John Hedges as Narrator
Episodes 4
The Last Rocket Fighter
April 4, 2003
• 47m
1x1
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.
Read MoreThe American SST
April 11, 2003
• 47m
1x2
A documentary on the SST, America's answer to Concorde in the competition between Europe and the United States to build a supersonic airliner.
Read MoreAmerica's First Jet Fighter
April 18, 2003
• 47m
1x3
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.
Read MoreThe Atomic Bomber
Season Finale
April 25, 2003
• 47m
1x4
The story behind plans for an atomic bomber that failed to progress from the drawing board.
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