A brief history of British aviation and the development of both civil and military aircraft. Made for the Festival of Britain.
The story of the rivalry between Boeing and Airbus is no doubt one of the greatest human and technol...
An eccentric history buff lives in a cabin in the woods but spends most of his time flying his bipla...
Follows the development of Canadair's super-executive jet. A totally new type of aircraft, it is fas...
Investigators reveal how Boeing’s alleged priority of profit over safety could have contributed to t...
This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to desi...
At any given moment hundreds of people are soaring above us in a 747. From the moment the very first...
Charles Lindbergh lived a life of absolutes, never doubting his own abilities or the altitude of his...
For early aviators, conquering the forces of gravity was a daunting challenge. But black aviators ha...
The heroic romance of the profession is in the story about the life of test pilot Yuri Garnaev, who ...
This short satirical film, created entirely from archival footage, is about the British Empire—on wh...
Augustus Northmore Welby Pugin is far from being a household name, yet he designed the iconic clock ...
The X-15 was the last in a line of manned rocket-powered research airplanes built during the 1950s t...
On 21 December 1988 a Pan Am 747 jet exploded over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie. On the 25th...
Panair do Brasil revives the story of the most important commercial aviation company in Brazil, betw...
The De Havilland Comet was the world's first passenger jet airliner. But less than two years into se...
Professor Alice Roberts discovers which are Britain's most popular fresh foods and uses the latest s...
Guy Martin honours the Lancaster bomber crews of World War II, as he tries out several onboard roles...
An exceptional documentary which presents, for the first time colorized archives, on Charles Lindber...
Shown as part of the BBC's Modern Times series. Think of England shows Parr talking to the many peop...