Modern Marvels
Season 9 Episode 38 - Jet Engines
This program will tell the story of jet propulsion, which has radically transformed our world since it was first introduced near the end of World War II. We’ll trace the development of jet-powered aircraft from the Nazi’s first operational fighter, the Me 262, to the supersonic Concorde, to the latest U.S. jet fighter, the F-22 — and beyond, to the fighters and passenger planes of the future, which will be powered by new jet engines on the drawing boards (like the “scram-jet” — designed for a new hypersonic transport plane that would switch to rocket power once outside the earth’s atmosphere).
Episodes in Season 9
Breweries.
44 min
War Planes of World War II
44 min
The Winchester
44 min
Big Rigs of Combat: Tanks and Jeeps
44 min
Tunnels of Vietnam.
44 min
Helicopters
44 min
Private Jets
44 min
James Bond Gadgets.
44 min
Remote Control
44 min
Million Dollar Tech
44 min
Pleasure Boats
44 min
Bulletproof.
44 min
Siege Machines.
44 min
The Junkyard
44 min
The F-14
44 min
Engines
44 min
The Magnum
44 min
The Wheel
44 min
Star City
44 min
Ice Breakers
44 min
Fire and Ice.
44 min
Muscle Cars
44 min
Axes, Swords and Knives.
44 min
The World's Biggest Machines.
44 min
Drag Racing
44 min
The Manhattan Project.
44 min
The Tackle Box
44 min
Hunting Gear.
44 min
Camouflage
44 min
Models
44 min
Hangars
44 min
Beach Technology
44 min
The Big Dig
44 min
Super Guns
44 min
Strategic Air Command.
44 min
Gasoline
44 min
Towing.
44 min
Jet Engines
44 min
Nordhausen
44 min
War Trains
44 min
Liberty Ships of World War II
44 min
Magnets
44 min
The Chrysler Building.
44 min
The Autobahn
44 min
Home Tech
44 min
Cranes
44 min
The Internet: Behind The Web
44 min
Sherman Tanks
44 min
Great Train Disasters
44 min
Secret Life Of The Crash Test Dummy
44 min
High Tech Sex
44 min
The Spitfire
44 min
Garbage
44 min
More Bond Gadgets
44 min
Limos
44 min
Digi-Tech
44 min
Salt Mines
44 min
Concept Cars
44 min
Runways
44 min
Failed Inventions.
44 min
