Warbird Workshop

20202 series
Available on U&Yesterday
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All across Britain a small but dedicated group of specialists and aviation enthusiasts are working to maintain a shrinking fleet of historic warplanes. The teams must fight against the inevitable march of time to stop the planes rusting away into history. Each episode will cover a team using their skill and ingenuity to get a different plane flying. Diving into the history of each plane and shedding light on the brave pilots who flew them during critical points in history. The episodes culminate with the planes taking their first flights in recent history.

Hurricane: Episode Image
Episode 1Hurricane

With no plans to guide them, an elite team of expert engineers re-create a unique two-seater version of the legendary Hawker Hurricane fighter.

Waterbird: Episode Image
Episode 2Waterbird

The epic battle to rebuild The Waterbird, the Royal Navy's first seaplane. Filmed over 12 years, the labour intensive project tests veteran engineer Gerry Cooper.

Sea King: Episode Image
Episode 3Sea King

A Sea King rescue helicopter requires a new engine installing, as well as giant rotor blades and a 1970s computer system reviving, before it can return to the skies.

MS315: Episode Image
Episode 4MS315

On a wartime bomber base in Lincolnshire, veteran engineer Gerry Cooper rebuilds two pre-war biplanes with glorious histories; the US Navy N3N and the Morane Saulnier 315.

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