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Unbelievable Flying Objects

Unbelievable Flying Objects

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Released

Release

2007

Runtime

53m

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A hilarious countdown of the black sheep of aviation, aircraft that have embarrassed their builders, enraged the owners and terrified their pilots. These are stories of aircraft that should have never been built, including highly imaginative concepts to “fly” tanks and jeeps directly onto the battlefield, a real flying saucer and starkly bizarre efforts to design and build a submarine that flies. We come to understand why these ideas were doomed from the start…

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
53m
Dec 1, 2007
Director
Robert S. Fiveson
Production
Fiveson Entertainment
Fiveson Entertainment
Smithsonian Productions
Smithsonian Productions
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

1 Cast Members

Brad Davis

Narrator

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