Summary: Fascinated by flight? In this episode of the PBS Scientific American Frontiers series, host Alan Alda takes the viewer on a captivating journey through the world of aviation. From the evolution of flight in primitive insects to the latest in high-tech aircrafts, Flying High explores the flight secrets of birds, insects, and airplanes. This program features individual stories of avionic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1996
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Summary: Strange human-powered flying machine inventions that never really worked, including one that actually looks like a bird.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1933
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Summary: Ill-conceived flying machines including elaborate precursor to the auto-gyro
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1930
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Summary: Goofy segment from a documentary telling the story of "A.V. Ation". Shots of wacky, poorly conceived flying machines.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1935
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Summary: What gives jet airplanes, which have been known to reach the size of office buildings, the ability to leave the ground? It isn't rocket science-although that's also covered in this high-energy program on the complexity of flight. For basic training in aerodynamic principles, viewers take an exhilarating hang-glider ride and venture inside a high-tech wind tunnel used by Olympic ski jumpers....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009