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62) Sky chasers
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Magpie, a talented thief, finds her life upended by an encounter with a boy dangling over the rooftops of Paris.
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Between the world wars, no sport was more popular, or more dangerous, than airplane racing. Thousands of fans flocked to multi-day events, and cities vied with one another to host them. The pilots themselves were hailed as dashing heroes who cheerfully stared death in the face. Well, the men were hailed. Female pilots were more often ridiculed than praised for what the press portrayed as silly efforts to horn in on a manly, and deadly, pursuit. Keith...
68) Mayday!
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Ryanair were the pioneers of low cost flying, taking on the old state-sponsored monoliths of aviation through aggressive cost-cutting and sharp advertising, bringing easy air travel to a new demographic. But is their dramatic success story too good to be true? This documentary features testimonies from Ryanair pilots as they speak out about the cost-cutting measures endangering lives. From flying with too little fuel to pilots unfit to fly, they say...