The Flying Boats - Season 1 Episode 3 Part III

Name: The Flying Boats
Genre: Documentary
Released: 15 Dec 1980
Rating: 0.00
Cast: David Lomax

1980-12-15 United Kingdom 29 minutes.

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Documentary aviation flying boat air travel

Episodes
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Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Dec 01, 1980

1 - 1

Part I Dec 01, 1980
1 - 2

Part II Dec 08, 1980
1 - 3

Part III Dec 15, 1980

Overview

In the Second World War the flying boats of RAF Coastal Command played a crucial part in the war at sea. In peacetime they became part of the BOAC fleet on the re-opened Empire routes, but their civilian role was short-lived. Bigger airports and larger runways meant bigger and faster land-planes, and the flying boat was redundant. The last to be built in 1952 was the Princess, the largest aircraft in the world at the time; she lived for only one year. David Lomax concludes the story of the flying boats - a story many believe should have no ending.

Year 1980

Studio BBC Two

Director

Crew Martin Dale (Sound), Peter Hunt (Editor), Rob Green (Sound), David Bowerman (Camera Operator), John Coleman (Producer), Stan Morcom (Sound)

Popularity 0.4268

Language English