Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Path: news From: rdd@cactus.org (Robert Dorsett) Subject: First Flights on airliners X-Submission-Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 06:30:34 CST Message-ID: Approved: kls@royko.Chicago.COM X-Submission-Message-Id: <9212241230.AA19239@cactus.org> Sender: kls@royko.Chicago.COM Date: 26 Dec 92 00:01:49 CST I caught the tail-end of an episode of "First Flights," on the Arts & Entertainment Network, which dealt with advanced-technology airliners, Wednesday night. There were segments on the MD-12, the Fokker 100, and the MD-80. I only saw about the last 8 minutes, so assume the A320 or A310, and Boeing products, were featured in the first 20. A&E also shows a "First Flights" early Sunday evening, but I don't know whether it's a repeat of the Wednesday show. Whichever it is, they repeat that night's episode at 0530 EST on Monday. There was nothing earth-shattering about what they were talking about (Neil Armstrong: "So I guess the pilot's turning into more of a... supervisor..."). But the visuals are pretty, with little flicker. "First Flights" is a nicely photographed, half-hour show, about *aviation*, and not all about blowing up things to a rock & roll beat, unlike "Wings." :-) --- Robert Dorsett rdd@cactus.org ...cs.utexas.edu!cactus.org!rdd