Filmed from the flight deck of a British Midlands McDonnell Douglas DC-9 aircraft, a recording of a commercial flight from Heathrow Airport to Teesside Airport near Darlington in County Durham. From the flight deck the captain and first officer go through a checklist in preparation for take-off. They check over instruments making the correct calibrations and speak with the control tower. The aircraft begins to taxi towards its runway joining a queue of other aeroplanes waiting to take off,...

Filmed from the flight deck of a British Midlands McDonnell Douglas DC-9 aircraft, a recording of a commercial flight from Heathrow Airport to Teesside Airport near Darlington in County Durham. From the flight deck the captain and first officer go through a checklist in preparation for take-off. They check over instruments making the correct calibrations and speak with the control tower. The aircraft begins to taxi towards its runway joining a queue of other aeroplanes waiting to take off, the flight crew continuing to work through their checklist as they get closer to the runway. In position for take-off, the aircraft come to a stop awaiting final permission from the control tower. Permission is given and the DC-9 quickly picks up speed along the runway lifting up into the air. Rising into the sky the captain and first officer continue to check instruments as it reaches a cruising altitude. Flying above the clouds the captain and first officer continue to check instruments, the captains write down details on a clipboard while the first officer is at controls of the aircraft. The captain and first officer speak with the cameraperson talking about what some of the plane’s instrument are and what there are showing. The captain looks down at the radar and talks about the range markers. The aircraft begins to make it’s decent towards Teesside Airport, below the geodesic domes of RAF Fylingdales on the North Yorkshire Moors. The captain speaks with air traffic control with regards position and conditions on the ground. Below houses on Teesside surrounded by fields. The aircraft banks left to line up with the runway at Teesside Airport before coming into land. On the ground the breaks are applied after which its taxi’s towards the terminal building. The captain and first officer continuing to flick switches and turn nobs while checking over other instruments. Pulling up outside the terminal building the aircraft instruments are switched off. The first officer talks about some of the instruments and navigation equipment onboard the aircraft.