A twelve part series, first broadcast on BBC 2, that tells the epic story of the aeroplane, in peace and war, from its first 12 second flight on the sand dunes of Kittyhawk to its supersonic flights at the edge of space.
Aired: Sep 12, 1988 The early history of aviation, covering the Wright Brothers, Santos Dumont, L...
Aired: Sep 19, 1988 This is the account of the master aviators who pushed back the frontiers and ...
Aired: Sep 26, 1988 Over France in World War I, where man and flying machines were first forged i...
Aired: Oct 3, 1988 Since the Second World War, aircraft have played an important role in naval o...
Aired: Oct 10, 1988 Dresden...London...Vietnam...Tokyo..their names alone are dramatic testimony ...
Aired: Oct 17, 1988 Few aspects of the history of aviation match the vitality, drama and scale of...
Aired: Oct 24, 1988 We take them - the jumbo jets - for granted today, yet overwhelming obstacles...
Aired: Oct 31, 1988 The development of the jet engine represented a quantum leap in aviation, and...
Aired: Nov 7, 1988
Aired: Nov 14, 1988 This film begins with the SR-71 Blackbird, expressed as the ultimate expressi...
Aired: Nov 21, 1988
Aired: Nov 28, 1988 Examining the history of vertical flight, the program begins with the early h...
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