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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2198: Ahead of Its Time

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 18, 2022 · Episode: 2198 Getting ready to invent the airplane in 1901. Today, a journal tries to read the tea leaves.

Tags aeroplane Aerostat airplane dirigibles Langley lighter-than-air flight Santos Dumont W. Miller Wright Borthers

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2471: Aeroplanes in Embryo

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on January 29, 2023 · Episode: 2471 In which Henry Farman and Glenn Curtiss emerge from the pack of pioneer airmen. Today, aeroplanes in embryo.

Tags aeroplane aircraft airlines Alexander Graham Bell F-60 Gabriel Voisin Glenn Curtiss Goliath bomber Henry Farman Louis Bleriot Santos Dumont Santos-Dumont Demoiselle Theresa Peltier WW-I

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2465: A Fine Early Aeroplane Book

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on January 21, 2023 · Episode: 2465 Victor Lougheed’s extraordinary 1909 aeroplane book. Today, where were the first aeroplanes going?

Tags aeroplanes airplanes Allan Malcom Bleriot Farman Voisin Wright flight Flora Haines flying future Lockheed Loughead monoplane prediction Santos Dumont Victor Lougheed

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2443: Dornier X

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 24, 2022 · Episode: 2443 The Dornier X: another of yesterday’s extreme airplanes. Today, Dornier’s flying palace.

Tags airliner airplane Claudius Claudius Dornier Count Zeppelin dirigibles Dornier X germany luxury airliners obert H. Starr's Bumblebee II Robert H. Starr translatlantic flights

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2417: Kill-Devil Hills

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on November 28, 2022 · Episode: 2417 Kill Devil Hill: the texture of the Wright Brothers’ accomplishment. Today, we watch invention unfolding.

Tags aeroplanes airplane flight gliders invention Kill Devil Hills kite Kitty Hawk North Caolina Orville Wright Outer Banks Wilbur Wright Wright Brothers

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