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The Secret of Flight - Season 1 Episode 9

The Secret of Flight 1959 -

Title: The Secret of Flight - Season 1 Episode 9
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:The first airplane to fly was what would be called today a Canard Type airplane; it had a horizontal stabilizer in front of the main wing. Today’s Conventional Type plane has the stabilizing surfaces are of the same size. Dr. Lippisch explains all three models. He also describes the Allwing Type plane which is made by combining wing and tail surfaces, sweeping the wing tips backward, and placing the control areas on the wing tips. He discusses the fundamental law of stability and demonstrates this on models in flight and in the Smoke Tunnel.

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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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