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EP1 - Military Marvels
August. 22,2012
Series celebrating the British aviation industry. In the 50s and 60s, Britain led the world into the jet age with a new generation of fighters and bombers.
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EP2 - The Shape of Things to Come
August. 29,2012
Series celebrating the British aviation industry looks at how, by 1960, the UK's passenger airline industry was the largest in the world.
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Synopsis
Series which celebrates an unlikely story of outstanding British aviation achievement at a time of national austerity, the breathtaking planes that were built and the remarkable men who flew them.
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