History Channel - The Extraordinary Mr Spitfire
Год выпуска: 2008
Жанр: Документальный / Военная тематика
Продолжительность: 46 мин,
Перевод: нет
Русские субтитры: нет
Качество: DVDRip
Формат: AVI
Видео кодек: XviD
Аудио кодек: MP3
Видео: 640x352 XviD - 916Kbps 25 fps
Аудио: 44 kHz, MP3 - 128Kbps
Размер: 350 MB
September 9, 2007 - An hour-long documentary on the life of aviation legend Alex Henshaw, 'The Extraordinary Mr Spitfire', will be shown on The History Channel in the UK on September 15th and 16th. Please check the DigiGuide (above) for more times.
A half-hour version of the program was shown on ITV Central on September 9th.
Henshaw, who died in February at 94, is probably best known for his WWII role as head of the Spitfire flight test program at Castle Bromwich. He tested roughly ten percent of all Seafires and Spitfires, sometimes in perilous conditions, detecting faults before the planes were delivered to the frontline. But this was only part of Henshaw's flying career. He was also an air race champion and set long distance solo records which still stand 68 years later. This biography includes interviews with Henshaw himself, plus newly-filmed sequences with the actual aircraft in which he achieved many of his competitive triumphs, a Percival Mew Gull. 'The Extraordinary Mr Spitfire' is produced and directed by Graeme Bowd. Michael Praed is the narrator.
