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Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

Episode 2 Preview | The Airplane

Take to the sky with the dreamers whose work gave humans the ability to fly.

Aired 04/24/2019 | Rating TV-PG

Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

Episode 2 Preview | The Airplane

Preview: Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Take to the sky with the dreamers whose work gave humans the ability to fly.

Take to the sky with the dreamers whose work gave humans the ability to fly. From Leonardo da Vinci’s “flying machines” to the modern commercial plane, without these inventions, we may have never left the ground.

Aired 04/24/2019 | Rating TV-PG

Abass Ibn Firnas

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Legend has it Ibn Firnas jumped from a cliff with feathers attached to his arms and legs. (2m 53s)

Alphonse Pénaud - The Forgotten Pioneer

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The invention of the rubber powered plane inspires the famous Wright brothers. (1m 23s)

Frank Whittle and the Jet Man

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A modern day jet man tells the story of the pioneer of the jetty engine. (5m 32s)

Leonardo da Vinci

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A legendary artist studies the bodies of flying animals in extraordinary detail. (2m 46s)

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