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Glider can fly faster than some powered aircraft. To do so pilots deal with highly mathematical concepts such as the 'glide angle' and the 'best speed to fly'.
Glider can fly faster than some powered aircraft. To do so pilots deal with highly mathematical concepts such as the 'glide angle' and the 'best speed to fly'.
| Module code and title: | MST207, "Mathematical methods, models and modelling" |
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| Item code: | MST207; 02 |
| First transmission date: | 1998 |
| Published: | 1998 |
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| Duration: | 00:29:01 |
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| Producer: | Michael Peet |
| Contributors: | Julie Angell; Francesca Hunt; Ian Johnston; Don Porter; Brian Spreckley; Ann Welch; Lucy Withall |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | British Gliding Association; European Soaring Club; Gliders - design; le Blanc; London Gliding Club |
| Footage description: | Footage - B/w footage of bird in flight. Footage of various gliders in flight. Plane launching a glider. Cockpit. Glider in flight. Coloured windsock. Glider. Cockpit. Glider descending and landing in field. Several gliders on the ground. Road with road sign "Le Blanc". Road sign "aerodrome". Gliders on ground with gliders in flight in background. Pilots in room with long tables. Map with markers showing flight route. Brian Spreckley in room with blackboard and map behind him(0'20"-3'20") - Several gliders and people on ground. Man pouring water into glider's wing. Glider being launched. Cockpit. Ian Johnston showing instruments in cockpit. Glider being launched(3'21"-5'35") - B/w footage of gliders in flight from the London Gliding club. Pilot in Primary(ground-hopper). Various parts of Primary. Woman pilot walking around glider. B/w footage of man pulling Primary into air. Man in Primary preparing for flight. 4 people pulling Primary into air with rope. Primary taking off and flying down hill. B/w footage of Primary taking off from hillside and gliding over airfield. People pulling rope to launch Rhonsperber (sail plane). Rhonsperber being launched. Primary plane. Rhonsperber. Primary plane launched. Rhonsperber launched. Computer animation. B/w footage of Rhonsperber(5'36"-11'11") - Ann Welch and gliders from the London Gliding club in the air. Clouds. Glider in the sky. Computer animation. Field of poppies. Clouds. Computer animation. Rhonsperber in sky above houses and countryside. Man preparing for flight in glider. Glider being launched. Ian Johnston. Cockpit. Glider launched. Computer animation(11'12"-16'34") - Rhonsperber in sky. Gliders on ground. Don Porter and Ann Welch looking at K6 glider. Glider in sky. Computer animation. Glider in flight. Discus being launched. Discus in sky. Anne Welch talking to Lucy Withall in Discus. Discus in flight. Computer animation. Discus descending. Ian Johnston talking to Julie Angell and Richard Blackmore. Two men playing chess in open air. Brian Spreckley holding Global satellite positioning instrument. VDU showing route. Cockpit. Computer animation. Chauvigny castle. Glider in flight. 4 people on and around table. Glider landing.Brian Spreckley by computer showing flight route. Glider in air(16'35"-26'23") - Gliders on ground. Ian Johnston talking to Julie Angell. Russell Cheetham receiving bottle of wine. Views of pilots relaxing after race. Glider being launched. Glider in sky(26'24"-29'01"). |
| Master spool number: | DOU9264 |
| Production number: | FOUM572H |
| Videofinder number: | 5463 |
| Available to public: | no |
