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NOVA: Battle of the X-Planes

starring: Liev Schreiber
directed by: Michael Jorgensen

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781593750039
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 159375003X
Label: WGBH BOSTON
Manufacturer: WGBH BOSTON
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: WGBH BOSTON
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 05, 2003
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 36838
Studio: WGBH BOSTON
Theatrical Release Date: 2003



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Description:
Inside the high-tech, high-stakes competition to create America’s newest fighter plane. NOVA goes behind the doors of the world’s two largest aerospace companies to record classified meetings, climbs into cockpits to fly the most revolutionary planes, and examines the high-stakes battle waged between Boeing and Lockheed Martin to build the most capable and versatile fighter ever created—the Joint Strike Fighter. You’re on the front line as the two aerospace giants fight for a contract that will make aviation history and help protect America, and that could provide the winner total domination of the U.S. defense fighter industry. Marking the first time filmmakers have been allowed inside a major weapons competition, NOVA enters Boeing’s Phantom Works and Lockheed’s legendary Skunk Works, and travels to the flight test centers at Edwards Air Force Base and Patuxnet Naval Air Station to document key moments of the competition. Join military brass, aviation engineers, and test pilots as they race to create a single aircraft that meets three criteria—that the winning plane be stealthy, affordable, and adaptable to the widely varying needs of the Air Force, Navy, and Marines. Filmed over four years, Battle of the X-Planes reveals the breakthrough designs, heartbreaking setbacks, adrenaline-fueled test flights, and one final nail-biting decision—the winner of the most lucrative contract in military history-–the Joint Strike Fighter.

Special DVD features include: bonus video footage of Lockheed fighters; a visit to a 'graveyard' for old military planes; materials and activities for educators; outfitting a fighter pilot activity; designing a stealth plane; link to the Battle of the X-Planes companion Web site; scene selections; closed captions; and described video for the visually impaired.

On one DVD9 disc. Region coding: All regions. Audio: Dolby stereo. Screen format: 4X3 full frame.



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - EXCELLENT HISTORY OF X-PLANES
The photography quality was breath-taking, the action spectacular. I never tire of watching the development ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - X-Planes
By far the BEST DVD of the Joint Strike Fighters on the market! AWESOME!!!!


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Not Technical Enough
This program was not technical enough for me. It does not reveal most of the technology used in the building ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Not Objective Comparison between two company
I did watch that and I did not liked cause I know good detailed information about this history. This DVD is making ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Exciting true story? A mere fiction really.
If you are expecting an somewhat fun but FICTIONAL video about the competition for the fighters around 2030, then check ... Read More

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