The early history of aviation, covering the Wright Brothers, Santos Dumont, L...
Reaching for the Skies
Season 1 Episode 10: The Quest for Speed
This film begins with the SR-71 Blackbird, expressed as the ultimate expression in the quest for speed. The film, after credits, begins with the 1905 Curtiss biplane, owned and flown by a venerable gentleman who had been a boy when the aircraft was new. Thereafter the film moves on the Schneider ...