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12th Dec 2003, 01:46
Percy Pilcher's Flying Machine
UK TV, BBC 2 21:00-21:50 hrs T O N I G H T ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Could an unknown Englishman have been the first ever person to fly? To mark the hundredth anniversary of the Wright Brothers' inaugural flight, Horizon tells the remarkable story of Percy Pilcher. He could have been the most famous aviator of them all. Four years before the Wright Brothers, he had constructed his own aeroplane. But on the day it was due to take off for the very first time, something so terrible happened that he was denied the chance ever to fly it. So Horizon has rebuilt his long lost flying machine to see if Percy Pilcher, the British amateur, could have claimed the glory and been the first ever person to fly.
The film mixes dramatic reconstruction with contemporary scenes and gripping science. With a specially assembled team of historians, aviation experts and their own test pilot, Horizon has painstakingly rebuilt Pilcher's flying machine and put it to the test.
10-points if you can spot me!
CRAN
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UK TV, BBC 2 21:00-21:50 hrs T O N I G H T ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Could an unknown Englishman have been the first ever person to fly? To mark the hundredth anniversary of the Wright Brothers' inaugural flight, Horizon tells the remarkable story of Percy Pilcher. He could have been the most famous aviator of them all. Four years before the Wright Brothers, he had constructed his own aeroplane. But on the day it was due to take off for the very first time, something so terrible happened that he was denied the chance ever to fly it. So Horizon has rebuilt his long lost flying machine to see if Percy Pilcher, the British amateur, could have claimed the glory and been the first ever person to fly.
The film mixes dramatic reconstruction with contemporary scenes and gripping science. With a specially assembled team of historians, aviation experts and their own test pilot, Horizon has painstakingly rebuilt Pilcher's flying machine and put it to the test.
10-points if you can spot me!
CRAN
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