National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has announced that the four-part series Helicopter
Wars would be their co-production with UK-based Windfall Films. The series, which will premiere on National Geographic Channel in July, recounts the extraordinary personal bravery and dangers of four military missions where helicopter crews risked their own lives to aid others. In each one-hour episode, crew members provide detailed testimony, revealing their fears and anxieties as their skills are tested to the limit. From two pilots who flew an unarmed helicopter to rescue more than 100 men from a battlefield in Vietnam to a US Air Force Reserve crew made up of civilian volunteers who must rush to save a US Navy Seal hiding from a Taliban manhunt, the episodes cover heroic efforts in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and Falklands Wars. Computer-generated images illustrate how the helicopters operated in intense environmental conditions and executed complex flight patterns while demonstrations detail the complications pilots faced in the skies.
Wars would be their co-production with UK-based Windfall Films. The series, which will premiere on National Geographic Channel in July, recounts the extraordinary personal bravery and dangers of four military missions where helicopter crews risked their own lives to aid others. In each one-hour episode, crew members provide detailed testimony, revealing their fears and anxieties as their skills are tested to the limit. From two pilots who flew an unarmed helicopter to rescue more than 100 men from a battlefield in Vietnam to a US Air Force Reserve crew made up of civilian volunteers who must rush to save a US Navy Seal hiding from a Taliban manhunt, the episodes cover heroic efforts in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and Falklands Wars. Computer-generated images illustrate how the helicopters operated in intense environmental conditions and executed complex flight patterns while demonstrations detail the complications pilots faced in the skies.Source : www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k9/may/may245.php
