The iconic design of the Boeing 747 has endured for over 5 decades, but the end of production is looming. In this documentary special we follow the build of this last aircraft, whilst exploring how the 747 truly changed the world and influenced our lives in ways we never even realised.
The De Havilland Comet was the world's first passenger jet airliner. But less than two years into se...
This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to desi...
This documentary explores the mystery surrounding the death of movie icon Marilyn Monroe through pre...
Spitfires were the nemesis of the Luftwaffe and the instrument which halted Hitler’s plans for invas...
The final days of 617 Squadron based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire. The famous Dambusters squadron...
This documentary profiles the major jets used by the RAF between 1945 and the mid-1950s, the period ...
On January 26, 1950, a US Airforce troop plane left Anchorage for Montana with 44 people on board. T...
At any given moment hundreds of people are soaring above us in a 747. From the moment the very first...
A place with stairs, but that leads to walls. A place with lots of space, but no one fights for it. ...
On 21 December 1988 a Pan Am 747 jet exploded over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie. On the 25th...
An eccentric history buff lives in a cabin in the woods but spends most of his time flying his bipla...
For early aviators, conquering the forces of gravity was a daunting challenge. But black aviators ha...
At the age of 17, she had the opportunity to appear on television, but she didn't, due to her insecu...
Go higher, faster and farther with the Smithsonian as they explore the dreams of flight.
On an expedition through Latin America, Italian General Italo Balbo made the Atlantic crossing with ...
Explorer Robert Ballard sets out to solve the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance as he and a ...
US federal investigators are called in to determine the cause of a mysterious jetliner crash in Pana...
On 28 November 1979, an Air New Zealand jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing to...