Planes That Never Flew
Planes That Never Flew
Season 1
20034 episodes
Episodes
- E1
The Last Rocket Fighter
2003-04-04 · 47m
The 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.
- E2
The American SST
2003-04-11 · 47m
A documentary on the SST, America's answer to Concorde in the competition between Europe and the United States to build a supersonic airliner.
- E3
America's First Jet Fighter
2003-04-18 · 47m
The 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.
- E4
The Atomic Bomber
2003-04-25 · 47m
The story behind plans for an atomic bomber that failed to progress from the drawing board.