A twelve part series, first broadcast on BBC 2, that tells the epic story of the aeroplane, in peace and war, from its first 12 second flight on the sand dunes of Kittyhawk to its supersonic flights at the edge of space.
Episode List
S1 • E1
Pioneers
The early history of aviation, covering the Wright Brothers, Santos Dumont, Louie Bierot, the Avro, commercial airlines, WWI and WWII military jet development, breaking the sound barrier, NASA plane landers, and Burt Rutan's Voyager.
