THE CHALLENGE OF FLIGHT - 19 PART COLLECTION
These are true stories of top gun pilots trying to
get home when things go terribly wrong. Witness incredible
bone-jarring crashes, miraculous tales of survival,
fiery landings, life or death struggles on the carrier
deck, locked controls, burning fires, near misses,
close calls, and more. The biggest collection of aviation
footage ever recorded.
The Final Approach - The Declassified Files
Unbelievable footage of pilot and aircraft in terrifying
moments. Pilots respond to emergencies during take-offs
and landings. See the F-16's first flight - the ultimate
disaster. 44 minutes.
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Eagles Over the Gulf - Stories of
Desert Storm
Few films deal with combat from a pilot’s perspective.
What goes on inside his head as he faces rows of SAMs
and sheets of triple A's. Pilots who flew the dangerous
sorties of Desert Storm share their incredible stories
as only they could. Pilots describe the tension of
daily combat with some of the finest film footage of
the gulf war – from Stealths to Warthogs. 47
min.
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Aircraft Carrier Quals
military aviation. Find out what it takes to serve
on an aircraft carrier. Until pilots and equipment
pass the tests and qualify for duty, they'll stay on
land. One cold catapult incident can send a pilot into
the sea or to their death if they are not fast and
accurate. Witness all the challenges of Aircraft Carrier
Qualifications. 47 min.
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Nowhere Else to Go
The ultimate challenge of pilots in air-to-air and
air-to-ground combat is to deliver their weapons to
the enemy before he can deliver his. This program traces
the development of air combat from the use of air balloons
to advanced weaponry of this era. See rare historic
battle footage, cockpit views, battlefield action,
bombs-eye-view in actual attacks, and more. As seen
on The Military Channel. 50 min.
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Go to Guns
The ultimate challenge of pilots in air-to-air and
air-to-ground combat is to deliver their weapons
to the enemy before he can deliver his. This program
traces the development of air combat from the use
of air balloons to advanced weaponry of this era.
See rare historic battle footage, cockpit views,
battlefield action, bombs-eye-view in actual attacks,
and more. 45 min.
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Out of Control
Bullets and missiles aren’t the only things
that kill military aviators and destroy aircraft.
Sometimes, a disastrous out-of-control situation
can be worse. Watch accident footage from actual
mishaps, uncontrollable situations with stalls and
drops, pilot induced oscillations, unrecoverable
spins, massive structural failures, and many more
astonishing fails. 49 min.
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Pushing the Limits
In the heat of combat, nothing is more frustrating
or deadly than engaging an enemy that outperforms
you. Those are things called limits. Limits on
airspeed, G-forces, turn rates, and more. Exceed
a limit and you kill yourself, push the limits
back and you build an airplane that can kill the
enemy. One finds the limits of flight in the dangers
of flight testing. 46 min.
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Gettn' In Gettin' Out
Getting through to the target and destroying it is
the mission. The bonus is getting out without getting
blown out of the sky by the enemy. Facing a gauntlet
of AAA, SAMs, ground fire, dust, and confusion,
this action-packed program sends you on high speed
runs against the enemy. It's so real you can almost
feel the heat, smell the smoke and taste the flames.
46 min.
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Vietnam: Zero Dark Thirty
For 10 long years, Vietnam was home to thousands
of American military aviators. One by one, pilots
of this difficult, confusing war met the challenge
daily. It wasn’t what anyone wanted, but
it came down to duty and this duty was theirs.
This incredible video shows you the life of a pilot
in Vietnam like you've never seen it before. It’s
0-dark-30 in Vietnam. 49 min.
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Whatever it Takes
Military aircraft are finely tuned, tough, fast and
agile machines. But even the smallest system failure
can cause a major disaster. Witness first hand
the moments when things do go wrong and when a
small glitch brings down the finest technology.
Best of all, see pilot ingenuity at work to beat
insurmountable odds and bring their aircraft home
in one piece or many. 47 min.
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Eject! Eject!
Eject! The one word a pilot hates and fears most.
When an aircraft has nowhere to go but down, the
only escape for a pilot is his ejection seat. While
often the saving grace, the ejection seat is not
without risks of its own. With never-before-seen
test crash footage, trace the progress of the pilot's
safety system of last resort from inception to
today's models. 45 min.
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Adversary Air
Fighter pilots study their opponents the way football
players study game films. Adversary air is one
such film. In it you will see the flight capabilities
of aircraft we may one day face. For fighter pilots
the questions are easy; the answers are a matter
of life and death. See some of the world's deadliest
military aircraft. Are we really the world’s
top guns? 56 min
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Violent Skies
Witness first hand a jet that has been struck, disoriented,
killed by a missile shot, dying in violent skies.
In the end, pilots survive from pure instinct and
adrenaline. It's a rush that leaves a pilot unable
to explain what he did to survive. Pilots know
that someday they’ll face the challenge of
such violence. And when they do, this is what they’ll
see. 48 min.
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WWII Air Attacks
WWII as seen from the gun sights of American fighters
and attackers. Be in the center of dogfights. Dive
for the ones trying to escape. Sit in the cockpit.
Original camera footage shows the best Japan and
Nazi Germany had to offer. These unrelenting images
of World War II air-to-air and air-to-ground dog
fights and strafing runs are still chilling after
75 years. 32 min.
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Sounds of Freedom
Top gun pilots know the sound of freedom is the sound
of a fighter jet with power to the max and afterburners
blazing. You'll feel a part of it all as military
pilots tell their stories of trials and triumphs
in the ever-pressing job of keeping America free
and safe. Features a masterful soundtrack and some
of the most incredible shots in aviation film and
video. 47 min.
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Limping Home
It is the nature of pilots to stay with their planes
and bring them and their crews home, no matter
what shape they are in and no matter the cost.
It is not always a rational thing to do and often
it fails. In this program, you'll witness numerous
damaged aircraft trying to make their way home.
Some make it, some don't. See rare accident footage
caught on film. 45 min.
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Vertical Flight
In vertical flight, aircraft control is a balance
between the enormous forces of gravity pulling
in opposition to powerful motors. Each is necessary
to maintain stability and each becomes deadly in
mishaps as shown here. With newly obtained footage,
you may now view the challenges of vertical flight
from its beginnings to the development of modern
aircraft. 49 min.
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Attacking Wildfires
They are missions as dangerous as combat itself.
Witness challenging air attacks of C130 Hercules,
P-3 Orions, OV-10 Broncos and a host of civilian
transports, against the violence and unpredictable
rage of wildfires. You'll ride in the cockpit as
you push a C130 down into Malibu Canyon and learn
what it takes to drag an 8-ton load over an out
of control wildfire. 45 min.
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Air Rescue Missions
The U. S. Coast Guard has put air power to work since
the very first days of flight, meeting the challenges
of emergencies, always with the threat of being overwhelmed
during a rescue. This is the story of pilot and aircraft
in the dangerous world of air rescues. See daring
rescues during hurricanes, on cliffs, at sea, on
ice, accident scenes, emergencies, more. 45 min.
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