Rent Classic British Jets: Buccaneer (2005)
2.5 of 5 from 2 ratings
0h 49min
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- Synopsis:
The Buccaneer was commissioned in 1953 as the world's first 'under the radar' aircraft concept. It would prove itself to be the finest ultra low level strike aircraft ever built. Designed primarily for carrier operations, the Buccaneer's dramatically reduced wing size was the result of just one of its advanced design features. In its day, its shape and size were considered so secret that no one was allowed to be photographed next to the aircraft and the roundels were painted in different non-standard sizes to confuse Soviet analysts. By the end of the 1970s, the Buccaneer was ordered for the RAF to replace the cancelled TSR2. The RAF also inherited 64 Buccaneers from the Navy after 1970 and modified them to carry a new range of stores including the Martel precision tactical missile. Ironically, the first chance the Buccaneer had to prove itself in combat was during operation Desert Storm where it laser-designated for Tornado GRI's and, in the latter stages of the war, dropped bombs itself. Also included in this DVD is startling in-action footage taken by the air crews, showing everything from bomb release to target destruction. Buccaneer: The Last British Bomber is a remarkable history of one of Britain's last great warplanes. Packed with original footage as well as RAF and Royal Navy archive film, the DVD includes interviews with pilots from the Navy and RAF design personnel. Also in this DVD, superb film of air to air shots from the Buccaneers in ultra low level flying as they take part in a simulated missile attack over the Mediterranean with the Navy's destroyer HMS Liverpool. - Studio:
- DD Home Entertainment
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
