4 episodes
Planes That Never Flew - Season 1
First aired Apr 4, 2003Season 1
Browse all 4 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.
Episodes
No episode image
Episode 1
The Last Rocket Fighter
Apr 4, 200347 min
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.
No episode image
Episode 2
The American SST
Apr 11, 200347 min
A documentary on the SST, America's answer to Concorde in the competition between Europe and the United States to build a supersonic airliner.
No episode image
Episode 3
America's First Jet Fighter
Apr 18, 200347 min
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.
No episode image
Episode 4
The Atomic Bomber
Apr 25, 200347 min
The story behind plans for an atomic bomber that failed to progress from the drawing board.