- Title: Equinox: Fly Navy!
- Date: 17th October 1993
- Summary: Life aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt A COMPELLING AND AWE INSPIRING IMPRESSION OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND THE SIX THOUSAND SAILORS, MARINES AND PILOTS WHO SERVE ON BOARD. THE PROGRAMME FOLLOWS THE SHIP AS IT SAILS THROUGH THE SUES CANAL AND ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN. IT SHOWS THE AIR CREW FLYING COMBAT AIR PATROLS OVER BOSNIA AND ALSO EXPLORES HOW THE NAVY FACES THE THREAT OF BUDGET CUTS FROM POLITICIANS BACK IN WASHINGTON. THE PROGRAMME FOLLOWS A GROUP OF PILOTS THROUGH THEIR DAY AND USES THEM TO EXPLAIN HOW THEIR PLANES, AND THE SHIP AND ALL ITS SYSTEMS WORK. AT ITS HEART, THOUGH, IS A POWERFUL IMPRESSION OF FLIGHT DECK OPERATIONS. THIS IS AN INTIMATE, EVEN FUNNY, PORTRAIT OF ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH.
- Description:THE TECHNOLOGY OF A MODERN AIRCRAFT CARRIER. WE REPORT FROM USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT ON MANOEUVRES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Uden Associates Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:17/10/1993
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s