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  • 2003-04-03T13:30:00Z
  • 47m
  • 3h 8m (4 episodes)
  • Australia
  • English
  • Documentary
Planes That Never Flew is a Discovery Channel documentary series about experimental aircraft projects that never flew. Over four one-hour episodes, the series examined the history behind aborted projects to build two jet fighters, a supersonic transport, and a nuclear-powered long range bomber.

4 episodes

Series Premiere

2003-04-03T13:30:00Z

1x01 The Last Rocket Fighter

Series Premiere

1x01 The Last Rocket Fighter

  • 2003-04-03T13:30:00Z47m

The British-designed Saunders-Roe SR177, an advanced rocket plane that, though capable of climbing to the very edge of space, fell victim to sabotage by a rival aircraft company.

2003-04-10T13:30:00Z

1x02 The American SST

1x02 The American SST

  • 2003-04-10T13:30:00Z47m

A documentary on the SST, America's answer to Concorde in the competition between Europe and the United States to build a supersonic airliner.

1x03 America's First Jet Fighter

  • 2003-04-17T13:30:00Z47m

The history of 1950s icon the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, designed by engineer Clarence `Kelly' Johnson, who had previously failed in an attempt to create a supersonic fighter.

Season Finale

2003-04-24T13:30:00Z

1x04 The Atomic Bomber

Season Finale

1x04 The Atomic Bomber

  • 2003-04-24T13:30:00Z47m

The story behind plans for an atomic bomber that failed to progress from the drawing board.

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