Name: Plane Resurrection
Released: 2016-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Colin W.D. McLean

TV Show · Documentary · History

A glimpse into the cockpits of the world's greatest restored fighting aircrafts and the lives of the modern-day heroes, who dedicate themselves to bringing these engineering masterpieces back to life.

2016 · 50m

Starring Colin W.D. McLean

Director Nik Coleman

EPISODE 1

Skyraider

Features the story of the heaviest piston-engined fighter ever made; though called an aerial anachronism, it was to come into its own during the Korean and Vietnam wars.

50m
EPISODE 2

Mew Gull

The astonishing tale of a tiny 1930s racing aircraft, capable of 230 mph, which smashed records all over the world in the hands of an almost-forgotten British hero, Alex Henshaw.

51m
EPISODE 3

Huey

The Vietnam-era helicopter takes to the air in a pristine war-veteran example; learning about an aircraft blown up by it's own missiles.

51m
EPISODE 4

Spitfire

Cameras offer a glimpse into the cockpits of the world's greatest restored fighting aircrafts.

50m
EPISODE 5

Lysander

Cameras offer a glimpse into the cockpits of the world's greatest restored fighting aircrafts.

49m
EPISODE 6

Bleriot

One of only two remaining examples of the monoplane built by Louis Bleriot, the pioneering channel-crosser; this elderly aircraft is put gently through its paces for the cameras, leaving the ground on one of its rare outside excursions.

51m