HDMovies

Season 1 traces the development of aviation technology from balloons to early post-WWII jet aircraft.

Season 2 continues the story of atmospheric flight to the edge of space in the 1990s. Neil Armstrong had previously flown several aircraft featured...

Season 3 focuses on the development of particular technologies within the broader field of aviation.

From Cierva's breakthrough in autogyro design, to the state-of-the-art BK-117, the heart of the helicopter story has been the rotorhead. Early...

By the 1930s, flying boats – massive, airborne ocean liners – opened up global routes for passenger service, while the floatplanes...

Conventional airplanes need large runways for takeoff and landing, a limitation that concerned defense planners. As turbine engines became lighter, a...

When the small tail surface wings which enable an airplane to go up or down are moved to the front, they are called canards. It is a technology as...

Many times in aviation history the ultimate test of aircraft and pilot was to fly around the world. Competition and showmanship always played a part,...

In the early days of flying, instrumentation was crude. A weighted silk stocking tied to a strut could help the pilot gauge his airspeed. Wartime...

In their quest for flight efficiency, some designers thought the ideal shape would be just a wing, nothing else, flying through the air. Though...

Two years after the first manned flight, the Wrights mastered control sufficiently to fly the first circle – a major aviation advance that went...

During WWII, the Germans introduced the Messerschmitt 262, and the British the Gloster Meteor. With these first operational jet fighters, a new era...

Airmail pioneers demonstrated to a public already infatuated with flying, that airplanes had a bright commercial future. They led the way for the...

In the 1920s when just about anyone could afford a car, interest grew in a safe, inexpensive airplane that anyone could fly. Convenience went a step...

From the early years of flight until the late 1930s, air racing was the single most important testing ground for engineering advancements. It...

The Wright brothers realized that a propeller was a rotating wing – giving it a twist made it practical. By the mid 1930s, variable pitch and...

This new series features the fascinating stories of three of the most important commercial aircraft ever to take to the skies.

The Boeing Company develops their most technically advanced aircraft: the 777. From corporate conference rooms to factory floors, its extensive...

EMMY-nominated PBS documentary covering the history of American aviation, from the Wright Brothers to the very frontiers of space.

AFP: American Fighter Pilot is a reality series broadcast briefly on CBS in 2002. It followed three Air Force officers as they trained to become...

The lush Hawaiian Islands provide a dramatic backdrop as the pilots of Windward Aviation risk injury and even death as they perform rescues in this...

The story of flying boats is one of ingenuity and enterprise; of style during the dying days of Britain's imperial grandeur; of Coastal Command's war...