Flying Through Time (2004)

Season 1 Episode 22

Catalina

0.07 / Feb / 2004•24m

In the early days of flight, most planes were flying boats. Lakes, rivers, bays and oceans provided ready made run ways. But by the time WWII started these runways were not always located where runways were needed. So a shift to made runways and planes with landing gear became the usual configuration for aircraft.