planes (1996)

Genre

Interview; News report; Press conference; Speech

Report on the shooting down of two US civilian aircraft by Cuban military jets. The aircraft belonged to the Brothers to the Rescue exile group who help refugees flee the island. Reaction in the USA and...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Round the world record attempt by Voyager aircraft successful (1986)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

Report on the successful landing of the Voyager aircraft in California following its round the world record-breaking trip on one tank of fuel. Includes sound of the welcoming party, and pilot Dick Rutan...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Round the world record attempt by Voyager aircraft successful (1986)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

Report on the successful landing of the Voyager aircraft in California following its round the world record-breaking trip on one tank of fuel. Includes sound of welcoming party; commentary and/or radio...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Lockerbie bomb originated in CIA briefcase (1989)

Genre

News report

Investigators now know the bomb that blew apart the Pan Am jumbo jet over Lockerbie was planted in the luggage of a CIA Agent. Explosives were put in his bags by Palestinian extremists who’d blown his...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Memorial service for Kegworth victims (1989)

Genre

News report; Speech

Karen English reports on Margaret Thatcher attending the service for the victims of the Kegworth air crash in Belfast and the security blanket over the town as a result; and the other royal and political...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Prince Charles visits Lockerbie (1989)

Genre

News report; Interview

Douglas McGuire reports from Lockerbie on the planned visit of Prince Charles today, more than a month after the disaster. He faces a mixed reception from locals, angry that no one from the Royal family...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Kuwaiti Airlines hijack (1984)

Genre

News report; Interview; Special

Report on the Kuwaiti Airlines hijack in Iran including screams from the plane picked up by Tel Aviv radio monitor Micky Gourdes(?) who is interviewed. Male reporter not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio