Boeing aerospace documentary

Thanks to Dean for letting us know about this upcoming Discovery Channel Documentary.

 

From: dschwartz005@comcast.net [mailto:dschwartz005@comcast.net] 
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 8:57 AM
Subject: Fwd: Boeing Centennial: Age of Aerospace Documentary

 

 
> FYI 
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> > A documentary series focused on Boeing's first 100 years of changing the face of the aerospace industry, and the world, begins airing this week.
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> > "The Age of Aerospace," a five-part series, will air this Saturday on the Discovery channel. You can also catch it on the Science Channel on Monday evenings.
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> > The episodes will run throughout the month of February and will touch on the following themes:
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> > What Can't We Do? The premiere episode reveals how Bill Boeing, Donald Douglas, James McDonnell and their contemporaries took the invention of the airplane and forged an industry, delivering advancements in communication, transportation, and warfare
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> > Miracle Planes details the role American industry and planes, including the B-29 Superfortress, North American P-51 Mustang and the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, played in the Allied victory over Germany and Japan
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> > Shrinking the Earth explores three planes that launched the jet age: the B-47 bomber, the Boeing 707 and the 747 Jumbo Jet, the world's first jumbo jet that reshaped global air travel. These three planes were made possible by secrets discovered in a German Forest at the close of WWII
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> > In the Vastness of Space tells the story of Project Apollo, which accomplished landing the first humans on the Moon, and humankind's first journey to the Moon on Apollo 8. Other topics include humanity's future in space
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> > Dreamliner reveals the technology, resources, and risk required to build commercial aircraft in the modern world through the story of the most recent revolution in jet design, the 787 Dreamliner
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> > The full schedule guide is below:
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> > Discovery Channel; Select Saturdays, 12pm Eastern; 2/6, 2/13, 2/27, 3/12, 3/19
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> > Science Channel; Mondays, 8 pm Eastern; 2/1, 2/8, 2/15, 2/22, 2/29

 

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