First Flights with Neil Armstrong

Flash Of Glory: Aerial Combat Enters The Jet Age (3x9)

Air date: Nov 10, 1993

During WWII, the Germans introduced the Messerschmitt 262, and the British the Gloster Meteor. With these first operational jet fighters, a new era in aerial combat had begun. As jet met jet in the skies over Korea, the MiG-15 proved Russia to be a major power in jet aircraft development.