Horizon
Season 17 Episode 3 - Cleared for Take-Off
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1964
Documentary
Documentary which looks at the danger points in flying an airliner on a routine flight from Gatwick to Los Angeles. Danger points are identified and we see research into airtraffic control, aircraft design, the role of the stewardess, avoiding mid-air collisions, electronic flight desks, whirlwind vortices and a new fuel additive that may virtually eliminate the instant conflagrations.
Episodes in Season 17
1
The Ghost Of The Amoco Cadiz
60 min
2
You Are Old, Father William
60 min
3
Cleared for Take-Off
60 min
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4
A Sporting Chance
60 min
5
The Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian
60 min
6
The Big If...
60 min
7
Cash from Trash
60 min
8
Encounter with Jupiter
60 min
9
Portrait of a Poison
60 min
10
Magnet Earth
60 min
11
Goodbye Gutenberg
60 min
12
Invasion of the Virions
60 min
13
Beyond the Milky Way
60 min
14
Little Boxes
60 min
15
The Other Kenya
60 min
16
Moving Still
60 min
17
The Way Out
60 min
18
The Dead Sea Lives
60 min
19
Once in a Million Years
60 min
20
Smoker's Luck
60 min
21
Behind the Horoscope
60 min
22
The Mondragon Experiment
60 min
23
The Spike
60 min
24
The Slatemakers
60 min
25
Anatomy of a Volcano
60 min
