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The Age of Aerospace
2016 2 seasons en
Explore the last 100 years of aviation history in unprecedented detail. From the Wright brothers first flight to the Apollo moon landings and beyond, the series highlights milestones in an industry defined by innovation.
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Episodes
2 seasons available
E1What Can't We Do?
Feb 1, 2016 42mA chronicle of how Bill Boeing and his contemporaries, like Donald Douglas, took the invention of the airplane and forged an industry, delivering advancements in communication, transportation, and warfare.
E2Miracle Planes
Feb 8, 2016 42mDetailing the role American industry and planes like the Boeing B-17, B-29, and North American P-51 Mustang played in the Allied victory over Germany and Japan.
E3Shrinking the Earth
Feb 15, 2016 42mThe story of three Boeing planes that launched the jet age – the B-47 bomber, the Boeing 707 and the iconic Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet – planes made possible by secrets discovered in a German Forest at the close of WWII.
E4In the Vastness of Space
Feb 22, 2016 42mThe story of Project Apollo and humankind’s first journey to the moon on Apollo 8. NASA icons and individuals from American industry reflect on past achievements and explore humanity’s future in space.
E5Dreamliner
Feb 29, 2016 42mRevealing the technology, resources, and risk required to build commercial aircraft in the modern world through the story of Boeing's most recent revolution in jet design, the 787.
