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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. Instruments in Flight (1986 Video)

    Producer
    John Stratford
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Looks at the flight instrumentation on the BA 146. Shows how the sensors fitted to engine no 3 are used to alert the crew to an engine fire and how those sensors are able to present the pilot with a...

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  5. Design for Profit (1981 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Appraises the many factors that need to be considered in the design of a modern airliner. Emphasises the need for the vehicle to make an operating profit and the consequent dependence of fast turnaround,...

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  6. Please Construct...(Airbus A300) (1979 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Report on the development and assembly of the European Airbus A300, a wide-bodied, short- and medium-range aircraft.

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  7. 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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  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. 2 (1971 Film)

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

    Shows the production facilities throughout Europe of the member companies of the sponsor. Components of the Airbus are shown under construction up to delivery of the first fuselage to the Toulouse production...

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  10. 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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