Episode
How Do They Do It?: Heavy-Lift Aircraft, Hunting Boots, Bananas
Overview
Jets over to Spain to one of the most advanced and powerful planes in the world. Plus, there's a secret to making warm waterproof boots and how bananas get just...
Details
- Series
- How Do They Do It?
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2015-05-14
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Heavy-Lift Aircraft, Hunting Boots, Bananas is Episode 2 in Season 12 of How Do They Do It?. It aired on 2015-05-14. The runtime is 22 min.
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