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  1. Ronald Reagan on Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (1983)

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    Speech

    US President Ronald Reagan on the shooting down of a South Korean airliner (Korean Air Lines Flight 007) by Soviet jet interceptors after it strayed into Soviet airspace due to a navigational error (01/09/83).

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  2. George Shultz on Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (1983)

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    Speech

    US Secretary of State, George Shultz gives detailed information on the shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 by Soviet jet interceptors. On board the airliner was US Congressman Larry McDonald.

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  3. Transport spokesman on lifting of DC-10 ban (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Unidentified Department of Transport spokesman on the lifting of the DC-10 ban. (The aeroplane’s safety was called into question following a fatal crash in Chicago). Includes his view on the pilot’s...

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  4. Concorde aircraft decision (1980)

    Genre
    News report; Special; Interview

    Report on the decision not to build any more new Concorde aircraft. Includes an archive recording of the plane’s first inaugural commercial flight in 1976; archive interview with UK Trade Secretary, Peter...

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  5. Cold War, Hot Jets (2013)

    Director
    Simon Winchcombe
    Producer
    Simon Winchcombe
    Subject
    Engineering; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £34.99

    Britain emerged from the Second World War in financial crisis, but one technological innovation provided hope for the future: a world-leading jet aviation industry. During the Cold War, the jet engine became...

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  6. First airship trips for 50 years (1986)

    Genre
    Interview; News report; Speech; Vox pop

    Dianne Stradling reports on the first airship trips for fifty years. Includes bottle-smashing by Michael Spicer, Aviation Minister; interview with Roger Munk, British Caledonian; vox pop.

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  7. Air traffic controller warns of disaster risk (1988)

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    Interview

    An air traffic controller from Surrey who has just left his job after fifteen years says a major disaster in Britain’s skies is inevitable unless the Civil Aviation Authority acknowledges that current...

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  8. George Shultz on Reagan reaction to airliner attack (1983)

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    US Secretary of State, George Shultz on US President Ronald Reagan’s reaction to the shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 by Soviet jet interceptors. On board the airliner was US Congressman Larry...

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  9. Proposals to improve air safety (1989)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Kevin Murphy reports on 4 proposals to improve air safety to be put to an emergency conference in Canada of the International Civil Aviation Organisation by Transport Secretary Paul Channon in the wake of...

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  10. Ronald Reagan on Korean airliner attack (1983)

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    Speech

    US President Ronald Reagan on the shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 by Soviet jet interceptors after it strayed into Soviet airspace. Mentions the US fatality - Congressman Larry McDonald - and a...

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