Frontiers of Flight (3 DVD Set) - Description
Disc 1. Those Daring Ypung Men 1903-1918 1 x 55:00 min In 1903 two brothers from Dayton Ohio changed the world in twelve seconds and began the agr of manned flight. This episode takes you back to the competition between the Wright Brothers and Samuel Langley for the honour of first flight. Then join the "Knights of the Sky" as British and French aviators battle the Red Baron for supremacy over the Western Front.
Disc 2. The Golden Age 1918-1941 1 x 53:00 min It was the barnstormers who put the roar in the roaring twenties and flyers like Lindbergh, Hughes and Earhart who made the world a bit smaller with each life risking flight. Also included are the men who braved the elements to deliver mail across continents. But it was also the age when madmen plunged the world into war.
Disc 3. Reach for the Stars 1961-2005 1 x 110:00 min This is the complete story of man's first journey into space and JFK's call to go were no man has gone before. You'll board the Eagle with Armstrong, fly with Apollo 13 when everything goes wrong and see how man came to stay in space with the first shuttles and the Mir space station. The tragedy of Challenger, the last flight of Columbia and the triumphant return to space with Discovery are also featured.
