Name: Great Planes
Released: 1986-07-19T17:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · Adventure

Great Planes examines the stories behind the most influential and innovative planes in the world. Explore some of the most spectacular aircrafts ever to take to the skies, through the eyes of the people who made these great warbirds.

1986 · 44m

EPISODE 1

B-29 Superfortress

The history behind the B29 Superfortress, a four-engine heavy bomber that was flown from the end of World War II through the Korean War.

43m
EPISODE 2

C-130 Hercules

The C130 Hercules covered a multitude of uses including airborne assault, search and rescue and maritime patrol and aerial firefighting.

43m
EPISODE 3

AV-8 Harrier

World's first vertical takeoff and landing fixed-wing aircraft; first jet to have hovering capabilities.

43m
EPISODE 4

F-5 Freedom Fighter

Defying current trends in fighter aircrafts; agile, easy-maintenance and low-cost; the supersonic aircraft was designed for operation by more than thirty U.S. allied nations.

43m
EPISODE 5

F-105 Thunderchief

Biggest single engine fighter of its day; became known as the one-man air force; biggest single-engine, single-seat fighter aircraft ever built.

43m
EPISODE 6

XB-70 Valkyrie

Can travel at three times the speed of sound; even after a half century after it's first flight, its still one of aviation's most interesting achievements.

43m

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