Planes That Never Flew
Planes That Never Flew is a Discovery Channel documentary series about experimental aircraft projects that never flew. Over four one-hour episodes, the series examined the history behind aborted projects to build two jet fighters, a supersonic transport, and a nuclear-powered long range bomber.
Cast: John Hedges, George Kerevan, Eric Brown
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Season 1
4 episodes
- 1. The Last Rocket FighterThe 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.PGCC47minApr 4, 2003
- 2. The American SSTA documentary on the SST, America's answer to Concorde in the competition between Europe and the United States to build a supersonic airliner.PGCC47minApr 11, 2003
- 3. America's First Jet FighterThe 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.PGCC47minApr 18, 2003
- 4. The Atomic BomberThe story behind plans for an atomic bomber that failed to progress from the drawing board.PGCC47minApr 25, 2003
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Planes That Never Flew is a Discovery Channel documentary series about experimental aircraft projects that never flew. Over four one-hour episodes, the series examined the history behind aborted projects to build two jet fighters, a supersonic transport, and a nuclear-powered long range bomber.
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- Southern Star
