First Flights with Neil Armstrong
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First Flights was a half-hour televised aviation history documentary series. The series premiered on September 25, 1991, on A&E Networks and ran for three seasons.[3][4] It was hosted by former test pilot and astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the Moon.[5][6][7][8]
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Genre | Documentary[1][2] |
Directed by | Neil Hollander |
Presented by | Neil Armstrong |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 39 |
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Executive producers | Mark H. Tuttle Peter Maris |
Running time | 30 minutes per episode |
Production companies | PMT, Ltd. |
Original release | |
Network | A&E |
Release | September 1991 (1991-09) |
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The series initially aired Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on A&E in the U.S. The series focused on the technological history of aviation, from early balloons and gliders through war-time and mass commercial aviation, to experimental hypersonic flight at the edge of space.[9] In the series, Neil Armstrong interviewed pilots and aerospace engineers. Archival footage and vintage aircraft were used to recreate historic takeoffs.[10]