Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

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Take to the sky with the dreamers whose work gave humans the ability to fly. From Leonardo da Vinci’s “flying machines” to the modern commercial plane, without these inventions, we may have never left the ground.

Aired: 04/24/19

Rating: TV-PG

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Alphonse Pénaud - The Forgotten Pioneer

The invention of the rubber powered plane inspires the famous Wright brothers.

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Alphonse Pénaud - The Forgotten Pioneer

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Frank Whittle and the Jet Man

A modern day jet man tells the story of the pioneer of the jetty engine.

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Frank Whittle and the Jet Man

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Abass Ibn Firnas

Legend has it Ibn Firnas jumped from a cliff with feathers attached to his arms and legs.

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Abass Ibn Firnas

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Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

Leonardo da Vinci

A legendary artist studies the bodies of flying animals in extraordinary detail.

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Leonardo da Vinci

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