The Secret of Flight Season 1 Episode 3 The History of Early Flight 1959
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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.
- Released: 1959-01-15
- Runtime: 29 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Alexander Lippisch
- Director: Sam Becker
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1. Preview 1959-01-01
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2. The Laws of Fluid Motion 1959-01-08
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3. The History of Early Flight 1959-01-15
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4. The Discovery of Dynamic Lift 1959-01-22
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5. Stability and Control 1959-01-29
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6. Propulsion 1959-02-05
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7. The Problem of Drag 1959-02-12
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8. The Induced Drag 1959-02-19
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9. Different Aircraft Systems 1959-02-26
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10. Lift Theory and High Lift Devices 1959-03-05
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11. The Story of the Vortex 1959-03-12
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12. Flight of Nature 1959-03-19
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13. Modern Problems of Flight 1959-03-26
