Plane Resurrection

Season 3

Climb into the cockpits of historic planes, and meet the craftsmen who dedicate their time to bring these aviation icons back to life.

Where to Watch Season 3

6 Episodes

  • Douglas A1 Skyraider
    E1
    Douglas A1 SkyraiderThe dramatic story of the heaviest prop-driven fighter ever made. Developed just too late for WW2, it was called an aerial anachronism - a piston-engined warplane in a world of jets and missiles. However, it was to come into its own during the Korean and Vietnam wars.
  • Percivil Mew Gull
    E2
    Percivil Mew GullThe astonishing tale of a tiny 1930s aircraft capable of 230mph, that smashed records all over the world in the hands of an almost forgotten British hero, Alex Henshaw.
  • Bell 'Huey'
    E3
    Bell 'Huey'The story of the legendary Vietnam-era helicopter takes a new twist as the Plane Resurrection team take to the air in a pristine war-veteran example, and we learn the astonishing story of an aircraft blown up by its own missiles, whose severely wounded co-pilot went on to found a world-leading charity.
  • Spitfire
    E4
    SpitfireA look at a beautifully restored example of the later, clipped-wing version of the legendary fighter-plane flown by Czech refugee pilots in the UK during wartime, featuring long-unseen test and operational footage.
  • Westland Lysander
    E5
    Westland LysanderThe ugly-duckling aircraft that shunned the limelight - and the daylight. Learn the story of how the aircraft, an initial failure, helped win the war supporting covert operations.
  • Bleriot XI
    E6
    Bleriot XIThe aircraft that, in a way, started it all in Europe. The team fly one of only two remaining examples of the monoplane built by Louis Bleriot, the pioneering channel-crosser. This elderly aircraft is put gently through its paces for the Plane Resurrection cameras, leaving the ground on one of its ultra-rare outside excursions.

 

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