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Planes That Changed the World

Miniseries

2015 · 3 episodes

  1. 1. DC-3

    2015-03-24 · 46m

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

  2. 2. Airbus A380 - Giant of the Sky

    2015-03-31 · 46m

    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. 3. SR-71 Blackbird - Hypersonic Surveillance

    2015-04-07 · 46m

    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.

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