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The Airplane
Take to the sky with the dreamers whose work gave humans the ability to fly. From Leonardo da Vinci’s “flying machines” to the modern commercial plane, without these inventions, we may have never left the ground.
Episode Clips
Abass Ibn Firnas
Legend has it Ibn Firnas jumped from a cliff with feathers attached to his arms and legs.
Alphonse Pénaud - The Forgotten Pioneer
The invention of the rubber powered plane inspires the famous Wright brothers.
Frank Whittle and the Jet Man
A modern day jet man tells the story of the pioneer of the jetty engine.
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