Getting It Right

Getting It Right Colour, with commentary, documents the research & development work of the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE)
Circa late 1980s / early 1990s

00:01:16 00:01:38 Crowds watching Farnborough air show, Harrier taxiing
00:01:38 00:01:55 RAE entrance gate
00:01:55 00:01:58 Anachoic chamber
00:01:58 00:02:03 test pilot, Head-up-display (HUD)
00:02:04 00:02:38 scientists, research & development, carbon fibre, rocket firing, engineers working at computers
00:02:38 00:03:00 windtunnel model, scientists at control panel, computers
00:03:01 00:03:18 exterior aerial shot of windtunnels
00:03:19 00:03:26 test aircraft in RAE `Rasperry Ripple` livery taking off
00:03:27 00:03:39 Engine testing at Pyestock
00:03:39 00:03:47 aerial shot of guided weapons test range at Aberporth
00:03:47 00:03:59 Flight simulator moving over model of terrain
00:03:59 00:04:07 delta winged aircraft in flight
00:04:08 00:04:21 Harrier tethered trials, 1960s VTOL
00:04:21 00:04:45 Concorde in flight and taxiing
00:04:45 00:05:20 windtunnel with aircraft model, scientists at control panel
00:05:20 00:05:40 Tornado fighter aircraft taxiing
00:05:41 00:07:16 wing design, canard wing, airflow over wing, computerised wing design images
00:07:16 00:07:51 windtunnel model, computer analysis
00:07:51 00:08:03 Tornado fighter in flight
00:08:04 00:09:56 engine test facilities at Pyestock, development of new materials for aircraft structures
00:09:56 00:10:16 Tornado taking off, delta wing
00:10:16 00:11:45 carbon fibre invented at RAE, used in helicopter blades, Lynx helicopter
00:11:45 00:11:53 EH101 helicopter for the RAF & Navy
00:11:53 00:12:11 Harriers on flight deck of aircraft carrier, carbon fibre used on the wing
00:12:11 00:12:28 Harrier take-off, in-flight
00:12:28 00:12:44 scientists & engineers meeting at long conference table
00:12:44 00:13:07 computer animated designs of aircraft
00:13:07 00:13:21 fighter jet in flight, c/u pilot in cockpit
00:13:21 00:14:05 motion flight simulator
00:14:05 00:14:52 fly-by-wire technology, experimental Harrier
00:14:52 00:15:53 pilot in test rig, vibration trials
00:15:53 00:16:57 pilot in test rig, research into cockpit instrumentation, HUD, simulator, low-level flight
00:16:58 00:17:29 RAF fighter flying at low-level, forward-looking-infrared (FLIR)
00:17:29 00:17:58 night vision system for helicopters, helo take-off, thermal imaging camera
00:17:59 00:18:19 infrared images of tanks at night
00:18:19 00:18:46 weapons on fighter plane, aerodynamics testing
00:18:47 00:18:57 missile dropping from fighter jet and damaging underbelly of plane
00:18:58 00:19:10 Tornado releasing cluster bombs, explosions
00:19:10 00:20:19 scientists working on weaponry models, infrared imagery, target seeking missiles, computer model of air battle
00:20:19 00:20:55 weapon technology, missile guidance
00:20:56 00:21:08 Sea Skimmer missile used for attacking ships
00:21:08 00:21:37 Sea Wolf rocket launch
00:21:38 00:22:12 Navy Harrier launching a Sea Eagle missile on a ship, explosion
00:22:12 00:23:11 Airbus model in 5 mtr. Windtunnel, scientists at control panel
00:23:11 00:23:21 engine research in altitude test cells at Pyestock
00:23:21 00:23:51 A300 Airbus in flight, exhaust noise-reduction research
00:23:51 00:24:33 anachoic chamber, noise reduction research
00:24:33 00:25:08 space research, satellite technology and imagery
00:25:08 00:25:30 Samuel Cody, first powered flight in Britain, 1908
00:25:30 00:26:20 RAE research aircraft taxiing, scientists
00:26:20 00:26:39 Harrier tethered trials
00:26:39 00:26:56 fighter plane (Harrier ?) flying at low level
FULL SYNOPSIS

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