The Century Of Flight

Man Learns To Fly (1x1)

Data emisji: Sty 01, 1997

The development of the early heavier-than-air and lighter-than-air flying machines. The programme framework includes a comparison to all forms of modern flight, the early dream of flight, hot-air balloons, kites and gliders, early powered flight, early pioneers, early attempts at speed and distance records including Bleriot’s English Channel crossing, the Zeppelins and the build-up to World War I.