A Plane Is Born()
Documentary
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Average Runtime: 25m
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Seasons: 1
Episodes: 17
A Plane is Born, presented by Mark Evans, is a 15 part series for Discovery Home and Leisure, in which he not only learns to fly but also builds his own two-seater aeroplane. During the course of the series, he tackles everything from the composite control surfaces to the installation of the engine. The series takes the viewer for the first time through the step-by-step process of building a 200 mph kit aircraft, capable of flying from England to the South of France on a single tank of fuel.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 17E01
Research
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Mark visits the Popular Flying Association Rally at Cranfield to see some of the 3000 or so home-built and vintage ai...
E02
Test Flight
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Mark travels to the Europa Factory in North Yorkshire where after seeing all the components that go into making a kit...
E03
Building Begins
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Mark learns that before he starts to build his aeroplane he must attend a workshop on composite building techniques. ...
E04
Wings
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In the workshop work begins on the Europa's wings and Mark puts his composite skills to the test. In part two he cont...
E05
You Have Control !
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Work on the plane continues with the Cockpit module and control yokes. Mark also receives a visit from Neville Eyre, ...
E06
Tell-Tail!
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Work on the aeroplane moves to the Tailplane and Mark gets to grips with an electronic spirit level. Back at the Flyi...
E07
Get In Trim
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This programme sees the building gathering pace as Mark installs the cockpit module and seats into the aeroplane as w...
E08
Like My Wheels?
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Mark is back on familiar ground as he fits brakes, wheels and undercarriage to his aeroplane, Martin Dovey introduces...
E09
No Longer Topless
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A packed programme sees major progress on the plane with the rudder assembly completed and the fuselage top on and fi...
E10
All Revved Up
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It's a red-letter day down at the workshop as the brand new engine arrives with Europa's Andy Draper. Mark takes on t...
E11
Props Away
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Part two of our engine installation and Mark takes on the fitting of the ducting, oil and water cooling, radiators, c...
E12
Instru-Mental
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It's the bit Mark has been dreading since he started - the wiring and Instruments. To give him a better idea he meets...
E13
The Final Plush
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The interior starts to get the red carpet treatment (well Blue actually) as Mark takes on the job of carpeting and up...
E14
Any Colour You Like
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A Red letter day as Mark prepares for his PPL Test at Aeros, and we recap his flying lessons from throughout the seri...
E15
Up, Up & Away!
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The final programme in the series sees our newly built plane go through the final checks it needs for it's certificat...
E20
All Parts: Part 1 of 2
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No episode overview available.
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All Parts: Part 2 of 2
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No episode overview available.
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