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The Secret of Flight - Season 1 Episode 3

The Secret of Flight 1959 -

Title: The Secret of Flight - Season 1 Episode 3
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: PBS
Cast: Alexander Lippisch
Crew: Sam Becker (Director)
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Keyword: educational, historical documentary

Overview:Dr. Lippisch's theme is the historical development of the flying machine. He begins his lecture with a short demonstration of Penaud's model. He shows how the invention of the cambered wing led to the first man-carrying aircraft, the glider. The next problem, the problem of control, was not conceived until the Wright Brothers began their pioneering glider experiments in Kitty Hawk, and Dr. Lippisch shows a scale model of their last (1902) glider and its control arrangement is demonstrated. As he shows film clips of the Wright Brothers' airplane, he explains the function of this first power aircraft.

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First Air Date: Jan 01, 1959 Last Air date: Jan 01, 1959 Season: 1 Season Episode: 1 Episode Runtime: 29:14 minutes Quality: HD IMDb: 10 / 10 by 0 users Popularity: 0.3188 Language: en

Season 1

1. Preview1959-01-01
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2. The Laws of Fluid Motion1959-01-08
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3. The History of Early Flight1959-01-15
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4. The Discovery of Dynamic Lift1959-01-22
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5. Stability and Control1959-01-29
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6. Propulsion1959-02-05
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7. The Problem of Drag1959-02-12
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8. The Induced Drag1959-02-19
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9. Different Aircraft Systems1959-02-26
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10. Lift Theory and High Lift Devices1959-03-05
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11. The Story of the Vortex1959-03-12
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12. Flight of Nature1959-03-19
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13. Modern Problems of Flight1959-03-26
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