Extreme Airport Engineering Preview
Preview: Season 52 Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Follow the race to build a world-class airport on the site of one of America’s busiest flying hubs.
In New York City, a team of elite engineers and construction workers are on a mission to build the ultimate airport. Follow their ups and downs as they race to build a new, world-class LaGuardia on the site of one of America’s busiest aviation hubs.
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Extreme Airport Engineering Preview
Preview: Season 52 Episode 2 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
In New York City, a team of elite engineers and construction workers are on a mission to build the ultimate airport. Follow their ups and downs as they race to build a new, world-class LaGuardia on the site of one of America’s busiest aviation hubs.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [Narrator] A team races today.
- It's 24/7, all hands on deck.
- [Narrator] To build New York's LaGuardia Airport of tomorrow.
- We didn't realize what we were up against.
- [Narrator] Battling extreme weather.
- The wind has picked up.
- [Construction Worker] Watch the boom.
- Well, we just had a failure.
- [Narrator] And massive machines.
- Very dangerous.
- One wrong move, we could strike a building.
- [Narrator] Extreme Airport Engineering on Nova.
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Getting the right bag to the right plane requires an ingenious system. Here’s how it works. (2m 34s)
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National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by Carlisle Companies. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the NOVA Science Trust, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS viewers.