Horizon BBC2 21:00 hrs (UK)

[Windy Militant]

Horizon
Percy Pilcher's Flying Machine: To mark the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' inaugural flight, Horizon tells the amazing story of Percy Pilcher, who could have been the first person to fly.

Featuring Dr Bill Brooks of Scrapheap Challenge Fame. :ok:

[Genghis the Engineer]

One afternoon in late August I was driving along, talking shop on my mobile to the Chief Test Pilot at Cranfield when he stopped and said (with a significant note of incredulity in his voice) "what the hell is that".

Not unusually, it turned out to be Bill flying something unusual, he does this on a regular basis.


Seriously, a super bit of effort from Bill, he's always good value for money - TV stardom seems to suit him. I've had the privilege of working with him on a number of things - he's as clever, as good a test pilot, and as much an unreformed hippie as the programme makes him out to be.

He'd make a great next presenter for Tomorrows World if some philistine with a degree in ladies basket weaving hadn't axed it. Maybe he should be the next Dr.Who instead.

G