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Peter Tyson, Editor in Chief
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Special Thanks
Patrick E. Hanley, Hanley Innovations
Mike Jorgensen, Producer, "Battle of the X-Planes"
Daniel King, AMARC
Laura Minnear, Assistant Editor, "Battle of the X-Planes"
Clifford McDonald, Otis Air National Guard Base
OPUS, 102nd Fighter Wing
Al Piccirillo, Institute for Defense Analyses
Daniel P. Raymer, Conceptual Research Corporation
Teresa Vanden-Heuvel, AMARC
Photo and Image Credits
Battle of the X-Planes homepage—Photos: (X-35) © Lockheed Martin; (X-32) © Boeing
Behind the Scenes—Photos: (X-32) © Boeing; (X-35, X-35A, Jorgensen, Thomas, and Burbage, Lockheed team) © Lockheed Martin; (Steidle) © U.S. Navy; (X-32) © U.S. Department of Defense; (C-5) Corbis Images; (both planes in hover) © U.S. Department of Defense; (Jorgensen) courtesy of Mike Jorgensen
Where Combat Planes Retire—Photos: (all) © WGBH/NOVA/Myth Merchant Films
Meet a Test Pilot—Photos: (Yates, Yates in chase plane, Yates dousing) courtesy of Philip Yates; (X-32A, X-32 carrier landing test) © Boeing; (other photos) © U.S. Department of Defense
Designing for Stealth—Photos: © Boeing
Outfitting a Fighter Pilot—Photos: © WGBH/NOVA
Getting Airborne—Illustrations: © WGBH/NOVA
Wing Designs—Illustrations: © WGBH/NOVA
TV Program Description—Photo: (X-planes) © U.S. Department of Defense
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Narrated by
Liev Schreiber
Produced And Directed by
Michael Jorgensen
Telescript by
Daniel McCabe
Director of Photography
Michael Jorgensen
Editors
Daniel McCabe
Dick Bartlett
Glen Kugelstadt
Narrated by
Liev Schreiber
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Neil Thomas
Jennifer Callahan
Assistant Editor
Laura Minnear
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Igal Petel
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Heart Punch Studio
Story by
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Neil Thomas
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Judson Brohmer
Tom Reynolds
Kevin Flynn
Kyle Welke
Michael Jorgensen
Bobbi Garcia
Nick Alvarado
Steve Howell
Kevin Robertson
Steve Zapka
Production Stills
Liisa Jorgensen
Additional Music by
Michael Richard Plowman
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William H. Sweetman
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Kathryn M. Crawford
NOVA gratefully acknowledges the cooperation of the Joint Strike Fighter Program Office, The Boeing Company, the Lockheed Martin Corporation, and Pratt & Whitney.
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Carolyn Hodge
James Holcomb
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Ron Lindeke
Michael V. Longfellow
Malia Maioho
Chick Ramey
Aaron Renn
Joe Stout
Michael Tull
Peter Torres
Tim Tress
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