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Combat Ships
S1, EP9 "Wooden Warships"A look at the most famous wooden warships over the course of 500 years.
Air Warriors
S9, EP4 "P47"An inside look at the P47 Thunderbolt and the critical role it played in both the European and Pacific Theaters of World War II.
Air Warriors
S9, EP1 "Lancaster"The inside story of the Avro Lancaster, the British bomber that was rushed into service to fight back against Nazi Germany.
Air Warriors
S10, EP3 "B-17 Flying Fortress"The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is one of the most lethal bombers of the U.S. Air Force in WWII's European and Pacific campaigns; among other things, the plane delivered food to the German-occupied Netherlands.
Air Warriors
S10, EP9 "Stuka Dive Bomber"A look at the rise and fall of the infamous Nazi dive bomber Ju-87 Stuka, an aircraft of World War II.
Air Warriors
S9, EP5 "Little Bird"The inside story of how the AH/MH-6 evolved over the decades to become an irreplacable aircraft for the U.S. Military.
Air Warriors
S10, EP7 "Hawker Hunter"The inside story of Britain's flagship super jet of the Cold War era, the Hawker Hunter, and its most thrilling flights during the late 20th century.
Air Disasters
S11, EP10 "The Lost Plane"Investigators struggle to understand the unusual flight path and Himalayan crash site of Thai Airways Flight 311.
Air Disasters
S15, EP7 "Atlantic Ditching"A helicopter carrying offshore drilling workers crashes into the ocean, leading to an investigation that reveals a fatal flaw in the chopper's design.
Air Disasters
S18, EP10 "Flying Blind"A cleaning crew makes a careless error while cleaning a Boeing 757, affecting the plane's computer system and causing it to crash into the Pacific Ocean.
Air Disasters
S20, EP7 "Runway in Sight"If pilots aren't prepared when the runway is in sight, a landing can quickly become a tragedy.
Air Disasters
S17, EP1 "Holding Pattern"Flydubai Flight 981 enters a rapid descent and crashes nose-first at Rostov-on-Don Airport in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, after aborting its second landing attempt in poor weather conditions.
Air Disasters
S2, EP402 "Disaster At Dutch Harbor"While landing at a notoriously tricky Alaskan island airport, the pilots of a twin turboprop can't stop their plane.
Air Disasters
S20, EP18 "Courage in the Cockpit"Devastating failures in the air put pilots to the test and shine a light on three feats of flying.
Air Disasters
S4, EP13 "Vanished"On 1 June 2009, Air France Flight 447 stalls and crashes into the Atlantic Ocean while flying through a thunderstorm, killing all 228 people on board.