S1 E147 min
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.
Planes That Never Flew
Season 1
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4 episodes · First aired 2003-04-04
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S1 E247 min
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.
S1 E347 min
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.
S1 E447 min
The Atomic Bomber
The story behind plans for an atomic bomber that failed to progress from the drawing board.