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The Best Episodes of Mighty Planes

Every episode of Mighty Planes ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Mighty Planes!

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Mighty Planes explores the art and science of aviation, on planes that soar to faraway places on astounding missions. From preparation, loading and take off, through the journey and to the landing and unloading, viewers

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Mighty Planes Season 2 Episode 6 - Blue Angels
    8.4/10(7 votes)

    #1 - Blue Angels

    S2:E6

    This is your first-class ticket to board the world's most magnificent flying machines. This series explores amazing aircraft and the men and women around the world who build, maintain, shepherd, and fly them. From the aerobatic artistry of the Blue Angels to the bravery of NOAA's hurricane hunters, and from Trump's flying luxury suite to the military's gas station in the sky, each episode is its own engrossing drama about people and Mighty Planes, coming together to tackle momentous missions.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Mighty Planes Season 4 Episode 5 - Airbus A400M
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #2 - Airbus A400M

    S4:E5

    The German Air Force is overhauling their entire fleet of outdated cargo planes, and replacing them with Airbus' latest state-of-the-art military aircraft, the A400M, which can haul massive loads.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Mighty Planes Season 1 Episode 2 - Martin Mars
    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #3 - Martin Mars

    S1:E2

    In 2011, northern Mexico experienced its worst fire season in more than a century. Luckily, Martin Mars, the world's biggest seaplane was there to battle the blaze! Martin Mars has a partner in firefighting - the Sikorsky S76 - which uses HD and infrared cameras, along with state-of-the-art laser technology, to guide the Canadian owned and operated aircraft to a guaranteed bulls-eye with every drop. MIGHTY PLANES joins the four-person aerial crew when they answer the call for help as Mexico's northern states endure countless wildfires that threaten to destroy vast expanses of wilderness.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Mighty Planes Season 1 Episode 4 - Skibirds
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #4 - Skibirds

    S1:E4

    The LC-130 Hercules Skibirds, which ferry supplies, fuel and crew to remote science camps in Greenland and Antarctica, are examined.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Mighty Planes Season 2 Episode 5 - Sofia 747SP
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #5 - Sofia 747SP

    S2:E5

    SOFIA, the largest airborne observatory in the world, boasts a 17-ton telescope capable of making observations impossible for ground-based telescopes.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Mighty Planes Season 1 Episode 6 - Antonov 124
    7.6/10(12 votes)

    #6 - Antonov 124

    S1:E6

    The Antonov 124 is the world's largest serially manufactured cargo plane; built to move Soviet military vehicles and equipment, now they're in constant demand moving everything from locomotives to whales anywhere in the world.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Mighty Planes Season 1 Episode 1 - Orbis
    7.5/10(14 votes)

    #7 - Orbis

    S1:E1

    In the series premiere, Mighty Planes joins the crew of the worlds only flying eye hospital for their most challenging mission to date. Orbis travels tirelessly around the globe, offering patients in developing countries precious sight-saving treatments. On the outside, it's a regular DC-10. On the inside, it has been stripped and re-designed to house a state-of-the-art ophthalmic hospital complete with an operating room, a laser treatment facility and a high-tech classroom from which student doctors in host countries can watch surgeries live on 54 video screens.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Mighty Planes Season 2 Episode 4 - P-3 Orion
    7.5/10(11 votes)

    #8 - P-3 Orion

    S2:E4

    Meet a battle-tested Mighty Plane with a nose for adventure and danger. The P-3 Orion Kermit once hunted Soviet submarines but now hunts deadly weather. It slices through the eye walls of hurricanes with one objective in mind: to collect information that will save lives. Loaded up by NOAA with data sensors, recording devices, and airborne radars, this laboratory in the sky is one smart (and tough) cookie. Go where no plane was ever meant to fly as Kermit flies into today's worst tempests, including "Frankenstorm" herself, Hurricane Sandy.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Mighty Planes Season 1 Episode 5 - C-5M Super Galaxy
    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #9 - C-5M Super Galaxy

    S1:E5

    Mighty Planes boards the C5-M Super Galaxy for a mission into a war zone, from the initial briefing to crossing the Atlantic, and through the perilous descent into Bagram, Afghanistan.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Mighty Planes Season 2 Episode 3 - Omega 707
    7.2/10(19 votes)

    #10 - Omega 707

    S2:E3

    Hit the air with flying gas station Omega, a commercial aircraft turned tanker, built to refuel U.S. fighter jets while they are in flight. Follow this modified Boeing 707 as it lends support on a three-day U.S. Navy and Marine Corps exercise. Witness the midair rendezvous between aerial refueling tanker and fighter jet. The slightest bit of turbulence or the smallest human error can prove fatal. On this mission, however, it's a mechanical issue that puts the entire operation, and Omega's reputation, in jeopardy.

