Just a week ago, I downloaded and viewed "The First of the Few". I thought is very well done - much better than I expected. The only thing I found annoying was David Niven's character - a "Hollywood-comedy" version of a woman-chasing test pilot. Leslie Howard's portrayal of R J Mitchell was excellent.
Technically, the Scheider Trophy sequences were well done. Did they have access to real seaplanes or were they replicas?
Does anyone know who flew the aerobatic sequences in the film? Jeffery Quill or Alex Henshaw are the obvious candidates.