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 | Balloon Race Around the World
Delve into the history and science of ballooning, and follow some of the attempts in the '90s to be the first to circumnavigate the globe. |
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 | Battle of the X-Planes
Two aviation giants, Lockheed Martin and Boeing, compete to build the next-generation fighter jet. |
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 | Crash of Flight 111
One of the most exhaustive investigations in aviation history reveals telling clues to the cause of a disaster off Nova Scotia. |
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 | Daring Flight, A
In 1909, Louis Blériot undertakes a heroic first-ever flight across the English Channel. |
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 | Deadliest Plane Crash, The
NOVA investigates the worst aviation accident of all time. |
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 | Escape!
Engineers learn from past disasters to make fires and car, plane, and ship accidents increasingly survivable. |
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 | Faster than Sound
Top test pilots describe the dangers, mysteries, and thrill of being the first to fly at supersonic speed. |
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 | Four-Winged Dinosaur, The
Surprising fossils from northeastern China spur a debate over how birds evolved. |
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 | Last Flight of Bomber 31
Forensic scientists set out to discover what happened to seven American airmen whose plane crashed in Kamchatka during World War II. |
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 | Missing in MiG Alley
What happened to American pilots shot down over Korea half a century ago? |
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 | Nazi Prison Escape
From 1940 to 1945, Allied prisoners of war engineered spectacular escapes from Colditz Castle, the Nazis' most impregnable prison. |
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 | Spies That Fly
A new generation of pilotless planes fly, spy, and bomb in places too risky for human pilots. |
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 | Supersonic Dream
Engineers, pilots, and others who knew Concorde tell its remarkable story. |
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 | Supersonic Spies
The race to build the world's first supersonic passenger airliner leads to a massive Cold War espionage effort. |
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 | Top Gun Over Moscow
Flights in Russia's powerful fighter jets are for sale to foreign travelers. So is the Russian Air Force still in the game? |
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 | Vanished!
The mysterious 1947 disappearance of an airplane high in the Andes en route from Argentina to Chile is finally resolved. |
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 | Who Killed the Red Baron?
Forensic experts investigate the most famous aviation mystery of World War I. |
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 | Wings of Madness
The flamboyant rise and tragic death of pioneering aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont. |
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 | Wright Brothers' Flying Machine
Relive the engineering challenges that two obscure bicycle makers overcame to become first in flight. |
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