Horizon - Season 40 Episode 18
Could an unknown Englishman have been the first person ever to fly? To mark the hundredth anniversary of the Wright brothers inaugural flight, Horizon tells the remarkable story of Percy Pilcher. He could have been the most famous aviator of them all. Four years before the Wright brothers, he had constructed his own aeroplane. But on the day it was due to take off for the very first time, something so terrible happened that he was denied the chance of ever flying it. So Horizon has rebuilt his long lost flying machine to see if Percy Pilcher, the British amateur, could have claimed the glory and been the first person ever to fly. This film mixes dramatic reconstruction with fabulous contemporary scenes and gripping science. With a specially assembled team of historians, aviation experts and our own test pilot, Horizon painstakingly rebuilds Pilcher's flying machine and puts it to the test. The results will leave you cheering.
First Air Date : 1964-02-04
Last Air date : 2024-07-22
Runtime : 57 minutes
Genre : Documentary
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Subtitles :
- Season 40 : Episode 12003-01-09
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- Season 40 : Episode 32003-01-23
- Season 40 : Episode 42003-01-30
- Season 40 : Episode 52003-02-13
- Season 40 : Episode 62003-02-20
- Season 40 : Episode 72003-02-27
- Season 40 : Episode 82003-03-06
- Season 40 : Episode 92003-03-27
- Season 40 : Episode 102003-04-03
- Season 40 : Episode 112003-04-17
- Season 40 : Episode 122003-05-08
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- Season 40 : Episode 142003-11-13
- Season 40 : Episode 152003-11-20
- Season 40 : Episode 162003-11-27
- Season 40 : Episode 172003-12-04
- Season 40 : Episode 182003-12-11
- Season 40 : Episode 192003-12-18
