Pioneers in Aviation: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Pioneers in Aviation is a new re-release of the EMMY-nominated PBS documentary series. The three-part, three-hour series explores the history of American aviation - from the Wright brothers to the Apollo moon landing, from early biplanes to spacecraft - and focuses on the lives and careers of aviation pioneers William Boeing, Donald Douglas, Dutch Kindelberger and James McDonnell. This revised and re-edited version features newly transferred historical footage from Boeing, Douglas, North American, and McDonnell archives, including new footage of President Kennedy's 1962 visit to McDonnell Aircraft to thank employees for their work on the space program. Experience America's aviation and aerospace history and gain a new perspective on these amazing people, aircraft, and events.

Series details

• Title: Pioneers in Aviation
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2012-07-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-07-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: PBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 55 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 29764
• TVDB ID: 259132

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-07-03; final listed air date 2012-07-17; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from Pioneers in Aviation on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.