Name: Planes That Never Flew
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2003-04-04
Rating: 5
Cast: John Hedges, George Kerevan, Eric Brown

Episodes

1. The Last Rocket Fighter

2003-04-04 | 47m

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.

2. The American SST

2003-04-11 | 47m

A documentary on the SST, America's answer to Concorde in the competition between Europe and the United States to build a supersonic airliner.

3. America's First Jet Fighter

2003-04-18 | 47m

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.

4. The Atomic Bomber

2003-04-25 | 47m

The story behind plans for an atomic bomber that failed to progress from the drawing board.