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09/06/2009

National Geographic Channels International Co-Produces Helicopter Wars With Windfall Films

National Geographic Channels International has announced the co-production of the four-part series Helicopter Wars with UK-based Windfall Films.
The series, which will premiere on National Geographic Channel UK weekly from July 7 at 9pm, recounts the extraordinary personal bravery and dangers of four military missions where helicopter crews risked their own lives to aid others.
In each one-hour episode, crew members provide gripping detailed testimony, revealing first-hand their fears and anxieties as their skills are tested to the limit. From two pilots who flew an unarmed helicopter to rescue more than 100 men from a battlefield in Vietnam to a US Air Force Reserve crew made up of civilian volunteers who must rush to save a US Navy SEAL hiding from a Taliban manhunt, the episodes cover heroic efforts in the Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and Falklands Wars.
Computer generated images illustrate how the helicopters operated in intense environmental conditions and executed complex flight patterns while demonstrations detail the complications pilots faced in the skies.
Sydney Suissa, Executive Vice President of Content for NGCI, commented: "Helicopter Wars retraces four thrilling rescue missions only made possible by a machine that has significantly changed the face of modern warfare. The series places viewers inside a warzone cockpit to illustrate the insurmountable odds each crew faced while also documenting the rapid-fire leaps in technology that have brought forth the agile and highly sophisticated helicopters employed today."
David Dugan, Chairman of Windfall Films, said: "This series tells the heroic stories of the most daring helicopter missions ever flown. These pilots share a common trait: they have all flown their machines to the absolute limit and risked their lives to save others."
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