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Secret Superpower Aircraft

History, Technology Documentary hosted by David Robb, published by History Channel in 2005.


After World War II ended, the United States and the Soviet Union began competing for primacy in a global struggle pitting democracy against communism. 


As the Soviets seized military and political control in Eastern Europe and the Baltics, turning them into a series of satellite states, the United States and Britain could see that a new Cold War had begun. Tensions between the two superpowers led to such confrontations as the Berlin blockade, the downing of an American U-2 spy plane, and the Cuban Missile Crisis.Hot wars erupted in Korea and Vietnam.


This History Channel series looks at the Secret Aircraft technology of the Super Powers. Not knowing what the new technologies were capable of, and lacking computers on which to test the models, prototypes of all kinds were developed. 

Using specially commissioned computer graphics, previously unseen archive footage and interviews with aviation experts, this series uncovers the Aircraft of the Superpowers that remained highly classified for many years.





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1)  Bombers.
 
This is the untold story of the Cold War race to build the perfect long range bomber. Using computer graphics and rare archive footage we show the US and Soviet race to construct a nuclear powered bomber that can fly for years at a time.

2)  Fighters.
 
Programme about the race to develop the perfect fighter plane during the Cold War era. We open with Moscow,s 1952 revelation that its air defenses and fighter jets were outdated. Stalin,s fury over the inability of MiG fighters to catch British reconnaissance aircraft leads to reorganization of air defenses and the MiG 21. 


3)  Quest for Vertical Take-off 

QUEST FOR VERTICAL TAKE-OFF explores the development of VTOL technology and how, at the end of WWII, it was taken from Germany to the United States, resulting in an array of US VTOL planes. From the ashes of Germany at the end of the Second World War, the tecnology to develop vertical take-off and landing aircraft found its way to the USA. This documentary tells the story of how this technology was used during the Cold War.
 

4)  Spyplanes.


SPYPLANES uncovers the stories of the secret competitor aircraft to the famous U-2 and Blackbird reconnaissance planes and of the bizarre CIA spyplane operation, Project Cherry.
 




















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RunTime Per Part: 45 min
Number Of Parts: 4
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