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Section one; feature films -- Section two; selected television series and TV movies -- Section three; aircraft manufacturers -- Appendix I: Aviation film pilots and technicians -- Appendix II: ...

Since their invention more than 100 years ago, airplanes have been moved through the air by the spinning surfaces of propellers or turbines. But watching science fiction movies like the “Star Wars,” ...