The Secret of Flight

Ended

Documentary·1959·1 Seasons

A lecture series about the basic problems of flight, explained by visual presentation of flow experiments. As the material of the lectures should be understood by every interested listener, no mathematical or other theoretical knowledge is used for explanation. Every problem is demonstrated by a true-life experiment and purely scientific language is avoided. Each of the lectures deals with a basic problem of flight. The experiments are mostly shown as flow picture but at certain points scale models and flying models are used to ensure easier understanding.

Starring: Alexander Lippisch

Episodes

Season 1
Preview

S01 | E01

Preview

1959-01-01

The Laws of Fluid Motion

S01 | E02

The Laws of Fluid Motion

1959-01-08

The History of Early Flight

S01 | E03

The History of Early Flight

1959-01-15

The Discovery of Dynamic Lift

S01 | E04

The Discovery of Dynamic Lift

1959-01-22

Stability and Control

S01 | E05

Stability and Control

1959-01-29

Propulsion

S01 | E06

Propulsion

1959-02-05

The Problem of Drag

S01 | E07

The Problem of Drag

1959-02-12

The Induced Drag

S01 | E08

The Induced Drag

1959-02-19

Different Aircraft Systems

S01 | E09

Different Aircraft Systems

1959-02-26

Lift Theory and High Lift Devices

S01 | E10

Lift Theory and High Lift Devices

1959-03-05

The Story of the Vortex

S01 | E11

The Story of the Vortex

1959-03-12

Flight of Nature

S01 | E12

Flight of Nature

1959-03-19

Modern Problems of Flight

S01 | E13

Modern Problems of Flight

1959-03-26

Cast

Alexander Lippisch

Alexander Lippisch

Self

Details

First Aired
1959-01-01
Last Aired
1959-03-26
Status
Ended
Network
PBS
Production
Annenberg Media, NET
Creator
Sam Becker

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