Planes That Never Flew

Season 1

2003 · 4 episodes · 3h 8m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. The Last Rocket Fighter

   4 Apr 2003 · 47 min

   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.

2. 2

   2. The American SST

   11 Apr 2003 · 47 min

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

3. 3

   3. America's First Jet Fighter

   18 Apr 2003 · 47 min

   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.

4. 4

   4. The Atomic Bomber

   25 Apr 2003 · 47 min

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