Planes That Never Flew
Planes That Never Flew is a Discovery Channel documentary series about experimental aircraft projects that never flew. Over four one-hour episodes, the series examined the history behind aborted projects to build two jet fighters, a supersonic transport, and a nuclear-powered long range bomber.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.The Last Rocket Fighter
04-04-200347mThe 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.
- Ep 2
2.The American SST
11-04-200347mA documentary on the SST, America's answer to Concorde in the competition between Europe and the United States to build a supersonic airliner.
- Ep 3
3.America's First Jet Fighter
18-04-200347mThe 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.
- Ep 4
4.The Atomic Bomber
25-04-200347mThe story behind plans for an atomic bomber that failed to progress from the drawing board.
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