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46:00These are the mightiest of mighty planes - aviation's biggest, fastest, strongest, and most innovative aircraft on the planet.
46:00The NASA Super Guppy is a jerry-rigged wonder, built from parts of 1950s planes. But her cargo is anything but retro.
46:00In this episode of Mighty Planes we'll fly with Donald Trump and his flight crew on a transatlantic mission to the UK for a speech and pit-stop at his new golf course in Scotland.
November 2019
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46:00Jump on board one of the largest aircraft in the world for a record-setting mission into a war zone, crossing the Atlantic before a perilous descent into Bagram, Afghanistan.
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46:00The Martin Mars is the world's biggest seaplane and since being converted into a water bomber and has since flown over 8000 firefighting missions. Jump on board as they embark on a 20 day mission.
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46:00This adrenaline charged episode of Mighty Planes follows three NATO airmen who push themselves and the T-38 to its limits.
46:00The CP-140 Aurora is Canada's very own "James Bond 007" spy plane built to protect Canada and her coastlines from unseen enemies.
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46:00Take flight on the Airbus A380's maiden journey from Frankfurt, Germany to San Francisco as they try to win over customers and maximize profits.
46:00Follow the world's only eye hospital with wings as it attempts to reach Mongolia, a mission plagued by a series of setbacks that threaten to derail the trip entirely.
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The Hercules "Skibirds" are designed for landing and taking off in snow and ice. Jump on board as they fly to Greenland, a place that holds a world record for worst flying conditions on the planet.June 2019 46:00
46:00Join the Antonov and its crew on a two day, 7,500 mile mission through extreme weather. For this massive plane, a pit stop could mean the end of the road and an incomplete mission.
July 2017
In the spring of 2010, after nearly two decades of planning and building, the largest airborne observatory in the world opened its infrared eye for the first time from aboard a modified Boeing 747 jumbo jetliner.
Trading pine trees for palm fronds, we rendezvous with a Hawaii-based C-17 and her flight crew. We're there as they head out over the ocean to pick up Patriot missile batteries from a tiny mid-Pacific airstrip at Kwajalein Atoll, for delivery to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
The ORBIS McDonnell Douglas DC 10 is the world's only Flying Eye Hospital. It travels tirelessly around the globe, offering patients in developing countries precious sight-saving treatments.
NOAA's two P-3 turboprop aircraft, Kermit and Miss Piggy, have been battle tested through over 100 hurricanes and every year they're ready to take on more.
June 2017
The LC30 Hercules 'Skibirds' are equipped with heavy Teflon coated hydraulic skis and is specially designed for landing and taking off in snow and ice. Take-off conditions are sometimes so severe it has to resort to external rockets for an extra power push.
Mighty Planes will board a C-5M Super Galaxy for a record setting mission into a war zone, documenting the entire process from the initial briefing, to crossing the Atlantic, and finally the perilous descent into Bagram, Afghanistan. The flight crews need to pilot their giant aircraft through some of the most hostile airsp...
These are the mightiest of mighty planes - aviation's biggest, fastest, strongest, and most innovative aircraft on the planet.
The NASA Super Guppy is a jury-rigged wonder, built from parts of 1950s planes. But her cargo is anything but retro.
When lives are in peril on Canada's West Coast, the search and rescue plane everyone counts on is the CC-115 Buffalo.