The Pioneers

Reaching for the Skies Season 1 Episode 1

Overview:
From the Wright Brothers' first controlled-powered flight in 1903 to the advent of the space shuttle - come to know the key figures in aviation history - the people and the machines that pushed the limits of daring and technology to find ways to fly faster, higher and farther. Here is a chronicle of the raw determination and pioneer spirit that carries Louis Bleriot across the Channel in 1909, and, more recently, carried Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager around the world in their Rutan Voyager on a single tank of fuel

Genre : Documentary

Actors : Anthony Quayle

Release Date : 1988-09-12

Duration : 60 menit

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Other Episodes (Season 1)

The Pioneers
1. The Pioneers
The Adventures Of Flight
2. The Adventures Of Flight
The Aeroplane Goes To War
3. The Aeroplane Goes To War
Victory over the Sea
4. Victory over the Sea
Bombers
5. Bombers
Fighters
6. Fighters
Giants of the Air
7. Giants of the Air
Rivals over the Atlantic
8. Rivals over the Atlantic
Trail Blazers
9. Trail Blazers
The Quest for Speed
10. The Quest for Speed
Lighter than Air
11. Lighter than Air
Vertical Flight
12. Vertical Flight


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