Planes That Never Flew

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They could have changed the world, combat and civil aircraft so far ahead of their time that the world would now be a very different place had they been built. This series features four full length documentaries, each one focusing on a truly revolutionary aviation project which never escaped the drawing board...

20084 epizód

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Akció·Dokumentumfilm

Freevee (hirdetésekkel)

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1. ÉVAD, 1. EPIZÓD – America's First Jet Fighter
Megtekintés támogatott eszközökön
2008. január 1.
50 min
TV-PG
The Lockheed L133 was an aircraft designed to break the Sound Barrier before Pearl Harbor. Had it flown it would have swept all Nazi opposition from the skies and changed the course of World War Two. A pipe dream? Today, its legacy can still be found in every modern jet fighter...
Freevee (hirdetésekkel)
1. ÉVAD, 2. EPIZÓD – The Atomic Bomber
Megtekintés támogatott eszközökön
2008. január 1.
50 min
TV-PG
In the grip of a rapidly escalating Cold War, America poured billions into developing a giant nuclear powered bomber, a plane so fantastic that it could stay aloft for months at a time. The Convair WS 125 was the ultimate doomsday machine...
Freevee (hirdetésekkel)
1. ÉVAD, 3. EPIZÓD – The Last Rocket Fighter
Megtekintés támogatott eszközökön
2008. január 1.
50 min
TV-PG
Using secret Nazi technology, Britain developed an advanced rocket plane capable of climbing to the very edge of space to hunt high flying Soviet bombers. It was the ultimate interceptor but the Saunders Roe SR177 was to fall victim to sabotage by a rival aircraft company...
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1. ÉVAD, 4. EPIZÓD – The American SST
Megtekintés támogatott eszközökön
2008. január 1.
50 min
TV-PG
In the summer of 1963, President John F Kennedy called for America to build a supersonic airliner, an aircraft on the cutting edge of technology, flying faster and higher than any of its rivals. It would have been America's answer to Concorde...
Freevee (hirdetésekkel)