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Planes That Changed the World

Miniseries · 3 episodes · Mar 24, 2015

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    Episode 1

    DC-3

    Mar 24, 2015

    Emerging as a rival to Boeing's 247, the rigorously tested twin-engine DC3 would eventually radicalise the aviation industry in 1934.

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    Episode 2

    Airbus A380 - Giant of the Sky

    Mar 31, 2015

    This double-decked monster was designed to carry 800 passengers and revolutionise the highways of the sky, so why did it take 17 years to lift off?

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    Episode 3

    SR-71 Blackbird - Hypersonic Surveillance

    Apr 7, 2015

    Lockheed were tasked with creating a plane invisible to Russian radar, capable of reaching an altitude of 80,000 ft and speeds of Mach 3.2.