Since the Second World War, aircraft have played an important role in naval operations...defending the fleet against attack by making it possible for pilots to spot the enemy beyond the horizon. The advantages of naval air power became indisputable with the advent of the aircraft carrier - and th...
Aired: Sep 12, 1988The early history of aviation, covering the Wright Brothers, Santos Dumont, L...
Aired: Sep 19, 1988This is the account of the master aviators who pushed back the frontiers and ...
Aired: Sep 26, 1988Over France in World War I, where man and flying machines were first forged i...
Aired: Oct 3, 1988Since the Second World War, aircraft have played an important role in naval o...
Aired: Oct 10, 1988Dresden...London...Vietnam...Tokyo..their names alone are dramatic testimony ...
Aired: Oct 17, 1988Few aspects of the history of aviation match the vitality, drama and scale of...
Aired: Oct 24, 1988We take them - the jumbo jets - for granted today, yet overwhelming obstacles...
Aired: Oct 31, 1988The development of the jet engine represented a quantum leap in aviation, and...
Aired: Nov 7, 1988
Aired: Nov 14, 1988This film begins with the SR-71 Blackbird, expressed as the ultimate expressi...
Aired: Nov 21, 1988Aired: Nov 28, 1988Examining the history of vertical flight, the program begins with the early h...
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