Extreme Machines

Season 1

1997 · 11 episodes · 10h 52m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Diving Deep

   26 Apr 1997 · 60 min

   All About Submersibles

2. 2

   2. Choppers

   Date TBA · 60 min

   All About Helicopters. Featuring the AH-64 Apache.

3. 3

   3. Hovercrafts

   26 Apr 1997 · 52 min

   All About Hovercraft

4. 4

   4. Image Impossible

   26 Apr 1997 · 60 min

5. 5

   5. Fatest Man on Earth

   26 Apr 1997 · 60 min

6. 6

   6. Race Cars

   26 Apr 1997 · 60 min

   All About Race Cars

7. 7

   7. Rockets

   26 Apr 1997 · 60 min

   Featuring Rocket Tech: Space Shuttle, Energia/Buran, Long March 3B, Ariane 5, V-2 Rocket, R-16/SS-7 Saddler, R-7 Semyorka/SS-6 Sapwood, Vostok, Mercury, Saturn V, DC-XA

8. 8

   8. Roller Coasters

   26 Apr 1997 · 60 min

   All About Roller Coasters

9. 9

   9. Space Planes

   26 Apr 1997 · 60 min

   Featuring: Space Shuttle, DC-XA, VentureStar, Energia/Buran, HOPE-X, Hermes

10. 10

    10. Speed Freaks

    26 Apr 1997 · 60 min

    Going Fast...

11. 11

    11. Wheels of Steel

    26 Apr 1997 · 60 min

    This program focuses on the fastest, largest, and tallest trains. We take a brief look at the steam era -- at the Mallard and the huge Big Boys of the Union Pacific railways and a more detailed look at the trains of today -- in particular the French TGV with its top speed of 320 mph. We investigate breaking systems, on-board computer systems and the latest in hi-tech tracks. We show some of the spectacular train crashes and disasters across time and take the audience on a time-lapse trip from London to Paris. Finally, we look at plans for the future with NASA's Maglifter concept -- a launch lift for tomorrow's space train.