The Aeronauts
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The Aeronauts was a French
children's TV series about two fighter jet pilots (Michel Tanguy and Ernest Laverdure) and their adventures. It was based on a comic book series by Jean-Michel Charlier and Albert Uderzo.
Made by French production company 'Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF)' between 1967 and 1970, its original French title was 'Les Chevaliers du ciel' which means 'the knights of the sky'.
The show was originally shot in black and white (13 episodes) and then in colour (26 episodes).
Actors:
Jaques Santi - Michel Tanguy
Chritian Marin - Ernest Laverdure
Michele Girardon - Nicole
It was dubbed into English, retitled 'The Aeronauts' and shown on UK
children's TV in the early 1970s. In 1972 Rick Jones
released a single of the anglicised theme tune.
source imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392347/
See also : Sky fighters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Fighters
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
children's TV series about two fighter jet pilots (Michel Tanguy and Ernest Laverdure) and their adventures. It was based on a comic book series by Jean-Michel Charlier and Albert Uderzo.
Made by French production company 'Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF)' between 1967 and 1970, its original French title was 'Les Chevaliers du ciel' which means 'the knights of the sky'.
The show was originally shot in black and white (13 episodes) and then in colour (26 episodes).
Actors:
Jaques Santi - Michel Tanguy
Chritian Marin - Ernest Laverdure
Michele Girardon - Nicole
It was dubbed into English, retitled 'The Aeronauts' and shown on UK
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
children's TV in the early 1970s. In 1972 Rick Jones
Rick Jones (television presenter)
Rick Jones was a presenter of BBC children's television programmes during the 1970s.-Biography:A Canadian by birth, Jones began his TV career as a co-presenter of Play School, a daily programme for pre-school age children, in which he played guitar and sang...
released a single of the anglicised theme tune.
source imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392347/
See also : Sky fighters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Fighters