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Planes That Never Flew

2003

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EP1 The Last Rocket Fighter Apr 04, 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.
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EP2 The American SST 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.
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EP3 America's First Jet Fighter 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.
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EP4 The Atomic Bomber Apr 25, 2003

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

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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