Other titles:RAF STRIKE COMMAND, HIGH WYCOMBE, VIDEOCASSETTE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Premiere edition of RAF flight safety video magazine, introduced by Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Harding, AOC-in-C Strike Command, and containing five items introduced by various Flight Safety Officers.
Description: I. Green Endorsement added to flight records of Flight Lieutenants Kerr and Clifford who managed a successful forced landing when their Hawk trainer aircraft had an engine malfunction.
II. "Helicopter Hazards". Squadron Leader Bonsall cautions airmen to be careful around helicopters, aided by a reconstruction of a Chinook helicopter accident in which a crewman was hit in the head with a revolving rotor blade.
III. "Lethal Luggage". Squadron Leader Harding points out the hazards of leaving aerosols in luggage kept in the holds of pressurised aircraft like the VC10.
IV. "Accident Focus". Squadron Leader Melville-Jackson discusses the background to an accident at involving a Handley Page Victor at Hamilton, Nova Scotia, where the engine stalled on landing and the aircraft belly flopped off the runway.
V. "Are You Sitting Comfortably?" Tornado pilots are cautioned not to sit too high in their seats, as this can cause back problems and potential danger during an ejection.
Alternative Title:RAF STRIKE COMMAND, HIGH WYCOMBE, VIDEOCASSETTE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFE 286
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:1976-1989
Production Date:1988
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production sponsor)
Headquarters Strike Command Flight Safety Unit (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords:
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: U-matic
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Running time: 23 mins
