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Inside Mighty Machines

Season 1
Examine giant machines, from a 747 to a power plant and from a North Sea oil rig to a massive hovercraft.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Jumbo Jet
    April 27, 2019
    51min
    TV-PG
    Host Chad Zdenek helps take apart a retired 747 to uncover the engineering innovations that made it a legend.
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  2. S1 E2 - Power Plant
    May 4, 2019
    51min
    TV-PG
    As coal gives way to natural gas and renewable energy, look back on one of America’s first power plants.
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  3. S1 E3 - Hovercraft
    May 11, 2019
    51min
    TV-PG
    Before it’s melted down and recycled, we tear apart the world’s biggest hovercraft to reveal what made it such a legend.
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  4. S1 E4 - Deep Sea Oil Rig
    May 18, 2019
    51min
    TV-PG
    From its drilling system to its flare tower, get a bottom-to-top look at the Brent Delta oil rig’s engineering genius.
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  5. S1 E5 - C5 Galaxy
    May 25, 2019
    51min
    TV-PG
    The five ingenious feats of engineering that made the monster C-5 Galaxy cargo plane a reality.
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  6. S1 E6 - Aircraft Carrier
    June 1, 2019
    51min
    TV-PG
    Discover the engineering secrets behind a U.S. Navy carrier’s catapult system, elevators, flight deck, and more.
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