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History Detectives: Season 5: Episode 506

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History Detectives: Special Investigations
Episode Six

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PBS | Air Date: July 30, 2007
Summary: NC-4: First Across the Atlantic - A woman in Saratoga, CA wants to know if a small square of fabric really came from the first aircraft to make the transatlantic journey. Elyse Luray investigates the story of the NC-4 aircraft and its historic voyage. Howard Hughes Crash - On July 7, 1946, Howard Hughes takes the first flight in his XF-11,NC-4: First Across the Atlantic - A woman in Saratoga, CA wants to know if a small square of fabric really came from the first aircraft to make the transatlantic journey. Elyse Luray investigates the story of the NC-4 aircraft and its historic voyage. Howard Hughes Crash - On July 7, 1946, Howard Hughes takes the first flight in his XF-11, designed to be the highest, fastest spy plane ever. But the propeller failed, and Hughes crashed in Beverly Hills, destroying two homes. Sixty years later, a man in Wyoming wants to know if he really owns a part from this historic plane. Professor Lowe's Hot Air Balloon - Is a piece of fabric really from Prof. Lowe's Aeronautical balloon 'Enterprise' after it was destroyed upon landing in 1862? Could this be an artifact from the dawn of American military airpower?… Expand
Genre(s): Reality, Suspense, Documentary

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