Giants of the Air

Reaching for the Skies Season 1 Episode 7

Overview:
We take them - the jumbo jets - for granted today, yet overwhelming obstacles had to be overcome to first get these giants off the ground. The challenge to build larger aircraft has tantalized designers and pilots since the dawn of aviation. Meet the visionaries who overcame these obstacles: Sikorsky, Caprioni, Howard Hughes and others...the pioneers who forged ahead to find the mix of size and engine power necessary to fulfil their dreams - and the quest for yet larger and larger aircraft.

Genre : Documentary

Actors : Anthony Quayle

Release Date : 1988-10-24

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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