Machines Of War: B-2 Stealth Bomber

The B-2 Bomber also known as the Northrop after it's Manufacturer was the American Air Force secret weapon at the turn of the century. Able to fly at high speed and carry huge payloads the key to the B-2 was it's ability to go unnoticed by radar. There are still 20 B-2 bombers in operation today and will be for some years but they are not the top secret aircraft they once were. In the documentary we meet with the pilots that flew the stealth planes on active missions, we learn the history behind the design and technology and the future of manned and unmanned Stealth aircraft.

Watch the full documentary now on Documentary Fans Release Date: 2002 Duration: 44Mins.

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Where Is Malaysia Flight MH370 ?

On the 8th of March 2014 a Malaysian flight numbered MH370 vanished into thin air. Flying from Malaysia to Beijing everything seemed normal; the plane was being tracked on radar and the pilot had been in contact with air traffic controllers. Then when leaving Malaysian airspace and entering Vietnamese airspace the flight for all intents and purposes disappeared. Officials feared the worst and a search began for what they presumed would be a crash site, with flight paths pre-established it should not be a long search before they discover wreckage. What actually happened is altogether more strange and mystifying, they found no crash site not in the following days, or weeks or even months.

This documentary with the help of experts charts the flight until the point it vanished, looks at the plane a Boeing 777-200ER, assesses the pilots, ponders the possible explanations and tracks the search.In modern times it seems impossible to think a large passenger plane could vanish but even with the involvement of 26 nations not a trace has been found months later.

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The Wright Brothers Flying Machines

The Wright Brothers documentary tells the story of Orville and Wilbur Wright the brothers that succeeded were so many failed. Aviation experts, Pilots, historians and modern inventors not only tell the story of the flying Wright Brothers but attempt to recreate the aircraft they built. The brothers ran a bicycle shop from 1892 which turned out to be a good workshop for their inventions and there would be many many failed experiments and tests before they tasted success. It was in the mid 1890's the brothers really took an interest in flying machines but between 1900 and 1903 they were relentless in building and testing. So what lead them from flying test kites to man controlled aircraft and can today's experts and enthusiasts recreate the machines that led the way to aviation as we know it today.

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Inside Air Force One

Air Force One is known as the flying White House it is the mode of air transport used by The President Of The United States. The state of the art aircraft must be ready to go at all times and kitted out with everything needed by the commander in chief in case of emergency.Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first President to have an aircraft solely for presidential use starting in 1943, it was during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower the call sign Air Force One came into effect in 1953. The importance of the aircraft was never more evident as on September 11th 2001 when after the attacks on the World Trade center.President Bush spent hours aboard at the request of the secret service, they felt it was the safest place to be with the country under attack.Indeed many improvements have been made especially to communication capability's. This documentary gets unparalleled access to Air Force One and it's crew taking viewers inside the plane and talking to those who work aboard in many capacity's.

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