Season 3
Warplane Workshop
Épisodes
The D-Day Spitfire
Engineers and pilots return old planes to the air, starting with a Spitfire that was the first Allied plane to land in liberated France.
Return to Arnhem
A C47 transport plane that was badly damaged while dropping British paratroopers in 1944 returns to the scene of the Arnhem landings.
The Amazing Mr Grace
Pilot and engineer Richard Grace stages a major airshow while fighting a personal battle for survival against a terminal illness.
A Biplane Called Sophie
The extraordinary story of a group of Scottish pensioners who spent 25 years building a replica First World War biplane.
The American Spitfire
The latest warplane to get the workshop treatment, Lady Ellen III was one of many RAF fighters given to the US during World War II, and her pilot was a celebrated civil rights activist.
The Flying Tiger
In Kent, engineer Nicky and her team rebuild an RAF Tiger Moth biplane - one of 8000 that played an unsung role in winning WWII.