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Super jets
These jets take aircraft beyond
what’s imaginable and will
show you what is possible in
the future
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Boeing 787
Dreamliner
This plane has transformed
commercial flight and
dominates transatlantic flights
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Airbus A380
Dubbed ‘King of the Skies’, see
what this plane is capable of
and how it came to be
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Solar planes
A solar plane recently
completed a round-the-world
flight – discover the technology
behind this amazing feat
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On board Air
Force One
A plane fit for a president, and
kitted out with top-of-the-
range equipment
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The new Concorde
Could we breathe new life into
this iconic plane and cross the
Atlantic in three hours?
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On board a cargo
plane
The giants that transport huge
loads, find out how they can fit
it all in and still stay airborne
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VTOL aircraft
See how engineering has
evolved to allow these planes
to achieve incredible feats,
often in rather confined spaces
“ Eradicating sonic
booms is key to
supersonic jets”