Season 3 Episode
- Season 3 Whirling Wings - Evolution of the Rotorhead
- Season 3 Water Birds - Floatplanes and Flying Boats
- Season 3 Jump to the Sky - Jet VTOL
- Season 3 Tail First Flying - the Canard
- Season 3 First Around The World
- Season 3 Flying Blind
- Season 3 Flying Wings
- Season 3 Flight Control - Wing Warping to Fly-by-Wire
- Season 3 Flash Of Glory - Aerial Combat Enters The Jet Age
- Season 3 Flying the Mail
- Season 3 Backyard Fliers - An Airplane In Every Garage
- Season 3 First In Speed: Air Racing
- Season 3 Propellers - Wings With A Twist
First Flights with Neil Armstrong - Season 3 Episode 3 Jump to the Sky - Jet VTOL
0.00 48 minutes Conventional airplanes need large runways for takeoff and landing, a limitation that concerned defense planners. As turbine engines became lighter, a new type of aircraft became possible — one that could take off and land vertically, yet fly with the speed of jets.
