The Age of Aerospace

Explore the last 100 years of aviation history in unprecedented detail. From the Wright brothers first flight to the Apollo moon landings and beyond, the series highlights milestones in an industry defined by innovation.

Genre: Documentary

Type: tv

Season: 1

Episode: 1

Duration: 0h 42m

Release: 2016

Rating: 0.0

Season 1 - The Age of Aerospace
2016-02-01
"A chronicle of how Bill Boeing and his contemporaries, like Donald Douglas, took the invention of the airplane and forged an industry, delivering advancements in communication, transportation, and warfare."
2016-02-08
"Detailing the role American industry and planes like the Boeing B-17, B-29, and North American P-51 Mustang played in the Allied victory over Germany and Japan."
2016-02-15
"The story of three Boeing planes that launched the jet age \u2013 the B-47 bomber, the Boeing 707 and the iconic Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet \u2013 planes made possible by secrets discovered in a German Forest at the close of WWII."
2016-02-22
"The story of Project Apollo and humankind\u2019s first journey to the moon on Apollo 8. NASA icons and individuals from American industry reflect on past achievements and explore humanity\u2019s future in space."
2016-02-29
"Revealing the technology, resources, and risk required to build commercial aircraft in the modern world through the story of Boeing's most recent revolution in jet design, the 787."
Season 2 - The Age of Aerospace
2017-09-08
"60 years since the launch of Sputnik, satellites have become the invisible infrastructure that powers our modern world. But it wasn't until the Gulf War that the public came to recognize the transformative power of GPS and communications satellites."