The record-setting flight of the military cargo aircraft C-5M Super Galaxy is tracked, from initial briefing to its dangerous descent into war-torn Afghanistan.
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Documentary20134 SeasonsTV-PGBuckle up for big adventures aboard the world's most fascinating aircrafts.
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Skibirds
A massive cargo plane specially designed to handle polar missions, races to Greenland to evacuate climate scientists before winter storms arrive.
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Antonov 124
On its mission to aid earthquake-ravaged Chile the Antonov 124, one of the biggest cargo planes in the world, faces dangerous weather and troubling delays.
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Orbis
The world's only flying eye hospital, faces a tough mission, bringing its state-of-the art technology to the developing country of Mongolia.
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Martin Mars
The world's biggest seaplane is called upon to attack one of the worst wildfires in Mexico's history, and the blaze isn't the only obstacle it's up against.
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Airbus A380
The first commercial flight of Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger airliner, from Germany to California is a multi-million dollar gamble for Lufthansa Airlines.
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Mighty Planes
Enjoy a first-class seat aboard the world's most magnificent flying machines. Explore amazing aircraft and meet the men and women around the world who build, maintain and fly them. Follow the Stargazer as it launches weather satellites into space, the Boeing 747-8F as it hauls race cars across continents, and the Twin Otter as it flies in and out of inhospitable Arctic regions.
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Mighty Planes
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