Originally Posted by
The Heff
I don't fancy landing the Avro 504 (no brakes!) 
I thought the programme was interesting to see how aerial combat began quite chivalrous, at first, to become a developed form of warfare. Its quite difficult to imagine professional soldiers waving at the enemy!
I'm sorry to say I missed it, but doubtless it'll get repeated sometime soon.
But on the brakes issue - those of us with lots of quality time in older microlights are very used to this. I can claim about 300 hrs on low performance aeroplanes without brakes. On grass, it's a non-issue, on a downslope on tarmac it can be quite exciting, but hard runways didn't exist during WW1 so that's a non-issue also.
G