A Yesterday's Witness Special
Tonight's programme starts with the British pioneers, literally, getting off the ground - ' The only way to learn to fly was to go and teach yourself. You did straight runs, getting faster all the time, and then you looked over the side and found the ground was gone!' -and continues through to the time in the early 20s when young ex-Royal Flying Corps pilots flew for the world's first international airlines in ramshackle converted bombers.
With old film and music from the archives, with new film of present-day enthusiasts who fly some of these veteran flying machines for fun, and stories by some of the intrepid pioneers themselves, we have a taste of this Honeymoon in the Sky.
Narrator JOHN STOCKBRIDGE
Film editor WILLIAM SYMON
Producer STEPHEN PEET