Name: Warbird Workshop
Released: 2020-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Martin Shaw

TV Show · Documentary · History

Engineers fight to put military aircraft back in the air; spanning the aviation world from Canada to Germany, the UK to France.

2020 · 43m

EPISODE 1

Spitfire

On the Battle of Britain airfield at Biggin Hill, young engineers fight to restore a Spitfire that fought over Europe in 1944 to flight.
EPISODE 2

Douglas C47

A US Army Air Force C47 that dropped paratroopers on D Day is at the centre of one of the UK's most ambitious warbird rebuilds.
EPISODE 3

Westland Wessex

A team of engineers fight to return a veteran Westland Wessex helicopter to the skies, 30 years after its last flight.
EPISODE 4

Aeronca Defender

Aircraft restoration expert Mark Masters and his son James rebuild a 1943 US Army Aeronca Defender liaison plane for its German owner.
EPISODE 5

Piper Cub

Amateur pilots attempt to rebuild and restore the Piper Cub in time for a flight to France to take part in the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
EPISODE 6

L39 Albatros

Businessman and racing driver Steve Hartley's quest for speed on board his own L39 Cold War era jet rescued from a hangar in the Baltic States.