Fly with the Wright brothers, break records with Amelia Earhart or join Lucky Lindy on his flight into history. In this breathtaking series, you’ll lead the first raid over Tokyo with Doolittle, break the sound barrier with Yeager; walk on the moon with Armstrong. This is the first 100 years of manned flight.
Air Power – Episode 1: Those Daring Young Men
2005
The Wright Brothers, Professor Langley and even Alexander Graham Bell all try to achieve powered flight.
Air Power – Episode 2: Golden Age
2005
The Great War advances flight and gives the military its first aces. Barnstormers bring aviation to communities across the country.
Air Power – Episode 3: Waking A Sleeping Giant
2005
Advances in military flight create a new era of aerial warfare during World War II.
Air Power – Episode 4: Hawks & Doves
2005
The largest air war in history rages in the skies over Europe and Asia with massive Allied day-and-night bomber raids.
Air Power – Episode 5: Final Victory
2005
Aviation plays a major role in the final year of World War Two. The atomic bomb is dropped over Japan.
Air Power – Episode 6: The Jet Age
2005
The race to break the sound barrier begins. War breaks out in Korea in 1950 ushering in the age of jet combat.
Air Power – Episode 7: Changing Roles
2005
The U.S Army Air Force becomes its own branch of the armed forces in 1947 as the United States Air Force.
Air Power – Episode 8: I Shoot For The Stars
2005
The Space Race begins with the USSR’s launch of Sputnik. Aldrin and Armstrong take the first steps on the moon.
Air Power – Episode 9: A Home In Space
2005
Earth finds a home in space with the International Space Station.