About
Previously Plane Resurrection now History's Greatest Aircraft is a labor of love that has been years in the making. Our talented cast and crew have worked tirelessly to bring aviation history to life, and we can't wait to share it with you. Discover the story, meet the characters, and find out when and where you can experience History's Greatest Aircraft.
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History’s Greatest Aircraft is a series that takes a look at some of the most impressive technical marvels of engineering to have ever taken off into the sky. Each episode delves into a different aircraft that has seen service in armed conflicts to analyse its service history and recount some of its most legendary stories. In getting up close and personal with surviving versions of the original planes, this series provides a fascinating look into the past and how history can influence the future. We are now in pre-production for series 3.
Where you can watch our programs
Series 1
In series one, we explore the “return to flight” stories of classic military aircraft, iconic racers and quirky pioneers. The team documents the resurrection and preservation of the world’s greatest warbirds, with unique co-operation with the world-leading Shuttleworth Collection in the UK, the Commemorative Air Force in the US, and the award-winning Cavanaugh Museum in the USA. This series captures and celebrates some of the biggest icons in warcraft history, across 7 high-quality, cinematic and dramatic 45-minute episodes, available to be cherry-picked to bring your preferred selection of aircrafts to life. The series 1 aircraft includes Britains Frontline Bomber The Lancaster, a British Fighter Legend The Spitifire, the Luftwaffe's Frontline Fighter Me-109, the Superfortress Boeing B-19, Germany's Frontline Bomber HE-111 and the Wooden Wonder Mosquito.
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Available to watch on NOW TV, Pluto TV, Prime Video, History Play & Apple TV.
Series 2
Following international success, History’s Greatest Aircraft returns with 16 new episodes across two new seasons. The highly acclaimed series has been expanded to include a whole new breed of aircraft – as we move into the jet age. One of the series highlights is the incredible story of Americas F15 – arguably the most capable warplane of all time. We feature the legendary Mig Killer of the first Gulf War, and speak to it’s original ground crew as they attend the unveiling of their incredibly restored charge. Civil aircraft feature too – the breathtakingly beautiful, record breaking DH88 features alongside the most unlikely warbird of all time, the Cessna 02 that served in Vietnam, having started it’s life as a humble four seat training aircraft.
Series two stays close to the programme’s roots with a stunning array of world war 2 types – we fly the legendary B17 Flying Fortress, get onboard its contemporaries the B25 and B24 Liberator, and follow the incredible stories of a trio of fighters – Britain’s Hurricane, America’s heavyweight P47 Thunderbolt and the long serving yet underrated P40 Tomahawk. No list of History’s Greatest Aircraft would be complete without the Hawker Tempest, The Avro Vulcan, the C47 that led D-Day, the legendary F4 Phantom and the first stealth fighter, the F117.
Series 3
Series 3 is well underway in pre-production with many incredible aircraft added to the list – The Yak3, F14 and F16, Catalina, Avenger, Corsair and more. As ever, History's Greatest Aircraft tells the full back story, incredible untold tales, technical details, stunning air to air and board cinematography and veterans tales.​F4 Phantom, Grumman Avenger, Hawker Hurricane, Junkers JU52, P-47, YAK.
Series 4
Contact
If you've got stories to tell or aircraft you want to see, contact us through our social media or phone number and email.
123-456-7890