The F-5 Freedom Fighter /

The need for an inexpensive, lightweight supersonic fighter that was easy to maintain, and capable of operating from short runways and poor quality airfields was fulfilled when this baby fighter went from the drawing board to become one of the most successful export products of the US military aircr...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Malcolm-Gibbs, Wayne (Producer), Roberts, Paul (Narrator), Sharam, Darren (Director)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Geelong, Australia : World Wide Entertainment, 2007.
Series:	World history in video.
Subjects:	Aeronautics > History. F-5 (Jet fighter plane) Fighter planes. Jet planes, Military. F-5 (Avions de chasse à réaction) Avions à réaction militaires. Aeronautics. Documentary Alexander Street Video. Documentary television programs. History. Nonfiction television programs. Documentaires télévisés. Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	The need for an inexpensive, lightweight supersonic fighter that was easy to maintain, and capable of operating from short runways and poor quality airfields was fulfilled when this baby fighter went from the drawing board to become one of the most successful export products of the US military aircraft industry. We also look at the company that produced this little marvel and see how it and other early manufacturers of aircraft have developed.
Item Description:	Previously released on DVD. Title from resource description page (viewed Sept. 1, 2011).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (25 min.).
Playing Time:	00:24:20