Mark Obenhaus
Director
The Age of Aerospace (2016)
Season 1
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.
Released Feb. 1, 2016
Episode 42 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.aerospace, imdb.outer-space, imdb.technology, imdb.invention, imdb.airplane, imdb.industry + 3 more, imdb.american-history, tmdb.transportation, tmdb.aviation
Production Companies: The Documentary Group
Network: Science
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - What Can't We Do?
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.
Feb. 1, 2016, midnight
S1E2 - Miracle Planes
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.
Feb. 8, 2016, midnight
S1E3 - Shrinking the Earth
The story of three Boeing planes that launched the jet age – the B-47 bomber, the Boeing 707 and the iconic Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet – planes made possible by secrets discovered in a German Forest at the close of WWII.
Feb. 15, 2016, midnight
S1E4 - In the Vastness of Space
The story of Project Apollo and humankind’s first journey to the moon on Apollo 8. NASA icons and individuals from American industry reflect on past achievements and explore humanity’s future in space.
Feb. 22, 2016, midnight
S1E5 - Dreamliner
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.
Feb. 29, 2016, midnight
Network: Science
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 336 min.
Released: Feb. 1, 2016
Last Air Date: Sept. 22, 2017, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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