Extreme Machines - Season 1
1 - Diving Deep
Air Date: April 26, 1997
All About Submersibles
2 - Choppers
All About Helicopters. Featuring the AH-64 Apache.
3 - Hovercrafts
Air Date: April 26, 1997
All About Hovercraft
4 - Image Impossible
Air Date: April 26, 1997
5 - Fatest Man on Earth
Air Date: April 26, 1997
6 - Race Cars
Air Date: April 26, 1997
All About Race Cars
7 - Rockets
Air Date: April 26, 1997
Featuring Rocket Tech: Space Shuttle, Energia/Buran, Long March 3B, Ariane 5, V-2 Rocket, R-16/SS-7 Saddler, R-7 Semyorka/SS-6 Sapwood, Vostok, Mercury, Saturn V, DC-XA
8 - Roller Coasters
Air Date: April 26, 1997
All About Roller Coasters
9 - Space Planes
Air Date: April 26, 1997
Featuring: Space Shuttle, DC-XA, VentureStar, Energia/Buran, HOPE-X, Hermes
10 - Speed Freaks
Air Date: April 26, 1997
Going Fast...
11 - Wheels of Steel
Air Date: April 26, 1997
This program focuses on the fastest, largest, and tallest trains. We take a brief look at the steam era -- at the Mallard and the huge Big Boys of the Union Pacific railways and a more detailed look at the trains of today -- in particular the French TGV with its top speed of 320 mph. We investigate breaking systems, on-board computer systems and the latest in hi-tech tracks. We show some of the spectacular train crashes and disasters across time and take the audience on a time-lapse trip from London to Paris. Finally, we look at plans for the future with NASA's Maglifter concept -- a launch lift for tomorrow's space train.