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Reaching for the Skies: Season 1

1x10 The Quest for Speed

  • 1988-11-14T20:05:00Z on BBC Two
  • 1h
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
This film begins with the SR-71 Blackbird, expressed as the ultimate expression in the quest for speed. The film, after credits, begins with the 1905 Curtiss biplane, owned and flown by a venerable gentleman who had been a boy when the aircraft was new. Thereafter the film moves on the Schneider Cup competition, and features unique footage of the Napier Lion-powered Supermarine S.5 with its blood-curdling scream over the water. Concluding the Schneider Cup is the S.6 and S.6b.
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