Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1967: Félix Tournachon–Nadar
Posted on · Episode: 1967 Of clouds and birds: Meet Felix Tournachon — Nadar. Today, birds vs. clouds.
Posted on · Episode: 1967 Of clouds and birds: Meet Felix Tournachon — Nadar. Today, birds vs. clouds.
Posted on · Episode: 1951 In which poets explain how the airplane matured. Today, poetry, flight, and childhood’s end.
Posted on · Episode: 1944 Ruth Elder: A forgotten activist on an old postcard. Today, an odd postcard.
Posted on · Episode: 1914 Cal Rodgers and the great Vin Fiz trans-America flight. Today, we fly across America — for the first time.
Posted on · Episode: 1889 Dolly Shepherd, her mother, and her daughter: pioneering parachuting. Today, three women parachutists.
Posted on · Episode: 1887 Ernest K. Gann: pioneer and portrayer of American flight. Today, Ernest Gann.
Posted on · Episode: 1885 Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire: plowshares become swords. Today, we beat a plowshare into a sword.
Posted on · Episode: 1865 Octave Chanute and the Kinzua Viaduct: bridging two centuries. Today, a story of railroads and airplanes.
Posted on · Episode: 1857 Anne Morrow Lindbergh, gliding, and the quest for quiet. Today, a glider pilot seeks quiet.
Posted on · Episode: 1852 Popular Mechanics and Jimmy Doolittle’s first airplane. Today, Jimmy Doolittle’s first airplane.
Posted on · Episode: 1819 In which four women gravitate skyward on Hempstead Plains, L.I. Today, four women gravitate skyward.
Posted on · Episode: 2770 Developing the P-51 Mustang fighter. Today, our guest, NASA engineer Fitz Walker, remembers the P-51 Mustang.
Posted on · Episode: 1813 Raymonde de Laroche, a brief bright flame. Today, the first woman pilot.
Posted on · Episode: 1813 Raymonde de Laroche, a brief bright flame. Today, the first woman pilot.
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.