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S01 E02 — Cover Up The day after the incident, helicopter crews brave deadly radioactive smoke to extinguish the fire raging in the reactor core; as 50,000 locals evacuate, Soviet authorities try to conceal the scale and human cost of the accident.

S01 E04 — Arctic Special Operations The scale of World War II grows as the United States joins the war; explore the operations where Allied commando troops raid the Norwegian coast.

S10 E05 — F-100 Super Sabre The North American F-100 Super Saber, also known as the Hun, becomes a supersonic powerhouse after initial difficulties; it was used primarily in the Vietnam War.

The Battle of Britain There are many stories behind the 1940 Battle of Britain, like pilot Bill Millington who sacrifices himself to save civilians.

S01 E04 — Arctic Special Operations The scale of World War II grows as the United States joins the war; explore the operations where Allied commando troops raid the Norwegian coast.

S10 E05 — F-100 Super Sabre The North American F-100 Super Saber, also known as the Hun, becomes a supersonic powerhouse after initial difficulties; it was used primarily in the Vietnam War.

The Battle of Britain There are many stories behind the 1940 Battle of Britain, like pilot Bill Millington who sacrifices himself to save civilians.

S01 E04 — Arctic Special Operations The scale of World War II grows as the United States joins the war; explore the operations where Allied commando troops raid the Norwegian coast.

S10 E05 — F-100 Super Sabre The North American F-100 Super Saber, also known as the Hun, becomes a supersonic powerhouse after initial difficulties; it was used primarily in the Vietnam War.

S03 E10 — Boxes & Birds The American Museum of Natural History in NYC gets a cave-like extension; an arts center inspired by migrating birds is built on a lake in China; Boston University gains a fossil-free, Jenga-like tower.

S02 E02 — Deep Space Telescope Host Mike Davidson goes to the remote Atacama Desert in Chile; at observatory ALMA he works alongside the expert team as they repair some of the world's biggest antennas.

S02 E07 — Buller River Tackling the grade 6 rapids and untamed waters of the Buller River on the west coast of New Zealand's South Island, blessed by a Māori elder of the Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō.

S03 E02 — The Deserted Explores strongholds abandoned by their architects; a lost city in the Amazon jungle; a desert fortress made by humanity's most notorious empire; explores a city of identical castles; examines a Greek isle's bloody history from the air.

S01 E02 — Long Lost Logs Salvor and treasure seeker Phil Risko sets out to retrieve valuable 80-year-old hardwood logs from the bottom of the sea; a multi-million dollar cruise vessel undergoes emergency repairs in Panama.

S02 E07 — Buller River Tackling the grade 6 rapids and untamed waters of the Buller River on the west coast of New Zealand's South Island, blessed by a Māori elder of the Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō.

S03 E02 — The Deserted Explores strongholds abandoned by their architects; a lost city in the Amazon jungle; a desert fortress made by humanity's most notorious empire; explores a city of identical castles; examines a Greek isle's bloody history from the air.

S01 E01 — Vulcan The British Avro Vulcan pushes the boundaries of long-distance flying, completing one of the longest bombing raids in history during the 1982 Falklands War.

S01 E05 — DC-3 Find out how the highly adaptable Douglas DC-3 revolutionized air travel, flying farther and more safely than previous commercial aircraft; Then discover how this model reinvented itself as a cargo- and paratrooper-carrying workhorse for the Allies.

S01 E02 — Spitfire Get to know the Supermarine Spitfire, which changed the fate of an entire nation in 1940; explore this legendary fighter's superior engineering and see how its revolutionary elliptical wings helped it emerge victorious in the Battle of Britain.

S01 E06 — 747 Salute the Boeing 747, a massive airliner designed to carry more passengers than was ever thought possible in the 1960s. Discover the engineering innovations and the high-stakes risks it took to bring the aptly named Queen of the Skies to life.

S01 E03 — Concorde Racing to the top with the Concorde, the world's first supersonic passenger jet.

S01 E04 — Nighthawk In 1981, the F-117 Nighthawk became the world's first stealth aircraft; explore how its futuristic design made this unconventional aircraft all but invisible to radar; a decade after its inception, the Nighthawk was put to the test in the Gulf War.