Restoring A Legendary British Fighter Plane | Warbird Workshop | Spark

With no plans to guide them, an elite team of expert engineers re-create a unique two-seater version of the legendary Hawker Hurricane fighter. - In hangars and machine shops the length and breadth of Britain a brave bunch of engineers and aviators endeavour to keep the UK s most historic warplanes in the air. Fighting a desperate rear-guard action against corrosion and metal fatigue are the engineers. Their only weapons are skill, ingenuity and tens of thousands of pounds. We follow the painstaking work in recreating long-forgotten components from lumps of aluminium, show ancient engines bursting into life again after decades of silence, and watch as pilots roar down the runway for the first take-off in years or even decades. Each show follows the restoration of an iconic plane, telling the stories of the men who flew it; the part it played in military history; and the challenges it now presents its restorers and pilots. - Subscribe to Spark for more amazing science, tech & engineering videos: https://goo.gl/LIrlur 🚀 Find us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SparkDocs/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spark_channel/ Content licensed from Drive TV to Little Dot Studios. Any queries, please contact us at: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com