Wings
7.2
1988
Documentary
Aviation history series which aired on the Discovery Channel family of networks. Originally called Great Planes.
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Episode 13 : The Swing-Wing Solution
April. 29,1993
Development leading up to the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23/Mikoyan MiG-27 'Flogger'
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Episode 12 : Supersonic Transport
April. 22,1993
Development of the Tupolev Tu-144
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Episode 11 : Straight Up
April. 15,1993
Soviet Vertical Take-off aircraft, including the Yakovlev Yak-38 'Forger' and Yak-141 'Freestyle'
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Episode 10 : Soviet Rotors
April. 08,1993
Development of Soviet helicopters
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Episode 9 : Russian Giants
April. 01,1993
Giant Soviet transport aircraft leading up to the Antonov An-124 and Antonov An-225 Mriya
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Episode 8 : The Phantom's Foe
March. 25,1993
Supersonic fighter development leading to the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 'Fishbed'
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Episode 7 : The Nuclear Bear
March. 18,1993
Development of long-range strategic bombers, including the Tupolev Tu-95 'Bear'
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Episode 6 : The Last Generation
March. 11,1993
Late-model Soviet fighters, including the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 'Fulcrum' and the Sukhoi Su-27 'Flanker'
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Episode 5 : The Great Patriotic War
March. 04,1993
History of the air war on the eastern front during World War II
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Episode 4 : The Foxbat Deception
February. 25,1993
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-25; NATO reporting name: Foxbat) is a supersonic interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft that is among the fastest military aircraft to enter service. Designed by the Soviet Union's Mikoyan-Gurevich bureau, it is one of the few combat aircraft built primarily using stainless steel. It was to be the last plane designed by Mikhail Gurevich, before his retirement.
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Episode 3 : The Flying Tank
February. 18,1993
The Ilyushin Il-2 (Cyrillic: Илью́шин Ил-2) Shturmovik (Cyrillic: Штурмови́к, Shturmovík) was a ground-attack aircraft produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War.
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Episode 2 : Duel over Korea
February. 11,1993
Development and career of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 'Fagot'
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Episode 1 : The Backfire Bomber
February. 04,1993
Soviet supersonic bomber development, including the Tupolev Tu-22M 'Backfire' and the Tu-160 'Blackjack'
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Seasons
Season 9
First seeing service in the First World War, flying boats quickly adapted to peacetime when they became the world's first airliners. When the Second World War broke out, flying boats swiftly reverted to their military roles in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters - but it was becoming increasingly obvious that their days were numbered. Discovery Wings tells the story of these beautiful and spectacular aircraft with rare action archive footage and stills featuring dozens of different designs.
Season 8
In 2002, this eight-episode program was aired, hosted by David Scott.
During the course of the Southeast Asian war, the United States developed many new types of air tactics that had never previously been needed. New missions were devised, often under bizarre code-names. Some of these missions have gone on to become legends, while others have simply faded. What does remain are the men who flew the missions, the planes that were involved, and incredible stories of determination, triumph and tragedy. Wings Over Vietnam compares rare combat footage with first-hand accounts, to create a captivating portrait of these unique missions.
Season 7
Starting in the mid 1990s, newer Wings episodes, sometimes referred to as Wings II, would focus on the history or operations of a particular foreign air force, such as the Israeli Air Force, a foreign aviation company or design bureau such as France's Dassault or Russia's Mikoyan, or the aircraft of a particular conflict such as the Korean War or the Afghan-Soviet War. These episodes, narrated by Stuart Culpepper, often had interviews with the aircrews and famed aviation historian/writer Jeffrey Ethell, the "Fighter Writer".
Season 6
SeaWings, narrated by Edward Easton, was a separately-branded program that focused on United States (and some foreign) naval aircraft from World War II to the present day.
Season 5
Wings of the Red Star was a separately-branded program that focused on Soviet Air Force aircraft from World War II to the modern era. It was narrated by actor Sir Peter Ustinov.
Season 4
Wings of the Luftwaffe was a 1992 separately-branded program that focused on Luftwaffe aircraft of World War II. It was narrated by Helmut Bakaitis.
Season 3
Following the Gulf War of 1991, Discovery produced a new short-run program, Wings Over the Gulf, profiling the air war over Iraq before and during Operation Desert Storm, and select aircraft types used by coalition forces. The program was narrated by Will Lyman, and was released on VHS.
Season 2
A series of six episodes, entitled Strange Planes (and later released on VHS video), focused on several unusual aircraft types.
Season 1
Great Planes was the original subset of Wings episodes which focused on one particular aircraft type. The original Great Planes program was initially produced by Aviation Video International in Australia, and distributed by the Discovery Channel.
When it initially aired in America, the majority of episodes were narrated by the program's Australian writer and director, Luke Swann, with some others written and narrated by John Honey and Phil Chugg. In 1991 (notably following the first Gulf War), episodes were re-edited to include interviews with pilots of the profiled aircraft types before and following commercial breaks, and the narration was re-dubbed with American narrators Ron David and Tom Hair.
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