About this season
This new series features the fascinating stories of three of the most important commercial aircraft ever to take to the skies.
Episodes (3)
E1
1. DC-3
Aired 24 March 2015 • 46 min
Emerging as a rival to Boeing's 247, the rigorously tested twin-engine DC3 would eventually radicalise the aviation industry in 1934.
E2
2. Airbus A380 - Giant of the Sky
Aired 31 March 2015 • 46 min
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?
E3
3. SR-71 Blackbird - Hypersonic Surveillance
Aired 7 April 2015 • 46 min
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.