The Age of Aerospace

What Can't We Do?

A chronicle of how Bill Boeing and his contemporaries, like Donald Douglas, took the invention of the airplane and forged an industry, delivering advancements in communication, transportation, and warfare.

Miracle Planes

Detailing the role American industry and planes like the Boeing B-17, B-29, and North American P-51 Mustang played in the Allied victory over Germany and Japan.

Shrinking the Earth

The story of three Boeing planes that launched the jet age – the B-47 bomber, the Boeing 707 and the iconic Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet – planes made possible by secrets discovered in a German Forest at the close of WWII.

In the Vastness of Space

The story of Project Apollo and humankind’s first journey to the moon on Apollo 8. NASA icons and individuals from American industry reflect on past achievements and explore humanity’s future in space.

Dreamliner

Revealing the technology, resources, and risk required to build commercial aircraft in the modern world through the story of Boeing's most recent revolution in jet design, the 787.

The First Space War

60 years since the launch of Sputnik, satellites have become the invisible infrastructure that powers our modern world. But it wasn't until the Gulf War that the public came to recognize the transformative power of GPS and communications satellites.

The Spirits from St. Louis

James McDonnell and his St. Louis based McDonnell Aircraft transform naval aviation following WWII, bringing the first jet-powered fighter to American carrier decks. McDonnell Banshees, Voodoos and Phantoms become iconic defenders of the free world.

Going Vertical: Piasecki's Machine

Frank Piasecki was a pioneer of rotorcraft and his groundbreaking tandem rotor design brought the helicopter into the modern age. The iconic Chinook helicopter and it's many uses from combat to humanitarian aid is his legacy.