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Publisher
History Channel
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
To defend against sophisticated Luftwaffe fighter planes such as the Fokker Condor, some of the best scientists and engineers in England and the United States during the Second World War developed innovative equipment and aircraft that were the precursors for jets, flying wings and stealth airplanes. As this film shows, for instance, the Royal Aircraft Establishment developed a means by which Hurricanes could be rocket-launched from merchant ships....
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Traces the development of the Japanese aircraft industry and its famous creations, like the Nakajima Ki-43 Oscar and the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. Also exposes the frantic, top-secret programs to produce weapons that would have made these legendary planes seem tame by comparison.