Thanks for posting that BOAC, I remember virtually every scene in that and it must be nearly forty years since I last saw it!
The best Sparrows vid has to be the Arthur Gibson one. My son was one at the time and I'd just bought my first video recorder. It used to keep him spellbound while we got on with making the dinner or whatever. No he didn't finish up being a pilot; he lives in Brisbane and sells space on container ships...I would like to think there's a connection but I haven't found one yet...