A Plane is Born (Documentary, English)
Genres: DIY
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2000-07-01
Ended: 2000-10-07
Network: Discovery
Country: US
Airs on: Saturday
Runtime: 30 minutes
A Plane is Born, presented by Mark Evans is a 15-part series for Discovery Home and Leisure and Discovery Wings, in which he not only learns to fly but also builds his own two-seater aeroplane. During the course of the series he tackles everything from the composite control surfaces to the installation of the engine. A plane is born takes the viewer for the first time through the step by step process of building a 200 mph kit aircraft, capable of flying from England to the South of France on a single tank of fuel.