Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1865: The Kinzua Viaduct
Posted on · Episode: 1865 Octave Chanute and the Kinzua Viaduct: bridging two centuries. Today, a story of railroads and airplanes.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1857: Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and Quiet
Posted on · Episode: 1857 Anne Morrow Lindbergh, gliding, and the quest for quiet. Today, a glider pilot seeks quiet.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1852: Doolittle’s First Airplane
Posted on · Episode: 1852 Popular Mechanics and Jimmy Doolittle’s first airplane. Today, Jimmy Doolittle’s first airplane.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1819: Four Women on Hempstead Plains
Posted on · Episode: 1819 In which four women gravitate skyward on Hempstead Plains, L.I. Today, four women gravitate skyward.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2770: Building the Mustang
Posted on · Episode: 2770 Developing the P-51 Mustang fighter. Today, our guest, NASA engineer Fitz Walker, remembers the P-51 Mustang.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1813: Raymonde de Laroche
Posted on · Episode: 1813 Raymonde de Laroche, a brief bright flame. Today, the first woman pilot.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1813: Raymonde de Laroche
Posted on · Episode: 1813 Raymonde de Laroche, a brief bright flame. Today, the first woman pilot.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1808: First Time Up!
Posted on · Episode: 1808 First Time Up!: In which Ford celebrates his new Trimotor and we fly for the first time. Today, our first airplane ride.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1781: Flora Loughead and Her Sons
Posted on · Episode: 1781 Flora Haines Loughead, social change and airplanes. Today, airplanes and Flora Loughead.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1738: Maxim’s Airplane
Posted on · Episode: 1738 Maxim’s airplane. Today, two early not-quite-airplanes.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1724: Nature as Teacher
Posted on · Episode: 1724 Looking to nature for our technology in 1906. Today, nature as teacher.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1710: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Posted on · Episode: 1710 Encyclopaedia Britannica. Today, a new look at an old encyclopaedia.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1696: Harriet Quimby
Posted on · Episode: 1696 Harriet Quimby, first American woman licensed to fly. Today, Harriet Quimby.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1682: Zeppelin in Minnesota
Posted on · Episode: 1682 Count von Zeppelin learns about flying in St. Paul, Minnesota. Today, see if you can guess our mystery inventor.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1659: Wright and Lilienthal
Posted on · Episode: 1659 Otto Lilienthal and Orville Wright — one died and the other lived. Today, one pioneer of flight dies while another lives.