Warplane Workshop
Season 32022
From the iconic Spitfire to the light plane that became America's secret weapon in Vietnam, this series follows the struggle to save military relics from the scrapheap
From the iconic Spitfire to the light plane that became America's secret weapon in Vietnam, this series follows the struggle to save military relics from the scrapheap
6 Episodes
Pilot and engineer Richard Grace and his team are restoring a unique survivor of the Spitfire's rarest mark from 75-year-old wreckage, salvaged from a Belgian scrapyard
November 3, 2022Pilot Shona Bowman is determined to get her battered Cessna Bird Dog - a Vietnam War mainstay that she bought for Β£10,000 - back in the sky
November 10, 2022Restorers recreate the legendary Fokker DXXI - a Dutch plane that took on Hitler's Luftwaffe and shot down hundreds of enemy aircraft
November 17, 2022The Plane from Spain: Intrepid pilot Taff Smith rescues a Bucker Jungmeister, a relic of General Franco's fascist air force which brought civil war to Spain.
November 24, 2022A team is recreating the first flight of Britain's first seaplane - the Waterbird. But getting 1911 technology airbourne proves tough.
December 1, 2022A 1930s Lockheed airliner used by MI6 to spy on pre-war Germany is restored to flight by engineer Richard Grace and his team
December 8, 2022