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Old May 7th 20, 02:38 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Favorite Aviation Documentaries

On Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 5:25:29 PM UTC-4, John DeRosa OHM Ω http://aviation.derosaweb.net wrote:
Far too many to choose from. Here are a few;

Wright Brothers' Flying Machine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpRFSpCuaDU)
Legendary DC-3 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGzT5fuamu8)
General Chennault's Flying Tigers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bsUQ_U3bjo)
X-1 Bell History (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W39TdNFdSug)
APOLLO 13: To The Edge And Back (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7cX0Q_sEpk)
Ghost Bomber, The Lady Be Good (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga8RM-gf0OI)
Periscope Films et al (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdd...3bQe99wyY49g0g)


Talking about Apollo 13, the book "Lost Moon" by Jim Lovell (Apollo 13 commander) is far better than any movie. I learned a lot from it about what astronauts actually do, and of course a lot of details on what actually went wrong in that mission and how they handled it.