The premiere episode reveals how Bill Boeing, Donald Douglas, James McDonnell and their contemporaries took the invention of the airplane and forged an industry, delivering advancements in communication, transportation, and warfare
This episode details the role American industry and planes, including the B-29 Superfortress, North American P-51 Mustang and the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, played in the Allied victory over Germany and Japan
第三集 Shrinking the Earth
介绍波音公司在二战后的三款重要机型,正是这三次飞跃式的冒险将航空业带入的喷气时代。
Here we explore three planes that launched the jet age: the B-47 bomber, the Boeing 707 and the 747 Jumbo Jet, the world’s first jumbo jet that reshaped global air travel. These three planes were made possible by secrets discovered in a German Forest at the close of WWII
第四集 In the Vastness of Space
介绍波音公司参与NASA的阿波罗探月计划过程,从教训到成就,一路并不容易。
Here we tell the story of Project Apollo, which accomplished landing the first humans on the Moon and humankind’s first journey to the Moon on Apollo 8. Other topics include humanity’s future in space
第五集 Dreamliner
介绍波音公司研发到生产全新一代梦幻客机波音787的过程,打破模式的开创之路总是荣耀与荆棘同在。
The final episode reveals the technology, resources, and risk required to build commerCIAl aircraft in the modern world through the story of the most recent revolution in jet design, the 787 Dreamliner.