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  1. Bird Flight Iwf (1968 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 14 min., 1996 sale: £25.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Gliding, sailing and beating flight are presented as the basic types of bird flight. In animated sequences, lift and propulsion are explained. Pecularities of hovering, take-off and landing are shown for...

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  2. Live from the Moon: Film, Television and the Space Race

    Date
    12 Dec 2011, 11:02
    Author
    bufvcsergio
    Post Type
    BUFVC Review

    By Michael Allen (IB Tauris, 2009). 240 pages. ISBN: 978-1845111700 (Paperback), £16.99; ISBN: 978-1845111694 (Hardback), £56 About the author: Dr Kate O’Riordan is Senior Lecturer in the Department of...

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  3. Bird Flight (1971 Video)

    Director
    Michael Steele
    Producer
    Hilary Fry
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 24 min.

    A description of a dissection to show the use and structure of flight muscles, etc.

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  4. 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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  5. High Speed Flight (Simplified Version) (1960)

    Subject
    Physics; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A compilation made from the three films in the HIGH SPEED FLIGHT series, illustrating the behaviour of airflow at speeds approaching, around, and beyond that of sound: the effects of airflow behaviour on...

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  6. Flight in Birds and Aeroplanes (1996 Video)

    Director
    Peter Howell
    Subject
    Biology; Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £12.50 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    John Maynard Smith describes the way flight developed in the animal kingdom: the fossil record indicates that the long tails which stabilised the flight of the first birds evolved into shorter, less stable...

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  7. Flying in Birds: An Experimental Approach (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at pioneering work into flapping flight of birds. In Bristol University for the first time accurate measurements are being made of lift and thrust of a bird in flight. In an experiment at Cranfield...

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  8. Chlorostilbon Melanorhynchus ('Trochilidae’): Changes of Direction in Flight (1967 Film)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the hummingbird ‘Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus’ hovering and changing direction in flight. The bird dives forwards, flies upwards forwards, flies upwards backwards and carries out turns. The feeding...

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  9. Flight Simulators and Robots (1995 Video)

    Producer
    David Saunders
    Subject
    Design; Engineering
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at how engineers can design flight simulators that simulate the movement of an airplane and yet remain stable. Compares the arrangement of links and joints used in the mechanics of a commercial flight...

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  10. Mayday: Air Crash Investigations (Special Edition) (2008)

    aka: Air Crash Disasters

    Subject
    Aviation; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), £19.99

    A compelling analysis of some of the most tragic air-disasters in history. The 8 discs include: The Tenerife Air Disaster (1977); Pan Am Flight 103 (1988); TWA Flight 800 (1996); Last Hour of Flight 11...

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