Planes That Changed the World - Miniseries (2015)

These are the fascinating stories of three of the most important commercial aircraft ever to take to the skies. The SR71 Blackbird re-invented the cutting edge of aviation technology with speeds of Mach 3 and a revolutionary life-support system. The Douglas DC3 was the first truly successful passenger aircraft, a plane that shrank America and established flying as the way to travel. The Airbus A380 is the biggest commercial plane of all time, using revolutionary new technologies to take more people further than ever before. This 3-part series presents stories of engineering ingenuity and visionary leadership. We follow every twist and turn of the origin, design and life in service of each of these planes that have truly changed the world.