Douglas Bader's Royal Air Force
£3.99
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A listening experience like no other!
Cat. no.: GLMY114
Barcode: 5 060088 440162
1968 saw the 50th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force. In a few decades the new service had moved from planes of wood and canvas, held together by bits of string and driven by iron engines, to futuristic visions of aluminium and plastics that blasted themselves to the edge of space. Group-Captain Douglas Bader, arguably the most famous British flyer of the second World War, the man who had lost his legs in the early 1930s and had argued his way back into the service to fly in the Battle of Britain, offers fascinating insight into many of the great aircraft of the Royal Air Force's illustrious past - from propeller to supersonic jet. Thrill at 19 classic British warplanes captured in breathtaking stereo sound, with captivating commentary by an RAF flying legend.
Featuring:
Introduction to the Royal Air Force
Avro 504, Rotary engine blipping
Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Beds
Crossley Tender and Hucks Starter
Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Beds
Bristol Fighter, Engine starting and in flight
Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Beds
Hawker Fighter 1930, Roll-Royce 12 cylinder engine
De-Havilland Tiger-Moth in flight
Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Beds
Hawker Hurricane, Engine starting
RAF, Coningsby
Supermarine Spitfire, Engine starting and tick-over
RAF, Coningsby
Hawker Hurricane & Supermarine Spitfire in flight
RAF, Coningsby
Supermarine Spitfire, beating the aerodrome up
RAF, Coningsby
Avro Lancaster, in flight
RAF, Coningsby
Avro Lancaster, taxying
RAF, Coningsby
De-Havilland Mosquito, in flight
RAF, Coningsby
Gloster Meteor, in flight
RAE, Farnborough
Vulcan Bomber, in flight
RAF, Scampton
Victor Bomber, in flight
RAF, Scampton
Valiant Bomber, in flight
RAF, Scampton
Vulcans and Victors, take-off
RAF, Scampton
Hawker Hunter, in flight
RAE, Farnborough
English-Electric Lightning, in flight with re-heat
RAF, Wattisham
The Red Arrows (Folland Gnats) in flight
Coltishall
English-Electric Canberra, in flight
RAE, Farnborough
Westland Wessex, helicopter in flight
RAF, Manston
Vickers Varsity, taxying
RAF, Lyneham
Vickers VC10, in flight
RAF, Lyneham