Episodes (4)
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Ep 1
The Last Rocket Fighter
2003-04-04•47m
The British-designed Saunders-Roe SR177, an advanced rocket plane that, though capable of climbing to the very edge of space, fell victim to sabotage by a rival aircraft company.
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Ep 2
The American SST
2003-04-11•47m
A documentary on the SST, America's answer to Concorde in the competition between Europe and the United States to build a supersonic airliner.
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Ep 3
America's First Jet Fighter
2003-04-18•47m
The history of 1950s icon the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, designed by engineer Clarence `Kelly' Johnson, who had previously failed in an attempt to create a supersonic fighter.
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Ep 4
The Atomic Bomber
2003-04-25•47m
The story behind plans for an atomic bomber that failed to progress from the drawing board.