Mighty franchise highlights exceptional aircraft on high-risk missions, from flying eye hospital to largest passenger jet, with insider aviation insights.
Episode List
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Antonov-124
From whales to trains, the Antonov 124 can lift it all, but now perilous storms and exhaustive delays threaten one of its most important missions.
S1 • E2
Airbus A380
With millions of dollars on the line and more than 500 passengers on board, Lufthansa's Airbus A380 takes off on a maiden flight.
S1 • E3
Martin Mars
Fly over the fire-ravaged mountains of Mexico as water bomber Martin Mars faces its toughest mission yet.
S1 • E4
Orbis
Take a flight for sight aboard the ORBIS. Once a DC-10, this plane is now a high-tech eye hospital serving developing communities around the world.
S1 • E5
Skibirds
Can the Hercules Skibird save a team of climate scientists in Greenland before they're buried in snow and ice?
S1 • E6
C-5M Super Galaxy
Meet the Mighty Planes: a flying eye hospital, a transporter on skis, a WWII flying boat that now fights fires, and more.
