From the iconic Spitfire to the light plane that became America's secret weapon in Vietnam, this series follows the struggle to save military relics from the scrapheap
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Episode 1
The Deadliest Spitfire
Pilot and engineer Richard Grace and his team are restoring a unique survivor of the Spitfire's rarest mark from 75-year-old wreckage, salvaged from a Belgian scrapyard
Episode 2
Vietnam Vet
Pilot Shona Bowman is determined to get her battered Cessna Bird Dog - a Vietnam War mainstay that she bought for £10,000 - back in the sky
Episode 3
Holland's Forgotten Few
Restorers recreate the legendary Fokker DXXI - a Dutch plane that took on Hitler's Luftwaffe and shot down hundreds of enemy aircraft
Episode 4
The Plane from Spain
The Plane from Spain: Intrepid pilot Taff Smith rescues a Bucker Jungmeister, a relic of General Franco's fascist air force which brought civil war to Spain.
Episode 5
Churchill's First Seaplane
A team is recreating the first flight of Britain's first seaplane - the Waterbird. But getting 1911 technology airbourne proves tough.
Episode 6
MI6's Spy in the Sky
A 1930s Lockheed airliner used by MI6 to spy on pre-war Germany is restored to flight by engineer Richard Grace and his team
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