A rare opportunity to fly in some of the world’s most fascinating airplanes. Aircraft Carrier! reveals the grueling, yet suddenly thrilling, life aboard the USS Independence. Daredevils of the Sky lets you strap in for a ride with America’s greatest stunt pilots. Stunning in-air photography puts you in the pilot’s seat with the U.S. Aerobatic Team. B-29 Frozen in Time joins a grueling expedition to recover this rare plane from the North Pole after 50 years- a trip which tests team members in ways they never imagined.

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Aircraft Carrier: "Montana," "Crash," "Rat" and "Conan"- they're four of the "top guns" aboard the USS Independence, a floating airport with 5000 men and one misson: to provide a safe home base for American fighter planes during the Gulf War. By coincidence, NOVA cameras happened to be on board when the Independence was called to military action. What you'll see in this special film captures the intensity, anger and adrenaline of battle like no cameras have ever before. Aboard ship, you'll get an exclusive view of life: the cramped quarters, round-the-clock tension and relentless training; plus an awesome look at the dangerous highspeed take-offs and landings of the Navy's top fighter pilots and their powerful jets during actual war missions.

Daredevils of the Sky: Have you ever wanted to fly like a bird and soar on the wind? Strap in for a ride with the daredevils of the sky and you'll feel like you're floating on wings. Stunning in-air photography of dizzying aerobatic stunts puts you in the pilot's seat for "snap rolls," "loops," "humpty bumps" and "hammerheads." It's fantastic fun... at 200 miles an hour!

B-29 Frozen in Time: Travel on a perilous mission to repair and refly a rare B-29 bomber stranded on a Greenland icecap for almost 50 years. NOVA follows bold pilot Darryl Greenamyer and his team on two expeditions to revive Kee Bird and make it fly again in one of the most isolated and harshest environments on Earth. Despite severe weather, illness and difficulties with the shuttle plane in 1994, Greenamyer returns in May 1995 with a larger crew, a more reliable shuttle plane and a new plan to bring Kee Bird back to life and back home.