Reaching for the Skies - Production & Contact Info

Reaching for the Skies (1987– )
TV Series | History

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Reaching for the Skies (1987– )

TV Series | History

A twelve part series, first broadcast on BBC 2, that tells the epic story of the aeroplane, in peace and war, from its first 12 second flight on the sand dunes of Kittyhawk to its supersonic flights at the edge of space.

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Producer

Tony Salmon (producer)

Composer

Roger Limb

Cinematographer

Phil Gries

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Updated Sep 12, 1988

Release date (First episode)

Sep 12, 1988 (United Kingdom)

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Cast	+ Add Cast
23 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
Anthony Quayle Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	1	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Winston Churchill Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Charles A. Lindbergh Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Chuck Yeager Self Self See fewer	1	The Right Stuff (1983)
John Young Self Self See fewer	1	The Wonder of it All (2007)
Wilbur Wright Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	The Wright Brothers Aeroplane (1909)
Robert L. Crippen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Challenger: The Final Flight (2020)
Orville Wright Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	The Wright Brothers Aeroplane (1909)
Ken Kellett Self Self See fewer	1	Flyboys (2006)
Frank Whittle Self Self See fewer	1	Business Matters (1988)
Burt Rutan Self Self See fewer	1	Vanna Bonta: What Goes Up (2005)
Louis Blériot Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Aeroplane Contests at Rheims (1909)
Scott Crossfield Self Self See fewer	1	Wright Brothers: First in Flight (2003)
Alan Cobham Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	The King's Cup (1933)
Santos Dumont Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Estadio Nacional (2003)
Robert Smith-Barry Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1
Milt Thompson Self - X-15 Test Pilot Self - X-15 Test Pilot See fewer	1	Reaching for the Skies (1987)
Bill Dana Self - X-15 Test Pilot Self - X-15 Test Pilot See fewer	1	Reaching for the Skies (1987)
E. Kristinn Olsen Self - Director Icelandair (as Captain E. Kristinn Olsen) Self - Director Icelandair (as Captain E. Kristinn Olsen) See fewer	1	Reaching for the Skies (1987)
Michael Daunt Self - Gloster E28-39 Test Pilor Self - Gloster E28-39 Test Pilor See fewer	1	Reaching for the Skies (1987)
George Felton Self - Pilot Self - Pilot See fewer	1	Reaching for the Skies (1987)
Arthur Raymond Self Self See fewer	1	Reaching for the Skies (1987)
Robert Vaughn Narrator (US version) (1987) Narrator (US version) (1987) See fewer		The Magnificent Seven (1960)