Challenge of the Sky - The Farnborough Story
Colour, with commentary, documents research & development work at the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) Particularly development of Concorde. Circa 1970s.
00:01:21 00:01:53 RAF helicopter taking-off, dropping wooden `delta` dart to scientists on the ground. Early Concorde wing trials.
00:01:53 00:02:10 Concorde in-flight, titles
00:02:10 00:02:50 Static displays & crowds at Farnborough Air show, GVs, aircraft taking-off & landing
00:02:50 00:03:05 Harrier take-off, spectator
00:03:05 00:03:21 helipcopter display team, spectators, Red Arrows display team
00:03:21 00:04:00 RAE firetruck, various buildings & signs at RAE, aerial shot RAE Farnborough
00:04:00 00:04:55 Heathrow passenger terminal, passengers, taxi, check-in desk, departures board, baggage on conveyor
00:04:55 00:05:03 passenger walking across tarmac & boarding aircraft BAC111
00:05:03 00:05:28 Pan Am passenger jet taking-off
00:05:28 00:05:48 Concorde 002 in hangar, engineers working on it
00:05:48 00:06:14 Concorde taking-off
00:06:14 00:06:43 effects of rain impact at high speed on aircraft materials
00:06:43 00:06:49 Concorde in-flight
00:06:49 00:09:29 Scientists in laboratory conducting research into rain errosion and impact at high speed on aircraft windscreens
00:09:30 00:10:05 test rig, testing material samples @ high-speed for use on Concorde
00:10:05 00:10:18 air-to-air shot of Concorde, in-cockpit shot of pilots
00:10:18 00:10:28 aerial view of RAE Farnborough
00:10:28 00:11:03 Comet aircraft relics, water tank used for Comet accident investigation
00:11:03 00:11:30 structures dept., test rigs & development for Concorde
00:11:30 00:16:46 various aircraft crash wreckage being examined by Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB), scientists re-assembling wreckage
00:16:46 00:19:44 Boeing 707 landing, training flight. Blind Landing Experimental Unit (BLEU), similator, pilots practicing landing in thick fog
00:19:44 00:20:19 pilot POV of lit runway at night in fog, pilots in simulator
00:20:19 00:20:47 Buccaneer taking-off down runway towards camera
00:20:47 00:21:33 demonstration of low-light TV (developed at Farnborough) for use in night flying
00:21:33 00:21:58 Aircraft flies over Cody Tree, commemorative plaque, model of Cody`s plane
00:21:58 00:25:52 Jindivik unmanned aircraft, flight control room, launching, flying and landing it by remote control
00:25:52 00:26:39 RAE Farnborough sign, aerial view of RAE, Concorde in flight, end titles
FULL SYNOPSIS
00:01:53 00:02:10 Concorde in-flight, titles
00:02:10 00:02:50 Static displays & crowds at Farnborough Air show, GVs, aircraft taking-off & landing
00:02:50 00:03:05 Harrier take-off, spectator
00:03:05 00:03:21 helipcopter display team, spectators, Red Arrows display team
00:03:21 00:04:00 RAE firetruck, various buildings & signs at RAE, aerial shot RAE Farnborough
00:04:00 00:04:55 Heathrow passenger terminal, passengers, taxi, check-in desk, departures board, baggage on conveyor
00:04:55 00:05:03 passenger walking across tarmac & boarding aircraft BAC111
00:05:03 00:05:28 Pan Am passenger jet taking-off
00:05:28 00:05:48 Concorde 002 in hangar, engineers working on it
00:05:48 00:06:14 Concorde taking-off
00:06:14 00:06:43 effects of rain impact at high speed on aircraft materials
00:06:43 00:06:49 Concorde in-flight
00:06:49 00:09:29 Scientists in laboratory conducting research into rain errosion and impact at high speed on aircraft windscreens
00:09:30 00:10:05 test rig, testing material samples @ high-speed for use on Concorde
00:10:05 00:10:18 air-to-air shot of Concorde, in-cockpit shot of pilots
00:10:18 00:10:28 aerial view of RAE Farnborough
00:10:28 00:11:03 Comet aircraft relics, water tank used for Comet accident investigation
00:11:03 00:11:30 structures dept., test rigs & development for Concorde
00:11:30 00:16:46 various aircraft crash wreckage being examined by Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB), scientists re-assembling wreckage
00:16:46 00:19:44 Boeing 707 landing, training flight. Blind Landing Experimental Unit (BLEU), similator, pilots practicing landing in thick fog
00:19:44 00:20:19 pilot POV of lit runway at night in fog, pilots in simulator
00:20:19 00:20:47 Buccaneer taking-off down runway towards camera
00:20:47 00:21:33 demonstration of low-light TV (developed at Farnborough) for use in night flying
00:21:33 00:21:58 Aircraft flies over Cody Tree, commemorative plaque, model of Cody`s plane
00:21:58 00:25:52 Jindivik unmanned aircraft, flight control room, launching, flying and landing it by remote control
00:25:52 00:26:39 RAE Farnborough sign, aerial view of RAE, Concorde in flight, end titles