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Extreme Machines is a television series aired on Discovery Channel.
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Premise
The program feature some of the largest created man-made machines on earth. Like a container ship, Excavators, and Cranes.
As taken from the official Canadian webpage for Discovery Channel:
- Submarines
- See how today's nuclear submarines play an integral role in U.S. national defense.
- Oil Rigs
- See the final stages of the construction of a 50,000-ton oil rig in Nova Scotia.
- Military Planes
- See profiles of jet fighters including the F-15 Eagle and the X35-B, both technologically advanced aircraft.
- Flight Power
- Experience the exciting and flamboyant world of aviation; unusual aircraft and man's most extreme methods of flying; a home-built plane powered with a lawnmower engine; NASAs solar powered planes; the Harrier Jump Jet.
- Carriers
- Hop aboard the U.S. Navy's huge floating fortress the John C. Stennis; profiling a variety of other carriers from the U.S. Marines to the British Navy; see carriers in a variety of temperatures from the equator to the Arctic.
- Mega Trucks
- Explore the serious business of transportation to the thrills and spills of truck racing; a look at the New York fire brigade in action whose trucks are so long they need an extra driver at the back; a truck which doubles up as a TV studio.
- Earth Breakers
- Journey towards the centre of the earth inside the deepest mine in the U.S.; the fire that broke out in the Channel Tunnel between the U.K. and France; what happens in a mine explosion.
- Tanks
- Gripping archive footage documents tanks in action from the First World War to Desert Storm; the most advanced tanks in the world today; a glimpse of the claustrophobic world of the tank crew; US Future Combat System.
- The Landspeed Record
- Jump Jet
- Daring Aviators
- Roller Coasters
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Seasons
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See also
- Discovery Channel
- List of programs broadcast by Discovery Channel
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References
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External links
- Extreme Machines at Internet Movie Database
Source of article : Wikipedia
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