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Thunderbirds ‘Fireflash’

One of the all-time classic Thunderbirds episodes - Series 1 Episode 5 - 'Trapped in the Sky'. The new supersonic airliner 'Fireflash' has a bomb hidden in its landing gear so they can't land conventionally.   Thunderbird 2 is dispatched for the first time with a cargo of 4 elevator cars so the plane can touch down on them instead.   A magic episode that I remember fondly from my childhood (I was just under two years old when it was released in 1965). It had everything - Thunderbird 2 (my...