Planes That Never Flew - Season 1
1 - The Last Rocket Fighter
Air Date: April 4, 2003
The British-designed Saunders-Roe SR177, an advanced rocket plane that, though capable of climbing to the very edge of space, fell victim to sabotage by a rival aircraft company.
2 - The American SST
Air Date: April 11, 2003
A documentary on the SST, America's answer to Concorde in the competition between Europe and the United States to build a supersonic airliner.
3 - America's First Jet Fighter
Air Date: April 18, 2003
The history of 1950s icon the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, designed by engineer Clarence `Kelly' Johnson, who had previously failed in an attempt to create a supersonic fighter.
4 - The Atomic Bomber
Air Date: April 25, 2003
The story behind plans for an atomic bomber that failed to progress from the drawing board.