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BBC One 2004 - 2005 1 season 6 eps Ended

Combat Pilot

2004 - 2005 1 season 6 eps

Season 1

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Season 1

30 min

S1 · E1 · Dec 1, 2004

Episode 1 Episode 1

For the first few weeks, the pilots are concerned with learning the basics of their aircraft, with their cardboard cockpits. The pilots are dragged through water to simulate a parachute being caught in the swell; this is emergency training.

30 min

S1 · E2 · Dec 8, 2004

Episode 2 Episode 2

This is the pilots' first experience of 208 squadron and centers around their respective first flights in the Hawk. Dave fulfills his childhood dream and flies his first fast jet. Rich shows us the progress board that every pilot is on.

30 min

S1 · E3 · Dec 15, 2004

Episode 3 Episode 3

This episode begins with Lewis talking about his recurrent problem of airsickness, which requires him to leave RAF Valley and attend a clinic to help cure his airsickness.

30 min

S1 · E4 · Dec 22, 2004

Episode 4 Episode 4

April 9, 2003, statue of Saddam Hussein is pulled down in Baghdad. Dave is about to take his final navigation test, which he passes and advances onto the last part of the course board.

30 min

S1 · E5 · Dec 29, 2004

Episode 5 Episode 5

This episode focuses on the weapons training of the pilots, mainly Rich and Dave. In this episode, we see dog-fighting and other areas of combat, including defense and other aerial maneuvers.

30 min

S1 · E6 · Jan 5, 2005

Episode 6 Episode 6

The pilots fire live ammunition, of the pilots we have been following, Dave is the first to go through this level of weapons training, this is not entirely new to him as he has seen combat before as a navigator.

6 episodes in Season 1

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This documentary follows a handful of British pilots as they go through the elite training necessary to become the country's finest Air Force aces. For almost the whole of 2002, 208 Squadron was host to a BBC documentary team as they followed the progress of one of our courses from Ground school through to the end of the Tactical Weapons training on 19 Squadron. Combat Pilot was broadcast nationally in early 2004 and gave a detailed insight into the Squadron’s activities at the time and a valuable historic record.

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Total runtime 3h 0m · Episode length 30 min · Type Documentary

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Premiered

December 1, 2004

Final episode

January 5, 2005

Status

Ended

Network

BBC One

Country

United Kingdom

Type

Documentary

Episode length

30 min

Total runtime

3h 0m

Original language

English

Production

United Kingdom

Produced in

Languages

Spoken on screen

English

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