A Plane Is Born

Season 1, Episode 10: All Revved Up

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It's a red-letter day down at the workshop as the brand new engine arrives with Europa's Andy Draper. Mark takes on the delicate task of fitting the engine to the fuselage as well as connecting fuel lines, the Plenum chamber and exhaust manifold . In his flying lesson, Mark undertakes his first solo cross-country flight and in our regular feature on the world of home-built aircraft we meet John Shanley and his futuristic Rutan Longeasy.