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A film showing how the introduction of jet travel changed traditional ideas of space and time. The jet pilot in this film sped from northern cold to tropical heat in only a few hours. The film is a dramatic illustration of how high speed-travel shrinks the world and brings people together. 

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On July 2nd, 1955, Pan American Airways Flight 914 took off from New York without any problem, but 3 hours later, when it should've already landed in Miami, it was nowhere to be seen. Find out what happened...

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Why two supposedly state-of-the-art and safe planes crashed killing 346 people; why pilots now fear flying the 737 MAX; & whether Boeing could have averted the catastrophes.

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After the surrender of France to Germany in 1940, Britain was the Third Reich's next target. But was invasion imminent or was this part of a strategy? Historians describe the British effort to defend her shores during World War Two.

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After taking off with a major storm on the horizon, Copa Airlines Flight 201 disappears from radar over one of the remotest jungles on Earth. What could of caused it?

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JETSTREAM's Professional courses cover the entire ATPL(A) integrated ab-initio Pilot Training up to Type Ratings for Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, ATR and Bombardier.

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The following decades became a period of rapid development of aviation, but the flight speeds did not grow and were far from the top set by the Concorde and the Tu-144. Now, in the 21st century, the level of technology and the development of international transport makes it possible to return to supersonic travel. Or not?

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This is what they showed us and there's a reason they show some things and not show the others. Also, knowing how much control they exercise over the population, everything could have been staged only for us.

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On 24 June 1982, British Airways Flight 9 experiences St. Elmo's fire en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Perth, Australia. A few minutes later, all four engines flame out. After descending, the crew successfully restart the engines and land safely. The St. Elmo's fire and engine flame outs were caused by volcanic ash spewed by Galunggung in Indonesia during a major eruption.

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Richard Hammond reveals the engineering connections in NASA's Space Shuttle - the world's first re-usable space craft. He goes backstage at Kennedy Space Centre, in Florida.

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For more than seven decades Americans have celebrated the Doolittle Raid largely for reasons that have little to do with the mission’s tactical impact. A handful of bombers, each carrying two tons of ordnance, after all, could hardly dent a war machine that dominated nearly a tenth of the globe.

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