
This definitive history of manned flight has been compiled into 26 hour episodes, with access to some of the rarest archive film ever taken. Unprecedented co-operation has been extended by the world's leading aircraft manufacturers and leading archive libraries. Included in the footage are shots of rare prototype accidents and failures which contributed to the inevitable achievement and success of man in the air. Since Charles Lindbergh became the first lone aviator to cross the Atlantic in 1927, air transport has greatly accelerated , revolutionised by the giant Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet - and what might we see in the 21st century?

100 Years Ago: From Berlin to the World

21st Century Jet: The Building of the 777

First Flights with Neil Armstrong

First Flights with Kate Broug

EttiAviation

Planes Gone Viral

The Dambusters

Survival in the Skies

L'aviation, toute une histoire

Mentour Pilot: Aviation Accidents explained

The Aviators
Australian International Airshow
A Century of Flight
2004