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Season 2018
2018x1
Did The Soviets Build A Better Space Shuttle? The Buran Story
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Jan 06, 2018
On November 15, 1988, the world learned that the Soviet Union also had their own space shuttle. It had been secretly under development for well over a decade and it had cost the Soviets .. show full overview
2018x2
A Commercial Failure: The Dassault Mercure Story
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Feb 04, 2018
In the late 1960s, French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation made a huge bet. The company designed its first commercial airliner, the Mercure 100, to do one thing fantastically .. show full overview
2018x3
Why You Never Got to Fly The American Concorde: The 2707 SST Story
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Mar 06, 2018
It was to fly even faster than the Concorde, at speeds approaching Mach 3. And even carry more passengers. It would have flown the distance from Los Angeles to New York in under two .. show full overview
2018x4
The Problem With Fast Trains: What Happened to Hovertrains?
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Apr 08, 2018
In 1974, a French train sets a speed record, exceeding 250 miles per hour. But this train is unlike any other before it. Instead of rolling on train wheels, it hovers on a cushion of .. show full overview
2018x5
The World’s Fastest Subsonic Airliner: The Convair 990A Coronado
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May 20, 2018
Before Concorde defined what it meant to fly fast, there was another airliner that tried to push the speed of air travel. With outside the box engineering, the Convair 990A cruised .. show full overview
2018x6
The Largest Aircraft Ever Built By Britain: The Bristol Brabazon
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Jun 23, 2018
With a wingspan greater than a Boeing 747, The Bristol Brabazon was the largest aircraft ever built by Britain. More a flying oceanliner than plane, it featured sleeping cabins, a .. show full overview
2018x7
Why Was This Plane Invulnerable: The SR-71 Blackbird Story
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Aug 09, 2018
The Cold War locked the United States and Soviet Union into a tense struggle for global influence and control. The first purpose-built American spy plane to fly over the Soviet Union was .. show full overview
2018x8
How This Plane Earned A Dangerous Reputation: The DC-10 Story
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Sep 28, 2018
The DC-10’s story begins in the early 1970’s, at a pivotal time when air travel was undergoing a revolution. A new generation of wide-body airliners like the Boeing 747 introduced for .. show full overview
2018x9
Why This Train Is The Envy Of The World: The Shinkansen Story
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Nov 23, 2018
In 1964, Japan unveiled the Shinkansen - a new high speed railway connecting the country’s two largest cities (in the 1960's), Tokyo and Osaka. Travelling at speeds in excess of 120 mph .. show full overview
2018x10 Season finale
Why The Soviets Turned A Bomber Into An Airliner: The TU-114 Story
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Dec 28, 2018
Until the mid 1950’s, small short-range airliners like the twin engined IL-14 were really the only type the Soviet Union produced. And that meant flying across the country’s vast .. show full overview

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