Wings

Season 9, Episode 5

Episode Title: The End of an Era

Air Date: 1996-01-01

Overview:

By the 1950s, flying boat operations in the United States Navy were in decline. Ironically, Navy planners began developing radical new designs including the jet-powered "Seamaster" and the supersonic "Sea Dart." In the end, however, these water-based aircraft could not compete with the obvious efficiency of traditional land planes.