Concorde: The Race for Supersonic

Documentary

The true story of the battle to build the world's first supersonic airliner. A tale of genius, Cold War espionage, and an whole new kind of jet plane.

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Season 1

2 Episodes

EP 01

01.Episode 1

46m★ 8

2023-11-25

01.Episode 1

46m★ 8

Aired 2023-11-25

The Soviets, Americans, and an Anglo-French alliance, begin the race to build Concorde - a plane so fast and so radical it looks like it fell out of the pages of a sci-fi comic

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EP 02

02.Episode 2

47m

2023-12-02

02.Episode 2

47m

Aired 2023-12-02

The race for the first successful supersonic airliner is a tale of espionage, tragedy and, finally, triumph. But was Concorde really the winner, or just a white elephant?

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