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4 unusual facts about South Atlantic Raiders


South Atlantic Raiders

Billy at that point attacks the camp wearing a Ned Kelly-style suit of armour and firing flare guns at the Argentinians, while Rollo and Mary stage an attack by British forces.

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The robbery goes well, but their attempt to purchase a jet from British Aerospace to get to the Falklands ends with everyone except Stan arrested and sent to Dartmoor.

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Stan manages to get a stay of execution by telling Galtieri and his men the story of how he reached that point; after the escape from Dartmoor, Stan and his accomplices sneaked about a passenger jet heading to Vancouver by pretending to be the crew, Max having had some limited experience in flying Cessna aircraft "before my first breakdown."

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The soundtrack of the episodes is largely composed of excerpts from tracks on Jeff Beck's 1989 studio album Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop.



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