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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2285: Fiat Biplanes

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 1, 2022 · Episode: 2285 In which Fiat builds the last great combat biplanes. Today, Fiat Biplanes.

Tags air-cooled Bleriot Caccia Rosatelli Celestino Rosatelli CR-32 CR-42 Fiat fighter planes G.55 in-line Japanese Zero liquid-cooled Mitsubishi North Africa open-cockpit biplanes Polikarpov radial engines Spanish Civil War Wright Brothers WW-I WW-II

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2313: Atlantropa

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Posted on September 9, 2022 · Episode: 2313 Herman Sörgel’s Atlantropa project: Lebensraum from a lowered Mediterranean. Today, we rewrite geography.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2309: Broken Brushes

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Posted on September 5, 2022 · Episode: 2309 Today, broken brushes. Brushes broken by people whose eyes will not see.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2288: Faulkner and Handley Page

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Posted on August 14, 2022 · Episode: 2288 William Faulkner and the Handley Page bomber at the movies. Today, William Faulkner takes us for a ride in a bomber.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2287: Fritz Haber

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Posted on August 13, 2022 · Episode: 2287 The ceremony of innocence is drowned: Fritz Haber swallowed by wars. Today, innocence is drowned.

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