Impossible Engineering

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Thursday 2 May
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F35 Lightning III

Season 5 Episode 7 of 16

How in devising the F35 Lightnin II, engineers have pushed the boundaries of aviation technology further than ever before and created a brand new, revolutionary, fighter aircraft capable of handling threats in the air and on the ground. Plus, Rob Collings flies one of the most successful aircraft of the Second World War, the distinctive P38, former RAF test pilot Andy Edgell tracks down the product of a top secret research project, the X-14 and retired US Air Force pilot Mace Carpenter reconnects with the stealthy F117

Impossible Engineering airs on Eden at 9:00 AM, Thursday 2 May. (Subtitles, audio description.)
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