← Planes That Changed the World

Miniseries

3 episodes · 2015

  1. 1DC-3

    24 Mar 2015 · 46 min

    Emerging as a rival to Boeing's 247, the rigorously tested twin-engine DC3 would eventually radicalise the aviation industry in 1934.

  2. 2Airbus A380 - Giant of the Sky

    31 Mar 2015 · 46 min

    This double-decked monster was designed to carry 800 passengers and revolutionise the highways of the sky, so why did it take 17 years to lift off?

  3. 3SR-71 Blackbird - Hypersonic Surveillancefinale

    07 Apr 2015 · 46 min

    Lockheed were tasked with creating a plane invisible to Russian radar, capable of reaching an altitude of 80,000 ft and speeds of Mach 3.2.