Latest Films on National Geographic In-flight http://www.natgeoprogramming.com Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:03:37 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.natgeoprogramming.com/images/logo_natgeo.gif http://www.natgeoprogramming.com Feed provided by www.natgeoprogramming.com. Click to visit http://www.natgeoprogramming.com/film/1810 At a wildlife sanctuary in Kenya, a team of conservationists is tackling a big challenge – raising orphaned elephants. Caring for the orphans is no small task as the keepers must stay by the elephants’ sides 24-hours a day. It’s a long and difficult road, but the infants that grow strong may return to the wild one day. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:46:58 +0100 http://www.natgeoprogramming.com/film/1809 The jet engine was a defining piece of technology and led to revolutionary changes in aerial combat. Huge risks were taken by designers, pilots and air crews in order to lift off. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:45:30 +0100 http://www.natgeoprogramming.com/film/1808 The series that traces the evolution of the aerial army, from duelling and fighting tactics to the use of the plane as an 'eye in the sky'. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:44:13 +0100 http://www.natgeoprogramming.com/film/1807 As the military importance of the aeroplane grew, so did demands on its performance. Bomb delivery systems and fighter technology quickly evolved. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:43:11 +0100 http://www.natgeoprogramming.com/film/1806 "Most historians have reached a consensus about the way major world events played out. Yet decades after the fact, certain stories remain touched by an air of uncertainty. We think we know what happened. The evidence seems to point to obvious conclusions. But with each, there seems to be some stubborn missing piece of information or evidence…some clue that adds a touch of doubt to the story recorded by history. And in each case, it’s inspired a rather rabid group of amateur historians to craft their own ideas about the way things really went down. Join NGT as we dig up the clues, dissect the evidence and investigate the truth behind some of history’s greatest events…and prove the history books right - or wrong - once and for all. " Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:38:16 +0100 http://www.natgeoprogramming.com/film/1805 NGC takes you to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where GM is developing the new Corvette Z06, a high-performance street machine that is fantastically aerodynamically efficient. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:22:56 +0100 http://www.natgeoprogramming.com/film/1804 In 1982, a delayed flight from the US capital crashed into a bridge on the River Potomac. All-but-five of the passengers perished under the water. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:19:18 +0100 http://www.natgeoprogramming.com/film/1803 Shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks a commercial flight crashed into a residential area of New York. Discover the cause of this disaster and how it rocked the aviation industry. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:09:28 +0100 http://www.natgeoprogramming.com/film/1802 Shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks a commercial flight crashed into a residential area of New York. Discover the cause of this disaster and how it rocked the aviation industry. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:08:11 +0100 http://www.natgeoprogramming.com/film/1801 Behind every disaster lies a catalogue of events, a series of trigger points that combine to create a catastrophe. Seconds From Disaster examines those pivotal moments, some of which changed the course of history itself. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:05:24 +0100 http://www.natgeoprogramming.com/film/1800 In early 1954, one of the world’s first passenger jet airliners, the British-made de Havilland Comet, crashes into the Mediterranean 20 minutes after leaving Rome for London. Post-mortem examinations show that many of the 35 people who died suffered highly unusual injuries. Investigators hoped to find answers by piecing together the plane. Three months later a second Comet crashes and victims exhibit the same bizarre injury patterns. What brought down the Comets, and what could have caused such strange injuries? Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:03:52 +0100 http://www.natgeoprogramming.com/film/1799 The Kursk, a Russian submarine, is on a military exercise when two explosions send her plunging to the bottom of the sea. What caused the tragedy? Theories include sabotage, friendly fire, and a collision with a US submarine. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:01:28 +0100 http://www.natgeoprogramming.com/film/1798 The shuttle Columbia broke apart as it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere after a successful 16-day mission in space, killing all seven crew. NASA had not suffered such a loss since the Challenger in 1986. What caused the accident? Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:58:20 +0100 http://www.natgeoprogramming.com/film/1797 Witness an explosion that removed half a mountain, killed dozens and destroyed hundreds of square miles of scenery. Everyone knew that an eruption at Mt St Helens was imminent, but no one had ever seen anything like this before. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:57:01 +0100 http://www.natgeoprogramming.com/film/1796 Seconds after taking off from Chicago's O'Hare airport, a packed DC10 crashed into a nearby trailer park, killing hundreds of people. What caused the disaster? Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:53:24 +0100