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"The Flight" TV Series

Hi People.

A couple of years ago, I watched a documentary series of about four episodes on cable TV, following a flight from Canada to Germany - and all that entails. I thought it was entitled "The Flight". I've searched the net high and low and cannot find any reference to it. I must have got something wrong, somewhere. Can anybody help to identify what I should be looking for?:ugh:

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A couple of years ago, I watched a documentary series of about four episodes on cable TV, following a flight from Canada to Germany - and all that entails. I thought it was entitled "The Flight". I've searched the net high and low and cannot find any reference to it. I must have got something wrong, somewhere. Can anybody help to identify what I should be looking for?

It was indeed entitled "The Flight", and it was a detailed look at a flight by an Air Canada 767 and its crew from start to finish. You could probably find it buried fifty pages deep on Google, but the search terms are just too general to escape all the fluff that comes up.

*Edit*

Here's part of the text from a post that appeared on a.net on October 8th, 2000 :eek:

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This was part of the "Sky's the Limit" Theme Week on Discovery Channel Canada. You can catch repeats at the following times (Eastern Daylight Time - adjust for other time zones in Canada):

October 09 15:00-16:00: The Flight - Departure
October 10 15:00-16:00: The Flight - En Route
October 11 15:00-16:00: The Flight - Arrival

"The Flight" follows an Air Canada 767-300 from pre-departure Toronto to post-arrival Frankfurt.
***

Apparently it was repeated more recently on the Outdoor Life Network channel in Canada. That's probably where I saw it.

Many thanks Zombywoof (Great name, by the way). I thought I'd lost the plot. I shall now continue my search. Thanks again.:)

Heff, please let us know if you find a link to this programme so we can all enjoy it.

I'm one for collecting really old TV documentaries about airlines. Best one I recorded, must be about 15 to 20 years ago, was called Airline- "Jet Jockeys" and follows a BA 747 crew from Heathrow to Austarlia. Excellent programme which I still have saved on dvd. It was a BBC production. Anyone remember that one ?

That's what you're talking about isn't it cyflyer. It's not a particularly flattering documentary about the role of pilots throughout.

Having done a bit of research it seems that the pilots involved felt stitched up by the producers and wrote of their displeasure to BALPA. Lots of selective editing going on and a clear agenda. Classic media.

Yes BerksFlyer, indeed thats the one. Didn't realise there were negative reactions to it at the time. Why ? I rather enjoyed the way it followed the flight from briefing to final destination. Haven't seen a better one. I thought it a classic of its type.