These programs were shown occasionally during the Wings time slot. Some other episodes profiled non-American aircraft, including the Aérospatiale-British Aerospace Concorde, Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Panavia Tornado, and Supermarine Spitfire.Ī series of six episodes, entitled Strange Planes (and later released on VHS video), focused on several unusual aircraft types. In 1991 (notably following the first Gulf War), episodes were re-edited to include interviews with pilots of the profiled aircraft types before and following commercial breaks, and the narration was re-dubbed with American narrators Ron David and Tom Hair. When it initially aired in America, the majority of episodes were narrated by the program's Australian writer and director, Luke Swann, with some others written and narrated by John Honey and Phil Chugg. The original Great Planes program was initially produced by Aviation Video International in Australia, and distributed by the Discovery Channel. Great Planes was the original subset of Wings episodes which focused on one particular aircraft type.
Eastern beginning in 1988 and into the early 1990s.
Originally called Great Planes, the Wings program initially aired Wednesdays and Saturdays on the Discovery Channel in the United States from 9–10 p.m.
