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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

Engines Podcast

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.

Tags Airplane engines anticipating change aviation Bull Riding curtiss cylinders Gyroscope gyroscopic inline engines internal combustion engines Langley liquid-cooled engines pistons radial engines rodeo rotary engines Santos Dumont steam engines technological change World War 1 world war 2 WW-I WW-II

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2536: Scapa Flow

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 25, 2023 · Episode: 2536 The Scapa Flow ship cemetery. Today, Scapa Flow.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2522: Farnum Fish

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 13, 2023 · Episode: 2522 Farnum Thayer Fish, first airplane combat casualty. Today, first aerial combat casualty.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2504: Marie Marvingt

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 24, 2023 · Episode: 2504 The most decorated woman in France: Marie Marvingt. Today, a remarkable woman.

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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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