Travel into the world of aviation and explore the dreams of flight with the Smithsonian as they step into the unknown.

Few aircraft have attracted more attention than the ominous black supersonic jet that for years has ...

The 1960s was an extraordinary time for the United States. Unburdened by post-war reparations, Ameri...

A celebration of those still flying the last remaining Grumman Albatross, a seaplane from a long-los...

It's June 1942 and the world's fate is about to be decided by a handful of pilots and their untested...

On 28 November 1979, an Air New Zealand jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing to...

Charles Lindbergh lived a life of absolutes, never doubting his own abilities or the altitude of his...

This feature-length documentary is a portrait of eclipse chasers, people for whom solar eclipses - a...
Comets pose one of the greatest threats to life on Earth - a threat that can only be countered if we...

This documentary follows various migratory bird species on their long journeys from their summer hom...

The film features amazing scenes of places never before seen gathered by key space missions that cul...

Today London, tomorrow Paris, the day after New York – the life of the "jetsetter." Long before the ...

In the year 1957 the cold war expands to space. The Soviet-Union sends Sputnik as the first manmade ...

214 million years ago a gigantic meteorite broke up and impacted Earth. 65 million years ago, the im...
One film projected two times with a difference of a couple of seconds.

It is the epic of the heroes of the first century of aviation, since the flight of the first plane o...

Follows the development of Canadair's super-executive jet. A totally new type of aircraft, it is fas...

For over three decades, NASA and an international team of scientists and engineers pushed the limits...

A fresh perspective on a modern-day miracle that many of us take for granted: flying. Narrated by Ha...