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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2371: Sikorsky’s Bomber

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 22, 2022 · Episode: 2371 Early Igor Sikorsky — a great and largely forgotten contribution. Today, young Sikorsky.

Tags aerial warfare flying boats helicopters I.M. Igor Sikorsky Ilya Muromets large multi-engine airplanes military Russian air power WW-I air transport

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2954: A Singular Floatplane

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 9, 2023 · Episode: 2954 The U.S. Navy Floatplane: A lost evolutionary branch of the airplane family tree. Today, a singular floatplane.

Tags aerial reconnaisance air-sea rescue airplanes catapult launch curtiss fire control helicopters Kingfisher Navy Naval Aircraft Factory OS2N-1 OS2U-2 OS2U-3 Pensacola Naval Air Museum pontoons radar SC-1 Seahawk SOC-3 SOC3-1 U.S. Navy Floatplane Vought warships WW-II

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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.

Tags atom bomb biology Edwin Hubble Edwin Land future prediction gas-filled light bulb helicopter Igor Sikorsky Irving Langmuir J. Robert Oppenheimer Polaroid T. S. Painter technology assessment Telescope The Scientists Speak Warren Weaver WW-II

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2812: Flying the Atlantic

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 2, 2023 · Episode: 2812 poised to begin transatlantic flight in 1938. How it came out in 1945. Today, we fly the Atlantic.

Tags Air Transport Command B-29 Boeing B-314 C-54 Douglas DC-4 Ferrying bombers flying boats lindbergh Popular Aviation technology prediction transatlantic flight Wrong Way Douglas Corrigan WW-II

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2729: China Clipper

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 28, 2023 · Episode: 2729 The China Clipper, 25 seaplanes that touched our imaginations. Today, a brief bright moment.

Tags airplanes Boeing 314 China Clipper clipper ships dirigibles flying boats Martin M-130 Pan Am Pan American Airlines s42a s42b seaplanes Sikorsky S-40 Sikorsky S42 transoceanic flight transportation WW-II

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