To defend against sophisticated Luftwaffe fighter planes such as the Fokker Condor, some of the best scientists and engineers in England and the United States during the Second World War developed innovative equipment and aircraft that were the precursors for jets, flying wings and stealth airplanes. As this film shows, for instance, the Royal Aircraft Establishment developed a means by which Hurricanes could be rocket-launched from merchant ships....

Go inside the cockpit of the plane that defied the odds and expectations to become the primary fighter for the Navy and Marines.

History's mysteries journeys back to the early days of the century to chronicle the attempts of the overlooked aviators and dreamers who were the Wrights' contemporaries. In particular, we'll examine the controversy surrounding the claims of Gustave Whitehead. Many witnesses claimed that they saw his flying machine aloft over Bridgeport, Connecticut on August 14, 1901. Boston and New York newspapers recorded the event, but it has never received official...

This video takes a look at three military threats that could have changed the course of World War II: Germany's atomic bomb project, the Japanese mini-subs, and the infamous Japanese kamikaze squads.