Mighty Planes - Season 1 - Eps 1: Orbis
In the series premiere, Mighty Planes joins the crew of the worlds only flying eye hospital for their most challenging mission to date. Orbis travels tirelessly around the globe, offering patients in developing countries precious sight-saving treatments. On the outside, it's a regular DC-10. On the inside, it has been stripped and re-designed to house a state-of-the-art ophthalmic hospital complete with an operating room, a laser treatment facility and a high-tech classroom from which student doctors in host countries can watch surgeries live on 54 video screens.
About Mighty Planes
Title: Mighty Planes
First Air Date: 2012-02-26
Last Air Date: 2017-11-05
Status: Ended
Rating: 5.3/10 (from 3 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 5
Total Episodes: 24
Network: Smithsonian Channel Discovery
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Exploration Production
Synopsis
Mighty Planes explores the art and science of aviation, on planes that soar to faraway places on astounding missions. From preparation, loading and take off, through the journey and to the landing and unloading, viewers will experience the high-stakes and high-stress jobs through the eyes and lives of the characters that make it all happen. Featuring the genius of flight technology with the aid of high-end CGI, shot in HD, and recorded in 5.1 surround sound, MIGHTY PLANES captures all the action as it happens.
