This film provides an in depth look at what it takes for a young pilot on his journey from student pilot to qualification on BOAC’s then new Vickers VC-10 inter continental jetliner.

The film follows pilot Stephen Radcliffe in this fascinating career journey from the College of Air Training, various aptitude tests, his first
solo flight, all the way up to his first controlled flights in a real VC-10 jetliner, circuit bashing at Shannon, all leading up to his first international flight as a BOAC second officer.