Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Stratolaunch is a monumental engineering feat, a plane designed to take payloads to high altitudes. This episode takes you inside the process of building the world's largest aircraft, from its colossal carbon-fiber wings to its innovative twin-fuselage design. We explore how its engineers drew inspiration from aviation legends like Howard Hughes and his "Spruce Goose" to create a modern-day aviation masterpiece.

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Impossible Engineering looks at the history of pioneering modern-day mega structures. Behind every seemingly impossible marvel of modern engineering is a cast of historic trailblazers who designed new building techniques, took risks on untested materials and revolutionized their field.

This film was first broadcast: 2020

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