Season 1 (2003)
Back to main1. The Last Rocket Fighter
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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47min
April 4, 2003
2. The American SST
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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47min
April 11, 2003
3. America's First Jet Fighter
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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47min
April 18, 2003
4. The Atomic Bomber
The story behind plans for an atomic bomber that failed to progress from the drawing board.
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47min
April 25, 2003