The Century of Flight Season 1 Episode 25 Madcaps and Oddballs 1997
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Japanese manpowered flight competition. Manpowered flight - the story from Icarus and Daedalus to Kanellopolous’s 1988 distance record. Footage includes many bizarre attempts down through the decades, with a fair degree of colour and humour. Diagrams explain the problems of manpowered flight. It will never fly - Zany home-made flying machines 1900-39. Humour is the keynote. Wartime Oddballs - German piggyback aircraft and other projects, the flying jeep, and many more. White Elephants - expensive projects that hardly got off the ground. These will include Howard Hughes’ Spruce Goose, the Northrop Flying Wing, and the British TSR project. The one that worked - Voyager’s 1986 non-stop circumnavigation.
- Released: 1997-06-18
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
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1. Man Learns To Fly 1997-01-01
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2. High Above The Trenches 1997-01-08
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3. Wings Over the Sea 1997-01-15
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4. Strike From The Air 1997-01-22
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5. The Trailblazers 1997-01-29
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6. The Romance Of The Air 1997-02-05
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7. The Shadow Of The Bomber 1997-02-12
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8. Struggle For The Skies 1997-02-19
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9. Airpower and Armies 1997-02-26
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10. Airpower and Navies 1997-03-05
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11. The Bomber as War Winner 1997-03-12
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12. The Coming of the Jets 1997-03-19
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13. Cold War Skies 1997-03-26
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14. The Helicopter Story 1997-04-02
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15. Korea To The Gulf War 1997-04-09
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16. Naval Aviation 1997-04-16
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17. Embracing the World 1997-04-23
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18. The Spectacle of Flying 1997-04-30
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19. Law Enforcement from the Air 1997-05-07
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20. Angels of Mercy 1997-05-14
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21. Anyone can fly 1997-05-21
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22. To the Furthest Corners of the World 1997-05-28
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23. The Parachute Story 1997-06-04
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24. To the Moon and Beyond 1997-06-11
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25. Madcaps and Oddballs 1997-06-18
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26. The Future of Flight 1997-06-25
