Horizon · SEASON 17
Cleared for Take-Off
Episode 3 · 1980-02-04
- Documentary
Episode overview
Documentary which looks at the danger points in flying an airliner on a routine flight from Gatwick to Los Angeles. Danger points are identified and we see research into airtraffic control, aircraft design, the role of the stewardess, avoiding mid-air collisions, electronic flight desks, whirlwind vortices and a new fuel additive that may virtually eliminate the instant conflagrations.
60 minutes
Season 17 episodes
1. The Ghost Of The Amoco Cadiz1980-01-14
2. You Are Old, Father William1980-01-21
3. Cleared for Take-Off1980-02-04
4. A Sporting Chance1980-02-11
5. The Cancer Detectives of Lin Xian1980-02-18
6. The Big If...1980-02-25
7. Cash from Trash1980-03-03
8. Encounter with Jupiter1980-03-10
9. Portrait of a Poison1980-03-17
10. Magnet Earth1980-03-24
11. Goodbye Gutenberg1980-09-01
12. Invasion of the Virions1980-09-08
13. Beyond the Milky Way1980-09-15
14. Little Boxes1980-09-22
15. The Other Kenya1980-09-29
16. Moving Still1980-10-06
17. The Way Out1980-10-13
18. The Dead Sea Lives1980-10-20
19. Once in a Million Years1980-10-27
20. Smoker's Luck1980-11-03
21. Behind the Horoscope1980-11-10
22. The Mondragon Experiment1980-11-17
23. The Spike1980-11-24
24. The Slatemakers1980-12-01
25. Anatomy of a Volcano1980-12-15
