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Planes That Never Flew

5.0(2)
First Aired:April 4, 2003
Seasons:1 season
Episodes:4
Status:Ended

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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Cast

John Hedges

Narrator

George Kerevan

Himself

Eric Brown

Himself

Seasons

E1The Last Rocket Fighter

47m

Apr 4, 2003

The 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.

E2The American SST

47m

Apr 11, 2003

A documentary on the SST, America's answer to Concorde in the competition between Europe and the United States to build a supersonic airliner.

E3America's First Jet Fighter

47m

Apr 18, 2003

The 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.

E4The Atomic Bomber

47m

Apr 25, 2003

The story behind plans for an atomic bomber that failed to progress from the drawing board.

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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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