Impossible Engineering

The HMS Queen Elizabeth is a ship of record-breaking proportions with cutting-edge naval and aerial engineering.

Rion Antirion Bridge is awe-inspiring not only due to its massive dimensions, but also due to its location in one of Europe's most active seismic zones, where winds regularly reach 70 mph.

Soaring 632 metres into the sky, the Shanghai Tower was built to withstand damaging winds of typhoon proportion.

The construction of Kansai International Airport in Osaka Bay, Japan, on one of the largest man-made islands in the world, was one of the most ambitious engineering projects of modern times.

The Shanghai Maglev is the fastest passenger train on the planet, able to reach a phenomenal top speed of 431 kph.

The largest passenger plane ever built, the Airbus A380, can carry over 850 people non-stop nearly halfway around the world.