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  1. On Course for Growth (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 min.

    Details the investment, recruitment, training and overall strategy being adopted by the Civil Aviation Authority to cope with the projected increases in air travel. Also hightlight sthe scope of the task...

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  2. Nothing on the Clock (1978 Video)

    Subject
    Health & safety
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 22 min.

    Draws attention to the need to exercise good airmanship and safety at all times when flying light aircraft. Explains the commonest causes of accidents and illustrates them by reconstructing several flying...

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  3. Fly-By-Wire (1989 Video)

    Producer
    Ben Shephard
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. Betamax. col. 52 min.

    Advances in aviation technology give computers a central role in the control of modern jet aircraft. For many years military aircraft have incorporated fly-by-wire technology. The first fly-by-wire civil...

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  4. Sir Barnes Wallis (1975 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The life and work of Sir Barnes Wallis in the field of aviation. The film begins with his early air-ship days and then goes on to cover the R100, the Wellington Bomber and the bouncing bomb. The latter half...

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  5. Cleared for Take-Off (1994 Video)

    Director
    Karl Sabbagh
    Producer
    Karl Sabbagh
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., £20.00

    The programme covers the year leading up to the first flight. The Boeing 777 is the company’s latest attempt to stay ahead in the civil aviation field, in the face of competition from McDonnell Douglas and...

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  6. Light Stuff, The (1990 Video)

    Producer
    Mark J Davis
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

    Tells of a group of students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who designed and built a human-powered aircraft to recreate the mythical successful flight by Daedalus.

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  7. 21st Century Jet (1992 Video)

    Director
    Karl Sabbagh
    Producer
    Karl Sabbagh
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

    The programme is about the Boeing 777, the world’s newest jet airliner, designed entirely in the memory store of a network of computers. The programme is following the design, construction and testing of...

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  8. Airbus Progress Report No. 4 (1972 Film)

    Director
    Anthony Fewkes
    Producer
    Leslie Dawson
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the roll out and first flight of a new passenger aircraft in the wide body range.

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  9. Airbus Progress Report No. 3 (1972 Film)

    Director
    Anthony Fewkes
    Producer
    Leslie Dawson
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A record of the assembly of component parts from the sponsor’s European factories. It is recommended that Reports nos. 2 and 3 be viewed together.

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  10. Triumph of Flight (1987 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering; History
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 59 min.

    Footage from British Movietone newsreels. Shows ‘Concorde’ on its inaugural flight from London to New York, the Red Arrows, the Graf Zeppelin. Also show the Vickers ‘Viscount’, de Havilland...

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