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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2571: Intercity Dirigible Service

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 16, 2023 · Episode: 2571 A dream gone over the top: Intercity dirigible service. Today, how about intercity dirigible service?

Tags aerial transportation airships Alcock and Brown Atlantic Crossings Empire State Building observation tower Hindenburg Intercity diribible service Interurban John J. Raskob King Kong mooring masts R34 Santos Dumont

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2758: Junkers Ju-52

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 14, 2023 · Episode: 2758 War and Peace: Hugo Junkers’ famous airplane. Today, Hugo Junkers’ famous airplane.

Tags aerial transportation all metal airplanes C-3 C-79 cargo plane Fokkker Trimotor Ford Trimotor Hitler Hugo Junkers Ju-1 Junkers Ju-52 mussolini Nazi Germany WW-I WW-II

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2471: Aeroplanes in Embryo

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on January 29, 2023 · Episode: 2471 In which Henry Farman and Glenn Curtiss emerge from the pack of pioneer airmen. Today, aeroplanes in embryo.

Tags aeroplane aircraft airlines Alexander Graham Bell F-60 Gabriel Voisin Glenn Curtiss Goliath bomber Henry Farman Louis Bleriot Santos Dumont Santos-Dumont Demoiselle Theresa Peltier WW-I

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2465: A Fine Early Aeroplane Book

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on January 21, 2023 · Episode: 2465 Victor Lougheed’s extraordinary 1909 aeroplane book. Today, where were the first aeroplanes going?

Tags aeroplanes airplanes Allan Malcom Bleriot Farman Voisin Wright flight Flora Haines flying future Lockheed Loughead monoplane prediction Santos Dumont Victor Lougheed

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3276: Airplane Engines

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on July 1, 2022 · Episode: 3276 Should airplane engines be cooled by liquid or air? Today, a design might go either way.

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