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  1. Flying Wing Starts New Aviation Era

    Date released
    22 Dec 1947
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1754
    NoS ID
    040847
    Story no
    1 / 4

    Britain’s latest aviation triumph performs well on first flight, indicating revolutionary change in aircraft design.

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  2. Safe Journey (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 13 min., Free loan to aviation industry, education and companies

    Presents a brief history of commercial airlines from the first scheduled flight in 1919. Also examines the role of the Civil Aviation Authority from its inception in 1972 to the present.

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  3. Fire on Board (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Health & safety
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. VHS. col. 10 min., Free loan to aviation industry, education and companies.

    Describes how the Fire Service Training School, run by the Civil Aviation Authority, trains airport firement to reeact when there is a fire on board an aircraft.

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  4. British Aviation History: Rescue from Crashed Aircraft 1945 - 1987 (1987)

    Subject
    Aviation
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £14.99

    A collection of training films featuring demonstrations of the correct way to rescue passengers and crew from crashed planes. The earliest film shows how to enter a crashed Lancaster bomber. Among other...

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  5. Instrument Rating, The (1989 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 92 min.

    Demonstrates the flight profile of an Initial Instrument Rating Flight Test as required by the Civil Aviation Authority. Discusses the pre-flight preparations and planning processes, and with the aid of...

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  6. Leading Edge, The (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Business studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

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  7. Happiness in Flying (1980)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Biography of the aeroplane designer Andrei Tupolev, including archive material of early aircraft, and Chkalov’s flight in the 1930s landing in the USA.

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  8. Air Crash Investigation and Escape (2006)

    Subject
    Aviation; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 99 minutes), £14.99

    For decades Britain led the world in aviation technology, thanks largely to the work of the Royal Aircraft Establishment with centres at Farnborough, Bedford and throughout the UK. These rare and often...

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  9. British Air Travel (1994 Video)

    Subject
    History; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 64 min., 1994 sale: £12.99 (inc. VAT)

    Using footage from British Pathé News, traces the growth of air passenger travel in Britain from its beginnings in the early part of the century with the foundation of Imperial Airways, through to the...

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  10. Downbursts (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Concentrates more on aviation than meteorology discussing the hazardous low-level wind shears associated with downdraughts from severe convective storms (downbursts). Describes flying techniques which enable...

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