Parachutes • 2019 • episode "S1E2" Survival in the Skies

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Meet the innovators who developed newer, safer ways to fall from the sky and those whose lives were saved by them

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Survival in the Skies • 2019 • 4 episodes •

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Witness the ingenuity and bravery of the pioneers who developed, built, and even risked their lives testing the ejection seat.

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The Jet Race

From the first gas turbine to tomorrow's hypersonic jet engines, see the evolution of the machine that is changing the world.

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