S1 E1: South Georgia
In the Falklands War, a top-secret SAS mission to South Georgia involves flying up the sheer face of a glacier and dropping men on an icy plateau, riddled with crevasses.
50 minutes
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Four helicopter missions from different theaters of war and looking at what happens when helicopter pilots push their machines to the limit.
Cast: Tom Baca
Director: Richard Max, Kenny Scott
In the Falklands War, a top-secret SAS mission to South Georgia involves flying up the sheer face of a glacier and dropping men on an icy plateau, riddled with crevasses.
50 minutes
In the Vietnam War, flying into jungle produces a different kind of hazard. In a daring rescue mission, a desperate pilot cuts his own landing zone in forty-foot-tall bamboo. They come under heavy fire as they return again and again to pick up more survivors from the bamboo circle.
50 minutes
In Afghanistan, the combination of high altitude and dusty conditions make combat flying particularly challenging.
50 minutes
In the Iraq War, flying in the desert poses unique difficulties, the dust storm that accompanies every landing and take-off, and the lack of places to hide. When a young Royal Navy pilot comes under fire from a tank, he soon finds himself engaged in a deadly game of cat and mouse.
50 minutes