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2) Birdstrike
Publisher
Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
If an airplane encounters birds, the birds are normally on the losing end. But what if the airplane is smaller than the bird?
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Electric cars seem increasingly likely to replace our gas-guzzling vehicles. Could a new generation of emission-free electric planes do the same to the polluting airliners in our skies--a major step in the fight against climate change? NOVA looks at an array of new electric planes and takes a ride in some prototypes. Will the dream of super-quiet, super-efficient airliners become a reality?
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
What role should corporate culture play in the development of an airplane? Discover what went wrong in the development of Boeing's 737 MAX and how the flawed design of the airplane's flight control system led to 346 deaths in two separate crashes. Have we learned the apparently difficult lesson that prioritizing the corporate bottom line over technological excellence does not work?
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Dig deeper into aerodynamic science so you can choose an airfoil shape and appropriate wingspan, aspect ratio, fuselage length, and stabilizer dimensions for your model plane. Pay special attention to aerodynamic stability and such factors as the dihedral angle of the wings, noting these features on full-size aircraft. Then build the airframe, using wood, tissue paper, and metal wire.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Explore fluids in motion. Energy conservation requires low pressure where fluid velocity is high, and vice versa. This relation between pressure and velocity results in many practical and sometimes counterintuitive phenomena, collectively called the Bernoulli effect: explaining why baseballs curve and how airplane speedometers work.
8) Prom Night
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Description
On prom night, a masked killer stalks teenagers responsible for the accidental death of a girl years earlier. With scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis ("Halloween") and Leslie Nielsen ("Airplane").
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
The very first airplanes were purely land-based. It soon became apparent that planes would need to be able to fly over water in order to transport passengers and cargo effectively. On 28th March 1910, Henri Fabre became the first person to successfully pilot a seaplane over water. Seaplane development went from strength to strength, with Seaplanes becoming the largest aircraft in the world by the end of the First World War. Seaplanes saw the dawn...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
The decades following the First World War saw aircraft designers pushing the boundaries of aeronautical technology, moving the industry forward at a rapid pace. With new commercial markets opening up, it was the visionaries who held the key to success. Each invention promising a future filled with endless possibilities. Airplane manufacture was moving from an era where designers often built their own inventions, to a level of complexity which required...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Take to the air for an eye-opening look at aerial robots, from the autopilot features in commercial airplanes to unmanned drones that can deliver packages. Topics include the role of gyroscopic sensors and recent technological advancements that are extending the functionality and power of flying robots like never before..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Microbes are all around us—the question is “What do we have to worry about?” From airplanes to restaurants, hotel rooms to your master bathroom, learn how you can protect yourself from germs without becoming totally obsessed with them. Is there any truth to the Five Second Rule? Find out in this lecture..
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Considered by many to be the most astounding machine ever built, this reusable spaceship is the apex of flight technology. This program recounts the challenges and the critical issues that led to NASA's decision to create an "airplane" to navigate space.
Publisher
Johan Grimonprez
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
An acclaimed experimental documentary tracing the history of airplane hijacking as portrayed by mainstream television media. Official Selection at the **International Film Festival Rotterdam** and **Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival**.
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
TV. Radio. Phones. Airplanes. Motorcycles. Tractors. Home Appliances. Power Tools. These are “The Machines That Built America.” This new HISTORY Channel docuseries reveals the surprising stories and rivalries behind the ground-breaking innovations that turned America into a superpower. Blending dramatic reenactments and archival footage with interviews from experts, biographers, and others, “The Machines That Built America” brings to life...
17) Anger management
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Rydell. But when the doctor steps up his aggressive treatment by moving in, Dave goes from mild to wild as the unorthodox treatment wreaks havoc with his life.
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Russian
Description
1989. The end of the Soviet-Afghan war. Soviet General Vasiliev’s son is kidnapped by the Mujahideen after his airplane crashes. As a result, the 108th Motor Rifle Division’s are going for one last mission: bring the General’s son back.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Review the rich tradition of innovation in America. Then zero in on two remarkable achievements: the Wright brothers' airplane and the Apollo flights to the Moon. View an actual astronaut glove worn on Apollo 8, the first mission to orbit the Moon.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The Battle of the Coral Sea was the first naval battle in history fought entirely by carrier-based airplanes, in which opposing fleets never caught sight of each other. Although the Japanese inflicted more tactical damage (including the sinking of the US carrier Lexington), they failed to achieve their objective: Port Moresby in New Guinea.
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