The Plane Makers
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TV series (1963-1965)
Starring:
Patrick Wymark (John Wilder, the Managing Director)
Jack Watling (Don Henderson)
Alan Dobie (David Corbett)
John Junkin (Dusty Miller
The Plane Makers focused on the power struggles between the trades union and the management on the shop floor of a fictional aircraft factory, Scott Furlong Ltd, as well as the political in-fighting amongst the management themselves.
NOTE : most of the episodes of the first series had vanished.
Season One
Only the pilot episode surviving : with or without aircraft ?
Season Two
(not seen)
Season Three
Convair 240
First image of the credits.
Scott Furlong Sovereign
Scott Furlong Ltd is a fictitious plane maker with this commercial airliner on production. This is the focus of the season 2 credits.
Ep. 3.02
Scott Furlong Predator
A new strategy led by John Wilder was by taking over the firm of Ryan Airframes. This is now the new warhorse of Scott Furlong Ltd : a military VTOL jet aircraft, the Predator (a 1:1 scale wooden mock-up) .
Credits of the Third Season
Ep. 3.02
Military registration XS341 was used by British Army for an unmanned surveillance Northrop Shelduck D1 aircraft.
Ep. 3.13
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