Still shots from the DVD
Big Props Europe and USA : £19.95 : 150 minutes
Unlike the final days of steam railways, the passing of working propliners seems to have gone largely unrecorded. So, we're very grateful to John Tansley for capturing them on video during the late 80s and early 90s.
A few years ago, we digitally remastered and enhanced the best of John's material and produced two programmes Big Props Europe and Big Props USA.
Now, we've re-released them in a double DVD set that gives the best possible picture quality at a great price!
Here are the highlights from both programmes.
Big Props Europe
A flightdeck ride on the MATS Connie
Sunderland at West Malling Airshow
Bristol Freighter at Lydd Airshow
Air to air with a DC4 and with a CL44
Coventry turboprops at night
AN22, Belfast and Caribou
Flight on an IL14
Big Props USA
Hawkins & Powers, Stratolift, AGRO C97s
Haiti Air Transport DC4
Pro Air Martin 404
AMSA Super Constellation and C46
Thrilling ride in a DC4 to a gravel airstrip
Duncan Aviation Argosy
Aerochago Constellation
Aerochago Super Constellation
Comments from our customers ....
Very pleased with the DVD content.
A.C.
DVD formats explained
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DVDs are 'pressed' from a master disc.
DVD-Rs are 'burnt' from a master DVD, just like copying one CD to another.
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PAL TV is used in the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries. PAL DVDs are therefore the obvious choice for those countries.
Because PAL DVD players will also play NTSC DVDs without any adverse effect on picture quality, DVDs that were filmed in NTSC are now released as PAL/NTSC DVDs, as the same format can be used world-wide.
NTSC TV systems are used in the USA, Canada, Japan and some other countries. If you have a multi-system DVD player, this will play either NTSC or PAL DVDs, and you should also buy our PAL DVDs and PAL/NTSC DVDs.
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Some early DVD players would not play DVD-Rs. If you buy a DVD-R from us and it is not compatible with your DVD player, we will provide a full refund, including your postage.
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The more DVDs you buy in one order, the lower the postal charges. Buy four or more and there is no postal charge at all. Buy five or more and we'll add Special Delivery or Priority Airmail at no extra cost.
That's great value!
- 1 DVD ~ £1.50
- 2 or 3 DVDs ~ £2.00
- 4 DVDs ~ Free Delivery
- More than 4 DVDs ~ Free Special Delivery or Priority Airmail
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