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Aerial America
S1, EP18 "New York"Beauty of the Empire State; Central Park; tallest skyscrapers; mighty rivers; 17th century explorer Henry Hudson.
Aerial America
S1, EP15 "New Hampshire"Ancestral home of the Abenaki Indians; Henry David Thoreau's first book; Mount Monadnock; New Hampshire is seen from the air.
Aerial America
S1, EP54 "Missouri"A flight over Missouri explores the Show Me State's towering monuments, mighty rivers and spectacular Ozarks.
Aerial America
S1, EP16 "Maryland & Delaware"The birthplace of the Star Spangled Banner; sites Harriet Tubman, Babe Ruth and the DuPont family made their marks on history.
Air Disasters
S6, EP3 "Fight for Your Life"Three FedEx employees must regain control of their plane when a coworker attacks them in midair.
Air Disasters
S4, EP9 "Hockey Team Tragedy"A Russian passenger jet crashes into the Volga River, killing almost everyone on board; the incident turns into a national tragedy when rescuers discover the plane carried some of the country's famous athletes.
Air Disasters
S6, EP9 "Kid in the Cockpit"A pilot's decision to let his 15-year-old son fly has disastrous consequences on a commercial flight.
How Did They Fix That?
S1, EP1 "Heli-Logger"A crew and its massive air crane helicopter haul millions of pounds of timber while battling the elements and handling emergency repairs.
How Did They Fix That?
S1, EP2 "Heavy Cargo Express"A ride through Eastern Europe aboard heavy-hauling trains shows the logistical and mechanical challenges of making a multimillion-dollar cargo delivery.
How Did They Fix That?
S1, EP3 "Euro Hauler"Following a million-dollar freight run across four European countries and meeting the drivers, engineers and maintenance teams who keep the train running.
How Did They Build That?
S3, EP4 "Parking & Sparkling"A dazzling new 1400 foot tapering skyscraper is built right next to New York's Grand Central. A curving wine museum requires ingenious engineering in Bordeaux, France. And possibly the world's most glamorous parking garage.
How Did They Build That?
S4, EP6 "Shipyards & Slender Builds"A 284ft wooden skyscraper built from 1,200 bespoke pieces tests fire safety limits in Milwaukee; a decaying Amsterdam crane track transforms into glass offices; a needle-thin tower stacks 28 apartments onto a 21ft-wide plot in Melbourne, Australia.
How Did They Build That?
S4, EP2 "Medals & Marinas"Paying tribute to the brave, gravity-defying design of the U.S. National Medal of Honor Museum; traveling to Singapore for a look at a leaning tower of gambling, then exploring a New York City office building that lets the sun shine through.
How Did They Build That?
S4, EP1 "Space Stations and Super"Celebrating one of humanities biggest engineering achievements, the International Space Station, a meteor proof lab bigger than a football field, constructed by astronauts traveling 250 miles above us at 17,500 miles an hour.
How Did They Build That?
S4, EP10 "Floating Parks & Upcycled Towers"On inadequate foundations, San Francisco's MoMA triples in size creating an exterior light enough to prevent collapse; a 1970s Sydney skyscraper is recycled into a 21st century tower; in Dallas, a five-acre park is created.