This new series features the fascinating stories of three of the most important commercial aircraft ever to take to the skies.
DC-3
Mar 24, 2015
Emerging as a rival to Boeing's 247, the rigorously tested twin-engine DC3 would eventually radicalise the aviation industry in 1934.
Airbus A380 - Giant of the Sky
Mar 31, 2015
This double-decked monster was designed to carry 800 passengers and revolutionise the highways of the sky, so why did it take 17 years to lift off?
SR-71 Blackbird - Hypersonic Surveillance
Apr 7, 2015
Lockheed were tasked with creating a plane invisible to Russian radar, capable of reaching an altitude of 80,000 ft and speeds of Mach 3.2.
