The Airplane -
breakthrough: the ideas that changed the world
Take to the sky with the dreamers whose work gave humans the ability to fly. From Leonardo da Vinci's "flying machines" to the modern commercial plane, without these inventions, we may have never left the ground.
Duration: 55 minutes and 2 seconds
Episode Number: 102
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About Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed The World:
Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects that modern people take for granted, and see how science, invention and technology built on one another to change everything.
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