Airport '79

American based Federation World Airlines has just acquired a Concorde jet, which will make its inaugural commercial flight from Washington D.C. to Paris and then to Moscow as a goodwill gesture prior to the 1980 Olympic Games.

Engineers are racing against the clock to build the world's biggest airport; using cutting-edge construction methods, experts put the finishing touches on a modern-day marvel that will move 100 million people in and out of Beijing every year.

On 13 February 2017, the North Korean dictator's half-brother Kim Jong-nam walked into Kuala Lumpur airport to catch a flight to Macau. Two hours later he was dead. He had been assassinated using one of the most deadly chemical weapons on earth - VX. Within days, two women from Vietnam and Indonesia were arrested for his murder, but the CCTV appeared to show several North Korean secret agents orchestrating the events in the airport that day.

Throughout time weather has shaped history. NASA, World War II and historic heroic rescue attempts have all been impacted by the weather. This High Definition series from the "Weather Channel" uncovers the most powerful moments in history and the remarkable role played by Mother Nature.