- 8.0/101 votes
#1 - Aircraft Carrier
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/15/2008
The biggest aircraft carrier in the world, weighing over 100,000 tons, is the USS Nimitz. Seven ingenious technological breakthroughs enabled engineers to build this super-structure. From its steam catapults and mirror landing aids to its nuclear engines and unique megablock construction system, uncover the technology that enables the USS Nimitz to sail for over 20 years without refuelling, to house a crew of 6,000 men and women, to launch a supersonic jet fighter every 30 seconds and detect enemy threats nearly 300 miles away. These innovations changed aircraft carrier design forever and enabled them to grow in size and scale - from BIG to BIGGER into the USS Nimitz, the world's BIGGEST.
Director: Ian Bremner
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/101 votes
#2 - Bridge
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/2008
The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan is the longest suspension bridge in the world. See how technological breakthroughs led to the development of this supersized bridge.
Director: Ian Bremner
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/101 votes
#3 - The Bomb in Oklahoma City
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2005
One April morning in 1995, at Oklahoma City's Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Timothy McVeigh parks a truck packed with explosives at the front of the government landmark. At 9:02AM, it explodes and the front of the building collapses with a loss of 168 lives. Survivors recount the terrifying experience as investigators attempt to discover what caused the building to collapse.
Director: Ian Bremner
Writer: N/A