Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2029: The Polikarpov Fighters
Posted on · Episode: 2029 The last great biplane fighter — the Polikarpov beyond its prime. Today, an airplane in the shifting skies of war.
Tag: WW-II
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2023: George Hubert Wilkens
Posted on · Episode: 2023 George Hubert Wilkins: a life brimful and running over. Today, we risk our lives.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1533: The Triple
Posted on · Episode: 1533 The Triple Nickel: the first Black paratroopers become smoke jumpers. Today, a secret WW-II battle.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1871: PBY Catalina
Posted on · Episode: 1871 The PBY Catalina, a very special old airplane. Today, the last great seaplane.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1863: Alexis Carrel
Posted on · Episode: 1863 Alexis Carrel, the murky pioneer of organ transplants. Today, a president killed, and a Nobel Prize given.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1852: Doolittle’s First Airplane
Posted on · Episode: 1852 Popular Mechanics and Jimmy Doolittle’s first airplane. Today, Jimmy Doolittle’s first airplane.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3217: Model Airplanes in 1937
Posted on · Episode: 3217 Two 1937 booklets reveal a shift in the art of model airplane building. Today, I look through a window into another time.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1758: Sinking the Bismarck
Posted on · Episode: 1758 Sinking the Bismarck: What is important in history? Today, we wonder how the Bismarck was sunk.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1731: To Kill a City
Posted on · Episode: 1731 Why bombs can’t kill a city. Today, we try to kill a city.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1729: Looking Down From the Sky
Posted on · Episode: 1729 The wide angle lens: looking at earth from on high. Today, we look upon Earth from above.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1722: Evergreen Flight Museum
Posted on · Episode: 1722 The Evergreen Flight Museum: Reclaiming an earlier mood of flight. Today, the Spruce Goose and river blindness.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1621: Motherland
Posted on · Episode: 1621 Motherland: The Stalingrad Memorial. Today, we visit a really big statue.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1612: Enemy at the Gates
Posted on · Episode: 1612 Trying to tell the story of the worst battle. Today, we wonder how to tell of history.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1593: LST-325
Posted on · Episode: 1593 The LST-325: Thirty old men and an old ship become young again. Today, the LST-325.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1583: Glide Bombs
Posted on · Episode: 1583 Glide Bombs and the unrevealed Rohna disaster. Today, the weapon we didn’t know about.