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Hot Stops: How Houston Bus Stops Get Dangerously Hot, a new podcast from Houston Public Media. Listen Here.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2558: Cooled by Air or Water

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 7, 2023 · Episode: 2558 How to cool an internal combustion engine — with water or with air? Today, cooled by air or water?

Tags air cooling air-cooled airplanes automobiles cars Gnome rotary engines in-line engines motorcycles radial engines V-12 Volkswagen Beatle water cooling water-cooled Wright Brothers' engine WW-I WW-II

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2285: Fiat Biplanes

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 1, 2022 · Episode: 2285 In which Fiat builds the last great combat biplanes. Today, Fiat Biplanes.

Tags air-cooled Bleriot Caccia Rosatelli Celestino Rosatelli CR-32 CR-42 Fiat fighter planes G.55 in-line Japanese Zero liquid-cooled Mitsubishi North Africa open-cockpit biplanes Polikarpov radial engines Spanish Civil War Wright Brothers WW-I WW-II

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2896: Nadezhda Popova

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 23, 2023 · Episode: 2896 In which Nadezhda Popova beats off the Wehrmacht in a crop-duster. Today, Nadia Popova.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2876: The Scientists Speak

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 16, 2023 · Episode: 2876 In which engineers and scientists assess their work in 1945. Today, scientists speak as WW-II ends.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2874: The Ground Effect

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 15, 2023 · Episode: 2874 The ground effect in the service of birds and human vehicles. Today, the ground effect.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2866: How Many Wings or Strings?

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 9, 2023 · Episode: 2866 How many wings on an aeroplane — How many strings on a violin? Thoughts on the maturation of technologies. Today, How many wings or strings on an aeroplane or a violin?

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