Search - A NOVA: A Daring Flight on DVD

	A NOVA A Daring Flight Actor: David Ogden Stiers Director: Carl Charlson; Christian Cascio Genres: Indie & Art House, Special Interests, Educational, Documentary NR 2005 1hr 0min Studio: Wgbh Wholesale Release Date: 04/26/2005 Run time: 60 minutes
1 Larger Image

Movie Details

Actor: David Ogden Stiers
Director: Carl Charlson; Christian Cascio
Genres: Indie & Art House, Special Interests, Educational, Documentary
Sub-Genres: Indie & Art House, Transportation, Educational, Biography, History, Science & Technology
Studio: WGBH Boston
Format: DVD - Color - Closed-captioned
DVD Release Date: 04/26/2005
Original Release Date: 01/01/2005
Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2005
Release Year: 2005
Run Time: 1hr 0min
Screens: Color
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 1
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Languages: English

Similar Movies

NOVA Wings of Madness
Director: Brian Breger

NR 2007 0hr 56min

Wright Brothers' Flying Machine
Directors: Michael Barnes, David Axelrod

NR 2004 1hr 0min

The Blue Max
Director: John Guillermin

UR 2003 2hr 36min

Captains of the Clouds

NR 2007 1hr 54min

Thunderbolt
Directors: John Sturges, William Wyler

NR 2001 0hr 45min

Similarly Requested DVDs

Hot Fuzz
Widescreen Edition

208

R 2007 2hr 1min

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries 2 - A Suitable Vengeance
Director: Edward Bennett

UR 2004 1hr 30min

The Martha Stewart Holiday Collection - Martha's Classic Thanksgiving

NR 2005 3hr 21min

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Set 5
Director: not listed

NR 2007 5hr 44min

Deliverance
Director: John Boorman

130

R 2004 1hr 50min

24 - Season Three

2004 17hr 40min

The Martha Stewart Holiday Collection - Homemade Holidays

NR 2005 3hr 20min

The Martha Stewart Cooking Collection - Martha's Favorite Family Dinners

NR 2005 2hr 59min

Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End
Two-Disc Collector's Edition
Director: Gore Verbinski

423

PG-13 2007 2hr 45min

Dirty War
Director: Daniel Percival

UR 2005 1hr 30min

Movie Reviews

A flight of fact, not fancy

Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 05/09/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"NOVA: A Daring Flight (2006) - David Ogden Stiers (narrator)

In 1909, French design engineer and aviation pioneer Louis Blériot's eleventh model aeroplane was the first to successfully cross the English Channel. This historic 37-minute flight made his single-wing craft the most popular consumer plane of its day.

Nearly a century later Blériot's grandson attempts the same feat in an original Model IX but splashes into the Channel within sight of the shore he'd just departed from.

In fairness, he was not a seasoned pilot and the Blériot IX is skittish under the best of conditions. The monoplane is unstable in strong wind gusts and can be easily blown off-course, a problem the elder Blériot encountered just before rough-landing on a chosen spot beyond Dover's cliffs.

The included 100-year old film clips and photos are marvelous and inventor Louis Blériot's story most fascinating, well-written and skillfully narrated by Mr. Stiers. A DARING FIGHT is definitely worth seeing, more so for those interested in early aviation history."