Show Info
- Status: Ended
- First Aired: January 1, 1959
- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 13
- Networks: PBS
- Genres: Documentary
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The Secret of Flight(1959)
Overview
A lecture series about the basic problems of flight, explained by visual presentation of flow experiments. As the material of the lectures should be understood by every interested listener, no mathematical or other theoretical knowledge is used for explanation. Every problem is demonstrated by a true-life experiment and purely scientific language is avoided. Each of the lectures deals with a basic problem of flight. The experiments are mostly shown as flow picture but at certain points scale models and flying models are used to ensure easier understanding.
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13 episodes • 1959
Season 1
13 episodes • 1959
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preview | Jan 1, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Laws of Fluid Motion | Jan 8, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The History of Early Flight | Jan 15, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Discovery of Dynamic Lift | Jan 22, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Stability and Control | Jan 29, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Propulsion | Feb 5, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Problem of Drag | Feb 12, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Induced Drag | Feb 19, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Different Aircraft Systems | Feb 26, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Lift Theory and High Lift Devices | Mar 5, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Story of the Vortex | Mar 12, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Flight of Nature | Mar 19, 1959 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Modern Problems of Flight | Mar 26, 1959 | 0.0 |
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