Air & Space Smithsonian: Dreams of Flight - Higher Faster Farther (1995)
Go higher, faster and farther with the Smithsonian as they explore the dreams of flight.
Top billed cast
Richard GebhardtNarrator- Norman GillilandWords of Wilbur Wright
- John SveumNewsreel Narrator
Chuck YeagerSelf- William "Pete" KnightSelf
- Albert Scott CrossfieldSelf
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