• 2020
Found and Explained

Summary Found and Explained profiles some of the most unusual, lost or forgotten large jet aircraft both military and commercial. Giant cargo planes, supersonic airliners and strange experimental aircraft along with a high speed train and spaceship all make appearances. View more details

  • 2020

Found and Explained

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Written : Unknown

Stars : Nicholas Cummins

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Feb 20, 2020

Countries of origin : Australia

Official sites : Official YouTube Channel

Summary Found and Explained profiles some of the most unusual, lost or forgotten large jet aircraft both military and commercial. Giant cargo planes, supersonic airliners and strange experimental aircraft along with a high speed train and spaceship all make appearances. View more details

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Feb 20, 2020

Countries of origin : Australia

Official sites : Official YouTube Channel

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Found and Explained (2020)

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Jan 19, 2020
Future Boeing Fleet - 797, Double Decker 787 and Mega 777X-10 - What Is Boeing's Next Aircraft...
Despite completing substantial upgrades over the years Beoing is flying some very old air frames, notable the 737. Others no longer fit airlines' newly adopted point-to-point model. So what's next for Boeing to become more up to date. Here are some possibilities.
May 31, 2020
Boeing Sonic Cruiser - The Answer to the Airbus A380 - Never Built
At the time of the Airbus A380 launch Boeing leaked news of its Sonic Cruiser design. Boeing was looking past the hub and spoke airline model to the new point to point model with a near mach one airliner. But there were some issues such as the plane flying so fast it arrived before the destination airport opened.
Aug 03, 2020
Meet the New Concorde - Virgin Galactic Mach 3.0 Supersonic Jet
Sep 18, 2020
The Rise of Chinese Jets
Nov 06, 2020
Air Force One - Past Present and Future of the President's Private Plane
Dec 06, 2020
Triple Deck Planes, What Are They? And What Are They Like?
Feb 03, 2021
The Most Luxurious Airline Ever... The Forgotten Story of MGM Grand Air
Mar 09, 2021
The Other American Concorde SST no one remembers - Lockheed L-2000
There were two finalist in the United States competition for a supersonic transport to surpass the Concorde. Ultimately the selection committee chose the Boeing 2707 because it had more edgy technology over the Lockheed L-2000 which was deemed to safe and simple. Ironically, Boeing eventually abandoned the features that had won it the contract and failed to produce a flying prototype before funding was pulled.
Apr 01, 2021
Better than the SR-71 - the Never Built Convair Kingfish, Fish and Super Hustler
Certainly the United States wouldn't build a new military airplane without a competitive alternative. Even the super secret SR-71 had a competitor, the Convair Kingfish. Initially Convair's plan was a air launched ramjet launched form a B-58 Hustler. But it was deemed too complex. So it was already a bit behind when it proposed the Kingfish that was theoretically faster than the SR-71. But Conveir lost out to Lockheed's experience with super secret aircraft and its Skunkworks secure production facility.
Jun 15, 2021
This Plane Is Cursed - The Forgotten Flying Wing
To create a trans-Atlantic strategic bomber require by the United States Air Force to deal with Nazi Germany Jack Northrup envisioned a plane that eliminated the high drag fuselage and tail leaving just the high lift wing - a flying wing. But this radical concept proved to be more than the Air Force bureaucracy cared to deal with.
Jun 30, 2021
Is the Lockheed SR 72 Son of the Blackbird Already Flying?
Scheduled to enter service in 2025 the long awaited replacement for the SR-71 Blackbird is well into development. It is reported to be a mach 6 hypersonic aircraft with a combination turbine/scram-jet engine referred to as 'turbine based combine cycle propulsion system'. Both piloted and pilotless versions are rumored as is the ability to launch hypersonic missiles.
Jul 05, 2021
The Secret Race to Build a Nuclear Powered Bomber
In 1958 a false rumor of a Soviet nuclear powered airplane caught the United States Air Force off guard. Needless to say that lead to a long list of aircraft designs and testing and, of course, the Navy couldn't be left out. This flurry of action got the Soviet's into the nuclear aircraft race for real this time. Here is a catalog of all the plans and designs that were considered.
Jul 13, 2021
This Plane Doesn't 'Exist'... Aurora Top Secret Spy Plane SR-91
The SR-91 Aurora is a rumored triangle shaped, hyper-sonic, spy plane developed in the 1990s. A number of people report they have seen an aircraft that matches the Aurora's description though in same cases they may have seen the flying-wing deigned B-2 Spirit bomber. Here's a rundown on was is suspected.