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  11. Mighty Planes Season 4 Episode 4 - Ilyushin IL-76
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #11 - Ilyushin IL-76

    S4:E4

    Baffinland Mines needs to get equipment to a remote mine in Nunavet to support shipping operations for the summer and have hired one of Volga-Dnepr's Ilyushin-76.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Mighty Planes Season 1 Episode 3 - Airbus A380
    6.9/10(9 votes)

    #12 - Airbus A380

    S1:E3

    The Airbus A380 is the world's first full double-deck passenger aircraft, a ground-breaking design in aviation history; we document the construction and delivery of a new aircraft, and Lufthansa's first commercial flight from Frankfurt to San Francisco.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Mighty Planes Season 4 Episode 1 - Boeing 747-8F
    5.8/10(6 votes)

    #13 - Boeing 747-8F

    S4:E1

    Transporting the gear of Formula E's 10 electric-powered racing teams to cities around the world across more than 50,000 total kilometres in the greenest way imaginable is no easy task; for air transport, DHL uses Boeing 747 or 777 aircraft.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Mighty Planes Season 2 Episode 1 - Trump 757
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Trump 757

    S2:E1

    How do you tell one of the world's richest men that his pride and joy is in pieces? That's just one of the challenges facing pilot John Dunkin, captain of Donald Trump's lavish Boeing 757. Follow him and "The Donald" as they fly from Florida to New York to London, with a pit stop in Georgia for an inspection that doesn't go quite as expected. Tight deadlines and a demanding boss will push Dunkin to the limits. But when you work for the man who made the phrase "You're fired" famous, you get used to the pressure.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Mighty Planes Season 2 Episode 2 - C-17 Globemaster III
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - C-17 Globemaster III

    S2:E2

    The C-17 Globemaster III is the most versatile cargo plane in the U.S. Air Force fleet. It's a tireless workhorse, designed to carry more than 170,000 pounds of cargo, yet agile enough to land and take off on short, rough runways. Watch as two of these $200 million jets take off on separate missions. One ventures into an intense war training operation over unforgiving terrain, while the other embarks on a grueling three-day journey to deliver missile launchers from a remote Pacific island to California. Both jobs will push these C-17s to the limit.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Mighty Planes Season 3 Episode 1 - CP140 Aurora
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - CP140 Aurora

    S3:E1

    A legend of the Cold War, the CP140 Aurora, returns to prove its worth as a submarine killer, as it trains to protect Canada’s shoreline against a mock torpedo exercise.

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  17. Mighty Planes Season 3 Episode 2 - T-38 Talon
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - T-38 Talon

    S3:E2

    The T-38 Talon is a twin-engine, two-seat, supersonic marvel. It climbs 30,000 feet per minute, flies at a speed of 858 miles per hour, and rolls up to 300 degrees per second. If you can fly the T-38 with its unimaginable G-forces, you can fly just about anything. Go on a high-altitude mission in the greatest fighter jet trainer in the world and join three student NATO pilots who push the T-38 -- and themselves -- to the limit.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Mighty Planes Season 3 Episode 3 - CC-115 Buffalo
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - CC-115 Buffalo

    S3:E3

    When lives are in peril on Canada's West Coast, the search and rescue plane everyone counts on is the CC-115 Buffalo. This Canadian Air Force legend can turn on a dime inside the dangerously boxed valleys of British Columbia, and take off and land on rugged terrain as short as a soccer field. Because the Buffalo responds to over 200 emergency calls every year, training the crew is vital to success. Follow the Buffalo crew on two training exercises: saving sailors in a sinking vessel at sea and searching for a missing aircraft.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Mighty Planes Season 3 Episode 4 - Super Guppy
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Super Guppy

    S3:E4

    The NASA Super Guppy is a jerry-rigged wonder, built from parts of 1950s planes. But her cargo is anything but retro. She has hauled vital aerospace hardware across the country in her 50+ years of service, including parts of Apollo, the Hubble Space Telescope, and Skylab. Now, after being grounded for eight months for major upgrades and maintenance, she and her dedicated crew are back on the job, picking up and delivering a multi-million-dollar payload on a challenging three-day mission.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Mighty Planes Season 3 Episode 5 - Nolinor 737
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Nolinor 737

    S3:E5

    She's the "Workhorse of the North," powering through the vast Arctic region, where conditions can turn deadly in seconds. Nolinor Aviation's 737-200 C is a combination cargo and passenger aircraft, delivering essential food, equipment, and workers to Meadowbank, the coldest mine on Earth. The gold mine depends on this super hauler four times a week, but common temperatures of minus 50 degrees often wreak havoc on the aircraft and her missions. Follow her on a typical job, which poses challenges that are anything but routine.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Mighty Planes Season 3 Episode 6 - Best of Mighty Planes
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Best of Mighty Planes

    S3:E6

    These are the mightiest of mighty planes - aviation's biggest, fastest, strongest, and most innovative aircraft on the planet. Join us as we revisit massive marvels like the A380, supersonic wonders like the Blue Angels, and hospitals in the sky like the Orbis DC-10. From game changers to heavy lifters to frontier-busters, these are the planes that have transformed the way we fly, fight, conduct science, and save lives.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Mighty Planes Season 4 Episode 2 - Stargazer L-1011
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Stargazer L-1011

    S4:E2

    The Stargazer launches Pegasus rockets, delivering specialized weather satellites designed to detect the magnitude and intensity of hurricanes.

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  23. Mighty Planes Season 4 Episode 3 - C2A Greyhound
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - C2A Greyhound

    S4:E3

    The C-2 Greyhound's design allows it a flexibility and access that few other fixed wing craft possess; for the U.S. Navy, it provides critical logistics support, flying 1,000 miles in a matter of hours and transporting high-priority cargo.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Mighty Planes Season 4 Episode 6 - Twin Otter
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Twin Otter

    S4:E6

    Canada's northwest territories are rich in gold and diamonds, but running a mining operation in extreme Arctic conditions with very few roads can be tremendously challenging. Enter the Twin Otter, the rugged aircraft of choice in remote Canadian communities. Powered by two turboprop engines, the Twin Otter maneuvers like a bird and is capable of landing just about anywhere--on land, sea, and snow. Follow this mighty plane as she handles icy skies and frozen-lake runways on a series of critical missions.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Blue Angels" is the best rated episode of "Mighty Planes". It scored 8.4/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/7/2013. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Airbus A400M".