Mighty Planes (2012)

Season 4

Mighty Planes explores the art and science of aviation, on planes that soar to faraway places on astounding missions. From preparation, loading and take off, through the journey and to the landing and unloading, viewers will experience the high-stakes and high-stress jobs through the eyes and lives of the characters that make it all happen. Featuring the genius of flight technology with the aid of high-end CGI, shot in HD, and recorded in 5.1 surround sound, MIGHTY PLANES captures all the action as it happens.

Released Feb. 27, 2012 Episode 60 min 10+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.airplane

Watch Providers: fuboTV, Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel + 2 more, Philo, YouTube TV

Production Companies: Exploration Production

Network: Discovery

Country: Canada
Languages: English

IMDb

8.3

/96/

Trakt

/15/

TMDb

/3/

S4E1 - Boeing 747-8F

Transporting the gear of Formula E's 10 electric-powered racing teams to cities around the world across more than 50,000 total kilometres in the greenest way imaginable is no easy task; for air transport, DHL uses Boeing 747 or 777 aircraft.

Oct. 1, 2017, midnight

S4E2 - Stargazer L-1011

The Stargazer launches Pegasus rockets, delivering specialized weather satellites designed to detect the magnitude and intensity of hurricanes.

Oct. 8, 2017, midnight

S4E3 - C2A Greyhound

The C-2 Greyhound's design allows it a flexibility and access that few other fixed wing craft possess; for the U.S. Navy, it provides critical logistics support, flying 1,000 miles in a matter of hours and transporting high-priority cargo.

Oct. 15, 2017, midnight

S4E4 - Ilyushin IL-76

Baffinland Mines needs to get equipment to a remote mine in Nunavet to support shipping operations for the summer and have hired one of Volga-Dnepr's Ilyushin-76.

Oct. 22, 2017, midnight

S4E5 - Airbus A400M

The German Air Force is overhauling their entire fleet of outdated cargo planes, and replacing them with Airbus' latest state-of-the-art military aircraft, the A400M, which can haul massive loads.

Oct. 29, 2017, midnight

S4E6 - Twin Otter

Canada's northwest territories are rich in gold and diamonds, but running a mining operation in extreme Arctic conditions with very few roads can be tremendously challenging. Enter the Twin Otter, the rugged aircraft of choice in remote Canadian communities. Powered by two turboprop engines, the Twin Otter maneuvers like a bird and is capable of landing just about anywhere--on land, sea, and snow. Follow this mighty plane as she handles icy skies and frozen-lake runways on a series of critical missions.

Nov. 5, 2017, midnight

Discovery

60 min/ep

60 min

Feb. 27, 2012

Nov. 5, 2017, midnight

Ended

TV-PG / 10+