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The Last Rocket Fighter

Episode number: 1

Overview: 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.

The American SST

Episode number: 2

Overview: A documentary on the SST, America's answer to Concorde in the competition between Europe and the United States to build a supersonic airliner.

America's First Jet Fighter

Episode number: 3

Overview: 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.

The Atomic Bomber

Episode number: 4

Overview: The story behind plans for an atomic bomber that failed to progress from the drawing board.