From the Red Baron's Fokker DR.I that terrorised the battlefields of WW1, to the F-18 Hornet that protects our skies today, aviation experts look at the 10 greatest fighter planes in history.

00:00 Intro
02:00 Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
07:45 Fokker Dr.I
11:45 A6M Zero
16:00 Harrier Jump Jet
21:15 F-86 Sabre
26:30 Messerschmitt Bf 109
30:45 F-18 Hornet
37:00 MiG-21
41:00 Supermarine Spitfire
45:15 P-51 Mustang

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