Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This documentary journeys through the "Heroic Age" of aviation, charting the meteoric rise from Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches to the first transatlantic crossings. We witness the evolution of flight through the lens of engineering breakthroughs: from the Montgolfier brothers' paper balloons and Lawrence Hargrave’s box kites to the Wright brothers' meticulous wind-tunnel research.

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