Rent Wings: Series 1 (1977)

Spring 1915. In an England still largely untouched by the horrors of the Great War, young men dream of flying and joining the new elite - the 'cavalry of the clouds'. Two such young men - working class blacksmith Alan Farmer (Tim Woodward) and Hussars officer Charles Gaylion (Michael Cochrane) - join the RFC to earn their wings, still believing in the 'camaraderie of the air...' Their instructor, Captain Triggers (Nicholas Jones) knows the truth. German and British pilots and observers are beginning to shoot at each other - and the air war is changing. Soon, it will be 'kill or be killed'...