Inside Mighty Machines

Overview

Former NASA rocket engineer Chad Zdenek takes apart some of the world's mightiest machines and uncovers their secrets.

Episodes

Jumbo Jet

S01E01 Jumbo Jet

April 28, 2019 7.0 45 min
The first Boeing 747 took to the sky in 1969 and changed the aviation industry forever. This iconic plane ushered in a new golden age of air travel, but now it's being grounded for good...
Power Plant

S01E02 Power Plant

May 5, 2019 7.0 45 min
Host Chad Zdenek heads to North Carolina to dismantle and then implode the Buck Steam Station - a nearly 100-year-old coal power plant built in the 1920s which, at its peak, was burning up to...
Hovercraft

S01E03 Hovercraft

May 12, 2019 45 min
Southampton, on England's south coast, is the final home of what was once the biggest hovercraft ever built - the Princess Margaret. As crews strip it down, Zdenek uncovers the principles that allow this 300-ton...
Deep Sea Oil Rig

S01E04 Deep Sea Oil Rig

May 19, 2019 7.0 45 min
Host Chad Zdenek joins a team that's pulling off an engineering first - dismantling the North Sea's biggest oil rig. As the 400-foot-high monster is towed ashore and then dismantled, Zdenek reveals the story of...
C5 Galaxy

S01E05 C5 Galaxy

May 26, 2019 7.0 45 min
Joining a team of mechanics responsible for stripping down and rebuilding the biggest aircraft in the U.S. Air Force's arsenal - the Lockheed C5 Super Transporter - Zdenek discovers what it takes to get 380,000...
Aircraft Carrier

S01E06 Aircraft Carrier

June 2, 2019 7.0 45 min
Go inside one of the biggest inventions of them all - a U.S. aircraft carrier. Zdenek follows the crew of mechanics, engineers and sailors who maintain the USS Carl Vinson, an incredible floating city that's...

Cast

Chad Zdenek
Chad Zdenek
Himself

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