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Old 29th Nov 2010, 10:10
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blind pew
 
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The film was ALL IN A DAYS FLYING - 1965 director Richard Dimbleby and narrated Johnny Morris who did Animal magic.
It showed a VC10 trip with captain Bill Williams and his son who was at Hamble at the time as well as a Trident one with a GVA and Nice turnaround with shopping excursions. ( Nice was rather impoverished at the time)
The Trident 1 carried out a typical controlled crash - no real attempt to kick off the drift or flare.
We all winced when we were shown it during current affairs at Hamble - thought that the landing should have been left on the cutting room floor!
It was shown as a B movie and for recruiting for the corporations.
Still available for around a tenner from Phil Nelson - link via the Hamble website.
A very good example of the privileged life of a pilot in both of the corporations at the time.
I was one of a handful of guys who experienced both the gripper and the Iron duck.
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