Aired Tuesday September 21, 9:00pm - 10:00pmon Smithsonian Channel SD

Unbelievable Flying Objects

A hilarious countdown of the black sheep of aviation, aircraft that have embarrassed their builders, enraged their owners and terrified their pilots. These are stories of aircraft that should never have been built, including highly imaginative concepts to 'fly' tanks and jeeps directly onto the battlefield, a real flying saucer and starkly bizarre efforts to design and build a submarine that flies. The programme reveals why these ideas were doomed from the start!

Category
History / Special
Original air date
2008-08-18
Cast and crew
  • Robert FivesonDirector