Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1561: Herbert J. L. Hinkler
Posted on · Episode: 1561 ‘Hustling Hinkler, Up in the Sky’ – an early Australian flier leaves his mark. Today, an odd hero of early aviation.
Tag: flight
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1545: English Balloons
Posted on · Episode: 1545 The English and 18th century ballooning. Today, we ride the first hot-air balloons in England.
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Houston-bound Flight Evacuated After Smoke In Cabin
Posted on · Officials said in a statement that passengers and crew members evacuated without incident using slides and were returned to the gate.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1510: Thomas Sopwith
Posted on · Episode: 1510 Thomas Sopwith’s hundredth birthday. Today, we meet the oldest airplane designer.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1507: Lighter Than Air
Posted on · Episode: 1507 Rediscovering lighter-than-air flight. Today, do you suppose you’ll ever get to ride in a dirigible?
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LISTEN: Southwest Pilot Coolly Plans One-Engine, Emergency Landing
Posted on · Investigators will focus on whether the fan blade broke off at cruising speed
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1489: Helicopter
Posted on · Episode: 1489 Inventing the helicopter: harder than it looked. Today, we invent the helicopter.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1446: Speed
Posted on · Episode: 1446 Speed: Why we can’t seem to get beyond 150 miles per hour. Today, how fast dare we go?
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1438: The XP-75
Posted on · Episode: 1438 The story of a failed airplane design — the XP-75. Today, we try to build a perfect airplane.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1429: Russian Air Records
Posted on · Episode: 1429 Joseph Stalin and Russian aircraft records in the 1930s. Today, Joseph Stalin tries to set flight distance records.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1395: Worst Airplanes
Posted on · Episode: 1395 The World’s Worst Aircraft: learning what constitutes bad. Today, the worst airplanes ever built!
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1390: Crossing the English Channel
Posted on · Episode: 1390 Crossing the English Channel, by water, air, and tunnel. Today, we try to cross the English Channel.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1369: Fokker’s Interrupter Mechanism
Posted on · Episode: 1369 Fokker and the machine gun interrupter mechanism. Today, we meet a nice young man and his killing machines.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1357: Testing Airplane Propellers
Posted on · 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.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1351: M. & Mme Blanchard
Posted on · Episode: 1351 Balloonists Jean-Pierre and Marie Blanchard, the first barnstormers. Today, we join George Washington at a balloon ascent.