A TIGER'S TALE
1 x 52' 
This programme is a celebration of one of the most famous bi-planes in the world and features the late Christopher Reeve
himself a pilot and owner of a Tiger and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.
Designed as an aircraft for the man in the street to buy and fly. There were no proper drawings for the Tiger, which was developed by Geoffrey de Havilland, a highly prolific designer with over 20
planes to his name. His extraordinary assemblage of wood, wire and tube is arguably the most loved and legendary aeroplane of
the twentieth century. This was the plane flown by Amy Johnson on her epic flight to Australia. Of almost 9000 Tiger Moths built between 1931 and 1945, more than 400 of these extraordinary
biplanes are still flying the world.
During its long life the Tiger Moth, originally a training aircraft which trained thousands of pilots
for World War 2, has been used as a taxi, ambulance, crop sprayer, roles which it continues to fulfil throughout the world. The Tiger is probably best known as the epitome of the bi-plane, a
crowd pleaser at aerobatics displays.
This programme describes the history and characteristics of the Tiger Moth and includes
superb archive footage and interviews with many of the men and woman who have flown and loved the aircraft – including HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. It is also contains some exciting
recent colour film of the Tiger Moths still flying, some after sixty years. The programme, made before his accident, is presented by the late Christopher Reeve, who was also an enthusiastic Tiger pilot.
Includes rarely seen archive footage from: ITN, Visnews, British Aerospace, British Pathé News, De Havilland museum, Imperial War Museum and the RSF Museum, Hendon
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Producer: Solent Films
Availability: Worldwide, all media, ex UK