Name: Planes That Changed the World
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-03-24
Rating: 8

Episodes

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. 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. 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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