First Flights with Neil Armstrong - Season 1

First Flights with Neil Armstrong - Season 1

Season 1

Season 1 traces the development of aviation technology from balloons to early post-WWII jet aircraft.
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DatesSep 25, 1991 - Dec 18, 1991
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Episodes

By the Seat of Their Pants
Season 1Episode 124 min

By the Seat of Their Pants

Using Lilienthal's glider research, the Wright brothers achieved controlled flight. The French reacted with renewed effort and Bleriot crossed the English Channel. Each airplane had its own personality and a pilot flew by his wits, instinct and luck.
Sep 25, 1991
Every Day a Better Design
Season 1Episode 224 min

Every Day a Better Design

Aviators separated into two groups: the airplane designer/builders and those who tried to master the art of flying. While French pilot Pegoud thrilled crowds by performing aerial loops, new airplanes pushed the bounds of speed and distance.
Oct 2, 1991
Flying Aces, War in the Air
Season 1Episode 324 min

Flying Aces, War in the Air

WW1 gave the airplane a job, soon the battlefields were full of unarmed aircraft, peering down at the trenches, then carrying news of an impending attack. With a machine gun mounted on the cowling of a Morane-Saulnier Bullet, the fighter plane was born.
Oct 9, 1991
Flying Entrepreneurs
Season 1Episode 424 min

Flying Entrepreneurs

After the war, seasoned pilots who had once dueled with an enemy over the trenches, now performed aerobatics for spectators. Aviators as barnstormers quickly became an endearing folk hero; and also businessman carrying mail and passengers.
Oct 16, 1991
Bigger is Better
Season 1Episode 524 min

Bigger is Better

Oct 23, 1991
Fighters Between the War
Season 1Episode 624 min

Fighters Between the War

Oct 30, 1991
Testing Under Fire
Season 1Episode 724 min

Testing Under Fire

Nov 6, 1991
New Generation of Flyers
Season 1Episode 824 min

New Generation of Flyers

Nov 13, 1991
Air Battles At Sea
Season 1Episode 924 min

Air Battles At Sea

Nov 20, 1991
Air Forts of the War
Season 1Episode 1024 min

Air Forts of the War

Nov 27, 1991
First Jets
Season 1Episode 1124 min

First Jets

Dec 4, 1991
First to Fly
Season 1Episode 1224 min

First to Fly

Dec 11, 1991
Workhorse of the Sky: The Turboprop
Season 1Episode 1324 min

Workhorse of the Sky: The Turboprop

Dec 18, 1991

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