Aug 22, 2021
The Secret Anti-Gravity Spy Plane - TR3b Black Manta
Sep 06, 2021
Navy's Biggest Mistake - Cancelling the Martin P6M SeaMaster
The Martin-P6M Seamaster was a jet powered flying boat and the United States Navy's initiative to get back into the strategic bombing mission taken over by the Air Force's Boeing B-52. Despite crashes of the prototypes, several production planes were built and operated successfully. But it was abruptly canceled in favor of the Polaris submarine program.
Oct 07, 2021
The Nazi Bomber Made to Destroy New York - The Horten H.XVIII 18 Flying Wing America Bomber
One of Adolf Hitler's obsessions was destroying New York City. To that end the Reichsluftfahrtministerium was looking for a intercontinental strategic bomber. There were a few designs that might have worked early in the war. But as World War Two turned against Germany only the Horten Brother flying wing concept was up to the challenge.
Nov 13, 2021
The Flying Pancake - Slowest Plane Ever Built
Dec 07, 2021
Real Life Snowpiercer - The Insane Giant Nazi Railway - Breitspurbahn
Adolf Hitler, always a lover of big machines, hatched a scheme for a deluxe railway, the Breitspurbahn, running throughout Europe (which was to become Grater Germany). Encouraged by designer Fritz Todt it would be double the standard gauge to accommodate theaters, swimming pools and probably though giant tanks Hilter liked so much.
Dec 17, 2021
Caught on Camera - The US Navy UFO
Dec 20, 2021
Why America Built a Two-Seater Mustang...
Twin fuselage aircraft have advantages in capacity and range but at the price of complexity and size. Still many double fuselage aircraft have and are being designed and a few have flown. The most successful so far is North American's P-82 Twin Mustang.
Dec 28, 2021
The First Boeing Jetliner - 707
Jan 27, 2022
Nazi Super Tank - P-1000 Rattle
Feb 14, 2022
The Real Life X-Wing Fighter - Soviet Sukhoi Shkval
When you work in an environment where budgets are stretched, competitors are smart, consequences are severe and who you know matters more than what you know making a name for yourself to start a career is tough. An innovative new design might do the trick setting the scene for the Sukhoi Shkval.
Apr 13, 2022
Boeing's Answer to the Airbus A380 - Sonic Cruiser
Jun 10, 2022
The King of all helicopters - The Massive Mi-32
Jul 17, 2022
Why you never got to fly on the American Wingship (tm)!
Jul 28, 2022
The Future of Air travel is horrifying
Nov 07, 2022
900 Passenger Super Jet - The Lockheed Very Large Plane
Nov 22, 2022
What ever happened to cargo submarines?
Nov 30, 2022
15 Never Built Commercial Planes we nearly got
Dec 06, 2022
The F-15 Silent Eagle: An Upgrade in Stealth and Power
In the age of stealth the iconic F-15 Eagle is one of the biggest targets in the sky. Boeing set out to fix that and came up upgrades that made it competitive with anything then flying. But in 2010 no one was really interested.
Dec 20, 2022
Top-Secret Soviet Black Projects You Have Never Heard of!
Soviet aviation engineers developed several innovative design concepts that never made it to production but a few yielded flying prototypes.
Dec 26, 2022
The Insane Russian Concrete Monorail
Jan 19, 2023
Why the Soviet answer to the F-16 failed - MiG 29 story
Though it looks similar to the Mig 25 Foxbat, Mikoyan's MiG-29 Fulcrum was built from the ground up to counter the aircraft built by NATO to counter the MiG 25. The plane didn't work out so well but it is seeing something of a rebirth as the Mig-35 using the same airframe.
Feb 11, 2023
The Nazi Super Plane that Nearly Won the War
Feb 22, 2023
The Nazi Space Plane to Destroy New York
Mar 05, 2023
The Insane Largest Aircraft Ever Designed - Lockheed CL1201
Mar 11, 2023
The plane with a propeller at each end - nazi Dornier 335
Mar 17, 2023
The Forgotten First Jetliner (Until It Was Betrayed) - F26 Phantom
Mar 28, 2023
What Happened to Ring Winged Planes?
May 15, 2023
The American Flying City - Forgotten Atoms for Peace Airship
May 21, 2023
When the airforce had unlimited budget... they made this - Republic Ap 100
Seeking redemption for its outmatched F105 Thunderchief, Republic Aviation offered the Ap 100, a VSTOL nuclear fighter-bomber.
May 29, 2023
The plane with unlimited seats
Jun 06, 2023
What happened to Russia's nuclear powered death drone?
Jul 11, 2023
How America's Ultimate Bomber Evolved - The B-52
Jul 18, 2023
This tank hops on one leg...
Jul 26, 2023
Did Australia invent the world's best fighter jet?
Aug 04, 2023
How the French built the fastest plane in the world... Nord Griffon 1500
Aug 11, 2023
This plane could rescue other planes IN FLIGHT!
Dec 23, 2023
What ever happened to Stealth Ships?
The story of the first stealth ship, Sea Shadow, that mysteriously disappeared.
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