''Mighty Planes'' is a

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produced by and aired on

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and also broadcast around the world. Similarly to its sister series '' Mighty Ships'', each episode follows a particular

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and provides an insight into what it does. Mighty Planes is part of Discovery Channel's Mighty series. These include '' Mighty Ships'', ''Mighty Cruise Ships'', '' Mighty Trains'' and '' The Mightiest''. The series has aired 4 seasons with 25 episodes in total.

Series overview

A typical Mighty Planes episode highlights one plane or group of them. Aircraft featured range from the Orbis flying eye hospital to the largest passenger jet ever built, to Air Force aircraft such as the

Lockheed C-5 Galaxy The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed Corporation, Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed Martin. It provides the United States Air Force (USAF) with a heavy ...

. The episodes follow the aircraft while it is on a flight or mission start to finish. Similarly to ''Mighty Ships'', ''Mighty Planes'' uses computer-generated animation to show scenes which would not otherwise be doable. After a lengthy hiatus, the series returned in 2017 with its 4th and most recent season. Mike Goral, who narrated the first 3 seasons of the series, was replaced by Jamie Carr.

Episode

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Specials

References

External links

Official Website
* {{IMDb title, tt2297520, Mighty Planes
''Mighty Planes''
on Crave TV 2010s Canadian reality television series 2010s Canadian documentary television series 2012 Canadian television series debuts 2017 Canadian television series endings Discovery Channel (Canadian TV channel) original programming