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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1967: Félix Tournachon–Nadar

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 6, 2020 · Episode: 1967 Of clouds and birds: Meet Felix Tournachon — Nadar. Today, birds vs. clouds.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1729: Looking Down From the Sky

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 9, 2019 · Episode: 1729 The wide angle lens: looking at earth from on high. Today, we look upon Earth from above.  

Tags aerial photography airplanes balloons ecology fascism Le Corbusier lindbergh Nazis urban design WW-II

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1682: Zeppelin in Minnesota

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on May 10, 2019 · Episode: 1682 Count von Zeppelin learns about flying in St. Paul, Minnesota. Today, see if you can guess our mystery inventor.

Tags balloons dirigible flight Hindenburg invention military aviation minnesota transportation

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1579: The Hidden Wright Brothers

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 3, 2018 · Episode: 1579 Five years before we found out about the Wright Brothers! Today, we gradually learn about the Wright Brothers’ flight.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1545: English Balloons

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 27, 2018 · Episode: 1545 The English and 18th century ballooning. Today, we ride the first hot-air balloons in England.

Tags balloons Blanchard Dickens england flight Great Britain invention Lunardi transportation

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1357: Testing Airplane Propellers

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 5, 2017 · Episode: 1357 An airplane propeller test facility, twelve years before the Wright Brothers. Today, we test airplane propellers, 12 years before the Wright brothers flew.

Tags aerodynamics balloons flight invention machine gun maxim

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1178: Aeronautics: 1897-1910

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on June 22, 2016 · Episode: 1178 The Encyclopaedia Britannica before/after the Wright Brothers Today, we see what happens when an old goal is reached.

Tags aerial aeronautics aircraft airplanes and balloons flight goals navigation objectives transportation

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